Crossover Anime: Transmigrated as Sasuke, but Must Start from Prince of Tennis

Yukimura Seiichi nodded, outwardly acknowledging Sasuke's reasoning.

The strongest should meet at the final peak.

But deep down he was thinking how some people, in their narcissism, actually knew to bring Rikkai Daiya along.

Indeed, he also thinks this assessment of strength is very accurate!

Chapter 87 Yukimura's thoughts are hard to fathom

"I've already had the butler prepare lunch. Let's have lunch together."

After seeing that their opponents had finally finished their match, Atobe Keigo stood up, greeted Yukimura and Sanada, and then led his team members to prepare to enter the arena.

But as soon as they took to the field, their opponents seemed to have received some terrible news. Just as the referee was about to announce the start of the match, they directly announced their forfeit.

This match was over before it even started!

What's going on with them?

The Hyotei team members, back in the rest area, looked annoyed. They had waited so long, only to have those guys say they were too tired from the previous match and gave up...

"They used to be defeated by Jōsei Shōnan. You guys nerfed Jōsei Shōnan by four zeros and one 2, and that scared them half to death."

Niou Masaharu leaned against a tree, looking at Hyotei and the others who were still unaware of the situation, and explained the reasons why they already knew about it.

"That's absolutely awful!"

Ryo Shishido glared angrily from the side; it was incredibly frustrating to see his opponent so cowardly.

"There's nothing strange about it. We're the same. Our opponents were defeated in Kanagawa before, and they conceded early on to conserve their strength for the later rankings..."

Marui Bunta and Jiro were eating donuts together. They were actually quite experienced when it came to opponents forfeiting.

When we were competing in Kanagawa, we encountered several players who withdrew, so we were used to it by now.

"Shogi, anyone want to play?"

Yuushi Oshitari rummaged through a pile of boxes and found shogi (Japanese chess pieces). Since there was a match in the afternoon, he had someone prepare some games for them to play at noon.

"I come."

Genichiro Sanada's eyes lit up when he saw shogi. He often saw his grandfather playing shogi at home, and he would accompany him when he wasn't training.

"There's a whack-a-mole game here, anyone want to play? Three people can play..."

One by one, the props for entertainment were brought out, and the regulars from the two schools mingled together, took their places, and played their favorite games.

Even Atobe and Yukimura got together to discuss certain literary works.

The only two quiet people were Jiro, who was lying asleep under the tree, and Sasuke, who had found a tree trunk and was sitting cross-legged to refine his chakra.

It wasn't until lunchtime that those playing games stopped, those sleeping were woken up, and everyone dispersed after eating and drinking their fill.

"Atobe, I'm so bored. Can't I just sleep until I get home? They don't need me anyway..."

Once outside the competition venue, Jiro sat on a bench and yawned as he looked for Atobe. Since he was playing singles against second place this time, he was unlikely to play.

"Let him sleep. You guys need to finish off this opponent as soon as possible. Continue your special training when you get back today."

Sasuke glanced at the match roster and told his two teams to prepare for doubles, as well as for Takiginosuke in singles.

The Kanto Tournament lasts for two days. After today's match, the semi-finals and finals will be held tomorrow.

Therefore, they need to prepare for tomorrow.

The opponent tomorrow morning is still uncertain, but the final match tomorrow afternoon can only be against Rikkai.

"no problem!"

The five people in the preliminary round made a guarantee, and they did indeed achieve a solid result.

After securing their place in the semifinals, the Hyotei players left the stadium and went to Atobe's villa for training and preparations for tomorrow's match.

During the afternoon training session, Sasuke played a best-of-seven series against each of them, pointing out some of their weaknesses.

Since it's impossible to directly overcome weaknesses, they can find ways to adjust and try to avoid being attacked for those weaknesses.

In the evening, they received news that their opponent in the semi-finals tomorrow morning would be Liujiao Middle School.

"Among the six factions, here are their profiles. There are a few decent players among them, but..."

Sasuke retrieved information about the tennis clubs of various schools from Atobe's study, took out the volume containing the six clubs, and read through all the names of the members.

Among the current list, besides Fujimoto, who was once marked by Higashiyama Fei, there is another name that Saeki Kojiro might be familiar to Sasuke.

This boy appeared in the story and is a childhood friend of Fuji Syusuke.

Their strength seemed quite good, but they gradually disappeared from the public eye later on.

Probably only Fujimoto and Sasaki Kojiro, who wasn't investigated by Higashiyama Fei before. The other regulars are all on the list given by Higashiyama Fei, and none of them are particularly strong.

Of course, this isn't considered strong; it's only in comparison to them.

"what happened?"

Atobe took the data and glanced at it. When he noticed that there was a first-year student among them, his eyes lit up.

It seems this school is alright; at least it allows first-graders to participate. In contrast, the schools I encountered before almost never had any first-graders.

"Their school's coach is an extremely old man, whose exact age is unknown..."

Sasuke thought about the legendary coach in the Rokkaku who was called "Old Man," and he felt that the legend about him was a bit far-fetched.

The most outrageous thing is that he said he lived for hundreds of years, which should be called a human miracle, right?

However, legends are just legends; they need to consider practical issues now, such as how to arrange the order of appearance.

"Tomorrow is the semifinals and finals. As a regular player, it's time for you to be included. I'll schedule you for singles first in both matches. I'll play singles second in the morning and singles third in the afternoon..."

After reviewing the information about Rokkaku Middle School, Atobe did not feel any danger towards the school.

When arranging the match roster, he consciously assigned Sasuke to the singles first position, because it was highly likely that he would not play in that position.

Among them, the only one who wasn't interested in playing or not playing was Sasuke.

"Rikkai will most likely try to score points in the early rounds, so... let's predict how they'll arrange their strategy..."

Sasuke looked at the Rikkai University roster. He remembered Yukimura saying that even if he and Atobe were strong, they would still have a chance to win.

Since that's the case, let's see who can outmaneuver whom.

The most likely outcome is that Rikkai Daiho will play the first three innings. If that's the case, the third singles player will be Yukimura Seiichi.

But we can't guarantee that it will be like that, because it's hard to guess what Yukimura's thought process is like.

Yukimura, the serious and aloof class president of Rikkai University, is also known for his gentle care of his teammates. However, when his mischievous side comes out, his pranks can drive people crazy.

It's really too difficult to guess what a completely two-faced person like him is, with his personality changing from one moment to the next.

"If Sanada were to set it up, it would be relatively simple, but Yukimura is beyond my comprehension..."

Atobe shook his head. He could see through many people, but Yukimura was truly hopeless.

Genichiro Sanada said that in all the years he'd known Yukimura, he'd almost never guessed correctly...

Chapter 88 We won the Grand Prix

"Kanto Tournament Semifinals, Hyotei vs. Rokkaku, the match is now starting!"

The next morning, the Kakigi Tennis Theme Park was bustling with activity once again, as the semi-final match of the Kanto Tournament, between Hyotei and Rokkaku, started right on time.

In the second doubles match, Hyotei fielded Yuushi Oshitari and Gakuto Mukahi again. Their teamwork was getting better and better, and they won the point in less than 20 minutes.

In the subsequent doubles match, Ryo Shishido and Jiro, although their teamwork wasn't great, Jiro's tennis skills were never weak, and they won the point without much difficulty.

In the subsequent singles match, Atobe went straight into the game and scored 0 points against Fujimoto, the player in Rokkaku.

Hyotei won the semi-finals in less than an hour across three matches.

Sasuke, the singles player, stood up from the coach's bench and joined the regular players to shake hands with the Rokkaku players after the match.

Saeki Kojiro, who made a brief appearance in the story and whose brilliance faded quickly, was calmly shaken hands with Sasuke before leaving with the Hyotei crew.

The morning matches were just appetizers; the afternoon matches are the main event.

Both schools submitted their rosters at the same time, right on time.

Under the strange smiles of both Atobe and Yukimura, who were completely unaware of each other's order of appearance, they had a pleasant lunch together.

"We still have about ten minutes left, we should go and take a look."

They rested until almost the start of the competition before the two opponents finally emerged from their break and set off for the competition venue, where they separated to their respective sides.

"Atobe Keigo, you're ruthless!"

Yukimura Seiichi glanced at Hyotei's order of appearance and was completely dumbfounded.

Looking at Atobe's even brighter smile, he suddenly realized that he had underestimated Hyotei's determination to win the championship.

Rikkai's doubles pair 2 consists of Sanada and Niou, while Hyotei's doubles pair 2 consists of Atobe and Takiginosuke.

"Sorry, we'll take this round!"

Atobe, holding a racket, walked onto the court with Taki Oginosuke.

They struggled for a long time to come up with this lineup.

"That's not necessarily true; we'll only know after the fight!"

Yukimura was clearly annoyed, but he had no other choice but to fight first.

Seeing Sanada's face growing increasingly dark, Yukimura could only offer his silent condolences. Sanada was starting to develop a psychological trauma from constantly getting zero points deducted by Atobe.

The original plan was to have Sanada play doubles so that he wouldn't run into Atobe or Sasuke, but unexpectedly, it all turned out to be such a coincidence...

"Hyotei vs. Rikkai, Doubles 2, Set 1, Hyotei serves!"

The referee, seeing the intense atmosphere between the two sides even before the fight began, calmly called for the start.

As a referee, he is a professional and will not be intimidated by the players' performance.

"Sanada, I won't show any mercy!"

Atobe walked to the service point, smiled at Sanada, and unceremoniously started with a Tannhäuser serve.