Chapter 15
How could Niou Masaharu be able to reach a synchronization condition with Sanada when he was still in shock after his death?
Because of the skill of Phantom, Niou Masaharu actually thought about synchronization.
Synchronicity refers to the mutual trust between doubles partners, with no one understanding each other's innermost thoughts better than themselves. However, they are still two people, and mental coordination is required.
When he transformed into Yagyu Hiroshi, he was still a long way from achieving synchro. Phantom synchro was just an idea waiting to be put into practice. Niou Masaharu was surprised by his sudden breakthrough during this match. He had to go with Sanada when there was no one else to go with. "Pfft~ How can they be so similar?"
But the Big Three were truly terrifying. Even though the sync time was short, Niou, who was supposed to sense it, knew it clearly. 'Sanada secretly upgraded all his moves, and he even has other killer moves.'
Unlike once, Niou Masaharu probably wouldn't see Sanada's true strength until the final match. "Ah~ I feel uneasy. I've definitely found a way to improve my technique."
Sanada severed the synchronization link, not fearing that anyone would find out. However, the thought that the person being synchronized was Niou Masaharu made the connection unstable.
He just wanted to win easily. On the other hand, Niou Masaharu knew that his strength was not enough to shake Sanada, and he didn't want Sanada to win easily.
Ignoring the gap, the will to win and the phantom mental power are synchronized in an unprecedented way.
The conditions for achieving synchronization are sometimes based on foreshadowing, and sometimes based on a point of sync.
Just like what Yukimura and Tokugawa Kazuya achieved during their first collaboration at the U-17 World Championship, even though the two had never worked together before, and the reason why Sanada had never been able to achieve synchronization with Yukimura was because of the destruction of his five senses.
Is Yukimura not strong in Sanada's heart? Impossible. Sanada even won against Yukimura until the end of his tennis career. His win-loss record against Yukimura was always a loss.
The destruction of the five senses is like a childhood trauma for Sanada.
Sanada does admire Yukimura's strength and skills, but the five senses destruction move is an exception. From the time this move was formed to the time it was promoted by Yukimura in the arena, the victim was Sanada.
"So far, all the main qualifying matches have ended. There is still half a year until the next main qualifying match. If you want a position in the main selection, keep working hard." Yanagi Renji took charge of the overall situation and sent the calculated training menu for the new year to the person in charge of the non-main selection.
Yanagi Renji watched as both sides were in deep thought after the match. It was normal for Sanada and Niou Masaharu to need some time to digest the situation.
"This training volume has almost doubled! It's scary."
"Stop talking, hurry up and train, otherwise I feel like you'll be further away from the starting position."
"Let's take action!"
The members of Rikkai University left the indoor venue to the regular players and went out in a daze to adapt to the training.
I gained more experience from watching the games in the beginning. The more I watched, the more I was amazed. The strength shown by both Sanada and Nioh Masaharu in the main draw was astonishing.
The previous competitions make people excited, as they will have the opportunity to challenge themselves as they make progress. The later competitions only make people despair, because it is clear that it is impossible to surpass them even in a year.
Besides, the regulars didn't get to rest while the non-regulars were working hard. Even a lot of intelligence and logistics work was led by the regulars using their extra time.
When only seven regular players remained on the indoor tennis court, Yanagi Renji called out Kirihara Akaya. "Kirihara, come on. Let's play a game."
"Okay, Senior Liu." Kirihara Akaya was still savoring the match with Vice Minister Sanada. When he heard Senior Liu's voice, he immediately stood up, took out his racket and went to the court.
Kirihara Akaya had been looking forward to the match against the Big Three for a long time. Unlike when he first challenged the tennis club as a freshman, Kirihara Akaya wanted to challenge the Big Three to a match. Now, after joining the tennis club, he had to abide by the rules of the club.
Yanagi Renji took action, and Marui Bunta could no longer wait. Although Niou's strength was unexpected, he still had to keep his promise. "Niou, stop staring blankly. You haven't recovered yet~"
"You should know how much this hurts me. I haven't reached a sync with Birusi yet, and we are partners. This is the first time for doubles players! Phew~ Whether it's with Advisor Liu or even Minister Yukimura, why does it fall on Sanada?" Niou held the racket that was swinging back and forth in front of him with one hand, and placed the other hand on his heart, looking sad.
Marui Bunta didn't know how to react for a moment. "Was it such a big shock?"
"It's hard to describe in words, Bunta, imagine if you had to queue up to buy desserts several times this afternoon, only to find that the person in front of you always sold out. Jackal, what if Bunta had a new doubles partner at the beginning of the year?" Niou Masaharu knew exactly how to hit the weak spots of both men.
Marui Bunta's face suddenly turned ugly, as if he had seen the scene that Niou Masaharu described.
Once I was sick, and that was the day when I encountered the situation that Niou Masaharu described. Marui Fumita took it every day for a week before he felt better.
Jackal Kuwabara kept shaking his head and reached out to grab Marui Bunta's sleeve, fearing that he would be left behind. In Jackal Kuwabara's mind, Marui Bunta was a perfect player in both singles and doubles, and he could do anything he wanted.
Yagyu Hiroshi pushed his glasses up and noticed the way Niou's pigtail swung back and forth. He knew he had recovered from his initial shock and was now teasing. "Niou."
"You, you, you wait." Hearing the voice of Hiroshi Yagyu, Bunta Marui reacted and grabbed the collector's edition of Deception Paradise that he couldn't let go of from Nioh Masaharu's jacket.
Niou Masaharu saw the hostage in Marui Bunta's hand and quickly surrendered. "Pfft! I was wrong, Bunta. You should be more careful."
In the end, Niou Masaharu reached a reconciliation agreement with Marui Bunta using desserts from a newly opened dessert shop nearby.
The scene was bustling with activity, and the feeling of Sanada getting rid of his sync was just like watching Kirihara Akaya's match.
The match between Yanagi Renji and Kirihara Akaya felt more like a coaching match because they were too familiar with each other.
Kirihara Akaya couldn't force out Yanagi Renji's full strength, but Yanagi Renji didn't understand Kirihara Akaya at the beginning, but he became more and more familiar with Kirihara Akaya's playing style.
The usual training plans are formulated by Yanagi Renji, who is very familiar with Kirihara Akaya's playing habits.
"Knuckle serve." Kirihara Akaya knew that his move could be seen through, but he had no choice but to use it. Moves that can be used in competitions require time to practice.
Before serving, he would use his knuckles to give the ball an irregular spin. For Yanagi Renji, this serve had become a serve with a designated direction.
The irregularity of the knuckle serve lies in the choice given and the timing and force used by different people.
And Kirihara Akaya's all-out effort gave the ball a regular feel.
Yanagi Renji stood predictably on the right side of the court. "The probability of a rebound, reverse spin, and inward spin is 96 percent, and the probability of a return to the net is 88 percent."
"The military advisor guessed it right, haha~ Well, Kirihara is too naive." The doubles match that Niou Masaharu agreed to was held on the court next to Kirihara Akaya.
Marui Bunta tilted his head. "Be serious, or you'll be the loser soon, Niou."
The missed ball was caught by the jackal Kuwabara who counterattacked.
"What does it matter? Watching the game doesn't affect your playing." Niou Masaharu watched Yagyu Hiroshi intercept the ball at the net.
If Kirihara Aka can gain some advantages by serving at the beginning, once he becomes familiar with the moves, he can basically rely on his demonic bursts to reverse the game, which is an easy problem for technical players.
In the doubles match, Yagyu Hiroshi, who was standing in the front court, fought back seriously, but Marui Bunta's flexibility was still difficult to deal with.
Marui Bunta's defender Jackal Kuwahara is also focused on the field. Whenever he plays with his partner, Jackal Kuwahara is particularly focused.
As Yanagi Renji returned the ball, he took the time to mentally register the changes on the court next to him. "Doubles is different for Jackal-san. The stability and concentration required are vastly different from singles."
The combination of Marui Bunta and Jackal Kuwahara improves Jackal Kuwahara's reaction ability, and Marui Bunta makes up for Jackal Kuwahara's own weaknesses.
Jackal Sanhara knew what was going on when Marui Bunta made a small move, such as when Marui Bunta tilted his head. The direction of the tilted head allowed Jackal Sanhara to prepare for the direction in advance.
If there are changes in the second section, the partner will remind you in time.
"Kirhara, the score is 3-1. If you don't act quickly, you will have no chance." Yanagi Renji applied pressure calmly.
In fact, teammates are not averse to Kirihara Akaya's transformation into a demon, as long as the improvement in strength does not affect health.
It’s just that Kirihara Akaya can’t control it well yet. If he can use this state reasonably, it will also improve his strength.
Kirihara Akaya retorted. "I'll show Senior Yanagi my new moves soon."
Yanagi Renji hit the ball back to Kirihara Akaya, but he couldn't catch it in the dead corner.
"How's it going, Senior Liu?" Kirihara Akaya used the muscle rebound force of his single-legged steps to increase his starting speed and caught up with the ball.
Yanagi Renji took a step back, hit a short backhand ball, and pulled Kirihara Akaya to run around the court, collecting data at the same time.
There's actually a chance that this ball will be caught, though it's not what I expected. Demonic Transformation can still achieve this goal. "The new skill, the single-legged short step, expands the defensive range, which is not bad. However, the offensive aspect still needs to be improved to score."
Developing in the direction of quick attack, leaving one round for trial, Yanagi Renji figured out that Kirihara Akaya's use of one-legged small steps tends to be quick attack.
Rather than taking small steps on one leg, the direction of progress that everyone wants to see more is actually Kirihara Akaya's control over demonization, and turning this state into a stable skill of his own.
"It's 5 to 3, Kirihara. If you don't improve your condition, the game will be over." Yanagi Renji tried to provoke Kirihara Akagi's demonization.
Kirihara Akaya uses the special red-eye state quite often. It appears in practice matches with other regular players, and when fighting with non-regular players until they are in a stalemate.
At the beginning, I would enter this state within two games when playing against the Big Three, but it rarely appeared later.
After Kirihara Akaya announced the name of the new move, the doubles team in the adjacent court tacitly slowed down their return speed, drawing considerable attention to the competition of the younger players.
"Secret technique - iron pillar collision." Marui Bunta turned around and used his signature move.
Niou Masaharu quickly stepped forward and joined Yagyu Hiroshi at the net, catching Marui Bunta's return. "Don't bully Hiroshi, Bunta. It's time for him to show up, haha~"
Just looking at Yanagi Renji's game, Kirihara Aka was sweating profusely. After the new moves were summarized, the rhythm of the game returned to the beginning.
The duration and pace of the match did not exceed what Kirihara Akaya could accept. It was the scene of the overwhelming defeat that added to the pressure.
"I will completely defeat you!" With nowhere else to go, Kirihara Akaya entered a demonic state.
Demonization and Red-Eyes Mode are different. Red-Eyes Mode is a weakened version of Demonization. Even with normal mode, Chihara Aka can still enter it under control. As time goes by, the state will become more in line with Demonization. Chihara Aka can also stop himself in a less advanced state, but the style of play is more violent.
The demonization is really aimed at people. Of course, these two modes are the same for Yanagi Renji. They don’t have much effect after seeing them. After all, there is a gap in strength between them.
The increase in strength and speed is unstable, which is what the starting teammates are unsure about.
"The probability of a diagonal shot is 87 percent." Yanagi Renji didn't move his position, but lowered his racket to lift the ball towards his knee.
Kirihara Akaya chased the ball and smashed it back.
"Not bad. Even in demonic form, I can still do single-legged dribbling, and it's even smoother." Yanagi Renji noted the difference between the two states of catching the ball.
The demonic body's instincts were brought into play, and all the results of his practice were in the best possible condition. He chased the ball without the slightest hesitation, and even balls that he might have missed at other times still had strength left in his demonic return.
But demonization ignores technique, so just fooling around is enough. Yanagi Renji paused with his racket, then decisively changed direction and struck. "6-3, the match is over, Kirihara."
"Damn it, I lost again. Next time, next time I will definitely defeat Senior Liu." Kirihara waited for a while before slowly recovering.
Yanagi Renji pulled out his notebook, wrote down the data he'd gathered from the competition, and encouraged his juniors. "We'll see."
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