Chapter 41
Kirihara Akaya wasn't discouraged by Rokudo Mukuro's lack of a positive answer. Instead, after school, he invited him to visit the tennis club and watch their training session, trying to let him experience the charm of tennis firsthand.
Rokudo Mukuro watched as Kirihara Akaya confidently led him toward the tennis club, but they were heading in the opposite direction. After going in a huge circle, they ended up back where they started.
"...I think the tennis club should be around here."
He explored the entire Rikkai University campus today, and even knew exactly which direction the tennis club was in.
"Eh, is that so?" Kirihara Akaya looked at him with an innocent expression, his eyes full of naivety.
Rokudo Mukuro's lips twitched. Who exactly is a student at this school? Who is a member of the tennis club? And if you don't know the way, why are you leading the way?
He tried hard to control himself. This was just a child, not a member of his Fog Department. If his department had such a person, he would send that person on a trip to hell in advance.
"...Come with me, I'll take you to the tennis club."
Ultimately, the two arrived safely at the tennis club under Rokudo Mukuro's guidance.
Upon arriving at the tennis club, Kirihara Akaya saw Sanada, the vice-captain, staring at him with a dark expression. Before Sanada could speak, Kirihara Akaya hurriedly said, "Sorry I'm late!"
Genichiro Sanada pulled down his hat brim and glared at Akaya Kirihara. "Go change your clothes first, then run 50 laps around the tennis court."
He punished Kirihara Akaya without hesitation, and Kirihara Akaya carried it out immediately without saying a word.
He didn't even care about Rokudo Mukuro who was beside him, and ran away with his tennis bag on his back.
Rokudo Mukuro examined the "Sanada Genichiro" in front of him with great interest. The appearance was indeed the same, and he did not sense any trace of illusion. However, as the world's strongest illusionist, how could he not notice anything unusual?
Now that I think about it, these ordinary middle school students don't seem so ordinary after all.
"Sanada Genichiro" nodded slightly to Rokudo Mukuro, "Rokudo-kun."
Rokudo Mukuro smiled, his eyes crinkling, and said incisively, "Lord Niou."
Niou Masaharu was greatly surprised. He never expected that someone who knew him completely could see through his illusion at a glance.
You should know that he could fool everyone in the tennis club except for Genichiro Sanada and Seiichi Yukimura with this trick.
Niou Masaharu suddenly laughed, the laughter coming from his throat. He reached out and took off his hat, revealing his silver hair. His appearance and voice returned to their unique languidness.
"How did Six Paths Lord recognize him?"
He was very curious about this. He thought his illusions had few flaws, so how could someone suddenly recognize him at a glance?
Rokudo Mukuro didn't answer him, but instead asked with a mysterious smile, "And how did you become 'Sanada-kun'?"
Niou Masaharu blinked, "Puri..."
Rokudo Mukuro smiled, his eyes crinkling. "Then my answer is a secret."
Just then, Genichiro Sanada, the person in question, walked over. He frowned and looked very serious. "Niou, come and train now. Don't slack off."
Niou Masaharu pursed his lips and lazily walked over.
Genichiro Sanada frowned even more as he watched Akaya Kirihara running, and shouted, "Akaya Kirihara! Why are you running instead of training?"
Startled by the voice, Kirihara Akaya stumbled, then looked at his vice-captain with a bewildered and helpless expression. "Sanada-senpai, didn't you tell me to run?"
The two then realized:
"Niou Masaharu, you're impersonating me again to play pranks! Double your training!"
"Ugh, Niou-senpai is so mean! He tricked me again, making me run so many laps!"
“Puri, seaweed head~” Niou Masaharu completely ignored Sanada Genichiro, whose personality clashed with his, and blinked at Kirihara Akaya, looking like a smug white fox.
Kirihara Akaya's eyes turned red with anger, and he immediately lunged at Niou Masaharu.
"Senior Niou has gone too far!"
As soon as he made a move, Kirihara Akari was grabbed by the collar, and the shirt around his neck was strangled. He covered his neck with one hand and quickly turned his head to look.
"Senior Jackal, let go!"
...
The serious and earnest Vice-Captain Sanada, of course, hadn't forgotten Rokudo Mukuro, who had been brought along by Kirihara Akaya. "Rokudo-kun, are you here to visit the tennis club?"
"Yes, I hope I haven't bothered you."
"Of course not, please feel free." After saying that, Sanada Genichiro walked towards the group of people who were playing around, clenching his fists as he went. "Don't you know what time it is? Hurry up and go train."
Rokudo Mukuro stood to the side, watching the group of young people sweating it out on the training field, and couldn't help but sigh with the heart of an old man: This is youth~
His eyes were fixed on the people on the training field, but his nerves remained taut.
He had noticed the eerie atmosphere that permeated the campus when he strolled around before, and it was particularly strong in the tennis club.
It was an evil and repulsive aura, as well as an unknown power he had never seen before, which made him particularly curious.
Rokudo Mukuro stood there for as long as the tennis club members were training on the court, without making a sound to disturb them or showing any impatience. This made the tennis club regulars like him even more.
"Alright, pair up and start singles training." After the warm-up was complete, Sanada Genichiro gave instructions according to the training sheet.
Kirihara Akaya, who was paired with Sanada Genichiro, confidently declared, "Vice-Captain Sanada, I will definitely beat you this time."
"I'll wait."
Kirihara Akaya saw Rokudo Mukuro standing outside the arena. "Rokudo-senpai, please watch my match carefully."
Rokudo Mukuro also generously extended his goodwill to him, saying, "I'll do my best for you, Kirihara-kun."
This sentence filled Kirihara Akaya with motivation.
When the two stood on the field, Yanagi Renji, holding a notebook in one hand and a pen in the other, stood next to Rokudo Mukuro.
Where did Rokudo-kun go to school before?
As the strategist of Rikkai University's tennis club and a master of data collection, he failed to obtain any information about Rokudo Mukuro.
Rokudo Mukuro had learned about Yanagi Renji from Kirihara Akaya and didn't find it offensive. "Oh, I'm Italian. I studied in Italy and only recently returned to Japan."
Liu Lian kept taking notes in her hands, "You said before that you were good at sports?"
...Fighting should also be considered a sport, right?
Rokudo Mukuro paused for a second, then immediately replied, "I have good physical fitness and can quickly master all kinds of sports."
"...I used to play baseball." It was the kind of baseball that could kill people; these kids probably had never seen it before.
Liu Lianji didn't ask any more questions; the match on the field had officially begun.
Jumping, swinging rackets, running, sweat dripped down their bodies, but Rokudo Mukuro could see clearly that Kirihara Akaya was no match for Sanada Genichiro.
Who do you think will win?
Niou Masaharu, who had walked up to Rokudo Mukuro, asked.
“It must be Sanada-kun,” Rokudo Mukuro said to the two with a smile. “Kirihara-kun told me before that his seniors were all very powerful.”
The person they praised the most was their tennis club captain, Yukimura Seiichi, who wasn't there due to hospitalization. Kirihara Akaya's eyes sparkled whenever Yukimura Seiichi's name was mentioned.
As Rokudo Mukuro said, the match on the field was one-sided, and Kirihara Akaya gradually fell behind under Sanada Genichiro's attacks, eventually having no chance to fight back.
"Aggression is like fire!" Genichiro Sanada roared, and with the sound of the tennis ball hitting the ground, Akaya Kirihara also lost.
Rokudo Mukuro blinked. As an illusionist, he knew that what the eyes sometimes see is not necessarily the truth, but he also knew that there were very few people in the world who could fool his brain.
Therefore, what he saw was true.
Genichiro Sanada, an ordinary person with no special abilities, easily hit a tennis ball that started catching fire—no, thick flames also appeared behind him.
And what about that naive and innocent Kirihara Akaya? Was he going to transform at the last moment?
It's definitely because he hasn't been here long enough to fully understand this world. There must be some hidden power system lurking in the shadows of this world.
No, he absolutely cannot make this mistake. He needs to go back and check it carefully again.
"This is Sanada's signature move." Seeing Rokudo Mukuro's slightly surprised expression, Renji Yanagi kindly explained to him.
"You guys play tennis like this too?" Rokudo Mukuro came to his senses and realized he had made a mountain out of a molehill. This was the legendary Vongola tennis. Sawada Tsunayoshi and the others had played Vongola baseball, so it wasn't surprising that they played tennis as well.
"This is Sanada's unique technique; Niou might be able to use it."
Rokudo Mukuro understood; they were all capable of hitting tennis balls with that kind of power.
These junior high school students are definitely not ordinary junior high school students.
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