The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Mori Jusaburo made a gripping motion with his racket, as if he were tightly grasping the "long, obstructed strip of air," then looked up at Kamiya You's figure and said,

"Um, Minister, well... I have a question."

"Exactly, is Yukimura Seiichi's 'extermination of the five senses' as domineering as yours, Captain?"

Upon hearing this, a knowing glint flashed in Kamiya You's eyes.

So that's what Mori thought.

That's interesting, really interesting.

He likes members who are responsible, willing to take on more responsibilities, and want to shoulder the burden for the tennis club.

Therefore, Kamiya Yo, who had seen through Mori Jusaburo's thoughts, readily offered his explanation.

"The final effect of my and Yukimura's annihilation of the five senses is the same, but I think you probably want to know the difference in the progress of my annihilation of the five senses taking effect compared to his."

"As for this, given the difference in your mental strength, if you continue not to catch the ball before Yukimura's progress bar for 'annihilating the five senses' reaches the point where your vision completely disappears, the effect of his 'annihilating the five senses' will weaken, and the progress bar will also regress."

"oh--"

Upon hearing this, Mori Jusaburo gave him a "that's good" look.

With Kamiya You's words, even if he ultimately fails to resist the destruction of his five senses by sleeping, it will still be worth it.

He wanted to see if the annihilation of the five senses could withstand the effects of his sleeping state, ultimately because Yukimura Seiichi, the person who first used the annihilation of the five senses mentioned in the newspaper, was not at Hyotei.

Not being at Hyotei means he's at another middle school. And given Yukimura Seiichi's ability to reach the finals of the junior tennis tournament for elementary school students, coupled with his ability to destroy the five senses in tennis, as long as the tennis club at the middle school he attends isn't completely hopeless, he'll be a formidable opponent.

Therefore, Yukimura Seiichi's team will definitely become an important opponent for Hyotei in the junior high school tournament, and Yukimura Seiichi himself will become a regular player.

Even though Yukimura Seiichi is also a first-year student this year,

However, under the leadership of their captain, the Hyotei Tennis Club had already taken the lead in making sweeping reforms to the tennis club's rules, overcoming the biggest resistance.

In this situation, if other junior high schools also have first-year prodigies in their tennis clubs, then the tennis club coaches are much more likely to choose to reform the rules as well.

Therefore, Yukimura Seiichi will almost certainly be on the court!

So, the next question is where he will stand in the singles.

Logically, the strongest player in a team is usually the one who takes on the singles role, serving as the final trump card.

Given Yukimura Seiichi's ability to "extinguish the five senses," aside from top tennis players like the captain, probably no one can rival him. Therefore, the probability of Yukimura Seiichi appearing in the singles match is extremely high.

But... what if, what if the opposing coach is well-versed in the "Tian Ji's Horse Racing" strategy, placing Yukimura Seiichi in singles second or even singles third, aiming to secure victory in the first three matches and prevent the game from ever reaching the point where Hyotei's singles first player needs to play?!

That's why Mori Jusaburo wanted to experience the suppression of the five senses first, to see if his sleep state could suppress the effects of the suppression of the five senses.

If possible, that would be best, as his sleep state would become his greatest asset in the future against Yukimura Seiichi.

Even if things don't go well, having already experienced the annihilation of the five senses, coupled with the minister's recent advice, would increase his chances of winning if his future opponent is Yukimura Seiichi.

In short, he never wanted to have a day when his singles match against Yukimura Seiichi became the key to victory, but he lost!

With that thought in mind, Mori Jusaburo stumbled towards the right service court.

It took him quite a while to get used to the feeling of walking on "marshmallows" without any tactile feedback.

After taking his position in the right service court, Mori Jusaburo caught the tennis ball tossed to him by the caddie, his expression subtly fixed on the ball—visible yet imperceptible, like a hollow, indistinct mass.

He stared at it for four or five seconds before continuing to serve.

"Bang!"

The moment the ball left his racket, he closed his eyes, and his subconscious quickly took over his body.

Although he lost the tactile signal, he still managed to hold the racket firmly in his hand thanks to muscle memory.

On the opposite side, Kamiya You hit a stylish forehand volley, and the tennis ball spun out with a "thud".

The sleeping Jusaburo Mori instinctively moved and swung his racket.

"Bang!"

Successful counterattack

But Kamiya You quickly countered.

"Bang!"

After this shot, Mori Jusaburo's subconscious mind discovered that all visual information had disappeared, but fortunately, it did not rely much on visual information to make judgments, so the sleeping Mori Jusaburo only paused for a second before successfully returning the ball.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball was hit back again, but the landing point was far less precise than before, barely managing to return to Kamiya You's half of the court.

Kamiya You, meanwhile, stared at the incoming tennis ball and at the crimson mist of blood that had already enveloped Mori Jusaburo up to his waist. A slight smirk played on his lips.

Mori, it's time to say goodbye to your hearing.

Then, swing the racket!

"Bang!"

For this shot, Kamiya You didn't choose a tricky angle, but instead hit a shot straight to the middle of the Mori area, with just moderate speed and power.

After all, his goal wasn't to score, but rather to completely disable Mori Jusaburo's ability to fight after he received the ball, thus ending the game.

On the other side, under the influence of his subconscious, the sleeping Jusaburo Mori accurately "judged" the ball's landing point, moved his feet, swung his arm, and swung his racket to meet the trajectory of the incoming ball!

But in that one-thousandth of a second when the racket touched the tennis ball, his subconscious instantly lost all auditory information.

Almost instantly, the sounds of footsteps rubbing against the ground, rackets colliding with tennis balls, and the faint murmurs from the stands were all stripped away from his world.

Although Mori Jusaburo managed to return the ball thanks to his momentum,

But when the next ball came, he stopped in his tracks.

At this moment, his subconscious was like a robot that had lost its power source, or a computer that had been unplugged.

After losing almost all external information, the subconscious mind is no longer able to mobilize the body to perform any effective actions.

And so, the tennis ball, which was actually quite slow in speed, bounced out of bounds without any obstruction.

"Kamiya You's score! 0-40!"

"Mori player, Mori player! It's your turn to serve again!"

The referee noticed that Mori Jusaburo was standing still for a long time, so he raised his voice an octave and shouted several times.

But Mori Jusaburo didn't respond to his voice at all; his right hand, which was holding the paddle, just swung up and down meaninglessly several times.