The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

thump.

The tennis ball flew across the court in the blink of an eye and flew out of bounds along the baseline.

At this time, Sengoku Kiyomi's feet had not yet touched the ground, so it was a luxury for him to catch the ball.

"what?!"

After landing, Sengoku Kiyomizu looked dazed. The signature ball skills he had carefully prepared for this game were instantly broken after he used the second ball, which dealt a severe blow to his newly built confidence.

Outside the stadium, Maya Yuki, who finally saw this scene, no longer had the urge to laugh. She only felt that Sengoku Kiyomizu was a little pitiful at this moment.

This visible gap in strength is not something that ordinary people can withstand, and what he is facing now is a "healthy Tezuka" whose arm is not injured.

Looking at the somewhat dazed Sengoku Kiyosumi off the court, Yuuki Maya couldn't help but shake her head and thought to herself, this is a crushing victory based on talent, there is no logic to it.

Is Sengoku Kiyomizu weak? Even in the whole Kanto region, he is considered a well-known ace of a strong school, but once he meets a truly top-level player, his only choice is to lose gracefully, and to do this, he has to look at the other party's face.

There were no surprises on the court. After two more balls, Kunimitsu Tezuka successfully broke the serve and won the first game.

And then, it was his serve game.

Kunimitsu Tezuka tossed the tennis ball skillfully and then swung the racket quickly. This series of movements was as standard as a textbook.

boom.

In just a short distance, the tennis ball had already landed on Sengoku Kiyomizu's half of the court like an afterimage.

"So fast."

Kiyosumi Sengoku was born with extraordinary dynamic vision, and of course he also captured the path and landing point of the tennis ball with his eyes.

However, being able to see does not mean that the body can react at the same time.

As the tennis ball flew out of bounds, Sengoku Kiyomi finally reacted and tried to stop the ball, but of course he could only watch the tennis ball fall to the ground, losing the chance to make amends.

"Tezuka scores, 0 to 15." The referee announced that the score was valid.

After one ball, there were three consecutive serves.

0 is better than 30

0 is better than 40

……

Kunimitsu Tezuka's serve is like a secret robot. There is not the slightest deviation in the continuous movements, and his serve speed is faster than the last.

"Game, Tezuka Kunimitsu is leading, the score is 2-0."

With four consecutive aces, Kunimitsu Tezuka won the second game effortlessly.

Sengoku Kiyojun didn't react at all. She could only watch herself lose points and was unable to take any action.

Right now, the development of the game seems to have exceeded the expectations of many spectators. They did not expect that Yamabuki Junior High School, which had already won two games and was about to win the first round, would suddenly encounter changes.

Everyone was not blind. After two games, they could basically see that in the third singles match, the players sent by Yamabuki Junior High School were no match for the players from Seigaku. There was a visible gap in strength between the two sides.

"That Qingxue player is so good, how come I haven't heard of him before?"

"Yamabuki is in danger. He will most likely lose this round. If he loses the next round, then..."

"The serve from Qingxue just now was so fast that I couldn't see it clearly."

"His name is Tezuka Kunimitsu, right? It looks like there's another strong player emerging in this year's Kanto tournament."

"..."

Many spectators who come to the Kanto Conference do not actually deliberately learn about the player information and battle results of the regional qualifiers and the metropolitan conferences. They only pay attention to the players in the Kanto Conference and the National Conference.

Because for them, only the players from schools that have reached this stage are worthy of their attention.

In a sense, today's match is the one that truly made Tezuka Kunimitsu famous.

The two sides changed sides and the third game began

After losing two games in a row, Sengoku Qingchun's face became extremely solemn, and his expression was no longer as calm as before.

Tossing the ball and drawing the racket, this time, Sengoku Kiyomizu decisively gave up the tiger cannon serve and instead used an ordinary regular serve.

Even when he was caught in a headwind, he was still clear-headed and knew that using the tiger cannon to serve would only make it easier for him to lose the ball.

As expected, after not using the tiger cannon, facing the tennis ball hit back by Tezuka Kunimitsu, he successfully caught up with the tennis ball and intercepted it with his excellent dynamic vision.

砰

砰

The two sides began to pull each other and seemed to be in a stalemate.

Sengoku Kiyosumi held the racket with both hands, lowered the angle of the racket and swung it, hitting a diagonal high-pressure ball.

However, after hitting the ball, he realized that he had swung the racket a little too hard and said to himself, "Oh no!"

Kunimitsu Tezuka watched the tennis ball flying towards the baseline of his own half of the court. According to his judgment, the ball would not fall within the bounds.

He paused in raising his racket and chose not to catch the ball.

However, at this moment, a strong wind blew from behind Tezuka Kunimitsu, and the tennis ball fell to the ground, brushing the edge of the baseline and bouncing out of bounds.

The linesman near the baseline had excellent eyesight and raised his flag to indicate that the ball was valid.

"15-0, Qianshi scores."

Having never expected that this ball would score, Sengoku Kiyomi patted his chest to console himself and said, "Phew, I was so scared. I'm really lucky."

On the contrary, Kunimitsu Tezuka stared at the tennis ball that stopped rolling behind him and frowned slightly.

………………

After the story of Yamabuki and Seigaku ends, it will be the semi-final showdown between Seigaku and Rikkai University, so don't be in a hurry.

Chapter 48: There is no luck below the realm

After winning the point, Sengoku Kiyosumi did not hesitate and served again after a few breaths.

After giving up the tiger cannon serve, the threat of Sengoku Kiyomi's serve dropped sharply, but he was unexpectedly able to engage in a tug-of-war with Tezuka Kunimitsu.

The continuous hitting of the ball back and forth made the situation on the field seem to be equal again.

What was even more unexpected was that the score was no longer rising one-sidedly, but was actually rising alternately.

15-15

15-30

15-40

30-40

……

The two sides were deadlocked for more than 6 minutes before the outcome of this small game was decided, and it ended with Tezuka Kunimitsu's sharp flat shot penetrating the blind spot in the backcourt of Chigoku Kiyomizu.

"What is that Tezuka guy doing?"

Outside the field, Genichirō Sanada frowned and there was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

In Genichirō Sanada's opinion, Kiyomizu Sengoku is no match for Kunimitsu Tezuka, and the match should be over soon.

But the situation before him was completely different from what he had imagined, as if the two sides were in a evenly matched contest.

"Tezuka is testing his opponent again."

Maya Yuuki explained to Sanada that he could see at a glance what Tezuka Kunimitsu was planning off the court, and it was obvious that his old habit had come back.

Kunimitsu Tezuka's habit is always to wait for his opponent to attack first, and then he will respond.

Once Kunimitsu Tezuka uses a move and his opponent has no way to break it, then Kunimitsu Tezuka will stop using other moves and use this move and the partial strength he has currently displayed to complete the entire match.

Only when the opponent puts pressure on Tezuka Kunimitsu and makes him find it difficult to score, will he use the second move based on the first move, showing more strength, and then use both moves at the same time, repeating this process.

This is the arrogance of Tezuka Kunimitsu. He will always only show a strength that is slightly stronger than his opponent in the competition, and then after his opponent breaks through this slight strength, he will use more strength step by step.

Only when Tezuka Kunimitsu recognizes your strength will he stop testing you and start showing most of your strength right from the start.

He is not like Genichirō Sanada, who, as long as he realizes that his opponent's level is far behind his own, will simply crush his opponent and end the fight quickly.

"Humph, there's nothing worth testing against an opponent of this level."

Genichirō Sanada snorted in dissatisfaction. He did not understand Tezuka Kunimitsu's behavior.

In Sanada's eyes, weak opponents can be simply crushed with an absolutely tough attitude, there is no need to resort to such unnecessary measures.

Maya Yuuki didn't say anything, but nodded slightly. He agreed with what Genichirō Sanada said.

This is also Rikkai University's style of doing things, ending the game swiftly and decisively, without giving the opponent any chance to breathe.

On the court, the fourth game began and it was Tezuka Kunimitsu's turn to serve.

Tezuka Kunimitsu served the same textbook serve as he did in the previous game.

Whoosh.

Another ace ball, but Sengoku Kiyomi still found it difficult to receive it.

Then there were two more shots, and the same thing happened.

In an instant, the score of this game came to 0 to 40, in no more than 2 minutes.

This can't go on...

Sengoku Qingchun thought to himself that he knew very well that if he just sat there and waited to die, it would be no different from giving up directly.

Soon, Tezuka Kunimitsu hit the fourth ball, and the ball came at a ghostly speed.

Sengoku Kiyosumi gave up his habit of observing the tennis ball with dynamic vision before moving. Instead, the moment he saw Tezuka Kunimitsu swinging the racket, he boldly predicted the approximate trajectory of the tennis ball by observing the swing angle of his arm.

It was a gamble-like counterattack, and if you guessed wrong, the move would be like a beginner swinging the racket randomly.

boom.

The goddess of luck favored Sengoku Kiyomizu again. His racket did not miss the target, but instead blocked the tennis ball firmly.

The tennis ball was hit back and quickly landed on the sideline to the left of Tezuka Kunimitsu, and went out of bounds along the white line.

It seemed that he did not expect that his serve would be hit back. On the previous return, Kunimitsu Tezuka did not move to chase.

"Luckluck, luckily I guessed it right." Qianshi Qingchun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile. In fact, he had no idea about the previous goal.

The score was changed to 40 to 15, and Sengoku Kiyosumi successfully broke the serve and saved her face.

Next, facing the next serve from Kunimitsu Tezuka, Sengoku Kiyomi repeated his previous move and successfully received it again.

However, this time Tezuka Kunimitsu was on guard and caught up with the return ball before it landed, then adjusted his racket and hit it.

The tilted balance seemed to be pulled back by Sengoku Kiyosumi in a strange way again, and the two sides pulled the ball again.

However, Kunimitsu Tezuka, who controlled the offensive rhythm, quickly broke the situation. He first used short balls to force his opponent to rush to the net to save the ball, and then he lightly jumped at the lifted tennis ball and swung his racket to smash it.

But Tezuka Kunimitsu obviously underestimated the tenacity of Sengoku Kiyomizu. When the opponent's smash ball was about to land, he jumped up and stretched out his tennis racket in a very awkward way to reach the smash ball.

The tennis ball flew high and flew towards Tezuka Kunimitsu's half of the court in an exaggerated parabola.

Watching this ball from the side outside the court, Maya Yuuki immediately determined that the ball must have landed out of bounds.

However, just as the tennis ball was about to hit the ground, a strange gust of wind blew from behind Kunimitsu Tezuka, blowing the tennis ball, which was originally going to fall out of bounds, off its original trajectory.

Snapped

The tennis ball lands just inside the baseline.

Sengoku Kiyomizu, who was lying on the ground, smiled slightly when he saw this scene and secretly sighed that he was so lucky.

However, the next second, the tennis ball did not fall to the ground again, but was pulled over by an unknown force and slowly flew towards Kunimitsu Tezuka who was standing at the center line.

"What-is this?!" Sengoku Kiyomizu's eyes widened instantly, shocked by the scene before him.

He didn't know that his opponent had this skill, and why he had never seen Kunimitsu Tezuka use it in the semi-finals of the previous tournament.

On the other side, Kunimitsu Tezuka calmly raised his arm and hit the flying tennis ball back.

This time, without any surprise, the tennis ball fell into the opponent's backcourt and bounced out of bounds.

Maya Yuuki smiled secretly as she watched all this. Even the calm and composed Kunimitsu Tezuka would become silently angry after his opponent scored against him in such a strange way.