The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 147: No.2's Strength

“What a frustrating match.”

At one end of the court, Shuji Tanejima scratched his head helplessly, then sighed and said.

To be honest, when Irie Kanata told him this, he was just a little surprised, but not very surprised.

However, after watching the match between Yuuki Maya and Kijujiro, Shuji Tanejima knew that the opponent's playing style was one that he didn't want to deal with.

However, this does not mean that he is afraid to fight with Yuuki Maya. He just feels that he might get hurt in this fight.

He was obviously doing well in the training camp without going abroad, but now he is being targeted by a strong and ruthless junior high school student.

What's even more of a headache for him is that he has to win this game, because once he loses this game, he will lose the title of the first team and be forced to be relegated to the No. 1 stadium, and his previous leisure will no longer exist.

Thinking of this, Shuji Tanejima really couldn't help but say: This kid opposite is so inconsiderate to the senior!
"Both sides are ready, the game will begin soon."

Sitting on the referee chair in the middle of the court, Kanata Irie walked out from the crowd. For this game, he volunteered to take the right to serve as a referee from the coaching staff.

After hearing what Irie Kanata said, both sides stretched their limbs and did the final warm-up exercises before the game.

"A shuffle match, No. 2 Tajima Shuji versus No. Court Yuuki Maya."

"Best of three sets, first set, Tanejima is serving."

Without much delay, two minutes later, Kanata Irie announced the start of the game.

The one who got the first serve was Shuji Tanejima. After hearing what Kanata Irie said, the smile on his face immediately disappeared and he quickly got into the game state.

Swish.

The tennis ball flew high from his fingertips, and then he bent his knees and jumped. As the ball just fell, he immediately swung the racket in his hand and smashed it down hard.

The tennis ball that was hit seemed to disappear the next moment. Only a sound of breaking through the air was heard, and then a shadow of the ball was seen passing through the net in the middle of the court.

The ball shadow flew in front of Maya Yuuki at a high speed and was about to fall to the ground.

boom.

Maya Yuuki's eyes were already fixed on the tennis ball. He simply leaned forward, took half a step forward, and then swung the racket lightly with his right arm.

The bouncing tennis ball was hit directly, and the caught tennis ball appeared in the center of the racket, intercepted steadily and then hit back.

call out!
Accompanied by a dull sound of hitting the ball and a silver flash, the tennis ball turned into an arrow of light and flew back to Shuji Tanejima's half at the speed of a stream of light.

After seeing his extremely fast serve being hit back in an instant, Shuji Tanejima did not look surprised at all.

Serving is not his strong point, and it is not difficult for the opponent to receive it given his strength.

However, looking at this return ball that was obviously faster than his own serve, Shuji Tanejima's eyes were still slightly solemn.

After witnessing the previous game with his own eyes, he knew that a return of this quality was just an ordinary return from the opponent.

But just the speed of this ordinary return ball is enough to make 99% of the people in the training camp drink a pot.

The arrow of light fell at an extremely fast speed towards the sideline of Shuji Tanejima's backhand, but he had already judged it and his body had already moved in advance when the tennis ball passed through the net.

In a ball-catching move that looked extremely chic, Shujima folded and swung the racket in his hand, then pushed it backhand.

The tennis ball that was originally flying diagonally immediately changed its trajectory. Instead of turning back, it flew along the sideline towards Maya Yuuki's backhand corner.

Both sides played the first ball very conservatively, just a basic competition.

"Humph, as expected, he is testing me. However, this time, my opponent is not as easy to deal with as before."

Kijujiro looked towards Shujima Tanejima. No one knew how much ambition this man had hidden in his heart.

His usual leisurely appearance was just a disguise. On the field, the result of the first ball had not yet been decided. Both sides seemed to not want to lose the first ball, and the pace of their batting became faster and faster.

Maya Yuuki twisted the hand holding the racket, adjusted the swing movement, and suddenly hit the tennis ball back with the side of the racket.

Swish!
The tennis ball that was hit back immediately turned into a crescent-shaped slashing wave, tearing through the air and heading straight for Shuji Tanejima's side.

"Huh?! This ball is——"

Shuji Tanejima's eyes narrowed. He had seen this move before, but experiencing it personally was another matter.

There was a hint of danger in the crescent-shaped slashing wave. Shuji Tanejima's intuition told him that if he was still prepared to use the previous counterattack method, something bad would most likely happen.

As the thought flashed through his mind, his arms had already made fine-tuning movements in time.

咚

The slashing wave hit Shuji Tanejima's racket, and after the collision, circles of transparent ripples simultaneously spread out from the center of the racket to the outside.

The ripples spread, and the slashing wave was immediately dissipated, revealing the yellow tennis ball.

Then, Shuji Tanejima swung his racket and the tennis ball passed the net and immediately began to fall.

The sudden change in the batting rhythm caught the onlookers off guard.

Maya Yuuki just stared at the tennis ball falling to the ground, motionless.

Da, da, da, da…

The tennis ball bounced slightly a few times after landing and then stopped moving.

"Tanjima scores, 15 to 0."

Seeing that he had scored the first goal, Shuji Tanejima curled the corners of his mouth and revealed a healthy smile.

"Well done, Tanejima-senpai."

Yuuki Maya casually praised that the invisible ripples on the opponent's racket just now should be [Destroyed].

The moves that are said to be able to break all ball skills in theory should not be underestimated.

"Haha, it's okay. If it's just returning this kind of ball, it's not difficult." Tanejima Shuji said with a meaningful smile.

It seemed that he was trying to anger Yuuki Maya by saying this.

"It's started again, Tanejima's bad habit."

Hearing what Shuji Tanejima said, Onijūjiro looked as if it was a matter of course.

"Bad habit?" Tokugawa Kazuya on the side looked puzzled.

Although Tokugawa Kazuya and Taneshima Shuji had met several times, he had never seen the other party take action, so naturally he knew nothing about his strength and playing style.

"What Taneda likes to do most is to stimulate his opponent's emotions with words and actions, so that the opponent falls into his own rhythm of the game."

"Then, he used his tennis skills that could neutralize all other skills to make the opponent helpless, causing the opponent to lose balance and be unable to display his normal strength."

"And, most importantly, this guy is the only guy in training camp that I can't beat."

Onijujiro told all the information he knew in detail. His tone was heavy and his expression became particularly serious.

He looked at Maya Yuuki on the other side of the field, and to be honest, he was not optimistic that the other party could win today.

(End of this chapter)