Draw a card? Draw a card? !

Tomorrow morning, the junior high school students will have a "shuffling match" with the top ten players in the first army. The atmosphere in the training camp is more or less tense.But after everyone got used to the high-intensity life rhythm of U-17, even in the face of great pressure, this kind of tension is orderly.

The teenagers are either carrying out their daily training as usual, or after serious thinking, they are looking for their chosen partners to run in together...

Each tacitly doing their own thing.

And Tokugawa Kazuya found Echizen Ryoma in the library and asked him to train together.

After a round of sparring, the two walked to the bench to drink water and rest.

"Sorry for making you stay with me so late." Tokugawa flicked his bangs, unzipped his coat, slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, and said with a smile.

"It's okay," Echizen Ryoma held the water bottle in one hand and stuffed it into his pocket with the other, looking at the senior who became cold and clean after the court.

"Senior Tokugawa said that he also went to the back mountain last year. Could it be that... he lost to that bearded man?"

Tokugawa paused slightly, his gaze towards the court gradually darkened. After a while, he put down the towel and asked lightly, "Echizen Ryoma, is there anyone you want to beat with all your might?"

"What?" Echizen Ryoma couldn't hide his surprise.

Desperate?The word is too serious.

"I have been based overseas since I was five years old. In order to become a professional player, I trained day and night, and then went to Germany to receive elite tennis education... Since a year ago, I have won consecutive games without a single loss. "

Tokugawa looked at the burning red clouds in the sky and fell into memory.

"Until I got an offer from U-17..."

"At that time, there was a gap between the Japanese youth team and the world level. I thought it was just an ordinary training camp, but later I realized that it was far more than what it seemed, whether it was the coaches or the students."

"My self-esteem...was shattered by that man."

Echizen Ryoma noticed sharply that every time Tokugawa mentioned that person, he always frowned or clenched his fists unconsciously, and his eyes were surprisingly serious, as if he had to be serious just because he thought of that person in his mind. .

He didn't ask any more.

"..."

After a long silence, Tokugawa came back to his senses, softened his expression when he saw the patiently waiting junior, squatted down and took out another bottle of packaged sports drink from his bag, and handed it to Echizen Ryoma.

"Would you like to try a cup? Susu asked a nutritionist to make it specially prepared to help with physical recovery after exercise."

"Ah...thank you." Echizen Ryoma reached out to take it, and shook it curiously. The transparent liquid looked no different from water, but when you put it in your mouth and took a sip, you could taste a slight sweetness.

"Well, it tastes good, Senior Su will make this again?"

Tokugawa couldn't help but curled his lower lip, then suppressed his smile and sighed inexplicably: "Any way to keep yourself in the best state at any time...she knows more or less."

"Do you study this specifically?" Echizen Ryoma asked casually, turning around to put the empty bottle back into the tennis bag.

"Forced...to be careful!"

In the middle of Tokugawa's speech, he suddenly caught some sharp voice in his ears, and immediately tensed up, got up and rushed towards Echizen Ryoma. The next second, the tennis ball flying from afar broke through the blackened sky and rushed straight towards the two of them. go!

"Well!!"

"Senior Tokugawa!"

Cries of pain and screams sounded one after another, suddenly breaking the surrounding silence——

Su Tang and Yukimura saw this scene as soon as they arrived at the stadium, and they rushed towards them without having time to think about it.

"Tokugawa! Ryoma!"

Su Tang anxiously went to help Tokugawa who fell to the ground, and Ryoma, who was firmly pressed behind him, was dragged out by Yukimura, who had quick eyesight and quick hands.

"Are you okay, Echizen?" Yukimura asked with a frown, looking up, according to the angle of the tennis ball, he accurately locked the figure in the dark, "It's him again..."

"I'm fine, Tokugawa-senpai?" The unscathed boy shook his head, ignoring the dropped hat, and asked Tokugawa with concern.

Tokugawa was trembling with pain clutching his severed abdomen, and just as Su Tang lifted his upper body, he fell sideways in her arms.

"Are you stupid? Once you hit Byodoin, you have no brains, can't you see that the ball can't hit him?"

Su Tang was angry and laughed, unable to bear the weight of Tokugawa's heavy body, so he just knelt on the ground and hugged him.

"He... bastard..." Tokugawa struggled to open his eyes, and looked sideways into the darkness in the distance.

Seeing that he still had the strength to speak, the three present breathed a sigh of relief.

"He is an asshole, and you are also an idiot." Su Tang lifted Tokugawa's clothes to check the wound. It was hard to see clearly in the dim environment, but he could also see that the right abdomen was swollen.

"No, I have to go to the infirmary to get the medicine."

"Don't worry, I've already called someone." Yukimura patted her on the shoulder, stood up straight with Ryoma, and protected the two behind them from left to right.

"Hmph, it's really stupid to protect such a brat." Byodoin ignored the two of them and only smiled at Tokugawa who fell to the ground.

Ryoma stared at Byodoin Temple closely, with a dark fire in his heart, and the dark green cat's eyes were burned faintly in the night.

"Sure enough... how about we fight here now!" He grabbed the racket and swiped it against the ground.

"Although this matter has nothing to do with us," Yukimura said calmly, crossing his arms, "but I don't mind contributing."

"Longma, Jingshi." Su Tang stopped them and shook his head at them.

Then she turned to the other side and said, "Tomorrow you will have a match, and you injured your opponent before the match, Byodoin, do you feel embarrassed?"

Byodoin ignored Su Tang's words, because he looked at the eyes of the little dwarf, and felt a bit like Tokugawa back then. The same pride, the same made him... couldn't help feeling trembling and excited.

"Oh? Then you come and try this!"

Byodoin smiled jokingly, took out a new tennis ball from his pocket, held it up in front of his eyes and loosened his hand casually, and when it gradually fell to the right position, like a sudden erupting beast, the racket hit hard past!

The bright golden light immediately emanated from the tennis ball, melting the surrounding darkness, and flew towards the dragon horse with exponential power all the way, like a shooting star, the closer it was, the stronger the gnawing aura it carried.

Ryoma...

The dangerous warning sounded sharply from his body, causing the nerves of several people present to tense involuntarily. In the dazzling light, Su Tang vaguely saw that Longma had already gritted his teeth and bowed to catch the ball, and wanted to ask him to dodge. But no sound came out.

At this time, another figure with a racket jumped down from the side of the road and stood firmly in front of Ryoma. The advantage of the distance allowed him to receive the "light hit ball" from Byodoin first, and calmly swung the racket. go back!

The impact of the ball of light and the racket brought up a gust of wind, which flipped the black hood of the visitor, revealing that unrestrained and handsome face.

"Shhhhhh!"

The flying tennis ball was caught in the palm of Byodoin, and the golden light was extinguished immediately. However, the moonlight just broke through the dark clouds at this time, casting a clear light on the court, and also covering the young man who came after him with a layer of tulle.

"..." Su Tang breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that De Chuan's body in his arms also eased.

"This appearance is a bit stealing the limelight, Echizen-kun." Yukimura withdrew his hand from Su Tang's shoulder.

"Oh, Yukimura-kun doesn't seem to have called me senpai yet, won't the two Echizen be inseparable?" Echizen Ryuya rubbed his index finger horizontally under his nose, with a bright smile on his face.

"How could it be?" Yukimura straightened his sleeves and said with a light smile, "Ryoma, are you okay?"

"Oh..." Ryoma, who finally came to his senses, put away his beat and looked at the young man who looked very similar to him but had a very different temperament.

"You little one, don't you call me brother?" Echizen Ryuya pinched his waist, raised his racket and carried it on his shoulder.

"What kind of brother are you?" Ryoma lifted the white ball cap on the ground with his racket and put it back on.

"Hey, hey, what are you talking about... don't you forget about your big brother?" Echizen Ryuya leaned towards him dissatisfied, and pointed to his face for Ryoma to see, "I just saw him during the day. Yes, put your name on your face, little one!"

"Forgot." Ryoma closed his eyes, too lazy to look at him.

"little guy!"

The two brothers quarreled and quarreled together, Su Tang went to Byodoin again, but saw that he just looked down at Echizen Longya and left without saying a word.

"Don't look, you can't do it."

Su Tang turned around.

It was Echizen Ryuya who said to Ryoma who was also looking at Byodoin's back: "With your current ability, it is still too difficult to hit back his ball."

"How do you know I can't do it?" Ryoma lowered his head and pulled off the brim of his hat.

"Long Ya is right, you were too reckless just now." Su Tang looked at Long Ma disapprovingly.

"Okay, people are here, let's send Senior Tokugawa to the infirmary first." Yukimura smoothed things over with a gentle voice, beckoning to the staff carrying the stretcher in the distance.

"Stretcher? Not so..." Tokugawa struggled to get up by himself.

"You'd better be honest, isn't there a game tomorrow?" Su Tang pressed his arm, and turned to Brother Echizen again.

"You two, do you want to come with us?"

"I'm going... um!"

"The two of us won't go, long time no see, we need to find a place... to exchange feelings hahaha!" Echizen Longya took his brother's shoulders, covered his mouth, and waved his hands playfully.

"No, no!" Ryoma waved his hands desperately to refuse.

"Look, he can't say it." Echizen Ryuya pursed his lips, relying on his long arms and legs, easily suppressed his struggle, as easy as slipping a kitten into his arms.

Su Tang: "..."

"Hehe, let them have a good exchange of feelings." After putting Tokugawa on the stretcher, Yukimura turned around and said to Su Tang with a smile.

"Okay, then I don't care about you two, remember the time when the dormitory building is locked." Su Tang shrugged, got up and walked behind Yukimura.

"Good~"

……

In U-17's infirmary.

"hiss……"

After taking off his coat, Tokugawa sat on the bed and opened the clothes inside. Under the bright light, the injury on his right abdomen looked particularly terrifying.

Before he had any reaction, Su Tang glanced at it and took a breath first.

In a short period of time, the center of the bruise began to appear purple-black. One can imagine the strength of Byodoin's ball.

"With this injury, it won't heal if you don't rest for a few days." Yukimura came back after finding the wound medicine, and frowned when he saw such a serious bruise.

Su Tang understood what Yukimura meant, and asked the calm Tokugawa, "Do you have to fight Byodoin tomorrow?"

"Yes, definitely." Tokugawa nodded lightly. With such a serious wound on his body, he did not hesitate at all, but became more determined.

"There must be a break between us."

"But this bruise will definitely affect your activities. The outcome of tomorrow's game may not be as you wished. Even so, do you still insist? This is a personal 'shuffling battle', not a team substitution match. Losing It's...it's a loss."

Although it was cruel to say so, Su Tang still analyzed the current trend of the game from an objective perspective.

Tokugawa pursed his lower lip, and said solemnly, "No matter what, I will do my best."

"...Well, if you insist," Su Tang and Yukimura looked at each other and smiled gently, "We will all cheer for you."

Yukimura picked up the safflower oil on the table and handed it to Tokugawa, and said, "I just sprayed the detumescence spray on my senior's wound, but when I go back, I still need to rub the bruise away with medicine, so that it can heal faster."

"Thank you." Tokugawa took it and nodded his thanks.

"Then ask Yukimura to help you go back. It's not convenient for you. You still have to ask Brother Ghost to rub it for you when you go back to the dormitory." Su Tang got up and stretched, blinking mischievously, "He can play cruelly."

"Don't bother Yukimura, it's not a serious injury." Tokugawa declined.

"It's okay senior, anyway, we happened to be on the way." Yukimura picked up his tennis bag and asked Su Tang in a gentle voice, "It's you, Susu..."

"I?"

Tokugawa heard that the relationship between the two of them seemed to be making some progress, so he got up calmly, walked to the medical room and waited first, without disturbing the two of them.

"You don't have to worry about me, I'll just go back later, and there will be no danger in the training camp." Su Tang waved his hand indifferently.

"Okay then," Yukimura was a little distressed at his girlfriend's non-stickiness, but considering the presence of outsiders, he just hugged her and rubbed her hair gently, "Good night Susu, go to bed early at night, don't stay up late."

"Yeah, good night Jingshi, you should go to bed early too." Su Tang hugged him back with a soft smile, and nodded obediently in his faintly fragrant arms.

Even though it was the first hug so close, it felt... well, not bad.

"Then let's go first." Yukimura turned around happily, only to find that Tokugawa-senpai had gone out at some point.

"..." The two were stunned for a moment.

When he came back to his senses, Su Tang wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and he was a little embarrassed, so he hurried to the door with Yukimura.

Tokugawa leaned against the wall to hear the sound, and said with a light smile, "I'm sorry to trouble you today."

"No, no," Su Tang hurriedly waved his hands, pretending to be natural with blushing ears, "Tokugawa also has a good rest at night, and work hard for tomorrow's game."

"Well, thank you."

"Let's go, senior." Yukimura smiled gently, he was not embarrassed, and even waved his back leisurely at Su Tang before leaving.

Su Tang lowered his head and smiled, heaved a sigh of relief, packed up the things in the infirmary, turned off the lights and closed the door, and left.

The evening breeze is cool, the moonlight is sparse, and the quiet night makes people's hearts calm down.

Too many things happened today, Su Tang still feels unreal in retrospect.

The effect brought by the dark card was not as violent and unbearable as she had imagined before, and it also made her realize a different "her"—Tangtang.

Although Tangtang's ability has not been fully revealed, even if her tennis style takes the violent route, she has a good nature, and the starting point is to protect herself.

It was also Tangtang who carried all her bad past, all embarrassing memories, and the malice she couldn't bear...

Su Tang has mixed feelings about this.

She did achieve the "fearlessness" she thought, but this method was beyond her expectations, and she never thought that these negative emotions would produce a new personality.

She felt strange and familiar with "Tangtang".

I don't know whether to call myself timid or brave.

And Yukimura Seichi...

Although Su Tang still doesn't know how she feels about him, she is very sure that Yukimura Seichi has brought her a brand new emotional experience, which she has never been in contact with before, and now she wants to have it all the time after contacting him... emotion.

She can only say that Yukimura Seiichi is a very important person to her and an indispensable person in her life.

——So, at a certain moment, it was quite natural for her to have the idea of ​​spending the rest of her life with him.

Then today, she faced up to his emotional temptation for the first time and agreed to him.

The different feelings brought about by these two things entangled each other in Su Tang's heart. The former made her feel at a loss, while the latter made her happy, but in the end...it settled into a sense of security.

Regardless of whether this sense of security came from herself or Yukimura gave her, it made her feel extremely peaceful at the moment.

Like a glass of warm water on a cold summer day, although it is not enough to make you feel refreshed, it can make you feel at ease and comfortable at any time.

Su Tang walked slowly along the path back to the dormitory. She likes to use this way to listen to the wind at night. The wind will bring a lot of sounds, and it will also let you hear your inner voice.

And tonight's wind brought a burst of melodious music.

She listened attentively, and she didn't look for the familiar tone and unfamiliar melody, but unconsciously, she got closer and closer to the music.

Turning to the end of the path, on the watchtower in the forest, there is a figure in a white windbreaker standing on the railing playing the saxophone. Get fairy air fluttering.

But what he was holding was a western musical instrument, and the tune was lively and lively, which made him change from a fairy in the sky to a noble son in the world.However, your son's ability to play up people's hearts has not diminished, and people can smile knowingly when they hear this music.

Su Tang stood there and listened quietly for a while, then returned to the dormitory with a smile.

Even entering the river blows Salas.

Everyone... seems to be excited.

Because he didn't stay up late after a long absence the night before, Su Tang got up early the next day and started exercising in the morning.

Only this time, when he was about to reach the destination, the cafeteria, he was attracted by the sound of tennis balls.

It sounded like a fight. Could it be that there was a match so early?

Su Tang walked through the dense forest curiously, looked at the tennis court ahead, and was surprised to find that one of them turned out to be a ghost.

"Brother Ghost?" Seeing that the other party was exhausted and fell to the ground, and the game was over, she walked into the court to say hello.

"It's you, Sue."

The ghost tidied up the collar, only then did Su Tang realize that there was a new brass badge, NO.5, pinned to the collar.

"No. [-]... Brother Gui, is he going to get his number back?" Su Tang suddenly realized, and then smiled thoughtfully, "It seems that Brother Gui is really satisfied with everyone—I mean , the teenagers in the country."

"Hmph, so-so." The ghost closed his eyes and smiled.

Su Tang crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.

If Big Brother Ghost's expression wasn't so full of fighting spirit, maybe she would have believed this "so-so".

"Whoohoo-"

Suddenly there was the sound of propellers in the sky, and Su Tang and Gui raised their heads at the same time, but before they could see the flying object clearly, a huge cardboard box was thrown down, "Boom!" It hit them in front of them.

"Ahem! What is it..." Su Tang waved the flying dust with his hand, and leaned over to take a look. The cardboard box was tightly sealed with tape, and three small boats were drawn on it with a red colored pen.

"Coach Sanchuan?" Su Tang looked at the ghost suspiciously, "For us?"

The ghost patted the cardboard box, probably having an idea in his mind, and said, "Open it."

"Then I took it apart?" Su Tang was really curious about what was inside, since the ghost said it could be taken apart, she unceremoniously tore off the tape, and opened it——

All kinds of sportswear were neatly folded and put in the box, exuding a refreshing and clean scent of soap locust, not to mention spotless, not even a single wrinkle.

"This is..." Su Tang's eyes widened in surprise, and then he laughed again, "It's really a big gift."

The ghost also smiled and said, "Go and get them, funeral clothes."

……

Today is the competition day between junior high school students and the top ten players of the First Army. No matter whether you slept well or tossed and turned last night, everyone got up early, went back to the dormitory to organize things after eating, and waited for the rendezvous time to gather in the dormitory together. Confluence.

A few minutes before the meeting time, some teenagers had already gathered in the lobby on the first floor. From the gate, they saw Su Tang walking towards here with a big box in his arms.

"Susu Susu! Slow down!"

Qieyuan may be the sequelae of the previous "Protecting Su Tang Action" that has not yet ended. When he saw her carrying a half-person-high box, he rushed out immediately, wanting to take over.

"Don't, don't, don't move!" Su Tang hurriedly dodged his hand, trying to dissuade him, "It doesn't sink, don't pour your hands down, you'll spill it later!"

"What is it? Make you so precious..."

Qieyuan obediently stopped two steps away, not daring to get too close to her, let alone go far away, and could only follow her step by step like an old hen guarding her chicks.

The other teenagers did not leave, they just stood at the door and watched, and more and more people gathered around.

"Susu?" Yukimura and Sanada went downstairs together, and encountered this scene when they reached the lobby on the first floor.

Although he was puzzled, he didn't think too much. He came over and wanted to help Su Tang move, but Su Tang also stopped him.

"Susu won't move, for fear that we will spill it." Kirihara explained to Yukimura, and asked him, "Does the minister know what it is?"

"I don't know." Yukimura shook his head with a smile, and followed Su Tang slowly, keeping his eyes on her for a moment.

"Come, come, make room!" Su Tang walked into the hall and yelled for everyone to give way, because the box was too high to see the way, and almost scratched the side of the track.

"Ah, what are you doing again?" Atobe turned sideways to avoid this "big thing" in time, and curled his lips helplessly.

"You'll find out later."

Su Tang replied, "哐——" put the cardboard box on the ground, turned around and glanced at the gradually gathering people with a smile.

"Sarah, who do you want to open the box?"