The Great Demon King of Internet

Chapter 8, Guidance

The night before heading to Yamabuki Junior High School.

"Setsuna, grandpa has something to discuss with you."

"Grandpa, please tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's about Qingshi Qingchun."

"Qingchun Qianshi? Oh, he's the student with C-level potential on the list, right?"

"Yes, actually, he was not on the list at the beginning. I asked Mifune to add him to the list. Although this kid has some potential, he is not yet astonishingly talented. Moreover, his mentality has become very serious. questions, he became too arrogant and frivolous. Therefore, the investigators sent by Mifune believed that Qianshi’s training was not of high value. However, grandpa did not want him to waste his talent, so..."

"It doesn't matter, grandpa. No one is a saint, and selfishness is inevitable. What does grandpa want me to do?"

"I hope you can give him a strong dose of medicine and use your 'trick'..."

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Time returns to this moment.

Facing Setsuna's invitation, everyone in the Yamabuki Tennis Club lowered their heads, like children who had not mastered the knowledge and were avoiding the head teacher's roll call.

Seeing everyone's frightened look, Setsuna smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, Qianshi is in a different situation than you, so I treated you specially. Next, we will simply try the ball and find out the problems with you. I will Hold back your strength, I won't strike too harshly."

Ji Muji sighed and stood up.

"I'll do it. After all, if you want to compete for the position of minister, you will eventually have to fight me."

Setsuna shook his head and said: "Senior, there is something I think it is best to make it clear. I am not bound to get the position of minister. If senior is confident that he can manage the tennis club well while taking care of his studies, then I have no objection to the senior continuing to serve as the minister. However, your training plan must be completely led by me. After all, you have too many problems with your game and your training methods are too backward."

Jimushi looked at Setsuna's sincere eyes and nodded: "I understand, then I'll go warm up first."

Setsuna turned back to look at Onoe Aie and Shinto Midakichi: "Ogami-senpai, Shinto Midakichi, you two should also warm up together. Shinto Midakichi and I team up, let's try doubles."

"Double?"

"Of course, Yoshiki-senpai, you are mainly focused on doubles, so of course we have to look for omissions in this aspect. Practicing singles with you, even if we find problems, is unnecessary."

After a second thought, Yoshiki Chi agreed with Setsuna's view, and warmed up with Onoe Aie in a tacit understanding.

Shinto Midakichi was very nervous: "You and I have never cooperated with Setsuna. I'm worried...otherwise, we should find Masami Higashikata and Kentaro Minami."

Setsuna patted him on the shoulder: "Be confident, my boss said you have pretty good doubles qualifications. For a while, just follow your instincts and I will hold the court for you."

Not long after, the two groups of doubles bowed to each other on both sides of the court, with Yuji Narita Jr. serving as the referee.

"Yoshiki Satoshi, Onoe Aie's combination VS Hata Setsuna, Shintomi Inaki's combination, the winner will be decided in one set. Yoshiki Satoshi, Onoue Aie's serve, let's start!"

Doubles in tennis are completely different from singles. In a combination, even if one person is extremely powerful, if the other person is not capable enough, he will also fall into a disadvantage.

With the tacit understanding between Yoshiki Satoshi and Onoe Aie, they naturally bypassed Setsuna and looked for the shortcomings of Shinto Midamiaki.

Faced with the joint attack of Yoshiki Satoshi and Onoe Aie, Niwatomi Inakichi, who was not mentally prepared, was in a hurry and lost the ball repeatedly.

"Game, Yoshiki Satoshi, Onoe Aie's combination won this game, 1:0"

In the blink of an eye, Setsuna and Shinto Midakichi lost a game.

After another round of battle, Mi Daoji's serve was the same as in the first game. He continued to receive double care from the two seniors.

But this time, he stabilized his mood and did not lose points too quickly. He was even able to see back and forth several times at a time.

Setsuna was watching the show leisurely on the side, stimulating the mental trait of "macro and micro control" and observing the details of the other three players on the field.

Yoshiki Chi, Ogami Aie. The two seniors have polished the basics well, and their tennis style is quite satisfactory. Although there is nothing that stands out, they have not deviated from the framework of traditional tennis play. Both are endurance athletes, Yoshiki Satoshi's mental trait is cautious, and Onoe Aie's mental trait is sharp. Satoshi Yoshiki is good at backcourt pulling, while Onoe Aie is good at smashes and frontcourt volleys. Therefore, in the early cooperation between the two, Ogami Aie assisted Yoshiki Satoshi in controlling the field and tried to capture the fighter opportunities. In the later stage, Yoshiki Satoshi assisted Ogami Aie in scoring points.

As for Xindu Midaoji, his basic skills are a bit worse. However, he is a competitive player and his mental trait is adaptability. Faced with the opponent's siege, he chose to use a lob, hoping to bypass the volley of Ogami Aie in the front row and engage in a 1V1 with Satoshi Yoshiki in the backcourt. Unfortunately, the feel of the ball is off. The lob will either give Aie Ogami a chance to smash, or it will go out of the baseline. Judging from Shinto Midaikichi's performance, it seems that he can't force the two seniors to do anything more.

Forget it, I'll just put in a little more effort in the next round.

"Game, Yoshiki Satoshi, Onoe Aie's combination won this game, 2:0"

Shintami Daikichi breathed heavily and apologized to Setsuna: "I'm sorry, I was targeted by two seniors."

Setsuna comforted him: "It doesn't matter. You just need to return the serve well in the next round of service. Leave all the return work to me after that. But I want you to move well, okay?"

Xindu Midaoji nodded solemnly: "Leave it to me."

In the third game, Ogami Aiejie served, and Shinto Midaiki received the serve first.

This time, Setsuna changed from normal and significantly increased his running range.

During this period, although Nito Midakichi was reduced to a supporting role, he actively moved and got every ball to where it should be.

Setsuna observed Shinto Midakichi with his peripheral vision, nodded secretly, and increased the strength of his counterattack.

The pressure on Yoshiki Satoshi and Onoe Aie instantly increased, because Setsuna's every ball return was aimed at the place where they felt most uncomfortable.

If they want to volley at the net, the tennis ball will be aimed at their feet. If they want backcourt pull, the tennis ball will add side spin, increasing their running range.

Yoshiki couldn't help but marvel at Setsuna's power, being able to suppress their combination with just one person.

Moreover, Onoe Aie revealed to Yoshiki Satoshi that Setsuna was wearing weight-bearing training clothes during the warm-up.

Yoshiki Satoshi did understand why Setsuna had the confidence to point them out.

"Game, 2:1"

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"Game, 2:2"

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The field returned to a tie situation.

Yoshiki took a long breath, turned around and whispered: "The next game is my serve game. Let's use the Australian formation. Let's restore the decline in one fell swoop."

Onoe Aie nodded: "Well, he carries a full 300 kilograms of weight. If even the Australian formation can handle it easily, we might as well admit defeat."

The Australian formation, also known as the Australian formation. It is the most widely spread and practical tactic in tennis doubles. In doubles, the server will stand near the midpoint of the backcourt, and his partner will stand in front of the net on the same side. The two are close to a straight line. This formation can disrupt the opponent's habit of counterattacking diagonal balls and force the opponent to return the ball according to their own ideas.

Although this formation has been around for a long time, most doubles combinations can only do a superficial job and fail to use its essence at all.

Because the cooperation of the front and rear players and the different service angles will lead to different changes in the details of the formation.

Therefore, to use the Australian formation, doubles members need high basic skills and extremely tacit coordination capabilities.

Yoshiki Satoshi and Onoe Aie have been playing doubles for three years. During this period, they have practiced the Australian formation countless times, and they think they are very proficient in this tactic.

Setsuna squinted and smiled: "Oh. Australian formation? Interesting. The key to the application of this formation lies in the pressure and hints brought by the formation, the ability to grasp the opportunity in the frontcourt, the judgment of the landing point in the backcourt, and the changes in the front and rear courts. The timing of changes between position speed, defense and attack, I wonder how much these two seniors have mastered these five flavors?"

An alarm bell rang in Jimu Zhi's mind. Not only his singles skills, but also did he know doubles so well?
  I was thinking in my heart, but my men didn't relax at all.

As the best doubles team in the entire Neon Junior High School, the long-term self-confidence of Satoshi Yoshiki and Aie Onoe will not be destroyed by Setsuna's simple remarks.

Setsuna, on the other hand, responded easily while making comments.

"The opening position was good and the pressure was great."

"The running speed must be even faster."

"The Australian formation is not a dead formation, and there is no need to rigidly maintain distance between positions."

“The switch from defense to offense is too slow.”

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In a few words, Yoshiki Chi found helplessly that even if he used the Australian formation trick, the gap between the two sides did not narrow, but instead widened further.

I didn't realize in the past that there were so many shortcomings in my and Onoe's understanding of the Australian formation.

In fact, Setsuna pointed out the flaws in the formation from a more professional perspective. With the current level of doubles for Neon Junior High School students, Satoshi Yoshiki and Aie Onoe are already at the top level in the country. At least the loopholes pointed out before are basically undiscoverable by doubles combinations from other schools. Even if discovered, it is difficult to utilize effectively.

"In the end, this is the biggest problem for the two seniors."

As he was speaking, he suddenly hit a curve ball, bypassing the defense of Aie Jiang at the end of the frontcourt and hitting an open space.

Satoshi Yoshiki, who was in the backcourt, subconsciously stepped forward to catch the ball, while Onoe Aie rushed from the frontcourt to the backcourt to fill in.

It was obviously just a routine change of positions, but the situation on the field took a turn for the worse.

Because Onoe Aie was targeted in the backcourt by Setsuna, while Satoshi Yoshiki was in a daze in the frontcourt.

For a long time, because Yoshiki has a good overall view, when applying the Australian formation, he is usually responsible for overseeing the overall situation in the backcourt, judging the ball's placement, and making reasonable adjustments to the formation.

And Ogami Aie has excellent ability to seize opportunities, so he is responsible for seizing opportunities in the frontcourt.

But when I switch between the two, I immediately feel constrained.

The support work of Aie Ue at the end of the backcourt was not done well, and Satoshi Yoshiki in the frontcourt missed many good opportunities due to hesitation.

"Game, 2:3, Hatada Setsuna and Shinto Midakichi won this game."

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"Game, 2:4, Hatada Setsuna and Shinto Midakichi won this game"

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"Game, Hatada Setsuna and Shinto Midakichi win, score 2:6"

Yoshiki Satoshi and Onoe Aie were sweating profusely, holding their knees with their hands and slowly regaining their breath.

In an instant, he was sweating slightly, but his breathing was still very steady.

"The two seniors must have discovered the problem. Although the Australian formation is powerful, problems can easily arise when switching between the front and backcourts. Yoshiki-senpai needs to strengthen his scoring ability in the frontcourt, and Onoe-senpai needs to strengthen his overall perspective."

The two of them were convinced, and they half-bowed to Setsuna and said, "Thank you, junior, for your guidance."

Setsuna nodded and continued to comment on Shinto Midakichi: "Your movement awareness is very good, but your judgment is mainly based on your own intuition, and sometimes it is easy to be affected by the hints given by the opponent. Therefore, in doubles, you You also need to learn to think about the situation rationally. In addition, your foundation is too poor. In the next stage, you should focus on improving your reaction ability, endurance, speed and hitting accuracy."

"Yes, thank you for your guidance."

Next up was the doubles team of Masami Higashikata and Kentaro Minami. The two had only been in doubles for a short time. Although the tacit understanding is not low, the code-playing method known as the "potato hero" has not yet been developed.

Setsuna randomly formed a team with an ordinary member and easily won with a score of "6:0".

Regarding this scene, Setsuna didn't make too many comments, but just asked the two to get along more with each other to improve their tacit understanding. At the same time, Masami Higashikata needs to practice more power strikes at the bottom line, and Kentaro Minami needs to practice more reading of the situation.

The two have a "tacit understanding" of their mental qualities and are naturally suited for doubles. In terms of style, Masami Higashikata is a baseline offensive player, while Kentaro Minami is a rare frontcourt player who sees the overall situation.

Due to the vast field of vision in the backcourt, players who have an overall view of the game mostly play in the backcourt.

But Kentaro Minami's perspective rotation speed and reaction speed are very fast, and he can also observe the situation well in the frontcourt.

The final two singles for the second-year main selection were basically passable. The two games were 6:0, and the combined time did not exceed 20 minutes.

These two people are really a bit of a mess, and they don't even have outstanding mental qualities. Although he usually trains very hard and diligently, his talent is too poor, and he has a lot of problems when playing.

Setsuna just suggested Wen Yan that the two of them should consolidate their foundation and spend more time on their moving steps.

In this way, in just over two hours, all the main candidates of Yamabuki Middle School experienced a baptism in an instant.

After giving his final advice, Yoshiki Satoshi stepped forward and handed Setsuna the armband representing the minister.

"I am convinced of your strength, and the advice you gave us is also very pertinent. Onoe and I just explained it to Banlao. From today on, you will be the minister of Yamabuki. Onoe will also step down and hand over the deputy minister. To Kentaro Minami. From now on, in addition to the training arrangements for the tennis club, Onoe and I will focus all our energy on our studies. I hope you can lead Yamabuki to win the national championship!"

Setsuna took the armband, shook hands with Satoshi Yoshiki and said, "Don't worry, senior, in the year when the two seniors graduate, I will lead Yamabuki to dominate the country and leave you two with good memories."

Facing all the members of the Yamabuki Tennis Club, Setsuna raised his armband high and shouted: "We want to dominate the whole country!!"

"Dominate the country!!!"

The crowd cheered and applauded enthusiastically, drawing the curtain on the peaceful handover between the old minister and the new minister.

　Let me give you a warning in advance. These chapters tend to be foreshadowing and transition. In Chapter 10, the first supporting actor Aku Tsujin will appear. In Chapter 13, the Tokyo Competition will begin, and it will slowly reach its climax. I hope to write a different kind of Tennis King fanfic, one that is not only full of imagination but also provides everyone with hearty tennis matches. I will also work hard on training, growth, and daily life. I hope these ordinary plots can also bring you a sense of aftertaste.

　　
  　
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