NOVEL WEB Chapter 71 National Competition,
The members of Tatekai who returned to Kanagawa looked at the heavy rain that was still falling, and decided not to go to school when everyone had no objections. They went directly to their homes and discussed anything the next day.
On the other side, Qingxue and his group, who returned to school, looked at the continuous heavy rain and decided to wait until the rain subsided before going home. Looking at the few people left in the school, Coach Ryuzaki pulled them to start a conversation. Shuichiro Oishi, whose mind was still immersed in the match between Tezuka and Kavachi, quietly slipped out. He went to the outdoor court in the heavy rain and started hitting the triangle cones with tennis balls.
While swinging the racket, Coach Ryuzaki's words came to mind from time to time: 'Tezuka will never give up the game,' even if the hand injury relapses, 'this is the closest we have ever been to a national championship.' …
After that, he thought about what Kikumaru had said to him before because he was injured: 'I will recover from my injury as soon as possible', 'I will work harder'... As he thought about it, Oishi Shuichiro's hitting power began to increase, and he felt in his heart A series of emotions such as guilt and self-blame began to emerge.
"boom--"
It was the sound of a tennis ball being hit back. Shuichiro Oishi looked up, only to find that the person standing in the heavy rain hitting the ball back was his partner, Eiji Kikumaru.
Kikumaru, who sneaked out with Oishi, did not appear in front of Oishi at first. He knew that Oishi often had some feelings of guilt and self-blame in his heart, so he planned to let him vent it first, but looking at Oishi who was becoming increasingly unclear, Kikumaru Feeling that he could not continue any longer, he walked out and started fighting with Dashi in the rain.
In Kikumaru's silent company, Oishi Shuichiro also gradually thought about it.
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The next day, the sun was shining brightly, and there was no hint of the heavy rain that had fallen all afternoon and all night yesterday.
As long as the weather is suitable, the game that was suspended due to rain yesterday will continue.
Early in the morning, the auditorium was almost full. The contestants from Hyotei Academy also arrived on the field early to wait for their opponents.
Under the expectation of everyone, the participating members of Qingxue arrived late like the pipa girl who "comes out only after being called upon".
For some reason, the school that had been defeated by Qingxue in the audience seemed to have surrendered, and they placed themselves in the position of the 'Qingxue Cheerleader', cheering for them.
Seeing this scene, Kirihara couldn't help but think of the little brothers who were subdued by the protagonists in the passionate comics he had read... Kirihara couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth. He looked at those schools and felt a little familiar inexplicably. He tugged at the corner of Liu's clothes. , tried to force himself to lower his voice, and asked in a curious tone: "Senior Liu, those schools seem to have lost to Rikkai University and Hyōtei, right? Why do they only cheer for Qingxue?"
"..." Maybe they are just personal friends? Liu, who didn't know how to answer, thought to himself.
Amamiya Arashi pulled Kirihara over and rubbed his head, "Maybe they are friends~ Why do you think so much~"
"Hey~ Amamiya-senpai, your hair is going to be messed up." Kirihara, whose hairstyle was ruined, puffed up his face. He didn't have the time to think about how Aigaku could beat a school and make a group of friends...
At the same time, on the field, relying on tacit cooperation and the strength enhanced through training, Ryo Shinto and Hochotaro scored consecutively. Although Qinggaku also scored a few times, looking at the score of four to one on the field, it was obvious that It was the Ice Emperor who had the upper hand.
When it was Hyotei's turn to serve, watching Shito hand the ball to Feng's hand, Oishi and Kikumaru began to change their positions, trying to block Feng's serve.
Unfortunately, Oishi failed to succeed because he misjudged his opponent's strength. Feng took advantage of this opportunity to score several goals in succession, and the score of the game reached five to one.
Just when Hyōtei was about to win, a connected white light suddenly appeared on Seigaku's Oishi and Kikumaru's bodies.
"Are they in the same tune?" Seeing the familiar light on the two of them, Shimono Ryo felt no fluctuation in his heart. He and Feng had mastered the doubles skill of synchronization a long time ago.
"Senior?" Feng wanted to ask if he wanted to activate synchronization and fight with them.
Looking at the score on the scoreboard, Shito Ryo decided to first see the strength of Aogakus after synchronizing, so he rejected Feng's idea of winning the final game directly with synchronization versus synchronization.
After synchronizing, the Qingxue duo, who could be said to be connected, began to fight back. With the synchronization, they only recovered three points. At this time, Ryo Shinto also understood the strength of the two of them after synchronizing.
Afterwards, Ryo Shinto and Hochotaro, who also started synchronization, scored the last point. The game ended with a score of 6 to 4, and Hyotei won the doubles match.
Ryo Shinto, who returned to the player's seat, looked at a group of teammates and expressed his views on Seigaku's golden combination: Oishi, who was still injured, and Kikumaru, who was not good at protracted battles. He originally thought the game would be easy, but he didn't expect it to be in a desperate situation. The more powerful they burst out.
After saying that, he closed his eyes and smiled, "I hope there will be a chance to compete with them in the future." Opponents like this are actually quite rare.
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After the first doubles match, the total score of Qingxue Bingdi was 2 to 2. Who can advance to the next round smoothly will be the most critical singles match.
Unsurprisingly, Hyotei's appearance is the head of the tennis club - Atobe Keigo.
However, Seigaku's opponent was not Fuji Shusuke, who was known as a genius, but just a first-year Echizen Ryoma.
Although Echizen's talent is indeed outstanding, and he may have a great chance of defeating Hyokui's emperor in a few years, he is not enough now in the eyes of some viewers.
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The cheers of the audience when Aobe appeared on the stage caused Echizen's discomfort, and he proposed a bet: if Aobe loses, then Aobe needs to cut off his hair.
Atobe, who didn't think he would lose to the kid, accepted the bet without any hesitation.
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The game between the two began. Atobe, who had extraordinary eyesight and physical fitness, used 'Ice World' to discover many blind spots in Echizen. Using these, he scored five points in succession. When Atobe kept hitting the ball into the blind spots, , Echizen used the state of selflessness many times, but it was indeed useless in the eyes of the audience.
Just when Atobe wanted to end the game, Echizen Ryoma relied on Fuga to use Tezuka Domain. It was this move that made Atobe Ice World useless. Relying on Tezuka's territory, Echizen also successfully counterattacked Atobe's ball. After being able to counterattack, Echizen tied the score one after another.
Next, the two sides went back and forth, refusing to give in to each other, and successfully entered the tie-break. When the score reached 117-117, Atobe was still standing on the court, but Echizen collapsed from exhaustion.
Determined to climb to the top, Echizen Ryoma climbed up with difficulty and scored a point with an outspin serve. But at this time, Echizen discovered that although Atobe on the opposite side was standing, he had also lost the ability to respond to the outside world.
Looking at Atobe who was motionless, the referee finally announced that Aogaku Echizen Ryoma won the singles one with 7 to 6.
Echizen won the game and received a warm hug from his seniors. After recovering a little strength, Echizen Ryoma took a haircut tool and ignored the dissuasion of his seniors and walked straight towards Atobe, although he would not attack the unconscious person. It was too moral, but Echizen still insisted on shaving off Atobe's hair.
After everything was over, everyone left the tennis court and went to find a place to have lunch.
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The semi-finals will be held in the afternoon according to the competition process.
The match on the 1st venue is Rikkai University VS Nagoya Seitoku, and the match on the 2nd venue is Shitenhoji VS Seigaku.
Although Yagyu is still the candidate for the third singles appearance, the difference from the original is that Kirihara has grown up, so the members of Rikkai University did not want to lose two games first to stimulate Kirihara's potential.
Although he is a regular player in doubles, Yagyu's singles strength is not weak, and he quickly won the three singles matches with 6-2.
In the second doubles match, Rikkai University sent Marui and Kuwabara, while the opposite team sent overseas students Carollons and Moran.
As Rikkai's strong doubles players, Marui and Kuwahara were a few points behind due to lack of understanding at first, but they quickly caught up and finally won 6-3.
Although he had no intention of squeezing Kirihara's ability by losing two games in a row, the second singles position was still given to Kirihara.
Although Kirihara was not serious at first and Krauser scored three consecutive points, fortunately, Kirihara immediately tied the score after he became serious. The opponent on the opposite side expressed his recognition of Kirihara's skills in foreign languages, but because foreign languages have always been Due to his ignorance, Kirihara mistakenly thought that the other party was mocking him. So Kirihara became angry and started to attack fiercely. In the fierce competition between the two sides, the score continued to rise alternately. However, Kirihara was still better after that, winning the second singles match 7-5.
At the end of the Rikkai Tournament, the match between Seigaku and Shitenhoji also progressed to doubles two. In the previous rounds, except for the singles match where Shiraishi defeated Fuji 7-6, Seigaku won the other two rounds.
In the current doubles match, Seigaku's team is Tezuka Kunimitsu and Inui Sadaharu, and Shitenhoji's team is Zazen Hikaru and Chitose Chisato.
When they saw these people, Tatekai Dai and his party had no intention of continuing to watch. The result was already doomed: Zaizen Hikaru may not be able to beat Inui Sadaharu, but Chitose Chisato will definitely not be able to defeat Tezuka Kunimitsu. So the winner of this game will be Qingxue.
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When they arrived at the arena the next day, Yukimura and others discovered that their opponent was indeed the dark horse Seigaku. However, when the two sides were holding the pre-match ceremony, Tatekai University's people discovered that something was wrong with the 'Echizen Ryoma' on the opposite side. But they didn't say much because they felt Qingxue couldn't stop them from winning three consecutive championships.
Perhaps out of "care" for his teammates, Sanada was the third singles player this time, and what surprised Sanada was that his opponent was Tezuka, whom he had longed for.
When the referee called out the names of the two sides, Sanada felt a sense of disbelief: after all, he had never found a chance to have a good fight with Tezuka for so long...
"The deputy minister is not so excited that he is about to cry~" Although everyone in the tennis club has a good relationship, Niou still likes to dance in Sanada's minefield. It's not that he hates Sanada or anything, it's just that the two of them have a good relationship. The unique way of getting along between them...? perhaps.
"..." Sanada, who was in a good mood, ignored Nioh and turned around to walk towards the arena.
"Genichiro," Yukimura called out to his stubborn little boy at the moment Sanada raised his foot, "what you have to remember is that three consecutive victories are not just your goal, but also..."
"This game," Yukimura paused, then slowly said, "use your true strength! You have been looking forward to it for a long time, right?" I hope that after this game, you can let go of your obsession with Renko. Yukimura added silently in his mind.
Hearing Yukimura's words, Sanada nodded and took off the weights he was carrying. He said, "Tachikai Dai's three consecutive champions have no blind spots" and walked onto the field.
"Don't worry~ Genichiro can definitely do it." Amamiya Arashi, who knew that Yukimura must still be worried about Sanada, directly comforted him, "Although Genichiro is awkward sometimes, he has always been excellent~ When he completes his inner obsession , you can definitely think about it. If it doesn’t work out, just invite Tezuka out to compete with Genichiro. Anyway, after the national competition is over, there will be no interest relationship between us..."
"(＾v＾)" Hearing Amamiya Arashi's words, Yukimura's lips raised slightly, "You're right. If Tezuka doesn't agree, you can make Nioh phantom, and you can also beat Genichiro until he gets tired of it... "
"..." What terrible things are you talking about, and should you ask my opinion before making these decisions? ? Nioh, who did not dare to confront Yukimura and Amamiya Arashi directly, could only choose to remain silent and curse in his heart.
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Facing his powerful opponent Tezuka Kunimitsu, Sanada directly used "His Wind" when he first served. Facing this move, Tezuka directly opened the "Tezuka Domain". Sanada Then he used 'Qixu Rulin'. Although this move can invalidate the opponent's moves, it doesn't seem to have much effect on 'Tezuka Domain'.
Sanada's next moves of 'Mountain Like Mountain' and 'Invasion Like Fire' were also counterattacked by Tezuka. Looking at the irregular marks at Tezuka's feet, Fuji, who was watching from the sideline, looked at Tezuka worriedly. He realized that Sanada might be planning a move. Break through the 'Tezuka Domain' head-on.
When Tezuka on the court thought he could successfully counter Sanada's "Invasion Like Fire" with his "Thousands of Tempered Limits", he didn't expect the ball to be hit back by Sanada with "Thunder Like Movement".
At this time, Tezuka's body glowed with white light, opening the 'Limit of Brilliance', as if it was targeted, while Sanada's body opposite was filled with steaming black light, opening the secret - 'It is difficult to know as dark. '.
Next, Sanada used 'Mobile as Thunder' to seal Tezuka's 'Limit of Thousands of Refinements', and then used 'Unknown as Dark' to seal Tezuka's 'Limit of Brilliant Talent'. Relying on these two moves, Sanada continued to score points.
As the game progressed, Sanada continued to break Tezuka's 'Zero Slice' and 'Tezuka Domain' from the front. Seeing Sanada scoring four points in a row, Tezuka secretly made a decision in his heart.
Seeing that Tezuka's movements were almost the same as when using 'Tezuka Domain', Sanada continued to play 'Thunderbolt'. Unexpectedly, Tezuka was not using 'Tezuka Domain', but 'Tezuka Phantom' with the opposite effect. '. The balls Sanada hit became out-of-bounds balls.
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"Tezuka Phantom? A good move~" Yukimura commented while sitting in the player's seat, "However, this move seems to have great hidden dangers~"
"Indeed, the 'Tezuka Domain' gives the ball an inner spin force of 2.6 meters to the left and right, while his current move, 'Tezuka Phantom', gives the tennis ball an outer spin force of 4.2 meters to the left and right. , it can be said that the maneuvers of 'Tezuka Phantom' are six times higher than that of 'Tezuka Domain'..." Liu Yue said in a lower voice. In fact, he did not really agree with this kind of victory at the expense of his own body. Behavior. But after all, Tezuka is not a member of Tatekai University. As an opponent, he can't persuade others to abstain, right?
"..." Amamiya Arashi felt very confused. Regarding the top players in the junior high school tennis world, Yukimura, Sanada, Atobe, and Tezuka, these four people must belong to the strong group.
Yukimura focused on mental strength, and then suffered from neurological diseases; Sanada wanted to defeat Tezuka and developed the 'Yin Thunder', but it easily affected his knees if used too much; Tezuka likes to develop some magical moves, but his moves Too many useless hands...
There is also Atobu, which mainly depends on the eyes of others. Although it is still normal now and there are no side effects, it is reasonable for him to suspect that Atobu will have problems with his eyes in the future, right? !
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No matter what the people in the audience and players' seats are thinking, the game continues below.
Using the 'Tezuka Phantom' to make Sanada's ball go out of bounds, and using the 'Zero Serve' which was more powerful than the 'Zero Slice', Tezuka quickly tied the score, but by this time his arm was already swollen. On the opposite side, Sanada was no better than Tezuka due to excessive use of 'Thunderbolt'.
During the break, Amamiya Arashi and Yukimura asked him not to have any burden in his heart and to complete the game with his own heart. After all, even if Sanada failed in this game, they were confident of winning the national championship.
Sanada, who was encouraged, entered the battle easily, while Tezuka on the other side played with the belief of rebuilding Seigaku.
In the end, Sanada still won 7-5.
Seeing the referee announcing that the game was over, the members of Rikkai University quickly came in and helped Sanada to his seat. They took out some ice packs and planned to give Sanada a cold compress first, and then go to the hospital immediately after he recovered a little.
Qingxue on the side also did the same operation.
But then they finally found the missing member - Echizen Ryoma.
However, Echizen Ryoma looked very strange at this time, as if he had lost his memory.
In order to let him regain his memory, Qingxue and his team began to think of ways.
However, this does not affect the subsequent doubles match.
The doubles team Ertachi Kaidai sent Marui and Kuwabara who had mastered the synchro, while Aogaku sent Inui and Kaitang.
For some reason, Amamiya Arashi asked Kuwahara and Marui to take off their weights before the game, and told them that once Seigaku wins a game, they must immediately activate synchronization and win the game as quickly as possible.
Although Marui and Kuwahara felt a little strange about Amamiya Arashi's decision, Yukimura and Yanagi who looked on the side had no objections and agreed.
After the two entered the venue, Yukimura said hesitantly: "Arashi, are you worried that Bunta and Kuwahara will accidentally lose to the opponent?"
"I'm just a little worried that if I don't suppress them in one go, they will finally find a chance to overtake... These people in Qingxue have a strange power..." Tiangong Lan hesitated for a while, and then said the next sentence, but The voice was very low, and only Niou, Yanagi, and Yukimura who were closest to him heard it clearly.
After hearing Amamiya Lan's words, the three of them began to think carefully about Qingxue's game. Among them, Yanagi, who had the most detailed data, began to look solemn.
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On the court, Haitang couldn't keep his mind as he watched all his balls being knocked back. After Qian finally said that he had finished collecting the data, Haitang gave the ball to Qian. After Dangqian successfully scored a point, he saw Bunta Marui and Jack Kuwahara on the opposite side look at each other, and then a linked white light glowed on their bodies at the same time.
"Is this... the same tone?!" Haitang and Qian said in unison in disbelief.
"How is that possible? There is no information in my data that Marui and Kuwahara can complete the synchronization!" Qian started to panic.
When Marui and Kuwahara launched the attack, Miki and Haitang, who had not yet calmed down, had no power to fight back. After being beaten by several points one after another, Haitang and Qian gritted their teeth and decided that even if they lost, they would have to delay for a while. Unfortunately, the two people who received instructions from Tian Gonglan would not give them this opportunity. Marui and Kuwahara used their moves one after another, and soon won the doubles match 6-0.
Although he didn't catch a few balls, Haitang Heqian, who had consumed a lot of energy by running around the court to catch the ball, fell to the ground from exhaustion.
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After the second doubles match, it was the second singles match. Amamiya Arashi played in this match, while Seigaku was the genius Fuji Shusuke.
The audience was very excited when they saw the two people appearing. Because both of their moves are so gorgeous, they look like the special effects in movies.
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"Although I admire you for persisting in Qingxue's tennis club for so long..." Amamiya Lan raised the corners of his mouth, pointed at Fuji Shusuke with a tennis racket and said, "But, I will only win!"
"Yeah~ I'll wait and see." Fuji smiled slightly and spoke in a gentle voice, but Amangong Lan always felt that he seemed very angry.
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"boom--"
Throwing the tennis ball high into the sky, then leaping up and swinging the racket, the tennis ball turned into a swarm of meteorites and 'smashed' towards Fuji's court.
As Amangong Lan fell to the ground, the tennis ball he played also fell to Fuji's feet. Although it looked and felt like a real meteorite, it did not make a hole when it hit the ground.
Looking at this move, Yukimura sighed and thought sadly: I won't be able to catch up with this guy in the future, right?
Liu Ze added a new sentence next to Tiangong Lan's information, "A heavy weight is as light as a light weight."
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The next game was still going on. Fuji Shusuke originally wanted to buy some time for Echizen Ryoma, but he didn't expect that under Amamiya Arashi's fierce attack, the score would be pulled to 5 to 1 in a short while.
Maybe it’s desperate situations that can inspire people’s potential! Looking at the game that was about to end, Fuji recalled in his mind that Tezuka had to win the game even at the cost of his body and future prospects...
Feeling the breeze in his ears, Fuji played a new move, 'Star Firework', which is a move where the ball will disappear from the field of vision. Its principle is to hit the corner ball hard into the air to make the ball disappear from the field of vision. The wind blowing through the conical venue is used to give the ball irregular spin, making it impossible for the opponent to hit back.
This new move did have some impact on Amamiya Lan at first, and Fuji also used this move to score a point. But in the next game, Amamiya Arashi used a move with a similar effect to the 'Tezuka Domain'. But the difference is that this trick is not useless, and it has a miraculous effect on balls that are on the court but disappear from sight.
Relying on this move, Tiangong Lan successfully won the final game.
In the end, the score between Amamiya Arashi and Fuji was six to two.
Thanks to the victory in the first three games, Lihai University has achieved the goal of three consecutive championships. However, due to the regulations of the Tennis Association, they still need to complete the next two games.
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On Seigaku's side, although there is no hope of winning the championship, they are still trying to find a way to restore Echizen Ryoma's memory, because according to the rules, Echizen still needs to play singles.