The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 112 Irie: I can only go toe-to-toe with Marui

Kamiya You said: Sengoku, you're not good enough. You actually eliminated the correct answer from the weakest group just like that. You need to work on your judgment!

Meanwhile, Sengoku Kiyosumi, completely unaware of this, was still pondering:

Irie-senpai feels that he can go toe-to-toe with either Marui-kun or Saito-senpai, but he should have an easier time fighting Marui-kun, since Irie-kun's stamina is definitely higher than Marui-kun's (because Irie is 18 years old).

Moreover, for him personally, he felt it was easier to overpower Oishi Shuichiro than to overpower Mukahi Gakuto.

In addition, Saito-senpai and Mukahi are both from Hyotei, so they know each other better and can coordinate more easily.

Therefore, Kiyosumi Sengoku believes that choosing Bunta Marui and Shuichiro Oishi would be the most perfect choice.

But before officially setting a target, Kiyosumi Sengoku first asked Kanata Irie for his opinion, "What do you think of our team against Bunta Marui and Shuichiro Oishi?"

Kanata Irie smiled gently and warmly. "I think it's okay."

"Okay," Sengoku Kiyosumi readily agreed, "then it's decided."

"We're going to challenge Bunta Marui and Shuichiro Oishi!"

Marui Bunta blew a big blue-green chewing gum bubble. Well, it seems he and Oishi were treated like pushovers. But it's a good thing, since they now have a chance to turn the tables.

Thinking of this, Marui Bunta smiled brightly, "Then let's do it."

Shuichiro Oishi touched the scalp that had been mostly shaved off and was now very stiff, and calculated in his mind:

Marui's strength is higher than his, roughly the same as Oshitari's. In other words, Marui can be about even with Irie's sparring partner. However, compared to Sengoku's strength, he is slightly weaker. Of course, only slightly, because Oishi Shuichiro believes that he has trained much more intensely than Sengoku since joining Hyotei.

In other words, there's still a chance to fight!

Upon hearing that Sengoku Kiyosumi had ultimately chosen Kamiya You, he licked his upper teeth. Well, it's alright. Although Sengoku didn't choose the weakest one, at least he chose the second weakest.

As for the weakest group?

Of course, it's Jiro Akutagawa and Takuma Inoue, a minor character in the story.

Although Akutagawa is now stronger than Sengoku, Inoue Takuma is actually weaker than Oishi!

Um----

Kamiya You speculated that perhaps Inoue Takuma's masterful (pretentious) demeanor was too convincing, which is why Sengoku was fooled.

Kanata Irie's eyes flashed behind his glasses. In fact, he had come to the same conclusion as Yo Kamiya: Jiro Akutagawa and Takuma Inoue were the weakest pair.

After all, it's normal for Inoue Takuma to have that kind of imposing presence to intimidate others, but it's absolutely impossible to fool someone like him who loves acting.

But the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he had no intention of offering any advice or changing Sengoku's challenge choice.

There's no need for that.

Moreover, Kanata Irie had already planned that in the upcoming match, he would only show a level playing field with Bunta Marui. As for if they lost in the end because of this, so be it. After all, it was just about sleeping in tents and eating white rice or white sushi at night. He had experienced even worse conditions in the U17 team before.

Of course, most importantly, he doesn't attract mosquitoes anyway, so even if a swarm of mosquitoes came, Kanata Irie was confident they would only bite other people.

As the saying goes, "Better to die a friend than a poor monk."

Soon, the court was quickly cleared out, and the beach chairs and other unrelated items were quickly taken away by the maids and servants.

Sengoku Kiyosumi, Irie Kanata, Marui Bunta, and Oishi Shuichiro walked to the net.

Meanwhile, near the barbed wire fence outside the arena, Kamiya Yo and Atobe Keigo were standing and watching the match, but each of them was accompanied by a maid holding a parasol for them. This "imperial" treatment naturally attracted the attention of others.

Kamiya You noticed these self-illuminating lights and generously offered to provide them if needed.

However, Mori and the others refused, since having a maid hold an umbrella for them all the time was a bit too much compared to using a fixed parasol.

Because the others had already spoken up in refusal, Akutsu Jin, who had initially thought the shade created by the umbrella was really attractive, and the maids were indeed quite beautiful, ultimately kept quiet.

His complexion was just a little darker.

However, Kikumaru, Akutagawa, and the others didn't have this burden and all expressed their need for it. As a result, a maid holding an umbrella quickly appeared next to them.

After escaping the still intense sun at four o'clock, Kikumaru Eiji let out a comfortable sigh, while Akutagawa Jiro simply stood up and fell asleep in the shade cast by the maid.

Although his drowsiness has lessened considerably recently after drinking Kamiya's special drink, Jiro Akutagawa, who is used to drowsiness and has made sleeping a hobby, said that he still likes to take a nap if there's nothing else to do.

Inside the court, the four quickly shook hands. Then, Kiyosumi Sengoku placed his racket face down on the ground and asked Bunta Marui, "Which?"

Marui Bunta didn't answer immediately. Instead, he blew a blue-green bubble. "Pop!" The bubble burst, and Marui Bunta already had his answer. He turned his head slightly to ask his partner's opinion, "Oishi, what do you think about guessing 'smooth'?"

Shuichiro Oishi nodded. He was actually fine with either smooth or rough; it all came down to luck anyway.

"Then let's go for smooth." Marui Bunta made a decisive decision.

"OK." Upon receiving the answer, Sengoku Kiyosumi immediately began spinning her racket. With a "thud," the racket fell to the ground, and the mark on the handle was facing down.

"Lucky~" Sengoku Kiyosumi's eyes lit up again. He felt that Lady Luck was really on his side today.

"Then we'll serve first." Sengoku Kiyosumi had just finished speaking when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to ask Irie Kanata's opinion. But when he turned his head, he saw that Irie Kanata had a smile on her face and did not express any objection.

So what Kiyosumi Sengoku was about to say turned into, "Who serves first? Who receives first?"

Kanata Irie pushed up her round-framed glasses. "I'm fine with anything, it depends on what you think, Sengoku-kun."

"How about I serve first, and you receive first?" Sengoku Kiyosumi said in a consultative tone.

"it is good."

While the two opposite were discussing their strategy, they were also warming up and debating tactics.

Soon, the five-minute warm-up period ended, and the four players took their positions. Then, the referee announced, "I declare the competition open!"

"The match between Kiyosumi Sengoku & Kanata Irie and Bunta Marui & Shuichiro Oishi has ended."

"It's now Kiyosumi Sengoku's and Kanata Irie's service game, and Kiyosumi Sengoku will serve first."

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