The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 130 The smile won't disappear, it will only shift.

Yukimura Seiichi didn't think the gap between Mukahi and Sengoku would be so small before the training camp, since their rankings differed by more than one or two places. So, it can only be said that after four days of training camp, Mukahi, Akutsu, and the others made a huge leap forward.

However, according to the information obtained from Renji, the training plans given by the trainer team (at least for the red team and the green team) are not significantly different, which can only mean that Kamiya is not only very strong personally, but also very strong as a coach.

Now, here's the important part: the training camp ended some time before the main tournament, about a week later.

In just four days, these people have made such rapid progress, and this doesn't even include the improvement in strength of the group standing at the forefront of the ice field. Yukimura Seiichi felt a heavy weight in his heart. He once again felt that Hyotei was really the biggest obstacle on their road to winning the championship!

This time, Kamiya You still included himself in the first round of selections, remaining the third-ranked player in the first round, and then faced off against Inoue Takuma, the weakest player on the Green Team.

However, the Green Team fielded their weaker players in the first round, ranging from Gakuto Mukahi and Takashi Kondo to Takuma Inoue, with the level of weakness increasing progressively.

In response, Kiyosumi Sengoku, also a member of the Green Team, said that although he and Takuma Inoue were teammates, he was not surprised at all that the captain won this game.

The main problem is that Inoue Takumi is just too bad. He barely managed to keep going even though it was such a long climb, and he didn't pass the ball-catching and fishing challenges at all, not even yesterday.

Even the vice minister or Mori—no, Inoue isn't worthy of being compared to them. In fact, even Oishi and Akutsu, Sengoku Kiyosumi doesn't think Inoue can win.

Honestly, he was actually intimidated by someone with such strength just by their aura—

Sengoku Kiyosumi felt angry just thinking about it. Luckily, he and Captain Irie beat Marui and Oishi back then, otherwise he felt he would regret it now, regretting that he was fooled by Inoue, that noob pretending to be a pro, and thus eliminated the weakest option.

Of course, Sengoku Kiyosumi was even more fortunate that his own strength was not bad, and he also had the excellent assistance of dynamic vision. Otherwise, if he himself was not good enough to crush Oishi and to some extent contend with Marui, then, given Irie-senpai's personality, they might have lost the match against Marui and Oishi.

After all, Sengoku Kiyosumi had noticed that Irie-senpai was very surprised when the coach announced that the third captain was Irie-senpai.

In other words, he had been intentionally hiding his true abilities, and if it hadn't been brought to light, Irie-senpai probably intended to continue hiding them.

An hour and a half later, the Blue Team's matches against the Green Team also ended. The Blue Team won 6 games and lost 2. The two losses were Saito Shuu's loss to Yukimura Seiichi and Oishi Shuichiro's loss to Sanada Genichiro.

In other words, the Green Team, like the Red Team, "happily" got a 0-0 score.

Eiji Kikumaru of the Red Team expressed his delight, saying that he felt sorry for his team when they scored 0 points against the Blue Team. But now that the Green Team was on the same team, he figured 0 points was fine, and that put them on equal footing with the Green Team. (Winking emoji)

But less than two hours later, the smile on Kikumaru Eiji's face vanished and was replaced by that on Sengoku Kiyosumi's face.

"Because their Green Team won against the Red Team by two games," Taro said, "the final scores are: Blue Team 40 points, Green Team 12 points, and Red Team 4 points."

"Whoa!"

"We're number one!"

"Nice!!"

"Take it down!!!"

The Blue Team members were extremely excited. Although it was just a fun match, this first place was the result of everyone's hard work. Moreover, no matter how many first places they had, they were always really happy when they learned that their team had won first place!

Taro cut to the chase, "Now, let's announce the prize for the winning team in this tennis-themed snooker three-team tournament: a team-wide travel allowance of 100 million yen, and—"

Eight maids carried a tray containing a large red velvet jewelry box to each member of the blue team. The members took the box one by one, and Kamiya You was given a red envelope containing banknotes with a total face value of 100 million yen.

"Each person will receive a solid tennis ball pendant made of pure gold."

Taro revealed the contents of the velvet box, and Akutsu Jin's pupils contracted upon hearing this. He quickly opened the velvet box in his hand, and there lay a gold pendant weighing about 42g, looking so charming under the light of the chandelier.

Akutsu Jin weighed it in his hand; it was quite substantial, a 42g gold pendant, and it even came with a certificate. As expected of the Kamiya Group, it was impressive, especially considering how expensive gold is these days (after all, the economic downturn had only recently passed).

Moreover, gold retains its value.

Although he is now close to the Kanto level and will soon be able to receive the bonuses at that level, no one would complain about having too much gold.

Taro's voice continued, "Now, let's announce the prize for the second-place team: a travel allowance of 30 yen and—"

A male servant in black, holding a red envelope in his left hand and a silver insulated box in his right, walked up to Yukimura Seiichi, who was standing on the far left. After handing him the red envelope, he quickly opened the insulated box, revealing eight glass bottles standing there quietly (weakened effect).

Just then, Taro's voice rang out, "Each person will receive a bottle of 'Kamiya Special,' a sports drink developed by the Kamiya Group that effectively relieves fatigue."

Sengoku Kiyosumi's smile froze on his face, then moved to Akutagawa Jiro's face.

Jiro Akutagawa inwardly burst into laughter, thinking, "Hahaha, the minister is so mean!"

The consolation prize was a special blend by Kamiya. Although it does have amazing effects, the taste doesn't feel like a reward at all, hahaha.

(I'm not laughing out loud here to avoid getting into trouble with the minister.)

Yukimura Seiichi, unaware of the product's secrets, took it out, opened the cap, and prepared to drink. Then he heard Sengoku Kiyosumi say, "Ahem, Captain, why don't we sit down and drink it?"

"This stuff has a strong aftereffect."

No sooner had Sengoku Kiyosumi finished speaking than the same male servant in black came over again, pushing a small cart loaded with yoga mats.

Several maids skillfully placed a yoga mat behind the Green Team members.

Although Yukimura Seiichi was a little confused, he still followed Sengoku Kiyosumi's example, sat on the yoga mat, and then took a sip.

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Yukimura Seiichi forced himself to turn his head and glance at Sanada Genichiro beside him. Hmm, even the usually aloof Genichiro now had a distorted expression.

Then he heard two more "plop" sounds. It turned out that Sengoku Kiyosumi and Shimizu Masahiro, who had just finished suffocating, had fainted on the yoga mat.

Yukimura Seiichi's eye twitched twice rapidly.