The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 45: Yamabuki's weakness, Rikkai University's regulars gather (Tuesday's catch-up is crucial!)

Outside the field, Maya Yuuki, who saw the result, was not surprised at all.

Yamabuki Junior High School is known as a strong doubles school, but the weakest link of Qingxue School right now is doubles.

Long before the game started, he had already deduced the situation of today's game in his mind, and it was basically certain that Qingxue would lose the first two doubles matches.

Especially after seeing Oishi and Kikumaru lose as he expected, he became more certain of his idea.

In fact, he also knew that Ryuzaki Sumire must have been very clear in her mind before the game started, but the other party was unwilling to give up calmly and was still thinking about struggling. The change in formation in the two doubles games this time was her way of dealing with it, but unfortunately it didn't work because of the gap in strength.

But Yuuki Maya knew that for Seigaku, the real test would begin from the third game.

As for why I say this, it has to start with the player structure of Yamabuki Junior High School.

When talking about Yamabuki Junior High School, people across Kanto praise it as a strong school with doubles teams that are comparable to national level.

Is this title a compliment? Yes.

The two doubles teams of Rikkai University are also top-notch in the country, so why not call Rikkai University a strong doubles school, but the king Rikkai University?

The reason is simple, because Yamabuki Junior High School's weak link is singles.
Kan Banda is also a very famous tennis coach in the country. The players he coaches are first-class in terms of tactical qualities and tacit cooperation in doubles.

But in singles, even with the guidance of a famous coach, it is useless. What matters is the player's purest tennis talent. Strong is strong, and weak is weak.

Yamabuki's singles are not only weaker than their doubles. Their current strongest singles player, Sengoku Kiyomizu, is not even at the national level in the eyes of Maya Yuuki, let alone the top level in Kanto.

There is no need to mention the rest, which are just chickens and dogs and are not worth mentioning.

Yuki is aware of this, and he believes that Ryuuzaki Sumire is also aware of this.

So the answer to who the Youth Academy will send out in the third singles match is already clear.

"Come on, it's your turn, Tezuka."

Maya Yuuki looked at the preparation area of ​​Qingxue with a sharp gaze.

In this third game, what Seigaku wanted was an absolute victory, and the only person who could bring Seigaku an absolute victory was Kunimitsu Tezuka.

Outside the venue, there was a sudden noise from outside the audience seats, and from the entrance of Area B, several junior high school students in khaki uniforms walked in one after the other.

"Hey, aren't those the regulars from Rikkai University?"

"What!? Why are people from Rikkai University here? Don't they have a match today?"

"Could it be that it hasn't started yet? That shouldn't be the case. Today, the first round of the competition in Area A and Area B will be held at the same time."

"Isn't it -- the competition is over?"

"Is this true?! It's only been less than an hour!"

Their appearance also caused a sensation, and the players from Seigaku and Yamabuki on the field naturally turned around to look when they heard the noise.

For a moment, Rikkai University's starting players became the protagonists on the court, and everyone seemed to have forgotten that there were two other schools competing.

"Yuki, we are here." Sanada came from behind with everyone and reunited with Yuki Maya.

"You guys are quite fast. It looks like you won easily." Yuuki Maya chuckled.

"Hehe, Senior Yuki, why don't you guess who won this race." Kirihara Aka also jumped out and said mysteriously.

"Oh?! It seems that the winner is not Sanada." Kirihara Akaya's strange behavior also aroused Yuuki Maya's curiosity.

He thought that, if nothing unexpected happened, it should be Genichirō Sanada who took the shortest time. "Sanada took fourteen minutes this time, which is only third among these five games." Yanagi Renji explained calmly: "By the way, my time was fifteen minutes, which is fourth."

Yanagi Renji's words made Yuuki Maya even more curious. Logically speaking, a singles match should be easier and faster to finish than a doubles match, but now it sounded like the doubles match seemed to end faster.

"Humph, the opponent discovered our intention to end the game as soon as possible. When it came to singles, we served every ball until the last second."

Without leaving Maya Yuuki to guess too much, Marui Bunta pointed out the key in one sentence.

"I see. Then who is the fifth place?" Yuuki Maya nodded to show that she understood, but did not immediately ask the first place. Instead, she asked the fifth place first.

"Pfft, it's us."

Niou Masaharu raised his hand to express his opinion, but Yagyu Hiroshi on the side took a step back, adjusted his glasses, and said in a disdainful tone: "A certain guy has relapsed into his old habit of teasing his opponent during a fight."

"It took Niou Masaharu and his companions eighteen minutes." Yanagi Renji silently revealed the answer.

"That is to say, one of the team of Kirihara and Marui is the first." Yuuki Maya looked at Kirihara Akaya in surprise and said, "So, Kirihara is the first, right?"

"Hehe, yes, it's me." Kirihara Akaya puffed out his chest proudly.

"Kirhara took five minutes because his opponent gave up after five minutes." Yanagi Renji continued calmly.

When Yuuki Maya heard what Yanagi Renji said, she immediately understood what was going on, but it seemed very reasonable when she thought about it.

Kirihara Akaya's playing style will make it so that most of his opponents either cannot finish the game at all, becoming small fries crushers, or they will be quickly defeated immediately when they encounter opponents they cannot beat, leaving them no room for resistance.

An idea suddenly occurred to Yuuki Maya, and she suddenly spoke. "Well done, Kirihara. Since you won the first place in this race, I decided to give you a reward."

"Ha, you're so polite, senior." Kirihara Akaya's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be looking forward to this gift.

"Sanada, after the Kanto tournament is over and before the national tournament begins, Kirihara will be in the same group with me for all his practice matches, and I will personally coach him." Maya Yuuki said to Genichirō Sanada in a serious tone.

"No problem, just ask Liu to rearrange the table when we get back." Genichirō Sanada smiled implicitly and agreed readily.

"Leave it to me. I'll rearrange the schedule after I go back today." Yanagi Renji agreed, looking as if it was a matter of course, trying hard to make himself look normal.

"Wha-what?!"

Kirihara Akaya's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, thinking he had heard wrongly.

"Pfft-"

Marui Bunta on the side held his stomach and tried not to laugh, but his expression betrayed him.

"Pfft, see, Yagyu, it's a good thing I didn't get the first place. You shouldn't blame me now." Niou Masaharu also smiled and immediately turned around to show off to Yagyu Hiroshi.

"Hmm, looks like I have to take back what I said before." Yagyu Hiroshi replied calmly, thinking that there seemed to be some benefits to not getting first place.

"Can I not have this reward, Yuuki-senpai..." Kirihara Akaya tried to escape, but soon met Yuuki Maya's serious gaze.

"What? You don't want to accept senior's kindness?" Yuuki Maya said in a deep voice.

"No...but...thank you, senior." Kirihara Akaya stuttered and was speechless for a moment, and finally lowered his head dejectedly and accepted the reality.

He was extremely regretful at this moment and vowed that next time there was a similar race, he would never compete for the first place again.

Just as everyone at Rikkai University was chatting with each other, the third singles match was about to begin on the court.

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