The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 144 Meeting with Mifune Nyudo
The next day, on the trail behind the training camp.

Pushing aside the small branches blocking her way, Maya Yuuki walked along this rarely traveled path.

Just this morning, he was told by Irie Kanata that the coaching staff was looking for him, and he was still wondering what it was about.

Then when they arrived at the office, Saito Shimo told him in a mysterious manner that the head coach of the training camp wanted to see him and asked Yuuki Maya to go to another training base in the back mountain that was not open to the public.

After hearing this, Yuki Maya was still a little surprised, but what surprised him was not that Mifune Nyudo wanted to see him, but that he came to see him when he was about to leave the training camp, which was a little late.

Maya Yuuki was planning to leave the training camp two days before the end of the winter break, and now there were only three days left until the departure date.

However, he did not refuse. The head coach of the U17 team was worth a meeting.

Following Saito Shigeki's guidance, Yuuki Maya passed through a jungle and came to the bottom of a cliff.

Seeing a few tennis balls scattered around the foot of the mountain, Yuuki Maya looked up.

As long as you climb to the top of this mountain, you will reach your destination.

Although he had not learned any rock climbing skills, he decisively stepped on a protruding rock and pushed lightly.

shhhhh--

The agile figure quickly moved up the cliff in a zigzag shape, and in just a few minutes, it was about to reach the top of the mountain.

A hand suddenly appeared at the cliff on the top of the mountain and grasped the edge tightly. Then a figure rushed out from below and landed steadily on the edge of the cliff.

"who?!"

“Is there anyone coming here at this time?”

"Not quite. Look at his clothes. He doesn't look like someone who was eliminated."

On the cliff, when Maya Yuuki landed, the sound she made also alarmed the "losers" who were training hard nearby.

These people were wearing the same black uniform, and they were all the ones who were eliminated from the batch of high school students who entered the camp two months ago.

Many of them did not leave the training camp completely, but came here to undergo hellish special training.

"Hey, kid, what are you doing here?"

A high school student who looked like a leader walked out of the crowd. His clothes and face were covered in dust.

"Alright, you bastards, hurry up and go to training. You don't need to worry about what's going on here."

Just as Yuuki Maya was about to open her mouth, a scolding sounded from behind the crowd.

"Yes! Yes! ..."

This shout also made the faces of these high school students change suddenly. They immediately responded in unison and turned around and ran away in embarrassment.

After the crowd dispersed, a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and dressed like a savage appeared in Yuuki Maya's sight.

Gulp, Gulp——

After raising his head and taking a sip of the wine in the gourd he carried with him, the middle-aged man glanced at Yuuki Maya casually and said, "You are here, come with me, this is not the place to talk."

This middle-aged man was Mifune Nyudo. After saying this, he immediately walked to the back.

Maya Yuuki's eyes focused, and she followed calmly.

Walking through the woods, he heard the loud sound of flowing water. When he reached the source of the sound and saw a waterfall, he stopped, found a rock to sit down, and took another sip from the gourd in his hand.

Maya Yuuki stood a few steps away from the other person. After glancing around, she didn't quite understand why the other person chose to stay here.

"This place is where the current No. 1 of the First Army originally trained."

Mifune Nyudo pointed to the waterfall and said abruptly: "So kid, do you want to be No. 1?"

"I don't want to." Yuuki Maya said calmly. "Want to become... huh? What did you say?" Mifune Nyudo glared and looked at Yuuki Maya with an incomprehensible look.

He had already prepared a speech in his mind to talk to Maya Yuuki, but he didn't expect that the first sentence was beyond his expectations.

"Did you ask me to come here just to say this?" Maya Yuuki asked back.

"...Boy, you have great talent for tennis. I want to train you to be the next generation leader of Japanese tennis."

Seeing that Yuki Maya did not follow his ideas, Mifune Nyudo was silent for a moment, and then stopped beating around the bush and directly stated his purpose.

"So what?" After hearing this, there was no reaction on Yuuki Maya's face.

"So, what I mean is that I hope you can start next year and stay in the training camp to receive professional training, which will allow you to embark on the professional path very smoothly."

Nyudo Mifune revealed his initial plan for Maya Yuuki's tennis career, meaning that he hoped she would give up her studies.

"If that's the case, then I have no choice but to refuse." Maya Yuuki rejected the other party's suggestion without any hesitation.

"Tsk, with your current strength, you don't need to play those games anymore. It's just a waste of your time."

"The most important thing for you now is to embark on the path of professionalism as soon as possible and avoid wasting your talent. Do you understand?"

Mifune Nyudo said meaningfully that he had investigated Yuuki Maya's information and of course knew some things.

"When did I ever say that I would pursue a professional career?" Mayue Yui responded calmly, not shaken at all by Mifune Nyudo's words.

"What? You don't have any idea of ​​entering the professional field?" Mifune Nyudo looked surprised, as if he thought he might have heard it wrong.

"I don't play tennis to become a professional player."

Maya Yuuki shook his head. What he wanted to say in his heart was that playing tennis was just his secondary job, his main job was a Quincy.

"...With such talent, your vision is so narrow?"

Mifune Nyudo was a little disappointed, and seemed to be a bit disappointed when he said, "In the future, you will definitely regret your naive choice today."

"I have my own path to follow and don't need anyone else to arrange anything for me." Maya Yuuki didn't take Mifune Nyudo's words to heart.

The information gap determines the direction of thinking. The two people are not on the same channel at all, so naturally they can't think in the same way.

"Forget it, go now." Mifunerudo waved at him somewhat disinterestedly, indicating that he could leave.

I thought he would be a good candidate, but I didn't know he was not interested in this.

Mifune Nyudo felt disappointed and regretful at the same time.

"and many more."

Just as Yuuki Maya turned around and was about to leave, Mifune's voice was heard from behind her.

"Anything else?" Maya Yuuki paused and turned around, looking at the other person with a puzzled look.

"If you are invited to participate in the U17 World Cup next year, would you be willing to come?" asked Mifune Nyudo in an inquiring tone.

“Of course, I just don’t have any plans to play professionally, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like playing against tennis players from all over the world.”

Yuuki Maya agreed readily, how could he not come next year?

However, Mifune Nyudo's words also let him know that U17 might not have revealed the news of the restructuring yet, so the other party only planned to invite him alone.

"Okay, I understand. It's okay."

After listening to this, Mifune Nyudo nodded. In fact, he had not given up completely in his heart. He thought that if the other party participated in the competition next year, he might change his mind.

After the conversation, Yuuki Maya returned to the training camp along the same route and even made it to the cafeteria for lunch.

(End of this chapter)