Chapter 2
Class B, Year 2. This is the class where Sanada is in, and it is also the class where the three giants of Rikkai University gather. Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High School re-divides the classes every year. The three people who were scattered in different classes in the first grade rarely get to be in the same class in the second grade. However, for the teachers of each subject who come to teach Class B, teaching in Class B is extremely stressful.
Class B has the serious and solemn Sanada. The math teacher feels like a leader is listening in and inspecting every time he comes to teach Class B. Coupled with the rigorous Renji Yanagi, this class division is a nightmare for all the teachers who teach Class B, especially since Sanada and Yanagi do have the ability to point out the mistakes in the teachers' lectures.
The math teacher, who was writing on the blackboard, felt a cold sweat trickle down his face. He turned around and asked, "Sanada-san, is there something wrong with this question?"
"No, teacher." Sanada responded to the teacher's question seriously.
The math teacher just felt that Sanada's momentum was stronger today than ever before. After finally getting used to the environment of teaching Class B, it was like going back to the moment when he just took over the new class, which made him feel uneasy.
In the privileged area where the teacher's sight is basically not paid attention to, Yukimura and Yanagi Renji, who relied on Sanada's stern face to suppress the approach of nearby students, changed their usual behavior and started discussing other topics in class.
Yanagi Renji was writing down new information in his notebook. "Yukimura, you actually agreed to Sanada's suggestion. Didn't you say before that a minor cold didn't need to be checked?"
"There's really no need to pay too much attention to it. I just didn't expect so many regulars in the tennis club to have problems. Let's just treat it as a group activity. The most surprising thing is Sanada. It's usually difficult to get him to agree to see a doctor." Yukimura didn't want all the members of the tennis club to be injured at the beginning of the new semester.
Yanagi narrowed her eyes and pointed at Yukimura. "Yukimura was obviously the hardest to persuade. If you were told to go to the hospital on your own, the probability of you not going was 93.1%, the probability of your family noticing was 5.6%, and the other probabilities were..."
"I have agreed." Renji must have remembered that Yukimura disliked the hospital, and Sanada knew it too, so he tried to persuade him at first but didn't say anything when he saw that Yukimura didn't take any action.
Yanagi Renji simply didn't expect Sanada to be the first to bring up the idea at the school gate. Given Sanada's personality, even with injuries, he'd insist on participating in club events if it didn't affect him much. Yanagi had originally wanted to wait until the club events to bring up the idea, after all, there weren't just a few regular players who weren't in good form, and Bunta was likely the only one who would be willing to participate.
It became a collective activity of the tennis club, and neither Yukimura, the captain, nor Sanada, the vice-captain, could refuse.
Sanada stared at the blackboard with a serious expression, not noticing the conversation between his friends behind him, and ignoring the teacher who was sweating profusely and thinking over and over again before writing the questions on the blackboard to explain them, and walked away thinking.
Suddenly he was back in the second year of junior high school, and something happened to the family heirloom. He was so busy with the time and the situation... Only now did Sanada remember that he had made progress in kendo. He hadn't played tennis for a long time, even though he had participated in the U-17W Cup and pursued a higher level. After graduating from high school, everyone was pursuing their own goals and dreams. Sanada's attention was completely focused on kendo, and he was not sure how much of his tennis skills he had retained.
"Lingling~"
After a day of classes, the rest of the time belongs to the students' club time.
Sanada stood up and took action. He saw his recent work notes in the discipline committee classroom. Last week's statistics had been completed. He would take it slow this week to get familiar with the tennis club first, so he had plenty of time to adapt again.
Yukimura smiled helplessly: "Yanagi, let's go too, Sanada has already taken action."
"This confirms that there must be something wrong with Sanada. Normally, Sanada's schedule is not so tight, and that direction leads directly to the tennis club." Liu saw Sanada's figure slowly walking through the corridor.
Because of his leg, Sanada needs to act earlier so as not to be late.
Leaving early is not without its benefits. Senior Mori Jusaburo, who usually hides well when skipping training, was caught red-handed by Sanada this time.
Maori Jusaburo scratched his hair and signed in at the tennis club, ready to avoid the boring basic training. Ever since the younger students known as the Rikkai Big Three took over the management of the tennis club, the basic training has become more and more frequent. Maori Jusaburo felt that it was not very meaningful, and he skipped training every time without leaving a trace. After all, he was a senior, and as long as he was not caught in the act, the younger students would still give him face.
As graduation was approaching, Mori Jusaburo relaxed himself even more.
Sanada's extra years of training experience had brought about significant changes. His footwork and breathing had changed, and he was now more discreet, quietly standing to the side. "Mori-senpai, once you've signed in, you must train on time. Even though it's the off-season and you haven't retired yet, you must abide by the club's rules."
"Hey! Deputy Minister, I got it." Maori Jusaburo was startled. "Why did the Deputy Minister come so early today~"
Yukimura and Yanagi Renji, who arrived later, saw that the senior who was a master of skipping training was running laps honestly today, while Sanada was standing on the court practicing swinging the racket.
When Sanada and Mori-senpai meet, he naturally won't give Mori-senpai the chance to escape training.
Maori Jusaburo was still hoping to find a chance to escape while Vice-President Sanada was busy with something else, but when he noticed Sanada's mark on the training sheet, he figured it wouldn't be a big deal to occasionally participate in club activities. "Something's up, Vice-President."
As the only remaining regular player in the Rikkai University tennis club who has not been successfully challenged by younger players, Mao Li usually doesn't take anything seriously and doesn't get involved in the management of the tennis club at all, yet he still maintains a winning record in competitions.
But a senior should also have the responsibilities of a senior. When he found that something was wrong with Sanada, Mori Jusaburo chose to stay quietly in the tennis club to train and not cause trouble.
The tennis club of Rikkai University has separate training schedules for regular and non-regular players. The national competition just ended recently, which is a key time for the transition between the old and new members of the club. At this time, the training volume of the tennis club will be recalculated and the training schedule will also be changed.
The tennis club reduced training so that the players who have been preparing for the competition can get enough rest.
Sanada will mark the training collar where he needs to use his legs and will make up for it after he recovers.
Most current members of the tennis club hold multiple positions, like Yukimura, who serves as the beautification committee member. Besides tennis club duties, he also handles student council matters. Sanada usually handles his disciplinary committee duties before returning to the tennis club. If Sanada needs to catch a tardiness, he simply changes into his uniform and shows up at the tennis club entrance before a scheduled time. Supervising practice is even easier; as long as Sanada is there, no one will slack off.
Yanagi Renji is the student union clerk and is usually the last one to arrive among the three. In addition to the student union and the training arrangements of the tennis club, Yanagi Renji also needs to collect information on players from other schools. There is a lot to do.
Marui Bunta has his own hobbies. Before coming to the tennis club to practice, he would go to the cooking club to borrow the venue to make his own cakes or buy snack cakes and then go to the tennis club. Kuwabara always follows Marui Bunta.
Needless to say, Niou Masaharu must be preparing a prank somewhere or on his way to one, so that he won't be late for the tennis club and won't give Sanada any chance to find any flaws.
Hiroshi Yagyu and Sanada are both on the disciplinary committee. At the beginning of his second year, Niou Masaharu somehow managed to dig him out of the golf club and bring him to the tennis club. He made rapid progress and was promoted to a regular player before the national tournament.
Kirihara Akaya, the most promising junior on the tennis club, initially challenged the national champion captain upon arrival. Sanada, Yukimura, and Yanagi Renji took turns battling the newcomer, only to be crushed. Kirihara's overly aggressive style of play, which led to his red-eye mode, a more aggressive style of play, proved ineffective against the three giants of the Kaikai University.
Kirihara Akaya, who once gave up on joining the tennis club but later regained his confidence and vowed to defeat the Big Three of Rikkai University, is now preparing to challenge for the starting position again.
There is another amazing thing about Kirihara Akaya: he always gets lost. No matter if it is a familiar place or an unfamiliar one, he can still get lost even if he looks at the map.
After completing the basic training he could, Sanada waited at the entrance to the tennis department. He caught up with his juniors, who were late for about half of the time. Besides getting lost, some of the reasons were due to being kept after class by the teacher. Kirihara Akaya was still late for today's club event.
Kirihara Akaya had already been running for quite some time. He had already gone the wrong direction when rushing out of the classroom. Unexpectedly, after finally finding the right way, he still wasn't in time. "I'm sorry, Vice Minister Sanada, I, I went the wrong direction."
"Add ten laps, double the basic training." Sanada didn't know what to say. He couldn't remember the way after a year, and if he didn't remember it for a year, the result would be the same after another year. It seemed that in Kirihara Akaya's mind, the road to the tennis club changed every day.
Kirihara Akaya nodded vigorously. "Yes, Vice Minister Sanada."
As he said this, he ran around the perimeter of the tennis club without even changing his team uniform.
Faced with Sanada's majesty, not only his peers but even the seniors who have not retired yet all obeyed him obediently.
Actually, the Rikkai University tennis club wasn't like this at the beginning. Back then, Koichi, Sanada, Yukimura, and Yanagi Renji were the standouts among the newcomers. Just like Kirihara Akaya's challenge, these three newcomers challenged the seniors in the tennis club and succeeded.
The outcome was already decided, and the position he took over was not so easy to manage. Many of Yukimura's decisions required the assistance of the former director. At that time, not everyone obeyed the management of the freshman. With the help of the seniors, the Rikkai University Tennis Club stood out among the many new and old schools. The three of them won the highest honor of the junior high school tennis club in their first year of junior high school and won the championship of the national competition.
After winning the championship, Sanada, Yukimura and Yanagi Renji agreed to win the championship three times in a row, a goal that can only be matched but not surpassed.
In the second year of junior high school, the new members of the tennis club gradually emerged and new blood joined the regular team of the tennis club. With the retirement of the seniors, the tennis club officially passed to the hands of the three giants of Rikkai University.
New rules, new training menus, new training facilities... with one update after another, the tennis club officially entered the era of management by the Big Three.
Yukimura is in charge of the overall situation and the selection of teams, Yanagi is responsible for intelligence gathering and menu planning, and Sanada is responsible for supervision, execution, and discipline.
With joint efforts, the Rikkai University Tennis Club defeated the new overlord of Kansai, the defending champion Shitenhoji, in the final of the national competition in the second year of junior high school.
And this is Sanada's current situation, the calm before the storm. However, Sanada, who was unprepared and wanted to defeat Tezuka, is not afraid. Sanada, who has experienced all kinds of things and has become the head of the Sanada family and returned to the present moment, is also not afraid.
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