The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Chapter 145 Objective: Take down Yamabuki!

Over there, Jusaburo Mori walked to the net with a lazy and satisfied smile. Because he had a clear understanding of his sleep state (because a data team recorded the different five dimensions, ball speed, etc. in the two states), Jusaburo Mori believed that this game, this 6-0, was absolutely a perfect display of his strength as one of the three giants of Hyotei.

Yes, the fact that the opposing team's Guan Yuechu remained silent and appeared particularly gloomy after the match also indirectly proves this point.

With this thought in mind, Mori Jusaburo's smile deepened. He quickly shook hands with Mikichika and then returned to Hyotei's area, ready to receive the adoration and praise for the victor.

"6!"

Masahiro Shimizu took the lead and gave a thumbs-up to Jusaburo Mori, who had just returned from court.

"Mori-senpai, Sugoiichi!" Shishido Ryo's eyes shone brightly, and Mukahi Gakuto beside him cast a look of admiration.

A look of awe.

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Just 20 minutes after the semifinal match between Hyotei and St. Rudolph ended, the semifinal match between Yamabuki Middle School and Ginka Middle School in the opposite bracket also concluded:

Yamabuki Middle School defeated Ginka Middle School 3-1 and will become Hyotei Academy's opponent in the finals.

So now, there's only one last step left: "Take down Yamabuki!"

The same thought occurred to everyone, and flames burned in their eyes!

Even after achieving a perfect victory in the semifinals of the Metropolitan Tournament, the Hyotei team continued to train tirelessly every day, making the most of every minute.

Soon, it was the afternoon of three days before the finals. In the activity room and coach's office of the Hyotei Tennis Club, Atobe Keigo, Fujii Yuko, and Taro were gathered together discussing the lineup for the upcoming finals.

Each of the three received a copy of the latest Yamabuki intelligence report from the Kamiya Group.

Yuko Fujii spoke first, "The Yamabuki doubles are quite troublesome. Both the combinations of Sadaharu Inui and Takashi Kawamura and Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata are very mature."

"The combination of Sadaharu Inui and Takashi Kawamura can be compared to the combination of Sengoku and Akutsu on our Hyotei side. Inui's data tennis and Sengoku's dynamic vision reporting are similar."

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"However, Inui Sadaharu predicts the opponent's movements and the ball's landing point through data analysis, while Sengoku relies on slow-motion dynamic vision. Although the latter is slightly less timely, it is more accurate."

"However, Kawamura Takashi is not as strong as Akutsu, he is just stronger."

"The pairing of Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata is more like that of Oishi and Kikumaru. However, Oishi and Kikumaru rely on their teamwork in doubles, while Kentaro Minami and Masami Higashikata, according to intelligence, use pre-arranged codes as tactics."

Keigo Atobe rubbed the beauty mark under his right eye twice. "But judging from the five-dimensional data, both Akutsu and Oishi's data are higher than those of the Yamabuki members."

"That's true. According to the intelligence department's assessment of the five main members of the Yamabuki team, Inui Sadaharu, Higashikata Masami, and Minami Kentaro's strength is close to the middle level of the regional level, while Kawamura Takashi is close to the regional level, but his strength value is relatively high."

"Moreover, unlike the gap between the Kanto-level and national-level regions, the gap between the Kanto-level and regional-level regions is actually not that large."

"Moreover, doubles requires more teamwork and on-the-spot performance. In other words, a brilliant tactic, a successful surprise attack, or even a bit of luck can turn the tide in an instant. So we still can't be too careless."

Yuko Fujii said, "As for singles, there is only one player we need to be careful of in Yamabuki's singles matches: Shusuke Fuji. His strength has reached the Kanto level, and he is good at developing moves. We know that he can use the Brown Bear Catch, which is similar to Shinobu's Giant Bear Counterattack."

Atobe Keigo shook his head. "Fuji Syusuke is not a threat. I feel that in a one-on-one fight, we can do it just like we did against St. Rudolf, since Tezuka Kunimitsu, whom Kamiya mentioned, isn't here."

As he spoke, Atobe Keigo thought of the Tei Domain that Kamiya had mentioned—a domain that uses spin to move all of the opponent's incoming balls toward oneself, forming a circular area.

Furthermore, Tezuka Kunimitsu also possesses a non-bouncing serve similar to his perfect Tannhäuser serve —

He is the most outstanding peer besides Kamiya and Sanada from Rikkai University.

Meanwhile, Fujii Yuko said, "Regarding Kunimitsu Tei, news came from Germany that he did want to return to Japan to participate in the finals of the Tokyo Metropolitan Tournament, but Coach Banda and the doctor persuaded him to stay."

Atobe Keigo raised an eyebrow. That was wise enough; after all, he was going to use his hands for the rest of his life. If his arms and hands hadn't fully healed, why force himself to use them?

Keigo Atobe felt from the bottom of his heart that this was very irrational and unwise.

If someone does this, all I can say is respect and best wishes.

As for his previous aggressive playing style on the English pitch, it was because he had medicinal baths at home, and later it was because of Kamiya's special formula.

Although tennis is a hobby, I would risk my life for it.

Keigo Atobe stated that he couldn't imagine that day would come, which might be why he hasn't been able to achieve the state of selflessness.

"Knock knock"

Taro tapped the table twice. "Alright, back to the main point: how exactly should the lineup for the finals be arranged?"

Taro was the first to express his opinion: "I think we can directly use the same strategy we used against St. Rudolph in the semi-finals. Of course, if you have any different opinions, you can raise them now."

Yuko Fujii did have a different opinion: "It's normal for the combination of Sengoku and Akutsu to take up a spot, but the individual basic strength of Oishi and Kikumaru, especially Kikumaru Eiji, is much weaker than the others, even though their teamwork is good."

"While teamwork is a necessary factor in unleashing the power of doubles, when the skill gap becomes too large, teamwork becomes irrelevant, doesn't it? So I think it would be better to pair up No. 4 Shinobu with No. 5 Saito."

"Moreover, this combination has appeared once before in a training match, and the two of them can coordinate well."

Tarotaro tapped the armrest of his chair with his fingertips. The combination of Oshitari and Saito was indeed good, but the pairing of Oishi and Kikumaru held even greater promise. Moreover, it was difficult to achieve their synchronized performance in ordinary matches; the pressure wasn't enough. The final match against Yamabuki should have provided at least the minimum level of pressure, but if they played together and lost—

Taro felt that even if Hyotei lost a doubles match, they would still win in the end, because at least no one in Yamabuki could overcome any of Hyotei's three major obstacles. But if they could continue to win the Metropolitan Tournament championship with a 3-0 victory, that would obviously be even better.

So, should we choose Oishi and Kikumaru to invest in the future, or should we choose Oshitari and Saito to ensure victory to a greater extent?