Chapter 135 Chapter 135 National Competition Second Round (Part 2)...
Before Yuon and Keigo Atobe reached the competition venue at Shitenhoji Temple, they ran into members of the cheering group, who she had sent earlier to film the Shitenhoji Temple competition.
From him, Yuyin and Yuyin learned that Shitenhoji had also quickly finished the first three games and won very cleanly, and the next game was also scheduled for the afternoon. They immediately changed their route and went to the Seigaku venue.
"7-6, 7-5..." Yuyin glanced at the intensely competitive match on the court, then shifted her gaze to the scoreboard at the side of the court and read out the score in a low voice. "Looking at the score, it's not easy for Seigaku to win, but they've already won two games. Just one more win and Seigaku will qualify."
Atobe Keigo touched his teardrop mole, slowly glanced at both teams, and said with certainty, "The winner will be Seigaku."
Not to mention that the situation in this match was gradually tilting towards Seigaku's side, he glanced at Seigaku's match schedule. The contestant listed after the last singles match was Tezuka. This undoubtedly told everyone that the possibility of Seigaku being overturned was zero.
"But it turns out that Shitenhoji also came here to watch the match of Seigaku."
Atobe Keigo looked at the group of players in yellow and green uniforms in front of him and said nonchalantly.
"Are those the members of Shitenhoji?" Yuyin sighed. "Their strength... as you said before, should not be underestimated."
Yuyin has never learned tennis. The method she uses to judge someone's tennis strength is different from that of Atobe. She uses the concentration of spiritual power emanating from the opponent's body that she sees with her naked eyes to judge.
The concentration of spiritual energy emanating from the Shitenhoji team members would put them in the top three among the school teams that Yuyin had previously known at the Kanto Trials training camp. They would indeed be a formidable foe.
Yuyin couldn't help but sigh, as expected, the team that could win the Kansai Tournament championship this year could not be an easy team to deal with.
Perhaps sensing Keigo Atobe's gaze, the young man with light brown hair, the person with the strongest spiritual power in Yuyin's sight, suddenly turned his head.
The brown-haired boy's eyes lit up when he saw Atobe Keigo. He raised his hand and greeted him, "Atobe, are you here to watch Tezuka's match? It seems your Hyotei's match this morning is over."
Previously, due to the front and back positions, Yuyin could only see the other person's back, which was already very tall and handsome. Now that she saw his face from the front, even someone like Yuyin, who was used to seeing handsome men, couldn't help but be dazzled and exclaimed, "What a handsome young man!"
Faced with the affable Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Atobe Keigo also subsided a bit of his arrogance and nodded politely, "Ah, well, I went to your Shitenhoji Temple first, but I didn't expect your team's game to be over long ago, so I came to Tezuka's place to check it out."
"Haha," Shiraishi Kuranosuke chuckled twice, "Hyotei is our opponent in the next round. We at Shitenhoji are also very concerned about it. However, I heard halfway through that you guys at Hyotei have won three games in a row and all the matches in the morning have been played. That's why I brought the team to Seigaku to take a look."
What he said was very appropriate, expressing that Shitenhoji attached great importance to Hyotei as their next opponent. It not only showed that he had already thought that Hyotei would defeat their defeated opponent Makinofuji (Makinofuji lost to Shitenhoji in the Kansai Tournament and only got the runner-up in the Kansai Tournament), but also subtly explained why they came to watch Seigaku's game instead of going to Hyotei.
However, no matter how friendly the atmosphere seemed, the two were, after all, captains of two teams about to clash. Atobe Keigo raised his eyebrows and issued a challenge, "Shiraishi, if you want to fight Tezuka, you must first get past me."
With just one sentence, the previously harmonious atmosphere was destroyed, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger.
Shiraishi Kuranosuke smiled, still as good-tempered as ever. He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "I'll return this sentence to you. Atobe, if you want to fight Tezuka, you must first lead your Hyotei to defeat our Shitenhoji."
"7:6, Aogakusikumaru wins."
At this moment, the referee announced the result of the match loudly, and the two men's anxious eyes, full of fighting spirit, finally shifted.
"Haha, then I'll wait and see."
After Keigo Atobe finished speaking, Shiraishi Kuranosuke nodded slightly and left with his team members.
Looking at Shitenhoji's receding figure, Yuyin suddenly turned around and said to Atobe, "I'm starting to doubt the truth of that rumor."
"What rumors?" Atobe couldn't help but look puzzled. He never cared about rumors, as long as they didn't happen in front of him and disturb his life.
"Xingzi told me before," Yuyin took two steps back with her hands behind her back, her eyes curved into crescents, "She said that the level of your tennis skills can be judged by your appearance. People who are good-looking must be good at playing tennis."
"Ahem..." Atobe Keigo choked as he leaned over to Yuyin's side and quickly denied it. "What nonsense is this? What does tennis skill have to do with appearance?"
"Yeah, isn't it?" Yuyin raised an eyebrow and asked back, "I didn't believe it at first, but seeing this Shiraishi captain from Shitenhoji today, my doubts have been shaken." She counted on her fingers, "In Hyotei, except for Karaichi, each of you is far more beautiful than the average person. Am I right? Let's talk about the captains I've met. You, Keigo, and that Yukimura Seiichi from Rikkai University, although I've only seen his photos and information. There's Tezuka Kunimitsu from Seigaku, and this Shiraishi Kuranosuke I saw today... Oh my god, the four of you, all with your own unique personalities, can form an idol group together. I even have a name in mind. How about C4 (Captain 4)?"
Atobe Keigo was at a loss for words. "C4? Isn't that the abbreviation for plastic explosive?"
"That's not important," Yuyin waved her hand nonchalantly, joking, "It just means you're booming, igniting the passion of girls across the country."
Before Atobe could reply, there were suddenly several surprised voices from behind, "Ah, it's Atobe of Hyotei!"
"...and his girlfriend!"
It turned out that the members of the Youth School team were leaving the field after the game and happened to bump into them.
Because her voice was so loud, everyone present could hear it clearly. Yuyin paused, thinking, "Isn't this just bringing up something irrelevant?" What she couldn't stand the most now was the word "girlfriend".
"Tezuka," Atobe Keigo seemed to have adapted well to the unusual greetings from Seigaku. He raised his head and waved towards Tezuka Kunimitsu, "First of all, congratulations on Seigaku's successful advancement. It looks like we can finally meet in the semifinals."
"What does he mean by that?" Taocheng Wu asked the person beside him in a low voice.
Kaidou Xun responded with a contemptuous look: "Idiot, what he meant is that Hyotei also advanced in this round, and will defeat the opponent in the next round, and meet with our Seigaku in the semi-finals for another showdown."
Tao Chengwu's temper immediately flared up, "Stinky snake, do you want to fight?"
Kaidou Xun refused to give in, "Hiss, hit me if you want, I'm afraid of you!"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing, Hyotei's Atobe is still here," the good-natured Oishi said while persuading his second-year student, apologizing to Atobe Keigo, "I'm sorry, Atobe, that's just how they are, please don't mind it."
However, Keigo Atobe's full attention was on Kunimitsu Tezuka, and he didn't care about this noisy little episode at all.
"Ah," Tezuka Kunimitsu said sparingly, pushing up his glasses, "Seigakukai has entered the finals."
"Haha, Tezuka, you're still the same."
Atobe Keigo laughed out loud and waved, "See you in the semi-finals." He was about to part ways with the people from Seigaku and go another way.
Tamane deliberately took two steps behind, tilted her head, and said to the two people who were being lectured by the vice-minister and were a little dejected, "Although it sounds strange, I still want to say that my name is Saionji Tamane, not Atobe's girlfriend. My classmate, can you please not call me by the wrong name next time?"
Even though the girl opposite him was beautiful, for some reason, Momoshiro Takeshi shuddered and quickly raised his hand and said, "Saionji-san, right? I remember, I remember."
*
Yuyin hadn't expected that the news of her and Atobe pretending to be a couple would spread so widely and even spread to other schools. She had thought it was only circulated in a small circle within Hyotei.
Originally, she didn't mind pretending to be a couple. In the past, when she went on missions with her companions, Yuyin had pretended to be someone else. Anyway, it was for the convenience of completing the mission, and it would not cause any losses or affect her daily life.
But not long after Atobe confessed his love to her, she was suddenly called that, and even she, who was always free and easy, felt a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Atobe didn't ask her for an immediate reply, nor did he show any strange expression when he heard Qingxueren's address this time, which made Yuyin breathe a sigh of relief.
However, after having lunch with everyone in the tennis club, Yuyin found an excuse to leave temporarily, found a remote and deserted place, and dialed a number.
"Hello, may I ask who is..."
Hearing the lazy voice coming from the other end of the phone, Yuyin hurriedly said: "Mr. Oda, it's me."
"Ms. Saionji!" Oda Sakunosuke's voice immediately changed, becoming more energetic. "Did Ango-kun contact you?"
"Yes, that's right," Tamane called to reassure Mr. Oda and Saku. She also had something else to tell them. "Excuse me, Mr. Oda, is there anyone else around?"
"I'm here in the restaurant, alone, eating curry rice." Oda Sakunosuke immediately realized that this meant he was discussing important matters that needed to be kept secret. He once again looked around and confirmed his surroundings, then replied, "The boss is cleaning the equipment at the counter, and I'm the only one in the store."
"Well, Mr. Oda, please find an open, deserted place and make sure there are no eavesdroppers or trackers. Then we can continue our conversation."
Oda Sakunosuke nodded: "No problem."
He placed the change for lunch on the table, opened the door and walked out.
When Oda Sakunosuke indicated the appropriate place for the conversation, Saionji Gyoon continued, "Mr. Oda, this should be the first time we have a direct conversation."
"That's right," Oda Sakunosuke said, standing by the deserted riverbank. "That day, when the attack happened, was the first time I saw you, Miss Saionji. Even though you were still unconscious at the time, I wasn't sure at first that you were the one I'd been looking for, the one who saved Saku and the others. It wasn't until I found the contact in your phone that was Ango... I really don't know how to thank you enough for what happened back then."
"Mr. Oda, I didn't save people just to be thanked. In that situation, I believe that anyone with the ability would not leave a child like Sakura in danger without doing anything."
"But it was you who saved them. Ultimately, it was you who saved them."
To this day, when recalling the thrilling explosion that day, Oda Sakunosuke still feels his hands trembling. If he had not received the contact from Saku and the others halfway, he would have already found the enemy and died with them.
It was the first time that Yuyin received such persistent and strong thanks, and she was still a little uncomfortable. In the past, she did missions or saved people just out of her heart, and never expected to get thanks or rewards from the parties involved. Most of the parties involved didn't even know that it was her who saved them. So although she saved many people, it was indeed the first time for Yuyin to be thanked so sincerely.
"Mr. Oda, I received your thanks. I contacted you this time because Mr. Ango said that you and Sakura were very worried about me. I contacted you to let you know that I'm fine. And secondly... I would like to ask you, Mr. Oda, and Sakura to keep my secret, whether it's the rescue incident that year or this appearance in Yokohama..."
Before she could finish her words, she heard Mr. Oda's firm voice, "I understand."
"Huh?"
"I will do as you ask. I will also go back and tell Sakura and the others not to tell anyone about you."
Although Ango and Miss Saionji did not explain anything to him, Oda Sakunosuke had already made reasonable imaginations and inferences based on his past experience as a killer and his mind as a present and future novelist.
Back then, when he and Dazai went to Sakaguchi Ango to look for him, they only received the news that he had died. He felt very sorry that he could not personally thank the person who saved Saku and his life.
It wasn't until this Guild incident that he accidentally discovered that his savior was still alive. Now that he thought about it, he needed to think about the origin of that "death news". Maybe... the Special Ability Department sent her to carry out a special mission as a superficial cover, just like when Ango Sakaguchi was sent by the Special Ability Department to be an undercover agent in the Port Mafia.
The fact that he had accidentally discovered the other party's identity was a big deal. If he wasn't careful, it could lead to fatal disaster for both the other party and himself. After careful consideration, Oda Sakunosuke decided to keep this secret and not let it spread.
"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Oda," Yuyin added after a moment's thought, "This confidentiality isn't just for outsiders. You can't tell your colleagues at the Armed Detective Agency either, such as... Mr. Dazai Osamu and Mr. Edogawa Ranpo."
Tamane didn't know how Oda Sakunosuke understood the details of her "death", but the fact that she, a former member of the Special Ability Department, was still alive could not be spread anymore. The other people in the Armed Detective Agency were fine, except for Dazai Osamu and Edogawa Ranpo... She didn't want any trouble to come to her, so it was better for those two not to know.
Oda Sakunosuke said without hesitation, "I understand."
*
In a base somewhere in Yokohama.
In the dim room, three large electronic screens flickered, casting a faint light on the face of the person sitting quietly in front of the screen, reflecting the handsome and somewhat sharp face of the young man.
The young man's face was pale from not having seen the sun. In the hot summer, even though the room temperature was not low, he was still wearing a furry hat that looked very hot, which reduced the aggressiveness of his appearance and made him look a little cute.
The only sound in the quiet room was the steady hum of the computer's internals. He rested his chin in thought for a long time, tapping his fingers lightly on the table as he muttered, "Saionji... What a shame, I only heard that last name."
Intelligence is a crucial factor in determining the outcome of future confrontations. Ever since his last plan to use the Guild failed, Fyodor has been holed up in this dim basement for quite some time.
He reviewed his previous plans, reflected on the reasons for failure, and collected new intelligence for the next stage of the mission... He did all this in an orderly manner, and then found that the reason his perfect plan failed was not only because he underestimated the power of the cooperation between the Butcher Club and the Port Mafia, but also because he missed an important piece of information. It was like a complete puzzle with a piece missing, and no matter how he put it together, it would not be perfect.
What he had missed was the one man who could have stopped Guild leader Fitzgerald's first crucial step in burning Yokohama.
A person who has caused the supernatural power of Yumeno Hisasaku, the killer of the Port Mafia, to be permanently ineffective.
To put it in a worse-case scenario, an unknown person who can seal other people's superpowers may also be able to seal his superpowers, and may continue to obstruct his plans in the future, causing him to fail again.
On the bright side, if we can use this person's ability to seal the abilities of other opponents...
Just thinking about this, Fyodor's body trembled with excitement.
intelligence!
First of all, he must find out who this person is!
All three institutions in Yokohama are undoubtedly suspects.
Fyodor first ruled out the Port Mafia. If the other party was a member of the Port Mafia, it would be impossible for him to cut off his own arm to seal the mind control ability of Yumeno Hisasaku. This was not in the interests of the leader Mori Ogai. And now that Mori Ogai was the only one in power in the Port Mafia, the possibility of such a person existing was extremely small.
Both the Armed Detective Agency and the Special Ability Department are possible, but Fyodor prefers the Special Ability Department.
First of all, the Armed Detective Agency has a small staff and has always been an open and aboveboard organization. It is difficult for it to have hidden hands deep inside that he is not aware of.
Second, the other party's behavior made him smell a hint of a government lackey.
Third, it was his intuitive inspiration from years of experience as an intelligence dealer.
But it is not easy to start from the Special Ability Department. With Ango Sakaguchi in the Special Ability Department, it is inconvenient to take direct action and investigation, so he turned his attention to the Armed Detective Agency.
It is somewhat difficult to enter the Armed Detective Agency headquarters building to eavesdrop, but it is different outside. Not everyone is always vigilant outside of working hours.
Fyodor locked onto several members of the Armed Detective Agency and arranged in advance the means of investigation at their favorite and frequented locations where they would definitely stay and move around.
One of them is the monitoring device installed in the simple family-style Western restaurant that Oda Sakunosuke often visited.
Fedor had already prepared himself for a long period of fruitless results. Now that the second round of planning had begun, he still regularly collected and analyzed the new information he obtained every day. Unexpectedly, he suddenly got a big surprise.
A surname, and gender: female.
This range is still incredibly vast, especially in an island country where the rate of duplicate names and surnames is comparable to that in his hometown.
Fortunately, he didn't need to use these two broad conditions to search for people in the entire island nation's household registration database. He had to first compare it with the files or intelligence of people related to the Special Ability Department and the Armed Detective Agency. Unless the surname was fake and the other party had never used it before, or the other party had been hiding in the dark like him and had never revealed his face or name in formal occasions, he would definitely be able to find some clues.
He hit the enter key, and a stream of data information quickly flashed across the screen, indicating that the search and comparison were in progress.
Soon, maybe a few seconds, maybe ten seconds or dozens of seconds, the screen stopped at a file interface.
"An indestructible arrow? Hmm... it doesn't seem to have the ability to seal or eliminate supernatural powers..."
Fyodor read out the small words on the description of the superpower in the file, analyzing it while flipping through the pages. Then his eyes fell on the bright red stamp on the right side of the photo and he grinned.
"Confirmed dead? Interesting."
The pale-faced young man tilted his head, supporting his chin with his hands crossed. His eyes, as bright as wine, were juicy and tempting. "So, dear Miss Saionji Yuon, where are you now?"
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