The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 111 The Minister Would Never Be So Kind

In response to Kamiya Yo's invitation to rest, Yanagi Renji nodded and said "okay." He then narrowed his eyes back to slits. Anyway, he needed to find a quiet place to sort out the data that Kamiya-kun had messed up. Of course, the most important thing was to mend his mindset after facing a crushing defeat and being "played with."

Ryo Shishido wiped the sweat from his face and, with the mindset of enjoying it for a while, nodded in agreement.

Meanwhile, the spectators outside the arena readily accepted Kamiya You's invitation. After all, why stand when you can sit, and why wait when you can lie down and enjoy yourself?

So, the twelve people walked one after another toward the beach chairs that occupied half of the court and enjoyed the shade provided by the parasols.

Kamiya You first chose a beach chair, and then lazily lay down.

I casually took the simple black noise-canceling headphones that Tanaka Sakurako handed me, put them on my ears, and tapped my phone with my fingertips. A melodious tune began to play in my ears.

Kikumaru Eiji chose the beach chair to the right of Kamiya You. After lying down, he first let out a subconscious "nya~", stretched his soft body as if boneless, then took a sip of the freshly squeezed orange juice on the small table next to him, and then directly curled up into a long cat pancake.

Atobe Keigo chose the beach chair to the left of Kamiya Yo, lay down in a dashing and elegant manner, and then casually put on his sunglasses.

About ten minutes later, the rest of the people returned one after another.

"Oh—you guys who finished first had it so good, I want to lie down too~" Akutagawa Jiro said, "This beach chair gives me the feeling that it would be really comfortable to sleep on it for a while."

Kamiya You straightened his head slightly from the beach chair and said with a hint of teasing, "Too bad you're late, Akutagawa."

Then he scanned everyone present who had their table cards, and yes, the results were exactly the same as his pre-match assessment of their individual abilities.

No surprises occurred.

That's a little boring.

But that's okay, the unpredictability of the next part makes up for it.

With that thought in mind, Kamiya You clapped his hands with a smile, got up from the beach chair first, and looked at Sengoku Kiyosumi and Irie Kanata.

"Now, it's our turn to choose their opponents."

As Kamiya You finished speaking, the atmosphere on the field instantly shifted from a lazy and leisurely vacation vibe to a tense and exciting competitive atmosphere.

Meanwhile, the others lying on the beach chairs also got up to show their respect for Sengoku Kiyosumi and Irie Kanata, who were about to choose their opponents.

All eyes were on Kiyosumi Sengoku and Kanata Irie.

Kamiya Youya wondered with great interest who they would ultimately choose as their opponent.

Given Irie's personality, he'll most likely let Sengoku choose, and Sengoku will most likely choose the weakest one. Hmm, Kamiya Yo is curious to know if Sengoku can choose the group that he actually considers the weakest.

Meanwhile, just as Kamiya You had predicted, Irie Kanata very decisively entrusted the matter entirely to Sengoku Kiyosumi, saying, "Sengoku-kun, I'll leave it to you. I believe you can definitely choose a weaker group as our opponent."

As he spoke, he pushed up his glasses, revealing a "weak" and innocent smile, "After all, I really don't want to become a mosquito feast tonight."

Looking at Kanata Irie's "weak" and innocent smile, and listening to his words of entrusting everything to him, Kiyosumi Sengoku felt a strong protective instinct and a surging sense of responsibility well up inside her.

"Leave it to me!" Sengoku Kiyosumi patted his chest confidently, determined to choose an easy opponent.

Because not only did Irie-senpai not want to feed the mosquitoes, he himself didn't want to either!

Not to mention that if he loses, he'll have to eat that awful-looking white sushi and white rice for dinner. Oh, and that kind of low-quality pickled vegetables and salted meat (with flimsy packaging and questionable color) that he would never even glance at in the supermarket discount section.

Alas-

Sengoku Kiyosumi shook her head violently twice. In short, she absolutely could not lose!

So, without hesitation, Sengoku Kiyosumi passed over the five strong winners' groups. Then, in his heart, he apologized to the losers, saying that no one could hear him. He apologized because, for the sake of his and Irie-senpai's wonderful evening, he could only ask one of them to raise the flag again. With that thought in mind, Sengoku Kiyosumi's eyes began to wander among the five losers' groups. So, which group was the weakest and the easiest to beat?

First, let's rule out the group that just fought the minister. Although Shishido Ryo is a bit weaker than him, he noticed that Yanagi Renji was the third person to get off at Rikkai University, so Yanagi Renji is probably not easy to beat. Even Irie-senpai might not be able to defeat him.

Therefore, just in case, it's better to pass on this group.

Well, Yagyu Hiroshi and Jack Kuwabara's pair is also out. Although they lost to Oshitari and Mori-senpai, based on what he saw watching from the sidelines, their doubles teamwork was quite good, 1+1 was definitely greater than 2, so there was a risk in playing against them.

Once again, the pairing of Inoue Takuma and Akutagawa is ruled out.

Although I didn't have time to watch their match, I always felt that Inoue-kun's aura was somewhat hidden. Therefore, Sengoku Kiyosumi judged that Inoue-kun was at least on par with Irie-senpai. As for Akutagawa, he lost to him in last week's practice match (ps: because it was not an official match, there was no need to exchange medals).

Therefore, it seemed that he and Irie-senpai couldn't beat each other when they teamed up.

In other words, the only teams they can choose from, and most importantly, the ones they can beat, are Marui Bunta & Oishi Shuichiro and Saito Shu & Mukahi Gakuto.

Sengoku Kiyosumi's gaze lingered between the two groups, and the three groups, feeling the gaze disappear from them and knowing that they had been abandoned by Sengoku Kiyosumi, felt quite regretful. Alas, it seemed that their only chance to turn the tide (the opportunity not to go camping that night) was gone.

After a brief sigh, Mukahi Gakuto began to think about practical matters. Should he go and borrow some mosquito coils from someone? But who should he ask?

Hmm, seriously, does anyone actually carry this thing with them when they go out?

Well, I think it's more reliable to ask someone to borrow some mosquito repellent. I wonder if his buddy Shishido brought any. I'll ask him later. If he didn't bring any, we'll borrow some together. Anyway, I don't think the department head would be so kind as to provide mosquito repellent.

Kamiya You shook his head inwardly after noticing that Sengoku Kiyosumi's field of vision had narrowed.