what tennis

◎I seem to have discovered something serious◎

The amusement park date is over.Since Nishijima Mari had to go to class the next day, she went to bed early after returning home.

Thursday is the day when the school's tennis team will participate in the competition. Mari Nishijima needs to ask the teacher for leave in advance to go to the entrance of the competition to take photos and do pre-match interviews.

When she went to ask for leave, she met Nozaki Umetaro who also came to ask for leave.

Nozaki Umetaro: "Ah, Nishijima..."

Mari Nishijima nodded: "I'm going to follow the tennis team's regional match today."

Nozaki Umetaro, whose dark circles were about to hang on his chin, showed an envious expression: "Then you can collect a lot of materials on the spot? That's great... I have to ask for leave to go back to catch up on drafts, and I don't have time to watch the competition at all."

Mari Nishijima was surprised: "The deadline is approaching?"

Umetaro Nozaki sighed, "It's almost here."

Mari Nishijima, who has not yet confirmed the release date of the new work, does not need to worry about the deadline for the time being, and can only cast a loving and helpless look at the serial author Nozaki.

The two had a brief conversation and were about to separate. Umetaro Nozaki suddenly remembered something, and he turned around and told him casually: "By the way, the street lights on the section from the Panhai Highway to our community are broken recently. Be careful when you come back alone. .”

Mari Nishijima: "Okay—thank you."

Regional games are held in outdoor gymnasiums.After Mari Nishijima asked for leave, she hitched a ride with the coach of the tennis team to go to the competition.

Meeting with Maki Hirakawa, manager of the tennis department at the entrance of the arena, Mari Nishijima explained to her the angle and number of photos she needed.

Soon teams from other schools also entered the arena.

Mari Nishijima waited for the school's tennis team to arrive, and then conducted pre-match interviews with the players; everything went well, and the interview draft was prepared by her last week.It’s just that when Narita Jianzhen was interviewed, the atmosphere was a bit stiff. Narita Jianzhen was a junior tennis player who had pursued Nishijima before, and had accidentally received an order from Nishijima when he was part-time delivery.

After the pre-match interview was over, Mari Nishijima sorted out her interview drafts, and then prepared to wander around the field with her camera in her arms.

She doesn't intend to stay on the field to watch the game.

"Senior Nishijima!"

Mari Nishijima turned around and saw Narita Sword Formation chasing out from the lounge, a little surprised: "Huh?"

After Narita Jianzhen ran in front of her, he suddenly fell silent again—he showed a troubled expression, pursed his lips and did not speak.

Mari Nishijima only felt baffled, and said, "Is there something wrong, Mr. Narita? If there is nothing wrong, you should hurry back to the lounge. The competition seems to be about to start..."

Before she could finish her words, Narita Jianzhen suddenly strode forward, excitedly wanting to hold Nishijima Mari's hand - just as he made a move, Nishijima Mari backed away in shock, a tennis ball whizzed away Her cheek flew over and hit Narita Sword Array directly on the face.

He let out an 'ouch', covered his face and squatted down.

The broken hair on Nishijima Mari's cheek was still shaking.

She turned her head and saw the boy at the end of the corridor swinging a tennis racket unhurriedly.

The two looked at each other, and the boy lightly touched the brim of his baseball cap with a tennis racket, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly: "It's really disappointing that only this level of teams can enter the top twenty teams... ah."

There was a natural arrogance in the young man's tone. Although he was speaking harshly at the Narita Sword Formation, those bright amber cat eyes were looking at Mari Nishijima, as if he was confirming the personal safety of Mari Nishijima.

Narita Sword Array gritted his molars: "You... brat—what kind of skill is sneak attack?"

"Sneak attack? Oh, if you think it's a sneak attack, just treat it as a sneak attack." The young man walked slowly between the two of them, hooked up the rolling tennis ball with his tennis racket, and looked down at Narita Sword Formation, "I You'll know it when you're on the court."

The boy left.

Mari Nishijima touched the pocket of his school uniform jacket, took out a handkerchief, and handed it to Narita Jianzhen: "Wipe it?"

Narita Jianzhen stood up in a bit of embarrassment, took the handkerchief and covered his swollen nose.He suddenly realized something, and stammered to explain to Nishijima Mari: "Sister, I, I didn't mean to offend you just now, I just—"

Mari Nishijima waved his hand: "I know. But, that... junior student just now, do you know which school he is from?"

Narita Jianzhen was stunned: "Is that kid just now? Look at the coat, it should be Qingxue's main choice——"

Youth school.

The main candidate for the Tennis Club of Youth Academy?

...and Long Ya look similar.

Personality is not the same, but the overconfident pride, and looks, really similar.

Today there are three groups of competitions, divided into venues.

Mari Nishijima counted the time and returned to the entrance of the arena before the end of the game.

The first to come out was the Tennis Club of Youth Academy—Nishijima Mari saw the only club member he knew at a glance, Kaidou Kaoru

Although her grandmother is a coach in the Tennis Club of Qinggaku, Mari Nishijima has never been to the Youth Academy, which is famous for its tennis club, because of her tennis phobia.The reason why he knew Kaidou Kaoru was also because the two lived very close to each other, Ryuzaki Sumire would occasionally ask Kaidou Kaoru to drop by and send her something when she came home.

Kaitang Kaoru was quite surprised when he saw the truth of Nishijima: Why is this guy here?Don't you have tennis phobia?You don't come here on purpose to find abuse, do you?

He temporarily gave up the quarrel with Taocheng: "I have something to do, so I won't go back to school with you."

Taocheng was startled—the others also showed surprise expressions.

After saying that, Kaoru Kaido walked towards Mari Nishijima; the eyes of the members behind him widened.

Taocheng rubbed his eyes in disbelief: "Is there nothing wrong with my eyesight? The poisonous snake is chatting with girls? Taking the initiative to chat with girls???"

"Isn't this unreasonable? Even Haitang has someone to strike up a conversation with these days!"

After approaching, Kaitang Kaoru noticed that Mari Nishijima was still holding the camera in his hand.Mari Nishijima smiled at him and raised the camera: "Would you like to take a picture?"

Kaitang Kaoru covered the camera with one hand with a black face: "Hey, don't shoot randomly... Why did you come to watch the tennis match?"

The camera was covered and the lens became pitch black.Fortunately, Nishijima didn't force it, put down the camera and shrugged: "The school club mission, just to do an interview with the school tennis team. But you finished it so quickly, you should have won, right?"

Kaitang Kaoru: "Of course."

Mari Nishijima looked around, but did not find Sumire Ryuzaki.

"Where's my grandma? For such an important game, she should be there, right?"

"Coach Ryuzaki went back to school early and didn't go with us." Kaidou Kaoru replied, "Is it really okay for you to come to do an interview for a tennis match? Didn't you say that you would feel sick when you saw tennis?"

Mari Nishijima: "...It's just a little physical discomfort, it's not as exaggerated as wanting to vomit. Oh, by the way, I just saw a first-year student wearing the jacket that your tennis team is choosing—a first-year?"

Kaitang Kaoru snorted, "That's Echizen, the first-year official selection in our team."

"Although he is only in the first grade, he is very strong."

Mari Nishijima paused while fiddling with the camera, and looked up at Kaidou Kaoru: "That first grader, whose surname is Echizen?"

Kaitang Kaoru: "Yes, Echizen, Echizen Ryoma."

-Complete-