The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 122: Thankfully, Genichiro wasn't chosen.

Sakaki Taro slowly announced the last captain: "Irie Kanata."

"???"

Everyone present was completely dumbfounded.

What?! They didn't hear wrong?! The last captain is Kanata Irie?!

Renji Yanagi was also very surprised. The third captain was not their vice-captain Sanada or Hyotei's vice-captain Atobe Keigo, but Irie Kanata, who, according to Ryo Anshido, was Hyotei's Kanto-level sparring partner?!

Ryo Shishido couldn't understand it either, could he? Irie-senpai's strength was clearly only on par with Oshitari and the others, and Oshitari couldn't beat Atobe, and most likely couldn't beat Sanada from Rikkai University either. In other words, Irie-senpai definitely couldn't beat the vice-captain and Sanada either, so with his strength, why should he be the captain and coach?!

Yukimura Seiichi, who knew in advance that there were three captains, did not expect that the third person would be Irie Kanata, who had barely defeated Marui before. He had originally guessed that Atobe and Genichiro would fight.

As for Kanata Irie himself, the ever-present smile on his face froze for a moment; he truly hadn't expected to be chosen as the captain.

Kanata Irie raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Yo Kamiya. Seeing the playful smile on Yo Kamiya's face, she immediately understood that Yo Kamiya must have been behind this.

Seriously, can't we just let him be a peaceful sparring partner?

Moreover, with Kamiya doing this now, although someone will definitely challenge him later, those people will definitely think that he is hiding his strength or something. So he can no longer do what he used to love to do: lose 5 games first and then win the tiebreaker when the other person is at their most triumphant.

Hey.

Come to think of it, he hasn't done anything like this since he went to Hyotei as a sparring partner. After all, letting the opponent have five games first and then winning decisively in a tiebreaker doesn't match his self-assessment of his strength as someone who is at the Kanto level.

Forced to fight to a draw, are we now forced to reveal our full strength?

No, Kanata Irie stubbornly pushed up his black round-framed glasses; a 50/50 split was his bottom line.

Meanwhile, Taro continued, "First, the three captains will roll the dice. The one with the highest number will choose the team uniform color first. Then, the three captains will choose team members in turn according to the number rolled on the dice, one at a time, alternating."

"Due to insufficient numbers, the three groups currently consist of 877 people. However, during the special match on the morning of the sixth day, we will temporarily add one person to each of the teams with fewer people."

"After the captain has selected the team members, if any team member is dissatisfied with the captain, they can challenge the captain. If the captain is defeated, the challenger will become the new captain."

"As for the specific training methods, we will provide some references, and the team leaders can make corresponding modifications based on the training tasks we provide."

"Now let's have the part where players choose their team members and uniforms based on the dice rolls."

As soon as Taro finished speaking, the three maids simultaneously handed three dice to Kamiya Yo, Yukimura Seiichi, and Irie Kanata.

Kamiya You calmly accepted the dice handed to him by the maid with a smile.

He didn't even stand up; he just sat in his chair and, with a seemingly casual flick of his wrist, sent the enlarged rubber die tumbling and flying toward the open space on the left side of the restaurant.

The sound of the rubber dice striking the marble floor was dull yet clear.

Almost at the same moment Kamiya Yo made his move, Yukimura Seiichi stood up with a smile, took the dice from the maid, and the dice drew a graceful arc in his hand before falling into the open space.

Kanata Irie adjusted his glasses, took the dice with both hands, weighed them in his hands, and then threw them.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The three muffled thuds almost came together in one continuous sound.

Soon, all the dice stopped rolling.

The top face of the die that Kamiya You threw was a 6.

Yukimura Seiichi's dice roll was 3, while Irie Kanata's was 5.

Kamiya You looked at the result of 6 with satisfaction and said decisively, "Then I will choose the blue team uniform, and the first member will be Atobe Keigo."

Unsurprisingly, Atobe Keigo, whose name was called, raised his chin, took a blue team uniform from the coat rack next to him with elegant steps, and then walked behind Kamiya You.

Kanata Irie was the second to choose. He adjusted his glasses and said, "Then I'll choose red. As for the first member—"

Kanata Irie's gaze lingered between Genichiro Sanada and Renji Yanagi, but surprisingly, he didn't choose Rikkai University's vice-captain; instead, he chose Renji Yanagi.

In response, Kanata Irie said that although he did not see Mitsuya this time, he remembered that Mitsuya had said that Yanagi Renji was a promising junior, so he wanted to test Yanagi Renji's abilities.

Upon hearing this, Renji Yanagi squinted, picked up a red team uniform, and walked over to Kanata Irie. Although he hadn't been chosen by the captain, it wasn't bad to be chosen by this Irie-kun. Maybe he could be the captain for a while.

Finally, it was Yukimura Seiichi's turn.

Although he was the last to choose, and although only green was left, his face still wore that warm, spring-like smile. Since green matched his headband, it wasn't bad. "First member, I choose Genichiro." Yukimura Seiichi's gaze softened as he looked at Sanada Genichiro. Most importantly, Genichiro hadn't been chosen yet. Sanada Genichiro adjusted his hat brim and replied in a deep voice, "Yes!"

He strode over with the team uniform in hand and stood behind Yukimura Seiichi, his posture upright as a pine tree.

The final result is:

Blue Team: Captain: Yo Kamiya, Members: Keigo Atobe, Jusaburo Mori, Hideaki Saito, Jiro Akutagawa, Ryo Anshido, Shuichiro Oishi, Jin Akutsu.

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Red Team: Captain Kanata Irie, Members: Renji Yanagi, Yuushi Oshitari, Bunta Marui, Jack Kuwabara, Hiroshi Yagyu, Eiji Kikumaru.

Green Team: Captain Yukimura Seiichi, Members: Sanada Genichiro, Niou Masaharu, Sengoku Kiyosumi, Shimizu Masahiro, Mukahi Gakuto, Inoue Takuma.

Yukimura Seiichi was actually a little puzzled by the final result, because Kamiya could have chosen the more skilled Rikkai members, but he gave up and chose one of his own Hyotei members who was much weaker.

Meanwhile, Taro continued, "Now, each team captain will receive data on their respective team members from me, preliminary training plans and suggestions from the training team, as well as details of the special match on the morning of the sixth day. Then, you will lead your teams in training."

"Of course, if anyone wants to challenge their team captain, they can do so now."

Renji Yanagi, the third-ranking figure at Rikkai University, immediately declared, "I want to challenge Captain Irie."

Kanata Irie adjusted his glasses without any surprise. "Okay."

As for the other two teams, they completely ignored the Red Team's commotion (they had no intention of watching the game) and went straight to begin training their own players.