"Oh, it's so rare, Akashi-chan, Shirazu-chan, and Momoi-chan."
"You didn't work overtime."
Kise was running at the school's training ground when he suddenly caught a glimpse of three familiar figures, then ran over and smiled.
Logically speaking, these three people should be discussing how to set up a formation to fight against the Ice Emperor. After all, this is the case during important pre-game moments.
Sometimes we will discuss things after school, including personnel arrangements and playing styles.
For this reason, Kise jokingly calls it "overtime".
But this morning's game had just ended, and it was rare to see the three of them in casual clothes in the afternoon.
"Qiang Qiang!"
"It's just that I've been prepared for it."
Hearing this, Momoi raised an index finger and shook it, and spoke confidently.
"We don't have to worry."
"After all, the choice lies with Atobe."
Akashi was wearing a coat, standing in the middle, looking at Kise and answering.
"Does he have a choice?"
"No choice."
Bai Jin glanced at the two people and felt that there was more irony in it.
In the decisive battle against Hyokui, the choice lies with Atobe?
What kind of "method of death" do you mean?
How Hyotei, who is severely out of action, can perform depends on Atobe and Tokugawa.
The remaining Himuro, Tachibana and others no longer pose a threat to them.
So this game is not about how their Emperor Guang ranks, but how the Ice Emperor chooses.
To reach this point this year, it can be said that Hyotei has burned incense and has two giant Buddhas, Atobe and Tokugawa.
Otherwise, Yamabuki might drag them down, just like what Shitenbao Temple did last year.
Therefore, it is easy to predict the lineup that Ice King will be able to play. They can only play in the first three games, so what other choices are there?
If you don't use your strongest fighting power to give it a try, are you just waiting to be sent home without even playing?
"That's true."
Kise thought for a while, and it seemed that Hyokui really didn't have anything extra to do, so he smiled awkwardly.
He originally wanted to make fun of the three of them while they were free, but it seemed like there was no chance now.
"So, what are you doing?"
"I was just shopping with Murasakihara and the others. I went back to school to see if there was any idiot doing boring training."
"Ah?! Why don't you call me for this kind of thing?"
"Pfft, why did Kise-kun come back so excitedly at noon today and run away?"
"I didn't know this would happen at all!"
After hearing the reason, Kise's face froze. He rubbed his knees on the ground and held his head in grief, shouting.
"But it looks like there's more than one idiot."
Akashi smiled, agreeing with Bai Jin's statement, and then turned his attention to a few people in the stadium not far away.
There
Imayoshi, Takao, Kasamatsu, and Hinata are sparring, and Reiko Aida next to them is constantly giving corresponding suggestions.
"It's great to be young."
"Xiaobai, you are talking about the same old thing."
"He'll be Ben San's old guy soon."
"We don't have much time left."
"You will only be in the third grade of National Science and Technology next year. You are also a third grader, so you will be a third grader? How can you say this?"
Although she had long been accustomed to his wonderful words, Momoi couldn't help but "find fault" after hearing the other party's sigh.
"However, in the subsequent eras, if there are no strong players like ours, there will be much less pressure on them."
Akashi knew what Bai Jin meant.
They will enter the third level of the national level next year, and although Imayoshi and the others are superior in strength among ordinary players, they are far from the top players.
Once they all graduate from this miracle class and the subsequent successors are not very good, then there will be no so-called four consecutive championships.
But if we look at it according to the standards of the normal era, the standards of Kasamatsu and others are actually quite good.
In terms of subsequent growth, he can be said to be on par with Ju Juping and Liu Lian.
As long as there are no players of their caliber appearing, domination is not a big problem.
"It's not that easy."
"After all, the last prince hasn't appeared yet."
Although they wanted to make this group of people stronger, they couldn't withstand training on a scale like Miracle, so they could only try to do it slowly.
Taking into account Ryoma and Kintaro Toyama who will appear next year, these are the two most heavyweight players in the tennis world.
One is the world's strongest prince who has been "accompanied" since childhood and has a growth rate of "?", and the other is the "wild boy" who can be inseparable from him in just a few months.
"Is it your so-called intuition again?"
"You also said that you can't see the future?"
Having long been accustomed to Bai Jin's "prophecy", Oya Akashi rarely choked him.
"Hey"
"Still a long way to go"
……………
"Hey, Tatsuya, have you been waiting for a long time?"
"not at all."
Kagami waved his hand and gathered Himuro in front of the station, and then the two of them walked towards the street.
"Will you play in tomorrow's game?"
Stopping in front of a toy shooting store, Kagami touched the gun in his hand and pointed it at the items in front of him, while asking Himuro who was also shooting.
"Who knows."
"That's something for the minister to decide."
"I have no right to interfere."
Aiming at the toy that looked like a tennis ball, Himuro pulled the trigger in his hand and responded softly.
"boom!"
"Although I still want to fight you, it will definitely be very difficult this time, right?"
With a hit, with the boss's congratulatory expression on his face, Himuro got the toy and handed it to Kagami before speaking.
The last time he won, it was purely because of Vulcan's style of play that he was beaten to death.
But if you fight again, the result may be different.
The Vulcan who has mastered another dimension, once that power is used, Himuro will not be able to resist even with all his strength.
In addition to the internal reasons of Ice Emperor, whether he can fight against him is another matter.
"Then let's cheer each other on."
"Although I don't know if I can play."
Taking the tennis toy from Himuro, Kagami also gave him the same thing.
"That's true."
Seeing Kagami bringing the same thing, Himuro's complicated thoughts were calmed down, and Himuro smiled helplessly.
"Big I."
"Tennis is such a joyful sport."
"of course!"
……………
"Crack!!!"
"Oh oh oh!!"
The sound of cannons sounded around the venue, and the shouts of the huge crowd inside also signaled the start of the last game of the year.
"Please give me some advice!!"
"Please give me some advice!!"
People from both sides lined up in front of the net, looking at each other.
"Who will be my opponent today?"
Looking at Akashi in front of him, Atobe asked with a hint.
"Oh, maybe it's him?"
Omo Akashi turned a blind eye to Atobe's provocation and responded with a smile on his face.
"That's really good."
(End of chapter)
