The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

When it was the last group's turn—Akuzu Jin, Yano Teru, and Kitamura Kenta's—only one wooden medal remained on the deep red velvet cloth of the tray.

Before the three could take a step, Akutsu Jin suddenly turned his head and glared fiercely at Yano Teru and Kitamura Kenta with a menacing look.

The two instinctively sensed a threat and stopped in their tracks as they walked away. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Akutsu Jin darted forward and forcefully snatched the last No. 13 from the tray.

Upon seeing this, the expressions on Yano Teru's and Kitamura Kenta's faces momentarily turned somewhat ferocious.

He felt both anger and a sense of intimidation at the look in the eyes of a first-year student who had arrogantly challenged the club president and ultimately suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Yuushi Oshitari.

Furthermore, there was a furious outburst at Akutsu Jin for resorting to such unsportsmanlike and underhanded tactics.

That's so despicable!

Although they were furious, they exchanged a glance and chose to hold back and not lash out.

After all, the medal was already in Akutsu Jin's hands, and with the minister and coach watching over him, it wouldn't be appropriate to try and snatch it now.

Most importantly, there's a challenge section to follow.

With that thought in mind, Kitamura Kenta mouthed to Akutsu Jin: You brat, just you wait! You'll see!

Akutsu Jin, however, was completely unconcerned, seeing them as nothing more than two incompetent, furious fools.

then,

Currently, the ownership of all medals has been determined as follows:

No.1 Kamiya Yo, No.2 Atobe Keigo, No.3 Mori Jusaburo, No.4 Oshitari Yuushi, No.5 Saito Hide, No.6 Sengoku Kiyosumi, No.7 Shimizu Masahiro, No.8 Akutagawa Jiro.

No.9 Shishido Ryo, No.10 Kikumaru Eiji, No.11 Mukahigataketo, No.12 Oishi Shuichiro, No.13 Akutsujin.

After the last medal was awarded, Taro Sakaki said, "Now, let's begin the challenge."

"Each of you has three chances to choose your own challenge."

"You cannot choose the same person repeatedly, and you cannot choose a player who is two places higher than you in the current ranking. That is, the 8th place player can only challenge the 6th place player at most."

"If the challenger loses, they must exchange medals with the challenger."

"The ranking tournament will last for two days, using the official tournament format, with six games to decide the winner and a tiebreaker without a break."

"If a person is both a challenger and the challenged, then he must first complete the challenge from the person below him."

"If a person is challenged by two people of lower rank at the same time, he must first finish the challenge from the person of the lower rank."

"The challenger cannot refuse the challenge, but if three matches have already been completed on the same day, the challenge time can be postponed to the next day."

At this point, Sakaki Taro paused, glancing at Kamiya You's figure, before continuing, "If the challenged target is unable to fight, the match will also be held the following day."

As soon as Sakaki Taro finished speaking, two voices rang out simultaneously.

One of the dishes came from Yuushi Oshitari, who adjusted his glasses and declared decisively:

"I challenge Mori Jusaburo!"

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the silver No. 3 medal on Mori Jusaburo's chest, and he thought to himself:

Ugh, it's such an eyesore.

Mori Jusaburo...

Hmph, he only got the advantage of being in Group C, and there are hardly any strong people in Group C, so he managed to get the first place in Group C and get this No.3 medal that doesn't belong to him.

In terms of true strength, Yuushi Oshitari believes that apart from Captain Kamiya and Vice Captain Atobe, no one in the tennis club can surpass him.

At the very least, this was Mori Jusaburo, who had transferred from Osaka. This person, whose name he had never even heard of before, could absolutely not be superior to him!

The other voice came from Mōri Jūzaburo, the person Oshitari Yūshi had challenged and who had been eyeing Kamiya Yō for a long time.

He said in a languid tone, "I want to challenge the minister."

The two men's challenges ended almost simultaneously.

Yuushi Oshitari and Jusaburo Mori exchanged a glance, and sparks could be faintly seen flashing in the air, while the invisible smell of gunpowder permeated the air.

Saito Hide, who had originally intended to challenge Oshitari Yuushi, decided to wait and see.

Atobe Keigo watched this scene with a smile on his face. He glanced at Kamiya You, whose expression remained unchanged, his eyes full of anticipation. Kamiya, the person you recruited has challenged you again.

Kamiya You's lips curled slightly, and his gaze shifted to Atobe Keigo, his eyes saying: "Very free? How about we have a match later?"

Atobe Keigo's smile froze instantly, and then he silently shifted his gaze back.

Hmm? Kamiya seemed to be communicating with him with his eyes just now?

No, no, no, it's an illusion, absolutely an illusion.

Anyway, Atobe-sama didn't understand it at all.

Meanwhile, Mori Jusaburo lazily spoke first, "Well, I didn't expect that I would have to fight Oshitari before fighting the captain."

"Then I need to end the match quickly, otherwise it will affect my ability to be in top form for the match against the minister."

Yuushi Oshitari pushed up his glasses and realized that this guy really meant it, and wasn't just making empty threats. Although he felt somewhat slighted, his expression didn't change.

Hmph, we'll just let the racket do the talking when the time comes.

The challenges from Yuushi Oshitari and Jusaburo Mori were like the keys to Pandora's box, and others followed suit, issuing challenges to each other.

Masahiro Shimizu stared intently at Sengoku's innocent figure. "I want to challenge Sengoku."

That day, after watching Sengoku and Oshitari fight against Vice-Captain Atobe, he also realized that Sengoku's basic strength did not match his insight.

Based on his assessment, Sengoku's strength was roughly equal to his own.

In this situation, Shimizu Masahiro, who considered himself a senior in the third year, would never be willing to let Sengoku directly overpower him without a fight.

Sengoku Kiyosumi, who was singled out by Shimizu Masahiro, nonchalantly replied, "Okay."

"However... if you're thinking of picking on an easy target, then I can only say you're overthinking it."

At that moment, Shishido Ryo straightened his hat brim, his sharp eyes fixed on Shimizu Masahiro's figure, and interjected.

"Sengoku, wait a minute, because I also want to challenge Shimizu Masahiro, and according to the rules, he has to fight me first."

He'll be number 7!

Ryo Shishido had a burning passion in his heart; he would never be eliminated from the first team by just one spot!

After all, he was just a step slower when it came to receiving the medal, but his strength was definitely no less than theirs!

As for Shimizu Masahiro challenging No. 7 instead of Akutagawa Jiro No. 8, there's a reason for that.

Ryo Shishido stated that firstly, Jiro Akutagawa was a fellow first-year student with him, and the two had a decent relationship. Of course, most importantly, he recognized Akutagawa's abilities.

Secondly, there's this third-year student, Shimizu...

When he played against the minister before, I couldn't tell he was any good at it.

Therefore, Ryo Shishido felt that challenging Masahiro Shimizu was an excellent choice.