The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 126 Is this all the punishment is?

Sakaki Taro continued, "According to the rules, teams that are short of members will be supplemented by our personnel."

"So now, let's announce the final member of the Red Team and the Green Team."

"Masato Ikeda will play as the eighth member of the Red Team."

As soon as Taro finished speaking, Masato Ikeda, a tall man with well-defined muscles, standing to his left behind him in a red team uniform, stepped forward and nodded slightly to everyone, especially the members of the red team.

"Kondo Takashi will be the eighth member of the Green Team," Taro continued.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kondo Takaya, the remaining player on his right who was wearing a green team uniform and had a skinny build like a monkey but whose arms showed obvious muscles upon closer inspection, took three steps forward and nodded to everyone.

"These two are the last remaining players for the Red Team and the Green Team in this final competition."

"Furthermore, they have already received a week of targeted training in advance, and have a considerable understanding and mastery of this special billiards style that incorporates tennis skills."

At this point, Taro waved his hand, and Masato Ikeda and Takashi Kondo quickly and simultaneously walked to the two pool tables on the left and right.

Then, almost simultaneously, the two pulled out a tennis ball that they had prepared in advance from their pockets, tossed the ball, and then raised their right rackets, making a smooth swing.

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"Bang!"

Two crisp, powerful sounds rang out in quick succession, and then everyone saw the white ball, positioned within the D-shaped area of ​​the break court, be struck by the tennis ball with a "thud"—

The sound, swiftly tracing a curved arc, bounced towards the triangular formation of the red ball, "clang!"

The fifteen red balls scattered and rolled towards every corner of the pool table, like pebbles thrown into a lake.

One of the red balls rolled with perfect accuracy into the pocket on the upper right side of the pool table!

"Thump!"

"sure."

"pretty!"

The people on both the red and green teams applauded.

Eiji Kikumaru of the Red Team initially thought that if the last member was assigned to the team, then the assigned player wouldn't be a strong one, and their team would definitely have no chance of winning first place. But unexpectedly, things took a turn for the better.

Things turned out to be completely contrary to his expectations. The team member who was assigned to the team had actually undergone a week of serious training on a billiard table, even though they had never actually played at a table before.

After their performance, Masato Ikeda and Takashi Kondo walked into their respective teams, while the maids skillfully cleared all the billiard balls from the table to the side, preparing for the next match.

Taro continued, "Now, I will reiterate the specific rules for this tennis version of snooker match."

"First, each team captain rolls the dice, and the team with the highest roll gets to decide the order of the matches."

"Regardless of the match-up order, the final three teams will inevitably face each other once. The specific rules are: each team randomly selects one member to battle against the opposing team's member. A win earns three points, a loss deducts one point."

"The team with the highest final score will receive a travel allowance of 100 million yen and a surprise grand prize."

"The second-place team will receive a 30 yen travel allowance and a consolation prize, while the third-place team, including the captain, will have to work part-time in the afternoon to earn the travel allowance for tomorrow as punishment."

Hmm, is this all the punishment is?

That's it?!

"But coach, no one will hire us for half-day jobs, 17."

Besides, no one else would dare to hire them, otherwise it would be considered child labor.

Taro remained expressionless, but a hint of a smile flickered in his eyes. "Don't worry about that, because we've already arranged for the shops where the defeated team will work."

Liu Lian'er narrowed his eyes. Although many others breathed a sigh of relief after hearing about the punishment, he felt that it wasn't that simple.

Yuushi Oshitari, Kanata Irie, and others shared the same thought. However, Kanata Irie reconsidered and realized that it was just a part-time job. At most, he would be wearing a mascot costume and handing out flyers in the sweltering heat, but that wouldn't be a problem for his physique. Besides, it wasn't summer, so even if the sun was shining, the temperature wouldn't be very high.

Taro continued, "Now, please have the three captains roll the dice."

As soon as Taro finished speaking, three maids holding dice quickly stepped forward and handed the dice to Kamiya Yo, Yukimura Seiichi, and Irie Kanata respectively.

Kamiya You took the dice, spun them around, and thought, "Well, this time we don't need to choose team members, so there's no need to necessarily get first place." Therefore, he wanted to see his luck today, so he casually tossed the dice, and the enlarged rubber die tumbled and flew towards the open space in front of the living room.

Almost at the same time that Kamiya You made his move, Yukimura Seiichi and Irie Kanata also threw their dice.

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

Three muffled thuds rang out in succession.

Soon, all the dice stopped rolling.

The top face of the die that Kamiya You threw was a 5.

Yukimura Seiichi's dice roll was a lucky one, also a 5, while Irie Kanata's was a 1.

Kanata Irie pushed up his glasses. "Oh dear, looks like I'm having a run of bad luck today."

Kamiya You and Yukimura Seiichi exchanged a glance, then took the dice handed to them by the maid and rolled them again.

Kamiya You rolled a die randomly this time, and his die was a 6, while Yukimura Seiichi's was a 2.

Kamiya You was very satisfied; it seemed that even without using any clever tricks, his luck was quite good.

"Do you want to fight first or last?" Kamiya Yo asked, showing his democratic nature as he looked at his seven teammates.

Having undergone four days of grueling training, everyone declared they were ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work, saying, "Anything's fine with me, I feel..."

They are now terrifyingly strong.

"Then let's finish this match as soon as possible." Kamiya You smiled slightly, and then said to Taro, "Let's have the Blue Team play the Red Team first, then the Green Team, and finally the Red Team and the Green Team will play one more match."

Taro nodded. "Now, the two captains of the Blue Team and the Red Team, please select your three players for the first round within two minutes and write the list on the whiteboard in your hands. Remember to clearly mark the numbers."

The blue team is discussing it.

"Captain, how should we send people?"

Kamiya You shrugged. "Whatever. Anyway, you, Mori, and I can easily win two games against anyone. Even against Yukimura and Irie, you and Mori shouldn't have any problems."

"After all, in tennis billiards, Yukimura-kun's five senses-destroying ability probably wouldn't work. Although there's still a gap between you two in terms of skill level, tennis billiards has its limits, so it's a draw."

"As long as you two can get the first kick, you'll win without any problem. Besides, given Irie's personality and his understanding of you two, he won't use his strongest skills right away. So, the probability of you two getting the first kick is very high."