Chapter 159: Players vs. Echizen Ryuga!
Echizen Ryoma was waiting, his lips curled up, and his slightly upturned eyes beneath his hood stared fixedly at the black-haired figure in front of him.
He took over the No. 1 pitch at the newly reshuffled U17 training camp, showing his unparalleled strength and crushing the former U17 No. 1 Byodoin Phoenix to the highest point.
Yagi Kei, challenge.
For a moment, the whole place was silent.
The first person to react was not the U17 coach or anyone else, but Byodoin Phoenix.
His reaction was unexpectedly large, even a little shocking, and he shocked the others beside him.
"--Can't!"
The Phoenix of Byodoin was about to turn around and leave, but it stopped instantly and took a big step forward, stretched out its hand and pushed away the person blocking its way.
His expression was extremely serious. No one had ever seen such a terrifying and heavy look on his face.
He shouted angrily at the black-haired figure sitting on the small stool,
"This challenge must not be accepted!"
“…”
What happened?
The U17 players looked at each other, and for a moment they were a little confused about the current situation.
As soon as these words were spoken, the U17 coaches, along with Onijūjirō and Tokugawa Kazuya, who were familiar with the character of the Byodoin Phoenix, all looked at him.
Byodoin rarely, almost never, interferes with other people's free battles, and is even keen on encouraging others to challenge stronger opponents.
But now, the evasive look he displayed was totally different from his normal state.
Some people have secretly suspected that Byodoin was so overwhelmed in the battle with Yagi Kei that it was almost impossible to recover. The blow suffered was too great and now there are some mental problems.
But, this doesn't look like it.
Byodoin Phoenix's mental state shouldn't be that fragile.
I really couldn't figure it out, so I held back and looked at the confrontation between these people.
The U17 coaching staff, Saito Tomo shifted his gaze from Echizen Ryouga who suddenly walked out to Byodoin who spoke out to intercept him and was very abnormal, and then looked at Yagi Kei who was sitting there motionless.
He squinted his eyes and noticed something.
Duke. Watanabe looked at Byodoin's back and couldn't help but speak out.
"Byodoin, how on earth did you—"
“——Crash!”
There was a clear sound of water breaking. Before Duke Watanabe could even finish his words, the black-haired figure in front of him, who had not reacted until now, suddenly yanked the racket, took a big step forward, and exerted force.
"Pah-pah-pah-pah-pah-pah!"
From the narrow bucket, right under Echizen Ryoma's nose, he forcibly pulled out an extremely long and giant tuna—
Ryuya Echizen: "...^^?"
Hmm…bucket, racket, giant tuna…?
He lowered his head, thought, understood, calmly accepted,
After figuring it out, I looked up again.
He raised his lips in his own unique style again. "You actually caught fish this way? Not bad, quite interesting—pop!"
He said again: "It's interesting... bang bang bang!!!"
The U17 members, led by Tezuka Kunimitsu, stood in the front row and witnessed the entire incident.
Those who covered their mouths covered their mouths, those who adjusted their glasses adjusted their glasses, looked up and down, east and west,
I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, "Poor thing, this is too pitiful, so pitiful..."
Being attacked dozens of times by the tail fin of a super giant tuna without any preparation,
At first, I didn't expect to be attacked by Dark Shark.
Later, I was completely confused and even began to doubt the current situation.
After he finally sorted out his thoughts and took a step back to a safe distance, he finally escaped the attack of the giant tuna's tail fin. Then he wiped his face and looked carefully, only to see sea water full of fishy smell!
Ryuya Echizen: "..."
This is really hard to understand.
But there are many incomprehensible things happening to this guy.
Looking at it this way, it seems like just fishing a tuna out of a bucket with a racket... not like catching an alien, so it seems perfectly normal.
It only took Echizen Ryuga a moment to convince himself, and his acceptance level was the best among everyone.
He finally said the complete sentence.
"Catching fish this way? Not bad, quite interesting."
Silently listening to him say "It's interesting", the U17 group, who had actually been slapped several times by Yu, said: "..."
Hold on, you must hold on!
Reaching out to push away the others who were trying to stop him, the Byodoin Phoenix remained silent, ignoring the situation in front of him and continuing with his unfinished words.
"——A battle with this guy must never happen!"
“…”
"...You're not even laughing at this. Is Byodoin's sense of humor so high?"
"I don't know. Byodoin is a little too dedicated..."
Everyone in U17 was whispering about this, but these rumors had no effect on the three creatures: Byodoin Phoenix, Echizen Ryuga, and Jibai Cat.
The Byodoin Phoenix tried to stop him, but was crushed and completely defeated by Yagi Kei. It was from this that he became more aware of the situation.
What the Japanese team needs now is such unparalleled and incomparable strength!
If you have such ability to lead the U17 team to the world——
It took only a second for Byodoin to accept this reality.
Therefore, we must not let Yagi Kei and Echizen Ryuga face off against each other! !
Others may not know, but he knows Echizen Ryuga's 'ability' -
There must be no fighting between these two people!
The Phoenix of Byodoin became stronger and stronger as he thought about it. In the eyes of the U17 people standing by,
Byodoin almost wanted to insert himself into the room, separating Echizen Ryuga and Yagi Kei.
His face was full of hope that these two people would be as far away from each other as possible!
"...So, what exactly is going on here?"
"Byodoin also issued an order before. We in the overseas expedition team must not confront the guy he picked up."
"It turned out to be the repeated orders of Byodoin..."
"Could it be that something bad will happen if he confronts this guy he picked up?"
"Is it possible?"
Unconsciously guessing and being very close to the correct answer.
But at this moment, the one who made the decision was not the Phoenix of Byodoin, nor was it the U17 group, but the black-haired figure sitting on a small stool.
Kei Yagi——
"oh,"
The black-haired boy turned around, put away the bucket and stepped forward.
"Fight."
Quite crisp and clear, quite concise and clear, without a single word of nonsense.
Thinking that it would take some time to talk, Echizen Ryuga said: "!"
Byodoin Phoenix tried his best to stop it but failed: "?!!!"
Byodoin Phoenix was about to collapse, "Do you know that this guy's ability is completely..."
"oh,"
The figure opposite the Byodoin Temple, the black-haired figure grabbed the racket twice, put away the small stool, and spoke casually and unintentionally.
"I know."
Byodoin Phoenix: "..."
Ryuya Echizen: "...?"
——Nonsense, there is such a big special skill on the special NPC status bar, any player with eyes can see it.
Regardless of how the expressions of these two special NPCs changed,
The player clicked on the pop-up option in front of him.
[Special NPC Echizen Ryuga is challenging you, do you accept? ]
【Click · Yes】
[Ding! Accepted successfully, entering battle mode——]
Please wait... loading...
Byodoin Phoenix seemed to want to say something more, but the other U17 members rushed over to him and stopped him from saying anything else.
Duke. Watanabe shook his head at him, and everyone looked at the only two people in focus at the moment.
The mysterious No. 4 with a hood and the undisputed top of the U17 training camp - Kei Yagi.
Seeing that their new head coach had already made a decision, he took the racket and an orange, and walked towards the court without looking back.
Echizen Ryuga, whose orange was stolen again: "...Yeah, it's okay."
The coaching staff naturally would not interfere with Yagi Kei's interest. Saito immediately arranged for everyone to leave the court area and re-activated the infrared surveillance near the court.
Under Kurobu Yukifu's watchful eye, hundreds of screens, large and small, were all staring intently at the two people in the center of the court.
【Loading… Loading completed! 】
【——Now entering battle mode!】
The status bar of the special copy BOSS, Echizen Ryuga, finally unfolds before the players' eyes!
As usual, let's take a look at the special status and special copy BOSS exclusive skills.
[Special NPC exclusive passive skill: 'Devouring & Depriving']
['Devouring & Depriving': Passive skill, devours the opponent's abilities, deprives the opponent of their skills, enriches oneself, and upgrades oneself!]
Oh? Is this the legendary "cut and paste"? ! !
This is too ungrateful!
--interesting!
Players were immediately interested in the unique skills of the special copy BOSS.
According to the skill interpretation in the status bar, the special copy BOSS's exclusive skill cuts the opponent's ability and pastes it on itself.
If the player copies, cuts, and pastes the skills of the special copy BOSS,
Wouldn't the scene become cut and paste VS cut and paste cut and paste?
In the end, wouldn't it be a case of players gaining special dungeon boss abilities versus special dungeon bosses gaining player abilities...
Russian nesting dolls are concretized.
Players are really interested in the abilities of special dungeon BOSSes.
——Come on, let the players take a good look at what is going on!
This time, the referee was no longer Irie Kanata, who always attended the games. After much effort, Saito Shi handed over the refereeing authority to Byodoin Phoenix.
The yellow-haired man was silent, sitting high on the referee's chair. The players from both sides had already entered the court.
He could sense Echizen Ryuya's playful gaze, which seemed to pass over him vaguely, but more of his attention was devoted to the black-haired figure across from him, just a few meters away.
The atmosphere was completely different from the half where Echizen Ryuga was. It was so quiet that it was almost non-existent, and his presence was almost reduced to the minimum.
However, after experiencing a real battle with Yagi Kei,
The Phoenix of Byodoin knew very clearly in its heart that it was not a disappeared existence, but a lurking, hidden, and omnipresent one.
Black shadows, black eyes, black gaze...
He closed his eyes tightly in silence, and when he opened them again he announced the start of the game.
"Both sides choose to serve—!"
Echizen Ryuya reached out and clicked the pop-up window and eight-sided dice in front of the player.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! You have the right to serve first! ]
Byodoin Phoenix took a deep breath.
"—Yagi, serve first!"
His expression was too obvious. Although he tried to control himself, the negative connotation was still caught by those who were good at observation.
"Byodoin...seems like he doesn't want Kei to make the first move."
Yukimura Seiichi narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the expressions of the three people in the field and carefully weighing and analyzing them. Not only him, but also the others from Rikkai University were watching.
Genichirō Sanada remained silent, folding his arms and looking towards the field, but his eyes never left Yagi Kei.
Liu flipped through a few pages of his notebook and exchanged information with other U17 players, but he still had no idea about No. 4, who had suddenly appeared in the U17 overseas expedition team.
The name I barely put together, 'Echizen Ryomasa',
The moment he said it, everyone instinctively looked at Echizen Ryoma, who was holding his racket and staring at the court.
"Just judging from the surname and naming style..." Inui Sadaharu adjusted his missing glasses.
"Echizen, there's a 66.666% chance that the number 4 who suddenly appeared is your brother."
Echizen Ryoma was about to immerse himself in the game when he was suddenly called out: "?"
He looked at Inui Sadaharu with a strange look, and he had some idea of how reliable or unreliable his speculation was. Echizen Ryoma turned his gaze back to the field.
After looking at it for a while, he pulled up the brim of his hat in a cool and arrogant manner and said, "I have no impression at all. Don't make any assumptions, senior."
If Ryoma Echizen on the field could hear what Ryoma Echizen said, he would definitely be heartbroken.
But now——he paid more attention to the opponent standing opposite him.
He completely defeated Byodoin Phoenix with his own strength, and crushed it without a doubt with his super strength. He dominated the entire U17 and was arguably the best among all the middle and high school students in Japan.
Interesting, it seems that following these guys back to Japan is a good option this time.
'--bring it on,'
Echizen Ryuya still wore his hood, holding the racket lightly and relaxing.
The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and the arc of his smile gradually became more obvious.
"Let him see the extent of the power possessed by the person who easily defeated Byodoin!"
After checking the status bar of the special copy BOSS that had entered combat, the player looked at other attributes and health bars.
Good news, unlike the last special copy BOSS, the health bar is slightly thicker than the normal copy BOSS by two or three times.
However, it has not yet reached the level of a vernier caliper, and there is no skill like 'Phoenix Nirvana' that allows infinite resurrection.
In other words, this special copy BOSS,
Once you kill him, you will die!
The player who discovered the truth once again looked at Echizen Ryuga on the other side of the net, already wondering how to attack without stabbing him to death.
From this point of view, the Byodoin Phoenix, which is indestructible and has its own resurrection armor skill, is simply a good helper for the player. There is no need to be restrained in the fight.
Players no longer have to worry about accidentally killing their opponents!
With an inexplicable regret in his heart, the player once again looked up at the special dungeon boss on the other side of the net, smiling politely but not knowing why.
Then——one move of A can conquer the world.
The player also made a basic attack!
Gate A!
Across the net, the black-haired boy changed his grip on the racket slightly, and everyone on and off the court focused their attention on him.
'What will happen?'
"Which of the three ultimate moves?"
"Or is it some new, unprecedented attack method—"
He took out a tennis ball from his pocket, tossed it, bent his knees, jumped, and swung his racket—'empty, empty, empty, empty! !'
Precise, concise, efficient, no-nonsense, textbook straight serve—
Echizen Ryuga, who was still slightly expectant in his heart, raised his eyebrows, but did not say much.
Although it was just a straight serve, the speed of this ball should not be underestimated!
It was so fast that it almost left an afterimage, and it turned into a yellow lightning in the blink of an eye, and it pierced the side of the body with a sharp sound of "kong kong kong kong".
Echizen Ryuga swung his racket instantly, catching the landing point accurately. The next thing to do was to hit it back -
'It's so heavy!'
Although I expected it, I was still a little surprised when I actually received the ball.
With such a thin body, he can actually hit such a heavy serve. It's completely different from the other team and it's a bit hard to understand.
But in this world, there are so many things that are hard to understand.
This level is completely manageable!
Echizen Ryuya turned his wrist and gripped the racket tightly. The yellow ball rubbed against the racket, making an almost terrifying "buzzing" sound.
He didn't forget that this tennis ball was not an ordinary tennis ball and it would explode randomly at any time.
Although I'm not afraid of explosions, but as for troubles - the less trouble, the better!
Echizen Ryuya no longer delayed and seized the time. He grabbed the racket with his forearm, drove his wrist and gathered the strength of his upper body, and suddenly lifted the racket and the ball at the point where it intersected, and slammed it out -!
“——It’s shot out!”
Someone cried out,
“I actually managed to hit it back on the first ball!”
After hitting the ball back, Echizen Ryuga glanced at the figure on the other side of the net.
The black-haired figure took a step forward and appeared directly at the landing point of the return ball a few seconds in advance.
"What a quick judgment," the thought flashed through my mind.
Very fast, very fast, even too fast.
It was as if he already knew that the ball would be hit back, and even where it would be hit back to.
Echizen Ryuya's nerves jumped slightly, and without thinking too much,
Because in just a moment of thought - the return of the second ball has arrived!
Not only did he defend quickly, but he also counterattacked even faster. Both he and the U17 players watching the game on the sidelines only saw Yagi Kei defending, positioning himself, and swinging his racket.
'Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing! !'
There is no dullness or slowness, just as natural as blinking an eye, a ball hits and a shot hits.
The heavy ball that caused a slight shock in Echizen Ryuga's heart was easily hit back!
—Even faster!!
It was as fast as lightning, and the afterimages were almost as far as the body's length away. Echizen Ryuga looked closely and saw that the afterimages had completely disappeared into the past.
By the time he saw the confirmed afterimage, the sphere itself had already rushed straight towards him!
He reacted in time, took a big step back, gathered his strength in his arms and swung the racket hard!
When he just dealt with Yagi Kei's ball, he had already summed up the experience of dealing with it.
Even though it may seem like a simple straight serve, it should not be underestimated. You must seize the moment the ball comes and hit it back quickly. You cannot give the ball any room to breathe or hit it back!
Just like this—
"——Why is it heavier?!"
Echizen Ryoma's arm suddenly sank, and he turned his head to stare.
It's not an illusion, it's clearly appeared.
When returning the ball, not only the speed, but also the rotational friction and the power of the ball are doubled!
What he is facing now is twice as bad as the previous one!
Did he silently double the power? Echizen Ryuga glanced at the dark-haired figure on the other side of the net as he pulled back his racket.
This guy who seems quiet... is not simple either.
"But——if it's only double, it's not a problem!"
Echizen Ryuga suddenly swung his arms and twisted his waist this time, becoming more flexible and responsive. He swung his arms fully open, seizing every second without delay, and blasted out forcefully -!
"Boom boom boom boom—!"
The force of the ball was so heavy that the sound of it breaking through the air became distorted.
“——He hit me back again!”
Suddenly, the gazes of several U17 players on the sidelines towards the mysterious hooded man No. 4 on the field changed somewhat.
He was able to counter both of Kei/Kei-sama/Yagi's attacks. This guy does have some strength.
His reputation was upgraded from "the mysterious hooded man who dared to challenge Kei/Kui-sama/Yagi" to "the mysterious hooded man who looks a bit strange but is still bold." Echizen Ryuga, who knew nothing about it, realized something was wrong the moment he hit the ball back.
It went so smoothly.
Then he suddenly raised his eyes to look at the net - the black-haired boy arrived at the landing point of the ball several seconds ahead of time again!
This feeling, as if the future had been completely understood, once again lifted Echizen Ryuga's heart.
It had been so long since he had felt the thrill of meeting a worthy opponent. He almost couldn't wait to see his opponent show him more, more complete, and more powerful skills.
'Buzz buzz buzz empty empty empty—boom!'
……What?
The pupils shrank instantly, and the peripheral vision of the pupils fell to the end of the eyes, like a yellow thunderbolt that crashed into the line!
“…”
“…”
Dead silence,
So quiet that there was no sound.
No one even reacted for a long while.
Hundreds of large screens instantly replayed the video, finally piecing together the missing piece.
As soon as the yellow tennis ball reached the other half of the court, the racket that had been waiting for a long time was handed out.
The racket touches the ball and the next second, it is hit.
There is no extra part, no excessive pulling, no struggle and encirclement,
Flowing smoothly, calmly and naturally,
Then, sprint, land, and score.
The images on hundreds of large screens all stopped at the same moment as the yellow tennis ball passed behind Echizen Ryuga, who was frozen in place and unaware of the situation.
“Beep!”
The sharp and exciting whistle finally sounded appropriately, and Edoin, sitting high on the referee's chair, finally performed his duties.
"15:0." He announced,
Double, no...that level, triple...quadruple times!
I didn't hold the racket myself to receive and respond, so no matter how much I review it in my mind, I can't get a definite comparison value.
But the only thing that is certain is that the speed of the third return ball was definitely much faster than the previous two balls - this is why Echizen Ryuga, who never let his guard down, missed the chance to return the ball!
"Gradually releasing its true power..."
Echizen Ryuga quickly thought of the possibility, and then looked at the figure who remained unchanged and calm after scoring a point.
"Looks like now... he's not the only one who finds this interesting."
Slowly tightening his grip on the racket, Echizen Ryuya's posture changed slightly, and he finally showed some real attention.
At this moment, the player is thinking about how much force he should use while using basic attacks to avoid killing the opponent's special copy boss while still scoring points.
Fortunately, I can control the value to about four times the initial level A to cut off a section of the health bar.
This way, players can rest assured——
Then, let’s try to use the boundaries of skills!
[Click·Skill 'Your Butterfly Flash, Hit the Wall 365 Degrees, Thomas, No Turning, Barehanded, 100% Catch the Blade, The Scheming Frog Touches Your Belly'——Using!]
[Ding!]
【Successful use! 】
"Here they come!"
"—Here they come!"
Not only the crowd off the field, but also Byodoin Phoenix and Echizen Ryuga on the field all sensed the sudden change in the atmosphere.
Air flow surges——
Sharp, intense, encroaching, swirling, buzzing, difficult to perceive,
Echizen Ryuga raised his eyes, breaking through the endless vortex of energy and directly striking the figure holding a tennis ball about to serve——
It's finally here,
The side cheeks under the hood seemed to be smiling.
After all, he had waited too long for this goal——
[——Ding!]
[Warning! Warning! Warning! ! ! !]
【Special copy BOSS Echizen Ryuga
——Exclusive passive skill 'Devouring & Devouring' is now enabled! 】
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