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Kaidou leaned forward, his racket in front of him, his eyes fixed on Kitahara Akira.

result.....

A loud bang!

The tennis ball was stretched into a blurry straight line. Kaidou stood at attention until it flew past him with a whooshing sound, and only then did he finally react.

After confirming the ball's shadow was inside the line twice more, the referee, with a stern face, announced: "Kitahara Akira scores, 15-0!"

Wow!!

As the score was awarded to Kitahara Akira, a commotion and gasps erupted from the sidelines.

"...Did you guys see the ball?!"

"I used a camera just now and couldn't capture it, it's amazing!"

As Kaidou watched Kitahara Akira ask the sideline referee for the ball, he was still shocked by the ball. Although he had prepared himself mentally, he was still startled when he actually saw it.

This is completely different from the feeling from outside the venue...

It was impossible to see the opponent's swing; it was like a gust of wind, as if the screen had suddenly stopped, and the tennis ball disappeared in an instant.

Only by personally standing on the field can one achieve this.

Only then can you truly appreciate just how fast the opponent's serve is!

Kitahara Akira moved to the other side of the service court.

Tap! ... Tap! ...

He pressed down on the tennis ball, and the court was completely silent.

One player serves, and the whole court is on edge.

This is the influence of Tokyo's top heavy gunner.

Bang! !

"Kitahara Akira scores, 30-0!"

......

Bang!

"Kitahara Akira scores, 40-0!"

......

Bang!

"Game, Yamabuki Middle School Kitahara Akira, 1-0!"

"The two sides will switch venues."

With four consecutive high-speed aces, Kaidou Kaoru didn't even get a chance to touch the tennis ball.

Fuji opened his eyes, a rare seriousness flashing in his azure pupils.

Kitahara Akira's ball speed was indeed amazing, but he was more concerned about what his opponent was hiding behind his serve.

"That's terrifying..."

According to Agan's information, Kitahara Akira had no experience in major competitions during his elementary school years, and this rookie tournament was his first time participating in a large-scale event.

Under the watchful eyes of so many people, he showed no sign of panic. Instead, his mental focus became even stronger, and he unleashed a series of four rock-solid serves in one go.

"This is a player with a big heart, born to compete."

Fuji thought to himself, "That's how I see it."

On the sidelines, the old man smiled, his eyes narrowing: "Mr. Ryuzaki..."

"What is it, Mr. Bantian?"

Ryuzaki Sumire turned her head and asked. As her old rival of more than ten years, she knew without even thinking that the other party was about to start again.

Sure enough, the old man didn't seem to care much.

"It looks like Yamabuki has won this match."

Hearing that smug tone, Ryuzaki Sumire's eyebrows twitched involuntarily. This old man still loves to put on airs!

She instinctively wanted to refute, but then she remembered how formidable Kitahara Akira truly was.

He could only swallow his anger, turn his head back to the court, and resist the urge to pay attention to the old geezer, while secretly cheering for Kaido on the court.

"We have to win next, Kaidou!"

The off-field disputes did not affect the on-field proceedings.

Kaoru Kaidou stood at the baseline, pressing down on the tennis ball to get himself into peak condition, while silently recalling Inui's advice.

To defeat Kitahara Akira, he needs to engage in a battle of endurance...

Bang!

A sharp yellow light fell on the inner corner of the T area.

Kitahara Akira's eyes flickered slightly.

Although the ball speed was far slower than his own, the trajectory and landing point of the ball showed that Kaidou Kaoru had solid basic skills.

You can't produce this kind of serve without hundreds or thousands of practice sessions.

He shifted his body to the left to create space, quickly positioned himself at the right hitting point, and raised his racket ahead of time.

Bang!

As the tennis ball bounces off the ground and reaches the point of impact, the player twists their waist and body, unleashing a powerful forehand attack with strong topspin that sends the ball flying back to the backhand corner.

ta ta ta ......

Kaidou's lean legs moved swiftly, crossing over each other, and he reached the other corner.

Looking at the height of the tennis ball as it bounced, surprise flashed in his eyes once again. The opponent's forehand topspin was also much stronger than what he had seen from the sidelines.

However, he is, after all, a master of curveballs.

Kaido adjusted his posture in an instant, stomped his right foot on the ground, grabbed his racket and hit it with a powerful backhand, twisting his body forward with his right foot as the axis.

Bang!

The tennis ball struck the racket violently and was then pulled out in a sharp, reverse arc.

Bang!

Kitahara Akira reacted quickly, arriving at the landing point ahead of time, and launched another powerful, high-angle diagonal shot that flew back.

"hiss......"

Kaidou stared intently at the return ball, letting out a hissing sound like a snake flicking its tongue. He spread his legs wide apart, his hands hanging down and swaying slightly, a cold, snake-like light flashing in his pupils.

Snapped!

The moment the tennis ball bounced off the ground, Kaidou moved!

His body weight shifted rapidly from his right foot to his left, and his unusually long arms swung out with the force of the weight transfer, the racket striking the bouncing tennis ball hard.

Swipe!

The audience outside the stadium only saw a flash of yellow light.

Then I saw an incredible, over-the-angle shot, like a twisted viper, appear on the court and bounce out in an unusually tricky corner close to the net.

Snapped!

The tennis ball flew out of the court at lightning speed.

"This is... Snakeball?"

Kitahara Akira ran a few steps but realized he couldn't catch up, so he stopped at the net, his eyes flashing twice.

Unexpected gasps of surprise rang out from outside the stadium.

"Amazing! To be able to hit a curveball from such a great angle from that position!"

"As expected of Seigaku... they actually have a player who can effortlessly hit such a powerful curveball...!"

"What's the name of that move?"

"Snake ball!!"

......

Bang!

The powerful topspin ball suddenly bounced up.

Kaidou Kaoru remained calm and composed, once again assuming the stance he would use to hit a snake shot. Under the expectant gazes of the spectators, he swiftly swung his racket with his exceptionally long arms.

Swipe!

The angle of a snake shot is far greater than that of a regular curveball, and it is also more difficult to catch than a regular diagonal shot. The highly curved arc also brings a strong visual impact.

"Here it comes again, a snake ball!"

A burst of excited exclamations came from the sidelines.

Snapped!

The tennis ball flew rapidly out of bounds.

The referee announced the score: "Kaoru Kaidou scores, 30-0!"

"Oh dear, Kaidou is in such a hurry!"

Kikumaru exclaimed in surprise, his expression turning worried as he saw his team score. "We'll have to play a long game to wear down Yamabuki's stamina!"

Inui Sadaharu, standing to the side, shook his head and said in a deep voice, "No, this is precisely where Kaido's brilliance lies."

Kikumaru and Oishi both turned to look at them, their faces showing some confusion.

Inui Sadaharu explained: "Kitahara Akira of Yamabuki is no ordinary opponent. If Kaido simply uses a war of attrition tactic, the opponent will definitely realize it and will soon find a way to change the rhythm of the game."

"Kaidou realized this, which is why he immediately launched two full-power Snake Balls to draw the opponent's attention to them."

"Soon, the power of the Snake Ball will decrease..."

Listening to Inui Sadaharu's explanation, Kikumaru and Oishi turned to look at the court thoughtfully.

At this moment, the audience outside the stadium gasped in surprise.

"...It's a snake ball!"

Swipe!

The snake-like ball made a cunning and sharp attack into the side half of the field, bouncing off near the boundary line.

ta ta ta ......

A series of rhythmic, crisp footsteps echoed across the field as Kitahara Akira quickly arrived, leaving a trail of bluish-green shadow behind him.

"Yamabuki has caught up!" The crowd exclaimed again.

Bang!

Kitahara Akira pulled out his racket while running, and with a crisp sound, the tennis ball quickly spun back.

The snake shot was returned!

Seeing his ultimate move countered, Kaidou remained completely calm, as if he had expected this to happen.

His long legs moved swiftly and intermittently as he ran.

He quickly caught up with the tennis ball that Kitahara Akira had hit back, and with a flick of his racket, he sent the ball flying to another corner with a thud.

Thud! ...Thud! ...Thud! ...

The two players have already exchanged more than thirty shots in this point.

"So intense!"

"That snake shot is useless against Kitahara Akira. No matter where you hit it, he can always return it!"

"Seigaku also has a strong will and refuses to back down an inch."

"Neither of them will give in!"

The tennis ball twirled and weaved in the air, and the spectators' heads swayed from side to side, resembling human-shaped pendulums.

On Seigaku's side, Kikumaru squinted and grinned mischievously.

"Just as Ah-Gan said!"

"That brat Yamabuki has completely fallen into Kaidou's trap!"

......

on the field.

The powerful topspin shot earlier had pushed Kaido to the baseline, and he hadn't had time to recover.

Bang!

Another powerful shot crashed into the field.

"Game, Yamabuki Middle School Kitahara Akira, 2-0!"

After a 20-minute rallied match, the referee announced the score of the second game.

"hiss......"

Kaidou exhaled a breath of stale air, his eyes serious. His opponent was far more troublesome than he had imagined.

Although he had reduced the power of the snake ball, he had no intention of giving up this game.

Return to the bottom line and stand firm.

Next up is Kitahara Akira's serve.

Kitahara Akira caught the bouncing tennis ball, flipped his hand, and tossed the ball into the air.

then......

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

Four lightning-fast shots, too fast for the naked eye to catch, crashed into Kaido Kaoru's court.

The entire room fell silent at first.

Two seconds later.

The uproar was deafening! Like an even more violent wave surging in after the tide has receded.

"Powerful! Dominant! Strong!"

"Kitahara Akira's heavy artillery is truly powerful!! Σ(っ°Д°;)っ"

"He's practically a human RPG!"

After a tense twenty-minute battle, the memories that had been fading were instantly awakened by Kitahara Akira's four consecutive shots.

What snake ball? What intense rallies?

Everything pales in comparison to this cannon-like serve.

If you can't return the serve, Kitahara Akira is invincible!

"..."

Kaoru Kaido suppressed the shock in his eyes.

No matter how many times I see this serve, my heart still races.

Still...unable to connect!

He gripped his racket tightly, then walked across the court to the opposite side and stood at the baseline.

Look up.

Kaidou re-entered battle mode, clearing his mind of all distractions, focusing on only one thing.

"Outlast him!"

Bang!

The tennis ball was hit into Kitahara Akira's half of the court, and then hit back with a thud.

"hiss......"

Kaidou's body swayed slightly, and in the instant his center of gravity shifted, his super-long arm dragged the racket and swung it out suddenly.

"Snake ball!"

Swipe!

A distorted golden beam of light shot into the opposite arena.

Thud! ...Thud! ...Thud! ...

The game entered into another long baseline tug-of-war.

Kitahara Akira used a powerful topspin shot to pin Kaido to the baseline, and then rallied to the left and right.

Meanwhile, Kaidou would occasionally unleash a tricky snake shot, like the sharp fangs of a venomous snake piercing through, instantly disrupting Kitahara Akira's counter-attack rhythm and forcing him to run even further.

at the same time.

Outside the stadium, two people, one in pink and one in silver-gray, were watching the game from somewhere.

"Kaoru Kaidou of Seigaku is a player who excels in endurance battles, and his signature move is the Snake Shot, a super-angle curveball."

"However, based on his past performance, the snake ball seems to be just bait."

"Kaoru Kaidou loves to use Snake Ball to force his opponent to run around, gradually wearing down his exhausted opponent's stamina in the game before revealing his fangs and delivering a fatal blow."

A girl with long pink hair was looking at the notebook in her hands and talking eloquently.

He then looked up.

But she found that the delinquent-looking teenager next to her was only looking at the basketball court and not listening to her at all.

"You, you, bastard!"

Momoi Satsuki gritted her teeth and forcefully grabbed and twisted Akutsu's waist.

"I put in a lot of effort to gather intelligence, but it's because you were so slow that I didn't pass the information on to Kitahara!"

Akutsu was focused on watching the game when he was suddenly pinched, and his eye twitched involuntarily.

But men have pride.

He managed to suppress a hiss.

He pulled away Momoi Satsuki's hand from his flesh and said in a cold, hard voice, "Hmph, others don't need your information."

Upon hearing this, Momoi Satsuki lowered her head, her gaze falling on the tennis ball that Kitahara Akira had returned.

The tennis ball would spin so high that Kaidou had to straighten his legs to hit it back; then he would change his style and hit it deep and low, forcing him to bend his knees and squat to hit it.

"I originally wanted to give Kitahara a surprise."

Momoi Satsuki sighed regretfully. Just as Akutsu had said, Kitahara really didn't need her intelligence. The viper had already slithered into the trap Kitahara had set up.

on the field.

"Drink!"

Kitahara Akira leaped up at the net and delivered a powerful overhead smash with a forehand.

Bang!

The tennis ball bounced high off right in front of Kaido.

"Game, Yamabuki Middle School Kitahara Akira, 4-0!"

......

Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!

Wind and Swiftness: Four Consecutive Strikes

"Game, Yamabuki Middle School Kitahara Akira, 5-0!"

"The two sides will switch venues."

Kitahara Akira's serve was unstoppable, bringing the match to the final game.

......

"Huffing...huffing..."

Kaidou, panting, saw the tennis ball flying rapidly over the net and immediately pulled his arm away.

"Snake ball...!"

Bang-!

My arm suddenly went limp, my racket was raised at the wrong angle, and the tennis ball flew off the court like a kite without a string.

"How...is this possible?!"

Kaidou Kaoru's mind went blank. Looking down, he saw that he was soaked in sweat and his legs were trembling uncontrollably.

"I was the first one to run out of energy... and it was me?"

"Kitahara Akira scores, 0-30!"

......

"I've won this match!"

Kitahara Akira shouted.

Upon hearing this, Kaidou Kaoru immediately exhausted the last bit of strength in his body and rushed out. When he looked up, he saw Kitahara Akira striking a pose that was all too familiar to him.

next second.

Bang!

A distorted yellow beam of light crossed the net, landing with incredible precision in the outer corner of the field before bouncing off the court.

Kaoru Kaidou stood there, lost in thought: "I lost..."