Prince of Tennis: Ryoma's sister in Hyotei

The loss was so devastating that some sophomores and juniors thought Long Ge would be removed from his position.

But the reality did not work out that way. After the game, Long Ge was still active in the training ground for the first and second grades as usual.

He even trained Suzuki Matsu directly and gave him personal guidance, which was a training method they had never seen before.

"It's really rare to see the training methods of professional players in a junior high school."

It turned out to be Mr. Inoue, a reporter from a tennis newspaper, and he came alone.

He had always had an impression of the name Echizen Ryuka but just couldn't remember it, so he went to visit Mr. Echizen Nanjiro again.

Nanjiro just waved his hand and told her that he might as well ask her directly.

Nanjiro hit a wall here and returned to the newspaper office. He searched for a lot of information but to no avail. Just as he was muttering Long Ge's name.

A colleague who covers American tennis news heard this and came over. "Inoue, so you like Echizen Ryuka too! How come I didn't notice it before?"

Upon hearing this, Inoue immediately approached his colleague and asked, "You know Echizen Ryuka! How did you hear about her?"

Your colleague was confused by the question, and if you hadn't asked it first, they would have thought you knew it.

"This Echizen Ryuka was a professional tennis player active in Los Angeles for the past two years. It's really not easy for him to embark on a professional career at such a young age. What a pity."

When my colleague said this, he stopped to drink tea, as if he was sighing.

Inoue was anxious, "What a pity! What happened?"

"Well, it's just something between professional players. I guess. She entered the professional scene at such a young age, which must have caused a lot of dissatisfaction. Then, for some unknown reason, she announced her retirement from professional sports in January of last year. Her whereabouts have been unknown since then. What a pity!"

When my colleague said this, he shook his head regretfully. It was such a pity.

When Inoue heard the news, he remembered that he had mentioned it inadvertently when he was having lunch with his colleagues, but that was a long time ago.

Inoue was a little excited. "Do you have any previous game videos or anything else?"

The colleague nodded and said, "Yes, of course. I have quite a few here. I've connected with American publishing houses, so I still have a lot of them. I'll get them for you."

A colleague rummaged through a pile of documents and magazines at his own workstation and placed them at Inoue's. "Remember to give them to me when you're done reading them."

It records a lot of information about Echizen Ryuge, including the club where Ryuge played professionally, the "Angel Club".

There are also several tennis magazines with Long Ge’s portrait on the cover, so energetic and with such sharp eyes.

Inoue knew that he was going to meet this former professional player, who was also Nanjiro's niece and Echizen Ryoma's sister.

The Hyotei School is so huge and complex that you would get lost here if you weren't experienced. When I walked to the tennis court, I saw Long Ge training a grader. The training method was also commonly used by professional players.

"Hello! Excuse me, something..."

Inoue interrupted Long Ge who was training Suzuki Matsu.

Looking closely, I realized that this was the reporter I met outside the Metropolitan University Youth School competition stadium before.

"Hello, are you here to see Atobe? The regulars are busy right now so we might not be able to see them."

Long Ge naturally thought that this reporter was here to interview the official team members like Atobe.

"No, I'm here to find you."

kindness?

Long Ge stopped what he was doing and looked at Mr. Inoue's position.

"Thank you. What was your question? Nanjiro or Ryoma?"

He raised his hand to catch the water that the other person handed over.

Inoue sat down opposite Long Ge and said, "No, it may be a bit presumptuous, but I want to ask you about you."

"I heard your name outside the Seigaku stadium and I had some impression of you. I even went to visit Mr. Nanjiro, and he said that some things should be asked in person."

Long Ge played with the water in his hand. "He just complained that you disturbed his nap. What you want to ask is why I quit my career."

Inoue took out the notebook he carried with him and said, "If you mind, I can not record it. What exactly happened in the meantime?"

Long Ge supported his chin and said, "Whatever."

"My entry into the professional scene was smoother than others. Uncle Nanjiro's fame and my own strength made everything seem so promising.

My first professional game is still clearly imprinted in my mind. The Angel Club did provide me with a lot of conveniences.

But the benefits they gained from me were also countless, including various endorsement advertisements and magazine contacts. I should have developed in the direction of competition, but they packaged me as a so-called sports star.

My frequent appearances in the public eye have made many people jealous of me and even doubted my abilities, especially in my career. But I don’t think I am weak.

However, every game I played was arranged clearly by the club. I had no control over whether I won or lost. Winning the game would not prove anything, and losing the game would arouse more sympathy from the audience.

But all this was broken by a game. That girl was also a professional player of the Angel Club. But that game was the happiest one I played in my career.

But because of the club, she deliberately lost the game, perhaps because she thought I had said something to the club. My life has been different since then. I have been excluded, oppressed, teased, and even...”

Long Ge stopped talking and his right hand involuntarily touched his left arm.

"In the end, I retired from the profession due to a comminuted fracture of my left hand."

What! A comminuted fracture of the left hand! This is undoubtedly the end of a professional player's career.

It took Inoue a long time to come back to his senses from Long Ge's words.

"But now that I think about it, a ten-year-old entering the professional scene is nothing more than a money-making tool orchestrated by the club."

Because she had no relatives or family members to accompany her, and because of Nanjiro's fame, she was packaged as a glamorous money-making tool.

Inoue probably understood that there might be various obstacles on the career path, but he had never imagined these.

It is shameless for the so-called club to use a ten-year-old child as a tool to make money!

Then Inoue's eyes stopped on Long Ge's left arm again. He thought about how painful it must be for a ten-year-old child to have experienced so much, and how determined he must be to get treatment.

Long Ge was about to get up and leave after he finished speaking, leaving behind a sentence, "You can write whatever you want, but you can't include my current address."

Inoue sat there for a long time thinking about this matter. He absolutely could not report this matter and could only remember it in his heart.