[Net King] The Crown of Tennis

"Singles three, Tachikai Marui VS Hyotei Akutagawa."

"Both sides step forward."

Marui walked unhurriedly to the front of the net, seeing the wristband on Akutagawa's hand and feeling familiar for some reason.

"Huh? This is..."

"Do you remember? You gave it to me after losing to Marui-kun in the rookie competition~"

"Didn't you force me to give you this—" [And it's a little tight now, right?Is it really okay to still wear it if it doesn't fit? ]

Akutagawa took out a pair of pink heart wristbands from his pocket: "If I win this time, I will give you my wristbands!"

"...Hehe, I don't want this." [Absolutely can't lose! ]

"The game starts, Tachimi Marui starts first."

"Marui Bunta, he is good at serving and volleying the net."

"Ah, just like Jiro, this is probably why Jiro pays special attention to Marui."

[Are you sure it's just attention and not worship? ]

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Marui easily secured serve.

Kirihara provoked arrogantly: "Hey, what's the matter, can't you move anymore?"

"Cut." Shishido and Xiangri on the side were provoked into anger.

"That's amazing! Marui-kun is really strong!" Akutagawa turned his head and shouted at Atobe, "Did you see, Atobe, Marui-kun is so powerful!"

Atobe covered his face: "Okay, okay, I saw it."

Everyone in Lihai next to him was surprised.

"Uh... what, I lost a game. I really have a big heart." Kirihara pouted, and was touched by King Ren's curly hair.

"Well, there are people who don't care about winning or losing."

"Ice Empress does have a lot of newcomers joining this year, so it needs to be paid enough attention to, and I have to collect some information."

"It's a good mentality." Yukimura still admires Akutagawa, "but the foundation is not solid, and he needs to work harder."However, it is completely acceptable to respond a little faster. On the contrary, I will lose points because my posture is too late to adjust. ]

In the second round, Akutagawa was completely excited, and also adopted an aggressive style of serving and hitting the net.But Marui is confident that no one can beat him at the net.

"Skills - tightrope walking."

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Marui blew bubble gum, looking very relaxed.However, the second game was not very easy. Akutagawa's net technique is indeed good. Marui also used Yukimura's back and forth to break Akutagawa's serve.

[I don't feel happy at all. ] After all, I am also a front-net player, and this experience was really a tear.

"That's it! Atobe, did you see it?" Akutagawa was still sharing his joy and excitement with Atobe on the sidelines.

"It's broken. You really don't mind losing?" Kirihara couldn't really hate this person who praised Marui-senpai in a different way, but worried for him.

"Tsk, I remember Marui is Lihai's doubles player, right?" Atobe felt that the situation was not good. "If doubles players have this level of strength, then it's time to talk about singles."

"After all, Lihai has a singles master who is giving them experience." Renzu pushed his glasses and looked at Yukimura in front of Lihai's audience area.

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"It's only the fourth round, have you consumed so much energy?" Liu has been paying attention to Akutagawa, "a rather fatal weakness."

"A clever trick - the impact of the iron pillar."

"Wow~"

"Haha, I've already shown you all my special skills." Marui raised his hand across the eyes, and made a shining gesture to Akutagawa, "Please give me more advice for the upcoming competition~"

"Yeah. Sure enough, Marui-kun is beyond amazing!" Akutagawa happily jumped to the backcourt to serve.

Seeing Akutagawa's subtle returns from time to time, Shishido and Xiangri said, "It's a pretty good shot, isn't it full of strength?"

"The Department of Traces."

"That's true, it's almost reached the limit." Shinobu and Atobe observed Jirou's state on the field.

"Birch ground."

"Wush."

Atobe stood up, intending to stop the game.

"I... will not lose!"

"Well?"

"I...I want...to defeat Marui-kun!"

"Hey..." Although everyone was shocked by Akutagawa's declaration, but——

[Tennis games are not just won if you want to win. ] Yukimura signaled Nioh to warm up.

"Then come and try." Marui on the opposite side was not afraid at all.

Atobe sat down with a face of relief.

The two stalemate to the game point, Akutagawa hit a lob, Marui in front of the net hurriedly turned around to save the ball, and successfully counterattacked.At this time, Akutagawa was already posing in front of the net, planning to end the round with a high-pressure smash——

"what--"

"Let's end it, Jirou!" Atobe chuckled, confidently predicting the outcome of this round.

"...Huh?" The tennis ball slowly fell in Akutagawa's half, leaving Marui speechless after returning to the net.

"Take care of yourself." Shinobu turned his face away, not daring to look at Atobe at this time.

"Because I insisted on staying up all the time..." Xiang Hi and Shishido had expressions of "I really can't stand you, but I still have to pamper you".

There was an eerie silence for a while.

"Huh...huh..."

Hiyoshi's indifferent voice sounded on the quiet court: "Because Hyotei Akutagawa abstained in the game, the winner is Tachikai Daimarui."

[ha?Don't you have a wake-up call? ] Marui pouted. "I always feel unacceptable."

[This guy... is really not afraid of "death". ] Kirihara silently glanced at Minister Yukimura and Vice Minister Sanada.

"I've learned a lot, Atobe." Yukimura's mood was also rather subtle, while pulling down Sanada who was about to explode.

Atobe, who was slapped in the face by Akutagawa again, calmly signaled Kawaji to go up and hug Jirou, "Ahahahahaha, you are laughing at how ugly our members are, Yukimura."

"However, it will be different next time. Right, Huadi?"

"Wush, the winner is Bingdi." Huadi set up Cilang on the viewing platform, picked up the racket and went on the court.

"Singles two, Lihai Renwang VS Bingdi Huadi."

"Masaharu Nioh, are you new? We don't have much information here." Taki was surprised by this arrangement, "He turned out to be the second single." According to Atobe's idea, Huadi will meet Lihai's singles in the second singles." The Big Three" - "Emperor" Sanada or "Military Advisor" Liu.

Similarly, Lihai was also surprised by the singles two arranged by Bingdi.Yukimura wanted Nioh to put up with the "genius" of Shangbingdi and try the water a little bit. [However, this is also good, the number of newcomers to the Ice Emperor is really unexpected. ]

"You should understand, Nioh." Yukimura was looking forward to Nioh's debut, "Don't let 'us' down."

"Hi, hi." Nioh tapped his shoulder lightly while holding the racket in his right hand. Because of the first doubles match and the special significance of this match, he didn't hold back as much as Sanada and Marui.

"Well, the height difference is still a bit big." When the two shook hands in front of the net, Marui was being helped by Kuwahara to relax his muscles.

[I heard you, Marui-kun. ]

"Speaking of this, Bunta, your recent growth rate is really worrying." Liu put the notebook aside for the time being, and took out Marui's data book, "According to your current growth rate, your height when the rapid growth period ends The probability of breaking 170cm is 4.8%, which is a sad story."

"..." [I am very sad now. ]

"The game starts, King Lihai starts first."

"The basic skills are quite solid, as expected of Lihai University."

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"that is--"

"Ah, Sanada's 'It's as fast as the wind'." Shishido followed Xiang Hi's words, and the two looked at each other.

[A master of imitation? ]

"Interesting." Nioh's performance was beyond Atobe's expectations. "Is it also an imitation type player?"

"Hehe, probably." Yukimura was noncommittal.

[Nioh, it seems that everyone doesn't think very well of you. ]

Kawachi also hit Sanada's "wind" on the second ball.

"Imitation?...Why does it feel like Sanada's tricks have become worthless."

[Senior Marui, how dare you say that! ] Kirihara cast an admiring look at Marui.

"This is Kawachi's unique skill." Atobe is very confident in Kawachi who has followed him since he was a child. "He has a pure heart for tennis, and his physique with both strength and skill allows him to absorb any skill."

This is why Atobe wants Kawachi to compete with Sanada.As for why it wasn't Yukimura - from the match between him and Sehara, it can be seen that Yukimura is definitely not a good person.Atobe wanted to find out for himself first, and then think about it slowly.

"But Nioh-kun's phantom doesn't just want to learn." [You have to have the same "heart" as him. ]

Nioh's style of play really took shape during the spring break in March. He played a match with Yukimura, winning two out of three sets.Nioh suffered a disastrous defeat, but it was enough to impress Yukimura.

The first confrontation with Yukimura made Nioh really pay attention to tennis.And Fukuyama is the true guide of Nioh's tennis style.

Fukuyama himself is a powerful player, and he can handle powerball as freely as Fukuyama. Nioh can't do it, and he doesn't want to copy Fukuyama's style of play completely.

In the final analysis, Fukuyama's style of play is to make the opponent unconsciously waver, divert attention, increase physical burden and consumption, etc. through factors such as hitting style, psychological pressure, and sudden change of rhythm on the court, so as to reduce the performance state and improve Winning rate, control the field.

Nioh learned the fundamentals, and on top of that, he developed his own style of play—Phantom.

When the opponent regards the phantom as real, he has already fallen into Nioh's trap.For example, according to Yukimura's style of play, whether it is the way of hitting the ball or the detailed movements, Nioh is like a real person, but if he really predicts according to Yukimura's thinking and gradually develops a kind of inertia, then it will give Nioh a high probability. control opportunities.

In addition, phantom means change. If the opponent cannot firmly control the rhythm of the field, but let Nioh lead the way, then the end will definitely be a failure.

Tennis competition is not a simple one-stroke victory, one-hit must hit, it is a contest of physical qualities such as skill, speed, strength, and physical fitness, and it is another battlefield that others cannot understand on the court.

People who already have the consciousness and ability to compete in this battlefield will have one more winning weight than the unconscious.

The root cause of Nioh's disastrous defeat to Yukimura lies in Yukimura's complete control over tennis and the game.In Yukimura's eyes, it doesn't matter any special moves, nor does he have any special obsession with any opponent.His phantoms had little effect.As for the psychological game... Yukimura's attainments in this area are much deeper than Nioh's.

"It seems that there is no suspense in this game, Atobe."

Although because of Huadi's own purity, Nioh did not attempt psychological suppression.But Huadi has been imitating him, following his rhythm, according to Yagyu's words - the simple Huadi-kun can't play Nioh at all.

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"Puri." Nioh raised his head and shook hands with the taciturn Huadi. [At this time, I really miss the Maori senior who can block the sun. ]

"..." Huaxia stood behind Atobe.

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor! The winner is the Ice Emperor!"

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor! The winner is the Ice Emperor!"

Amid the massive support, Atobe came on stage.He took off his coat and threw it into the air.The gray and white coat was rippling in the air, and fell down with the breeze, and was held by Huadi who was waiting behind him.

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor! The winner is—"

Atobe threw his coat and raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, and the surroundings instantly became quiet.

"Master Ben!"

"Oh!~" The cheers sounded again.

"Really, it's too slack!" Sanada couldn't stand this way of appearance, obviously forgetting that he also played the role of Huadi one day before.

Yukimura blinked, he thought this kind of appearance was pretty good, quite imposing.

After enjoying the routine opening, Atobe looked squarely at the opponent approaching in front of him.

"……willow?"

"Please advise, Atobe-kun."

"Ah~ this will be a gorgeous game."

It is the result of Yukimura's repeated consideration to let Liu Shang play alone.In the official competition, Atobe played very few times, and his opponents were not enough to make him show his true strength. Lihai and Hyotei ended the game in the first three games.Yukimura actually wanted to fight Atobe, but—

Yukimura always remembered what Ryu told him - I want to try the possibility of data tennis in singles.

Liu wanted to explore his tennis career, and Yukimura of course did not hesitate to arrange singles opportunities for Liu, but his opponent was either a member of Rikkai with sufficient information, or he was not strong enough to put great pressure on Liu when he played in an official match.

Atobe, who came back from Europe and rarely made a move, made Liu have very little information about him.Therefore, this duel with Atobe is an excellent opportunity for Liu.

Liu also understood Yukimura's purpose in arranging this confrontation for him.So although judging from his existing data, Atobe's winning rate is higher.

Still want to give it a try.

The two fought very anxiously.

"Will Liu, one of Lihai's 'big three', be able to play evenly with Atobe?" Xiang Ri took Shinozu's arm and asked him to analyze the situation on the field.

"No, Atobe is still very sure about Kamiyagi, he wants to see Liu's specific strength now." Renzu patiently acted as a commentator, "In the first few games, we didn't see Lihai's hole card at all, Yukimura Zang It's too deep. So—"

"That's right."

Liu and Yukimura have played countless practice matches, but the phrase "data is information" is still barely scratching the corner of Liu.

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[Do you feel it, Lianji?What you are doing unconsciously right now. ]

[The probability that the ball is a diagonal slice is 68.3%, the probability that it is a straight ball is 26.5%, the probability that it is a short ball is 5.3%; the probability that it will hit the bottom line on the right is 79.1%, and the probability that it is a midfielder is 18.2%. ]

[! ]

[When is this data? ] Liu hit the bottom line ball back, and there was a huge wave in his heart.

[Information is time-sensitive, Lian Er. ]

[Don't be burdened by the usual data, you should be the master of all information, Lianji. ]

Liu opened his eyes wide, looked directly at Atobu in front of the net, and hit a high-speed backspin ball with both hands.

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"I should thank you, Atobe-kun."

"Huh? You're welcome." Although he didn't know what the situation was, Atobe accepted Liu's thanks calmly.

"Then," Liu smiled at Atobe, "let's begin, Atobe-kun."

In the next game, Atobe began to feel tremendous pressure.Liu's ability to predict him has improved by not one or two points. [not bad. ]

"It's not enough, Yanagi!" Atobe hit a volley in front of the net to score.

"Both sides are offensive players, and Liu's stat tennis has given him a lot of advantages. But Atobe's aggressiveness is still too strong, and Liu may not be able to stabilize." Yukimura also saw that Liu had already stepped forward. Take a big step, and the rest needs to be gradually trained and adapted to fully comprehend.

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In the final serve, Liu still couldn't hold on, and Atobe took the match point.

"The game is over, and the singles won."

"As expected of you, Atobe." Shinobu handed Atobe a towel.

"Ha~ My uncle is of course the winner!"

"Nice match, Yanagi." Yukimura pressed Liu's right shoulder, "But it's agreed, a big gift is inevitable. Ah——"

He looked at Kirihara who stood up to pack his tennis bag, "Of course, there is also Akaya."

Before everyone at Lihai University left, Marui went to Atobe in particular.

"Ok?"

"The wristband for Jirou-kun, that should already be too tight." Marui handed his spare wristband to Atobe, "Although I don't really want that wristband, I still look forward to the day when Jirou-kun will defeat me .”

"Ah, thank you."

"By the way, let Jirou-kun take a good rest, I don't want to do the same next time..." Marui recalled the previous scene, and twitched, "Then, please give me some advice."

"Oh, I'll pass it on."

[What a gorgeous practice match. ]

The author has something to say:

The competition process is not so specific here, after all, the National Three is the highlight.Atobe is a little watery, so this is the score.

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A certain day's social office——

Yukimura: Our Rikkai is a seaside school, right?Why are the team uniforms khaki.

Liu: It is said that the first minister made the decision by throwing darts.

Liu Sheng: We all know this, as expected of Mr. Liu.

Marui: So flippant, I think it should be red, isn't it Jack.

Kuwahara: Yes.

Nioh: It's too dazzling, it should be changed to blue.

Sanada: There is no black and calm atmosphere.

Liu: As far as sportswear is concerned, white is the most suitable main color.

Yukimura: ...Well, throwing darts might be wise.