Lehigh High School Boys Tennis Club

The game between Nioh and Shiraishi was not fierce.

The two of them have no "relationship" and have never fought against each other before.Of course, Li Haida and Sitianbaosi had played against each other before, but most of them were in the national semi-finals and finals.

In this level of battle, apart from the "hostility" of competing for the national championship, it is more about sympathy for the strong.

Of course Shiraishi was curious about Nioh.

He readily agreed to the battle, and also had a certain degree of expectation.

Of course, he soon discovered that things were not quite what he thought.

Nioh wants to deliberately train his own style of play, and naturally there are fewer options for coping. Therefore, Shiraishi quickly noticed that Nioh was not "seriously playing" to some extent.

No, it's not that he doesn't take the game seriously, but he chooses "head-to-head" very abnormally.

This is not "Masaharu Nioh", but what should Masaharu Nioh be like?

Even Liu from the same school said frankly "I don't have your data" during the individual selection competition (Liu: Wrong, I don't have all the detailed data, the attributive must be complete, how can I have no data on Nioh at all?) In that case, of course Shiraishi couldn't give a definite answer.

Before this year, Nioh's roster analysis of each school was divided into doubles players.

Fraudster was not well-known nationwide in his first year of junior high school, and he was not very high in Lihai University's preliminary list for the main election. Performance became the main choice, and he found a suitable partner for himself - of course, he did not help this partner adapt to the tennis club himself, but asked him to Sanada and Yanagi who he thought were more familiar with his partners; (Yagyu: I want I didn’t know Sanada-kun long ago in the Disciplinary Department. I really want to treat you as a fraudster. Nioh: You are prejudiced against me because you knew Sanada too early.) The third grade of the fraud master has already been famous all over the country. Second half of the second half of the semester, the improved reputation during the practice games was also the word-of-mouth "notoriety" caused by the poor play in the county competition.

Why is it divided into doubles players?

After careful consideration, Shiraishi came to the conclusion that it was not because Nioh and Yagyu were Li Haida's first doubles (in fact Li Haida's order of appearance is not very fixed, and strange combinations often appear in the first doubles), On the contrary, it was last year's training camp, Nioh's style of play brought people the illusion and prejudice of inertial thinking.

But it's amazing isn't it?

It is clear that Nioh is such a maverick, but he gives people the extremely inclusive impression of "doubles with anyone".

And this kind of person has defeated so many people who are stronger than him in the public perception, with so many people thinking that they will soon see the limit and playing like a grandstanding show, with so many people thinking A style of play that is not suitable for singles, and stands at the top position of singles.

Naturally, Shiraishi was also very curious, and he was also curious about Phantom, and he was also curious about Nioh.

What a pity if we just let this game end like this?

"Why don't you try to take my number plate away?" Baishi asked with a smile.

"The fifth and seventh, the difference is not very big." Nioh said.

"But for me, it's a pity." Baishi tilted his head, "I haven't experienced the different dimension of Phantom and Nioh-kun."

"..."

Just at the time of the exchange of venues between rounds, Baishi simply put his words on the table: "I know your intentions, Mr. Nioh, but it's not fair, isn't it?"

"...So?" King Ren raised his eyebrows.

"Let me see it too, Phantom." Baishi smiled, "Three rounds, one round for each player, and a good round for the last round, how about it?"

"...If you follow my style of play, there is no third game that you can use to play seriously." King Ni raised the corners of his mouth, his tone seemed to be sarcastic.

He was so calm about "I will lose if I fight like this" that Shiraishi was at a loss for words for a moment.

Can such words really be said so directly?

He remembered that Li Hai couldn't do this?

Isn't Li Haida's style particularly severe?

Even though Yukimura is usually gentle, he is so serious about the outcome and the competition that it makes people feel scared, not to mention that there is Sanada who is so strict that he has a reputation for being so strict. The gentle Liudu lost his temper with Maori during the World Championship, Nioh is like this...

Baishi couldn't help turning his head to look at Liu who was on the sidelines.

Liu was still holding a notebook in his hand, but he didn't seem to be memorizing the information (Liu: What information should I memorize when you are not in the game? My style is different from that of the doctor), and he nodded politely to Shiraishi's gaze.

Shiraishi: Lihaida is really unfathomable.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Baishi turned his head again, "Even if there is no third game, to be fair, let me experience the skills of a fraudster."

"Pfft." King Ni flicked his pigtails and shrugged again, "If you insist on this, it's fine. It doesn't make much difference to me."

In fact, it was impossible for him to use only basic skills for the entire game.

Isn't that too tough?It doesn't make sense either.

After feeling the general gap in the basic skills and trying the corresponding methods, he can start to attack with all his strength.Various offensive methods, defensive methods, and field control methods should be tried before this opportunity is not wasted.

Opponents like Baishi are hard to come by. This kind of opponent who is completely based on basic skills and has a balanced five-dimensional development will have to "exhaust the use value" when encountering one.

It's just that his initial performance seems to have brought a little cognitive misunderstanding to Shiraishi...

In the first round, he fought only with basic skills, and Nioh soon felt surrounded by airtight pressure.This feeling of suffocation is completely different from the feeling of being in a hurry when being attacked at high speed, it is flexible and elastic.

Nioh is good at and likes to control the game with changing rhythm.

A smooth game itself will affect his emotions and make him passive, let alone try the so-called "simplification" in this situation.

But such a way of forcing himself into a disadvantageous situation also made him discover many problems in the game, which is the most valuable part of this game.

In the second round, Nioh "as promised" released the restrictions on himself.

For the use of phantom, he did not have the joy of practicing this move at the beginning, nor did he feel tired and repelled by this move due to the emotional burden of frequent use in the World Cup last year.

It's a way to experience the world, not just a "means" to win in tennis.

And the Shiraishi information he collected in the first game also allowed him to perfect the phantom.

When the phantom turned into Shiraishi, he also released his own different dimension. As the phantom of "Nio Masaharu" himself, he controlled the mental power of the playing field.And the white stone he transformed into a phantom naturally played biblical tennis, and even used the seven-star five-dimensional method.

This is a scene that Shiraishi has seen with his own eyes (of course he also watched the national competition finals of Lihai University and Qingxue last year) but still finds it surprising and novel.

Will my phantom be exactly like me?

so similar.

It is precisely because it is "myself" that I feel the feeling of being difficult to deal with.

Not only is it difficult to deal with as an opponent, that feeling...

Theoretically, Shiraishi's style of play has no weaknesses, but when facing his phantom, Shiraishi still has a nervous feeling of being seen through.

If you find your weakness in the phantom with yourself...

Just as Shiraishi was thinking this way, he realized that the phantom on the opposite side had changed.

"King Ren." He cried out dumbfounded.

"You are not suitable for me." King Ni stuck out his tongue and said.

He knew what Shiraishi was thinking.

But it is actually impossible to find weaknesses according to the "phantom" and then break through yourself.

Yukimura has tried this before.

It would be great if it could help, Nioh sometimes thinks so.But what can't be done just can't be done.Phantoms are "playable", not exact copies.Nioh has always believed that he is not a pure "imitation play" player. No matter how similar his phantom looks, he has indeed inherited the phantom's own emotions and will, but it is not a copy of himself.

Just like an excellent actor, no matter how much he acts like him, he won’t become himself—if the character’s personality influences the personality of the id, then he is considered an unqualified actor.

How could the impersonation of a fraudster be real?

In fact, the use of phantoms is usually accompanied by special character choices and psychological blows.If it's not doubles, it will inevitably choose a special phantom object, and if it's doubles, it will cooperate with a doubles partner.

Simply choosing Phantom in singles for no special reason does not help singles very much.

This is why most people think that the ceiling of Phantom is very low, and it is easy to hit a wall with this trick.

Nioh does not dispute this idea, because it is true.

So even if the phantom was used in the second game according to the established plan, it was more of a pure technique to test the so-called seven-star style of play, to feel the collision between these two moves.

From the very beginning, Nioh positioned this match as a "practice match".

There is no third inning.Abandoning "psychological warfare" is a loss of strength for Nioh.

The way he plays is really annoying.

However, when Shiraishi was a little helpless, Nioh just finished the handshake etiquette after the game casually, saying that there was still time to watch the last match between Yukimura and Tokugawa.

Shiraishi was speechless: "Wouldn't Yukimura scold you for doing this?"

"Pfft."

This match between Yukimura and Tokugawa was not as "massive" as their first match.

We have understood each other to the extreme, and probing and controlling have become unnecessary. Once on the court, it is head-to-head, and it is all about going all out.

But this time Yukimura closed his five senses and completely overlapped the world with the tennis court.

Dangerous and crazy, it is completely different from the superb ball skills and perfect control in the first game. It belongs to Yukimura Seiichi's "crazy" and "crazy" side.

Only then did Tokugawa understand why Yukimura said, "In some ways, I am more similar to Senior Byodoin."

When Nioh rushed to the outside of the court, Yanagi and Mitsuya had already left the court one step earlier, and the match between Mori and Sanada was over.Obviously Sanada was also unable to concentrate because of Yukimura's restlessness (like in the final of the Kanto Tournament a year ago), and Mori also decided to make a quick decision from the beginning in order to watch the game.

Marui did not challenge up this round and was on the sidelines at the beginning of the game.

Even Yagyu and Kuwahara, who were supposed to be training, were there.

It was like waiting for a given ritual that was bound to happen.

The last ball landed inside the baseline, and Yukimura raised his clenched hand on the court.

The end of the headband floated in the wind, as did the hem of the clothes.

The No.1 of the First Army is completely a foregone conclusion, at least during the month of going overseas, there will be no further changes.

This became a less grand enthronement ceremony.

Tokugawa looked at Yukimura, who was full of spirits, with complicated emotions, but he couldn't help feeling a little relieved from the bottom of his heart.

"Congratulations," he said, "but I won't give up."

"I won't lose either, senior." Yukimura said with a smile, "There is still one and a half months before the World Cup, and there is one last chance for the first army to change positions, but this position will only be mine."

The author has something to say:

The first army challenge and qualifying are over!

Pack up and go abroad for practice games!