Chapter 102 Chapter 102 The twists and turns of the exchange competition (three...
Atobe Keigo's serve was originally a secret weapon for the national tournament, and naturally, he couldn't avoid Tamane, his inseparable companion, during practice. While Tamane wasn't as knowledgeable about tennis as a professional, she had gradually come to understand more through watching. For example, Atobe's Tannhauser serve, with its powerful backspin that barely bounces after landing, required not only exceptional skill but also a significant strain on the server's wrists.
Strictly speaking, although Tannhäuser's serve is good, it should not be used too often. It is best to use it occasionally as a surprise weapon at critical moments.
But now Atobe and Sanada are in a stalemate. In order to win the game, they must win the serve. Based on Yuyin's understanding of Atobe, he will definitely not care about the damage to his wrist caused by serving and force continuous serves.
As expected, Keigo Atobe continued his momentum and served Tannhäuser four balls in a row, winning the serve game. The match became 5:4, and the Japanese team temporarily took the lead.
Mike Lee and Billy Cadet of the American team had also noticed the strength of Atobe Tannhauser's serve before, but they believed that it would be impossible for Atobe to serve perfectly continuously, as this kind of ball required both high intensity and skill. They were preparing to wait for Atobe to make a mistake or reveal a flaw so as to break his serve. However, they did not expect Atobe to be even more powerful than they expected and was able to hold on to his serve for the entire set. Even though the fourth ball had a slight tendency to rebound, it was not enough for Billy Cadet to counterattack.
Billy Katie, who failed to catch the ball, looked up at the audience, looked at his beloved girl sitting there, silently recited Steyani's name, and his eyes became more determined.
Next is his serve, and he will use the lariat serve to win!
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Yuyin looked at Atobe with some concern.
Not to mention the burden that Tannhäuser's serve puts on his wrist, it also consumes a huge amount of physical energy, which is very disadvantageous to Atobe in the future.
At the same time, if he and Sanada cannot win their opponent's serve, the game score will become 5:5. At that time, the team that wins 7 games first will win, and the subsequent consumption will be even greater.
This means that although Tobe and his team won the serve, this game was also a match point that they had to win, and the psychological pressure caused was no small at all.
Because the American team had Billy Kady's lasso serve, after tenacious competition from both sides, the American team took the advantage of serving first and won the game 5:5.
"Hmm... compared to the American team, we have absolutely no coordination." Gojo Satoru casually commented on the game while chewing popcorn.
Yuyin looked at him speechlessly. "How could you possibly feel bad about complaining about others' poor cooperation?" You're the one who usually likes to be alone and not cooperate with others, right?
But thinking about how powerful the Rokugan is, ordinary people really can't cooperate with him. Maybe it was possible when Senior Geto Takeru was still around, but now... Alas, I don't know how Gojo Satoru's investigation is going when she reported to him last time about the incident of impersonating Senior Takeru. The venue is not convenient for discussing such confidential matters now, so it's better to wait until the game is over before asking him.
"It can't be helped," Tamane sighed, explaining the lack of coordination. "Keigo and Sanada belong to two different teams, a temporary combination. They've never played together before, and they're both very independent singles players, so achieving doubles sync in a short period of time is very difficult. But it's different for the American team. They must have been preparing for a long time, a dedicated doubles combination."
"Well, then it all depends on whether they can wake up to this. If they can cooperate at the last minute, we can almost win. Otherwise, it's a dead end."
The people's teacher Gojo Satoru stuffed the popcorn he had eaten into the garbage bag next to him, tore open a new bag of potato chips, and did not forget to instruct his students.
"Youjin~ Remember to cooperate well with your classmates in the future~ This couple was a negative example on the court today~"
"I understand, teacher!" Yuji Itadori straightened his face and responded loudly.
Yuyin thought, considering Senior Gojo's usual unethical behavior, I don't know how this kid can respect me so much. Or is it that the natural type is just such an angel?
In fact, sorcerers usually fight alone. Given the number of cursed spirit incidents in the island country, there are very few sorcerers, so there are no extra sorcerers to cooperate with each other. They only gather in groups of three or four when they act together with their classmates in school. Especially since the Kyoto sister school exchange meeting is coming soon, the team competition of the exchange meeting is the top priority. Yuon had previously heard that Gojo Satoru planned to let Itadori Yuji participate in the competition. She guessed that given Yuji's sensitivity as a vessel of Ryomen Sukuna, the association's top leaders and Kyoto would probably make a move.
She glanced at Hisahito, who seemed completely unaware of this. After carefully taking note of his teacher's instructions, he turned around and watched the game seriously.
She saw that Senior Gojo was planning to use this to train Hisahito. Although there would be risks, a young seedling must go through wind and rain to grow. Neither she nor Gojo Satoru could arrive at the scene in time every time an accident like the one in the juvenile detention center occurred. Hisahito had to grow up on his own and be able to fight against strong enemies independently. A sorcerer was such a bloody profession that was destined to be restless.
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In the end, Atobe and Sanada won the game with difficulty with a score of 7:5. They played in a tango rhythm in the end and finally showed some tacit understanding as a doubles combination.
Seeing that Atobe had left the court to rest in the back, Yuyin became a little restless. Before the next doubles player came on stage, she couldn't hold back and stood up to give Gojo Satoru a few words of advice, intending to leave for a while.
"Ah! It's the Griffey brothers! They're so handsome~"
Conan sat speechlessly beside Mouri Ran with half-moon eyes. Almost at the moment when the good-looking brothers from the American team appeared, Suzuki Sonoko started shouting loudly. At the same time, many female spectators behind them screamed and cheered for them. Although the momentum was not as loud as that of Atobe Keigo from the Japanese team before, it still made his ears numb.
He was not very interested in the tennis match, he just came here to accompany Xiaolan. If this was a football match, he might have paid more attention.
"Sister Xiaolan," Conan pulled the corner of Mao Lilan's clothes, "I want to go to the bathroom."
"I see. I'll accompany you..."
Mao Lilan had just said half of it when Conan quickly waved his hand to refuse, "No, no need, Xiaolan, I can go alone! Usually when I go out to play with Mitsuhiko Genta and Professor Agasa, I always go to the bathroom alone!"
Mao Lilan found his adult-like appearance somewhat amusing. She was originally worried about a child like him going there, but thinking about Conan's usual mature behavior, she decided to go along with him. "Okay, go quickly and come back soon. If there is anything, call me immediately or ask for help from the staff around you. Got it?"
"Yeah, I understand!"
Conan responded in a childish voice and sighed inwardly, "I'm getting better and better at pretending to be a child."
He stood up from his seat, and on the other side of the aisle next to him happened to be Saionji Tamane and her two mysterious friends who were said to be from a religious school.
When they were introduced before, Conan didn't think much about it, but the game just now lasted too long. While watching the game, he also didn't forget to use his peripheral vision to observe the people around him. Seeing that they were just eating and watching the game normally, he slowly let down his guard.
However, Conan was bored and figured out something. According to Yuyin, the young man was a teacher at a religious school, which means that he was conservatively estimated to be over 22 years old. Based on Conan's ability to observe age, he estimated that his actual age was even older than that.
But Saionji Tamon called him senior, and her words were intimate and free, not like the conventional senior-junior titles between unfamiliar alumni of the same school.
In other words, the young man had attended religious school at the same time as Saionji Gyoon. However, based on the young man's conservative estimate of age, around 25, he had been attending at least seven years earlier. Seven years earlier, Saionji Gyoon, now 15, was only eight. What kind of religious school would enroll students aged eight to eighteen in the same semester?
Conan became more and more certain that the religious school was not simple. It might be related to the unclear psychic ability of Saionji Tamon. From this, he inferred that the young man and the students he taught should not be ordinary people. Except for the one with pink hair and a hat, the other two entered the school under the pretext of being volunteers at the venue, and now no one knows where they are.
Thinking of this, Conan became restless, so he took advantage of the time when the second game just started to secretly contact Dr. Agasa and ask him to investigate the religious school in Tokyo. Then he made an excuse to tell Sister Xiaolan that he wanted to go to the bathroom.
As a result, just as he walked to the side aisle, Saionji Gyoon stood up and walked to the side, as if she was about to leave to do something.
Just then, the two of them bumped into each other through a guardrail.
When Conan saw that Saionji Tamon looked a little worried, he thought to himself, could something really have happened?
Suddenly, he saw Saionji's expression really change. He turned his head to look in the direction of the American team's appearance, and then moved to the audience seats next to him.
there?
Conan hurriedly looked in the direction she was looking, and found that it was the sponsors' table that Suzuki Sonoko had introduced before. However, Sonoko waved her hand nonchalantly and said that except for the people from the Wood family who came from the United States, the others were not very good. They were just a few small investors who came to the tennis exchange tournament to see if there was any profit to be made. She also told Xiaolan that if they had no vision, she would sponsor the Griffey brothers' games later.
Putting aside Miss Sonoko's regular speech, Conan was paying attention to the people sitting over there. You know, according to his experience, the people who usually have accidents first are generally those who are rich and powerful.
Conan took a careful look and immediately discovered that the girl in the sponsor's seat, who was said by Sonoko to be the daughter of the Wood family, was missing.
He turned his head again. Where was the person?
In just a short moment, Saionji Gyokuon in the aisle beside him, as well as the young man and his student who had been his attention before, all disappeared.
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Yuyin initially only felt subtle energy fluctuations, but then she realized something was wrong because the plainclothes officers lurking near the sponsors' seats were making some movements.
Just as she was about to turn around and head towards the American team's locker room, Gojo Satoru got ahead of her and told her that he would go and take a look and told her not to worry.
With Liuyan's help, Yuyin felt relieved and went to the Japanese team's locker room as planned.
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