[Net King] The Crown of Tennis

[Everyone is in good condition today. ] Yukimura and Sanada rested on the sidelines after a set.

"A clever trick - walking a tightrope." The practice match between Marui and Kuwahara has just begun.

[Sure enough, I still feel out of line. ]

In the practice match at the beginning of school, Marui enthusiastically challenged him to compete, and demonstrated to him his net front tricks - tightrope walking and iron pole hitting.

Tightrope walking is a kind of wiping tennis ball. Although it hits the upper end of the net, it will still move to the opposite side due to the rotation. After bouncing a few times on the net line, the net will fall.This requires fairly fine control.

Hitting the iron post is to hit the tennis ball against the iron post on the side of the net to achieve the purpose of changing the score of the tennis ball.

"Very powerful, but a little subtle." At that time, Yukimura commented in this way, but seeing Marui's instantly dejected expression, he added again, "Of course it is enough to be a unique move in front of the net."

The biggest difficulty for the opponents of these two tricks is not that they cannot catch them because they are afraid of touching the net, but that they cannot accurately predict the ball path.

Is it tennis balls?Or the iron column hitting the ball?Or short ball?Or a backcourt lob?If you are not sure, you will not be able to get in place ahead of time; if your posture is wrong, returning the ball will not be threatening at all.

[However, not everyone thinks the same as me. ] Yukimura turned his face to look at the brown-haired Hyotei student applauded outside the stadium.

[It's been a long time since I came to see Li Hai's department training, and I thought it was investigation.But he lacks interest in other people, only because of Wen Tai's volley in front of the net, his eyes will shine.Also a net player? ]

[Should I communicate with Ice Empress? ]

The overall performance of this day's training was good, Kirihara did not have any red eyes, and his quiz scores improved significantly.So Yukimura was in a good mood.

"Let's stop here today, everyone should have a good rest after going back. Don't be late for the morning training tomorrow."

"Eh?!"

"Oh? If you want to practice for a while, I won't object."

"No, no, thank you Minister!"

[So why should I thank you, the normal training is supposed to be over, right? ] Nioh, who was in a good mood, complained silently, his messy white hair was disheveled by the gust of wind brought by Marui running past.

"Hahahahaha, I can definitely catch up with today's limited puffs!"

"Puri. Pig Marui." Nioh straightened up and straightened his hair, "Jack, why didn't you follow?"

"Ah, I'm going to watch the new AF movie today, Mrs. Wen won't like it too much..." [It's a horror series after all. ]

"Marui-kun!" Marui, who was in line, was startled by the shout in his ear, and blew the bubble gum.

He subconsciously took a step back and saw the brown-haired boy approaching.

"who are you?"

"It really is Marui-kun!"

[…Limited caramel puffs, I won’t cut the queue for you if you know me. ] "I won't give up my seat, I will line up by myself."

"Line up? What kind of line is this?" Akutagawa looked around.

"..." Marui silently pointed to the dessert shop behind him.

"Sweet S..."

On the other side of the road, Renzu and Xiangri covered their faces: "How natural is this guy to mistake the queue for the bus and the dessert shop..."

The two have been following Akutagawa since the end of club work that day. They first went to the courtside of the Lihai Tennis Club, and then followed Marui and Akutagawa to a nearby park.

"...I said Yushi."

"Hush... If you make too much noise, it will look suspicious." Shinozu was spreading out the newspaper to observe Akutagawa through the hole.

Xiang Ri and Shinozu leaned close together, clutching the other side of the newspaper with their left hand, and complained helplessly: "No...the us now, no matter how you look at it, it's super unnatural and super suspicious?!"

"..."

But Marui, who was opening the snack box, and Akutagawa, who was staring at Marui, didn't pay attention at all.

"Wow~"

[Why does it feel more than I expected. ] "This is a seasonal salted caramel puff, five in total, do you want to try it?"

"want!"

Hearing this angry shout, he endured the fluctuations in his heart. [I don't know how to be polite at all. ]

"I'll just give you one."

"Ah... what is this, it's delicious!"

Looking at Akutagawa's shining eyes, Marui felt that he had found a confidant. "Yes~"

[However, Hyotei's school uniform...] Marui ate puffs, and got some words out of Akutagawa's mouth. "Speaking of which, who are you?"

"Hey!—" Akutagawa, who had just finished solving the puffs, was shocked, "Have you forgotten? It's me!"

"..." [Such a big reaction? ]

"It's the Jiro Akutagawa I met in the first-year rookie competition!"

"Oh? It's indeed Ice Empress's—"

"That's right, it's Akutagawa from the Ice Emperor."

[I remember that he still has some strength, right? ] "But I remember last year in the Kanto Contest... Ice Emperor Main Selection didn't have your name?"

Speaking of this, Akutagawa rubbed his curly hair with some embarrassment: "It's because... I'm sleepy, and I missed several points matches."

[Ice Empress is also a point race. ] "... What kind of reason is that?" Marui took out another puff from the box, "Then, why are you in Kanagawa?"

"I came to see Li Hai's practice."

"Hey? Is it an investigation?" Marui said calmly.

"Reconnaissance... what is it?"

"? Aren't we collecting Lihai's information for the upcoming competition? Kanto competition, national competition, etc..."

"No, I just came to see Marui-kun."

Marui was flattered: "Huh?" [Am I so strong? ]

"Sure enough, Marui-kun is very powerful! Today's move is a ball that jumps on the middle net."

"...You saw it."

"Hmm, what a genius!"

"Really?!" Marui was very happy.Yukimura's evaluation of his two tricks is - subtle.This made him very discouraged for a while.

"Yes, yes." Akutagawa nodded desperately.

"...Thank you." [Forget it, since you are not here to investigate. ]

"?"

"It looks like we had a pleasant chat." Xiang Ri looked at the two people who were negotiating in surprise, "Is this really the first time we met?"

"It sounds like Cilang knew each other unilaterally. Are you familiar with each other?"

"In that rookie match, although I persisted in front of the net, I still didn't win." Akutagawa recalled his first encounter with Marui.

"Ah, that game. I remember you also volleyed at the net." Marui recalled, "It was quite interesting to play against you."

"Really? Do you really think so?"

"Of course. But it must be my victory."

"I also had a great time playing!"

"Haha, if you want, when can we compete again."

"Really? You can compete with Marui-kun again!"

"Well, not in private, it can only be the Kanto Competition—"

"Yeah~ Competition with Marui-kun! Competition with Marui-kun!" Akutagawa looked forward, picked up his backpack and ran away.

"Hey, you..." [Why didn't one or two listen to me! ]

Golden Day quasi-election meeting.

"Hyodi's Atobe contacted me, and wanted to play a practice match with Lihai. I agreed." Yukimura glanced around. "Last year's Ice Emperor was the top four in the country, and this year's Ice Emperor also has some first-year students with good qualifications to join."

Everyone's eyes were on Kirihara, who was at the bottom.

"...I will win, senior." Kirihara pouted.

"I don't intend to overturn the bottom of Lihai after finishing this friendly match." Yukimura straightened up, tapped rhythmically on the qualifying table with a pen. "Yagyu, Shimadzu doubles two, Akaya, Sanada doubles one, Akaya—"

"I won't lose, Minister!"

"Singles Sanbunta." "Hey~" [Speaking of which, will I meet Akutagawa-kun? ]

"Single play two kings." "Eh?" [Totally unexpected. ]

"Single one lotus two." "Understood." [Is my opponent Atobe-kun, the winning rate is not too high. ]

"The Maori senior?"

"Senior Maori has made an appointment for a practice match with someone else this weekend."

Yukimura closed the pen cap, tapped the table, and smiled at everyone: "No matter who it is, losing to Ice Emperor is really a sad thing. So, I will prepare a big gift to comfort him. Are you looking forward to it? "

"..." [not expecting at all. ]

"Minister, why do losers get gifts, but winners don't? Can I get a gift from the minister if I win?"

"!" Everyone looked at Kirihara.

[Chi Ye...you...] Liu was quite speechless.

[Throw yourself into the trap, poof~] King Ni quietly glanced at Yukimura's expression. [Is this all the same? ]

"If Chiya really wants it, it's fine~" Yukimura smiled warmly. "Chi is really motivated, and his strength has also improved a lot recently."

"Hehe." Kirihara was embarrassed by Yukimura's praise.

Marui covered his face. [I can't save you here, Chi Ye. ]

The author has something to say:

Wiping tennis balls is called a lucky ball. It is indeed a bit off-target, but it is also very powerful!I decided that the first supporting role was originally Sanada, but there is a reason why I changed it to Marui.

Let me explain the keynote: Marui is a smart and careful boy in my eyes, and his thoughts and psychology are closest to ordinary Lihai employees.Strictly speaking, what I want to show is not how Su Susu and the eight members of Yukimura and the others have been in the past three years, but how Lihai, a group without a coach, has won steadily and often; No. 50 people's beliefs; how Kirihara grew up as the next minister.

Nioh sees through many things and has a high emotional intelligence. He is different from Fukuyama in that he advocates freedom and does not want to be responsible.Liu is a sentimental person, he pursues victory not for himself, but for Yukimura and Lihai.Kuwahara is not very competitive and has pursuit of tennis, but he is more used to being Marui's back.Yagyu is a person with manners in mind, but he longs for passion and pursuit of victory in his heart, that's why he came to the tennis club.

Sanada is essentially a very good and admirable person. The bad thing is that his EQ is a bit low, and he often doesn't consider the feelings of others, especially those who are weaker than himself.To use a metaphor, you are the second best student in the class, you will carefully consider the bottom of the scumbag, do you care what is wrong with the two of you getting along?No, and will show contempt and arrogance unintentionally.It's okay to be a top student, but it's not very... as a management team.I am not talking nonsense, there are many places in the animation that are indirectly reflected.

In the past two days, Calvin has been suffering from insomnia, and his mind is full of the national finals (sigh).Based on the animation, I really wanted to portray Sanada in a more three-dimensional way, to find reasons for him, to pave the way, and to vaccinate him. However, I think about the final every day, and a certain movie is about to start broadcasting, which makes me angry.Maybe from everyone's point of view, I'm blackmailing him?Darker and darker? (ah~)

There are fewer and fewer manuscripts to be saved, and I am a little flustered. After all, it is the end of the semester, and I will have free code words when I come back from self-study at night.

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The Yukimura family on a certain day——

Yumi: Big brother~ Everyone says that big brother is like mother and younger sister is like father.is that true?

Minghao: Fake. [With a stomach full of bad water, how can he look like Ji Zi? ]

Anji: Huh?

Minghao: Really really.

Yukimura: Yumi, it would be a headache if you really look like your father~

Yumi: I am most like Brother Seiichi~

Yukimura: (touching head) Yumi is the best~