19:30
Tokyo Station...
"Sorry, have you waited for a long time?"
"No, I just arrived too."
Momoi looked at Shirazu who was picking up the ball with his racket, waved his hand and leaned over and said.
Seeing Momoi's arrival, Shiratsu stopped what he was doing, put the tennis ball into his trouser pocket, and put the racket under his arm.
This time, Momoi came out wearing a fitted sportswear instead of the school uniform she always wore. She had a ponytail and a hat on her head. She looked very lively and cute.
On the other hand, Shirazu is always wearing the Teiko Tennis Club uniform and jacket.
For him, there is probably no more comfortable clothing than this.
The two of them immediately started walking towards the bustling neighborhood.
There was still some time before the movie they wanted to watch, so the two of them just walked around the mall and streets.
"It depends on the time. The match agreed between Kise-kun and Akashi-kun is about to begin."
After looking at the clock on the roadside, Momoi glanced at Shirazu and said.
19:55
"almost."
After hearing Momoi mention this matter, Bai Jin also remembered it, but he was not interested in it.
"Xiaobai, you really don't seem to care at all."
"Obviously Xiao Huang has great potential now."
Turning around in front of Bai Jin, with her hands behind her back, Momoi looked into Bai Jin's eyes and said.
"Potential is potential, not the same as current strength."
"You also know that Kise can never be Akaashi's opponent now."
He shook his head, not that Kise couldn't do it, but that his opponent was Akashi, which meant that Kise couldn't win.
"Maybe, he obviously works very hard."
"If he can really imitate to a deeper level, it will be possible to surpass Akashi-kun."
Thinking of Kise's performance during these times, Momoi couldn't help but feel happy.
Although he was a layman at first, his hard work and talent are definitely not fake.
"Beyond Akaashi...?"
Hearing Momoi's compliment to Kise, Shirazu repeated it without rushing to refute.
Momoi still understands Akashi only where it is shown.
However, it's no wonder, because Momoi didn't observe Akashi when he really showed his strength.
But Bai Jin knows very well...
Not only does Akashi possess the Eyes of the Self and the Emperor of Heaven, he even possesses the Zone.
Unfortunately, Akaashi's control over his abilities has cracked.
Zone and the Eye of the Emperor are exclusive to Ura Akashi, while the state of selflessness is exclusive to Omot Akashi.
Neither party has ever crossed the line and used each other. In Bai Jin's opinion, it is the different characteristics of the two personalities.
Perhaps when the two become one one day, Akashi can truly exert his "full power".
Just like he showed in the animation.
However, even so, the current Akashi is not something Kise can handle.
Kise's foundation is there, but his potential has not been fully developed, and his strength is too average.
If his upper limit is just a perfect imitation, it is simply a few minutes of being the God of War.
However, when tennis encounters a strong opponent, it is impossible to defeat the opponent in just a few minutes, let alone the following world championships which will still have a BO3 format.
If you can only stand up for a few minutes and then fall to the ground, you can't be called a strong person at all, because you can't win the game...
And now Kise can't even imitate his Chidori and Rasengan. Although his starting "realm" is obviously very high, he seems to have completely failed to understand the mystery.
Shirazu could more or less guess the reason why Akaashi proposed training with Kise.
…………
"You arrived really early."
Akashi couldn't help but said as he saw Kise arriving at the reserved stadium early to wait.
"Because the thought of facing off against Akashi-chan makes me very excited."
Kise tightened the racket in his hand, his tone full of excitement.
Who doesn't know that Akashi is the one who takes the least shots in the school, and it is almost rare to have a fight with him.
Although Bai Jin is also very powerful, everyone is used to fighting him, and there is no overreaction to him.
Only Akashi, they had less contact on the court.
But judging from other people's words and performances, Akashi is definitely not weaker than Shirazu.
"clatter..."
Akashi turned his head and glanced at the people sitting on the referee's chair, as if there was nothing unexpected.
"Huh? I was thinking that you must be short of referees, so don't get me wrong."
Midorima did not reveal his intention to watch the battle at all, but said with a "Don't get me wrong" expression.
"Really, Lu Zai clearly doesn't care at all, so he has to act indifferent."
Murasakihara stood outside the stadium eating snacks, looking at Midorima sitting on the referee's bench and shaking his head.
"What I'm saying is that you are so dishonest even though you just want to watch the football match up close."
Kagami, Kuroko, and Aomine were also standing nearby, looking into the field and saying.
Although it was just an ordinary practice match within the team, everyone valued each other.
No matter how they watch it, they can always learn something or gain insights from it.
Because of this, it grew faster...
"Then let's get started."
Akashi and Kise had already warmed up before arriving at the venue, so there was no need to warm up on site.
(Hey...)
Kise walked outside the baseline, picked up the tennis ball in his hand and hit it on the ground a few times, while staring at Akashi.
Akashi was seen waiting for the serve with a calm expression.
"ha!"
He raised the racket in his hand and swung it hard. The ball quickly passed through the net, landed on the center line and bounced up.
Akashi just took a step forward and hit the ball back with a horizontal stroke.
The landing point of this ball happened to be on the opposite baseline that Kise should not be able to reach.
"call!"
Seeing the ball bouncing on the extreme edge of the right area, Kise's expression suddenly turned cold, and his temperament also changed.
He ran over at a fast speed, intercepted the ball easily, and then hit it back.
"Snapped!"
"15-0!"
This ball was based on the position directly opposite, but it landed on the edge of Akashi and bounced.
Midorima looked at Akashi who didn't move and declared the score.
"How about it!"
After scoring a goal, Kise recovered from his "cold" state and asked Akashi excitedly.
"Sure enough, the speed is the same as Dahui."
"Go on, Ryota."
"Hey, I'm going to get on with it then!"
"ha!"
After sending the ball out, Akashi chased it and easily hit a lob, causing Kise to jump high.
"Snapped!"
With a violent swing of the racket, like a whistling sound, the tennis ball hit Akaashi hard and bounced up behind him.
"30-0!"
First it was Aomine, and this time it was Kagami...
Nowadays, Kise is getting better and better at imitating their movements and "characteristics".
