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"Look carefully, who is standing in front of you."

Atobe narrowed his eyes slightly, looked across the net, and put on a scrutinizing gaze.

After the selfless state is opened, it is said that it will enter a state of complete isolation from the outside world and act only by instinct.But now, Ryoma just looked at him with a very normal expression, the corners of his lips curled up in a provocative arc.

--it's me.

If you underestimate me, you will lose.

... will lose?

The ice emperor students present were all sweating in their hearts.

It was also a hard fight, the last time he faced off against Tezuka, it was Atobe who took the initiative to choose a protracted battle and held the initiative.But this time, it was Ryoma's counterattack that forced him to do so.

Once you relax, the opponent will seize the breakthrough without hesitation and attack aggressively.

In their impression, Atobe has always been able to do a job with ease, enjoying the game of constantly teasing his opponents as prey, but now, he shows a completely offensive posture on the court.

Although, as long as you understand Atobe's arrogant personality, everyone will not be too surprised, but the problem is, thinking that he is only a first-year student in Qinggaku who pushed him to this point...

Xiang Riyue finally couldn't help it, jumped up and shouted loudly: "Atobe!"

The cheerleaders shouted and cheered as if they had just woken up from a dream, and there were some discordant voices, such as——

"For the cat ears! Let's show that kid some color!"

……what?

Yukimura and Sanada, who had just walked to the side of the court, exchanged glances, slightly puzzled.

"We didn't come too late, did we?"

"It's a bet," a cheerful voice sounded next to him, Sanada turned his head to look, and was facing Kami Irie's bright smile, "They made a bet before the game, and the loser had to wear cat ears—keep it Isn't it exciting for a week?"

cat ear?

Cat, cat ears!

The two were slightly shocked in their hearts, but they were not happy people, and their expressions were quite calm.

Sanada couldn't help imagining that scene: "Oh... that's pretty cute."

So, across the fence, a group of people heard it, and looked back in an instant, their eyes widening.Sanada?Can't imagine you are such a person? !

"Do you want to take the opportunity to take revenge?" Kikumaru was alert.

"I won't let you get what you want!" Taocheng clenched his fists and squeezed them.

But Yukimura laughed out loud, remembering the episode before the game: "Cat ears, so that's the case. This kid's resentment is really deep."

Bu Eryi said sternly: "Speaking of which, I don't know why, after everyone heard about it, even the firm Ice Emperor Legion seemed to be shaken a bit."

Could it be that they all generate some unavoidable associative images?

Well, food for thought...

"Probably, it's a very powerful temptation." Gan Youyou said, pushing his glasses, "However, if you're joking, let's talk about it after the game is over."

Everyone suppressed their smiles and turned their attention back to the arena.

The referee blew his whistle to indicate a change of field: "57-57! Ice Emperor, Atobe serves!"

It was really a long tug-of-war...

Irie Kanata still kept a faint smile on his face, and Nanako couldn't help tugging at his arm in anxiety: "Oh, Kanata, aren't you worried at all?"

"But sister, didn't you say you should have more confidence in Ryoma?" Irie blinked.

She sighed: "That's not as easy as you..."

"If you continue to fight like this, your physical strength will indeed be insufficient." He slowly analyzed, "So at this time, it is often a confrontation of willpower. Who can persist until the end—"

Having said that, he stopped.

As the score alternated, someone finally fell down, followed by the other one, and the tennis ball that no one cared about rolled out, reflected in people's astonished eyes.

No, rather than being surprised, it is more shocking.

From Atobe taking the lead, to Ryoma catching up, the score was evened, and then rising alternately... It was no surprise that they entered the final round.

There have been more than 200 back-and-forth rounds since the tie-break. If it were an ordinary game, even the best-of-five-set system of the four Grand Slams should have ended long ago.

At this stage, it is not impossible to have a split.

If both of them failed to stand up at the end of the switching time, it would probably be like the last singles battle between Bingdi and Qingxue for number three - both of them were forced to abstain.

But as long as one person can still move, it means victory without a fight.This long and torturous game will finally tell the winner...

"Stand up!" Someone exclaimed, followed by shouts and shouts.

"Qing Xue!"

"Ice Emperor! Ice Emperor!"

Sanada stared at the two stubborn figures in the arena, frowning: "As a result... do you want to continue?"

"No, it's over." Yukimura replied softly.

Ryoma got up dripping with sweat, grabbed the round tennis ball, and squeezed it hard.

The physical exertion of opening the door of selflessness several times made her unable to see the surrounding scene clearly. She gritted her teeth and insisted on walking to the serving line, throwing the small ball in her hand high.

With a snap, it landed.

. . . there was silence.

"The game is over!" The referee announced loudly, "Sei Gaku 7-6—Echizen wins!"

"Youth Academy advances to the semi-finals!"

Ah, finally, won?

Ryoma rubbed off the sweat that was about to fall into her eyes, her drowsy brain was shaken slightly awake by the cheers erupting from the sidelines, and then she was thrown into a fiery embrace.

Kikumaru's excited screams, Horio's exaggerated sobs of joy, and across a ball net, the other side still maintained a deadly loneliness.

She also vaguely smelled the smell of grilled eel from the bento box that Nanako was holding up, which was then masked by the sweat of the surrounding boys.

She was helped aside, lying on someone's shoulder in a daze, and she could smell the minty shampoo residue on the end of the other's hair.

Fuji raised his hand against Ryoma's back neck to prevent her from losing her balance and slipping down, then turned her head and signaled Tezuka to help: "Sit over there for a while, I guess—"

"wait wait wait!"

Ryoma suddenly woke up and struggled to stand up, but almost fell down.Tezuka held her waist in time and asked, "What?"

Panting for breath, she casually wiped off her sweat, then reached into her pocket again, and took out the shiny, pink cat ear headband.

Everyone: "..."

Still remember this incident! ?

"Of course, otherwise I'm going so hard to win!"

"Okay, okay, I got it, don't worry, drink some water first." Fuji took it over and smiled slightly, "I'll do it."

"That's right, leave it to us." Qian raised the camera, the lens flashing excitedly.

Behind him, Kikumaru and the others also grinningly took out the phone from their pockets and began to unlock it.

Shinobu suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing from the back of his neck, he turned his head subconsciously, and saw Fuji's smile that looked like a devil in their eyes...

"Fuck, devil?!"

Ryoma felt that she must have been woken up by the sun. She lay on the bench, her head ached from the planks of wood, and finally she couldn't sleep anymore, so she opened her eyes and sat up.

Nanako brought a large tablecloth, spread it on the open space, and opened the bento box.Everyone sat in a circle, laughing and joking, and even Mr. Ryuzaki had a relaxed smile on his face.

Taocheng bit the seaweed roll and burst into tears: "Why are your brothers and sisters so nice!"

"Don't mention it, that's someone else's elder brother." Kikumaru sighed while resting his chin.

"Other people's brother" - Irie Zuodo poured a cup of chili-flavored sauce for Fuji: "I heard from Ryoma about your taste, so I prepared it specially."

Bu Er was very grateful: "Thank you, Zuo Togo, actually I don't mind wasabi either."

"Really? I think it might not be enough, so I prepared some more. You're welcome."

Seeing Ryoma woke up, Horio and others immediately described it to her: While Atobe was unconscious, everyone did whatever they wanted and took a lot of photos...

"I'll send it to you later." Taocheng Kacha Kacha finished eating the cucumber sticks, licked his fingers and said quickly.

Kikumaru added excitedly: "It is definitely a treasure-level CG in the most difficult GALGAME!"

"Oh, good." Ryoma was still not fully awake, rubbed his eyes, sat for a while, and then was given an eel roll by Kikumaru.

"Eat it, if you don't eat it, they will steal it all! We have to watch the Fudo Peak game in the afternoon."

Seeing her getting along well with the seniors in the club, Nanako was very happy, pursing her lips and smiling, which made Gan sitting next to her blush quietly again.

He turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Hey, Haitang, should we change places?"

Haitang said decisively: "I refuse."

"Eh……"

After eating a few mouthfuls, Ryoma asked them belatedly, "Where are Ice Emperor and the others?"

"Of course I left in a hurry—" Horio said without hesitation, being held down by Dashi's shoulder, he coughed a few times.

"I think if Atobe knew that he was in front of so many people, uh, what..." He coughed vigorously again, "He would definitely go berserk, so the team members of Hyotei hurriedly took him back."

Ryoma: "Oh..."

There was no sign of disappointment on her expression, and Taocheng pondered for a while: "Senior Atobe shouldn't be so fussy, right? After all, that was what he promised in advance, a man - how can you go back on your word, right?"

Everyone: "Hehehe..."

If it were them, they would also want to go back on their word.

Oh, except for Buer, who is generally the proposer.

Also exclude Kikumaru, he is a person who will openly meow like a cat.

"Here, grape juice." Irie Kanata interrupted Ryoma's meditation, and threw her favorite soda over.

Ryoma raised his head, unscrewed the pull ring, and blinked: "By the way, when I fell asleep just now, did someone come?"

"Oh, you mean Yukimura and Sanada from Likai University? They came over to take a look, because you fell asleep, and left after saying a few words." Taocheng replied.

"What did they say?"

"Sanada said that he will wait for Tezuka in the final." Oishi said while looking at the person involved.

Tezuka didn't respond, and with a calm face, he was dividing the egg rolls very quickly with chopsticks. It seemed that this kind of declaration of war had long been a habit for him.

"Then Yukimura-senpai..." Momoshiro hesitated, "He said congratulations on winning Atobe, etc., and then said that he was looking forward to the final match—did you agree on something?"

"Huh?" Ryoma was also puzzled, "It doesn't count."

"The minister of Lihai University is really a very unfathomable person." Taocheng had already been deeply touched by the short meeting before, and scratched his head, "I was a little panicked when I saw it. How strong is he? Woolen cloth?"

"Last year, he didn't have many chances to play, but he won all of them." Qian took out his own data in time to show off, "Attention-it was a six-to-zero victory."

Everyone was shocked and gasped.

No matter who the opponent is, is it a landslide victory?

Even Tezuka will lose points in the national competition.Not only lost points, but also due to old injuries, even yesterday's match against Huadi... If it hadn't been for the sudden heavy rain, everything would be hard to say.

"How should I put it, it doesn't sound too human." Horio clicked his tongue, "This is clearly the level 100 big devil at the end of the game!"

Kikumaru stuck out her tongue: "This is too exaggerated."

Then they all looked at the warriors in Xinshou Village—where are they?

Ryoma drank his soda and walked to the shade of a tree, took out his buzzing and vibrating cell phone, and checked his inbox.

It was actually sent by the Atobu.

As soon as she opened it, she was taken aback by the huge close-up of the other party covering the entire screen. The soda can tilted and almost fell over, and almost threw the phone out.

"Ahem... what?" She wiped off the juice on her lips, wiped her wet hands on the coat, and hurriedly pressed the screen.

After zooming out the picture, she could see it clearly. Atobe chose a perfect angle to show her handsome face, and at the same time, she was able to include the cat ears on her head in the lens.

postscript:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, let's be intoxicated by my grandpa's gorgeous beauty! !

"..."

Ryoma watched and shook his head again and again, while stuffing the phone back into his pocket, he thought to himself, this person is absolutely crazy.