Chapter 80: The Tennis Era Surrounded by Players! ...
"Fight, fight back..."
"It was so easy... to fight back..."
The yellow ball bounced and rolled away from everyone's sight, stopped, and finally slowly settled into a fixed point in their sight.
Everyone no longer knew what expression to show or what words to express their feelings.
After all, at this level, it is no longer within the realm of normal humans...
Whether it's the body shape that's so inconsistent with the ease with which he fought back, or the powerful aura that exudes a sense of ease, think about the actual age of the person who did this.
...Is this really just some 'genius' or 'monster'?
Perhaps 'genius' and 'monster' are just the threshold to seeing him...
After returning Kawamura Takashi's super wave ball, Yagi Kei didn't show any special reaction. Fuji Shusuke's gaze shifted from the yellow ball that was receding into the distance to the racket in Yagi Kei's hand across the net.
Even Aaron and Kirihara felt the strings tighten and tear slightly when they received the last wave ball, especially the hands holding the rackets, which were trembling as if they had used too much force and received excessive impact.
But looking at Yagi Kei who thrust out his racket without warning...
No, not at all.
Fuji slowly held the racket and said nothing more.
Qingxue fell silent, while Rikkai Dafang on the other side suddenly exploded after a moment of stunned silence.
"Kyu——!!!"
"Akaya!!!"
With a sudden start, Kirihara Akaya came back to his senses.
The moment he came back to his senses, he instinctively checked the state of Yagi Kei who was standing in front of him.
Arms – no problem!
Wrist - no problem!
Cats...and people are no problem either!
He instinctively breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart, which was tightly in his throat, was still unable to relax in time. Kirihara Aka was so nervous that he pressed on the shoulders of Jibai Cat and looked up and down endlessly.
With a tone half worried and half delighted, he said, "Really... Kei, just leave it to me for things like this! Don't just show up like that out of the blue! What if you get hurt?!"
Full of sweet condemnation, the strong care from the seniors drowned the pussy from head to toe,
The player himself did not say anything about this.
[You used 'Support' on your teammate, Kirihara Akaya! ]
[You successfully blocked a fatal blow for teammate Kirihara Akaya! ]
[Congratulations to team member Kirihara Akaya for significantly increasing your favorability! !]
After silently clicking the pop-up window prompt, the player glanced at the health bar of his teammate NPC.
Just kidding... If the player hadn't blocked the ball just now, the one with a bloody face and in high danger of being eliminated would be the Kelp Head NPC!
The black-haired boy swayed left and right like a cat, trying to suck the cat from all angles, up and down, left and right, 360 degrees, and slipped away from Kirihara Akaya's arms.
Now look at the status of the double copy BOSS on the other side of the net.
It seems that the skills just now cannot be used all the time. The status bar where the double BOSS has been using skills has already faintly appeared the debuff icon.
Kirihara Akaya muttered a lot, and when he looked up, he saw the junior he was thinking about, leaning on his racket and looking at the two people on the opposite side of the net.
Kirihara Akaya: “!!”
"Don't worry, Kei——I'll protect you this time——"
He spoke in a joking tone, but his white hair and red skin stared intently at his opponent, and his facial expression showed a strength and seriousness that came from his heart.
Facing his gaze, Kawamura Takashi felt oppressed by his aura and involuntarily took a step back.
Fuji Shusuke supported Kawamura Takashi slightly and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, Aaron."
He soothed her, "I'm still here."
Although that's what they said, the pressure they felt when facing the Rikkai University duo head-on was extraordinary.
The ace of the second grade... Kirihara Akaya who has activated the "controllable demonization"
And the dark horse of the first grade... Kei Yagi, who is no longer on the same dimension and level as everyone else.
It's really tricky no matter how you look at it...
I pressed the lower lip line.
And just in time...it was Rikkai University's turn to serve.
“——Beep!”
"Rikkai University serves!"
Forming an Australian formation, one in front and one behind, Fuji Shusuke and Kawamura Takashi closely watched the tennis ball between Yagi Kei's fingers.
After the last match between Rikkai University and Hyotei, the entire game video was collected and replayed dozens or even hundreds of times in the archives.
Especially the disassembly of the moves of the first-year student 'Yagi Kei' from the opposing Kaida University,
Although some people were certain that Yagi Kei would face Tezuka Kunimitsu, the captain of Seigaku, Fuji and others still tried to imitate Yagi Kei's serve, attack, and moves in order to better help Tezuka train his toes.
Serving, attacking occasionally succeeded,
But thanks to his skills, not a single attempt failed.
Failure, failure, failure... no matter who does it, it is failure.
It was as if this ball, determined, was something only he could use...
【Click! 】
[Skill: 'Your Butterfly Flash, 365-degree impact against the wall, no spin, barehanded, 100% guaranteed to catch a sharp attack, the scheming frog touches your belly' is in use...]
【Successful use! 】
The yellow ball spun slightly at the fingertips, followed by dark eyes and a raised racket.
“——Here it comes!”
When they saw this opening move, Kawamura Takashi and Fuji Shusuke immediately held their breath, and the videotape played them over and over again.
This ball was so fast, so fast that it would arrive in the blink of an eye just when it hit the racket.
"Buzz!"
...arrived at their feet.
The little yellow ball came quietly like a flapping butterfly, swept by a silent storm.
In the very center of the typhoon's eye, after a thousand buzzes, there was a three-second silence. My pupils spun to the ends of my eyes, pushing themselves to their limit before I could catch a ball resting safely on that line.
Landed.
The referee hesitated and blew the whistle slowly.
“15:0!”
“——It appeared!!”
"It's 'You butterfly flashed into the wall 365 degrees Thomas without a spin barehanded 100% catch the white blade of the scheming frog touching your belly' ball!!"
The atmosphere in the audience was very excited. Many of them came just to witness this legendary goal with their own eyes. Some even memorized the string of names that sounded like random names.
Tachibana Yoshihei of Fudomine covered his mouth. Kamio Akira next to him slowly opened his eyes wide and hesitated:
"That...that is..."
"The speed of that ball... became even faster."
On the Hyotei side, Ozuki Yuushi adjusted his glasses and said calmly.
Jibu, who was pressing his brow with his slender knuckles, did not speak immediately, but just snorted lightly.
Anyone who has faced this ball in the previous game and compares it now will definitely be able to clearly perceive the subtle difference.
Speed...angle...or force...?
In short...it is more advanced, but also more difficult to deal with.
"Where on earth did this kid come from..."
For a while, the frequency of this question being asked reached its peak.
This terrifying evolution speed has no upper limit in sight... It seems that there is no upper limit at all.
People with no upper limit...
"Hahaha—well, that's the right level, damn brat, why didn't you take it out earlier or later? Wouldn't it be better to take it out when we fight, uncle?"
The Seigaku supporters, Horio Satoshi, Kato Katsuro, and Mizuno Katsuo, were all feeling the turmoil over the ball when suddenly a noisy older man's voice came from the side.
The three of them looked at each other and looked at each other.
The person who was speaking was a strange monk wearing a yukata, sunglasses, and even a flowered scarf wrapped around his head.
Satoshi Horio/Katsuo Mizuno/Katsuro Kato: "..."
"How about... just pretend you didn't hear it..."
"I also think this weird uncle is too weird..."
The person who was considered to be the strange monk was actually Nanjiro Echizen himself, who had come in disguise. Sitting next to him was Nanjiro Echizen's niece Nanako Echizen.
Echizen Nanako: “…”
"Ah... Uncle, even if you don't want Ryoma to know you're here to watch his game, at least dress a little more normally. This is way too exaggerated..."
"You don't understand - Nanako, this disguise of mine isn't just for that kid Ryoma, it's also -"
"Ah! It's Yagi-kun, he's looking towards us!!"
"——Cover! Cover me!! Nanako!!"
There was a commotion, and the three students from the first year group of Qingxue looked blankly at the strange monk uncle lying on the seat. After hesitating for a moment, the three of them moved aside in an orderly manner.
"It's better to stay away from that place..."
"I think so too..."
Echizen Nanjiro landed on his face and didn't get up until Echizen Nanako said that Yagi-kun had looked away.
Echizen Nanako: "Uncle, why are you avoiding Yagi-kun like this? Yagi-kun is a very polite guest every week, isn't he?"
Echizen Nanjiro looked at her in disbelief, and after a long silence, he was unable to successfully connect the word "politeness" with the boy swinging his racket off the court.
Seeing that Echizen Nanako seemed to really think so, even Echizen Nanjiro couldn't help but fall into indescribable emotions.
He sat down again, this time taking off the floral scarf on his head, and looking down at the crowd wearing only sunglasses.
Well... I thought Ryoma could fight Keina in this match.
Looking at it this way, they are completely wrong.
However, if the current Ryoma were to face Kei's level, Echizen Nanjiro scratched his chest, thought about it and didn't say anything more.
Where on earth did this kid Yagi Kei come from...
Improving with each passing day... His strength level would greatly increase after just a week of not seeing him, just like he was soaring into the sky like a rocket.
Even when he was in his prime as a young man, he was not as exaggerated as this kid.
Ah Ah Ah... Really, there are so many young people nowadays.
What a pity—
What a pity, these guys met the guy who will sooner or later monopolize and suppress everyone in this era.
The player accurately captured a golden legend among a bunch of blank NPCs.
Special weekly boss: Echizen Nanjiro!
This game has a lot of freedom... The boss can even run around.
The player looked at the weekly boss refresh time [2D12h34min09s] above Echizen Nanjiro's head with regret. The refresh time had not ended, so even if the weekly boss was swaying in front of the player, it was no different from an ordinary NPC.
Turning our attention back to the field, the health bar of the opposing two-player dungeon BOSS was reduced a little, it seems that the player's attack was still effective.
Fuji Shusuke and Kawamura Takashi adjusted their mentality and suppressed their emotions.
"We can't lose our composure at this moment," Fuji's expression slowly darkened. He really opened his eyes this time while holding the racket, staring straight at the black-haired figure on the other side of the net who took out a tennis ball from his pocket, bounced it twice and prepared to serve.
【Click! 】
[Skill: 'Thomas's 365-degree spin, 100% chance of catching a blade with bare hands, the scheming frog touches your belly again, the invincible universe explosion attack' is in use...]
【Successful use! 】
The starting position of the serve has changed again.
Fuji's eyes flashed, and he noticed it keenly. He immediately turned his head to look at Kawamura Takashi, who hadn't had time to react: "Aaron, be careful!"
Kawamura Takashi: "Hey - what are you talking about, Fuji..."
“Bang! Boom!!!”
Before he even finished speaking, a tornado impact cannon with huge power came straight at his face.
This ball concentrated hundreds of times the high rotation force, and it was like a stress high-pressure drill, even heading straight for the entire brain.
Kawamura Takashi instinctively took a big step forward to meet the ball, but his naked eyes could only barely catch the trail of the ball, and he was still a little short of actually touching it with his racket.
In a brief second, Fuji Shusuke was concentrating his mind, not wanting Aaron to catch the ball again. His wrist was already exhausted from the three consecutive Samsara Wave Balls.
This ball couldn't be let go. Rikkai's serve had already been broken, and now it was Rikkai's turn to serve first. If they kept scoring like this, even Aaron, who was holding a racket, would definitely have a hard time regaining his morale...
Only he can come.
My thoughts raced, but I didn't even have a second to make a decision.
"Aaron, I'm coming."
In the silence, Fuji's voice suddenly rang out, and Kawamura Takashi's eyes suddenly widened.
A figure suddenly blocked in front of him, holding the racket with both hands and swinging it firmly and precisely to meet the ball.
“—Fuji!!”
Kawamura Takashi lost his voice, and the people from Seigaku standing on the side of the field couldn't help but stand up, staring at the situation inside the field.
Atobe Keigo, who had faced the ball, chuckled softly, and Oshitari Yuushi quickly looked at him.
Atobe Keigo: "It seems that Fuji of Seigaku is the best result after combining many aspects."
Oshitari Yuushi: "Then Atobe... do you think he can score this goal?"
"—Ha, are you kidding me?"
Atobe's eyes swept over him, casually and calmly, "A ball that even I couldn't block... must be at a higher level. Don't underestimate anyone... but don't underestimate that kid from Rikkai University."
Atobe Keigo's words could not reach the ears of the two warring parties on the court.
Of course, even if the ball is passed, Fuji will still step forward to fight for it.
My whole arms were numb, trembling, and shaking, and I even couldn't control myself and wanted to spin out.
The ball was spinning, and the racket simply couldn't resist the immense force and concentrated spin it was exerting. The entire racket was resisting Fu Er's control.
The base of the thumb feels numb and even tearing. The most important thing to do at this moment is to quickly let go and escape from this dangerous situation.
But once you let go - this ball is bound to score!
Kawamura Takashi could no longer control his voice: "Fuji - give up! Fuji!!"
"What a mess, Aaron... You clearly wanted to be more serious, but now it seems that you haven't done it at all."
Fuji gritted his teeth and held on to this ball.
The high-speed spinning tennis ball almost drilled a hole in the racket string. My whole arm was shaking uncontrollably, and beads of sweat rolled down my forehead.
Everyone in the Qingxue group who saw this scene felt uncomfortable, but they all suppressed their voices.
"I respect Fuji's choice," Tezuka Kunimitsu adjusted his glasses and said with his arms folded.
'Genius' Fuji, even in the tennis powerhouse Seigaku, is recognized as the second best player after the captain Tezuka Kunimitsu. He always faces all opponents standing in front of him with a calm and relaxed look, and wins one by one.
Since he joined the tribe, no one had ever seen him look so stubborn and embarrassed.
“Fuji…”
Kikumaru held on to the guardrail tightly, his expression tense to the extreme.
The long tug-of-war was a torture for both the audience and himself.
But Fuji did not give up.
He even continued,
The strings of the racket were already trembling and making a tight, creaking sound, hovering on the edge of breaking.
——But it was only a momentary opportunity, perhaps a miracle captured,
At the point where the rotation speed of the racket string and the ball reached a balance, Bu Er sensed it keenly, followed his instinct and intuition, raised his arm and hit out with the right angle and direction!
"--call out!!"
The yellow ball extends its arc, drawing a perfect parabola.
“——!!”
“!!! Hit, hit it out!!!”
No one expected this goal, and even they all knew in their hearts that he had failed.
But Fuji Shusuke showed a miracle worthy of his name of 'genius', he actually fought back successfully,
Even the emperor of Hyotei, Atobe Keigo, failed to successfully return the ball!
The stadium and the surrounding area were suddenly filled with excitement. The momentum of Seigaku's support was strong. Kikumaru Eiji suddenly hugged Oishi Shuichiro beside him, and the whole person kept shaking.
"Oishi, look! Look! Fuji succeeded!"
A faint light appeared in Oishi Shuichiro's eyes, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "I saw Eiji, I saw..."
“—Bang! Boom!!”
It was a fast, fierce and urgent sound that caught everyone off guard.
"......." Oishi Shuichiro read out slowly.
The smile of the previous moment still lingered on the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, but the next moment,
The yellow ball has touched the ground and is slowly rolling away.
"30:0!" The referee blew the whistle and waved his arm to signal!
No mercy, no pity, no compassion,
Cold and cruel, the momentum of recovery was completely killed with just one subsequent goal.
The instigator shook his racket carelessly, a faint sound of doubt rising from his lips. Just like the ball that came out of his hand had great lethality, his extremely cold gaze also questioned people's hearts.
"...What are you so happy about?"
The dark eyes, like the thickest ink, conveyed this clear sentence without any change.
Whether it was the audience, members, and supporters who were opening champagne in the last second, or Fuji and Kawamura who were looking at him directly,
They were all plunged into an irresistible abyss by this glance.
"——Hmm, seriously, it was just a block of Kei's shot."
Kirihara Akaya raised his racket and pointed it at the two people from Seigaku on the other side of the net, asking from the bottom of his heart,
"What makes you think Kei won't return the next shot?"
“…”
“………”
The lively atmosphere was suddenly killed, and the solemn and heavy cheers of Rikkai University followed.
One sound after another, drilling straight into my mind, deep and deafening.
Kirihara Akaya's words and that look in his eyes all emphasized a fact that was so common that it was deliberately ignored.
As long as Yagi Kei stands here... he is someone that everyone must resist with all their might.
Because he has never shown his true strength.
"...Although, is it true that Akaye is now a bit of a bully, can you tell me that?"
Marui Bunta took his time,
Jack Sangyuan felt a little helpless, but scratched his head, "It shouldn't matter... After all, Akagi is still quite reliable..."
Yagyu Hiroshi pushed his glasses up, his eyes quickly and lightly falling on the person who was speaking, but his footsteps were firmly planted in a position where he could accurately reach the landing point no matter when he started moving.
Compared to fighting alone, now that you have younger generations to protect... you are gradually learning to become more mature, Akaya-kun.
The players don't care about the NPCs' verbal and psychological activities.
The only thing players care about is attack success and score.
'360-degree Thomas spin, 100% chance of catching a blade with bare hands, the scheming frog touches your belly again, and then the invincible Big Bang attack' Because of the single attribute point allocation, it seems easy to be counterattacked.
You need to add some other parts when you click the skill.
While adjusting the parameters, I checked the status bar of the 2-player dungeon BOSS on the opposite side.
The health bar is steadily decreasing, and the player's skills have been online so far, so - A!
After losing a serving game and two points in a row, Qingxue was under great pressure.
Not to mention that the opponent they faced was the Rikkai University combination that was gradually getting into shape.
Fuji Shusuke and Kawamura Takashi's expressions became increasingly serious, but soon, they discovered that Yagi Kei seemed to have lowered his guard against them.
The two consecutive serves were not at the level of skill, and I had a bad feeling in my heart, but the feel of the return was also correct.
Kawamura Takashi looked blankly at the ball that he had hit back, then looked up at Fuji.
Fuji Shusuke didn't say anything, only slightly frowning. His natural intuition told him something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out.
The brain scanned carefully one by one,
The rackets, the net, the court, the players, the spectators, what's wrong with them...
The oncoming topspin ball just fulfilled the conditions for launching the "Flying Swallow Returns to the Nest". The moment I raised my wrist, I felt a slight pain.
But Fuji's expression did not change. He cut the ball back and the topspin ball slid quickly along the ground after being hit. The arc and trajectory were perfect. It could be said that this was the best-feeling ball he had hit in this period!
"It's the swallow returning to its nest!!"
"——It appeared, one of Fuji's three return shots!"
Qingxue immediately shouted in support,
On the other side of the net, Kirihara Akaya took small steps on one foot and reached the landing point quickly. He raised his arm without hesitation and hit a high ball close to the ground!
Kawamura Takashi quickly seized the opportunity and moved to the front of the net to return the ball, but Kirihara Akaya was even faster and took the lead, this time with a smash!
Fuji Shusuke's heart tightened, this time it was the 'brown bear caught'!
It was too late to think any further. Aaron was powerless to chase the oncoming smash. Now he could only rely on his three types of return shots:
"It appears—the brown bear has been caught!!"
"That's awesome! Let's keep going with this momentum!!"
The morale of the Seigaku team continued to rise, but Fuji Shusuke, who was standing in the field, felt cold all over.
What is wrong? Where does the problem lie?
After three consecutive attempts at returning the ball, he failed to score successfully. The brown bear fell into the net and was intercepted by Kirihara Akaya.
This time, the return shot was even more powerful!
The people of Qingxue had already made advance preparations and said excitedly, "Chop shot—Fuji can definitely handle this move!"
"That's right! That's the last of the three types of return shots—White Whale!!"
Fuji had already reached the net by instinct. All he had to do next was apply a backhand spin to achieve the conditions for the White Whale.
wrong!
Where did the other guy from Rikkai University, Yagi Kei, go?!
It's going so smoothly. Why is it going so smoothly?
It was as if someone was deliberately letting him perform his special move smoothly, making him think that he could successfully score the goal!
“…Hmm?”
The player noticed some signs and piqued his interest slightly.
But it's just a little interest.
——After all, it's too late.
The yellow arc that brushed past his face hit the wide-open goal behind him, without any obstruction, resistance, or defense.
There was a dead silence inside and outside the stadium.
Until the referee blew the whistle to announce the score,
"Rikkai University VS Seigaku-2:0!"
“…”
“………”
"W-why…"
A confused voice sounded,
"Fuji and Aron...they suddenly stopped moving?"
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