must love tennis

When Ryuzaki Sakurano came over, Ryoma's bento was almost finished.

"I heard you came to cheer me on."

Sakura nodded and opened the package—wow, three bottles of milk!

It turned out to be milk!

Longma's face suddenly turned earthy, and he kept his distance.

She still explained over there: "My friend really wants to watch your game, but today she has to take care of the children at home, and she really doesn't have time, so she can only entrust me to deliver..."

Why send milk? !

"Hey," Sakura said in a daze, "because grandma and senior Gan said so?"

"……I do not!"

Ryoma reacted violently and fled 300 meters away.Seeing that there was no one she knew around, she breathed a sigh of relief, and sat down on the bench by the roadside, when she suddenly heard laughter beside her.

Who?

She followed the prestige, and saw a girl wearing the uniform of another school leaning against the vending machine, taller than her, with short, crisp brown hair, she looked like a bright and lively person, and she was talking about it with great interest. watch.

"Are you the famous first-year candidate of Qingxue?" the girl asked with a smile.

"Well, are you famous?"

Ryoma didn't think so at first, but no matter where she went, people made a fuss and yelled, which made her start to think: why is she so famous?

"I saw you at the street tennis court last time." The girl took the initiative to start the conversation, "It's a pity that I didn't see your performance last time... But, it's not too late today. If you don't like milk, how about juice? Just right, take this as an invitation to you, don't be shy."

She handed over the drink in her hand and put it on the side of the bench. Seeing Ryoma's confused look, she introduced herself, "My name is Tachibana, and I'm from Fudo Peak."

"Oh……"

Do not move peak?I seem to have seen it, which non-seed school should it be?

Then, Ju Xing smiled slightly: "It's your opponent in the final."

Huh?

Long Ma was stunned, and saw the other party laughing even more happily: "Take my drink, today's game must be played hard, I will look forward to it!"

Tachibana Xing left briskly humming an unknown tune, leaving Ryoma in a daze for a while, until they were found by Horio and the others and called to assemble.

She was still holding the bottle of grape soda in her hand, which had been left there for a long time, and the outside of the cold drink can was full of water droplets, which gathered and continued to fall down along the palm of her hand.

"Aren't you going to drink?" Shengxiong asked strangely.

According to the past, this drink would not remain intact in Echizen Ryoma's hands for more than 10 minutes.Could it be—

Long Ma looked thoughtfully at the English characters on the bottle and said, "If you don't get rewarded for nothing, let's forget it."

"Hey! Did someone give it to you?" Horio immediately leaned forward, with gossip written all over his face, "Could it be another fan of Echizen's support team?"

She frowned: "It shouldn't be this time."

"You have to be careful, maybe it was sent by other schools to play some tricks!" Horio changed another expression and tone, and said seriously, "Maybe there is a laxative in it so that you can't play the game later... Category?"

Can't it?Longma sweated slightly, and stuffed the drink into his hand casually: "If you're curious, just take a look for yourself."

After she received an inexplicable declaration of war—should it be considered a declaration of war? ——At the time, the main candidates also saw their final opponents on the bulletin board.

Fudo Peak Academy, a dark horse in this year's regional qualifiers.

At the same time, they were still wearing black team uniforms, like crows crossing the border, and led by their captain, they came towards us aggressively.

The captain was the only third grader, and compared to the serious expressions behind him, who looked as if they were about to fight, he seemed more gentle.

The leaders of the two sides exchanged name cards and generally came to pay tribute before the game, and they watched from behind, not knowing what to say.

"It's a bit arrogant. The one on the other side..." Katsuro whispered in their ears.

"Being able to beat the seeds in the other half of the competition area must be very strong, right?" Shengxiong was worried, and he was sweating for everyone in Qingxue.

"Look at the last guy, he's walking and juggling the ball, he's here to show off his skills!"

"Absolutely! This is the ultimate provocation!" Horio clenched his fists, his eyes burning with flames, "But it doesn't matter, it's impossible for us Qingxue to lose to them. If we want to pretend to be aggressive, we have to find——"

Having said that, the few people understood, turned their heads together, and cast their eyes on...

Uh.

Eh?

What is this guy doing?

Horio looked at his palm again, the drink was gone!

And Longma was sitting there, unscrewed the tab calmly, took a few sips, and let out a long sigh: "Sure enough, it won't taste good if it's not iced."

"Hey!" Taocheng couldn't help but look sideways, "Echizen, isn't this the time to drink? Also, why are you drinking this kind of soda again? Didn't seniors say it's bad for your health, so don't drink it all the time?"

"After all, it's the kindness from the opponent, so I can't be ungrateful." She raised her head and said confidently.

Um?Opponent's kindness? ?

Whether it was Qingxue or Fudo Peak's party present, they all looked over at the same time.

"What are you talking about?" Taocheng asked blankly, "What opponent?"

"Well, this." Ryoma pretended to recall, "Just now a girl named Tachibana came over and gave it to me, and said she wanted me to work hard in the competition... something."

Young students:! !

Unmoved peak crowd:! ! !

One of the people in Fudo Peak:! ! ! ! ! !

You brat!When did you hook up with a girl from another school again? !

This idea just came into the minds of the seniors, before expressing their excitement, they saw a guy in black on the opposite side who was more excited than them. Ryoma said Kamepai Qigong: "You, you, you! How did you know Xing——"

"Kamio, stop!"

"Amin, you have to control yourself!" The teammates hurriedly pressed him back, sweating profusely.

Then Qi Qi glared at the culprit: It's all your fault!

Ok?

Ryoma just tilted his head and returned a puzzled look: Did I say something wrong?

The drink was indeed given by Tachibana, and she also claimed to be a student of Fudo Peak... It seems that she really knows them very well.

After the Fudo Peak group retreated in a hurry, Ryoma turned his head again, and was greeted with the unanimous and profound gazes of the seniors.

"Good job!"

"Sure enough, you are the best at provoking things like this quietly!"

They all clapped their shoulders.

Ryoma just pretended not to understand, and continued to drink as if nothing had happened, and finally raised his hand, feeling that the body of the can was pinched, unable to advance or retreat.

She looked up, puzzled: "Minister?"

"Drink less ice in this weather." After Tezuka finished speaking, he let go of his hand.

"That's not enough..." Ryoma muttered, looking at the remaining half, although the other party had no intention of stopping it to the end, he was not in the mood to taste it, sighed, and put it aside.

"Don't worry, I will definitely win." She solemnly assured the bottle.

"That's right." Dashi raised his voice and turned to everyone, "Everyone, we are going to play!"

Some people say that the left eye jumps for money, and the right eye jumps for disaster.

Ryoma didn't know if the words made sense.The sky was quite bright in the morning, but unexpectedly it started to rain not long after noon.Qingxue had two wins and one loss in the first three games, and the loss directly caused them to have an extra wounded person, who was sent to the hospital for fractures.

The two wins were not considered smooth, and a few people walked off the field in a state of mud on the rain-soaked field, with victorious smiles on their faces.

Fortunately, when it was her turn, the sky was clear and the field was dry, and what awaited her was a full-fledged opponent.

"You're a freshman, and it's quite interesting."

The opponent is Iwu Shenji, the guy who is holding a racket and showing off his skills quietly. He obviously has a dull and gloomy face, but unexpectedly he is also a chatterbox, and he mutters before the game.

"However, that's all. I have no intention of losing to you. I didn't expect Xiao Xing to like this type of pretty boy... cut."

Ryoma: "..."

Boyfriend? ?

Are you talking about her? !

"Have you said enough?" She raised her hand and pressed the brim of her hat, suppressing her emotions, and said in a deep voice.

"What are you in such a hurry for?" asked the other side.

"Stop moaning!" Kamio Akira, who had just lost the third singles match, was impatient and cheered for his teammates from the sidelines: "Fukaji, kill that kid within 10 minutes!"

What a hatred.

"... Sigh." Yi Wu sighed, "It's really troublesome."

"Then—" Then, Yiwu raised her head, fixed her sharp eyes on Ryoma, and suddenly, she had a bad feeling of being entangled by hunting dogs.

"I especially hate guys who play cool in front of me." He said slowly.

"Really? What a coincidence, I don't like it either." Long Ma said lightly.

"Hmph...you annoying brat." Yi Wu's expression became more and more unhappy, and he clenched the tennis ball in his hand, "I hope you won't speak big words again later."

……

Tennis is a sport of strength.

Ryoma thinks so.

No matter how well you play snake ball, you still have to rely on physical strength and willpower to persist until the last moment.

Occasionally, a little bit of luck is mixed in, for example, when Haitang slipped his foot and hit a snake snake ball that shut up the audience, but that was just a flash in the pan.

But obviously there are also those who disagree with her point of view, such as Kikumaru, who insisted on playing a round of stunt tennis for his opponent on the ground comparable to an ice rink, and another example, Fuji's one-handed stunt "Flying Swallow Returning to the Nest", which is so beautiful... No , Wasn't it crushed by the wave ball on the opposite side?

Right now, his opponent is also starting to play tricks.

That's right, it can only be called a boring little trick.In Ryoma's eyes, it's not a big deal——

"pain!"

She trembled all over, and felt that her cheeks were about to twitch.

Dashi rarely put on a serious face, and his expression was quite serious: "It's right that it hurts! You fool, no one would catch that kind of ball hard! Fortunately, you didn't hurt your eyes..."

Taocheng watched from the side, and hurriedly asked: "Senior, how is it?"

"Fortunately, it's just the upper eyelid was cut." Dashi frowned, stood up and looked at his teammates, "But it's impossible not to treat it quickly. There is no way to continue this fight, so let's give up—"

Another abstention?

Several first-year students couldn't help but gasp, was the match against Fudo Peak a ghost?First, Kawamura-senpai, in order to help Fuji-senpai block the swinging ball, injured his arm. I don't know if there will be any sequelae. Here, their rookie is bravely injured again!

"It's over! It's a bad year!" Horio covered his face in despair.

"Don't talk nonsense." Taocheng stopped, "It's just a game. If you lose, you lose. Our minister hasn't played yet!"

Yes.They subconsciously looked at Tezuka, who just quietly looked at the wounded first grader without saying a word.

But the kid raised his head at this moment, and although his left eye was bleeding, he didn't seem to notice it. The intact right eye was still clear and bright, full of persistent belief.

"Sorry, Minister, I didn't intend to let you play."

How embarrassing.

In the end, I made it worse than my predecessors.Ryoma sighed inwardly.

It turns out that the twitching of the eyelids indicates that he will be hurt... Sigh, I should have paid more attention to it earlier.

However, despite being embarrassed, she never thought of giving up.

"Stop making trouble!" Dashi's face changed slightly, and his tone became severe, "I won't allow you to play like this—Tezuka!"

He looked over and was stunned.

Unexpectedly, the person he gave hope seemed to be defeated by the pleading eyes of the cute mascot!He actually came over with a tennis racket!

No, Tezuka has principles!

Dashi eagerly stepped forward, frowning.The others also stared with bated breath, and those who were trying to stop Qian and Buer fell silent.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, their Minister Tezuka remained calm, and after a brief moment of contemplation, he handed the spare racket directly to Ryoma.

"I'll give you 10 minutes." He gave a clear limit, "If you exceed 10 minutes, you will be deemed to abstain. Do you understand?"

no problem!Ryoma raised his sleeve nonchalantly and wiped the blood indiscriminately, still full of confidence.

Isn't it just a debuff that keeps losing blood?

Women always have to go through such a day. For thousands of years, they have never seen them weakly commit suicide on the spot.

Heh, there's something flashy on the other side, watch me blow him up!