Tennis: One look can subdue me, one sword can break the clothes of heaven!

About a month after the Kanagawa Prefecture competition ended, the Kanto competition kicked off.

The top four teams from each county in Kanto, a total of 4 teams, will participate in a new round of elimination matches, and the final four will represent the Kanto region to participate in the national competition in Koshien.

This is a great honor for countless students who aspire to pursue a career in tennis, including naturally all members of Rikkai University.

During this period of time, the atmosphere in the tennis club became noticeably more tense.

Although Rikkai University has won the Kanto Championship for many consecutive years, there are new students joining the team every year. Many freshmen have not experienced the feeling of being a champion, so they naturally attach great importance to this.

Including extremely powerful talents such as Marui and Yanagi Renji, they are also preparing for the competition and have almost no time to rest.

It feels like the college entrance examination is approaching.

Of course, there are exceptions. Talented players like Yukimura Sanada have participated in many domestic and international competitions since they were young and have rich experience in major competitions, so they are not too nervous about this.

As for Oreki Yu, he was busy doing his own things all day and also had no idea what being nervous was.

Ever since he comprehended the innate ability of 'cutting iron and breaking gold' last time, his strength has improved a bit.

The greatest function of this realm is to enhance the power of 'Wuxiang Yidao'!

Previously, his condensed sword was enough to penetrate the floor, but now its power has been further increased!

After he came back, he also tested it by himself, and found it was powerful enough to crack a half-meter thick wall. It was probably comparable to Byodoin's Light Ball·Destruction.

But even so, he only achieved the "cutting iron" part of "cutting iron and breaking scriptures", and there is still a distance from "cutting gold".

If you want to reach this level, you can only have a deeper understanding of what you are seeking.

There is no need to let go of the obsession with the past, and Yurika is no longer a burden to him, but a source of strength.

In summary, it is to follow your own heart, make choices and live naturally. When everything returns to nature and gives birth to the "heart of nature", then you will naturally act as you please. Oreki Yu guessed that by then, he would be able to reach the realm of "breaking gold".

So during this period of time, he slowed down his tennis training, and in addition to his part-time job, he tried his best to live the life he wanted in his heart, hoping to train his "natural heart".

At the moment, the most natural thing he could think of was to sit alone in a quiet place and live a simple life without any distractions.

Therefore, the library naturally became his best choice.

Over the past few days, as soon as school was over, he would go to the library to read for a few hours, even when the Kanto Tournament was approaching.

"Oreki-san, aren't you going to prepare for the Kanto Tournament?"

Seeing that Oreki Yu had been sitting and reading a book for the whole afternoon, Toono Rin couldn't help but ask curiously.

Oreki turned the page he had just read and said calmly:

"For me, reading is also a form of spiritual practice."

It was the first time that Toono Rin heard such a reason. What does reading have to do with playing ball?

“Is there any connection between these two?”

"Of course it is related. It can help you maintain inner peace. That way, you won't have any distracting thoughts when you take action."

Toono Rin seemed to understand what he said, but not quite.

"But you, is it really okay not to exercise? The women's tennis tournament in Kanto is about to start, right?"

Toono Rin also often comes to the library to read books recently. Oreki Yu remembers that she is a girl who is very diligent in training, but recently for some reason, she does not go to training, but instead comes here to spend the day leisurely.

Hearing this, Yuan Yelin frowned, snorted coldly, and said disdainfully:

"The tennis club is full of people who are jealous of my talent. I don't want to train with them!"

Oreki Yu smelled the flavor of the story and couldn't help but smile:

"Did something happen?"

"Some noisy women, I don't even bother to mention them."

"It can't be that you have a bad personality and can't fit in with the environment, right?"

"I?"

Toono Rin widened his eyes and said angrily:

"How is that possible! I never cause trouble. They are the ones who are deliberately ostracizing me!"

"What exactly happened?"

Toono Rin didn't want to say it at first, but seeing Oreki Yu's suspicious tone, she said it reluctantly because she didn't want to be misunderstood by him.

To put it simply, she is extremely talented and there are few people in the women's tennis team who can rival her. She defeated the very popular senior Yukawa in the team in the trials a month ago and got the No. 2 singles position.

However, due to her young experience, her seniors in the department asked her to give her position back to Yukawa-senpai, saying that Yukawa-senpai had worked hard for two years to be able to participate in the Kanto Conference this year and such a result was too cruel for her.

With Toono Rin's proud personality, she naturally wouldn't agree, and so a conflict arose. As it has evolved to this day, there is a tendency for everyone to isolate her, which is why she doesn't want to join the tennis club.

It's ironic that it's natural for the strong to get the opportunity to compete, but they are excluded instead.

I have to say, there is no fairness in this world.

Oreki Yu thought for a moment and said:

"Have you always been alone in the tennis club? Don't you have any friends?"

Toono Rin seemed to be stunned for a moment, then coughed and said:

"Well, first of all, we need to define from where to where we are considered friends..."

"That's enough. Your statement has exposed the fact that you have no friends."

Toono Rin seemed unconvinced and said:

"Is this important?"

"Of course it's important. The tennis club is a small society after all. It's no wonder you can't make it in the club if you're like this."

"Wild beasts travel alone, only cattle and sheep travel in herds!"

"This is a famous saying. I didn't realize you are quite knowledgeable. If so, you should have heard of the saying that three generals are better than Zhuge Liang, right?"

"...What does it matter? I can defeat them all by myself!"

Toono Rin is very stubborn.

Oreki Yu closed the book and stared at Tono Rin for a while.

He hadn't realized before that Toono Rin was actually very cute, especially when she was angry, which was his type.

He touched his chin and suddenly laughed:

"That Yukawa-senpai sounds familiar. Is she Yukawa Sakurako from Class 3F?"

"You know that too? Yes, she is a great beauty. I heard she was even voted the school beauty. Even for Oreki Yuu, who only reads sage books, it is normal for him to lose control."

Toono Rin sneered, with some sarcasm in his words.

"Your words sound weird... Never mind. I heard that his boyfriend is the former director Shinichi Yamada. I heard that he was able to secure the position of vice director of the women's tennis club because of his boyfriend's help."

"What do you want to say?"

Oreki Yu smiled and said:

"Isn't this just leveraging your power? How about this? Go to the tennis club tomorrow and announce that you are my friend. This way, all problems will be solved."

Toono Rin didn't understand what Oreki Yu meant at first.

"Does this work?"

"Of course it works. They just bully you because you're alone. Just tell them that you have friends too!"

Toono Rin suddenly realized, this means that Oreki Yu thinks that they are friends?

She was speechless for a moment. To be honest, this boy was not that bad, and he was also recognized by her brother. She had been very curious about him, but she was quite disappointed by his lack of ambition. Later, Oreki Yu was recognized by the whole school for his grades and strength, but somehow, the two of them were no longer able to talk to each other. If they had not met frequently in the library recently, they probably would not have had much communication.

"Who is your friend......"

She muttered something under her breath and quickly left the library.

"Haha, this little girl."

Oreki Yu continued to immerse himself in the book, and after a while, a silent smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Day two.

A piece of news came from the women's tennis club that the genius Oreki Yu, known as the "Ghost Hand", has a girlfriend named Toono Rin.

With this title, the girlfriend became a celebrity among the first-year students. Her popularity even surpassed that of senior Yukawa. She quickly gained recognition from all the female members and secured her position as a regular.

This is not entirely due to Oreki Yu. Toono Rin is already very strong, but not many people paid attention to her before. With Oreki Yu's recent fame, she successfully attracted attention.

Everyone then realized that the women's tennis team also had a new first-year genius.

It is also for this reason that the previous voices calling for her to give up her position naturally disappeared. After all, it is easy to bend in a strong wind, and no one wants to be the first to stand out.

When geniuses match each other, they are naturally the couple that everyone wants to support.

Soon many people began to jokingly call Toono Rin the ghost girlfriend.

After this rumor came out, Toono Rin immediately came to Oreki Yu with a red face and asked him what was going on.

Oreki Yusuke said nothing, but just smiled triumphantly.

This is just in line with his own wishes.