The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

"Thank you." Maya Yuuki thanked after taking it.

"What's the situation in Tokyo?" Yukimura Seiichi asked calmly.

"It's lively there, but that's all." Yuuki Maya said simply.

"Is that so? It's a prosperous Tokyo indeed."

Yukimura Seiichi nodded, understood the meaning of his words, laughed and stopped asking questions.

"Have you seen Tezuka?!" Compared to Yukimura Seiichi's indifference, Sanada Genichirō is obviously very concerned.

"Well, I met you, and I brought your words with me."

"Yeah, that's good."

After getting a satisfactory answer, a hint of fighting spirit appeared in Sanada Genichirō's eyes, but Yuuki Maya's next words directly poured a bucket of cold water on his head.

"But Sanada, it will be difficult for you to take revenge at your current level, Tezuka."

"What?!" Genichirō Sanada's face froze and his expression suddenly looked a little ugly.

He had always been thinking about how to avenge his previous humiliation against Tezuka Kunimitsu, but now he found it difficult to accept what Yuuki Maya said.

"Your mine has too many flaws now, and needs to be further improved."

"Anyway, Sanada, the reason I told you this is just to remind you that if you want to defeat Tezuka, you still need more training," Yuuki Maya suggested seriously.

"...I understand." Genichirō Sanada's face darkened slightly, with a look of reluctance and discomfort on his face.

If someone else said this, he might not believe it, but when it came from Yuuki Maya's mouth, he was very convinced.

"As for the rest, the strongest school in Tokyo this year should still be Hyotei, but it won't pose any threat to us, so I suggest that Liu collect some information about schools in Kansai as soon as possible."

"Okay, I'll pay attention." Yanagi Renji nodded in response.

Since Yuuki Maya said so, in Yanagi Renji's opinion, there is indeed no school worth noting in Kanto this year.

However, Kansai has always been a place that Rikkai University needs to guard against.

Then, several people led the team out of the venue while chatting. Yukimura Seiichi suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, Maya, regarding the Kanto Conference, which position do you want to take?"

Although the regional competition and county tournament are just formalities for Rikkai University, the Kanto tournament is extremely important to Rikkai University, so naturally they have to send out all their main forces.

In the past, Yuuki Maya's position at Rikkai University was to be a free agent in singles one to singles three, and she would even occasionally play in doubles.

But now the team structure has changed. The new doubles combination needs more games to get used to each other, and the previous methods are no longer applicable to the current Rikkai University team.

According to Rikkai University's principle that the strong are supreme, Yukimura Seiichi doesn't mind putting Yuki Maya in the singles position at this time.

However, it is still necessary to ask the person's opinion, so he asked this question.

"The Kanto Tournament? Let me think about it." Yuuki Maya pondered for a moment and said, "Put me in the third position for the time being."

"Oh? Can you tell me why?"

This answer surprised Yukimura Seiichi. In his opinion, letting Yuki Maya play alone was a waste of talent.

"It's very simple. If I don't make three solo appearances, then I will only have one chance to appear in the entire Kanto Tournament." Yuuki Maya said jokingly.

"Haha, that's true. Then I'll have to let you play the singles number three position for the time being." Yukimura Seiichi, who obviously understood the meaning of the words immediately, smiled knowingly.

Because just as Maya Yuuki said, except for the first round where Rikkai University must play a full five innings as required, they will win the subsequent games with a score of 5-3 if nothing unexpected happens.

Therefore, if he does not appear in the first three games, then just as Maya Yuuki said, he will not have many opportunities to appear in this Kanto Tournament.

This is the absolute strength of Rikkai University as the overlord of Kanto, which is so far ahead that all other participating schools in Kanto are far behind.

"Wow - if Mayuro comes to fight three people alone, then his opponent will be too miserable. Don't you think it's Kirihara?" Marui Bunta couldn't help but exclaimed when he came over.

Someone more terrifying than Sanada will actually appear in singles three. It is hard to imagine how many players will start to doubt their lives after playing against Maya Yuuki.

Kirihara Akaya nodded in agreement. If he were a player from another school, he would rather face the sour face of Vice Captain Sanada than fight with Senior Yuki.

In his opinion, if Vice Captain Sanada was the mountain that he could see with his naked eyes and could not cross for the time being, then Senior Yuki was the abyss of despair that was bottomless, immeasurable, and that made people dare not look directly at it.

At least for now, Kirihara Akaya has absolutely no courage to fight him.

Chapter 35 Yukimura invites you to a fight, a secret duel

After saying goodbye to everyone from Rikkai University at the school gate, Yuuki Maya went straight home as usual.

After the county conference ends, there is still nearly a month until the opening of the Kanto conference.

During this period of time, the entire Rikkai University tennis club officially entered the state of preparation.

The regular players' independent training time is also longer than before, and some of them do not leave the tennis club until dusk every day.

Maya Yuuki originally thought that the tennis club would maintain this situation until the Kanto Tournament began.

However, what he didn't expect was that one week before the Kanto Tournament draw ceremony, when he was about to leave the tennis club at the usual time, Yukimura Seiichi came over to him, contrary to his usual behavior.

"Maya-kun, I have a favor to ask of you." Yukimura Seiichi used honorifics for the first time in a long time, which surprised Yuuki Maya. At the same time, she was also curious about what could make him so serious.

"Is there anything important?"

"Well, it's my personal request." Yukimura Seiichi looked directly into Yuuki Maya's eyes, with a gleam in his pupils: "I want to have a full game with you."

Maya Yuuki was slightly stunned, but then she understood.

He thought it was normal for Yukimura Seiichi to suddenly challenge him. He even felt that the fact that he had waited until now to bring up the matter was enough to show that Yukimura Seiichi had been thinking about it for a long time.

"No problem, now?"

"This weekend, let's go to the tennis club we often go to. I don't want this game to be disturbed by too many irrelevant people."

"it is good."

Yuuki Maya nodded, understanding what the other party meant.

Obviously, this decision was the result of long consideration by Seiichi Yukimura, and not a momentary impulse.

Maya Yuuki guessed that it might be because the other party had this idea because he noticed that after the match between him and Genichirō Sanada, Sanada's state of mind had undergone some changes, and his already slow strength growth had recently made a breakthrough.

He knew very well that Yukimura Seiichi's strength had not been significantly improved for a long time.

But this cannot be blamed on him. Not everyone has a world-class father who teaches him tennis step by step, guides him carefully, and broadens his horizons.

Yukimura Seiichi, who was born into a wild family without any famous teacher to guide him, has almost reached the limit of his vision.

This is not a problem faced only by Seiichi Yukimura. It can be said that most national-level players will face this problem.

Maya Yuuki decided to help her friend on the day of the fight.

Time passed and soon it was the time they had agreed upon.

Although it was a competition between two people, he and Yukimura Seiichi were not the only ones present. Also present were Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi.

For this game, the current big four of Rikkai University are all gathered here.

In the club's stadium, Yuki Maya and Yukimura Seiichi were already standing at the two ends of the court. Yukimura Seiichi said, "Sanada, the refereeing of this game is left to you."

"Just leave it to me." Genichirō Sanada said in a deep voice. Even he felt extremely nervous about the upcoming battle between the two men.

Yanagi Renji also stood next to Sanada, and he didn't know when he had a notebook in his hand.

For Yanagi Renji, this kind of duel is rare. If he missed it this time, he doesn't know when he will encounter it again. He must record the data well.

After Sanada climbed onto the referee's seat, he looked around and saw that both sides were ready, so he didn't waste any words.

"The match begins, the set ends, and Yuuki Maya serves."

In the previous shot, Yuuki Maya guessed the front and back correctly.

"Yukimura, this time, I won't hold back." Maya Yuuki took out the tennis ball with her left hand, stared at the other party and said calmly.

"Come on." Yukimura Seiichi looked serious and was ready to receive the ball.

Unlike in the past, Seiichi Yukimura always liked to play the game wearing a coat, but this time, he had already placed his coat and tennis bag on the seat outside the court before entering the court, so he went into the game lightly.

Ta-ta-ta-ta—

Maya Yuuki gently tapped the tennis ball twice, then raised her arm and threw the tennis ball high into the air.

With a flash of silver light, sharp silver-white arrows flashed across the sky above his court. This time, Maya Yuuki used the Holy Arrow of Destruction right from the start.

Almost at the same time he swung the racket, the tennis ball had already landed in Yukimura Seiichi's half of the court, and was about to pass through the opponent's side in the next second.

“It’s still amazingly fast!”

This ball speed, even though it was not the first time they had seen it, still shocked Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi who were watching the game.

In other words, the skills of these two people are not low. If it were someone with lower skills, they probably wouldn’t even be able to see the afterimage.

Just as the ball was about to score, Yukimura Seiichi reacted in an instant. He swung the racket in his hand and quickly and skillfully intercepted the rebounding tennis ball.

bang.

The intercepted tennis ball immediately bounced back to Maya Yuuki's half of the court, faster than when it came.

Moreover, Seiichi Yukimura adjusted the angle of his swing, allowing the tennis ball to fly to the baseline of Maya Yuuki's backhand.

"Did you catch it? As expected of Yukimura."

Seeing Yukimura Seiichi break the serve, Genichirō Sanada was surprised and happy.

On the other side, seeing the tennis ball being hit back, Yuuki Maya was not surprised at all.

It was normal to be beaten back. On the contrary, it would have been surprising if Yukimura Seiichi had not beaten back.

His steps were as fast as the wind. Almost at the same time as the tennis ball landed on the ground, his body had already stopped in the receiving position. With a backhand swing, he easily caught the return ball.

Then, both sides started to pull the ball.

The sound of the ball hitting the ball back and forth was rapid and intense, shuttling back and forth between the two ends of the court, rushing back and forth like a phantom. Without a certain level of eyesight, it is impossible to see its flight trajectory.

呯

呯

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Speed, strength and technique are the basics that determine the lower limit of a tennis player. At the moment, neither side is displaying any fancy skills, there is only a collision of basic techniques.

But soon, Yukimura Seiichi was defeated first. Yuuki Maya seized an opportunity of the opponent and used both hands to hit a powerful diagonal through ball at a low angle.

The tennis ball hit the sideline heavily and fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, before flying out of bounds.

15-0, Maya Yuuki is leading.

After this ball, he had an estimate of Yukimura Seiichi's current level. Putting aside his skills, Yukimura's basic tennis is among the best in Japan's junior high school world.

Of course, this is only relative. Maya Yuuki did not include himself in the equation because he had already jumped out of this framework and was moving towards a higher level.

"What a wonderful fight—"

Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi outside the field looked focused. Just the first ball was enough to make them feel emotional.

There is no doubt that for both of them, this little-known match is a battle for the top spot in the entire junior high school tennis world.

After thinking about it, I decided to post two chapters in a row.

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Chapter 36 Multiple Holy Arrows of Destruction

After the first goal, although they conceded a goal, Seiichi Yukimura did not show any regret.

Instead, his eyes became brighter, filled with anticipation and excitement.

"Maye, there's no need to test me anymore. Let me see the true power of the Divine Arrow of Extinction."

Yukimura Seiichi had a smile on his face. In order to receive the serve just now, he had simulated it in his mind countless times before the game started.

"Yukimura, it seems that you have made a lot of preparations today." Yuki Maya saw the other party's thoughts and nodded slightly: "In that case, then you should focus on the next ball."

"bring it on."

Yukimura Seiichi got into position to receive the ball and was ready to go.