Chapter 49 Rainy Night
The next day was a bright, sunny day, and the remaining two matches, delayed by a sudden downpour the previous day, were played as scheduled. The cheers from the sidelines had barely faded when the first doubles match began.
"Senpai Oishi's moon-climbing interception was actually beaten back."
"Being beaten back was to be expected," Gan pushed his glasses up, "but Kikumaru has completely defended the front court."
Score points with a trick shot.
"Eiji has grown a lot compared to before." Fuji supported his chin with one hand and stared at the field with a smile.
"But the next game is their serve, and Feng's heavy serve is coming." Fengjian took out the speed meter and stared at the opposite court with a serious expression.
Three balls dropped.
"Hmm, he actually went from 209km to 217km," Taocheng came over and glanced at Fengjian's record book, and couldn't help but click his tongue, "That's really scary."
"Eh~ It's really short," Echizen suddenly said, his tone revealing a sense of gloating, "Senior's world."
Fengjian looked at Gan, who adjusted his glasses calmly. Yuan pinched Echizen's face with both hands and pulled it to the sides, saying angrily: "Echizen, you are so disrespectful to your senior."
Echizen felt pain: "It hurts, Minamoto-senpai..."
The excitement on the sidelines did not dispel the low mood on the field. The situation had reached the end of the match for Hyotei. Feng jumped high and said, "It's over, Dashi!"
"Senpai Oishi!"
At this moment, an invisible mist enveloped the two people on the sidelines, and exclamations from the sidelines cut through the stagnant air, "This is..."
"Synchronous resonance." The coach's voice came calmly, and everyone turned to look. "It's a doubles miracle that only occurs in critical moments. In world-renowned doubles competitions, there's even a saying that if you can't synchronize, you can't dominate the world."
"They can sense each other's thoughts without any words or actions. These two are really amazing..." Coach Ryuzaki muttered to himself.
In the following games, Qingxue was unstoppable, and even the overlapping illusions of Hyotei and the others could not be maintained. In the end, the game entered a tie-break, which became a contest of willpower.
The referee's voice and the sound of the final ball landed at the same time: "The score is 6:7, and Hyotei wins."
The tennis ball rolled to Kikumaru's feet, and he stretched out his hand to block his partner's right hand as he was about to swing the racket.
"What... is going on?"
Everyone on the sidelines looked at the scene in astonishment.
"Perhaps it was because Eiji had sensed the limit of his partner's wrist," Fuji said softly, smiling at the two men on the court who had come to their senses, "that's why he blocked the ball."
"These two little guys are truly incredible," Coach Ryuzaki breathed a sigh of relief and smiled knowingly. "They've shown us the infinite possibilities of doubles."
The cheers of the Ice Emperor surged over like a heat wave, and the atmosphere on the sidelines reached an unprecedented high after their Ice Emperor appeared on the stage.
"The winner is Hyotei, the loser is Seigaku!"
Yuan and Taocheng covered their heads at the same time, "They are coming again..."
There was a sudden snap of fingers, and Echizen's arrogant voice echoed throughout the stadium, "I'm the winner, right?"
"This guy Echizen..."
The whole audience was in uproar.
Atobe was startled, then he retracted his hand and chuckled, "I don't care if you're a prince or not, I'm a king."
Echizen: "You're only good with your mouth, but are you really that good?"
"Don't give me the cocky attitude, ahhh."
"Don't regret it."
"I'll tell you that after you win. But if I lose, I'll shave my head."
"Then I'll do the same. If I lose, I'll shave my head."
“Hahahahahaha——”
“Hahahahahaha——”
Everyone on the sidelines had mysterious expressions on their faces, and Taocheng couldn't help but complain, "Are they also in sync?"
The game started with a funny banter, but ended in a long stalemate. When everyone came to their senses, dusk had engulfed the earth, and the orange afterglow sprinkled on the blue court, like a hot iron furnace.
"251:252."
"253:253."
"7:6, Seigaku wins. Seigaku advances to the preliminaries."
The cheers from the sidelines made the leaves rustle down.
"Little guy, you're amazing!" Kikumaru was the first to rush onto the court. He put his hand on his head and rubbed it hard. "We won!"
"Echizen, good job!" Momoshiro gave him a thumbs up.
"Wait a minute." Echizen took out a razor from somewhere and walked across the network cable towards Atobe who was standing there but had lost consciousness.
"Could it be..." Kikumaru showed a horrified expression, and Oishi continued, "Echizen is planning to attack an unconscious person!"
"Wait, wait a minute!"
“No—”
There were screams from the side of the Ice Emperor field. The birds perched in the trees were startled and flew up, flapping their wings and screaming into the fiery red distance.
——
"April, you still have to go back to school so late?"
The wind from the passing train on the platform blew away Yuan's voice, and the others stopped and looked back at her in surprise.
"I suddenly remembered that I left something at school," Fengjian put his hands behind his head, smiled at them, and added, "It's something very important."
"Is that so? Then we have to go get it. But it's not safe for a girl to go alone. Let me go with you," Oishi suggested.
"No need," Feng Jian quickly waved his hand and took a step back, "I can go by myself."
"The subway back to Yokohama stops running at 11pm." Gandao.
"Absolutely no problem," Kazama made an OK sign and quickly jumped onto the train that had just arrived before they could react. "Bye."
"Where's Tezuka? When did Tezuka disappear?" Kikumaru asked, and everyone realized that Tezuka had also left without anyone knowing when.
"I think he said something happened at home, so he went back first," Fuji explained.
"Is that so? Then we'll just have to go have a feast together, meow." Kikumaru put his hand on Momoshiro's shoulder, "Come on, Tao, let's go together."
"Eiji-senpai's treat."
"Why me? I remember someone said he'd treat us to burgers even if he lost the game~~"
"Didn't you just invite me yesterday?"
"Yesterday doesn't count."
The evening breeze blew away the boy's voice, and their figures gradually moved away, finally disappearing on the horizon at the street corner.
It was a bright dusk one second, but it was covered with dark clouds the next. The street lights on the road lit up one after another. The shadow of the girl running with an umbrella was stretched out, and her hurried steps were like a panicked heartbeat.
The box of painkillers that I accidentally glanced at while tidying up things in the lounge last night came to my mind. The date was still new.
There was also a note in the record book that "President Tezuka's serve angle deviated by 2%." The other party said that the error was caused by nerve spasms and was a normal phenomenon.
She actually believed it.
She is such a complete fool.
The rainy night enveloped everything silently. Fengjian stopped panting. The sound of hitting the ball came from afar through the rain. She heard her heartbeat like crackling raindrops, mixed with thunder. She stood up and walked towards the court step by step.
The lights above the court suddenly lit up. The lights were soaked by the rain and dripped down on us. The white lights fell on the court like broken glass.
A blurry shadow of one shoulder was reflected on the ground, with the left shoulder always lower than the right shoulder.
Kazama stood blankly on the sidelines, his dilated pupils reflecting the figure of a young man kneeling on one knee, covering his arm, his chestnut hair pressed against his face. Lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating the corners of his straightened lips and the reflective lenses.
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