"Long time no see, Kise."
"Yes, this is the first time we have met after the national competition."
Compared to Wakato and Kasamatsu's silence, Kise and Niou are much more familiar with each other.
As a team that once defeated high school students as a team of junior high school students, the relationship between the two is actually better than imagined.
Nothing else
The combination of Mimic and Phantom is a match made in heaven.
If they are on the same team, they have a huge deterrent effect.
Unfortunately, such external youth selection competitions are not common.
The two of them are still looking forward to playing with each other again.
"This time, I have a surprise for you."
With a mysterious smile, Niou glanced at Ruo Ren next to him, and then spoke.
"oh?"
"Then I'll wait and see."
"I hope it's not some kind of fraud."
Hearing Nioh's confident words, Kise raised his brows, full of expectation.
Then several people walked to each other's seats.
"This will be another interesting showdown."
Kagami stared at the people present, his eyes resting on Kise and Nioh.
Junior high school students all know how powerful the deceiver Nioh's "phantom" and "imitation" Kise are.
And they can't predict what will happen when the two people meet now.
(Well)
Kasamatsu hesitated for a while, looked at the two people on the opponent's court, and then squeezed the tennis ball in his hand.
The "tragic situation" of Kirihara and Imayoshi before was still vivid in his mind, which made him a little uneasy.
When the seniors decided to take action seriously, as first-year students, they could only stare blankly.
"Don't think so much. Didn't you do a good job in the Ice Emperor battle before?"
"Be careful, the opponent this time is much stronger."
"If you're not careful, you may really lose."
Knowing that the battle between Aomine and Mouri had affected his mentality, Kise comforted him for a while and then turned his attention to Nioh who remained the same.
"yes!"
Knowing that he was worrying too much, Kasamatsu hit the ball without hesitation.
"Snapped!"
The first person to catch the ball was Ruo Ren. He ran to the left position and hit back with a backhand.
"Then let me see what you want to do, Nioh."
Shifting his vision to the front, Kise didn't rush to imitate anyone, but deliberately hit the ball towards Nioh.
"Pfft."
But in Kise's strange gaze, Niou did not phantom into someone else, but played ball in his true form.
"boom!"
"Snapped!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Wow!"
Counterattacks came one after another. Contrary to everyone's expectations, they fought quite smoothly.
(Don’t you plan to take action first?)
After testing a few hands, he found that Nioh still had no intention of taking action, and Kise didn't know what kind of gourd he was selling.
"Then I'm going to strike first."
Looking at the tennis ball bouncing in front of him, Kise didn't intend to delay it any longer, but was preparing to attack with "Chidori".
"Ruoren, here we come."
"Go try it."
Niou already knew what was going to happen next when Kise took the pose, so he reminded Wakato next to him.
"yes!"
Not daring to be careless at all, Ruo Ren stared at Kise's movements with his eyes wide open, and his whole aura became fierce.
"Squeak!"
Birds chirped, and rapid lightning flashed through the field like a torrent.
"Crack!"
"What?!"
But the next moment, Ruoren's figure flashed in front of the ball amid thunderous thunder. He held the racket tightly with both hands, raised it, and chopped it down like a tomahawk.
"Move like thunder!"
"boom!!"
"15-0!!"
Even Kise was stunned by the sudden movement.
"Is that Sanada's Moving Like Thunder?"
"No, no, it feels a lot less powerful."
"Not only the power, but also the speed and accuracy are not at Sanada's level."
People familiar with it immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Ruo Renhong"
"Has a talent for imitation."
"I see."
Akashi remembered the information mentioned in the previous intelligence and murmured in a low voice.
"That means he and Huang Zai have the same talent?"
Murasakihara looked at Ruo Ren in confusion and asked strangely.
"It can't be considered exactly the same."
"Kise's imitation is not only based on movements, but even his own strength and speed are reproduced."
"But that first grader is different. Although he imitated it very well, he obviously just imitated the body."
Bai Jin observed it carefully for a while, and then explained.
"That's right, although Sanada's Thunderous Movement was used, the power, speed, and accuracy are all very different."
"Chidori hit back at Kise, and he almost lost his grip on the racket and hit it out of bounds."
"His imitation cannot reproduce his own situation like Kise. To be honest, he prefers to imitate his playing style and style."
"The moves are incidental."
Everyone was chatting with each other, and they were full of interest in this new "imitation" player.
"How about this surprise?"
Nioh looked at Kise's surprised look and immediately laughed.
"Oh, I'm really surprised."
"I didn't expect that besides me, there are also players who are loyal to imitating."
"Although I'm a little different on the inside, it seems like I've been well developed and educated by you."
After coming back to his senses, Kise smiled and responded seriously.
"It's thanks to my contact with you that I know how to train him."
"Although it's not very effective now and can only imitate individual bodies to match its own physical abilities, it will definitely become stronger in the future."
Shaking his head, Niou turned his head and glanced at Wakatohiro, feeling full of hope for him.
When he saw Ruoren's imitation for the first time, he knew that this person was a talent.
Even if this imitation is only good at playing style and style, it is enough in many cases.
And Niou knew very well that Wakato's imitation was better than Kise's in one aspect.
That is.
If Renhong can imitate the playing style and tennis style of professional players, and even master some of the techniques...
Unfortunately, although it can imitate the movements of professional players, the techniques and moves it uses are all derived from its own.
It's not like Kise who needs to improve his physical fitness in order to imitate it completely. He just needs to observe more and use it on himself, although the techniques he uses are only up to his own level.
"It seems like there will be a lot of great newcomers this year."
When thinking about the situation of Hyotei, Yamabuki, and Seigaku, Kise couldn't be surprised by the situation in front of him.
"Keep playing, Kasamatsu, it's okay to lose one goal."
After understanding the principle of Ruo Ren's imitation, Kise felt relieved.
It's just that this situation is not worth mentioning to him now.
"yes!"
As he prepared to kick the second ball, Kasamatsu took a few deep breaths. At least Wakato's current imitation was half-assed, so the pressure wasn't that great.
Otherwise, with the convenience of imitation, it would be a headache.
(End of chapter)
