Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"Nozaki was so happy those two days. If it weren't for the fact that taking photos is prohibited in some places, two batteries in his camera would not be enough." Mikoshiba also made a rare complaint.

Incidentally, Mikoshiba and Chiyo spent most of their time with Nozaki during the cultural festival, visiting many classes, and Mikoshiba even honestly shared his feelings – poor Mikoshiba still doesn't realize that he is the prototype of the heroine Mamiko in "Moe Ai". In his own eyes, he must be a handsome, almighty image.

In reality, he's just a handsome, childish boy who's also very insincere. However, these issues aren't a problem for gender reassignment master Umetaro Nozaki, who modifies these traits slightly and applies them to a cute girl, instantly making her adorable.

The master of gender transformation lives up to his reputation.

However, in recent times, Nozaki has always been keen on drawing materials from Chixian and Yumiko. Originally, Chixian was wondering what kind of materials you draw from when she is just a supporting role. Later, she found out that this comic held a popularity vote, and the character of the senior sister won the third place in the overall score and the second place among female characters.

That is the highest vote besides the male and female protagonists Mamiko and Suzuki.

So it became natural to increase the senior sister's role.

So Zhixian could only watch silently as his gender-swapped comic character's role increased, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

"Did the match between Tachibana-san and Yumiko go well?" Chiyo looked at Chixian who had a complicated expression and began to change the subject.

"It's going pretty well. The county tournament is about to start, and it should be easy to qualify for the Kanto tournament." Zhixian said. They are indeed in great shape now, and this is the source of his confidence - he has always been relatively objective in examining himself, especially in tennis, and he doesn't aim too high.

"Isn't that great?" Chiyo said. She didn't know much about tennis, but at least she understood the rules of the game through observation and observation.

After the county competition is the Kanto competition, and then the national competition.

According to the data, the Platinum combination has never lost in the county competition stage and rarely loses in the Kanto competition.

Although these are data from junior high school, Zhixian thinks they are better now than before.

If it were now, perhaps synchronization could be achieved... Get up from where you fell, Zhixian thought so. He and Youmiko have reconciled and been dating for a while, and he feels that synchronization may only require an opportunity.

"I've decided to write a tennis story for my next manga," Nozaki said seriously. "I've decided to call it 'Swing Your Racket, Girl'."

"What about "Moe Ai"? " Chiyo asked. The heroine of "Moe Ai" was based on Mikoshiba. She thought she had already guessed who the heroine of "Swing the Racket, Girl" would be based on.

He must be swinging the racket to play tennis, after all, there is a tennis player aiming to become a professional tennis player sitting in the room.

"Let's wait until I finish drawing "Moe Ai."" Nozaki replied. After all, Mamiko and Suzuki are not together yet at the current progress of the manga, so he still has work to draw.

"Isn't this decision a bit early?" Zhixian asked. After all, "Meng Ai" is very popular now.

"By the time I start drawing that, you'll probably be a Grand Slam champion."

"You're probably saying something fishy." Zhixian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Who knows what will happen in the future, but I still dare to think about winning the high school league championship."

"I think this theme of Nozaki-kun is very good! When Tachibana-san becomes famous, many people will definitely like tennis because of you. At this time, a girl's comic with a tennis theme will appear, and it will be drawn by Yumeno Sakiko. It will definitely be the best of both worlds!" Before the person involved said anything, Chiyo had already started to fantasize.

"That sounds reasonable." Mikoshiba said. He somewhat agreed with Chiyo's idea. He also thought playing tennis was cool.

By the way, he also thought the long white legs under the short skirt of the girl playing tennis were great.

"Is this based on the premise that I will definitely become famous?" Zhixian rubbed his temples helplessly. These people took things for granted.

"Eh? Japan is ranked third in the country and still can't win the championship?" Chiyo was shocked.

"...Do you think tennis is the same as badminton?" Tennis has a much wider audience than badminton. European and American tennis players compete in far more tennis tournaments than badminton players.

"Isn't it almost the same?" Mikoshiba was also shocked.

"You guys really don't watch sports on TV, I've noticed."

"Hehehe..." Chiyo said embarrassedly. In fact, she rarely even watched TV.

As for Mikoshiba, there is no need to think about it. He uses his TV to play games and there is no way he can use it to watch sports programs. After all, he only likes to play games.

138. It’s a pity if you don’t become XXX

"Wow! Is this the scene of the Kanto competition? So grand!" Liu Meidong looked around and exclaimed.

"It's not like you haven't been here before, you acting queen." Zhixian immediately took up the conversation.

"Master, how can you, who has been here ten thousand times, understand the feelings of a newbie like me who has been playing for less than a year!" Liumei immediately retorted.

"Oh, when you get promoted to Rokkaku, even if you can't be a regular, you can still come every year. Come and bother you." As Chiba's stable number one seed, Rokkaku's foundation is not something that other schools can easily surpass.

"Humph, I think you just want to teach me a lesson!"

"Yeah, isn't it normal for a teacher to lecture a student?"

"......" Liu Mei was speechless for a moment, so she turned her head to look at Youmiko and began to ask for help, "Master's wife, look at the master!"

"Zhixian, don't stay in Meiwan all the time." The call of "Master's Wife" made Youmeizi feel so comfortable.

"I'm not teasing her, I'm spurring her on."

"Wow! You still want to hit me?" Liu Mei started to perform as soon as she heard the word "whip".

"With your acting skills and looks, it would be a shame if you didn't become an idol actor. You could sell a lot of handshake tickets alone, right?" Zhixian shook his head helplessly.

Today was the finals of the Kanto Tournament. As competitors, Zhixian and Yumiko naturally had to compete. However, since the runner-up also qualified for the national tournament, a loss wouldn't have a significant impact; it would simply mean one less champion. Having secured a spot in the national tournament, the national tournament was the priority. Winning the Kanto finals would be ideal, but losing was just a loss. Zhixian had no intention of revealing his true colors in the Kanto finals.

Yumiko agreed, though she was a bit concerned that if something unexpected happened to Zhixian in the doubles match, it might put him in trouble in the singles. While their mixed doubles team was indeed strong, Zhixian was widely considered the favorite in men's singles this year: their former rivals had graduated, there weren't any particularly impressive newcomers, and Zhixian himself had improved significantly compared to last year.

For Zhixian, the men's singles championship has greater practical significance, after all, it will be beneficial for his university admission.

However, Zhixian clearly prioritized the mixed doubles championship, a competition with greater symbolic significance. For him, the dream he achieved alongside Yumiko was the true dream. Achieving it alone would be too lonely. It wasn't like he lost Yumiko and needed to pursue his dream alone. Why chase individual glory when they could be together?

If he had to make a choice, Zhixian would be willing to give up the singles championship in exchange for the mixed doubles championship between him and Youmiko. After all, he will have many opportunities to play professional competitions in the future, but it is hard to say about Youmiko.

"...Selling handshake tickets is scary. Being an idol is so hard."

"Apologize to the idols' fans."

"Tennis players are not idols."

"But many women's tennis players can become models directly, and many of them earn higher advertising endorsement fees than their competition prize money." Yumiko suddenly interrupted.

"Is it so difficult to be a quiet and talented beautiful girl? Sigh." Liumei pretended to sigh deeply.

"What kind of thing is a sixth-grade girl fantasizing about more than ten years later?" Zhixian ruthlessly shattered her fantasy of studying in the United States.

"Isn't it enough for me to fantasize for a while?"

"Okay, I'm just calling you because I'm worried you won't wake up."

"Why don't you mention that I'm just a sixth-grade girl at this time!"

"Because I think you're growing up."

"Sixth grade is also called growing up?"

"The first stage of growing up is also growing up, just like the spirit base coming back more than once."

"...Master, you are the best at using metaphors among all the people I know."

"You're welcome. I think so too."

"You two should calm down..." Youmiko listened to the bickering between the master and the apprentice with a mixture of laughter and tears. Thanks to this, she was not nervous at all, as this was the final of the Kanto Tournament.

"Okay, it's almost time to warm up and get ready to play." Zhixian took out his racket, zipped it up halfway, stopped, and then pulled it down again, took out a piece of fruit candy and threw it to Liumei, "Please help watch the bag."

"...Are you kidding the kids?" Liu Mei said this, but she quickly tore open the candy wrapper and threw the candy into her mouth.

"The essence of human beings is true fragrance, repetition and cooing." Zhixian sighed, shaking his head.

"...Actually, Master, I think it's a waste if you don't do Rakugo, Manzai, or talk shows." Liu Mei complained about Zhixian just as Zhixian complained about herself.

"Okay, okay." Youmiko couldn't believe that when she was with Zhixian, she had to act as his peacemaker. Zhixian was obviously a person known for his calmness and prudence.

"Let's go, let's warm up."

......

In the final of the Kanto tournament that day, the Platinum combination won the championship with a score of 6:3.

Ask for leave and make up for it tomorrow

As the title suggests, I will make up for it tomorrow.

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139. Can you see stars in the daytime? (Final Chapter)

The national competition will be held some time after the Kanto Competition comes to an end. As the double champion of the men's singles and mixed doubles in the Kanto Competition, Zhixian naturally became the center of attention in school - to be more precise, he was fed enough dog food. It would have been fine if he had won the championship himself, but the problem was that he and his girlfriend also won the mixed doubles championship.

The school-min CP is so terrifying that they have been showing off their love even in the Kanto Tournament and even the national tournament. Sobu High School is no longer enough to satisfy them.

However, despite their jealousy, everyone still hopes that the Platinum Group can win the national championship.

In order to prepare for the national competition, Zhixian and Youmiko also began special training.

----split line----

"The key is how to attack your opponent's blind spot as quickly as possible after you find it," the coach said. "Doubles is different from singles. You don't have the opportunity to handle every ball."

"What if Youmiko can see it too?" Zhixian raised his eyebrows.

"Is it that easy to learn? Didn't you just figure it out recently...wait, are you saying?"

"Yes, if we synchronize, it should be possible, right?"

"But..." The coach stole a glance at Yumiko, who was talking to Rumi not far away. "Originally, I shouldn't have doubted you, but wasn't there a problem with your synchronization before?"

Zhixian looked at Youmeizi with infinite tenderness in his eyes: "That was the last straw that broke the camel's back, but it may not be the case now."

"...I suddenly feel a little full and a little sour." The coach said speechlessly, "But you do have a point. After all, things are different now. As long as you don't encounter anyone who can synchronize with you, there will be no problem."

"...Coach, don't set a flag."

"How could that be possible? How many pairs are on the same page in high school mixed doubles these days? Can I just let you meet them?"

"Don't use probability theory to explain it. Edward Murphy obviously doesn't think that way."

"Murphy's Law doesn't happen every time!"

"There's no point in us continuing to fight like this, let's just train."

"That makes sense. Let's train."

So the two returned to the tennis court again - these conversations took place during Zhixian's singles training time.

Special training continues until the opening of the national competition.

----split line----

As the top seed from Kanto, the Platinum team was naturally placed in a different half of the national competition grouping from the top seed from Kansai.

The champions of the Kansai tournament were the same team that had eliminated Chigen Yumiko in the quarterfinals during their third year of junior high school. They were a pair that had mastered synchronization. It was said that they later won the championship and continued to work together.

This is very interesting. If both groups of top seeds win all the way, they will meet in the final. It has to be said that it feels like a fateful showdown.

Zhixian was not worried about meeting his opponent in the finals. After all, he felt that finally defeating the opponent who had defeated him could be called "revenge", just like defeating the inner demons of the past.

The clash between the returning Platinum Combination and the strongest mixed doubles combination in high schools today was highly anticipated, and the level of attention once overshadowed the popularity of the men's singles match - after all, everyone knew that none of the players of the same period could beat Zhixian.

No one in Zhixian's singles matches could win more than three games against him, and he even won the final of the Kanto Tournament easily with a score of 6:3.

This is probably the year with the least suspense in men's singles, and also the most watched year in mixed doubles.

Just as everyone expected, the two groups finally met in the final.

----split line----

"Are you nervous, Yumiko?"

"No, don't be nervous!"

"really?"

"......Fake."

Yumiko surrendered under Zhixian's gaze. She was indeed very nervous. Not to mention that her opponent was a syncopated duo that had defeated her before, the mere fact that this was her first time playing in a national tournament final was enough to make her nervous.

Her and Zhixian's best result before was only the top four.

For this final, almost all of their family and friends came out, including students from Sobu who came to cheer them on. Half of the entire venue was occupied by the two's relatives and friends.

Such a massive support increased Yumiko's psychological burden. Coupled with her previous failures, Yumiko was very worried that she would lose and disappoint those who had high expectations of her and were cheering for her.

Zhixian put down his racket and hugged Youmeiko.

"Yumiko, relax."

"..." Youmiko closed her eyes and silently felt Zhixian's breath.

"Just swing the racket, and I'll take care of the rest. Trust me." Zhixian gently stroked Yumiko's golden ponytail. "Just continue to be the 'Queen of Fire'. There's nothing to be afraid of."

"......Yeah!" Yumiko opened her eyes, and fighting spirit gradually ignited in her green eyes.

"Then... don't be careless!" Zhixian held Youmiko's hand, and the two walked towards the player tunnel.