[Comprehensive] The Light Chaser

Although discussing with Yukimura to give Kirihara special training, the time for special training has to wait until Nioh fully recovers.And Nioh is not going to teach Kirihara alone - he also has his direct descendants.

Compared to Kirihara, Hasegawa and Chiyan are really more worry-free.

"But it's just a little less aggressive, and it's a bit more step-by-step." Yukimura commented.He looked at Niwang and joked, "You took them with you for a year too, why didn't you make them more lively?"

"Isn't Kirihara lively enough?" Nioh imagined the scene of the current third-year students graduating.

Without Sanada and Liu, there would probably be no one who could stop Kirihara.The minister takes the lead...

"Seven people may not be able to hold Kirihara alone." Nioh said.

Yukimura raised his eyebrows: "That's not necessarily true. It's not that Kirihara doesn't understand many things, it's just because we are here."

Nioh shrugged noncommittally: "By the way, I have something to do at the end of July. Should the special training be postponed or brought forward?"

"It's late July now." Yukimura glanced at the time.

"The national competition is in mid-August, so it's too late."

"Your business means..."

"family trip?"

Yukimura: "...Okay, I see."

Nioh glanced at Yukimura's expression, and guessed what story Yukimura had made up.Their head of Lihai University has some artistic talents and a lot of brain power.Regarding his image in Yukimura's mind, Nioh really doesn't have much confidence.

But who cares, even if Yukimura's brain makes him a superman, he still has to go to school every day and train every day.

Nioh watched the game against the US West Coast Youth Team from the audience.

The Big Three of Lihai University were all selected, so there were quite a few non-school team members who bought tickets at their own expense to watch the game.There were too many people asking, so Liu simply registered their names together and bought a group ticket, saying that it would be safer for everyone to act together.

Safety is indeed safe, so I simply reserved a school bus, and we took the car to the stadium together like in the league on weekdays.

"Liu is too worried." King Ren counted the number of people and sat down.

On his left is Marui and on the right is Yagyu. The main candidates made a row, and Kirihara is in the middle of Marui and Kuwahara.

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Marui and Yagyu resonated.

"I always feel that he has undertaken too many chores in the tennis club." Marui counted with his fingers, "Inventory of training equipment, use of club funds, purchase of equipment and public tennis, as well as arranging the duty of the tennis court. Supervising training is a The three of them took turns, and you also helped, but Liu is the only one to worry about the rest, right?"

"The management within the team is coordinated by Yukimura, and Sanada generally handles external communication." Nioh also thought about it, "Ryu is responsible for the rest?"

"There is enough workload just for club funds." Liu Sheng pushed his glasses and frowned, also worried, "Can't the juniors take turns doing the daily counting of the equipment and the management of the tennis facilities?"

"I asked the second-year students to help, but Liu also had to watch from the side. He was worried." Marui sighed, "Do you know what obsessive-compulsive disorder means? Even if the juniors have finished their work, Liu has to count them by himself." Just rest assured."

"I always feel that if this continues, Liu's tennis progress will slow down." Nioh said.

Marui twitched the corner of his mouth, and pulled out a bag of potato chips from the tennis bag at his feet.He unpacked it: "You just say that..."

"Then I will defeat Senior Liu before he becomes weak!" Kirihara said.

Marui was interrupted, glanced at the high-spirited junior, clicked his tongue and shook his head.

The game starts soon.

The US team is huge.

They did a lot of publicity in advance, and even invited popular idol stars to perform at the opening ceremony.But doing such a performance on the court makes people feel ridiculous.

"No wonder the coaches say it's a commercial team..." Marui chewed on potato chips and squinted his eyes at the screen. "Is tennis already considered a popular investment project?"

"Grand Slam prize money is getting more and more, as is the public competition. Whether it is popular or not, you can't feel it in Japan, but international professional tennis is already very mature." Yagyu pushed his glasses and said.

Soon the list of doubles two will come out.

Genichiro Sanada, Keigo Atobe.

These are two names that are hard to imagine going together.

No, it should be said differently.The two names would normally be placed on either side of "VS" instead of just a few spaces apart as they are now.

"Doubles? Sanada and Atobe?!"

Nioh stared at the two names.

He leaned back: "It's inconvenient that Liu is not here."

"Ok?"

"Do you know that Atobe has played doubles with others before?" He asked casually.

Marui just finished eating a pack of potato chips, folded the packaging bag into the bag, and clapped his hands: "Atobe? Atobe has always only played singles."

So, is this the first time Atobe has played doubles in an official match?

Nioh watched this game seriously.

He observed the cooperation between Atobe and Sanada—although Sanada always teased that he could only play singles, in fact, most of the main candidates at Tachikai University knew that Sanada and Yukimura used to be doubles partners.It's just that other people in the department can't cooperate well with him, and he and Yukimura, who have become deputy ministers and ministers respectively, have no reason and position to continue playing doubles.

Middle school tennis respects singles.

Individual strength is placed before collective strength.

For example, last year Qingxue didn't even enter the Kanto Tournament, but the strength of Tezuka and Fuji was still spread in the middle school tennis circle.

Under such circumstances, singles are destined to be more popular than doubles.People who play doubles more or less aim for singles.

It was the same way before Nioh.

He chose doubles because of his lack of strength, and then he partnered with a senior who was on the verge of the main selection for a while.The reason why I invited Yagyu was because at that time, it was not easy for him to find a position in Lihai University's singles.

But after playing doubles for a while, he felt that doubles was more difficult than singles.

How can cooperation be as easy as it is said?

The two want to have a tacit understanding and to achieve the effect of coordinated operations on the court——

"They might as well use the midfield as the sideline and play half of the offense and defense with one half." Nioh commented.

Marui nodded in agreement: "That's right, it's really ugly."

Among the five people sitting here are Li Haida's most stable two pairs of doubles.They watched the farce-like doubles match on the court, and they had mixed emotions.Only Kirihara, who knows almost nothing about doubles, can watch the game with relish.

"The deputy minister and the minister of the Ice Emperor fought very hard." He said, "But the opponent is not very strong?"

"Because they're holding each other back," Nioh said.

"Sanada-kun usually doesn't do this in practice." Yagyu frowned slightly, "Even if there is no way to achieve subtle coordination, the basic alternating attack and offensive and defensive positioning should be..."

"He was robbed a few times by Atobe just now." Nioh snorted, "Yagyu, this is equivalent to provocation to Sanada."

"You know him very well." Liu Sheng said lightly.He raised his hand and pushed his glasses: "You and Sanada also owe a doubles match, right?"

"...Yagyu, we are doubles partners." King Ni put his hand on Yagyu's shoulder.

After he finished speaking, he felt a little guilty, so he raised his hand and touched his nose.

Just kidding, Nioh watched the game very seriously.

He has figured out what he should think about these days, and he also thinks about what he should not think about. There is only one thing that he should have thought about clearly but hasn't.

——Why can he and Atobe be at the same tune?

The tricks he comprehended during the training camp did allow the spiritual power of two people to resonate within a certain wavelength range, and then achieve a part of the effect of coherence, but Nioh knew that it was fundamentally different from coherence.Not only does it require the mental power of two people to have the same characteristics, but it is also limited to some tricks.Compared with the same tone, the effect is still worse.

But Atobe, what he saw in his dream, he and Atobe's coherence...

Even if he lies in the frontcourt, he can still transmit information through coherence.It is to pass information, not cooperate with the attack.This effect of silence is better than sound cannot be achieved unilaterally.

what is the problem? !

Atobe...

Atobe doesn't know how to play doubles at all!

Nioh pursed his lips and studied his game more and more seriously.

At least Sanada is his teammate, and he can deduce something from a horizontal comparison.

He didn't want to study the reality of the dream.After all, everything he had dreamed about so far had indeed happened.It is better to take the dream seriously and take some steps than to do nothing.There is no harm or benefit in not doing it, but at least there is no harm in doing it, and there is a great possibility of benefit.

If he thinks about this problem clearly, will he be able to practice attunement?

Nioh's tennis journey so far has gone very smoothly, and he only encountered a bottleneck in the same tune.He is really not reconciled.

He has practiced so many tricks that are more difficult than synchronizing, so why does synchronizing keep failing?

He stared at Sanada and Atobe in the arena.

Cooperate……

Still didn't cooperate.

The opponent's attack...

Volley? !

It was more of a duel of speed and strength than Marui's finesse.

Tannhauser serves...

The rhythm is going to be messed up!

Wait, this is... synced?

The auditorium could not hear the dialogue on the court, and the screen displayed through the broadcast could only see Atobe laughing with his head up.

Nioh felt the spiritual power of the two people, and found that they were gradually at the same vibration pace.

After that, the two gradually began to cooperate.

"What, I thought they would play singles until the end," Marui said.

King Ni didn't answer.

He also watched the game until the final whistle of the game.

He frowned, thinking wrong.

Even with the same rhythm, what Sanada and Atobe can do is the simplest kind of cooperation that ordinary doubles can do.

He speculates that the match between himself and Atobe is probably in a similar situation to the current doubles match between Sanada and Atobe.They will only be a temporary combination, and they certainly don't have much time to practice.

So, why did I achieve the synchronous effect with Atobe?

homology……

With things in his mind, Nioh didn't take the next game seriously.

He played back the match between Atobe and Sanada frame by frame in his mind, slowing down to study the changes in the aura and rhythm between the two, but he couldn't find anything after all.

Is there still a problem with my understanding of doubles?

He couldn't help but think so.

In the doubles two, Liu and Ninzu won the victory very directly, and the opponent's "water" can be seen even by pure spectators who don't know much about tennis.The boos of the audience brought Nioh back to his senses, and he looked at the venue.

The third singles match is about to start.

It was Qianshi who appeared on the stage.

This game made Nioh vaguely touched.

It's hard for him to understand Qianshi's feeling of putting all his eggs in one basket.

Li Haida has stood on a high place for too long, so long that his understanding of the word "failure" has become very weak.

He had felt the feeling of failure in his dream, but that was still a layer away.He has also worked hard to train for this dream, but he also knows that it is still a little bit short.Where is the difference?

Now Nioh understands.

There are some things that you will not understand until you reach the bottom.

But ignorance is a good thing. Those who stand at a high place should not go to a low place.

He thought of Byodoin again.I remembered the feeling of not being reconciled when I lost the game.But that didn't go that far, because he already knew subconsciously that he would lose to Byodoin.

How would you feel if you lost to an opponent you thought you would win?

Never feel it.

Three draws in singles, two wins in singles.Three wins and one tie, the Japanese team has won.But you still have to play singles.

Singles, who will play?

Yukimura's name first appeared on the electronic screen.

After a pause for a few minutes, the electronic screen went dark again amidst the doubtful discussions of the audience.When it was lit up again, the name of the Japanese team's players had been changed to Echizen Ryoma.

"What's going on?" Marui suppressed his smile.

Nioh turned on his vibrating phone.

He glanced at the message he had just received, and put the phone screen in front of Marui: "Yukimura himself went to make the substitution requested by the coach."

"What, this is singles."

"You know, he doesn't like opponents who are arrogant." Nioh said with a shrug.

The grievances between two generations, and the legend of "Samurai" Echizen Nanjiro.This singles game, which contained many off-court factors, touched the "feelings" of many viewers who knew little about tennis.

They applauded enthusiastically for the inheritance and continuation of the two generations.

This should be a very touching game, but Nioh was not in the mood.

He thought, Echizen Ryoma?

How fast can this child progress?

After the game against the US team, there is only one month left before the national competition.

According to the practice of previous years, the tennis club of Lihai University should go to Hakone for training.At this time, we will arrange a training camp. The time is a bit rushed, but it will not be too late.The harvest of youth selection can also be further digested in the team training.

Nioh asked for leave.

He still said the same thing.

"I have a family trip and can't walk away."

"Since it's a family event, it should be." Sanada believed it, "Does the time coincide with the Hakone training camp?"

Nioh calculated the time on the invitation letter of the Dark Martial Arts Conference.

If it goes all the way to the finals, then the entire training time is indeed covered, but if you come back halfway... No, will the white fox let him be eliminated halfway?

Nioh still has a kind of blind confidence in the white fox.

It's okay to say it's self-confidence.

"But I can catch up with the main selection competition ten days before the start of the national competition." He said.

Sanada snorted: "If you can't come back in time, it will be treated as a waiver."

"It doesn't matter if you can't make it back." Yukimura said with a smile, "Didn't King Nio play for me in the main selection competition before? This time just happened..."

"No, no, no, I'll be back in time." King Ren waved his hand quickly.He couldn't imagine the scene where Yukimura played for him, he really got goosebumps all over his body.

Soon, the scheduled time for the Dark Martial Arts Conference will arrive.

King Ren checked the information of the Dark Martial Arts Conference very early on.It's not a secret, not only Honmaru, but also famous among youkai. It's a game between youkai and humans, in a gray area.

The cold words on the paper materials have already explained the cruelty of this competition, but Nioh looked at the descriptions of the dead monsters and humans, but he couldn't raise his heart of fear.

He really understands that monsters are not scary.

In other words, he really understands that life is indeed fragile.

Can tennis solve this?

can.

He can now give this answer with certainty.

because……

Nioh closed his eyes.

He thought of the yokai that disappeared under his racket.

Those monsters who are not even D-rank monsters, who can't speak human language, can be solved with a tennis ball.

but……

Nioh touched his tennis bag.After hesitating for a while, he carried it on his back.

He won't open it.Tennis balls are used in competitions, not as murder weapons.The real murder weapon is spiritual power.But tennis can give him a sense of security.Even though he had made too much mental preparation and guessed part of the reason why White Fox wanted him to participate in this competition, he still...

"If it weren't for the fact that you are also 'Masaharu Nioh'..." he muttered to himself, and walked out of the house.

The white fox was still waiting for him at the corner of the house.

Nioh invited him home for dinner several times, but he never succeeded.Get used to it a few times.

"You can say it now? My teammate."

"Guess?" The white fox flicked its tail.

King Ni snorted: "I can guess, is there a reward for guessing correctly?"

"Is this some kind of large-scale guessing activity?" The white fox laughed twice, "It's only children who ask for rewards."

"I'm a child." King Ren stretched out his hand, "I'm fourteen years old, I'm underage, my voice change period hasn't ended yet, and I'm still growing taller."

White Fox: "..."

"You guess first." It said.

"I remember that the Dark Martial Arts Tournament requires five people in one group." Nioh glanced at the white fox, "You will join the team, in order to control the development of the situation. Add me, Senior Ho Byodoin. That's three people."

"So you're sure the Court of Justice will come?"

"Haven't you already made some deal with Senior?" Nioh snorted, "I can see that he doesn't like me, but he still has 'special care' for me."

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, you can also think that it was some kind of deal with the white fox that made Byodoin not like him.

Nioh didn't care about this kind of causal relationship, anyway, he couldn't like Senior Byodoin.

"There are two more..." King Ren raised his head, "Maybe I know them all?"

"you can say it this way."

"Then, I guess watching the moon." King Ni said.

The white fox was a little surprised: "Why do you think so?"

Nioh: "I observed it during the training camp, and he really dislikes using magic power on the tennis court. If that's the case, if you explained the magician to me in such detail on the first day, there must be something wrong."

After hearing this, the white fox shook his ears, his tone could not detect emotion: "Did I give you too many hints?"

"Why don't you praise me for being smart?" King Ni said.

White Fox: "..."

They soon arrived at the expected assembly point.

It was a place where King Ni had never been before. The white fox led the way, and he also used spiritual power to speed up halfway, and passed through several barriers.King Ren guessed that the white fox had done something wrong and took a shortcut.

But he doesn't care about that.

He followed the white fox through the fog.

The strange monsters gathered in front of him, and there was no way to make King Ni feel threatened from the aura.

He had already seen Byodoin Temple standing in the corner.

The blond hair and headband, combined with the human appearance, alone made Byodoin stand out from the crowd.

"Good morning, senior." King Ren greeted casually.

Byodoin gave him a strange look, and hummed.

After a while, Guanyue arrived as expected, led by a tall and gentle woman.

The woman still wearing a professional suit leaned towards the white fox tenderly: "I'll take care of you brother."

"Say hello to Elliot for me," said the white fox.

Guanyue has been very silent and doesn't seem so willing.He glanced at Nioh and Byodoin with suspicion, and then at White Fox with disbelief.

But his gentle sister has been standing aside, and he can only stand obediently in the team.

The atmosphere was too late to be awkward.

Soon, another familiar person appeared from the fog and walked towards them.

"Hiji?" King Ni was a little surprised.

The mushroom-headed boy was wearing a martial arts uniform: "Senior Nioh, Senior Guanyue, Senior Byodoin."

He seemed to know the news in advance, his face was always calm, and he never showed any surprise.

Nioh observed Hiyoshi, secretly wondering how Atobe cultivated the second-year students.

Not only Hiyoshi, but Feng and Huachi also looked reliable.

Should they go and learn from the Ice Emperor?

"Is everyone here?" He lowered his head and asked, but not in a questioning tone.

The white fox shook his head, and jumped on King Ren's shoulder: "You guessed wrong just now."

"Huh? So far, haven't I guessed everything right?"

"No, there was a mistake. I'm not a player," said the white fox.

"...Aren't you?" Niwang was a little surprised, "I thought, you..."

"I'm your pet. I will compete with you and share a spot," said the white fox.

Nioh was almost stunned by its shamelessness.

Say yourself as a pet?

How do you say this?

"Then there is one more person?" King Ren glanced at the white fox, counted the people present, and found something in common. "Are you really planning to form a tennis team?"

"Yes, so I hired foreign aid." White Fox said, "Although the price is high, the reputation is very good."

"……what?"

King Ren frowned.

Then he saw the person reappearing from the mist.

Although he hadn't met before, King Ni knew at first sight that this was the foreign aid that White Fox was looking for.because……

"Echizen...?" He hesitated.

This person is too similar to that first-year student of Qingxue.

No, it should be said that it is too similar to the young Echizen Nanjiro who appeared in the video tape.

"It's our first meeting, I'm Echizen Ryuya." The boy in sportswear stopped in front of them, holding an orange in his hand, with a careless expression.

Echizen...Longya?

"Okay, everyone is here now. Let's get on the boat." The white fox said, flicking its tail.