Prince of Tennis: The Emperor's Eye

The match was a big success.

With the end of the doubles match, the score between Hyotei and Shitenhoji was tied at 1:1, and the next singles match became more important.

At this time, Akashi had brought everyone from Fudomine to the outside of the competition court. Akashi was also curious about who would win between Hyotei and Shitenhoji.

Not long after Akashi arrived, the people from Seigaku also came over. After all, the winner of the match between Hyotei and Shitenhoji would be their semi-final opponent tomorrow.

After seeing Akashi and Fuji in the player seat, Atobe had no intention of greeting them. Now his mind was all on the game. To be honest, Shitenhoji was not weak.

When the people of Shitenhoji saw the people from Fudomine and Seigaku, they were also slightly stunned, and then they figured out that their quarter-final opponents were not strong, so it was normal that the game could end so quickly.

As the overlord of Kyushu for many years, Shishigaku was not considered strong in the eyes of the people of Shitenhoji. This is undoubtedly a great irony, but it is also a fact. Even Shishigaku in the original work was in a state of decline after Kikuhei and Chitose left.

"The singles match will start next, with Hyotei Akutagawa Jiro against Shitenhoji Shiraishi Kuranosuke! Please enter the court!"

Following the voice of the referee, the two slowly walked into the court. Before and after arriving at the net, the two sides shook hands in a very harmonious atmosphere. After all, neither of them was the kind of person who would cause trouble.

After Akashi saw that it was the two people playing outside the court, he could already foresee how boring the next game would be. After all, the two people only had two moves together.

However, Shiraishi's left hand was still wrapped in a bandage, and it seemed that he was still wearing the gold wristband. In fact, Akashi did not understand Watanabe Shu's idea, why did he want to make a gold weight.

There are many materials that can replace gold, and the most important thing is that they are much cheaper than gold. Watanabe Shu, who didn't have much money, chose gold. I don't know if it was a bad taste. After all, people in Shitenbao Temple are more or less abnormal.

After the two shook hands, they exchanged a few words, but Jiro was still a little listless. At the urging of the referee, the two began to guess who would go first, and finally Shiraishi won the right to serve.

"The game ends! Shitenbao Temple serves first!"

Shiraishi came to the baseline, took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, and then directly hit a high-speed serve with a posture that was almost completely textbook, and the angle was very good.

Jiro also reacted immediately, quickly came to the landing point, turned his wrist to intercept the tennis ball, and then rushed to the net while hitting it back.

However, this time, Jiro's plan failed. Shiraishi used his perfect basic tennis to suppress Jiro near the center line, making it difficult for him to rush to the net.

Shiraishi knew very well how difficult Jiro was at the net, so he suppressed Jiro with all his strength at the beginning of the game, making the opponent lose the most advantageous way of attack.

The two of them fought against each other. Jiro tried every means to rush to the net, while Shiraishi used tricky balls from various angles to suppress Jiro.

However, Jiro soon fell into a disadvantage. If we talk about basic tennis, there are not many people in the junior high school who can say that they can win Shiraishi, at least Jiro can't do it yet.

"15-0!"

In the second ball, Shiraishi still used the strategy of the previous ball to suppress Jiro near the center line, but Jiro obviously had experience. He did not go head-to-head with Shiraishi, but kept hitting short balls to disrupt Shiraishi's pace.

As the two continued to fight, they finally came to the net. Seeing this, Shiraishi no longer insisted and started to fight with Jiro at the net.

Although neither of them had any skills, their playing styles were different. Jiro was extremely flexible at the net. Even if the angle was tricky, he could easily resolve it with his flexible wrist.

Shiraishi played basic tennis to a very high level, almost without any flaws, and would not give the opponent any chance to take advantage. I am afraid that only Atobe in Hyotei could see Shiraishi's flaws.

The progress of the game was similar to what Akashi expected. It was just a simple basic tennis match. Although Jiro was not as good as Shiraishi in the basics, he was not called a magician at the net casually.

The competition between the two began to enter a white-hot stage, with wins and losses, and the scores began to rise alternately, but Akashi and Atobe were both

Shiraishi had a certain advantage.

"15-15!"

"30-15!"

"30-30!"

"40-30!"

"GAME! Shitenhoji! 1-0!"

In the end, Shiraishi still saved his serve in the first game, but Jiro on the opposite side was also much more energetic at this moment. Playing against Shiraishi gave him a different experience.

Previous opponents always played some skills that made Jiro excited, but Shiraishi had no skills and simply played basic tennis with you. Jiro had only experienced this in Mori senior.

The second game was Jiro's serve, but the situation on the court hardly changed. It was nothing more than Jiro's serve and volley, which shortened the time he came to the net.

As the two continued to attack each other on the court, the audience around them seemed to have a feeling of being in another world. They remembered that three years ago, except for a few people, most of the games were so plain.

But since Akashi and his friends entered junior high school, the competition has been raised to several levels since some time ago. Various ball skills that amazed them have emerged one after another, and there are even moves that can bring all the audience into a dream.

They haven't seen such high-level pure tennis for a long time, so many people don't feel bored, but watch it with relish.

It's like an emperor who has always been used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, and suddenly eats coarse food during a private visit, and he will feel very novel. Most of the audience now have this mentality.

At this time, the situation on the court has begun to slowly turn against Jiro. Shiraishi was just testing in the first game and didn't use his full strength. After Shiraishi roughly understood Jiro's level in this game, he was no longer polite. The ball he hit was much stronger than the first game in terms of speed, power and rotation.

Jiro, who was not as good as Shiraishi in basic tennis, suddenly felt pressured. Although he barely supported himself with his skills in front of the net, he knew that if he continued, he would definitely be the loser.

"GAME! Shitenhoji! 2-0!"

Although Jiro had tried his best, he still lost his serve, allowing Shiraishi to break and win the second game.

The third game was Shiraishi's serve. Just as Shiraishi was standing at the baseline preparing to serve, Jiro on the opposite side suddenly closed his eyes, his body slowly relaxed, and he fell into a sleeping mode.

Shiraishi's eyes became more serious after seeing this. He also knew Jiro's move very well. Jiro in a sleeping state would have a significant improvement in explosive power, and it would also greatly reduce the consumption of physical energy. If he was dragged into a protracted battle, it would be very troublesome.

Thinking of this, Shiraishi looked at the bandage on his left hand involuntarily, but then shook his head. He promised the coach that he would never take it off unless it was absolutely necessary.

Afterwards, Shiraishi didn't think about it anymore and hit the tennis ball directly. His posture was still extremely perfect. However, Jiro on the opposite side instinctively came to the landing point with his eyes closed and hit the tennis ball back.

Even though he fell asleep, Jiro still did not forget to charge at the net, but because all his actions now relied on instinct, Jiro did not make a detour like before, but instead directly fought with Shiraishi.

Jiro, who had significantly improved his explosive power, actually got rid of Shiraishi's suppression very quickly and came to the net smoothly. Shiraishi didn't care too much about it, which was within his expectations.

After that, the two started another fierce confrontation, but this time, Jiro's burst of strength surprised Shiraishi a little. Slowly, Shiraishi fell into a disadvantage and began to be suppressed by Jiro.

Jiro slowly began to lead the score. Although Shiraishi's counterattack should not be underestimated, overall, Jiro currently has the advantage.

"GAME! Hyotei Academy! 2-1! Change venue!"

Finally, Jiro won a game from Shiraishi by using the sleep mode, and the game entered the pause time. Jiro was taken off the court by Kabaji, and Shiraishi came to the Shitenhoji player seat without rushing.

At this time, Watanabe Osamu on the coach's seat suddenly said to Shiraishi who was drinking water:

"How is it? Shiraishi! Are you confident of winning?"

"Well! I have almost adapted to it. Acting on instinct can sometimes be very deadly~" Shiraishi said slowly with a smile.