The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

As for Mori Jusaburo, who had just hit that powerful serve, he had an expression that said, "It's nothing serious, he didn't use much force."

He lazily walked towards the right service court, stretching and yawning as he did so.

A cold glint flashed in Yuushi Oshitari's eyes as he noticed this scene.

Humph,

If Mori-senpai thinks he's got him figured out just because of that one shot, then he's just too naive!

On the other side, as Mori Jusaburo caught the tennis ball that the caddie had precisely tossed to him, his eyes instantly shifted from languid to focused.

With a flick of his wrist, he tossed the tennis ball high into the air, and he himself leaped high as well.

The scorching but dazzling sunlight shone on him and the tennis ball, making it almost blinding.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball, once again like a cannonball, accompanied by sunlight, hurtled towards Yuuji Oshitari's half of the court.

And this time...

Yuushi Oshitari decisively adopted the two-handed continental grip.

After the tennis ball bounced on the ground, he moved forward to meet it, using the forward shift of his center of gravity to gently cushion the force of the incoming ball.

At the same moment the racket face makes contact with the tennis ball, his forearm slightly retracts.

Then, using your waist to drive your arm, swing the racket.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball immediately flew towards Mori Jusaburo's half of the court.

As Mori Jusaburo ran quickly towards the net, his eyes narrowed slightly. This spot was very close to the net...

A pure, childlike interest, like that of a child seeing a new toy, flashed in Jusaburo Mori's eyes.

So...

He made a sudden, forceful upward movement with his wrist.

On the other side, Yuushi Oshitari, who was intently watching Jusaburo Mori, suddenly understood – a high lob!

But there wasn't enough time to go to the net, so he slightly raised his head and shifted his weight back a little, preparing to intercept the ball after it had fallen.

But just as Mori Jusaburo's racket was about to touch the tennis ball, he suddenly braked his wrist, abruptly changing from a heavy flick to a gentle flick of the ball towards the back of the net.

"What?!"

Yuushi Oshitari, who was watching from above, noticed the tennis ball's "abnormal" flight path out of the corner of his eye.

He immediately realized he'd been tricked, and Mori Jusaburo also used a feint!

This isn't a high lob, it's a short drop shot!

But it was too late to move forward then.

The tennis ball had already traced a small parabola, drifted low over the net, and then bounced lightly twice on the ground.

"Mori Jusaburo scores! 0-30!" The referee announced the score.

"Wow, that's awesome!"

"As expected of a man who dares to challenge the minister! Although I feel that the minister would definitely win if these two fought, Mori-kun is not weak either."

"+1, how should I put it, I have a feeling that in this round, Mori used a feint to confuse Oshitari when he used a feint on his first serve."

"I think you're right. Well, now they've both been fooled by each other's feints, so you could say it's even!"

"Yeah, and I have a feeling that Mori-kun will catch up in points just like that!"

The second-year student, who was very thin but surprisingly muscular, did indeed make a prophetic statement.

In the next two balls, Yuushi Oshitari was once again fooled by Jusaburo Mori's feints (thinking that he was going to play a drop shot but actually played a high lob), or he was caught off guard by Jusaburo Mori's sudden change of serve placement.

Thus, the score became "1-1".

"Great, great, Mori (kun) won the service game too!" The second and third-year members said cheerfully.

"Oh, so Oshitari really couldn't break Mori-senpai's serve...?"

"It's alright, it's alright, the score is just tied now."

"We must trust Ren Zu!"

"You're right."

"Go for it, Oshitari-kun!"

Suddenly, a first-year student and Yuushi Oshitari's classmate shouted, as if a switch had been flipped, and cheers for Yuushi Oshitari rose from the sidelines.

The second and third-year members, not to be outdone, shouted, "Mr. Mori! Keep winning like this!"

Hearing the divided cheers, Yuushi Oshitari adjusted his glasses and nodded in the direction that had inspired him.

As for Mori Jusaburo on the other side, he still wore that lazy smile and casually waved his left hand in the direction of the people cheering him on.

"It's Yuushi Oshitari's serve now!" the umpire announced.

Yuushi Oshitari walked towards the right service court, while Jusaburo Mori also got into a receiving position near the baseline.

At this moment, the audience outside the venue started discussing again.

"Let's have a rational discussion. Who do you think has a better chance of winning?"

"Hmm, to be honest, I can't tell, because from these two games, I feel that their skills are about the same. One is better at feints, and the other is better at compound spin serves."

"+1, I can't predict it either. I feel like this game will be very close, maybe it will go to a tiebreaker."

The first-year students, however, believed that "Shishitari will definitely win in the end, because Mori-senpai can't even receive Shishitari's serve."

A second-year member immediately retorted, "What about how Oshitari was fooled by Mori-kun's feints twice?"

"That's only temporary. I believe that once Shinobu gets more familiar with Mori-senpai's playing style and habits, he won't be fooled by Mori-senpai anymore!"

"..."

On the court, Yuushi Oshitari stood in the right service box, his fingers gripping the tennis ball, his expression behind his glasses unreadable.

He also quickly analyzed his own chances of winning this match in his mind:

His skills were similar to those of his senior, Mori, which is why he was fooled by Mori's feints. Once he became familiar with Mori Jusaburo's playing style after a while, those feints would become ineffective.

Similarly, the reason why Mori Jusaburo can't receive his spin ball now is because he is not familiar with his playing style and spin type, so he can probably only score directly by combining spins for two games.

The next match will then depend on each player's base stats.

However, Mori-senpai has a height advantage, so his strength stat is higher than mine due to his height. Also, he is a year older than me, so his stamina is very likely to be stronger than mine.

If this stalemate continues...

We will lose...

Yuushi Oshitari made this judgment clearly.

However, this is the normal situation, and he still has a trump card he hasn't used yet.

First, win this service game, and then create conditions for using your special move in Mori-senpai's service game.

After finalizing his plan, Yuushi Oshitari fired another compound spin shot.

"Snapped!"

But at the moment the ball was hit, Yuushi Oshitari was surprised to find that Jusaburo Mori on the opposing court had closed his eyes!

? !

Facing his spinning ball, Mori-senpai couldn't even return the attack when his eyes were open, but with his eyes closed...

So he's given up and doesn't want to break up at all?!

However, Yuushi Oshitari also felt...