Time is like a song

The Yamana Aki who often came to trouble me, her Liyuan Middle School lost to Pingguoyuan Middle School in the semi-finals, and she missed the chance to face us in another group in the Kanto Competition this year.Although our Lihai University made occasional mistakes, we finally entered the final smoothly, and once again faced last year's opponent in the final, Pingguoyuan Middle School.Pingguoyuan Middle School's strength this year is better than last year's. It seems unfeasible to use the method of reversing the order of appearance in last year's national competition to force the opponent to not play in singles.After discussing with Sayuri, we decided to play as a full pick, and the order of appearance will not be changed.If there is no accident, the decisive battle will fall on the singles one, the confrontation between me and Akiha, the red-haired girl from Apple Orchard.

Men's tennis and women's tennis have the same schedule. We also hold the final of the Kanto Tournament on the same day, but the women's tennis is in the morning, and the men's tennis is scheduled to be held in the afternoon.

On the day of the competition, we gathered at Lihai University first, and then went to the competition venue in Tokyo together.

"Today," I said to my teammates on the tennis court with a tennis bag on my back, "I won't talk nonsense. Those who lose will be punished and run until they die."

"Yes! Minister!"

"Ping!" Marui from the men's net next door shouted, "Come on!"

I waved to them and led the staff out.

"Ping," Sanada, who was waiting at the entrance of the tennis court, folded his arms and said, "Today, play to your heart's content."

What does he mean, is that I don't have to keep the agreement I made a year ago, and I can play tricks without going head-to-head?

Lian Er also came out and said: "It would be a pity if the skills that Mayumi is best at have been sealed."

well.

Red-haired girl in the apple orchard, you just wait to eat eggs today.

We came to Tokyo by coach.I asked Sayuri Imagawa to hand in the registration paper, while I sat in the contestant area to enjoy the shade.

"Nervousness," said Akane Shinmura, who played three singles, "Minister, where is your nervousness? Are you dead?"

Yui Yuta, who played doubles, said: "You actually tried to find a sense of tension in the minister. To paraphrase your words, that is really not a gorgeous behavior."

Akane Shinmura jumped, "If Gorgeous is Atobe-sama, it's not me."

"My lord. Akane, you are my slave. Don't run over if Ice Emperor has a type you like. Be careful that I will lock you up with iron shackles." I glanced at Akane Shinmura, and also looked at it because Kotone Sugawara and Sakura Honda, two doubles players who participated in the final of the Kanto Tournament and were uneasy once, "Sister Nitta's tennis is so bad that she can still become a minister because she has a good mentality for the game. Give me a little bit If you shake again, I will pour ice water on you."

"Minister," Sayuri Imagawa, who has already returned, looked at me in confusion, "Don't think I can't hear you taking the opportunity to say that Nitta-senpai's tennis is bad!"

I pressed my hat, "I said the same in front of her face."

"……I know."

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, go prepare for the game."

"Yes! Minister!"

Sayuri Imagawa sat next to me and said in a low voice, "Masumi, the weather is not very good today, I'm afraid the match will be suspended midway."

If Xu Fei's story is still unfolding, at least the Men's Tennis will be suspended due to the rain today.However, I don't want it to be true.

"Look again. Prepare hot drinks and towels. In case some team members get wet, I don't want to see them get sick." I crossed my arms and said calmly.

"Yes, Minister."

I look at the sky.

You'd better not let it rain, let Lihaida win two Kanto Championship pennants in one go today.

hours later.

"The players of the next third singles match, please take your place."

I twisted my neck and glanced at the doubles two and singles three who had lost the game and crouched in the corner.

"Don't cry," I patted the heads of the three of them with a racket, "If you cry, you won't be able to see clearly how I won the championship."

"...Yes! Minister!"

As previously predicted, the result of this match will ultimately be a duel between me and the red-haired girl.

"Tokyo Private Apple Orchard Middle School, Monobe Akiba, third grade, Torikkai University Affiliated Middle School, third grade Hira Mayumi."

In addition to the cheers of the Lihai University Women's Tennis cheerleaders that I am used to, I also heard some screams.When I looked up, it turned out that it was my classmate from St. Rose Girls' School in the first year of junior high school.I carried the racket and pressed the hat.They must have skipped class again.St. Rose is a perverted school that has classes even on Saturdays.

I stood behind the white bottom line of the court, and looked up at Akiba Monobe, who was standing diagonally.

"Game start!"

The time came to the eighth round, and the temporary number of rounds was that I was leading by [-] to [-]. As long as I win this round again, we will be the champions of the Kanto Tournament.

I bounced the little yellow ball on the ground, tossed and caught it, then stood up and threw the ball smoothly into the sky as I have done countless times in practice.Just as I took the racket and looked up and waited for the ball to fall to the hitting position, a drop of rain fell into my eye.I quickly retracted the racket, did not swing out in a hurry, and avoided a serve error.

Finally, it was raining.

Lihai University Affiliated Middle School.

I looked over to the referee, and she talked to the other referees, then motioned me and Akiha Monobe to continue the match.The current rain is still light, even if it has an impact, it will not shake my determination.

Throw the ball, lead the racket, hit it, and close it.

I looked at Akiba Monobe who had chipped me six to two last year.This year, I'll make it impossible for you to catch a single serve from me.

"Game! Six to two, Masumi Hira wins!"

"Ah!" Cheers came from the auditorium on Li Haida's side.

"The champion of this year's Kanto competition is the High School Affiliated to Rikkai University in Kanagawa, the runner-up is Tokyo Private Apple Orchard Middle School, and the third runner-up is Tokyo Liyuan Middle School."

Members rushed out of the field to surround me, and I looked up at the gray sky.

"Minister!" said Sayuri with a smile, "Last year Akiha Monobe beat you [-]-[-], and now you pay her back [-]-[-], so cool!"

I glanced at her, and decided not to tell her that I was actually trying to shave Monobe Kiki into zero eggs.

I turned to look at the red-haired girl, and she mouthed me: "See you at the Nationals."

That's right, the next step is to enter the national competition.

The women's tennis Kanto competition award ceremony was held in the heavy rain. Sayuri held the trophy in one hand and an umbrella in the other.I didn't think it was troublesome, so I didn't bring an umbrella. I just held the champion's flag with both hands and waved it towards the players and the audience.

Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy to raise the flag.But waving the flag can be regarded as meaning.

"Minister," Yui Yuta covered his face, "You can wave it with more sincerity. What's the matter with waving the flag with a blank expression like it's like summoning souls?"

The flag is very heavy, and the trophy is also very heavy. For such a troublesome thing, I turned around and threw it to Sayuri and Yui.

"minister?"

"I'll go for a penalty run." After losing two points, you have to be penalized according to the rules. "Your penalty will be made up tomorrow, and you can celebrate by yourself today. Give me the bill." If I call my dad to report that I won the game, I will definitely There will be bonuses.He is such a flamboyant young master, he is most afraid that others will think that his family has no money and look down on his children.

"Yes! Minister!"

I changed back into my trousers, carried my bag, put on my cap and went running around the competition area.Based on the number of balls I conceded, I would have done hundreds of laps.Self-inflicted evil, can not live.Running, I ran into Qingxue Nanwang who was sheltering from the rain in the pavilion, and Kirihara Chiya who was very arrogant and didn't know what he was talking about.

"Masumi-senpai." Kirihara saw me, and finally called me senpai politely in front of outsiders.

"You," Takeshi Momoshiro looked at me angrily, "don't you care about your junior?"

I entered the pavilion, took off my hat, and shook the rain off my head.

"I don't care about the juniors, but it's not your turn to take care of them, the juniors from the school next door."

"Even if," Fuji Shusuke opened his icy blue eyes a little, "your junior said something too much, don't you plan to apologize?"

I looked at Kirihara, then at Aigaku, "I don't know what he said, but I think the biggest complaint about Aigaku is Tezuka Kunimitsu." This is not my idea, it's a spoiler, I'm sorry, "It is a fact that he lost the game. What Chiya said, I believe it is also a fact." Tezuka's first game in the Kanto Competition and the battle of the two ministers in Atobe, people who have watched "The King of the Net" are very difficult do not remember.

"Maumi," Sadaharu, who was sitting at the stone table, pushed his glasses, "Stop talking too much." He looked really angry.

With one hand in my trouser pocket, I raised my hand to stop Kirihara who wanted to speak out, "First, first-class athletes must manage their physical fitness well. Second, let the minister appear on the field even if he is injured. It is your members who cannot Let the minister believe that even without him, you can achieve the result of victory. Third, even if the opponent has the reputation of bullying the injured, he will still play, so he should have the consciousness of winning."

"Have you said enough!" A girl yelled at me, "Then Kirihara Chi also injured my brother, so it should be!"

"It can be avoided." I wiped the face that was injured by Kirihara with the fingers of my right hand, "At least now I can avoid it completely. Tachibana Kyoko of Fudo Peak, don't ignore it just because your own strength is low. The fact that Akaya’s ball can be avoided and returned.”

A coin has two sides, and Tezuka's spirit is naturally worthy of praise, but if he doesn't say what he did wrong because of this, then he will be dragged down by himself sooner or later.It would be a pity if such a person is abandoned.The same thing with Akaya, it was wrong for him to intentionally injure Tachibana Juhei with the ball, but on the other hand, Sanada and Renji have never been injured by him in a red-eyed state, and this is a question of strength.Jujuping's strength was indeed inferior to Chiye's.

You can't make progress if you don't see both sides of things clearly.

"Maumi," Sadaharu stood up, "Stop talking." It was the first time that Sadaharu, who was gentler than Renji, spoke to me so seriously.

I don't want to fight with the person who brought me to play tennis in the first place when I won the Kanto championship.So, I didn't say anything, just looked at Sadaharu,

"Kirihara, Hira, what are you doing?" Sanada walked over.

Takeshi Momoshiro turned to Sanada, and said, "Aren't you going to apologize? You Lihai University players said something really great."

Sanada glanced at Akaya and me, "I don't know what they said, so there's no need to apologize."

"What!"

"Without Tezuka, it is impossible for you to defeat Li Kaidai. Of course, even if Tezuka is present, it will only be Li Kaidai who wins." He looked at Kirihara, "Let's go."

It's not fun to play against schools that are always full of gunpowder before the game.

I put on my hat and continued to run.

"Hey, you!" Ju Xing called me, "Look at you, did you lose the game?"

I paused, turned around, and gently lifted my hat, "Of course it's impossible, and it's not Fudofeng Women's Tennis, which doesn't even enter the top eight." I looked past her and looked at Sadaharu, "Li Hai The High School Affiliated to the University is the champion of Kanto and will also be the national champion.”

Commitments and relationships are always easily forgotten by humans.I'm used to it, so, it's okay, I just do my own thing.

Just as I turned around, Qingxue's coach, Ryuzaki, came back and announced a news to them——today's men's tennis match was postponed due to the rain.

I pressed my hat down deeply and ran forward.

Xu Fei's story unfolded, and they probably couldn't give the Kanto Championship trophy to Yukimura.

"Maumi," as I was running, I was stopped by Renji holding an umbrella, "Let's go, our race has also been postponed. You can continue running tomorrow, or you will get gonorrhea."

"Um."

He took out his handkerchief and asked me to wipe my face, "Did you quarrel with Sadaharu?"

"no."

He took off my hat and straightened my drenched long hair, "I heard what Genichiro and Akaya said. Mayumi, please understand Sadaharu's feelings. You said it mercilessly, it was him." minister."

"You're thinking too much, I'm not angry." Shaking the water off his hand, "He's from Qingxue, so naturally I want to help them. I'm Rabbit's senior, so I'm naturally on his side." I looked at Lian Two, "Even if it is you, if there is a conflict between Li Haida and Qing Xue, you will choose your teammates without hesitation. It's not that you don't remember your friendship with Sadaharu, but that we both have more important things for each other now." and companions."

"I understand what you mean, but not everything will be so simple and clear. Like this time," he took the tennis bag from my shoulder and led me out together, "if you change the way you speak , things won’t turn out like this. Or maybe, you should at least explain clearly that you said this for their sake. If you talk like this without explaining why, Sadaharu got angry for a moment and couldn’t understand the meaning in your words. There are also."

I tilted my head, "I remember I passed you by once. At that time, you also thought so?"

"Yes." He laughed, "If you don't listen carefully to Mayumi's words, it's easy to misunderstand. The maintenance of friendship requires the efforts of both parties. If you always ignore it, it will pass away naturally. You, use your brain more, don’t just say what you see. Put some thought into the way you speak, and you don’t have to go to the place where you said you had to choose between the two.”

"Oh." I looked at the men's tennis crowd in front of the tennis park's exit, and asked Lianji, "Where's Sanada?"

"He went to a freshman competition with Aigaku."

This is also the plot arranged by Xu Fei in his memory.Super first-year Echizen Ryoma, it was precisely because of today's disastrous defeat to Sanada that his potential was stimulated, and he defeated Sanada in the official competition a week later.

"Oh, Sanada's temper is so bad that he can't stand even a little provocation, even a private challenge from a year old."

I didn't say much, and I didn't do much.If the encounter between Tingzimae Kirihara and Shang Seigaku just now was just a matter of lip service and intervention is okay, then the match between Sanada and Echizen was an aboveboard duel, and the intervention of outsiders would be an insult to both sides.

Even though there is a big mountain ahead of the plot, I still choose to believe in their efforts and strength.

Even if the plot plays out as scheduled, I also know that Sanada would rather lose openly, than to win because of outsiders who can't improve the opponent's strength.

Echizen, I hope that the potential you have been stimulated today can make Sanada play happily.Sanada, I also hope you will not disappoint me.

"Let's go." Lianji threw my bag to Kirihara, squeezing the little kelp to work.

I nodded.

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