Chapter 97 Welcome Party (Part 1)
Coach Ryuzaki is ill and in the hospital, but the training for the qualifiers must continue.
Coach Sakaki temporarily took over the position of general manager, and the overall training was not affected much. Only the members of the Ryuzaki team seemed a little at a loss due to the loss of their professional coach.
Saionji Gyomon happened to pass by their venue and saw Seigaku's Oishi trying to unify everyone to train together, but he was unable to convince them because of his lack of prestige. Oishi hoped that everyone would continue with their daily basic training to lay a solid foundation, but most people wanted to play practice matches, and conflicts arose from this.
Seeing this disorganized scene, Yuyin frowned. The Ryuuzaki team included two Hyotei members, Shishido and Feng. Even if it wasn't for the trials, the national competition was about to begin, and the training period couldn't be wasted.
"Saionji-san!"
She was just thinking about how to deal with this problem when she heard someone calling her. She looked up and saw Sengoku Kiyosumi waving at her, shouting, "Are you coming to watch my game? I'm so happy!"
In front of everyone, Yuyin felt embarrassed to embarrass Sengoku, so she nodded, then shook her head and said, "I'll go see how Shishido and Feng are doing."
"Is that so..." Qianshi's frustrated expression only lasted a moment, then quickly vanished. He said cheerfully again, "Then you should first take a look at my heroic battle form!"
Momoshiro Takeshi, who was sitting opposite Sengoku, was shocked. "Hey, hey, did you know you're trying to steal Hyotei's Atobe's love?"
"A beautiful lady is a gentleman's dream," Chishiro said, pleased to see Yuyin still standing by. He turned to Taocheng and said, "Besides, I haven't heard of them publicly admitting their relationship. Maybe it's just a figment of your imagination."
"Ha," Taocheng chuckled, "You're thinking of using a competition with me to show off in front of girls. I wonder if you're making a mistake."
"Who knows, Momoshiro-kun? If you think I am still the same person I was before, then you have really miscalculated." Senshiro's expression became more serious, and he no longer called Momoshiro by his nickname as before. He threw away his outer shirt, revealing the muscles revealed by hard training.
The situation on the field is about to break out.
Yuyin put the thing in her hand on the ground and stopped to observe it carefully.
Seigaku was a strong team competing in this national tournament, and Takeshi Momoshiro was a regular on the team. From the information she had previously read, he was an indispensable member, with impressive performances in both singles and doubles. This live match came at the perfect time, as she could make a more accurate assessment of the team's future opponents by observing their match against Sengoku Kiyomizu.
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"...In the end, Sengoku won 6:3."
The training was going well, and only during the lunch break did Yuyin have time to meet and chat with... oh no, it was Atobe who had time to meet and chat with her.
Atobe spoke frankly, "It's not surprising. As Yamabuki's ace, Sengoku Kiyomizu is quite capable."
Although he was not reluctant to tell the truth behind his rival's back to attack him, and revealed the fact that Sengoku liked to chat up girls in front of Yuyin, but when it came to tennis, Atobe disdained to be mysterious.
After talking about the match she had watched that morning, Yuyin finally started the real topic: "With the Ryugasaki team in this situation, what do you think Shishido and Feng should do?"
"If we could play a practice match with the people from Seigaku...from what you said, the people from Seigaku insist on basic training?" Atobe asked thoughtfully, looking up.
"Yes," Yuyin nodded, "Oishi of Seigaku believes that the foundation is more important, but other than his own teammates, no one else is convinced."
Atobe Keigo pondered for a moment and said, "It would be best if we could have high-quality practice matches. We can best identify weaknesses and improvements during matches. If not, daily training shouldn't be neglected. I remember you prepared individual training plans for them. Give them to Shishido and Feng, and they'll naturally know what to do."
Yuyin nodded, "Since you think so, Keigo, I'll talk to them before training this afternoon and give them the training schedule."
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"For us?"
On the way to the training ground, Shishido and Feng were stopped by Yuyin. Looking at the list handed over by the manager, Shishido Ryo asked.
Yuyin said bluntly, "This is the plan I tailored for you after watching the training in Karuizawa. I've already shown it to Keigo. While Coach Ryuuzaki is in the hospital, you should follow this."
"I suggest you practice the stability of your basic skills..." Hou Chotaro read out the contents of his list involuntarily, blushing with embarrassment. "I'm sorry to have troubled the director and the manager."
Yuyin smiled and waved her hand: "This is what I should do as a manager."
She may not be good at tennis, but she has many years of experience in observation and exercise. After Ji Bu's investigation and correction of any deficiencies, a relatively complete and targeted training schedule was created.
"Feng, you and Shishido, please train well. This is your thanks for all the hard work I put into making the plan~"
"Yeah." Shishido Ryo nodded calmly. He was always arrogant, but he was convinced by the new manager, Atobe and Tamane.
Feng Changtaro was a typical good boy, so he naturally didn't say anything.
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"But it's not a solution to keep going like this, unless the higher-ups want to give up on the Ryuzaki Group."
During dinner, Yuyin and Atobe sat together and naturally talked about this topic again.
Atobe distributed the dessert that Yuyin had brought him from outside onto the two of their plates, looking very relaxed: "The new coach should be on the way."
"Oh?" Yuyin bit the dessert spoon, blinked, and was very curious, "How did you know?" With Jingwu's personality, he would definitely not speak without a purpose.
Atobe raised an eyebrow and whispered to her, "I heard what Counselor Sakaki was saying to Mr. Hanamura."
When they were whispering to each other, the distance between them was inevitably too close, with the breath close to her ear. Yuyin subconsciously shrank and tilted her head back slightly: "Is that so..." Then she couldn't help but be distracted for a while.
Thinking back to when she first started school, she was not used to the fact that Tezuka's voice was similar to her senior's. But now, after listening carefully, she found that their voices were actually very different. Her senior's voice was clearer and colder, while Tezuka's voice was more magnetic and gorgeous. Its special tone characteristics would never be confused with others.
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As expected, what Tobe said was not a lie. The next morning, a taxi stopped in front of the training base building, and a person familiar to many people got out.
The members of Seigaku excitedly rushed forward to greet their captain, Kunimitsu Tezuka.
It wasn't just Qingxue. From Yuyin's observation, many people from other schools present also had hints of excitement on their faces.
Take the classmate Keigo Atobe next to her for example. Although he didn't come forward in the crowd, his raised eyebrows, curled-up mouth corners, and joyful expression were so obvious that anyone who knew him could recognize it.
Yuyin couldn't help but ask, "Are you happy?"
"Ah, yes, of course," Atobe Keigo said with interest, "Now that he's back and joining the trials, maybe we'll have a chance to play against him."
Kunimitsu Tezuka.
Yuyin turned her head to look again, and saw a tall and straight young man in the crowd with a cold and extraordinary temperament. At first glance, she thought he was a new coach. Before this, Yuyin had only seen photos of Tezuka Kunimitsu in the information, and this was the first time she saw him in person.
Indeed, he is the kind of luminous being that attracts the observer's attention at first sight, making you feel that he is an extraordinary existence, just like Jingwu.
Tamane has always noticed how obsessed Atobe Keigo has been with Tezuka Kunimitsu. Although from the team's perspective, Rikkai University is the biggest obstacle to the championship, Atobe himself cares more about Tezuka Kunimitsu. Tamane guessed that it might be because of the last game.
Jinggo was of course very happy to be able to fulfill his wish of playing against someone before the national competition... As Yuyin was thinking about this, she heard Tezuka Kunimitsu say that he was here to be a coach.
Huh? It's the coach... Wait, coach?!
Well, she just casually said that the other person looked like a coach, and it turned out that he really did become a coach.
However, this would likely mean that Keigo's wish to compete against Tezuka Kunimitsu would be dashed. A coach wouldn't just compete with his players unless they were in the same group, and as a member of the Hanamura group, Keigo had no reason to compete against Tezuka, the acting coach of the Ryuuzaki group.
Yuyin turned her head slightly and saw that Atobe's brows were slightly furrowed, and she knew that he had thought it all through in an instant.
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Putting aside the changes within the Ryuuzaki Group, the volunteers from Seigaku plan to hold a welcome party for their beloved president. Tamane receives a request from Sakurano and Tomoka, and spends the entire afternoon inside the building decorating the venue for the welcome party.
"Emm...what kind of show should we put out?"
While stringing the colored rings, Tomoka said to Sakurano in great distress, "I suddenly can't think of anything at all."
Yuyin, holding the paper cutter, was stunned: "Are we still going to have a show?"
"Well, you can do whatever you want, Senior," Tomoka counted on her fingers. "The main thing is that the welcome party is too long to fit in the program. Even if each of our seniors from Seigaku each contributed one, it wouldn't be enough. So we volunteers are going to do our best to make up the number."
"So that's how it is..."
Yuyin nodded, cutting the colored paper neatly, and suggested, "If the program isn't enough, you can tell people from other schools about the welcome party. I'm sure there will be people willing to join in the fun."
They are all teenagers around fourteen or fifteen years old. They train every day. Now that they have such a fun thing to do, there will definitely be a lot of responses.
"That's right!" Peng Xiang clapped her hands and said, "With so many people here, as long as someone is willing, there will be no shortage of programs!"
After cutting the paper, Yuyin spun the knife and neatly put the blade back into the handle. Suddenly, she thought of something and said with a smile, "It's such a fun thing, let me join in."
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