[Comprehensive] The Light Chaser

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the challenge officially started.

It is said that several people who will become coaches did not come. Coach Saito casually explained that they also need training, and they will be notified to come after the game.

train?

they are……

"High school students." Coach Saito said with a smile, "You probably have a chance to meet them in the high school league."

The rules of the game were read again, and then the four people in group A stood on the court, while the people in group B could choose their opponents to challenge at will.But only one chance.

There are five people in group B.The second-year student Haitang glanced at the other third-year students, and gave up the chance to challenge in the first round.

Yukimura had a clear purpose and walked directly towards Ninaku's place, while Atobe snorted very simply and stood in front of Marui.

According to Atobe's original intention, he was willing to train Ninzu himself, but Yukimura took the lead.And the remaining opponents... It's not that they are fighting against Li Hai, but that Marui's overall strength is the strongest among the remaining opponents.Kikumaru was just a doubles player in his eyes (not disparaging), and Tengen's bad jokes and long rackets couldn't interest him.Marui somehow defeated Jiro in the singles practice match.

"Ah, I thought the minister would compete with Senior Marui." Kirihara muttered.

Liu opened the notebook: "I can compete with Marui at any time, but that is not the case with Ninzuzu. Yukimura wants to personally weigh the level of Hyotei's second in command."

"Ice Emperor's second-in-command? The guy with the glasses?"

"Calling senior." Liu corrected Kirihara's little mistake, "Perhaps Yukimura was a little surprised by his failure in the Kanto competition."

"Everyone is very surprised." King Ni continued, "Please, after all, it is Renzu, the 'genius' of the Ice Emperor, the second in command, who is placed in Lihai University's position equivalent to Sanada. He and Xiang Ri are also at the top of the national ranking. The famous doubles team ended up losing to a temporary team. The temporary team is fine, but if you and Sanada temporarily form a team, the record will be very good. But Kikumaru and Momoshiro?"

Sanada: "...Why did you use me as an example?"

"Convenient." King Ren shrugged.

Liu shook his head: "Kikumaru-kun's strength is not weak, and Yagyu and I can feel that. As for Momoshiro-kun, it's hard to evaluate it without a head-to-head match. After all, Xiangri-kun's weakness is too obvious, and he was caught in the loophole." There is also a 32.8% rate of winning games."

King Ren raised his eyebrows.

He didn't deliberately belittle Kikumaru and Momoshiro because he was prejudiced against them, but he had a good relationship with Ninjazu and knew that guy had some cards.That is the "genius" of the Ice Empress after all.Think about it, each school is called a "genius", which one is the most fuel-efficient lamp?

but……

"Renzu's trick is to 'close the heart'." He said, "Then I will make a reasonable guess."

"What?" Liu tilted his head.

"The trick of 'locking the heart' exists for opponents who intend to control the overall situation. For example, you use data to construct a complete model, and the opponent's reaction and the rhythm of the game are within the control range. At this time, break the model It became a very important thing.” King Ni squeezed his little braid with a backhand, “We will predict the opponent’s next move and analyze the opponent’s psychology during the game, this is the trick that Renzu always works. The reason. But what if his opponent... is an intuitive system like Chiya?"

"Me?" Kirihara pointed at himself.

King Ni hummed: "Don't think about the next two steps, what to do in the next three steps, the body's reaction is before the brain, so this trick of enduring is useless?"

"Reasonable speculation." Liu nodded, "Ninzuzu has never encountered this kind of opponent before, right? Kikumaru-kun is indeed the type of reaction before thinking, and Taocheng, from his previous games, can't tell this. .”

"Anyway, as long as the opponent doesn't plan to pry into Ninzu's heart, there is no difference between his use and uselessness of this move." Nio concluded.

Sanada, who was unable to participate in the topic from beginning to end: "..."

Yukimura defeated Ninja and Atobe defeated Marui in about the same amount of time.

Even though it was a one-set match, neither of them clearly intended to drag the match into a protracted one.Nor is it necessary.

The gap in strength is still too obvious, Yukimura is against Ninjazu, and Atobe is against Marui.

When Marui walked down with the racket, he let out a sigh of relief, still showing some frustration on his face: "Damn it, I thought it would bring a little trouble to Atobe."

"Thank you, Mrs. Wen." Liu said lightly.

Kaitang, who remained in Group B, chose Qianshi, who won the game, as his opponent.Continuous competitions require high physical fitness, but Qianshi, who defeated Tiangen, did not seem to consume too much physical energy.The players in Group C faced the remaining opponents—Atobe, Yukimura, and Tachibana.

Group B has come full circle.

"It makes us look weak." Marui whispered.

Nioh shook his head and picked up the racket.Seeing that the rest of Group C hadn't decided yet, he simply took a step forward: "Do you mind if I go first?"

"Please." Fuji said with a smile.

Guanyue twisted her fingers around her hair, while Shencheng remained silent.Nioh waited for two seconds and automatically thought that the two had acquiesced.But there are still three people on the field, and there are two other people who need to play besides him.

Might as well go for it while you can choose.

Yukimura stood on the field and waved to him with a smile: "Noh, do you want to come over?"

No, this is not necessary.

Playing against Yukimura?

"Mrs. Wen, let me test your battle results." He said under his breath and waved back.

Marui opened his eyes wide.He watched Nioh walk to the ground where Atobe was standing and stood still: "Please give me more advice, Atobe-kun~"

"Ah, please advise." Atobe raised his eyebrows and said.

"...Why didn't he find Tachibana?!" Marui couldn't help but said, "That's easier."

Toju lost to Kirihara's blessing, one of the former "two heroes of Kyushu", has been regarded as a soft persimmon by Li Haida.

Liu Sheng raised his hand and pushed his glasses, and took a step forward: "King Ren also wants to challenge stronger people."

"...Then why didn't you choose Yukimura?"

Kirihara cut out: "What, I can answer this too. If you are talking to the minister, you can compare it in Lihai University at any time. Isn't the minister unable to find a partner for the practice match every day? Ice Emperor's minister is not You can meet them casually. Of course, you need to find rarer challenge objects.”

Sanada: "..."

My hands are so itchy, I really want to punch someone.

On the court, Yukimura raised his eyebrows with some regret. He glanced at Nioh who was already posing and was obviously interested (the seven-ball match between Nioh and Sanada also made Atobe full of curiosity about Nioh) Atobe, turned his head and waved to the remaining three people in Group C: "Then you, who is going to be my opponent?"

After the scene was still for a few seconds, Fuji took a step forward holding the racket: "In this case... please give me more advice, Yukimura-kun."

"Please advise."

Ju: Do you all regard me as a soft persimmon? !How unreasonable!

The training camp is a rare opportunity to play against opponents from various schools, so in the training camp, you will face off against opponents you want to fight more.Most of the teenagers are arrogant and self-motivated, and would rather choose a stronger opponent than a weaker one.It is precisely this that Tachibana understands that makes her feel depressed.He took two deep breaths, and nodded to Shencheng who finally stood in front of him: "Please advise."

Shishido and Guanyue who were still there looked at each other, turned their backs and walked away.

Guanyue: Hehehe, my fateful opponent, I will definitely observe the match between you and Minister Lihai!

Shishido: The Atobe match, or that Nioh...cannot be missed!

The games on the four venues started at the same time.

The right to serve belongs to the challenger.

Holding the tennis ball, Nioh decided to start with a safer approach.

Of course, he doesn't intend to fight a long game.Everyone knows that Ice Emperor's minister, Atobe, is best at protracted battles, but his physical fitness is not superior.Hitting long with short is the stupidest choice.

And what is his advantage?

When Niwang closed his eyes and opened them again, his body was already lit with white light—no matter how long he had mastered the realm of no-self, he who had specially trained his spiritual power was the most suitable for the realm of no-self among all the junior high school students present. The most convenient one that can also be used in the realm of selflessness!

Although it seems that what he uses is just an ordinary state of selflessness, in fact, what he shows is just a manifestation of the spiritual world he is operating.

"The limit of brilliance" does not rely on intuition but the precise calculation of the model in the brain, and the "extreme perfection" is also the skill of controlling every meridian.

And mental power——

Snapped!

The movement of his swing formed an afterimage in the retina, which made Atobe, who was originally smiling, frowned.

Atobe snorted, narrowing his eyes.

Spin the ball?

ball path...

No, it's not that simple!

what? !

After passing the China Open, the yellow tennis ball shook, split into two, and then into four.

Is it a shadow?

Only one is true!

But... which one? !

In a blink of an eye, Atobu lowered his head, but was surprised to find that all the balls had shadows.

what happened? !

Boom!

The four spherical shadows suddenly merged and pulled into a yellow light like a trailing shuttle, and then hit the ground.

pressure line.

"15-0!"

This is……

Atobe stood up straight and looked at Nioh who was in the state of "no-self state" opposite him, and returned to the position of fighting back.

"Come again!" He raised his eyebrows.

second ball.

Nioh still acted the same way.

His arm is indeed an afterimage when he swings the racket, even faster than Sanada's invisible lead racket.But in this afterimage, there are some abnormalities——

"coming!"

The spectators and Atobe concentrated their attention at the same time.

The tennis ball arced across the net, and then——

Four balls!

it is this!

Boom!

"30-0!"

Atobe, who swung his empty shot again, narrowed his eyes.He recalled the feeling just now, and vaguely noticed something.

He licked his lips and returned to his position: "Come again!"

Nioh raised his lips and tossed the tennis ball leisurely.

This time his movements seemed to be artificially slowed down, at least Liu and Sanada, as well as the two coaches who were on the sidelines, saw the clues.

fast!

The swing is undeniably fast.

But it's not just fast.

When hitting a tennis ball, hit the racket so quickly that it jumps the ball and must hit every visible shadow of the ball to make an accurate return.This technique...

"40-0!"

"Isn't this the style of play developed by the boys in the training camp on the mountain?!" Kurobe turned his head to look at Saito.

He and Saito's eyes met, and they knew each other's thoughts clearly.

"It seems that Byodoin-san and the others missed something interesting." Coach Saito sighed.

And Kurobe thought of Byodoin's expression when he came to the training ground, and the vague look in his eyes that made him think he was wrong...

"No, maybe it wasn't a miss and maybe it was," he said.

Of course, it wasn't just the coaches who were amazed by this skill.

Not to mention the shock of Liu and Sanada, Sanada was just surprised by this difficult technique, and Liu has already begun to draw a force analysis diagram on paper to study the feasibility and limit of this trick.

On the contrary, Atobe, who faced this move directly, showed a dissatisfied look.

He snorted: "Why, do you look down on me?"

"Puri~" Nioh flicked his pigtails and returned to the serving position.

Atobe opened his eyes wide: "Use all your strength! Slow down, for fear that I won't see it?!"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding." King Ni turned his head while holding the tennis ball, "Then, I'm coming."

Snapped!

Can't see clearly!

……What? !six? !

Atobe almost doubted his own eyes for a moment.He wants six? !Hitting six times repeatedly in that short amount of time? !To what extent is the burden on the arm? !

Gritting his teeth, he caught up with three of the balls, but still missed three.

Naturally, he still couldn't hit back.

"Gamewonby Masaharu Nioh, 1-0!"

Four ACEs straight serve to score, this kind of thing...

"Yeah, yeah, it's really unexpected." Shinozu looked complicated, and he looked at Atobe, who had a serious expression in the field, "Noh's strength..."

"Why is King Ren so strong?!" Yue Ren called out.

Shinozu shook his head and pressed on his shoulder: "Calm down, Yue Ren."

The second game was Atobe's serve.

Nioh deliberately acted like that in the first game, but in the second game he found that Atobe was still calm.

Sure enough, the previous tricks were useless, and even the upgraded provocative skills were still useless.Although he always had a mocking and indifferent face, Atobe was much calmer than expected.

This is also natural, after all, it is the director of a film, and it will not easily change its rhythm for trivial matters.

Snapped!

The tee shot is a simple high-speed serve with above-average power and spin.

Nioh intended to speed up the pace of the game, which was why he was so high-profile in the first game, but when he caught the ball at this time, he found that Atobe's rhythm was still different from his.

Serving has the initiative, so will the tempo that was originally raised be lowered?

Puri, he will never fight for a long time!

Then make Atobe lose his sanity now!

If provocation doesn't work, then try another method!

If phantom, who is better to use?

Yukimura?

No, let's not say that the real person is next to him, the relationship between Yukimura and Atobe is not good but not bad.

So Sanada?

... These two people have fought so many times, will there be unnecessary psychological fluctuations?Both he and Sanada fought until they didn't want to fight anymore.

So……

King Ren's eyes lit up.

He thought of a game that was widely reported, and the reputation that had worsened after the game.

Want to try it?

Anyway, it's better than others.

Thinking of this, the movement of his swing quietly changed.

Three returns, no, maybe only two.

When Atobe realized it, he found that his return ball was flying in the same direction without knowing it.

This is……? !

Tezuka field? !

He looked at Nioh suddenly, only to find that the people on the other side of the field had changed.

The figure in the white light is clearly not the one with white hair and braids, but——

"Te Tsuka Kuni Hikari." Atobe whispered the name.

He narrowed his eyes and snorted, "Is this your plan, King Ni."

The attempt was too obvious, as was the tactics.But it is true that the most direct tactics are often the most useful.And he may be able to understand some of the emotions that Bu Er lost control in the finals of the Kanto Competition.

Clearly knowing that the other person is not that person, but still feel anticipation and excitement.

But at the same time, he knew more clearly that the person opposite was not that person.

Fraudster?

For the time being, it is enough!

"Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha!" Atobe suddenly laughed.

He laughed heartily, but it left the spectators outside the arena confused.Even the people in the nearby venue were attracted by the sound.

When they saw Tezuka, they all froze for a moment before reacting.

Fuer ran two beats slower, Yukimura waited for a while and couldn't help reminding: "Fuer-kun, we are still competing."

"...Sorry." Buer regained his composure before recovering.

Tezuka Kunimitsu's influence is so great? !

Nioh thought in surprise, looking at Atobe who was laughing across the way.

Did he think he was crazy?

No, it's not, but excitement.

Trace stopped.He clenched the tennis ball in his hand: "It can be a 'phantom' to become Tezuka... Humph, I just have a move, which is prepared for Tezuka. Although it has not been fully developed--"

He throws a tennis ball.

The tennis ball was thrown high by him, and as the ball fell, he lowered his waist backward and dropped it very low.

nearer, nearer—

boom!

Atobe bounced up suddenly, and the middle and upper part of the racket hit the tennis ball directly.

The tennis ball walks along the vertical direction, fully absorbs the spin and flies out, and the force of the shot makes it draw an arc.

Similar to an ellipse, the tennis ball flew obliquely above the court and then plunged downward, forming another arc.

It hit the ground and slid along the ground until it stopped at the bottom of the net.

hiss--

"15-0!"

"No... didn't bounce?!"

"This... what kind of serve is this?!"

"Tanhuaiser." Atobe panted and raised his head, "How is it, my uncle's serve?!"

"Don't be careless on the ground." King Ren said.

Wearing Tezuka's skin, he said the lines that should be said professionally.But he has already analyzed the principle and path of the ball in his mind.

Is there a similar trick?

"Flying swallows return to their nests!"

Suddenly someone shouted outside.

Nioh turned his head to the side, and Fuji in the next court just put his right arm outstretched, and the tennis ball grazed the ground in a beautiful arc.

Feiyan returns to the nest?

...So it is!

spin?

No, there is more power than a complete rotation!

But the shot Atobe hit required a lot of spin on the ball without returning it.That's why he throws the ball so high that the initial spin applied by the fingers is strengthened with the help of the free fall.And the lower waist is also to strengthen the rotation and strength, using the direction and inertia of the racket...

"30-0!"

"What are you in a daze for!"

No, not in a daze, but...

"40-0!"

Sure enough, the third ball can no longer stick to the ground as tightly as the first ball?

Unstable moves, that's what it means.

"Gamewonby Atobe Keigo, 1-1!"

Nioh glanced at Atobe, and as expected, he found that Atobe's panting became short.

The entire game just now didn't make him feel burdened, but just four serves at this time consumed a lot of energy in Atobu.

"Ah?! Have you given up yet?!" Atobe said.

Nioh controlled his Tezuka appearance and pushed his glasses, and without speaking, he directly put on a serve posture.

he thought, spin?

Compared to spinning, you, Keigo Atobe... are no better than me!

Besides, didn't Tezuka Kunimitsu also have a trick of strong rotation?

If Feiyan can be changed into a serving version (although the principle is very different, but the effect looks very similar), then what about Tezuka's trick?

Tezuka's field is a passive move, which is not realistic, so what about the zero-style slice?

If it's a zero serve...

While he was thinking, there was a sudden commotion outside the arena.

It first started from the place where Qingxue people gathered, and gradually extended to other places.

What's wrong with Nioh?

"Tezuka..."

He saw Atobe on the opposite side squint his eyes, but his eyes were facing the outside.

Tezuka? !

He turned his head, and sure enough, he saw the man whom he had never met—he had watched Tezuka's match video many times.

"Tezuka-kun will participate in the mid-term qualifying match with everyone in Group F. The specific situation will be explained during dinner. Now, the game will continue." Coach Kurobe picked up the loudspeaker and reminded.

Nioh held the racket, thinking that the Lord is watching right now.

So, is he going to try to develop a new trick?

If the "Phantom" can't be exactly the same, does the meaning of "Phantom" still exist?

No, his "phantom"...

Nioh thought, what would happen if everyone thought that the "Phantom" was stronger than himself?

Must, must be interesting!

Simply turn upside down!

He adjusted his posture and went through the model calculated in his mind again.

the first time……

No, this can only be done once!

Snapped!

hiss~whoosh——

The return of Tezuka made everyone pay more attention to another "Tezuka" in the field.They couldn't help but wonder, how would Nioh react?

Then they saw such a scene.

The person who threw the tennis ball with no expression on his face swung the racket cleanly.

He didn't even jump, but the upright racket still gave enough friction to the tennis ball.Moreover, the angle and magnitude of the straight downward swing of the upper arm and forearm...

what? !

The tennis ball flew out at a low altitude in their opinion, but fell quickly after crossing the net, and then——

It hit the net back, rolled down again, and finally stopped on the ground.

This is……? !

"Zero slice?!"

"No, this should be a zero serve." Yukimura just finished hitting a ball and said by the way.

He turned his head to glance at his obviously distracted opponent, and smiled helplessly.

In this case, who is better to blame?

He glanced at Nioh with a little satisfaction in his smile.

A person who has been progressing at an incredible speed, although he has factors of power that he cannot understand, but...

In any case, there is no dead end for Li Haida's three consecutive championships!