The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

But now, after witnessing what happened to the Byodoin Phoenix with his own eyes, he actually wanted to make a "little" deep impression on those guys in advance.

On the court, the result of the match was as expected. Even though Byodoin Phoenix fought desperately, it was ultimately defeated by Watanabe because of its injured body and was unable to exert its full strength.

At the end of the game, the French team won the victory with a total score of 3 to 2.

The dark horse did not remain dark forever, but the audience still gave the Japanese team warm applause.

"Ah, what a pity, it was just a little bit short..."

Beside her, Eri Yuuki said somewhat disappointedly.

Like many people, she almost thought that the Japanese team could win today's game.

"There's nothing we can do about it, Eri. Sometimes fate is just so fickle."

The father, Yuuki Taketo, who was sitting on the other side, also comforted his wife with words that showed his experience.

The couple originally had no interest in the sport of tennis, and only became exposed to it because of Maya Yuuki.

Today's game is also because Yuuki Maya proposed to go abroad to watch a tennis match during the holidays, so the family appeared here.

In the venue, the competition had ended and spectators from various countries began to leave one after another. Maya Yuuki and her family also slowly left the venue with the crowd.

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A little science:

Although the Japanese team was in the death group last year, as long as Phoenix was not injured, they would definitely be able to qualify from the group.

As for why it is the death group, it is because in addition to France, there is another [big 4] Switzerland in the same group.

But as long as the Japanese team beats France, even if they lose to Switzerland, they can still qualify for the next round by relying on the win-loss record with a score of 2 to 1.

But all of this became a fantasy because of Phoenix's injury, which is why Phoenix's temperament changed drastically.

Chapter 12 New Students, Seaweed Head's Ambition

After watching the game, Yuuki Maya and her family traveled in France for two days before returning home.

Then, with the winter vacation over, it is time for junior high school students to go back to school.

The daily campus life after returning to school is still boring, but after more than two months, the entire first semester of junior high school officially came to an end, and the spring break arrived.

During the entire spring break, Yuuki Maya only did two things except for a few occasional dates with Kanzaki Tomoyo.

One is to practice Quincy at home, and the other is to hone his tennis skills at a nearby tennis club.

Although he won the brief match against Zeus in France, Maya Yuuki still found many of his shortcomings, especially in the mastery of the sweet spot technique, which is the area he needs to focus on practicing.

There was also the encounter with Reinhard. Although they did not fight, the faint aura emanating from the opponent made him very fearful. As a Quincy, Yuuki Maya's intuition told him that it would be very difficult for him to defeat Reinhard at that time.

……

The short two-week spring break passed quickly, and in early April, it was time for new students to enroll.

At this moment, at the entrance of Rikkai University, countless middle school students poured in from all directions.

Yuuki Maya was naturally in the crowd, and she was still accompanied by Kanzaki Tomoyo. Suddenly, a spirited shout came from nearby: "I want to become the strongest tennis player in Rikkai University!"

He paused for a moment and looked towards the source of the sound in front of the door, and saw a young man with hair as messy as seaweed.

The other person had a confident smile on his face, and his eyes were fixed on the gate of Rikkai University with an expectant look.

Seeing this scene, Yuuki Maya suddenly remembered that the seaweed-haired guy in front of her also entered Rikkai University at this time.

"What are you looking at?" Kanzaki Chiyo asked in confusion when she saw him stop.

"Nothing, let's go." After staring at the other person for a moment, Yuuki Maya calmly took Kamijou Tomoyo past the middle school boy.

"It looks like the tennis club will be very busy today."

Some memories came back to him, making him look forward to today's tennis club recruitment.

Maya Yuuki naturally recognized who the other person was, but since they didn't know each other, there was no need to communicate.

Ding--

The bell for the last class of the new semester rang.

As soon as the teacher announced the end of get out of class, the silent classroom immediately became chaotic.

The students who were close to each other started planning their club activities after class in groups of three or five, and at this time, Maya Yuuki also stood up to pack her textbooks.

After declining the overly enthusiastic invitations from several female classmates, he took out his tennis bag from his locker and put it on his shoulder, preparing to head to the tennis club.

A few minutes later he arrived at the entrance of the tennis club and found that the new student registration desk was already full of people.

"Wow! There are too many people!"

Just as Yuki Maya stopped to observe the freshmen, Marui Bunta came up from behind him with a tennis bag in his hand, his eyes wide open, and exclaimed.

Marui Bunta's surprise was not exaggerated, although there were many freshmen who applied to join the tennis club last year, and he was one of them at that time.

But it is obvious that the number of people this year is even more exaggerated, far beyond his expectations.

However, Marui Fumita knew very well that all this was because their Rikkai University Tennis Club won the national championship last year, so it was understandable that there were so many people here now.

And the number seems exaggerated only now, but once the tennis department actually starts training new students, only a few people who truly love tennis will stay.

Those who follow the trend will slowly eliminate themselves in the subsequent rigorous training.

"Leave the new students' matters to Sanada and the others, let's go." Yuuki Maya didn't have much desire to stay and watch.

"Oh, got it." Marui Bunta responded, and after staring at Jack Sangyuan who was sitting there busy processing the application forms for new students, he followed Yuuki Maya's steps and walked into the practice field exclusively for the regulars.

Here, Yanagi Renji, who had arrived earlier than them, had already started physical training. When he saw the two people coming in, he just glanced at them and then looked away.

Yuuki Maya and Marui Bunta didn't say anything, and they separated in tacit understanding and started their own practice.

After a long time, the number of people in the recruitment department decreased little by little, until there were only a few people left.

On the other side of the venue, this year's freshmen also began basic training under the command of Genichirō Sanada.

However, just as Yuuki Maya and other regular players were still concentrating on training, a commotion was heard from the freshmen who were still practicing basic swings on the next court.

"Huh? What happened over there? Why is it so noisy?" Marui Bunta stopped what he was doing first and looked over there with some curiosity.

"I'm not sure. Let's go over and take a look later. But since Sanada is there, nothing should happen to him." Yanagi Renji was also a little confused, but he didn't show any worry.

Only Yuuki Maya remained calm, as he probably had guessed what had happened.

……

In the stadium area where newcomers gather.

"I've had enough of this boring training!"

A young man with seaweed hair stopped playing with the racket in his hand in annoyance.

He was here to defeat the so-called Big Four of the Rikkai University tennis club, not to do these basic exercises like playing house.

"Hey, you guys are official members of the tennis club, right? Have your captain come out and play against me."

He walked up to the two seniors who were supervising the newcomers and spoke in a arrogant tone.

"Little devil, do you know what you are talking about!"

The faces of the seniors who were being questioned changed immediately. They were a little frightened. Was this guy in front of them crazy? How dare he directly cause trouble for their minister?

"My name is Kirihara Akaya, and my purpose in coming here is to dominate Rikkai University and make your so-called Big Four come out and compete with me."

The seaweed-haired boy looked at the two seniors with contempt. He couldn't wait to defeat the strongest player in the tennis club and become the strongest.

"You, the Minister is not someone you can challenge just because you want to—"

One of the senior students was about to scold Kirihara Akaya when his companion patted him on the shoulder and interrupted him with his eyes, signaling him to look to the side.

He turned his head and saw a man named Genichirō Sanada, wearing a black baseball cap, with a serious look and a slightly mature appearance, walking slowly towards him with a stern face.

After glancing at Kirihara Akaya, he questioned the senior student who was arguing with him:

"What happened? Shouldn't it be time for the newbies to practice tennis? You're being too lax—"

……

Chapter 13: Sanada Genichirō vs. Kirihara Akaya

"Vice-Minister Sanada, this is what happened..."

The senior member who was questioned immediately gave a brief account of what had happened.

"So you are the one who disrupted the order and challenged the rules of Rikkai University?" Genichirō Sanada turned his head and looked at Kirihara Akaya with a cold face.

If it were an ordinary person, being stared at like this by Genichirō Sanada, he would probably have been speechless long ago.

But Kirihara Akaya was an arrogant person to begin with, so he naturally couldn't be fooled like that.

"Yes, it's me. You are one of the four giants of Rikkai University, right? If I defeat you, I will be the strongest person here."

Kirihara Akaya raised the racket in his hand and pointed it at Sanada Genichirō, challenging him: "What do you think? Do you dare to accept my challenge?"

His action scared the senior students watching around him.

Especially when they saw Genichirō Sanada's face gloomy and his brows furrowed, they all realized that the other party had been angered by Kirihara Akaya's behavior.

"Hiss, that kid is so bold! He actually dares to talk to Sanada like that." Marui Bunta took a breath not far away and smacked his lips.

Just now, several of them stopped training and came over to find out what was going on, and happened to see this scene.

"Your courage is commendable, but I don't know how strong you are. Sanada must be in a bad mood right now."

Yanagi Renji, on the other hand, had already calmly analyzed Kirihara Akaya's strength, observing him with sharp eyes.

The two did not make any negative comments on Kirihara Akaya's provocative behavior, because in the Rikkai University Tennis Club, seniority is not important, but the strong is supreme.

Only those with strong strength can have a foothold here.

"Of course, everyone can see that Sanada is very angry now." Marui Bunta complained, then turned to Yuuki Maya on the other side and smiled: "Let's watch the excitement for a while and then go back to training. This kind of thing doesn't happen often."

Maya Yuuki nodded, his eyes also looking over there, waiting for further developments.

Inside the stadium.

"Challenge me? Sure."

After Genichirō Sanada responded coldly to Akaya Kirihara, he turned around and walked to the baseline of the court without saying much.

Kirihara Akari also felt that his provocation was successful, and he couldn't wait to reach the other side's baseline. He felt that after this game was over, his goal would be achieved.

Things went more smoothly than he thought. Looking at Sanada at the other end of the court, he laughed arrogantly, "Hehehe, then I'll serve."

"Humph."

Sanada snorted coldly and was already in a position to receive the ball, waiting for Kirihara Akaya's serve.

The tennis ball was thrown high up, and Kirihara Akaya swung the racket to serve the ball.

After he served, he felt that the ball was in his favor and that he was in very good shape today.

The tennis ball flew over the net quickly and bounced in the serving area of ​​Genichirō Sanada.

However, before Kirihara Akaya could see clearly the route of Sanada Genichirō's return ball, he felt a gust of wind blowing past his cheek.

"Nani!!"

Kirihara Akaya glanced behind him and saw a tennis ball had hit the wire mesh behind him, and after landing, it slowly rolled towards him.

"15 to 0."

On the other side, Genichirō Sanada "thoughtfully" announced the score.

"Tsk, I was just careless just now, I won't do it again this time!"

Kirihara Akaya admitted that he was a little careless just now, but now that he is serious, this will not be the case anymore.

呯

He served the ball again, and this time he was particularly serious. After concentrating, he could clearly feel that the quality of the ball he served was better than any other time.

"Now, the opponent will definitely not be able to hit the same return as before."