[Tennis] Mountains and Flowing Water

In March, the weather gradually warmed up. In the final stage after the two birthdays, Xu You once again entered the low tide period.He is very dissatisfied with the backhand. During man-machine practice, high-speed or spinning ball control will always deviate or even go off the net and out of bounds.There is progress compared to before, but it is far from enough to see.

I remember that at this time he was in the confused period of seeking the way, soaking in the tennis court like crazy to find the feeling, so he finally hit the backhand beautifully.It can't be like this now, he doesn't have a genius doctor to take care of him, and the damage caused by the transition of training may not be repaired.

A little anxious, a little worried.

Because the possible disease disaster that may occur in Yukimura is also approaching.

[Totally out of shape! ] Xu You put away the racket discouragedly, and planned to go to the beach to relax.

He needs a period of adjustment recently to calm down his impetuous state of mind.The more this is the case, the more you need to exercise your reason.

[The cherry blossoms are about to bloom... No, now is not the time to think about that. ] Should he go for a walk in the mountains inland?Or do you want to write something big?

[Youjun, do you want to go on a day trip? 】

【One-day trip?where to go 】

[Tokyo, come to my house to discuss in detail. 】

After meeting Xu You and Yukimura, he found out that he wanted to go to Tokyo to visit the Impressionist painting exhibition, and by the way, watch the symphony orchestra performed by Nishimoto conductor in the evening.

"In this way, the afternoon and evening are all arranged by me. What do you want to do in the morning?"

"I--"

"You are not allowed to mention tennis." Yukimura ruled out the option first, "It was you who said you wanted one piece and one piece."

"I didn't want to mention tennis either." Xu You reluctantly followed Yukimura's suggestion, "Kun Yukimura has more appreciation for art than I do, so I'll let Mr. Yukimura decide."

"No. Yu-kun has his own interests too, right? Isn't this the time for us to get to know each other?"

"I haven't figured it out yet. Let's see it then? There should be quite a lot of concert halls and calligraphy rooms in Tokyo."

"That's right." Yukimura's eyes lit up, "A date with uncertainty is even more exciting."

"Yukimura-kun pays attention to the wording, dating mostly refers to male and female lovers."

"There are also usages by friends and colleagues. My Chinese is very good, Yujun."

"......All right."

"Yukimura is dating someone else?" Marui almost swallowed the bubble gum, "Are you sure? You're not lying to me, are you?"

Nioh gave Marui a blank look, how bad is his image?

"During the break just now, Yukimura used his mobile phone to send messages to others." Liu quietly came over and stood behind King Ni, "puri, according to my understanding of his mobile phone keyboard input and analysis of movements, the general meaning of what he sent is: training It's almost over. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's date, have you figured out where to go?"

"So that's how it is." Liu's voice startled King Ni: "Advisor! Please don't stand quietly behind others in the future, puri!"

Liu ignored King Nio's protest: "No wonder Seichi asked me for restaurant recommendations in Tokyo at noon. So it was a date?"

"Oh? Yukimura-kun is very considerate."

"This means that the date is led by him." Nioh meaningfully hooked his finger at Marui, "How about it, do you want to see it?"

"Of course I have to join in the excitement of Yukimura~ It's very interesting."

"Will Liu Sheng-kun go too?"

Yagyu, who has just joined the club for a month, pushed his glasses: "It seems impolite to interrupt a date."

"Don't worry, even if Yukimura sees us, he will pretend not to see us."

The members who heard a little bit were silently watching their powerful generals working hard.The club work was over, and Sanada and Yukimura left first, probably where they were going to play a few more rounds, and Mori went over the wall early to the high school.That's why this group of quasi-candidates dared to talk about it blatantly in the social office.

Anyway, they dare not join in the fun.Yukimura will definitely find this group of stalkers, and he doesn't know how the minister will deal with them.

I hope Marui, Nioh and the others won't ruin Minister Yukimura's good deeds.

Watch a play watch a play.

The next day Xu You came back from his morning exercise to take a shower, picked out his light blue dress and arranged his clothes in front of the mirror.

[It may be a bit windy today, so wear a hat. ] and a light brown soft felt hat from Shenmu & Sons.

Shenmu was on duty that day and couldn't come back from Yokohama.

[Would it be strange to wear a small suit with a hat? ] Xu You did not bring a bag, and stood at the entrance of the tram station receiving a lot of attention. He began to reflect on his outfit matching. [Or because I didn't get my eyebrows trimmed and my hair cut? ]

"You-kun."

The approaching Yukimura gave Xu You a sense of surprise.Yukimura is wearing a British-style suit for the first time. The coat is a cardigan sweater and a scarf. The whole color is matched with warmer colors.

In Xu You's impression, Xingcun either wears school uniforms, team uniforms, or tennis suits, or wears round-neck plain clothes at home.

Speaking of which, he has never really come out to play with Yukimura.

"Yukimura-kun."

Seeing that Xu You was still in the same dress, Yukimura stretched out his hand to loosen his tie: "We came out to play, Yu-kun. It's too formal."

"Well, because I'm dating Yukimura-kun, I need to dress more formally."

"You mean that you value our date very much?"

"Yeah. Yukimura-kun is very handsome." Xu You always felt that the word dating was weird.

"Of course, I have been choosing for a long time."

On the other side, the six people who had been squatting at the station for a long time crowded together not far away.

"So it's Kamiki and Yukimura's date!"

"Interesting~"

"Hey King Ni, don't you know how to speak with your lips? What are they talking about?"

"Kamiki is saying Yukimura is handsome."

"I don't know where Kamiki and Yukimura will go, the playground?"

"It should be an art exhibition."

"..." Several people felt that the voice was a bit abrupt, and looked back, "I'm going to Sanada!"

Seeing the terrified looks of several people, Sanada coughed lightly: "What's wrong! Can't I come!"

"It turns out that Genichiro is also interested in dating."

"A date also refers to an appointment between friends and colleagues. This is what Yukimura said." Sanada looked at the sky, recalling the unbearable childhood when he was always blush.

"I see, Yukimura must be dying of laughter now, puri~"

Xu You tried his best to look straight ahead on the tram, not to look at Yukimura's deepening smile, and the Tachikai warriors in the next carriage who looked up and looked this way, their voices were not low.

He thought that next week the tennis team would not only be running wild, but restless.

"Have you figured out where to go, Mr. Yu?"

"Yes."

Leaving aside the group of trailing men behind them, when Yukimura came to the door where Xu You pointed, he looked up at the sign on the store door and fell into deep thought.

Unexpectedly, it makes sense.

A chess club.

Dating to play Go...

Yukimura felt that he shouldn't have expectations for Xu You's romantic cells.

Who would bring his two dated partners to play Go early in the morning?Still a partner who doesn't understand Go at all.

[Really... lost to You-kun...]

"If you always play tennis, you may fall into a certain blind spot. Therefore, playing Go occasionally and changing your thinking may be beneficial to the response in the game." Xu Youru explained, "It can also calm people down."

[After all, it is still related to tennis. ] Yukimura felt that Xu You was more "poisoned" than himself.

"I can't play Go."

"I'm also dabbling, Yukimura-kun should be able to get started easily."

The two entered the door, and the six of them stared blankly at the door, not recovering.

"Puri, I don't believe this is Yukimura's arrangement."

"Jingshi doesn't know how to play Go, so is this Xiaoyou's date place? It's really...fresh and refined."

"I think it's a good place."

[Only you think so, Sanada. ] Nioh rolled his eyes.

"What should I do now? Anyway, I won't wait." Marui leaned on his partner Kuwahara who was forced to come here.

"Why don't you go to the amusement park? I remember there's a new one."

"it is good!"

"agree!"

"...Safety can't be lax." Sanada silently followed.

"Go, known as 'Yi' in ancient times. The checkered board has nineteen vertical and horizontal lines and 361 points of intersection. Two players play black and white, and the one with the most land wins."

Xu You used black and white pieces on the board to explain the chess while arranging examples, and Yukimura remembered it very quickly.After introducing the rule judgment and basic moves.Seeing that Yukimura was still in a daze, Xu You put two chess boxes in front of him and started playing chess as a demonstration.

"The beginning stage of the chess game is the 'layout', each seizes the key points, and lays out the formation. Go has developed to the present, and there are already some formulas for corner moves. Of course, there is no need to be rigid... After the layout is over, enter the middle game. , this stage often plays a key role in winning or losing. If the difference in chess strength is large, the winner can be determined in the middle game... After the middle game, the territory of both sides is roughly determined. If one moves inadvertently during this period, it may also turn from prosperity to decline.”

"Basically...understood..."

"Let's practice first."

Japanese chess pieces are convex on both sides, and Yukimura still doesn't know how to hold the chess pieces, and the chess pieces placed on the intersection will shake a bit, which is immature compared to Xu Youluo's chess pieces.But he's clearly invested in it.

"It's a very special experience." His thinking is faster than the specific analysis and calculation of the chessboard. He often has a kind of intuition, but it is not clear, and he doesn't know where to play.This made Yukimura a little awkward.

The two of them passed several games, and there were several elderly people standing around watching the chess silently.The chess style of these two children is different from the normal number of moves, and they play very fast, compared to the usual situation of chess.It seems like you just went by instinct without even thinking about it.But after careful calculation, there is a certain momentum of competition, and there are also several masters.

"Let's have another game." Yukimura breathed a sigh of relief, accepting the sunspots and intending to continue.

Xu You stopped there and closed the lid of the box: "It's noon, Mr. Yukimura."

"You Jun~"

"Although there are similarities, Go is not the same as tennis, Yukimura-kun. It is useless to play too much."

"Well......"

The old people are still amazed that the two children are from the sports department who play tennis, and Xu You and Yukimura have left the Go club.

"I'll treat you to lunch, and I'll take you to eat fresh fish dishes."

"Okay."

"Although the morning was different from what I expected, Go is quite interesting." The sun was strong at noon, and Yukimura blocked the light with his hands. Xu You took off his cotton felt hat and put it on Yukimura's head.

"How does Yukimura-kun feel?"

"I feel that although Go has its own way of moving, it is different from the thinking of temporary or contingency in tennis. However, it is a long process."

"A duel between two people is just like on the battlefield. There are only one side and the other side. No one can help or give advice. You can only think, discover, and solve it by yourself. It is a long and arduous process of solving countless problems."

"That's right." Xu You put his hands in his pockets, "So, whether it's tennis or Go, to the end of the exploration, you are searching for a mysterious realm, something common to many two-player competitions."

"A gentleman is not a tool, but a gentleman is the way."

"We can't tell what it is like, maybe we will enjoy the process of pondering, but we can't keep it up, and we will be confused, uncomfortable, discouraged, anxious, and even go crazy: I really want to know that state! That Do realms really exist?"

"In the final analysis, only the pursuit of victory can make people persist in exploring."

"It's like climbing a mountain. A person expects to climb to the top. At the foot of the mountain, there are singing birds and fragrant flowers, green forests and clear water. He enjoys the scenery along the way and walks up the steps happily.

On the mountainside, the paved steps turned into a walkway stepped on by people, with overgrown bushes and thorns everywhere, and the sounds of natural creatures faded away. Many people stopped to look at the foot of the mountain, but he ignored it, and more than one person went up.

Any higher, the path will become narrower, the surrounding scenery will become more and more bleak, and the mood will become more and more dull. They can no longer maintain the mood of enjoying climbing. Some people will stop to rest and look down at the mountainside.

At this time, he looked up at the unreachable top of the mountain, thinking about the magnificent scenery on the top of the mountain, and looking forward to continuing to climb. "

"If it is higher, even the sparse grass disappears, and there are ice and snow, cliffs, so cold, so empty. Fortunately, there are still footprints left by the people in front.

Physical strength is gradually exhausted, and when I look up, the top of the mountain is still far away, so I think: Can I really climb it?

At this time, the footprints of predecessors let him support the idea of ​​going up.At least more than those footprints, more than all of them.Adhere to the pursuit of reaching the top with a chasing attitude. "

"Then, what if there are no footprints?" Yukimura focused on Xu You's description, "If there are no footprints in front and no traces of people behind, it gives him a sense of urgency to be chased. Will he still insist on going up? "

"If you have been climbing up with the mood of chasing the predecessors, probably, you will not go up again. The higher the place, the colder it is."

"But he is not, he yearns for the top of the mountain... even if the top of the mountain is still far away... so what should we do?"

"Yes. What should I do~" Xu You smiled softly at Yukimura, "He longs for the scenery on the top of the mountain so much."

"So, he imagined a person for himself."

"Eh?"

"Imagine that there is someone next to him, a different space, the same position, a perfect opponent."

"Really?" Yukimura chewed on Xu You's words, "Is it okay to be an illusory person?"

"Because his real goal is the apex, even if it's just a tiny, illusory phantom to the extreme, as long as there is one, that's enough."

"He just needs an excuse?"

"Probably so." Seeing that Yukimura was depressed, Xu You raised his tone slightly, "However, this kind of situation will not happen, especially in sports competitions."

"Because of the age limit, isn't it?"

"Ah." Xu You lowered the volume mysteriously, "Besides, the god of tennis will not let a person stand shivering in the ice and snow."

"Hehe, I will send another person to make them both tremble."

"Yeah. It's like we didn't go to the fish restaurant, but we were still drinking cold wind on the street."

"I'm really sorry, Yuu-kun."

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Q: What impresses you the most in the tennis club?

Yu: Everyone likes tennis very much. (whispers) If possible, I want everyone to at least reach the level of Igarashi-kun, so the voice will be better.

Xing: The agency office is full of awards, a cabinet full of trophies and medals, and a wall full of winning photos. (whispering) I think Youjun and I can build such a small room in the future, put our singles... and doubles trophies and medals in it, and put photos on the wall. (laughs) It must be spectacular to be old.

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