"Ha, kid, you can't beat me!"
"It's not even close!"
Among Qingxue's clubs, an "uninvited guest" came to their training ground on the second day after the trial.
"This is my son, Echizen Ryoma."
"He said he wanted to compete with you."
They were very strange when they saw Nanjiro coming with a young boy.
But after hearing its name and introduction, the feeling of strangeness disappeared.
"Kikumaru seems to be having a lot of fun playing with him."
Fuji squinted and looked at the two people playing in the stadium and said.
"It's true Eiji, the others are still elementary school students."
Oishi stared at this scene troubled, thinking about how to educate Kikumaru afterwards.
"As expected of the coach's son, even though Eiji is not serious, he can still keep up with a few moves."
Inui Sadaharu and the others were as if they had discovered a fun toy, and they all watched the game between the two of them during the break.
"Ouch, it's useless for me to serve like this again."
Offspin serve…
It is obviously Ryoma's specialty, and he has repeatedly succeeded in competitions.
But the Kikumaru in front of him didn't accept this trick at all. He just turned around and beat him back easily.
The tricky hitting angle forced Ryoma to slide on the court to try to catch the ball.
"boom!"
But in the end he still failed to catch the corner ball that bounced off the ground.
"hateful…"
After muttering, Ryoma was somewhat unwilling to do so.
"Haha, you've already lost three games, are you still coming?"
Kikumaru didn't seem to have consumed too much at all, but asked happily.
"Of course! Senior, please fight with me again."
After hearing Kikumaru's words, Ryoma was not discouraged, but said seriously with bright eyes.
"That's a nice look, isn't it, Tezuka."
Fuji crossed his arms and smiled at the reluctant attitude.
"Tezuka?"
But after waiting for a while, he found that the person calling had no answer. He turned around and looked over, only to find that Tezuka seemed to be thinking about something, and was rarely distracted.
"Uh, nothing."
Realizing that Fuji was calling him, Tezuka came to his senses and answered.
"Sorry, I have something to do today and need to go back early."
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the coach didn't say today, free training."
When Tezuka tried to leave, Fuji did not stop him, but recalled the scene he saw in the club room before.
A strange letter was held in Tezuka's hands at that time...
Although I didn't see the specific content, it must be something important that Tezuka was very concerned about.
But Fuji didn't ask, but waited for him to figure it out before explaining.
………
Wearing casual clothes, Tezuka was walking under the sunset with a golf bag on his back.
Invitation letter to u17 training camp...
That was the letter he received this morning, which stated various reasons for inviting him to go there.
After seeing the content clearly, Tezuka hesitated for a moment.
The place itself is a "holy place" specially created to train players. If you can train there, you will definitely be able to improve very well.
But……
He was the only one in the entire Qing School who was invited.
Moreover, the rules and regulations are also very strict, and it is not clear whether he will be able to participate in the national competition in the future.
In this situation, Tezuka was very confused.
He doesn't want to leave Seigaku's teammates behind, but he also wants to compete against Teikou, Hyotei, and Tatekai again in the national competition.
His preference is actually more towards the latter.
Challenges across the country with teammates are even more attractive now.
But the training camp is also a place worth visiting. If you miss it this time, it’s hard to say when you will have the opportunity next time.
"Snapped!"
When he arrived at the street tennis court, he found a chair and sat down while watching the people competing.
As the sky grew dark, people gradually left the venue, and finally only Tezuka was left sitting on a chair, thinking.
"Wow!"
But when he lowered his head, a racket suddenly appeared in front of him, which made him startled.
"Huh?"
"This is a rare visitor."
"Really? Birchland."
"yes!"
Even without raising his head at that familiar tone, Tezuka still knew who it was.
Atobe Keigo……
"What's wrong? You look so confused. That doesn't look like you, Tezuka."
Looking at Tezuka, Atobe suddenly spoke.
"Why are you here, Atobe?"
Instead of answering his question, he mentioned the other party's purpose.
"Huh? What are you talking about? This place is almost my territory. I come here often..."
"Not to mention, we have an appointment today..."
Atobe raised his head nonchalantly and said proudly.
"Pap..."
"This scene seems to have happened before..."
When footsteps sounded, Tezuka was startled by those soft words.
Looking up, a familiar face in casual clothes appeared there.
Yukimura Seiichi...
"No need to be surprised. I just came back yesterday, so I plan to stay in Tokyo for two more days."
"I was just bored, so Atobe invited me out to play ball tonight."
He seemed to understand Tezuka's doubts and explained with a smile.
"I see…"
Knowing the reason why Atobe and Yukimura appeared, Tezuka understood it.
"It's just right. Let's play tennis. I'll catch you all in one go."
"You talk too much, be careful not to reach your waist..."
"bring it on!"
When the battle began, Atobe, Yukimura, and Tezuka all laughed.
Only Huadi stood silently outside.
………
"Hey, your five senses are getting better and better."
Sitting on the ground without grace, Atobe spoke with an unhappy face.
"You're talking as if you haven't made any progress."
Yukimura put on his coat, held the racket in his hand, looked at Atobe and answered.
"..."
Before Tezuka said anything, Atobe had already turned his head and looked over.
"So...why do you still keep that useless thing? Tezuka."
As if seeing through his previous confusion, Atobe said bluntly.
What he was looking at was the invitation that had accidentally fallen out of Tezuka's coat pocket during the confrontation just now.
"Atobe...you..."
"I've torn it off..."
Interrupting the other party's words, Atobe seemed to be describing an insignificant matter.
"Sure enough, you two received it?"
Yukimura looked at the two of them, but his tone didn't change at all.
"Yukimura, judging from the situation, they probably didn't give it to you. Instead, they sent it to Nioh, right?"
Thinking about the situation in the trials, Atobe was somewhat angry with the guy who sent the letter.
Although we were not from the same school, this inexplicable attitude of being looked down upon made Atobe very unhappy.
He was invited, Tezuka was invited, but what did it mean without Yukimura?
Is this your attitude just because Yukimura didn't play in the trials?
"It's nothing, I don't care too much about this kind of thing."
There was some comfort in my heart, and Yukimura didn't care too much.
"First of all, I have no interest in the so-called U17 until I'm done with Di Guang and you two."
Without any hesitation, Atobe directly expressed his attitude.
"What a coincidence, maybe we all thought the same thing."
When Yukimura heard this, he suddenly laughed when he recalled Niou tearing up the invitation letter in front of everyone.
"Yeah... now is not the time."
Looking at Atobe and Yukimura, Tezuka recalled everything he had experienced before and confirmed his thoughts.
The reason why he hesitated was because he still had "nostalgia".
Not only for Dashi and the others, but also for these familiar opponents.
He actually felt more sorry for this invitation...
If only this thing could come later, instead of now...
"Tear..."
The shredded paper was thrown into the trash can... and the hesitation was also taken away.
ps:
There should be one more chapter... I may not be able to finish the fifth chapter today
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