[Net King] The Crown of Tennis

"The next doubles match will be a doubles match between Bunta Marui and Jack Kuwahara of Likai University VS Shuichiro Oishi and Eiji Kikumaru from Youth Academy."

Lihai's team flag was waved by Koizumi, and the members were very excited.

"If we win this match, Lihai will achieve the third consecutive championship in the country!"

"Yeah, although we didn't get to play as the main pick, we also had training and worked hard to win the spot for the main pick."

"Although the Kanto Competition... But Lihai is still the strongest!"

Takeshita was also very excited. He confirmed the information to Shenyong: "Khenyong-kun, how about our Lihai doubles?"

"Cooperating with a very tacit combination, judging from the previous Kanto competitions, the national conference will be settled in this one."

"Hehe, it's exciting." Lishi said happily, "After the end, we'd better get together and discuss one thing."

"I also have this intention." Yagami echoed.

Marui and Kuwahara are waiting for Yukimura's instructions. It would be a lie to say that they are not nervous. Their victory is of great significance to Yukai and Yukimura, not to mention that there is a "killer move" on the opposite side...

"Now it's our turn to bring you the trophy, Yukimura." [This is the responsibility of being the main pick. ]

"it is good."

"Don't worry, there's a talented player here, right?" Marui chewed the bubble gum harder than usual.

"Come on Bunta-san! Genius volley!" Akutagawa, who was active in the fifth row of the spectator seats, waved at Marui, and Marui smiled back and gave a thumbs up: "Look good, Mr. Cirou."

Oishi and Kikumaru have supported each other for three years and persisted in their doubles, and this is probably the last time they will perform in an official match.

"The game starts, Lihai starts first."

"Jack, don't be polite to the other side!"

"what!"

Kuwahara's serve is more threatening in terms of power, but this is within Oishi's tolerance.But Marui and Kuwahara in their heyday are not what Oishi and Kikumaru can handle.

"Although they are not as good as the 'Big Three' of Lihai's generation, Marui-kun and Jack-kun have also stood out from the selection process, and they have become our quasi-selected masters in Lihai in the first grade." Fujiwara further explained to the seniors, " They have also gone through three full years of training at the quasi-selection level, including the vacation training organized by Minister Yukimura and the special camping training, and they have participated in the whole process."

"In that case, both Marui-kun and Jack-kun are tough-minded and determined players." Nakajima speculated, "The pressure of the key field and the support for Aigaku will not have a great impact on them."

Marui, who was unceremonious at the beginning, was not able to defend against Kikumaru's accomplishments in front of the net. However, with Oishi behind him to cheer him up, Kikumaru remained calm.What's more, they have the last trick.

[gameRikkaidai2-0]

"jo—u—sho—Rikkaidai! Let's go, Let's go Rikkaidai!"

"Always win Lihai!"

"Kikumaru Beam" was withdrawn by Marui and hit the bottom line in the midfield. Oishi raised it from the backhand area to Lihai's backcourt, while Kuwahara and others slammed their forehands from the ball's landing point. The tennis ball quickly crossed and changed positions to the frontcourt Oishi, Kikumaru saved the ball, but got off the net due to too much force.

[40: 0]

[So smooth. ] The score gradually opened up, which weakened the pressure on Li Hai and the two.Now the rhythm is led by Marui. Under such circumstances, Qing Xue's doubles reversal seems difficult, or almost impossible.

[gameRikkaidai3-0]

[Only in critical situations, doubles players will appear in the "synchronized" state. ] Yukimura always pays attention to the performance of Oishi and Kikumaru. [Is it necessary to wait until the last moment to exert strength?It's a pity that even if you cooperate to reach the maximum, the offensive and defensive combination of Wen Tai and Jack is not something that you can make a comeback if you are a few steps away from the basics. ]

Yukimura glanced at Ryuzaki who was sitting on the coach's bench on the other half on the left. [So much trust in the mysterious and mysterious "coherence"?That's right, after all, Qingxue has nothing else to fall back on... Ah, is there still that boy who lost his memory? ]

[0: 30]

"Senior, kill them with one blow!" Kirihara's posture seemed to be about to escape from the fence and enter the arena, but Liu reluctantly pulled him back: "Okay, be quiet."

At this time, Qingxue became noisy, attracting the attention of the Lihai field area, including Yukimura.

"We took Echizen to play to warm up, and his memory finally began to recover!"

"Has Echizen-kun's memory recovered?" Yagyu said it doesn't matter, after all, the next fight won't start.

Kirihara thought the same way: "Never mind him, we've won this game."

There was no movement on Lihai's side, but players from many teams began to appear on the field with tennis bags on their backs, obviously wanting to help.

Oishi and Kikumaru looked at each other and smiled, and began to enter the "synchronization", which made Marui and Kuwahara who were waiting nervous again.

"What's going on? Isn't the synergy only appearing at the most critical time!"

Marui stopped chewing: "They have reached the point where they can control even the tune?" ]

[What are you kidding! ] Marui took a hard bite of the fudge, leaning over to pay attention to the hair extensions.

Being able to have a tacit understanding without any form of communication means that the time for the two to think about moving is close to zero, and the range of defense within their capabilities will be greatly expanded; the attack can also increase the attack speed, and, with constant Defense, they will unknowingly pull the rhythm into their own hands.

[tsk. ] Yukimura's line of sight keeps switching between the two halves. After the next round, he must find a way to stabilize the mentality of Marui and Kuwahara, especially Kuwahara, otherwise the game is very likely to collapse.

"The doubles of the Youth Academy suddenly became very strong," Omi rubbed the bridge of his nose, "Is it because the level of tacit understanding has improved? But isn't tacit understanding the result of subtle changes? Why can it be instantly..."

"The current situation is like this." Takeshita couldn't put on a smile, "Our elementary school students are starting to get scared, that's not okay."

[gameSeigaku1-3]

Sanada stood up and put the tennis bag on his back, which made Kirihara, who was looking back at the audience, ask a question: "Deputy Minister?"

Everyone turned their heads to look at Sanada, and Liu asked softly, "Xianichiro?"

"Sanada, are you going to that boy's place?" Yukimura closed his eyes without turning around.

Sanada stared at Yukimura's back: "Yukimura, defeat that arrogant rookie in an upright duel." Winning, such a victory, such a three-peat, is too disgraceful.No matter how that boy progresses, you will be the absolute winner, you are the "Son of God" standing at the top.We will achieve Lihai's three consecutive championships with a perfect posture. 】

"This is the style of Wang Lihai."

"Sanada, you—"

"Let him go."

"Jingshi..."

Yukimura's hand gripped his upper arm a little raw. [Sanada, will Echizen be missing you?Can Lihai lose one of you? ]

Hiyoshi also stood up and looked at Atobe: "Minister?"

Atobe leaned on the seat, not moving: "Just go, well, even if there are only a few balls, it's better not to lose."

"Yes."

"What do you think, Xiaojing?"

"Hmph, it's just a favor." [The favor of the national semi-finals of the country, I will return it to you, Yukimura. ]

The eight Lihai ministers in the stands watched Sanada, who was wearing an "extremely conspicuous" uniform, leave the field until he disappeared at the highest point of the stands without saying a word.After a long time, Masuda coughed lightly, and euphemistically commented: "This move...is inappropriate."

There was no rest after even-numbered innings. Marui was wiping sweat in the frontcourt and meditating. His eyes suddenly glanced at the yellow and black team uniforms that were "extremely conspicuous" among several team uniforms. At that moment, he was completely chilled.

Almost subconsciously, he suddenly looked back at Kuwahara, and was relieved when he found that his partner was just lowering his head to adjust the line.Marui chewed the bubble gum and adjusted his facial expression, trying to look less... sad.

[Sanada...why did you go...to help Seigaku? ?Don't you watch the game between me and Jack?Even you think we are sure to lose? ? ]

[I want to win!I want to use the victory to pave the way for Yukimura to win the crown, I don't want Yukimura to play! ]

"Focus, Jack! Don't care if the other side is in the same tune."

"Ah!" Kuwahara took a few deep breaths, threw the ball and swung his racket.

Entering the stage of stalemate on the field, the difference in tacit understanding value of coherence is made up for by the difference in basic ability.Marui and Kuwahara have known each other since the third grade of elementary school, and they have played tennis together for seven years. Although their cooperation failed to reach the level where the two of Aigaku had the same consciousness, it would not be full of loopholes under the attack of synergy.

"Now Lihai is being led to run by the opposite side, so it's too passive." Shenyong stroked the hairband in his pocket, "It's a difficult situation to handle."

Being on the field, Marui felt the situation of the two of them most intuitively, so he was trying to break through the synchronous defense, but this had no other positive effect except that he would be found and lose points.

[What to do... No points at all... Is it true that I can't win... Me and Jack...] Marui glanced at Kuwahara again, startled.

Sang originally subconsciously went to see Yukimura on the coaching bench, but he couldn't find Sanada wearing a hat in the Lihai spectator seats, and when he thought of so many people leaving the field to help Echizen recover his memory, he immediately thought of it. It was half cold.Just as he was thinking wildly, Marui hit his left shoulder: "What are you doing?"

"Bunta... Sanada..."

"Oh, you said Sanada." Marui glanced at the Tachikai field area, and smiled back, "I saw him go to the entrance corridor just now. He should go to the bathroom or buy something for Chiya, right?"

"is that so......"

"I said you," Marui turned his back and walked to the front court, "Now you are still thinking about things, have you forgotten that Yukimura is still watching us?"

"Ah, yes." Kuwahara shook his head, discarding his messy thoughts, and prepared to serve.

Oishi and Kikumaru switched defenses too quickly, and Kuwahara's flat attack in the backcourt was no longer threatening. Marui felt that since he couldn't score with the gap of time difference, he should focus on the front of the net.

"I'll leave the backcourt to you, Jack!" Marui used small steps to speed up his displacement.

"what."

Kikumaru's stunt tennis gave him a chance. Marui put the racket horizontally in front of him and cut the ball down.The wiping tennis ball bounced on the wire of the center net due to its speed, direction and side spin, and then it stuck to the net and fell. Kikumaru came to pick the ball and hit the net.

[15: 40]

"Amazing! Bunta-kun's tightrope walk is still so steady!" Marui shouted to Akutagawa, who was on the sidelines, and made a victory gesture, and his mood eased a little.

His skill was immediately sealed, and Aigaku began to target Kuwahara in the backcourt.This made Kuwahara very uncomfortable, and Marui had to go to defend.

[gameSeigaku2-3]

[Being overtaken. ] Marui was flustered, he couldn't see how he could win a synchronized doubles match.Kuwahara's complexion was also not good-looking, so that he frequently wiped his sweat.

Yukimura could see the uneasiness and panic between the two of them, and he tried to soften his voice: "Now, let's fight the delay."

"Delaying the war?"

"That's right, the opponents have a tacit cooperation, which means that their defensive range is superimposed. Since the tacit understanding can't move, then weaken their physical fitness to reduce that range again. This is irreversible. Wait. When their physical strength is exhausted to a certain limit, they will counterattack and regain the rhythm."

"Wen Tai, Jack, three years of training, you can do it." It was not a question, but an absolute affirmation.

"Yukimura..." Marui sniffed, wiped his face with a towel, and calmed down, "I see. Right, Jack."

"Ah, I'll stick to it till the end."

After observing for a while, the ministers fully understood Yukimura's strategy.

"A war of attrition?" Yagami rubbed his chin, "Well...it's really a good idea."

"In terms of training intensity and actual combat experience, there should be no school team that can match Lihai." Shen Yong firmly believes in this.

Fujiwara was not relieved: "However, in terms of stamina consumption, Marui-kun and Jack-kun have to pay more than the other side."

"At the end of this game, although we don't know what will happen to the opponent, it will be a great test for the mental strength of our elementary school students." The subconscious fear, the patience of not being able to see the end of the war of attrition, the sense of gap compared with the opponent, the exhaustion conveyed by the body, and even... the sadness of being denied by teammates."

"A rather unfavorable psychological environment." Tateishi was not optimistic about this, "Even if Minister Yukimura noticed it, he couldn't completely get rid of so many negative emotions, it should be."

[gameSeigaku4-3]

"This is probably the biggest dilemma that Wentai and Jack have faced so far." Liu sighed, "In the past only two rounds, the number of equal points was as high as 10 times, and they still lost in the end. I should be glad that Jingshi has polished their nerves before. ?"

"How long can Senior Marui and Senior Jack last?"

"Not necessarily." King Ni hung a towel on his head to block the sun, "If it really can't hold on, I think Jack will collapse first."

"How can that be done! King Lihai won't give up." A ball died, and Kirihara ran to the support team, "Senior Koizumi, wave the team flag! And you, shout with momentum. jo—u—sho— —Rikkaidai! Let's go, Let's go Rikkaidai!"

"jo—u—sho—Rikkaidai! Let's go, Let's go Rikkaidai!"

[Lihai... always wins Lihai...] Marui's ears automatically filter out the noise, and only Lihai's encouragement can be heard.There was nothing in his mouth for a long time, and his throat was sore from the air, but the heat all over his body relieved the pain: "Ha—ha——"

"Wen Tai, are you okay?"

"I'm not very good yet, Jack. You don't get broke before I do."

"Then let's compare." Kuwahara's condition wasn't good either, he had a headache that started at his temple.

"I have always felt that Qingxue's style of play relies on physical intuition." Queen Ren leaned back on the chair, "Including this pair of doubles, their characteristics have been gradually revealed as their physical strength declines."

On Aigaku's side, the physical strength of the two of them has indeed dropped a lot, but Kikumaru stepped up his practice to overcome the weakness of poor physical strength.They still played with ease, and even had fun with the coordination.In contrast, the two in Lihai looked particularly embarrassed.

[gameSeigaku5-3]

After another 7 rounds of tiebreakers, Qingxue won the serve game.

[The key game is over. ] Kuwahara served the ball, Marui was in the frontcourt, he just had a ball, and the tendon in his calf throbbed instantly, which made him understand that he was not too far from his physical limit.

"I said Jack,"

"Ok?"

"After this incident, I'm definitely going to eat a lot and search the whole street for desserts."

Kuwahara, who was sweating profusely, smiled, and raised his mood a little bit: "Okay, do you want me to treat you to ramen?"

"Of course."

[Ah, the wallet is bleeding again. ] After making an exclamation not related to the game, Kuwahara entered the state and served.

Omi watched the fierce battle of figures in yellow and black costumes on the field, and the scenes from seven years ago seemed to reappear.His partners tried their best to bring the game into singles, and he stood on the field with the expectations of his teammates... Now, he can only witness dryly from the stands far away.

On tiptoe, Omi moved forward slowly, but was immediately restrained by a hand on his left shoulder: "Senior Tateishi!"

"It's not that I don't believe in Marui-kun and Jack-kun, Fujiichi." Tateishi's face was gentle, trying not to arouse Omi's rebellious heart, "But since we both have the experience of serving as ministers, we need to comprehensively weigh the pros and cons of probability."

"We can go and support these younger generations."

"There is still pressure." Masuda sighed softly, "But please think about it, Omi-kun. Even if we give encouragement, this game is not 100% able to win, so what about the next game? I think Nakajima-kun and Fujiwara-kun are the best. understand the emotion."

The two people who were named were silent, but they both nodded in agreement.

"This......"

"Once we enter the final set, the pressure we will bring to Minister Yukimura is unimaginable." Shen Yong squeezed the corner of his clothes, "Especially you, Omi-senpai." It is not allowed that Yukimura's mentality will be out of balance, and then collapse quickly.

"..." Omi slapped his left chest with his right hand angrily, and rubbed the Lihai school logo on his short sleeve through his jacket, "I'm not reconciled... just look at it like this."

"This is our situation, Omi-kun." Yagami smiled wryly, "Whether the situation is good or bad, we can only witness."

[Finally starting to work. ] Yukimura didn't know the dispute behind him, he didn't have time to distract himself from watching the audience.The suppressing force of the difficult pair of coherent doubles on the field weakened. After Marui hit the score with an iron pillar, Lihai won the "lead" for the first time in these few rounds.

After each ball, Lihai's side's voice completely overwhelmed Qingxue's cheering, and the in-line doubles would not be affected, while Marui and Kuwahara's mentality gradually recovered.

Oishi's straight forehand was hit back by Kuwahara's big slash. Kikumaru waited there to whip and then changed positions on the net. [Tightrope walk? ]

When the ball was about to pass the net, Marui quickly deflected more than half of his body and hit a flat forehand.

[gameRikkaidai4-5]

"Time difference hell." Marui walked a few steps in front of the net, his voice hoarse, "isn't he genius enough?"

"The time difference is hell. It should be a skill that I realized after the match against Tezuka-kun. It has a miraculous effect on breaking the rhythm of the game." Liu also saw it for the first time. "Wentai is quite well hidden."

"The current situation is still not good." King Ni did not relax, "You still need to be careful."

Yukimura handed the two of them a towel. He was worried about Marui's situation, but he was calm on the surface: "Very well, we can relax a little bit now, but Jack still needs to work hard in the backcourt."

"clear."

Marui covered the upper half of his face and raised his head halfway: "Yukimura, we will win."

"Ah." Yukimura wiped the dust off Marui's left arm, "Marui Bunta is a genius."

[Genius can work miracles. ] Marui and Kuwahara high-five. [Marui Bunta can work miracles. ]

"Marui and Jack are really unusual." Xiang Ri sighed, "It can fight against the doubles with the same tune for so long." After all, "Synchronous" is as popular and desirable in the field of doubles as "No Self Realm".

"Synchronism is not a panacea." Atobe snorted softly, and nodded with Hiyoshi who was sitting back.

In the tenth game, Sanada returned.The atmosphere in the Tachikai area cooled down, Nioh pulled off the towel and stood in front of the fence.He wanted to ridicule a few words, but also thought about it, this delicate harmony is not the time to tear it apart.

[gameRikkaidai5-5]

Lihai broke serve, and the balance of victory seemed to be on their side.

"Lihai, Lihai, No. [-] in the country!"

Kikumaru panted, keeping in tune with Oishi. [Oishi, I'm so tired. ]

【Come on, Eiji, this is our last doubles match. 】

[Um!We agreed to become the number one doubles player in the country! ]

[Yeah, let's fight together, even if it's for Echizen. 】

[Um? ] Yukimura sat leaning forward, wanting to observe more carefully. [what happened?Normally speaking, after breaking their absolute defense, the strength of these two people should drop faster, why inexplicably, they recovered? ]

[What's the point?It shouldn't be.Even with the support of teammates, the speed of the body should be slowed down. ] "..." Yukimura turned to his buddies. [Tsk... oops. ]

"It's troublesome." Takeshita touched his cropped hair, "It's unbelievable, why do I feel like I can't understand tennis games?"

"It's about to collapse." Kannon folded his arms, and his emotions fluctuated, "If the physical strength recovery on the other side continues, even Yukimura will not be able to stabilize the mentality of Marui-kun and Jack-kun."

A prophecy.

After Marui, who was the main attacker, felt the suffocation of being seamlessly defended again, his defense line was crumbling.Kuwahara's situation was even worse. [Why go back to the original point?Why is the synchronization so difficult!So... Sanada is right?Once the opponent activates the same tune, we can't win...] When Sanada didn't return for a long time, Kuwahara knew that what Marui said about Sanada going to buy drinks was all lies.Sanada went to help Echizen.

Their deputy minister didn't trust them to win the end game, which was a huge blow to Kuwahara, who was backed up by Marui before, and there was nothing unusual about him.Now Marui himself is in a state of confusion, coupled with the extreme exhaustion of his body and willpower, Kuwahara collapses even faster.What followed was that Lihai's backcourt quickly collapsed.

[gameSeigaku6-5]

The next game is the opposite side's serve.

Marui's face was so red that he was almost crying. [I want to win...I want to win...Yukimura...] His head hurts like it's going to explode, and his legs are shaking.

"Yukimura..." Jack's eyes were already red, and he was wiping the sweat off his face, with tears in his eyes. [what should we do? ]

Yukimura himself didn't know what to do!He could only do his best to adjust the gradually collapsing mentality of the two teammates, and said to them: "It's okay, I trust you."

"Yukimura..." Marui's left wrist was held by Yukimura: "It's okay, we can win."

"Can win, Jack."

"..."

[15: 0]

[I don't want to lose, Yukimura. ] Marui gripped the racket tightly, seeing Oishi's serve and Kikumaru's movement in front of him. [I just want to say to you - look, I won. ]

The backspin ball near the T point was half-volleyed back by him, and then immediately volleyed by Kikumaru in front of the net. [Seven years of cooperation, three years of quasi-selection training, and you lost to a co-tune? ! ] The double reverse Jackknife was caught by Oishi in the backcourt, pulled to Lihai's backcourt, and then hit a straight forehand by Kuwahara.

[30: 15]

"Jack!" The hoarse voice made Kuwahara's heart tighten, and he took back the topspin ball Dashi with both hands.Then Kikumaru received it in the frontcourt, but lost control due to too much force.

"Out."

[30: 30]

"Bun Tai-kun..." Marui's desperate appearance on the field made Akutagawa a little distressed.

"In Lihai's three-year quasi-final election, he will never compromise with the opponent." Atobe stopped watching the game and looked up at the sky. "Now I'm relying on this energy to hold on."

[Advantage Seigaku]

[This is just the simplest wish of Li Hai Zhengxuan, I want to bring you victory... Our minister...] Kikumaru's short ball let Marui seize the opportunity, shake the big stone with a chipping fake, and then single Counterattack a straight ball to the corner of no man's land.

[deuce]

"Ahem." The set of actions just now made Marui's stomach churn, but luckily it was empty.

"Wen Tai,"

"Never mind anything, Jack."

[Marui Bunta can... can work miracles. ]

Yukimura's arm had already been pinched, and he really wanted to say to Marui and Kuwahara: Enough, let me play.However, unless there is another purpose, Li Hai will not compromise, even for a game.The pursuit of victory is the iron rule of King Lihai, and the word "give up" never exists. This is the most basic psychology for every member to work hard for this.If he really said those words to them, it wouldn't be just this game that collapsed.

[gamesetandmatch,wonbySeigaku7-5]

"Eh..." Marui felt uncomfortable all over, his face was pale, and he didn't have time to do the post-match etiquette. The moment of relaxation after the game ended, he staggered to the ground and covered his head.

"Bunta!" Kuwahara, who was also extremely tired from getting out of the tense state, could only walk over slowly, letting Akutagawa take the lead.

"Wen Taijun!"

Yukimura stood up, and Yagyu stepped forward to check.Several people helped Marui get off the stage.

"Yu...Yu...ki..."

"Bunta," the shoulder under the palm trembled slightly, the heat continued to radiate, and Marui's entire short sleeve was soaked, "Leave it to me."

"Ah..." [Sorry, Yukimura. ]