[Net King + Black Basket] Calm Akashi-kun

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The weather was fine on the day of the competition, and Akashi drove to the competition venue by car.There were quite a few people participating in the competition, and Akashi also recognized a few people he often saw at the club. He didn't go up to say hello, but just checked his information on the screen.According to the arrangement, he was assigned to Group A, No. [-]. Seeing that the time was still early for his own match, he started warming up in the designated area with his bag on his back.

He habitually observed the players in their A group. There were a few who had solid basic skills, but most of them were rookies who had only played for a year or two. It would not be difficult for him to get the first place in Group A.

"gamewonby Akashi 6-0."

With the expected score, Akashi easily won the first game.

'The level is still not enough, whether it is technique or strength. '

Akashi shook hands with the child opposite who was panting badly, with a decent smile on his face, thinking silently in his heart.After all, the level of the children participating in the preliminary competition is not uniform, and the probability of meeting strong players is very low. Besides, everyone is still a child. Whether it is hitting power or speed, in Akashi's view, there is always such a joke the meaning of.So after this morning, Akashi's two games were played very easily.

During the lunch break, the children reported to the group for dinner in twos and threes.Akashi wasn't used to having lunch with others, so he politely turned down his acquaintances from the same club and found a quiet place to sit and eat by himself.His lunch is a bento prepared by the chef at home, which can be regarded as top-notch in terms of shape and taste. Even so, in Akashi's opinion, it is not as good as some home-cooked food made by his mother.Today, Shiori went to the hospital for a review. Before she left, she was still regretting that she could not prepare lunch for her child. Akashi repeatedly said that it was okay, and he didn't want his mother, who was already in poor health, to worry about his own affairs.

After a simple lunch, Akashi saw that it was still early, so he planned to take a walk around here, and get acquainted with the environment by the way.He plugged in his earphones, wandered around aimlessly, and listened to some new OST songs that Suwon recommended to him.

"Seijuro~" A hand suddenly patted Akashi's shoulder.

Akashi paused, randomly took off the earphones and looked behind him, only to see Yukimura looking at him with a smile on his face. He didn't retract his hand on Akashi's shoulder, but straightened his index finger, because Akashi's turning back made Yukimura's finger He poked Akashi's soft cheek.Sanada stood beside Yukimura, with a rare look of joy on his wooden face.

"Ah, Seiichi, and Genichiro!" Akashi was a little surprised by Yukimura's actions, but he was still very happy to see two good friends who hadn't seen each other for a while, "Seeing that you didn't like this game very much before. You look interested, I thought you wouldn't come to participate."

"Well, it's because Seijuro is here, and I heard from Sanada that there will be other powerful players appearing." Yukimura poked Akashi's soft face again, before letting go of his hand.

"Huh?" Akashi didn't pay much attention to Yukimura's actions, but was attracted by his words, "The person who can be said by Sanada should not be a simple person."

"Ah." Sanada nodded and said, "He and I are not in the same group, but we should meet in the final."

"Hearing what you said, I really look forward to what kind of person the other party will be." Akashi said.

"We'll always meet." Yukimura said with a smile, "Speaking of which, how is it? Is the game going well?"

Akashi: "Although there are a few good foundations in our group, it will be no problem for me to get the first place in the group. How about you?"

"I'm in Group C, and Sanada's in Group D, and everything went well." Yukimura said, "Although most of the people are mediocre, we still met some interesting people, right, Sanada?"

Sanada nodded: "Ah, indeed, Shan must not relax no matter what!"

"Yes~ yes~ Coach Sanada!" Akashi and Yukimura responded with smiles after hearing what Sanada always said.

Sanada straightened his hat, and didn't say anything to the joke between the two, but the dark face under the brim of the hat was slightly flushed, and Akashi and Yukimura smiled lightly.

"Cough, it's all right. Just like what Sanada said, don't win carelessly in the future." Akashi coughed lightly and said, "Anyway, I look forward to the match with you tomorrow."

"Ah." Yukimura smiled, but his eyes showed seriousness, "I'm looking forward to it."

Sanada didn't say anything, but the fighting spirit he showed said it all.Although the three of them often practiced tennis together, they tacitly never played a serious game. Now that the three met on the field, they naturally wanted to compete with each other.

Having made the agreement, Akashi looked at the time and said, "Then, I'll go to Area A first, see you tomorrow."

"Goodbye."

After finishing the friendly dialogue with Sanada and Yukimura, Akashi went to Area A.Although there are no strong seed players among the opponents—of course, even if there is Akashi, he will not lose—but Akashi will not lose his vigilance because of this, he will eliminate all the opponents’ chances of winning one by one, very Patiently stare at the opponent until the opponent is truly defeated.

The last match of the afternoon was against a player named Jiro Akutagawa. Akashi looked at the opponent in a daze, with the expression of 'I'm so sleepy, I haven't had enough nap' clearly written on his face, and sighed a little tone.When the two sides said hello and bowed, the man was also half asleep.

Akashi didn't say any more. After the game officially started, he scored a point with an ACE serve.This serve seemed to have touched some switch on the other side, and he became sober all of a sudden.

"Quickly!" The sober Cilang's starry eyes lit up, "Okay! I'm going to concentrate this time!"

Akashi saw that Jiro started to be serious this time, and his subordinates were still very stable. Another ACE served and scored!

"It's amazing!" Ci Lang was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed randomly, "I didn't realize it at all!"

Facing such an emotional opponent, Akashi was unmoved at all, and still scored 4 serve points in the first game.

Cilang was completely excited now, and now it was his serve, he said quite confidently: "Then, I'm going to serve!"

I saw that Cilang went to the net immediately after serving, and stood in front of the net to guard.Akashi, who noticed this, quickly judged that he was an aggressive player in front of the net. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and raised his hand to take a quick and powerful kick. After reaching the bottom line behind him, Akashi still stood there without moving, as if he was not at all worried that the ball would be hit back by Jirou.

Jiro's excitement at the moment has reached MAX.

Akashi's tennis is very simple, without too many gorgeous skills, just the most basic and simple serve and return.As Atobe said, he used the most essential moves to instantly kill the enemy, and victory is within reach for Akashi.

"gamewonby Akashi 6-0."

'Although I didn't enjoy myself to the fullest today, it was a good day. '

Akashi ended the day's competition cleanly, without losing a game, and successfully won the first place in Group A.

Before leaving, Jiro excitedly said to Akashi: "Akashi! Akashi~ You are so good! Let's fight again next time! Okay? Akashi~"