The Prince of Tennis: From Data-Driven Tennis to the Pinnacle of His Career

Chapter 202 Early Exit

At 2 p.m. that day, in a square at the U17 training camp.

As more and more high school students gathered here, the crowd, under an unspoken understanding, clearly separated into two groups.

Facing the group of second and third-year high school students who had also gathered not far away, the first-year students' expressions became unusually solemn.

They knew very well that here they not only had to compete with other students in their own grade, but also with these senior students.

Staying in the U17 training camp is just the first step for them. If they want to get into the front field, they will have to defeat the seniors who are already here.

Only in this way can they gain a foothold in the U17 training camp and even have the opportunity to challenge the expeditionary force.

"Now that everyone's here, let's get started. As for you guys—I'll demonstrate it myself, and you can just follow along."

Takuya Ryuji strode up to the platform in the square, picked up the microphone and made his announcement. Then he suddenly turned to look at the slightly flustered first-year high school students.

Compared to the second and third-year high school students who were used to the training programs, these first-year high school students who had just entered the U17 training camp were the ones he focused on evaluating.

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Seeing Takuya Ryuji start training on the high platform, the first-year high school students present looked at each other in bewilderment and stood there stunned for a moment.

In contrast, Tani Yoshiki Shin and Ishimaru Kanto in the crowd did the exact opposite. Without the slightest hesitation, they followed Takushi Ryuji and did the exact same thing.

Soon, as more and more first-year high school students realized what was happening, only four teaching assistants remained standing in the huge square.

"As expected, nothing has changed."

Faced with this strangely familiar scene, Kagura Ichijin calmly took out his notebook from his pocket and began to observe silently.

Before long, as the training program became more and more extensive, many first-year high school students began to sweat profusely and their breathing became rapid.

In response to this situation, Kagura Ichijin shook his head slightly and simply noted down the names of the first-year high school students whose movements were not up to standard.

Soon, the atmosphere in the square changed instantly as several first-year high school students sat down on the ground to rest.

The remaining first-year high school students, who were still gritting their teeth and persevering, secretly glanced around and found that even though some people were blatantly slacking off, Takuya Ryuji and the teaching assistants did not shout at them. The tension in their hearts instantly eased.

As more and more people slacked off, soon nearly one-eighth of the high school students in the square stopped training.

"These idiots."

Upon seeing this, Kagura Ichijin frowned and muttered to himself.

These freshmen are so oblivious! Even if they didn't notice the teaching assistants secretly taking notes, they should at least think about why the upperclassmen are still gritting their teeth and persevering.

Although this time Takumi Ryuji didn't explicitly say "If you don't want to do the training, get out immediately" like he did last year, he understood that the rule still applied.

Now that Takuya Ryuji is deliberately not saying anything, he probably wants to test these first-year high school students.

"You four should have taken note of those who were slacking off, right? Make them leave here when the car arrives."

After an unknown amount of time, as Takuya Ryuji finished the last training exercise, he slowly stood up, picked up the microphone beside him, and spoke with a serious expression.

He was very disappointed with the performance of this year's freshmen. Not only was their overall strength inferior to that of last year's group, but their willpower and awareness were also far behind.

Instead of wasting resources by keeping these people in the U17 training camp, it's better to get rid of them as soon as possible.

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Seeing that Takumi Ryuji was about to expel more than forty freshmen from the U17 training camp in one go, Kagura Ichijin slammed his notebook shut, a hint of regret on his face.

The elimination rate for this year's U17 training camp is much faster than last year.

Those first-year high school students probably never imagined that just slacking off would have such serious consequences.

"The rest of you continue training. No one is allowed to leave until they finish today or if their movements are not up to standard."

Takuya Ryuji put down the microphone, not even glancing at the pale-faced first-year high school students, and turned to walk straight towards the studio.

He no longer needs to supervise this place personally; the remaining miscellaneous tasks can be handled entirely by the teaching assistants.

"Phew—finally I can relax for a little while."

After seeing Takuya Ryuji leave, Koizumi Seiichi breathed a sigh of relief.

He reached out and rubbed his slightly sore neck, then walked directly to Kagura Ichijin's side and said with a contented expression.

These teaching assistants had been standing under the scorching sun with the high school students for over two hours. Even though they didn't need to participate in the training, just standing there for so long was still tiring.

"really."

Kagura Ichijin smiled faintly, put the notebook in his pocket, and turned his gaze back to the high school students in the square.

At this point, the high school students who were doing training programs had gradually widened the gap between them.

Those high school juniors and seniors, having long been accustomed to this level of training intensity, maintained a relatively steady breathing rhythm and range of motion despite feeling somewhat tired.

At this rate, it shouldn't be long before these senior students can finish all their training and go to rest.

The remaining freshmen were far inferior. Apart from a few individuals with exceptional physical abilities, the others generally lagged behind their senior classmates.

"Kagura, what time do you think we'll finish today?"

Koizumi Shizuka squinted at the setting sun, then turned to look at Kagura Ichijin and asked with a serious expression.

Although Takuya Ryuji has decided to kick out those who are slacking off from the U17 training camp, there are still quite a few freshmen left.

Although these people have good willpower, their physical fitness is far inferior to that of the senior students, and it would be difficult for them to complete all the training programs in three hours.

"Around 10 p.m., it shouldn't be too late."

Kagura Ichijin quickly assessed the physical strength of the first-year high school students and then decisively gave his prediction.

The remaining first-year high school students, no matter how poor their physical condition or how long they need to rest, will definitely not stay up until midnight as long as they don't slack off.

"That's good."

Upon hearing this answer, Koizumi Shizuka breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to stay up until one or two in the morning like before; that was too torturous.

This time, Takumi Ryuji didn't explicitly tell the freshmen, probably to take care of them as teaching assistants, which is why he kicked out the lazy players from the U17 training camp ahead of time.

After all, under normal circumstances, those lazy freshmen would definitely spend a week with these teaching assistants until they finally couldn't get into court number 16 before being kicked out.