Pirate's Freedom

"Nami, I want to surrender~!"

"Just what I want—"

With a 'thud' sound, Nami slammed the tennis racket on the ground like an eyebrow stick, and the dust on the ground flew up together with the look between her eyebrows.

"bring it on!"

Holding a yellow ball in her clasped hands, Ila raised her right foot high, twisted her waist and raised her hips smoothly. While leaning forward greatly, her right hand suddenly waved forward.

swoosh~~~

A yellow flash of light flew close to the ground, drawing an upward arc trajectory in the fierce idling.

"It's now!!"

Nami seized the opportunity accurately and took a step forward with lightning speed. The tennis racket in her hand that was disproportionate to her body instantly turned into an afterimage.

With a 'pong' sound, the yellow flash formed a right angle, and a straight trajectory shot straight into the sky.

"One-sword style flash——"

Nami turned the tennis racket upside down and tucked it under her arm. After silently closing the racket, she calmly announced the name of the move.

"[Secret Skill·Yan Hui]!"

The tennis ball flew higher and higher, turning into a dot smaller than a grain of rice in the sky.

"What are you doing just standing there? Nami, why don't you go and chase her!"

Raising her head to roughly judge the landing point, Nuo Qi jumped up and ran away.

"Don't run, Nuo Qigao, just stand here. My [Secret Skill: Swallow Return] is not that simple."

Nami's expression was calm and indescribable with confidence.

"Stop pretending to be cool, Nami. If you don't have a ball, why are you playing? I haven't even played yet!"

Nokigao didn't want to pay attention to her, and Ila had left the tennis court long ago and had already run far away.

"Flying so high...I don't know where I will fall."

Karina put up an arbor with her hands, narrowing her eyes and watching the yellow tennis balls melt into the blue sky.

"This is not a casual move. I told you it is [Secret Skill·Yan Hui]."

Nami corrected her seriously.

"so what?"

"This place is close to the sea. The sea breeze in this school blows from the sea in the morning and from the land to the ocean in the afternoon."

"Just keep it simple."

At this time, a gust of wind blew, and Nami said in the wind.

"So, the wind direction will change at this time, and more than once."

As the words fell, as if to confirm the correctness of her words, in the blue sky, a small yellow dot gradually grew from small to large, falling diagonally not far ahead.

lb!

The tennis ball ends its long journey in the air and kicks up dust when it hits the ground.

"That's why you hit the ball high, Nami..."

Nokigao suddenly realized it, looked around at the empty surroundings, opened her mouth and said.

"Aren't you bullying honest people?"

"Nogigao, you are wrong. I treat Ila as a real opponent and give her the greatest respect for her. This is the best embodiment of the spirit of sports competition."

"to be frank."

"It has to be this way. My intuition tells me that Ila is a powerful enemy that cannot be underestimated."

"Nami adds one point and Noki comes on."

He glanced at Ila who was standing blankly at the entrance of the tennis court - she chased the ball in a circle and then ran back. Karina, who also served as the referee, had a sympathetic face, but she still made a fair decision.

Since there is only one racket and one ball, tennis and baseball are combined in a pioneering way, and the determination of victory or defeat is also very simple——

The ball cannot be thrown out of the court, and the person who cannot catch the ball loses.

"Oh fine……"

Ila walked to the sideline dejectedly, while Noqigao came on the court with steady steps.

"Ira."

The moment they passed each other, Noqigao suddenly made a sound, and Ila stopped and turned around to look.

"You step back first, leave this place to me."

Nuo Qigao only left her with a back view.

[Not a teammate... What is the meaning of this sentence?In fact, you just want to talk about it!However, I also understand...this is really cool...]

Outside the barbed wire fence surrounding the tennis court, there was already a dense crowd of onlookers, and Hikigaya who made the above mental activity was also one of them.

"Really or not, what kind of ball is that?"

"It's amazing...this is [Net Stick]..."

"Oh oh oh! My blood is boiling!"

Even though someone said something that sounded terrible, no one ever misinterpreted it.

"Yes, I have heard of... the legendary skill that can freely control the celestial phenomena, [Controller of the Sky - Amatsu Canvas]!"

Kiza Yoshiteru, the real middle school student, was explaining loudly.

"[Mohou Tianqi]...?"

"[Mohou Tianqi]...!"

The audience who was supposed to be attending physical education class made a roar.

"[Mohou Tianqi]——!!"

but……

Although Nami in the field received most of the attention, there were also experts who had a keen eye for talents and were keeping an eye on the person who was going to end up.

"It's like a work of art... What a perfect ball of change... That person... is a talent that comes out every ten years... a hundred years..."

Gu</span>Wrist strength, eyesight, coordination and explosive power, under the brilliance of Nami [Mohou Tianqi], Ila's talent comparable to that of a star professional player was overshadowed.

Looking closely at Ira who was squatting on the sidelines, Teacher Atsugi, with tears in his eyes, said something powerful.

"Five years, no! Ten years! No matter how long it takes, I will be here waiting for her! She is the one selected by baseball. One day, she will lead Sobu High School to Koshien and leave her name in the school history. !”

"No, no, no, no matter what, Koshien is impossible. The National High School Baseball Tournament is only for men."

It's a pity that there are so few people who stay calm like Hikigaya.

"Teacher, I will also wait with you!"

“That’s right, summer never ends!”

Ooka, the little boy from the baseball club, stood next to Mr. Atsugi, and the two held hands tightly while speaking loudly.

"Hey, are you serious? How many grades are you going to get if you keep going like this! You will really be recorded in the school history!"

Hikigaya's words were drowned in the din of shouts.

In the tennis court.

"Nami, watch your moves——!"

The sound of the soles of shoes scraping against the ground was heard. Nuo Qigao held the tennis ball tightly and threw it up high. The ball flew upwards as if it was being sucked into the blue sky.

"Nuo Qigao, you want to copy my moves... It's a good decision, but you're too naive! You can't use [Mohou Tianqi]!"

Nami had seen through her intentions.

"I know exactly where the ball will land, Nochigo, I can already see the future of victory!"

"Nami, your arrogance has deceived you. The cause of your defeat is your discerning eyes!"

I don't know if it was a psychological tactic or if he really had a chance to win, but Nokigao showed no sign of weakness.

In short, this is a new era of sports that belongs to the 21st century, and represents the highest level of vigorous tennis players. Their peak showdown is continuing.

The birth of [net stick] can be traced back to 15 minutes ago.

……

In this school, the content of physical education classes changes every month.

The physical education class at Sobu High School is held by three classes together, with [-] boys doing two events respectively.

I just did volleyball and track and field before, and started tennis and football this month.

The last class this morning is a physical education class for Class F in the second year.

After a simple warm-up exercise, Mr. Atsugi, who teaches physical education, explained all the movements.

"Okay, let's see how you fight, and then disperse in groups of two."

Then, everyone formed groups in twos and threes and dispersed to both ends of the court.

Hikigaya's lone radar alerted sharply.

"Teacher, I don't feel well. Can I practice against the wall? Otherwise, it will cause trouble for others."

Hikigaya didn't wait for Atsugi-sensei to respond, and directly began to fight against the wall, just like playing with bricks. The teacher realized that he had missed the opportunity to speak, and said nothing more.

After many years of physical education class, this is exactly what he learned to deal with [finding classmates to form a team by himself].

He kept chasing the bouncing tennis ball and hitting it back correctly, and the boring class time continued like this.

The male students around him were fighting fiercely and shouting could not be heard.

"Drink! Oh! Was that ball strong just now? Was it super powerful?"

"It's too strong! You won't be able to catch it! It's super strong!"

They happily practiced sparring while screaming in Hikigaya's ears.

Hikigaya, on the other hand, was reciting sutras for them in his mind to achieve salvation, while turning his head to look, he found that the president of the current group, Hayama, was also there.

Their group has grown to four people, one is a blond man who is often with him in the class, and the other two have no impression of their faces. They are probably from Class C or Class I.In short, they exuded a dazzling masculine light, and that area looked particularly gorgeous.

"Ugh!"

The blond man missed Hayama's ball, so he shouted and everyone looked towards him.

"Wow, Hayama! That ball of yours is so powerful! Does it have a turn? Yes?"

"It just happened to be cut. Sorry, it was my mistake."

Hayama raised one hand to apologize, and the blond man responded in an exaggerated manner over his voice.

"Really or not? Isn't the chip shot just a [magic ball]? It's too fierce, you are too fierce!"

"Really?"

Hayama also happily agreed with the other party, and then the two people fighting next to them spoke to Hayama.

"Hayama-san, you also play tennis very well. Was that a chip shot just now? Please teach me too."

A handsome boy with brown hair came forward and said.

He is one of Hikigaya's classmates whose name is unknown.

Anyway, Hayama's group continued to expand to six people.

The Hayama Kingdom dominates the physical education class, and there is an atmosphere in the field that people who are not part of the Hayama Group should not have physical education classes.

Naturally, students outside of Hayama's group no longer have a voice, and Hikigaya objects to their suppression of free speech.

The Hayama Group always gives people the impression of being noisy, but Hayama himself does not actively speak out. Instead, the classmates around him are very noisy. It should be said that the blond man who volunteered to be his right-hand man is very noisy.

"Cut the ball!"

The ball hit by the blond man was not a chip shot at all, and it was far away from Hayama's position, flying towards a dark corner where the sun couldn't shine - that is, where Hikigaya was.

"Ah, I'm sorry! That, uh... B-Bi Penguin classmate? B-Bi Penguin classmate, can you help me pick up the ball?"

Hikigaya didn't bother to correct him. He just took a step forward and wanted to pick up the ball rolling on the ground and throw it back.

A small hand grasped the tennis ball one step ahead, and a figure he hadn't seen for a few days appeared in Hikigaya's sight.

"What are you doing?"

Nami weighed the tennis ball in her hand and asked curiously.