The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 129 Congratulations to Team Red for getting 0 points!

Marui Bunta was in a commanding lead, but the referee's decision to declare Kamiya You the winner from table number 3, along with the cheers of the blue team members celebrating their captain, momentarily unsettled him.

"Tsk." Marui Bunta clicked his tongue unconsciously, then lowered his wrist, resulting in a mis-hit shot:

After the tennis ball hit the white ball, the white ball failed to hit its target, and the green ball successfully went into the hole, so it was Ryo Shishido's turn to hit.

However, Ryo Shishido scored two goals before making a mistake, and then Bunta Marui was substituted in.

In response, Ryo Anshido explained that Marui's shots often resulted in poor positioning of the balls on the table, with only a few pocketable. He added that he lacked the ability, unlike the captain, vice-captain, and Marui, to revitalize those nearly dead balls.

The variables generated when two people play against each other are far more numerous than when one person practices with a white ball and a red ball.

Therefore, Ryo Shishido felt that his chances of winning this game were slim, and he could only say that he would do his best.

Just as he predicted, he lost.

Therefore, in the first round of three games, the Blue Team won two and lost one, and their current total score is five points.

The red team won one game and lost two, and their current total score is one point.

"In three minutes, please have the two captains announce the three players each team will field for the second round," Taro said.

In the blue team's area, "The minister is too strong!"

"Saito-senpai is amazing too!"

"Shishido, do your best next time." Shishido nodded, slightly frustrated, because he was the only one of the three who lost.

Three minutes later, Taro said, "Now, please have the three captains announce the three team members you will field in the second round."

Kamiya You quickly flipped the whiteboard in his hand again, and it read: 1: Atobe Keigo; 2:

Jirou Akutagawa; 3: Shuichiro Oishi.

On the other side, Kanata Irie also quickly displayed his whiteboard, which read: 1. Hiroshi Yagyu, 2. Jack Kuwabara, 3. Masato Ikeda.

"So, table 1: Keigo Atobe vs. Hiroshi Yagyu; table 2: Jiro Akutagawa vs. Jack Kuwabara; table 3: Shuichiro Oishi vs. Masato Ikeda. Please take your positions, everyone, and the referees."

Upon hearing Kamiya You's strategy for the second round, Irie Kanata, who still opted for the "Tian Ji horse racing" approach, breathed a sigh of relief. This time, it was alright.

So now it's quite obvious that we will definitely lose the first game, win the third game, and the second game—I don't know.

If we want to beat the Blue Team, we need to win at least two games in this round. Then, in the last two matches, Mori should win against Oshitari, and Yanagi should win against Jin Akutsu against Ren Yanagi. So we need to have a tiebreaker. But, if Kamiya plays in the tiebreaker, then it's game over.

Kanata Irie felt that unless Hiroshi Yagyu unleashed his full potential and defeated Keigo Atobe in this round, their Red Team was in serious trouble.

But the possibility of that is zero, so I still hope that after his training, Oshitari can defeat Mori Jusaburo.

Kanata Irie had a wonderful idea, but Jack Kuwabara couldn't beat Jiro Akutagawa, and Masato Ikeda couldn't beat Shuichiro Oishi.

In other words, the red team lost three games in this round, resulting in a score of -2 points, while the blue team now has 14 points.

point----

Alright, stop thinking about how to beat the Blue Team. Just focus on strategizing for the last round and try to win at least one of the remaining two games. That would make our score look better. After all, the penalty for being last place shouldn't be a big deal, but why work to earn money when you can go on a nice trip and even share the remaining travel money?

The result was that Mori Jusaburo defeated Yanagi Renji.

Jin Akutsu vs. Yuushi Oshitari, Yuushi Oshitari wins.

Although Yuushi Oshitari won, the seriousness in his eyes remained.

After four days of training with Irie-senpai, and a final sparring match with Irie-senpai on the last day, he mastered the art of closing his heart. However, he almost lost to Akutsu just now!

He probably would have lost if he hadn't closed his heart!

Akutsu used to rely on brute force without any skill, didn't he?!

After that last game, he almost thought the player had been replaced, or that Akutsu's lack of skill was just him throwing the game.

Taro tallied the scoreboards held by the referees and then announced, "Blue Team vs. Red Team, Blue Team wins. Blue Team's current score: 20, Red Team's current score: 0."

Jiro Akutagawa couldn't help but burst out laughing.

The red team is really unlucky. They got 0 points after so many rounds.

hhhh.

He chuckled on the surface and then stopped, but inwardly, Akutagawa Jiro was secretly laughing maliciously.

The final result cast a dark cloud over the Red Team's territory, and the Red Team members looked extremely gloomy. Marui Bunta's eyes were dark and gloomy, and the bubble gum on his tongue not only lost its sweetness but also tasted bitter at that moment.

Eiji Kikumaru's head drooped down completely. Oh no, zero points! (>人<；)

Although Kikumaru Eiji had already expressed that he was 99% sure he wouldn't enjoy the benefits of being first in the team when he was chosen by Irie-senpai and not on the same team as the captain, he at least didn't want to be last!

I don't want to be punished, I really don't want to work, TAT.

"Next up is the match between the Blue Team and the Green Team," Taro said.

The members of the Green Team, especially their captain Yukimura Seiichi, were deeply saddened upon learning of the Blue Team's overwhelming victory over the Red Team and, having personally witnessed the match, discovering that the other members of the Blue Team, aside from Kamiya, Atobe, and Mori, were also highly skilled.

Beside him, Sanada Genichiro patted Yukimura Seiichi on the shoulder, "Don't feel pressured, Seiichi, let's just aim for second place and try for first."

Yukimura Seiichi nodded. Actually, he didn't really care about the result of this tennis version of billiards and snooker match, even though he didn't really want to lose. He just felt that the strength of the regular players from Hyotei was somewhat beyond his expectations. (Although this was not an official 1v1 tennis match, such an entertainment match actually tested the technical level of tennis players, so it was a good glimpse into their overall abilities.)

Moreover, generally speaking, it's difficult to beat technical tennis players unless their basic stats are extremely weak, because these players all develop powerful special moves as they progress.

The improvement level of the Blue Team members (excluding Kamiya, Atobe, and Mori) is particularly alarming.

It's worth noting that Sengoku and Shimizu from the Green Team were ranked quite high among Hyotei's regulars, but now, Mukahi and Akutsu from the Blue Team, who were originally ranked near the bottom of Hyotei's regulars, are technically not necessarily weaker than them.