Chapter 103 Chapter 103 The twists and turns of the exchange competition (four...
Covering his head with a towel, Keigo Atobe sat on the bench in the locker room, breathing slowly.
Although he finally won the game, it drained a lot of his energy. At the end of the game, he still pretended to be fine, and then went back to the locker room on the pretext of taking a shower first.
At this moment, he was the only one in the locker room. Unlike the American team who liked to stay in the locker room and watch the live broadcast on TV, the Japanese team members preferred the atmosphere of watching the game live. Except for the players who were playing, the whole team was watching the game at the exit channel.
Atobe Keigo planned to rest here for a while, and then go back to the front when there was no abnormality on the surface.
Knock knock.
In the quiet room, there was a loud knock on the door.
"The door is unlocked, come in."
Atobe thought one of his teammates had dropped something, and said without even looking up.
There was the sound of a door opening, followed by the sound of light footsteps.
Could this sound of footsteps be... When Tetsuya noticed something was wrong, he raised his head and the familiar face of Yuyin immediately came into his sight.
Yuyin stared at him for a long time and sighed softly: "Is there something wrong with your wrist?"
“No, nothing…”
Atobe Keigo, who has always been fearless, couldn't help but put his hands behind his back, but was stopped by Yuune halfway.
She took his hand and sat down next to him. Frowning slightly, she carefully pinched his wrist and asked, "Does it hurt or feel any other discomfort?"
While asking, he used subtle spiritual power to pass over Atobe's wrist to repair any damage.
Atobe Keigo felt a slight heat on his wrist and shook his head, "Don't worry, I won't joke about my physical condition."
They often did this when they were practicing the new serve before. Whenever they saw Atobe practicing the new serve hard, Yuyin would wait until the practice was over and silently use her spiritual power to massage his wrist to relieve the burden. It can be said that Yuyin played an indispensable role in Atobe's completion of the new serve so quickly and well.
"You promised me not to use the new serve recklessly during matches," Yuyin complained faintly, "I can't always be there after every match to heal you with my spiritual power."
Atobe quickly explained: "Today I was forced by the situation. I promise, I won't do this again next time!"
Before today's match, Atobe hadn't considered the extent to which he could sacrifice himself for Hyotei and tennis. Victory was important, but was it enough to warrant sacrificing his body? This was a question he'd been pondering since his match with Tezuka, and it was also why Tezuka had shocked him so much.
This question had never been answered by Tebe until he actually stood on the field. He suddenly realized that some questions did not require thinking, and the body would make the choice naturally.
He stole a glance at Yuyin's slightly angry face, and he couldn't answer confidently. "I promise, I was being measured this time. Unlike Tezuka, he had an arm injury but still insisted on competing. I'm in good health and can definitely afford to insist on doing it once in a while..."
Atobe gave a random explanation and even dragged Tezuka Kunimitsu, who was a negative example, into the discussion. Looking at Tamane's gloomy face, he really didn't know what to do.
In fact, Yuyin was originally a little angry that Jibei did not take care of his body. On the way here, she was still thinking about how to "educate" Jibei so that he would remember it well. But when she opened the door and saw Jibei's "pitiful" look sitting alone on the bench, her anger disappeared in an instant. She could only keep a straight face and pretend to be expressionless so that Jibei would not see it.
It turned out that this trick was very effective. Keigo Atobe looked at Tamane nervously, and even forgot the embarrassment of almost losing the game. Although the game was still exciting and gorgeous, it was not quite what Atobe had originally imagined.
Well, how should I put it? Originally, he had imagined that the victory should be more straightforward and decisive, but in the end, he fell into a tough battle in the middle.
It seemed that every time he wanted to show off in front of Yuyin, something would go wrong and make him look a little embarrassed.
A young man in love always wants to appear the most perfect and invincible in front of his sweetheart.
It's a pity that Atobe has never studied love psychology. In fact, sometimes showing weakness appropriately can be a plus and promoter of feelings.
Seeing Atobe's hurried explanation, Yuyin's "cold face" could not hold for long and finally melted away.
"I understand. Coach Hanamura let you and Sanada go first because he has high hopes for you and hopes to win the first game," she said, letting go of Atobe's wrist and sighing slightly. "In this situation, you can't give up hope of victory for the sake of your own health."
In fact, although she secretly blamed Atobe for not taking care of his body, if she put herself in Atobe's position, she would still make the same choice.
Just like in those worlds before, when she fought against all kinds of enemies, there were many things that she couldn't think ahead.
"Alright, I've checked it, and there should be nothing wrong with your wrist. I even used my spiritual power to check it out, and I guarantee it's fine." Yuyin patted Atobe's shoulder, "Let's go outside and watch Oshitari's match. If he knew that you, the minister, weren't there when he was playing, he'd be sighing later that you didn't care about the feelings of an unknown vice-minister like him~"
It was obviously a joke, but it immediately livened up the atmosphere in the room. Atobe couldn't help but curl his lips, "Yeah, Oshitari better perform better and be ahead by the time I leave."
He wiped the sweat off his face with a towel and quickly changed into clean clothes.
Yuyin was waiting for him outside the locker room.
Just then, her cell phone rang.
She picked up the phone and said, "Hello?"
"Gyokuin-chan~" Gojo Satoru said cheerfully, "I went over to see, and it turned out someone was trying to rob that rich girl from the American team's sponsor you mentioned earlier. Scepter 4 and the Special Ability Division were well-prepared to prevent them from succeeding, but they still managed to escape. Just as you told me before, one of their people has the ability to teleport. I can help analyze the spatial nodes with energy fluctuations. Do you want my help~"
Yuyin frowned slightly upon hearing this. "It would be best if we could catch him in this operation. After all, if we miss this opportunity and don't know his target, it will be too difficult to catch a Space-type person. I have no choice but to trouble you once more, Senior."
"Now you understand how good I am, Senior~"
After thinking for a moment, Yuyin added, "You can ask the people over there to reveal your identity as a sorcerer. I've already told the leader that a powerful sorcerer will be here to help."
The leader is naturally Fushimi Saruhiko. Scepter 4 knows only slightly less about her figurehead membership in several organizations than Senior Brother Deba, but she is the most powerful in large-scale operations.
"Wow~ Yuyin-chan, you really have been planning on me, your senior, for a long time!"
Gojo Satoru's screaming voice came from the other end of the phone. Yuyin knew he was doing it on purpose and replied, "I'll come over later. For now, I'll trouble you first."
Then he hung up the call.
In fact, it was not that Tamane deliberately shifted all the tasks to Gojo Satoru. It was just that there were too many people present for this kind of on-site operation. Many people from Scepter 4 and the Special Ability Service Department came, and there must be one or two who knew her from the past. So in this situation, Tamane had to hide herself first, wait to connect with Fushimi, and then go over to investigate secretly and help.
She was lost in thought when Keigo Atobe opened the door to the dressing room and said, "Okay, let's go back."
Yuyin nodded, and the two walked side by side in the corridor.
"Speaking of which, no one is allowed to enter the backstage locker room at will. How did you get in, Tamane?" Atobe Keigo only remembered this question at this time. During the previous training camp, Tamane was a volunteer, so she was able to run around in the training base, but in theory, only venue staff and Japanese team members could enter the backstage.
"Well...haha, I was in a hurry to find you and didn't pay much attention. Maybe the staff went outside to maintain order." Yuyin was stuck for a moment. Could she say that she sneaked in and used the abilities she had cultivated through years of fighting?
"Is that so?" Atobe didn't doubt anything. He really didn't see many people nearby.
The corridor was not wide, and the two of them walking side by side had already taken up almost half of the corridor's width. When they were halfway there, a staff member came from the opposite direction, pushing a cleaning vehicle towards them.
The cleaning cart was quite large, so Atobe and Tamane had to turn sideways to let the staff pass first.
As a result, when the cart was passing by, it accidentally shook, and the cleaning tools on the cart staggered and fell towards the two of them.
"Sorry, sorry!" The cleaner wearing a work hat quickly bowed to the two of them and apologized before bending down to pick up the tools.
Faced with this situation, Atobe Keigo first dodged the falling tool by moving sideways, then waved his hand: "Nothing."
But the moment the cleaner bent down, looking at the face opposite him that was completely covered by the front of the hat brim, Yuyin's heart skipped a beat for some reason, and she suddenly remembered the supernatural wanted criminal Zenge Gang who attacked in the corridor during the Matsudaira family banquet.
"careful!"
Almost before her brain could finish a complete thought, Yuyin put her hand on Atobe's shoulder, trying to pull him away.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Almost at the same time, the cleaner who was picking up the tools made a lightning-fast move and grabbed Atobe's arm.
The next moment, the three of them disappeared from the corridor at the same time, leaving only the cart and cleaning tools, which hinted that someone had been here before.
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"Wow, this person really knows how to jump. How many space nodes has he set up?"
Gojo Satoru looked at the deserted place in front of him, which was obviously not the other party's base camp, and couldn't help but sigh.
Fushimi Saruhiko, who was standing next to him, pushed up his glasses and said calmly, "We can only continue tracking."
"Yes, yes~" Gojo Satoru shrugged, "It's my fault that Yuyin-chan sold me to you."
Just as Gojo Satoru was about to take Fushimi Saruhiko and teleport to the next spatial coordinates he analyzed, the communicator on Fushimi's body rang.
"Please wait a moment," Fushimi said with a gesture, answering the communicator first. "What's going on?"
In order to prevent the enemy from making a surprise counterattack, Fushimi also left a number of Scepter 4 field fencing team members on the scene to protect the sponsors who were the target, and asked them to contact him immediately if anything happened, so that he and the sorcerer introduced by Saionji could teleport back immediately.
"Oh no, Mr. Fushimi," the person contacting him was the logistics officer in charge of detecting the energy fluctuations of the wanted target. He shouted, his voice tinged with obvious panic, "Yes, there is a target energy fluctuation. It's on the other side of the stadium, behind the Japanese team!"
Fushimi Saruhiko was stunned. The backstage of the Japanese team... In an instant, all the known information gathered in his mind, and he suddenly figured everything out.
The enemy's kidnapping target was not the sponsor of the game at all. The information released before the game also included the list of players from both teams. The Japanese team had Keigo Atobe, who had been asked to be taken care of by Jiji Shiyuan and was now being protected by Saionji on a long-term basis!
This is totally the enemy's strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
Fushimi Saruhiko hung up the communicator with a sullen face and immediately dialed Saionji Tamion's contact number.
No one answered.
Not only that, the reminder ringtone indicates that the call cannot be connected. Generally speaking, the contact person's mobile phone is in a place with poor signal or is blocked, which will cause these reminder tones.
Fushimi breathed a sigh of relief.
This means that Saionji is likely with the kidnapped person.
He turned to Gojo Satoru and said, "Mr. Gojo, something has changed. Let's go back to the venue first."
He paused before continuing, "This is the enemy's smokescreen. Their real target is Atobe Keigo. The good news is that Saionji should have been taken away with them. After we return, I may have to trouble you again to track them down."
"Oh?" After hearing Fushimi's explanation, Gojo Satoru pulled up his sunglasses, an expression of interest on his face. "Well, that's fine with me. Are you really sure you still need us to chase after them?"
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