"Just to make sure, are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious."
"Even if you know you may put others in danger?"
"I will control it appropriately."
"It's not up to you."
"."
Late at night, Longya found Nanjiro again and explained his purpose.
"I don't think you can maintain your control if your opponent has strength far beyond imagination."
"Once you are not sure, it is easy to ruin a player's future."
As if he had read through Long Ya's thoughts, Nanjiro put away the newspaper in his hand and said seriously.
"I accept that something like that could happen"
"But that's definitely not a reason why I would give up and not play."
"I've been doing pretty well with the Jabberwock for so long."
Long Ya also knew that although his opponent was a junior high school student like him, he was definitely not simple.
To be able to defeat a high school student like Nash, his strength will definitely not be weaker than those masters he has encountered before.
"You kid, you suddenly became stubborn."
"Obviously you are not a guy with a strong sense of belonging."
"Did those people change you?"
Nanjiro scratched his head, looked at Long Ya in front of him, and suddenly commented.
"People always have something they care about"
"Just like you will give up the title of champion, right?"
Long Ya grabbed the racket on the table and asked, "As the friendship deepens, there will always be some things that cannot be let go."
"Hey, brat, you're talking about me instead."
"Okay, I promise you."
"But you have to promise me"
"If something unexpected happens, you'd better give me a waiver."
Grinning, Nanjiro knew that he would never give up, and then spoke seriously.
The tone was quite serious, perhaps the most severe moment in Long Ya's memory.
"You don't need to tell me, if it goes too far, I will give up myself."
………………
"This is our first meeting. My name is Echizen Ryuya. Hello."
The very next day, Qingxue's tennis club welcomed a "ronin".
"Are you the kid's brother?"
Kikumaru looked at Ryuya who was brought by Sumire Ryuzaki and asked immediately.
"yes."
"He's really fun."
"Oh? I think so too."
Seeing that Kikumaru became familiar with each other instantly, Oishi didn't know what to say for a while.
"Tezuka, he is the number one singles player who failed to compete on the Jabberwock team in the youth trials, right?"
Fuji frowned, looked at Echizen Ryuya, and felt an unusual aura from him and spoke.
"Ah, it's him."
At that time, this person's name was included in the list announced on the big screen, and Tezuka would naturally not forget it.
It's just that although they cared about this person's last name at the beginning, they never understood the situation.
Later, many times at his home, he learned that Ryuya was once the adopted son of Nanjiro.
but
Why, as a member of the Jabberwock team, would he transfer to a youth school and join their tennis club?
“I always feel like there’s some conspiracy hidden there.”
Inui Sadaharu pushed up his glasses. To be honest, this situation was not expected at all.
It seems that the club has a strong reinforcement, but it is inexplicably unsettling.
"Please give me your advice, Minister."
Entering the queue, Long Ya looked at Tezuka with a smile and said hello without any fear of strangers.
"Hello."
Tezuka replied politely, but Tezuka just glanced at him and said nothing else.
Only when he is free to train will everyone have the opportunity to come into contact with him
"Echizen, do you want to have a fight with me?"
"OK."
Facing the invitation from Kikumaru, Long Ya readily agreed.
"Do you want heads or tails?"
"Take the opposite."
"OK your serve."
After deciding on the right to serve, Kikumaru stood inside and waited for Ryuya's serve.
At the same time, Tezuka and others gathered around to watch.
They are also curious about the level of this No. 1 singles player who was supposed to participate in the coaching competition.
"coming soon."
Hitting the ball, the violent spin caused the ball to pass through the net and land on the ground with a commotion.
"Spin serve?"
Kikumaru recognized the standard precursor at a glance. The moment he dodged, he wanted to fight back, but was a beat too late.
"0-15!"
With Oishi's announcement, it was predicted that the score would be valid.
"As expected of that brat's brother, your off-spin serve is much better than his."
Unprepared and caught off guard, Kikumaru praised in surprise.
"It's nothing, I just practice more than him."
Responding with a smile, Long Ya began to prepare for the next serve.
"Unfortunately, I won't be fooled this time!"
This time, faced with an outspin serve, Kikumaru turned back to avoid the ball coming from his face, and at the same time hit the ball back with his head turned.
(Trick shot?)
"boom!"
"15-15!!"
"You are really amazing."
Long Ya held the racket, glanced at the returning tennis ball, and then smiled.
"of course!"
Not feeling anything wrong, Kikumaru simply responded.
"Then I'm going to do it differently this time."
Instead of continuing to hit outspin serves, he hit fast serves.
"boom!!"
"What a fast serve!"
"Caught!!"
With his own dynamic vision, Kikumaru combined with his agile and soft body, it was possible to block this ball.
The ball was returned, but Long Ya stood still and aimed at the bottom line.
He seems to be playing very easily now, but he has to go through precise thinking in his heart.
Otherwise you will be careless.
It will take away Kikumaru's stunt skills.
"boom!!"
"15-30!!"
There was no chance of Kikumaru catching the ball a second time, so Ryuya used a little more strength.
This is also what he often does in the Jabberwock team.
In order not to devour other people's abilities or skills, either he cannot catch the opponent's ball, or he plays the ball that the opponent cannot catch.
For example, when facing Kikumaru Eiji, when he is serving, he will first have a chance for Kikumaru to fight back.
That is to say, nothing will happen when receiving the serve.
But once Ryuya hits the ball back again and Kikumaru goes to catch it a second time, swallowing will be triggered.
Therefore, Long Ya's choice was very simple. His second counterattack had to be prevented by Kikumaru.
As long as this problem is avoided, playing with teammates is actually not difficult.
As for Kikumaru's serve, he also had to score points directly with one ball and could not let Kikumaru touch the ball a second time.
"The game is over, the score is 4-6!"
"Damn it! You are really awesome!!!"
"so so"
……………
"What do you think? Tezuka?"
Fuji squinted at Echizen Ryuya's performance, but felt something was wrong.
"He's hiding his strength."
Without any appearance of being embarrassed, Tezuka spoke directly.
"He never let Kikumaru catch the ball a second time."
"This seems to be the point he's been targeting."
Gan Sadaharu couldn't understand why Long Ya's playing style was so strange?
Every time, Kikumaru was unable to catch the ball again, and sometimes he would even deliberately let go of the ball he could catch so that Kikumaru could score.
Without knowing Long Ya himself, they were right to have doubts, because this style of play was so strange.
(End of chapter)
