One month later...
"I heard that the regional competition schedule is out?"
Kise came to the clubroom excitedly and looked at everyone sitting inside and said excitedly.
He has been looking forward to this day for a long time and wants to compete with other schools.
Although he is still a "rookie" who has just started playing for less than two months, he has the confidence to win the game.
"Don't be so anxious, the game list won't run away."
Momoi looked at the anxious Kise in amusement and comforted him.
"But are there any strong schools in this area?"
Aomine asked, sitting astride the chair very boredly, looking at the form spread out on Akashi's desk.
"There are 12 schools in total."
"Saint Rudolf... Suzune Mountain... Household No. 1... Sunata Valley Academy..."
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Akashi slowly read out all the schools on the battle list.
"If you want to enter the metropolitan competition, only the top two will be selected."
"Although we will only play three games, we will be required to play five games each time."
"No. 1, 6, 7, and 12 are all seeded teams and will all have a bye in the first round."
Moving his fingers slowly to explain, Akashi's eyes finally fell on Teiko's name.
"No. 11."
"That means we have to defeat the No. 10 Sunata Valley Academy first, then play the No. 12 seed team Honma Academy, and then the finals."
"It looks pretty good."
Vulcan also sat astride the chair and said happily after knowing the next arrangement.
"Bah..."
Murasakihara leaned back on the chair with a bored look, chewing snacks in his mouth, and was not interested in who his next opponent would be.
"It doesn't seem like a big deal. It's a strong school."
Bai Jin crossed his arms, stared at the battle table, and said bluntly.
"Be careful if you are so arrogant. You will suffer a lot."
Midorima glanced at Shirazu inexplicably, not understanding why Shirazu would say such "arrogant" words.
"Hey, I'm not looking forward to the regional competition anyway."
Hearing this, Bai Jin closed his eyes and replied nonchalantly.
In today's era, there are only a few schools that can truly be considered strong.
These schools in the regional competition are all unknowns.
The only one who has some impression is probably Saint Rudolph.
If I remember correctly, Guanyue is in this school now.
However, Saint Rudolph is also a new school established just two years ago, and the tennis club has not achieved any good results, so it is not well known.
Although Teikou Middle School has only been established for a few years...the tennis club also doesn't have a good reputation...
"Your confidence and speech always come out of nowhere."
Akashi was also very interested in hearing Shirazu's "arrogant" words. Of course, it was not about the words themselves, but about Shirazu as a person.
He has always seen people very clearly, but Bai Jin is a little exception.
Bai Jin's talent and growth will always exceed his expectations.
He could grasp the situation of Qingfeng and others without any surprise, but Bai Jin was different.
Just like the value that grows irregularly, it will unexpectedly exceed your imagination.
Even Chidori, who had long been tired of watching, before meeting Shirazu, Akashi never thought that any junior high school student could play such tennis.
Not to mention, if he didn't pay attention, he wouldn't be able to fight back stably.
Now Kagami and Aomine have to rely on their wildness to fight back steadily.
Simply relying on the naked eye to catch them, they can barely see a few balls, instead of maintaining such high concentration all the time.
It can be said that if other people were chosen by Akashi because of their special talents, Shirazu was chosen by him because of "technical unknowns".
In terms of speed, it is not as good as Qingfeng.
In terms of explosion, it is not as good as Vulcan.
In terms of endurance, he is not as good as Murasakibara.
Even Kuroko and Kise still have obvious abilities that are favored by others, and Midorima can also rely on a stable foundation to show off.
But in terms of technology, Baijin seems to be far ahead of them.
At least Akaashi couldn't hit a return shot as fast and penetrating as Chidori.
Not to mention the other moves Bai Jin has hidden away. You thought you would win if you cracked this move of his, but it turned out that he had another move.
When it comes to the number of times he has been slapped in the face, Akaashi has a deep understanding of it, otherwise he would not have been suddenly "sick" when he was a child.
Growing up with Shirazu, even Akashi couldn't see the upper limit of how powerful he was.
That's why Akashi is quite interested.
Maybe it wasn't him, but someone else's inner desire for control that was causing trouble.
That other self seems to be trying its best to control it in order to establish the ending.
That's right...
Now, except for Shirazu, no one in the team is beyond the control of Akashi Seijuro.
This is not blindness or arrogance, but a convinced fact.
But Bai Jin's unexpected growth was the only one that was curious, and therefore he couldn't draw a conclusion.
This also led to the fact that the other side of Akashi was extremely concerned about this matter. Things that he couldn't control really disgusted "him".
………………
"It's rare that you don't have to train today. How about going to the street tennis court over there to play?"
After school, Kise looked at Aomine with interest and invited.
"Are you talking about the one above the park?"
Hearing this, Qingfeng suddenly became excited and spoke.
"Yes, yes, although the stadium is not very standard and there is only one, there are many people there at night."
"Okay, let's go and play a few games. I don't know if there are any strong guys."
While the two were talking, they also made an appointment for the next trip.
And the class next door...
"Uh, is this for me and Kuroko?"
Bai Jin stared blankly at the white paper handed over by Momoi, scratching his head and saying helplessly.
"Nutrition table, Akashi-kun said it was obtained by some nutritionist. I compiled it and distributed it to you."
Momoi nodded and glanced at Akashi, who had already left his seat.
"Let me see..."
"this..."
"I'll try my best to arrange it this way..."
After taking the white paper, Bai Jin glanced at it and couldn't help but smacked his lips.
That guy Akashi is really good at twisting things. He has even produced a professional nutritional chart, but if he doesn't follow it, the person inside will definitely be very angry.
Even if he didn't say it on the surface, I'm afraid they would stare at him with a terrifying look. That guy would never allow anyone to disobey "him".
"It seems reasonable, I'll try it."
Unlike Bai Jin's unbearable look, Kuroko lay down with peace of mind.
"Huh? What are Aomine and Kise doing?"
But then, Shirazu turned around and saw Aomine and Kise who were about to walk out of the school through the window and said strangely.
"Along with Kise-kun?"
Even Heizi looked at the two people who were going out in surprise.
Logically speaking, Kise and Aomine took different routes home. If they weren't invited to go somewhere, they would definitely not take the same route.
"Ah! I guess we're going to the newly built street tennis court in the park..."
