Chapter 161 Tennis 49

Under the boundless blue sky, a luxurious cruise ship that resembles a small kingdom is sailing, its stern trailing surging white waves. The heavily forged hull is reflected with a gorgeous red rose pattern, and underneath is the Romanized English word ATOBE.

ATOBE, Atobe.

This is the latest giant luxury cruise ship built by the Atobe Group. It is 332 meters long, 40 meters wide, 56 meters high, has a tonnage of 170,000 tons, and can accommodate thousands of tourists and crew members.

Deck diving, swimming pool, rock climbing, golf course, tennis court, basketball court, open-air park, shopping mall, 3D cinema, bar, restaurant, executive suite... The ship has all the facilities you need, just like a luxurious city moving on the sea.

It is said that at first, Keigo Atobe wanted to use a large portrait of himself with a rose in his mouth as the logo of the cruise ship, just like the private jet he owned that once hosted a luxurious birthday party for Takahiro Karachi, which also had his face printed on its fuselage. However, his mother Eiko Atobe rejected the idea in the end.

However, the reason why Atobe Eiko objected was not because she thought it was wrong for her son to have his head printed on a cruise ship operating to the public, but because she felt that if the ship went out to sea, his face would be soaked in water, which would not have a good meaning. So Atobe Keigo finally decided to change the logo to an elegant yet gorgeous crimson rose.

On the deck above the crimson rose on the hull is a rest area with a row of lounge chairs in front of the swimming pool. The girl lying on the beach chair is wearing a pure white swimsuit. Her whole body is dazzlingly white, and she looks like a snow-white pearl bathing in the golden sunlight, cozy and comfortable.

——It’s Kurikawa Sana.

She was thinking while lying on the deck in the sun.

The sun was warming her body, and even the sunscreen she had applied gave off a sweet coconut scent. Kurikawa Sana relaxed, as if all her worries had been cast aside. She was so comfortable that she couldn't help but sigh in her mind -

[System, I feel like my mood has improved.]

The system immediately responded to her: [Hmm? What do you mean?]

Kurikawa Sana: [My recent strategy progress has been so smooth, and all the stress has been swept away. I even happened to catch this cruise... Anyway, I'm so happy!]

On the one hand, the targets of her strategies who originally hated her have changed one after another. Not only do they no longer hate her, their favorability towards her has soared. The sense of escape that Kurikawa Sana didn't want to face when she first came to this world has suddenly disappeared.

Meanwhile, Yukimura's surgery was successful, and his rehabilitation is progressing well. As captains of two nationally ranked elite schools, Yukimura and Atobe seem to have a long-standing friendship. Rikkai University was invited to the Atobe's debut cruise, and Yukimura was among them.

The guests invited to the Atobe are mostly directors, senior executives, and clients of the Atobe Group. In addition, they are classmates and friends of the Atobe Group's eldest son Atobe Keigo. Almost all of them are players from strong schools such as Hyotei Academy, Seigakuen, and Rikkai University who have entered the national competition.

The Kanto Tournament has come to an end. Although Hyotei lost to Seigaku, as the host of the tournament, Tokyo has one more spot to advance to the national tournament. Hyotei enters the national tournament as the team with the highest total points, so everyone is in a relaxed mood.

As Atobe said, the main purpose of this cruise vacation trip is entertainment, as a way to relax before the national competition officially begins. The cruise route is from the port of Yokohama in Tokyo to Shanghai, China, and it is a luxurious journey of five days and four nights.

The system replied in agreement: [Yes, recent progress is good, Sana, but we still don't have much time, so we still need to pay attention.]

Kurikawa Sana pondered for a moment and began to count the favorability of each possible target in her mind.

[Current total favorability of Atobe Keigo: 85.]

Atobe has a straightforward personality. If he has a 60-point favorability, he will act like he has 70 points. If he has an 80-point favorability, he will act like he has 90 points. I can't imagine what Atobe would be like with a 100-point favorability.

[Oshitari Yuushi's current total favorability: (hidden)]

As expected of someone who possesses the skill of closing the heart, he is truly unique and there is no sign of favorability towards him at all.

However, judging from Yuushi Oshitari's usual behavior, Kurikawa Sana felt that he should not hate her.

[Yukimura Seiichi's current total favorability: 90.]

Kurikawa Sana closed her eyes moved.

Who would have thought that Yukimura, who initially hated her the most, is now far ahead in favorability.

When she regretted her promise to Yukimura in the hospital, she was worried that her favorability rating would be greatly reduced, but it actually increased instead of decreasing.

Yukimura didn't know about the surgical plan given by the doctor. She had tried all of them in the real world and failed. He just simply hoped that she would actively accept the treatment and not respond negatively. He was even willing to accompany her to go abroad to seek better medical options... Yukimura is really a very good person.

[Niou Masaharu's current total favorability: 65.]

Considering that they had only met a few times, Niou-kun's favorability was far beyond Kurikawa Sana's imagination, and even made her a little flattered.

Speaking of which, when Yukimura woke up from the operating room, the first thing he did was ask Nioh for a cell phone.

Kurikawa Sana didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that Niou seemed to look at her with a complicated expression at that time, and then his favorability inexplicably increased by 5 points.

[Akutsu Jin's current total favorability rating: 88.]

I had a huge impression of Akutsu-kun from the first time I met him. Kurikawa Sana was so moved that she wiped away the non-existent tears from under her sunglasses, and even suspected that she fell in love with him at first sight.

[Shiraishi Kuranosuke's current total favorability: 95.]

Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"

The one with the highest favorability! Only one step away from the full favorability of 100 - the value of Bai Yueguang is beyond words!

[Echizen Ryoma's current total favorability: 86.]

Kurikawa Sana often can't tell who is pursuing whom between her and Echizen Ryoma.

The little prince is a reckless and straightforward little boy with a rare and uninhibited personality. He is often even more arrogant than his seniors in the third grade, but he has the strength to match his personality, which makes him a very eye-catching existence.

【Fuji Shusuke's current total favorability: 75.】

This one was even more of a heavyweight. Kurikawa Sana initially feared Fuji and Yukimura the most. As time went by, she even developed a sense of dependence on Yukimura, but she was still a little afraid of Fuji.

The last one is still from Qingxue——

Kurikawa Sana blinked, a little unsure about the numbers she saw on the attribute panel in her mind.

[Tezuka Kunimitsu's current total favorability rating: 41.]

Kurikawa Sana: "..."

She sat up from the beach chair and paced back and forth anxiously.

After reading the previous posts, I found that almost all the favorability ratings were around 80 or 90, but when it came to Tezuka, it started with the number four. The gap was a bit too sudden, and it was not just a little bit low!

No, I have to find a way to capture Kunimitsu Tezuka... but he's in Germany right now, how can I capture him?!

When will he come back?

It would take a long time to heal the arm. What if she was about to leave this world and he hadn't returned from Germany yet?

System: [Don't worry. Tezuka is the captain of Seigaku. He has an extremely strong sense of responsibility towards Seigaku. I suspect he will return home by the time of the national competition at the latest.]

Kurikawa Sana finally breathed a sigh of relief: "You have a point... but the problem is, even if he returns, I wouldn't know how to win him over! Tezuka is so hard to understand... Is it possible that I can only fish with him until his favorability reaches 100?!"

system:【………】

The more Kurikawa Sana thought about it, the more anxious she became. She paced back and forth with her hands behind her back, as if she was stuck in a loop.

After a long while, she picked up the fishing rod on the deck and threw it out with force.

…

*

On the other side, on the high platform on the second floor of the deck.

The people from Hyotei, Rikkai University and Seigaku talked for a long time, starting with the usual greetings, then moving on to the latest training plans, the entertainment on the cruise ship, the locations of their respective rooms, and finally all the words turned into a single sentence: "It's really exciting" and "See you at the national competition."

After saying to each other, "We will definitely win," the teenagers all smiled meaningfully, picked up a glass of sparkling champagne and began to appreciate the scenery of the sea and sky.

Soon, everyone's attention was drawn to the same person on the deck.

The girl in a pure white swimsuit lay lazily and comfortably on the beach chair. The sun kissed her snow-white and flawless skin, emitting a beautiful honey-like color.

It is impossible to stare at her for long, as the heat on one's cheeks will unconsciously rise, but in the end, one's gaze will uncontrollably return to her.

The girl's black hair was tied up high behind her head, and her plump and rosy lips were slightly raised under her sunglasses. She seemed to be in a good mood and was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off her.

I don’t know what she suddenly thought of, she seemed to be stunned all of a sudden, and the smile on her face froze.

After a while, Kurikawa Sana jumped up from the beach chair in panic and began to pace back and forth nervously on the deck, over and over again, like some stereotyped behavior of an unhappy kitten.

Everyone: “……?”

What happened suddenly?

The boys pretended to chat casually, but their eyes would occasionally fall on the girl on the deck.

After going back and forth for about ten minutes, she suddenly picked up the fishing rod on the deck and then -

Started fishing.

Everyone: “???”

…

Two minutes later.

With a "whoosh", a big fish came ashore.

Kurikawa Sana quickly took a photo and sent it to Tezuka Kunimitsu, typing quickly with her fingers.

Tezuka-kun, look.

【The fish I caught today.】

Is it big?