The Prince of Tennis: My tennis skills come from Naruto

Sadaharu Inui continued, "Let's start with Hyotei. They were the first to make reforms, and what's most outrageous is that their first team has a total of 8 regular players, but 5 of them are first-year students, and the second team is entirely composed of first-year students."

Sadaharu Inui said he didn't know how Hyotei found so many strong first-year students.

"Furthermore, according to my information, their captain, Kamiya You, was the champion of the Junior Tournament Elementary School Division Finals, No. 5 was the former captain of Hyotei, No. 7 and No. 9 were both in the Junior Tournament Top 8, and No. 11 was in the Top 16."

"Only Tezuka is in the top eight on our side. Although this ranking doesn't fully represent strength, for example, Tezuka would have at least made it to the top four if not for some unexpected event."

"But it can still serve as a reference."

"As for the other members of Hyotei, I don't have any information on them at the moment."

Tezuka Kunimitsu pushed up his black glasses, listening to Inui Sadaharu's story while staring intently at the magazine cover in his hand. His gaze swept back and forth between the 13 members of Hyotei, lingering on Kamiya You for more than ten seconds.

My feelings were incredibly complicated at that moment.

He could comfort himself when only Hyotei Academy underwent reforms, but...

Three schools have undergone reforms in succession, while his school, Seigaku, has yet to make any moves...

To be honest, Hyotei Academy had actually extended an invitation to him, but he ultimately chose to join Seigaku because it was close to his home and because Seigaku was the junior high school his idol, Echizen Nanjiro, had attended.

However, I didn't expect the atmosphere in Seigaku's tennis club to be so bad. Seigaku is far from being ambitious and keeping up with Hyotei's pace in reforming. Some of the seniors here have even uttered some foul language about Hyotei's reforms.

His idol's mentor, who is also the current coach of Seigaku, Coach Ryuzaki, is completely different from what he imagined...

He had expected to meet a coach with the demeanor of a legend, but in reality, he found a stubborn, rigid, and very ordinary coach with little tennis coaching ability.

And, the Jr. tournament that A-Qian just mentioned...

Tezuka Kunimitsu recalled how he had missed the quarterfinals due to other commitments, and how when he finally made it there to play a match against the winner of the finals, he found the Forest Park deserted.

If Seigaku cannot innovate, then he will have to wait another whole year to fulfill his wish of playing against Kamiya You...

At that moment, Takashi Kawamura leaned closer, and upon seeing the magazine's cover photo, his pupils immediately contracted.

Kawamura Takashi noticed almost immediately the first person on the right in the last row with a dark brown bowl cut hairstyle; the unruly look in his eyes was so intense it seemed to emanate from the photo.

Akutsu is at Hyotei?!

Besides, didn't Akutsu say he hates tennis the most?!

Now he's a regular member of the tennis club?!

Kawamura Takashi: (；゜0゜)!

"Aron, you know him?!" Inui Sadaharu noticed that Kawamura Takashi was staring at the position of Hyotei No. 13 Akutsu Jin, and turned to ask.

Takashi Kawamura nodded. "Yes, I guess I know him. Akutsu is physically very strong, but I really didn't expect him to go to Hyotei, and even become Hyotei's No. 13..."

Kawamura Takashi speculated: Akutsu probably relied on his physical talent to brute force his way up.

After all, he was rarely seen playing tennis; most of the time he was fighting.

Inui Sadaharu nodded, preparing to gather detailed information about this No. 13 from Kawamura Takashi later, and continued,

"In short, Hyotei is a formidable rival, but Rikkai is no less impressive. This second most innovative academy has a new captain, Yukimura Seiichi, and vice-captain, Sanada Genichiro, both first-year students who were runners-up and third-place finishers in the Jr. Tournament, respectively!"

"Moreover, Rikkai University also has Renji Yanagi, whose data tennis is extremely strong."

"Their captain, Yukimura Seiichi, goes without saying. He is one of only two known beings who have mastered the five senses. The other is Hyotei's captain, Kamiya You."

"The Five Senses Annihilation Ball Technique is such an overpowered monster, I think even you, Tezuka, would have a hard time winning if you fell for it."

Upon hearing this, Tezuka Kunimitsu's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He was genuinely unsure if he could handle the elimination of the five senses.

"But!" At this moment, Inui Sadaharu's tone changed, his gaze behind his glasses sweeping intently over Tezuka, Fuji, and Kawamura.

"With your strength, Fuji's, and mine, plus Aaron's, we can totally rebuild the tennis club like Hyotei or Rikkai!"

Tezuka Kunimitsu paused for a moment, adjusted his black-and-white glasses, and then said, "Inui, you're right. But, it's always better to resolve things peacefully if possible. In any case, we really need to talk to the coach and the captain."

After all, Hyotei and Rikkai are clearly capable of at least making it to the Kanto Tournament. If Seigaku also changes the rules, then the first-year students can also participate.

Then, unlike last year, Seigaku won't fail to even qualify for the Kanto Tournament. Moreover, he can then have a chance to compete with Kamiya Yo and Yukimura Seiichi.

Sadaharu Inui pushed up his glasses in the same style as Inui, nodding secretly. Tezuka had finally decided to change Seigaku after Inui's persuasion; it hadn't been easy.

"I'll go with you then."

"How could I be left out of such an important matter?" Fuji Syusuke said in a gentle tone.

Takashi Kawamura scratched his short, brownish-yellow hair. "Ah, I also think it's better to let the more capable players play, so I'll go see the coach with you guys."

Inui Sadaharu pushed up his glasses. Although Coach Ryuzaki was rather rigid, three schools had already changed their names, especially one of them, Makino Fuji. In addition, with the four of them making a joint suggestion, the coach would probably consider their suggestion to some extent, right?

"I think there's no time like the present, what do you all think?"

Tezuka Kunimitsu nodded; things were indeed better done sooner rather than later.

And so, the four of them arrived at the door of the Seigaku coach's office.

Kunimitsu Tezuka stepped forward first and knocked on the door that could very well change the fate of the Seigaku tennis club.

"Knock knock knock—"

Inside the gate, Sumire Ryuzaki and Yuuichi Yamato were discussing the regional competition, speculating which schools they would be grouped with this time.

Upon hearing the knock, Ryuzaki Sumire raised an eyebrow and said seriously, "Come in."

Led by Tezuka Kunimitsu, a group of four first-year students quickly walked in.

Seeing this, Ryuzaki Sumire frowned involuntarily, her tone becoming more serious, "During training time, instead of retrieving balls from the court, what are you first-years doing here?"

Yamato Yuta glanced at the clock on the wall, then tried to smooth things over, saying, "Coach, training time, cough cough, it's already over..."

"However, the coach is very busy, so Tezuka, Fuji... if it's not something important, you can talk to me privately later."