The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

"Bang!"

Watching the yellow light burst forth, Kamiya You raised an eyebrow confidently. This time, it should work.

Sure enough, after the tennis ball landed, it defied the laws of physics and began to glide forward at high speed but smoothly, its green acrylic coating still attached.

This scene caused Atobe Keigo, who was preparing to retrieve the ball again, to freeze in place.

He only snapped out of his daze when the tennis ball hit his racket close to the ground and when Fujii Yuko announced, "Kamiya You scores! 40-0!"

According to the current rules of tennis, you can only return a serve after it has landed in the service court. This means that a serve that lands flat on the ground and does not bounce is unstoppable and you can score a point as soon as you hit it.

"How did you do that?!" Atobe Keigo couldn't help but ask.

Although his Tannhäuser serve had decreased in distance from the ground under Kamiya's guidance, Atobe Keigo believed it was almost impossible to achieve a ground-hugging glide, as it represented a qualitative change.

So, this thing that he thought was almost impossible to achieve, something that could only be done with a stroke of genius, was successfully researched and developed by Kamiya You on the second ball?!

Kamiya You raised an eyebrow and smiled, saying in a teasing tone, "Want to learn? Call me Voice Master and I'll teach you."

Atobe Keigo snorted. The match wasn't over yet. Although it seemed like he had no hope of turning the tide, not shouting now was his last act of defiance.

Everything that followed was entirely predictable.

Kamiya You didn't try any more tricks or give anyone another chance; he immediately switched to the most stable and efficient scoring mode.

Even with Atobe Keigo giving his all, repeatedly attempting to unleash his Ice World, and Tannhäuser's serve delivered with desperate effort despite the dire circumstances, Kamiya You's defense was as solid as an impenetrable wall, and his counterattacks as precise as a scalpel.

All his efforts were like a pebble thrown into the deep sea, creating only tiny ripples before disappearing without a trace.

Kamiya You is like a sophisticated scoring machine, ruthlessly and efficiently reaping points.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With the final ball rolling down the wire mesh, Yuko Fujii declared the game over.

"Kamiya You scores! Game! Kamiya You, 6-0!"

"Match ended! Kamiya You has won this match!"

The moment Fujii Yuko announced the match results, Kamiya You's screen was flooded with system information:

You have learned a new skill: the Tannhäuser serve.

Based on your perfect basic serve proficiency and perfect sixth sense proficiency, your current Tannhäuser serve proficiency is 1333/10000.

Afterwards, Kamiya You "saw" various scenes of himself practicing the Tannhäuser serve, and gained a deeper understanding of the (modified) Tannhäuser serve.

The system message is not yet finished:

You defeated an opponent of the same skill level with your superior ball skills.

[You have obtained the Rest Gate of the Eight Gates Formation, GOAT value +20]

Along with these two pieces of information, a cluster of green knowledge bubbles appeared out of nowhere in Kamiya You's mind.

Ok,

It seems that Atobe's drop rate has increased after becoming a national-level expert, as he directly dropped the second part of the Eight Gates Formation, even though the function of the Rest Gate and the Yin Seal Release overlap somewhat.

However, Kamiya You was quite satisfied with the result, since base stats are very important, and both can be enabled simultaneously. (doge emoji)

Meanwhile, Atobe Keigo, exhausted from repeated hopeless chases and now barely able to support himself with his racket, gasped for breath upon hearing the result.

Then, wiping the sweat from his forehead, he sighed inwardly, "Well, it seems I've failed to turn things around again."

No problem, I'll definitely win next time.

"Even though I've lost so many times, today is the only day I really want to complain."

Atobe Keigo clenched his fist and said, "Are you even human?! How did you train?!"

Kamiya You shrugged. "Is that how you train?"

As he spoke, he stepped towards the net, extended his hand to Atobe Keigo across the net, a gentle yet undeniable smile on his face.

"Alright, Atobe, my vice-captain, I look forward to working with you from now on."

Faced with this victory declaration that was almost a "conferment of an official title," Atobe Keigo snorted again, but he still forced himself to take a few steps forward and gripped it tightly.

At the same time, he emphasized, "Minister, don't forget what you said before."

Kamiya You readily nodded, "I'll teach you, of course I will."

Anyway, he originally planned to teach Atobe the improved Tannhäuser serve and Ice Release: Ice Prison.

After all, he was very curious about how Tezuka Kunimitsu would react when he saw Atobe Keigo use a move with the key characteristics of his signature Zero-Shiki serve and shine on the court with it, while he himself was not even qualified to be on the court.

Although he liked the character of Tezuka Kunimitsu, he had already given the opportunity, but Tezuka Kunimitsu did not cherish it. Therefore, Kamiya You chose to let go of his desire to help others and respect the fate of others.

Then, he opened the insulated box next to the referee's chair, took out a bottle of green "drink," and tossed it to Atobe Keigo.

"Here, drink this."

Atobe Keigo caught the liquid accurately and examined it, then symbolically asked, "What is this?"

He deftly unscrewed the cap and poured the green "drink" into his mouth.

As a result, after taking one bite, Atobe Keigo immediately wore a mask of pain.

Atobe Keigo screamed inwardly: What the hell is this texture?!

A voice came from beside him, "Ah, didn't I just say that?"

"It's best to drink this all at once; that way, the impact will be less."

Atobe Keigo rolled his eyes again, but out of trust in his childhood friend, he held his breath and, in an almost tragic manner, tilted his head back and gulped down the remaining green, viscous liquid in the bottle in one go.

As Kamiya You watched the last bit of green in the bottle disappear, a wicked smile finally surfaced in his eyes.

He spoke softly, his voice light and airy, yet it resounded like thunder in Atobe's ears, "The taste isn't great, is it? But what can you do? The recipe requires spiders."

Keigo Atobe (whose only weakness is arthropods): ? ? ?

! ! ! !

Help! Help! Help!

Then, he closed his eyes on the spot, his body instantly lost all strength, and he fell forward peacefully and gracefully.

Kamiya Yo was prepared. He took a swift step forward and, just tenth of a second before Atobe Keigo's handsome face was about to make intimate contact with the ground, precisely grabbed the back of his collar.

With a clever twist of his wrist, he changed Atobe Keigo's tragic "face-slam" to a relatively "safe" landing on the back of his head.

Then, he instructed the three maids standing by the side, "Carry young master Atobe to the guest room to rest."

"Yes, Master Kamiya."

Fujii Yuko and Tanaka Sakurako gently and quickly lifted Atobe up.

"Also," Kamiya Yo added, "have the kitchen prepare some food to keep warm; I reckon this guy won't wake up until seven or eight in the evening."

"clear."