[Net King] The continuation of the dream

The bright sunshine adds a lot of fun to the moonless Kanagawa.

Fujinosuke Tennis Park was very lively on this day.

There were quite a few people around a certain area, most of them were students from various middle schools in Kanagawa, there were also a few reporters from sports weekly and monthly tennis magazines, and a few people who came from other places to watch the game.

"Always win Lihaida, let'sgolet'sgo, let's golet'sgo, let'sgolet'sgo!" The cheerleaders chanted neatly and passionately, full of momentum.

——It is the final of this year's national competition in Kanagawa Prefecture.

"Nearly 21 minutes... It's a bad start." Marui Bunta commented on today's first game.

"Hmph, it's really useless." Kirihara Chiya said in a disdainful tone, with a very arrogant expression, "If it were me, I could solve it in twelve minutes."

Sunset and Xiwu hid his brows with one hand, heard what his junior said, looked at the two Lihai players who walked out of the court, and said softly: "Mizuno-kun and Uejima-kun are still rookies, such a The performance has been incredible.”

——Although it took a little longer than the original estimate, the doubles two was able to beat the opponent with a score of 6-0. For the two first-year students who are just starting out, there is actually not much to be picky about.

"The tone is not small, Xiao Chiya, according to what you said, it will be your turn immediately in the doubles match. If it takes more than twelve minutes," Nioh Masaharu said with a smirk, "Be careful of the vice minister's 'iron fist sanctions. 'Yo~"

"Tch, seniors look down on people too much," Kirihara Akashi was also full of confidence, "I'm Lihai's second-year ace, and I'm going to become the No. 1 person in the country in the future."

With a puff, Bunta Marui burst out laughing, and joined in the fun: "Chi is so majestic. Then I'll help with the timing... Twelve minutes, right?"

"Seniors, just watch, it will definitely not exceed twelve minutes."

Kirihara Akaya put down this statement boldly, held the tennis racket on his shoulders, and walked into the tennis court with his temporary partner in this game, Kusanagi Kazuki, who was also a second-year student.

"Sa~ let me defeat you!"

The arrogant arrogance of the kelp head boy barely stunned the opponent on the other side of the field.

The Lihai teenagers who watched the game had mixed reactions.

Nioh Masaharu put one hand on the shoulder of the gentleman Yagyu, and said lazily: "Yeah, what a domineering guy."

Marui Bunta said: "It seems a bit embarrassing for Li Haida..."

The Brazilian teenager on the side couldn't help murmuring: "What an idiot."

Liu Lian'er said lightly: "That pair of doubles was not easy, and Chi also underestimated the opponent."

Sunset and Xiwu put down his hands, squinted his eyes slightly, and stared at the field filled with gunpowder smoke. Wen Sheng took the words of the military adviser: "With the strength of Lord Qieyuan and Lord Caojian, there should be no need to worry."

...That is, it may be difficult to end the game within twelve minutes as the junior student wishes.

That's exactly what happened.

Kirihara Akaya, Kusanagi and Xi immediately suppressed the opponent's aura through aggressive tactics as soon as they entered the field.But the opponent's doubles has a very solid foundation and a good mentality. They didn't just slump, but instead tried their best to recover from the decline.

Gradually, the game fell into a stalemate.

Sunset and Xiwu raised his hand to block his eyes - it took only ten minutes for Lihai to win the doubles one - it was time for him to warm up and prepare.

In the next third singles match, he will represent the Lihai Brigade.

This will be the first time since the start of this year's national competition, Sunset and Xiwu will officially play on the field.

Just like he and Hiroshi Yagyu were frequently arranged to play last year, this time starting from the regional qualifiers, the players sent by the Lihai team for the first three games of each round are Chiya Kirihara. The players trained by the team, as well as some first- and second-year reserve personnel with great potential for development.

Ri Mu Xi Wu, who is already the main candidate of the Tennis Club of Lihai University and recognized as having a national level because of his performance in last year's competition, has not always appeared on the list of participants.

However, with the undeniable strength of the Lihai Brigade, they ended the game ahead of schedule with a three-set victory in each round. The Kyoto youth who played two or even one singles several times had no chance to play at all.

Timed well, Sunset and Xiwu came back from the warm-up, just in time to hear the news on the radio announcing the victory of the Lihai Brigade.

"Twelve minutes and 57 seconds..." Nioh Masaharu looked at the timer held by Marui Bunta, "Pfft, it's a bit far from twelve minutes. It's not good, Xiao Chi also..."

The red-haired boy took the conversation with a smile: "Is the iron fist sanctioned?"

It happened to be overheard by the young kelp leader returning to the team.

This guy, who was still arrogant before, froze all of a sudden - half angry and unhappy, because he exceeded his time limit for this game; half frustrated and afraid, afraid that he would really be sanctioned by the "iron fist" again ...Although the deputy minister didn't actually make a request for this game, who made him put down his words complacently before going on the field.

Accidentally met the dark gaze of the vice minister, Kirihara Chi couldn't help but shivered, turned his eyes away in fright, just in time to see the young man from Kyoto coming over with a tennis racket, and instinctively dodged to the side of the other party: "Higure senior."

Ri Mu Xi Wu smiled lightly, and said warmly: "Congratulations to Kirihara-kun for winning the game."

Kirihara Chi also raked his curly hair, muttering: "Let's not mention senior, what's there to congratulate..."

The young man from Kyoto was startled, and subconsciously looked at the scoreboard: 6-0, the winner is Li Haida, is it okay?

Marui Fumta, who noticed the interaction between the two, smiled and showed the timer to Higurashi Yugiri.

……I see.

Sunset and Xiwu were speechless for a while, but now was not the time to chat, it was time to play.

"Onesetmatch, Tachikai Daihigure serves."

Sunset and Xiwu walked beyond the end line, blocking his eyes with his hand without a racket.

"Huh?" Liu Lian'er hummed in confusion.

Yagyu Hiroshi, who was standing on his left side, stretched out his hand and pushed his glasses: "Did Liu Jun find out what happened?"

"Just a little bit miraculous."

The people on the field have not sent the first ball yet, and everyone can still be distracted.

"Amazing? The staff is talking about Yuuhi?"

Several other people kept their eyes on the arena, but their ears were focused on this side.

Liu Lian nodded slightly: "According to the statistics, considering all the official and informal competitions that Higure has participated in over the past year, including the usual practice, the accuracy rate of his guessing heads and tails is 91.6%, and the remaining 8.4% are due to the opponents taking the lead. Guess."

Kirihara Chi was also confused: "What do you mean?"

Marui Bunta explained: "Yagi means that every time the order of serving is determined in a game, as long as Higurashi guesses heads and tails, he will win 100% of the guesses."

The kelp head boy suddenly realized, and then he didn't take it seriously: "Isn't it just the first mover advantage? So what, even if there is no first mover, Senior Higurashi can still win the game?"

"Oh, the idiot Chi is indeed an idiot!"

Kirihara Chi, who was said to be a "stupid", almost didn't switch to the "red eye state": "Senior is too much, I am not a fool."

Such protests were directly ignored by the seniors.

"It's a frighteningly lucky..." Marui Fumta chewed the bubble gum, put his hands behind his head, and joked, "In the future, you must find Higurashi for the lottery."

Jack Kuwahara said at this moment: "Higore has started to serve."

——No need to be reminded, everyone is chatting, but their attention never leaves the tennis court.

Ri Mu Xi Wu closed his eyes half-closed, looking very casual, throwing the ball and leading the racket.

The ball sent was light, without much momentum, and the speed was not too fast.

Most of the onlookers were slightly surprised.

And his opponent, a tennis player surnamed Qitiao who is good at speed, saw such a serve, and felt the same as most people. With our school losing all the first two sets, he had no intention of facing the pressure of the king Lihai Taizheng. Lightened up a bit.

——Of course, this does not mean that he has really let down his vigilance. Even if the first serve is too ordinary, it is ignorant and ridiculous to underestimate a tennis player who is considered to have a national level.

Jack Kuwahara subconsciously said, "Huh?"

Marui Bunta spoke tacitly, with a tone of interest: "It's interesting..."

The fluffy ball suddenly fell to the ground in a straight line when it passed the net.

Qitiao's heart tightened, and he performed supernormally under the huge pressure. He hit the net quickly, and caught the serve the moment the tennis ball bounced off the ground, and swung it vigorously upwards.

"Fifteen, love."

The referee's voice sounded in time.

The crowd watching the game didn't realize what was going on for a while.

Looking closely at the replay of the game on the big screen in the venue, I found that although the seven balls were blocked and hit back the serve, they didn't want to. The tennis ball that should have been flying back in a parabolic path under normal circumstances, after being lifted up by the racket, did not continue to fly forward. , instead fell obliquely in a semi-arc route, just hit the net, spun a few times quickly, and then bounced lightly to the ground-back to the field of the receiver.

"..."

The people who watched the replay were even more confused.

The audience more or less knew how to play a little tennis, and couldn't help but chat with the people around them, discussing the principle of this serve—or, the formation of such an effect was just a coincidence?

The atmosphere outside the arena was a little restless, not to mention Qitiao on the arena-the original fluke was completely wiped out.

As the opponent of Lihai Taizheng who served the ball, Shichijo didn't think that the ball just now was a coincidence, but...

Unwilling.

He couldn't even catch a ball from the opponent.

How not to be depressed?

Sunset and Xiwu had no intention of caring about other people's thoughts, still half-closed their eyes, picked up another ball, and continued to serve.