The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University.

Chapter 159: Dislocated Timeline, Kirihara Overslept

"Sure enough, the plot of dark horse is not very realistic."

"But Fudomine's strength is indeed not bad, it's just that Seigaku is too strong."

"I feel like Seigaku is already good enough to compete with Hyotei this year."

"Indeed, their strength is already enough to threaten Hyotei. Will the Kanto runner-up title change hands?"

"It's hard to say, but I have a feeling that Fudomine will do well this year."

Although the game was over, the audience around were still discussing it in groups of three or four and had not yet dispersed.

The result of the finals was basically in line with most people's guesses. Qingxue, which had been listed as a nationally strong school, was basically the favored side as there were no major changes in its main members.

"Hori, why do those people say that the seniors can only compete with Hyotei for the second place in the Kanto Tournament?"

Katsuo Mizuno, one of the three great men of Seigaku, curiously asked Satoshi Horio who was standing next to him.

As a tennis rookie, he only thought that the seniors of Qingxue were so strong, but in the eyes of others, they could only compete for the runner-up.

"Idiot, of course that's because the champion of the Kanto Conference can only be Rikkai University High School."

Satoshi Horio, one of the three players with two years of playing experience, explained in a very experienced way:

"Rikkai University has won the Kanto Championship for fifteen consecutive times and is known as the king of Kanto. Last year, it won two consecutive championships in the national championship, making it truly the best in the country."

“Although the seniors are already very good, there is still a gap compared to the best in the country.”

After hearing Horio's scientific explanation, Mizuno nodded in sudden enlightenment and understood the cause and effect.

Next to the three heroes, Echizen Ryoma, who was a little depressed because he didn't have the chance to perform, also heard their conversation.

"Rikkai University, number one in the country... Interesting."

The corners of Ryoma Echizen's mouth curled up slightly, and a figure flashed through his mind. It was the person he met on the Kakigi Court a few weeks ago.

At that time, he learned about the other party's origins from Ryuzaki Sumire. This guy who made him feel very powerful, Ryuzaki Sumire told him that the other party was a regular player of Rikkai University's tennis club.

After staying in Seigaku for a while, Ryoma, who had experienced some things, naturally had an understanding of the strength of each senior in the tennis club. He had even personally experienced the strength of Tezuka Kunimitsu.

Longma thought that the abilities of these seniors were already excellent among their peers, but even though they were a group of capable seniors, there were still many opponents they could not defeat.

This made him even more interested in this so-called national conference, especially after hearing the name of Rikkai University from the three heroes again.

"I really want to meet you soon..." Echizen Ryoma adjusted the brim of his hat, his eyes full of anticipation.

After a while, the onlookers gradually dispersed, and the Qingxue people also lined up and prepared to leave together.

In the team, Ryoma Echizen, who was walking at the back, suddenly had his sixth sense kick in. He stopped and looked suddenly towards a certain place.

"Eh? Ryoma, what's wrong with you?"

The three great students of Qingxue who were walking behind Ryoma also stopped, looked at him in confusion and asked.

"Nothing, let's go..."

After glancing around and finding nothing unusual, Ryoma Echizen lowered the brim of his hat, retracted his gaze and spoke lightly.

Just now, he only felt a pair of eyes falling on his back.

After finding nothing unusual, he just thought it was his own illusion.

On the other side, at a certain place where Echizen Ryoma was looking, Yuuki Maya took one last look at the Qingxue team, then turned around and quickly left the venue.

……

Rikkai University's regional qualifiers went smoothly as usual.
Just as Yuuki Maya thought, even if only Kirihara Akaya led the second team, they would be able to win the championship by crushing everyone. After the regional qualifiers, the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament would begin in two or three weeks.

The lineup for the county conference was confirmed early after the preliminaries. Unlike before, nearly half of the regulars will participate this time.

Marui Bunta was the first one to be affected, and the reason was simple: he changed his doubles partner again this year.

After some discussion, Yanagi Renji was chosen as his doubles partner this year.
The reason for choosing Yanagi Renji is simple. The two have partnered together in the Kanto Conference before and have a good understanding of each other.

As for the other starting players, Sanada is also on the list because he will be leading the team.

"So, why haven't Kirihara and the others arrived yet?"

In a club in Tokyo, Genichirō Sanada said with a grim expression.

In order to prepare for this year's national conference, the starting players unanimously decided last week to rent a club's stadium for secret training.

Everyone present, including Yuuki Maya, has arrived at the club's arena, except for Kirihara Akari.

Marui Bunta took out his cell phone and was about to make a call, but coincidentally, he also received a call from Kirihara Akaya at that moment.

"Hey, Kirihara where are you? Everyone is waiting for you."

"Huh?! Overslept in the car? Lost? Where are you now?"

"…What? Where did you say you were?"

"Wait there first, I'll call a car to pick you up."

After Marui Bunta hung up the phone, he told others about the situation.

It turned out that Kirihara Akaya had overslept in the car, and the car had already passed the destination station.

Coincidentally, after getting off the bus and walking a few steps, Kirihara Akaya discovered that the school next to the station was actually Youth Academy, and now he was outside the gate of Youth Academy.

Maya Yuuki listened calmly, but she was actually surprised in her heart.

Because if he remembered correctly, Kirihara Akaya would indeed come to Seigaku due to some accident, but the time didn't match.

This incident originally happened before the regional qualifiers, and he thought it would not happen again because of him.

Unexpectedly, it now appears in another form.

"Kirhara is such a lax guy!" Genichirō Sanada's face darkened, and he was obviously even angrier after hearing this.

"Pfft, Kirihara is going to be in trouble today." Niou Masaharu stuck out his tongue. He could already foresee what kind of lesson Kirihara Akaya would receive when he returned.

After explaining the situation to everyone, Marui Bunta was about to leave to pick up Kirihara Akaya, but was stopped by Yuuki Maya.

"Marui, just let me go." He put his hand on the other's shoulder and said.

"Yuki, what are you doing?!" Marui Bunta looked at him in confusion.

"Since Kirihara is at Seigaku's place, I might as well go and say hello to Tezuka after a long time."

"Is that so? Okay then." Marui Bunta nodded in agreement.

If someone could take on the task, he would have no objection, after all, it would take a lot of time to make the trip.

"Okay, Yuuki will go, and the others should start practicing as planned and stop wasting time."

The cost of renting a venue is not cheap, so we can’t waste it.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Sanada, the others set off to warm up first, while Yuuki Maya left the club and took a taxi to Kirihara Akaya's place.

(End of this chapter)