The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 127 Kamiya You vs. Irie Kanata (Tennis Version - Billiards)

Kamiya You continued, "With our three teams locked in a 3-0 victory, we're not afraid even if they use a 'Tian Ji' strategy (a classic Chinese tactic of using one horse to outmaneuver another)," adding, "After all, surely the five of them combined can't possibly lose three games, right?"

Kamiya Yo gave a chilling smile, then glanced at Saito Hide, Shishido Ryo, and the others. "I believe they would never do such a thing."

Saito Hide and the others felt a chill run down their spines under Kamiya You's smiling gaze; it was quite unsettling.

How could we possibly lose?! How dare we lose?!

Everyone thought of their minister's "great" deeds (his mischievous nature), and this was only when he was in a good mood; what if they lost later—

hiss-

"Captain, don't worry, we'll definitely fight well."

"That's right, absolutely number one!"

Everyone hurriedly expressed their opinions.

Meanwhile, Kamiya You, holding a pen, pondered for a couple of seconds, feeling that it was unlikely Irie would be the first to go, and besides, this kind of troop deployment really depended entirely on randomness, so—

With that thought in mind, he quickly wrote three names on the small whiteboard in his hand with a black marker, leaving it to fate.

Meanwhile, Kanata Irie was also rapidly discussing with her teammates the selection of players for the first round of matches.

A minute later, Taro said, "Then, please have the three captains announce the three team members you will field in the first round."

Kamiya Yo immediately flipped the whiteboard in his hand, and saw that it read: 1: Saito Shu; 2: Shishido Ryo; 3: Kamiya Yo.

On the opposite side, Kanata Irie also displayed his whiteboard at almost the same time, on which were written: 1. Eiji Kikumaru, 2. Bunta Marui, 3. Kanata Irie.

"So, table No. 1: Hide Saito vs. Eiji Kikumaru; table No. 2: Ryo Anato vs. Bunta Marui; table No. 3: Kamiya Yao vs. Irie Kanata."

Huh? Wait a minute, who did the coach say he's playing against at table number 3?!

Kamiya-kun? !

Kanata Irie looked at the whiteboard in Yo Kamiya's hand in disbelief, and then saw the words "3: Yo Kamiya" written in black on the whiteboard.

How could this be?!

Based on his assessment of Kamiya's personality, if he were to choose to compete, he should have placed himself in position 1. He originally thought that the players Kamiya had listed would likely be ranked from strongest to weakest, from 1st to 3rd, because Kamiya's personality was quite assertive and he wouldn't be likely to engage in underhanded tactics. Moreover, Kamiya You's initiative to propose fighting the Red Team first and then the Green Team revealed his strong confidence in the overall strength of the Blue Team.

He must have believed that his side was capable of handling any challenge, so Kanata Irie felt that he wouldn't be too calculating in terms of troop deployment under these circumstances.

In short, Kanata Irie said he originally speculated that Yo Kamiya's roster would likely be arranged according to the strength of the players from strongest to weakest.

Therefore, he devised a "Tian Ji's horse racing" strategy: since the opponent arranged their players from strong to weak, he would arrange his players from weak to strong.

result----

Unexpectedly, the players in positions 1 and 2 on the list announced by Kamiya-kun were indeed ranked from strongest to weakest, but position 3, position 3—

In response, Kamiya Yo explained that he chose position 3 simply because he liked the number 3. Also, since he had to send out three people in total, he didn't want to send out his three strongest players—himself, Atobe, and Mori—all at once, so he decided to send out one at a time.

Furthermore, he genuinely wanted to finish the game as soon as possible, so he went up for it this time. However, he really didn't expect that Irie would also be playing this time, and in the number 3 position at that, thus facing him head-on.

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However, this isn't a formal tennis match, so even if he beats Irie later, he probably won't fall.

Soon, the six people took their places at three billiard tables marked with different numbers.

The pool table where Kamiya Yo and Irie Kanata were located had the most people gathered around, mostly from the blue and red teams.

The blue team and the red team were preparing to cheer on their respective captains and support them.

There weren't many green team members; they were all near billiard tables 1 and 2.

Even Yukimura Seiichi, who had the best insight, didn't sit at table number 3, because he knew perfectly well that watching Kamiya-kun and Irie-senpai's match was pointless.

Irie-senpai was able to defeat Renji and still had plenty of energy left, especially since he was the third captain chosen by Kamiya-kun. So his strength might be below Kamiya-kun's, but it's definitely not below Genichiro's. Even before the match, it's hard to say whether he could definitely defeat Irie-senpai.

So no matter who on their team faces these two, they will lose (unless he faces Irie-senpai, in which case there is a glimmer of hope).

So watching these two duel is really pointless; you might as well watch other people's matches.

As for how to roughly gauge their current skill level through this match?

Please, how could two people with such overpowered abilities and unfathomable minds possibly show any real stats in such an entertaining match?

Moreover, the billiards version of snooker places more emphasis on technique, but due to its limitations, tennis special moves are difficult to replicate, so you really can't see anything special about it.

At this moment, six trained maids, acting as referees and assistant referees, walked to the billiard table. The referee held a scoreboard that could be written on with a pen and was erasable, while the assistant referees quickly placed the two red balls on one side of the billiard table.

Kamiya You and Irie Kanata stood still and simultaneously caught the tennis balls tossed by the referee with a "thwack, thwack." "Ready for the game—"

"start!"

As soon as the referee finished speaking, both players tossed the ball at the same time, and then swung their rackets!

"Bang!"

Two muffled thuds sounded simultaneously, followed by two overlapping "thuds".

The red ball rolled rapidly toward the opposite side cushion, then bounced almost simultaneously. After bouncing halfway, its speed began to slow down, and it finally came to a steady stop just before the service line.

After the two balls came to a stop, the referee in charge of table 3 quickly stepped forward, took out a special billiards distance measuring ruler, and measured the vertical distance from the final resting point of the two red balls to the service cushion.

A moment later, the referee announced: "The distance between Kamiya You's red ball and the service line is 0.3 centimeters."

"The distance between Kanata Irie's red ball and the service line is 0.8 centimeters."

"Therefore, Kamiya has the right to break in this game, and he can choose to break first or let his opponent break first."

Kamiya You smiled slightly. Of course, he wouldn't hand over the right to break the ball, which almost determines the final outcome between experts, to the other side.

He decisively said, "I'll start."

The head referee nodded, and the assistant referee quickly restored the billiard table to its initial shape, with the red balls, colored balls, and white balls each in their designated positions.

"Now, please have Mr. Kamiya break the pitch."

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