Zongman: Unknowingly trapped in the hatchet

"Take care of it yourself. Sorry, I was delayed for a while because I couldn't find a health teacher."

Yukinoshita handed the medical box to Ayaka, who took it and thanked her, then she returned to the tennis court.

"I know Xiaoxue is the most gentle, hehe."

"Well...if you treat me as a friend, then I don't mind."

Facing Yui's compliments, Yukinoshita finally responded to her friend's topic. Although her tone was calm, the blush on her face still exposed her shyness at the moment.

After seeing Xiaoxue's appearance, Yui could no longer suppress her inner excitement and limped to hug the lovely Xiaoxue!

"Anyway...don't get so close, okay? It's too hot."

Yukinoshita plays a character who says one thing but acts another. Although she says "don't get so close", the smile on her face has changed from helplessness at the beginning to helplessness and a little bit of pampering now.

During this time, she gradually got used to Yui's physical contact. After Yui adjusted her posture, she even found that her arms were actually quite comfortable...

"Hey, hey, it's okay, just hold me for a while."

Yui continued to smile heartlessly, and at the same time she noticed that the other party was not as stiff as at the beginning, and was even a little resistant, so she became more excited. She felt that Xiaoxue, who was a little bit tsundere, was even more adorable!

Therefore, the deformation of the two slimes became even greater.

Hmm...it's still more comfortable like just now.

This is Yukinoshita's evaluation of Master No. 66 Yui.

"Yukinoshita, huh? If you want to go on stage, get ready quickly. I won't show you mercy later."

Just then, Miura walked to the tennis ball, breaking this rather warm situation.

"Really? But don't worry, I will show mercy to you.

But you seem to have bullied my friends in the community quite badly. Don’t look at me like this, I really bear grudges.”

Facing Miura's provocation, Yukinoshita responded domineeringly. However, when she said the second half of the sentence, Yukinoshita suddenly recalled Su Qing's question that day: What would you do if Yui was bullied?

My friend... Yukinoshita once again murmured in her heart, and at the same time she couldn't help wondering:

Why did Su Qing take so long to buy candy? Could it be that he fainted from hypoglycemia?

Should be... okay?

Anyway, let's end this farce quickly and go look for it.

After all, we can be considered friends.

……

With the addition of Yukinoshita, the situation on the field quickly changed. Although Miura's personal skills can be said to be the strongest among all the people present, but Hayama's strength is the worst among the few, so Hikigaya and Yukinoshita quickly won the first set.

Now, we just need to win one more set to win the game 2-0.

"So it's a best-of-three format?"

Yukinoshita was panting, and her voice became a little weak.

"That's right... From the beginning, I was prepared to delay and wait for you to come back. If I had known, I would have decided the outcome in one game."

Hikigaya felt a little regretful. If he had only played one game, it would have been over by now and there would have been no variables.

"It's not your fault. Keep going."

Yukinoshita also knew that doing so was the best option for the other party. Before knowing the other party's strength, winning two out of three would indeed be safer.

"I'm sorry Yumiko, I'm holding you back."

At the same time, on the other side of the court, Ye Shan looked at Miura with an apologetic look, but the latter just shook his head and consoled him:

"It's okay Hayato, there's still a chance!"

After a few minutes of rest, the second set of the game began.

"1 to 0."

"1 to 1."

"2 to 1."

"2 to 2"

……

Because it was the deciding set, the score was even more tense than the previous one. Every time Yukinoshita and Hikigaya won a game, Miura would wrap around them like a poisonous snake and quickly catch up with the score.

When the score reached 4-4, it was Miura's turn to serve.

She threw the tennis ball high up, and then jumped lightly. The tennis ball drew a perfect parabola in the air, and with a whistling sound, it went straight to the corner of Yukinoshita's defensive area.

The speed is slower than the previous one.

Although the ball speed was still very fast, he and Yui suffered a lot at the beginning, but after one game, the opponent's ball speed obviously slowed down, and Yukinoshita was able to handle Miura's peak ball speed in the previous game, so there should be no problem this time.

"0 to 15."

The referee's voice updated the score. Hikigaya was stunned for a moment, and then he saw that Yukinoshita's racket had slipped out of her control and fell to the ground, obviously knocked away by the impact of catching the ball.

How could it be? How could Miura's strength suddenly increase so much that even Yukinoshita's racket was knocked away?

Do not…

Hikigaya looked at Yukinoshita's pale face and the big beads of sweat on her forehead, then he suddenly realized: Yukinoshita's physical strength had obviously run out!

"Hey, what's going on? You can't even hold the racket? Looks like I really have to thank you for showing mercy."

When Miura saw Yukinoshita's racket flying out, she was delighted. Fortunately, the opponent's physical strength could not match her tennis skills, otherwise she would have lost the game today.

After hearing this, Yukinoshita didn't say anything. After looking at Miura, she picked up the racket and got into position again to prepare for the next ball.

Hikigaya was also silent. He never expected that the mean girl he first met in the Service Club would need to start with the definition of friends when asked if he had any friends. In such a short period of time, she had become like this now, fighting for her friends without saying a word even when she was exhausted.

Because they were not far away, Hikigaya could hear the conversation between Yukinoshita and Miura clearly at the net. It was obvious that Yukinoshita wanted to say "member" at first, but for some reason, she quickly changed her words to "friend".

However, Yukinoshita has changed, and so has Hikigaya.

It is clear that before this he was just a gloomy character that no one in the class cared about, but now he is inexplicably involved in such troublesome matters. How can he be corrected?

But if it's for Ayaka, then there's nothing you can do, just go for it!

……

However, even if his inner reasons for pursuing victory became more resolute, it would not be able to change the objective fact that Yukinoshita was physically weak for a while.

As a result, the situation on the scene was quickly reversed again.

"1-1, 5 minutes of rest, and then we will enter the deciding set in 5 minutes."

With the referee's announcement, the second set of the game ended, and Yukinoshita returned to the chair in the rest area with somewhat heavy steps.

Her body was trembling slightly, as if she had not yet recovered from the fierce battle just now. Her face was as pale as paper, her lips had lost their former rosy color, and her eyes revealed a hint of fatigue.

"Xiaoxue, are you okay? Drink some water first."

Yui, who was standing by, looked so anxious. Although she was still injured, she still held the water in one hand and considerately opened the bottle cap before handing it to her. With the other hand, she held a towel to wipe the sweat off her cheeks and neck.

"Thank you, I can still hold on."

Yukinoshita took the water, took a few sips, then put it aside, closed her eyes and began to recover as much strength as possible.

On the other side, Hikigaya was also enjoying Ayaka's care.

"Hachiman...it's okay if you lose, don't force yourself."

Ayaka said this with concern while wiping Hikigaya's sweat.

"Well... don't worry, I will definitely protect the court."

Because Ayaka was too close, he could even smell the faint body odor on Ayaka... It was body odor, right? Why would a man have body odor?

"Yeah! I believe you Hachiman."

After hearing this, Caijia didn't say anything else, but responded softly and then began to wipe it gently.

"Now...what is the situation?"

Just then, Su Qing, who had disappeared for a long time, finally came back [after buying candy].

……