The host is really working hard.

The day the challenge begins.

What a sunny day it is.

Every one of these tennis-loving kids was very happy, with smiles all over their faces. Even Zizhou, who had been nervous for a long time, seemed to be more open-minded in this weather. He was no longer thinking about how to return the ball or how to receive the ball. Oh, it's better to lie down.

Seeing Yukimura wearing a sports jacket, standing upright next to a lounge chair, his eyes still focused on the situation on the court, Zizhou walked over.

"Yukimura, is it about to start? Why can't I see Sanada?" Zizhou did not forget to look around for the figure of Sanada. After all, Sanada and Yukimura are often inseparable.

"Xuanichiro, I asked him to go find Senior Mori. Senior Mori has been skipping training a lot recently and was not even seen for such an important competition today. So I asked Xuanichiro to find him based on the information provided by Liu." When he said this, Yukimura couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand, his face full of helplessness.

It can be said that the three giants of the tennis team really have no way to deal with this senior Mao Li who is often nowhere to be seen. You say he is lazy, but he is very strong. You say he is good, but he is never seen during training. As juniors, it is hard to say anything. Those who are older than him cannot beat him, so they are really helpless.

"By the way, how is Zizhou's preparation going? Are you confident?"

That’s right, Yukimura has started calling Zizhou by his name. It’s not that there’s anything special about Yukimura, but Zizhou doesn’t like people calling him by his surname, as it feels like they are calling someone else.

"Alas, Yukimura, I can only do my best. I have only been learning for a short time, so it is still too difficult to beat others. Besides, the others are really hardworking and strong. They are all very good kids. I find that the longer I stay here, the more I like it!"

Seeing Zizhou first hanging his head and looking like he couldn't do it, but then becoming proud, made Yukimura laugh. At the same time, he also agreed with what Zizhou said, that there is no treatment of seniors and juniors here, there is only respect and admiration for the strong.

Yukimura patted Zizhou's left shoulder and encouraged him, "Don't worry. Don't forget that your opponents during this period are us. You just haven't competed with others before, so your perception of yourself is biased. We all believe in you."

When Zizhou heard Yukimura's words, a warm current surged in his heart, and he felt that he couldn't suppress the smile on his lips. This made Yukimura also infected by this smile, and he couldn't help laughing.

The other players in the tennis club couldn't help but admire the harmonious scene between the captain and Sawara-kun. As the only two gentle people in the tennis club, they couldn't help but get close to and praise them. Although most people in the tennis club have good looks, there are different levels in the court, and Yukimura and Zizhou are obviously top-notch, and they are both kind and approachable.

Zizhou didn't know about these things, otherwise he would have loudly refuted their definition of Yukimura's character, and would have shaken their shoulders and told them: Yukimura is a sesame dumpling, don't be fooled by his appearance. In fact, Zizhou didn't know.

Soon the competition officially began. Zizhou was assigned to the third game of the fourth group. The fourth group was led by Sanada. It can be said that there are one or two strong people in each group, and the strong ones are not grouped together.

Zizhou's opponent is the second-year senior Sato, who is considered a second-tier player in the tennis club and is known for his strong physical strength. However, physical strength is Zizhou's difficulty, so he plans to win with skills and try not to use extra time.

Beep~, with the sound of the whistle, the main selection trial officially began.

Zizhou served a normal serve, but the opponent was obviously planning to play an extra game, so how could Zizhou let him get what he wanted? So he swung his racket to hit a quick slice, and as a battle-hardened Sato, it was easy for him to hit back such a ball.

In this way, Zizhou repeatedly tried several serve returns in the hope of finding the opponent's weakness. Both sides were good at both offense and defense, holding on to the score tightly, and neither wanted to fall behind.

Yukimura stood outside the court and watched quietly. Liu sat next to him with a pen and a notebook. He was writing something in his hands, but he didn't forget to ask Yukimura: "Yukimura, who do you think will win?" Even though Liu was asking Yukimura, he didn't look at him, but kept looking at the two people playing on the court.

"I believe in him."

Yukimura did not answer Yanagi's question, but these four words said it all.

In fact, anyone who has practiced against Zizhou can find that he is very talented. In the process of learning, Zizhou can not only master the playing skills as quickly as possible, but also stimulate his potential in training. He is not a rigid person, but very flexible. He will not attack rashly without full preparation. However, opponents are always caught off guard and cannot detect the mental power that Zizhou exerts on tennis. It can be said that even without the bonus of physical strength, the mental power can almost instantly kill the opponent. It's just that Zizhou is very cautious and will not take risks.

'Ding~ It has been found that the host's ability in this world does not match the plot. Now the auxiliary prop of this world - the Eye of Truth is sent. I hope the host will work hard to complete the task.'

When Zizhou was still accumulating experience in the game, this voice suddenly rang in his mind, causing Zizhou to lose focus and miss a ball. So he quickly controlled his emotions, temporarily ignored this voice, and concentrated on dealing with the current game. Zizhou was really helpless against this system that liked to pop up from time to time and scare him.

But Zizhou didn't know that because he often ignored the system and didn't let it enter this world as a hamster, the system was bored to death in the space and didn't want to talk to him properly, so it often scared him when issuing tasks to relieve its anger.

Looking back, Zizhou found that compared with before, no matter how the opponent served and returned the ball, there were many flaws. As long as he was in the right position and with the right method, he could return the ball. Obviously, this ability is what the system calls the Eye of Truth. It is really useful. I must ask the system when I go back to see if there is a suitable method to complete the task.

Zizhou didn't think it was wrong to accept the abilities given by the system. After all, he was just a tasker whose goal was to complete the task. If the task failed because of his stubbornness, it would be a waste of time.

Yukimura and Yanagi outside the court obviously noticed the difference in Zizhou. His playing style was still the same, but Zizhou seemed to have seen through all the moves and flaws of his opponent. For this reason, Yukimura and Yanagi were shocked by Zizhou's ability. After all, he had not shown it before. It seems that competition is the important way to improve. Good data, good data!

Seeing Liu's crazy look, Yukimura silently moved to the side, pulled his coat, and pretended not to see it. But he couldn't help but wonder why Zizhou didn't use his mental power. After all, Zizhou's mental power was stronger than his, but he had only learned tennis for a short time and couldn't fully display it.

After gaining the ability, Zizhou was like a fish in water in the following game, and he fought smoothly to the back, but he lost to Sanada and Kuwahara in the end. After all, these two physical monsters made the game extremely difficult. His mental control and physical strength were unable to make up for the gap.

Finally, Zizhou officially entered the first tier as a candidate. Three new students also joined the regular selection, namely Niou Masaharu, Marui Bunta and Jack Kuwahara.

The remaining one is the sophomore senior who gives Yukimura and the others a headache - Maori Jusaburo, who is a relatively lazy senior, but his ability is beyond doubt. However, Zizhou likes him very much, because Maori is very good to juniors and often helps them improve their strength. It would be even better if he doesn't skip training.

Just like that, Zizhou completely entered the training ranks, getting deeper and deeper into the exploitation and stimulation of potential every day.

After the end, Zizhou finally talked it out with the system. He also realized that it was his negligence that left the system lonely for so long. So after letting the system enter this world in the form of a hamster, he bought a lot of nut snacks for the system and gave it a nice name - Scorched Rice Fruit.

Jiao Miguo, who finally got to go out into the world and enjoy delicious food, stuck to Zizhou almost every day. Wherever Zizhou went, it followed him, making him go to school like a spy, afraid of being discovered and being looked at suspiciously by Sanada. However, Jiao Miguo was also very sensible, and only stayed on Zizhou's shoulder or head, and stayed in his pocket when there were people around, and didn't go anywhere.

But the more he didn't want others to find out, the more suspicious his behavior became. Eventually, it was Yukimura at the table in front of him who noticed it. Or perhaps many people in the class noticed it, but they just thought it was funny to see Zizhou looking guilty and thinking he was covering it up well, and didn't have the heart to expose him.

It was Yukimura who told him that if a pet does not breathe fresh air for a long time, it will easily suffocate to death. This scared Zizhou. Although Jiaomiguo is a system, he didn't know if it would suffocate as it is already a hamster.

After hearing Yukimura say that Rikkai University did not have an explicit rule prohibiting students from bringing pets to school, she held the scorched rice fruit in her palm and showed it to Yukimura quietly.

When Yukimura saw the little hamster chewing a nut in Zizhou's hand, it looked so soft and cute. He felt like his heart was pierced by an arrow and he kept calling it so adorable!

"Zizhou, what's its name?" He said, not forgetting to gently touch the hamster's head with his hand. The hamster did not dodge, but just held its nut and looked at Yukimura with its small eyes. Yukimura could not help but take the hamster from Zizhou's hand.

But he didn't know that the little hamster Jiao Miguo was screaming in Zizhou's mind, saying how handsome and gentle Xingcun was.

Zizhou was speechless and kept complaining, "I'm pretty too, why don't you look so excited?"

'But the host is different. Yukimura is the top male god in "The Prince of Tennis". I am a big fan of him. Oh, if the host hadn't forgotten me, I would have been in love with Yukimura.'

Yukimura, who couldn't see the battle between Jiao Miguo and Zizhou in his mind, noticed that Zizhou seemed to be in a daze, so he asked, "What's the matter, Zizhou, does it have no name yet?"

Zizhou came back to his senses and quickly replied: "No, I was just thinking about something. It's called Jiao Mi Guo."