Prince of Tennis: I am a manager at Hyotei

Jingle Bell!

Just as Long Ge was immersed in the sadness of separation.

Atobe's cell phone rang.

Long Ge sniffed and raised his head.

"Who?"

The tone was muffled.

Atobe picked it up and looked at it, his eyes narrowed.

"It's Oshitari."

Just about to hang up.

Long Ge reached out and snatched the phone: "Is Akutsu's injury serious? Otherwise, we should go over and take a look. I don't know how to explain this to Yuuki."

Having said that, Long Ge answered the phone directly.

"I'm Long Ge. Where are you now? How is Akutsu's injury?"

The other party paused and then reacted immediately.

Oshitari's voice came from the other end of the receiver.

"Ah, it's Long Ge. We're currently at the public hospital selected by the organizer. Akutsu probably won't be able to compete in the short term. He'll probably need to rest for about a week. We're still processing it. I'd like to report back to you two."

Hearing this result, Long Ge patted his chest.

so far so good.

I knew that Akutsu was thick-skinned and wouldn't have any big problems.

Even with such an injury, he only needs to rest for a week. What a terrible physical condition.

The two chatted for a few minutes on the phone and then hung up.

Atobe was a little unhappy.

"Who is Yuuki?"

After knowing the password of Atobe's cell phone, he hung up the phone and started chatting with Oshitari directly on Atobe's cell phone.

Long Ge answered while concentrating on replying.

"Akutsu's mother, you promised me to take good care of Akutsu. Now that he's injured like that, I don't know how to explain it to him."

"Ah~"

After saying that, Long Ge sighed again.

"Akuzu's mom? You've even met his mom?! When? Why did you agree to take care of Akutsu?"

The tone was inexplicably sour.

How could she go to meet someone else's mother!

"Are you asking a hundred thousand questions? Of course it's Akutsu who loves to stir up trouble, and Akutsu's mother is so gentle~ It fits my perception of mothers very well, just like an aunt, so gentle~"

Long Ge's mind was full of memories of the gentleness of Akutsu's mother. It was so wonderful, reminding her of how gentle and considerate Aunt Renko was when she was just adopted by Nanjiro as a child.

Although my aunt still dotes on me, she is sometimes strict with me.

Long Ge bit the phone and recalled the good qualities of his two mothers.

"It fits my perception of my mother perfectly! It fits my perception of my mother perfectly!"

That one sentence almost crushed Tsuchiya.

Atobe covered his injured chest.

"Actually, my mother is also very kind and gentle. I can take you to meet her. She will definitely like you."

Atobe spoke in a soft voice.

When it comes to gentleness, even a proud and confident person like Atobe feels a little guilty. His mother is actually somewhat related to gentleness, but she is more domineering and arrogant.

Long Ge was completely immersed in the tenderness of his two mothers and didn't hear what Jibe said at all.

After a while, in Atobe's expectant eyes.

Long Ge came back to his senses.

"Huh? What did you say just now?"

Even the well-educated Atobe couldn't hold back his expression.

gone.

Ok?

What happened to this person? He left on his own.

"Wait for me, where are we going now? The coach and the seniors haven't come out yet."

Long Ge quickly caught up with him and started running.

Long Ge's stomach suddenly ached.

Having eaten breakfast in the morning and not eaten at noon, and then being tricked by Senior Qian's dark drink, Long Ge now felt as if his stomach was churned into a ball.

"I will never let you go, Senior Qian!"

Inside the venue, the game ended with a record of one win and three losses, which made the whole team feel a little depressed.

When the game ended and the referee gave his routine speech, everyone was in low spirits.

Even the lone winning doubles team member wasn't among them.

No one made excuses or complained to anyone about the result of the game.

There is only self-blame and self-reflection.

Yes, they won the previous few games so easily that they became too complacent.

They are confident that they will still be the champions of this game.

But the result of the game surprised them.

The game ended, although the Japanese team lost the match against Switzerland.

But they still managed to advance to the round of 16 as the second in the group.

Although we advanced, everyone's enthusiasm was not high.

Because what they want is never a smooth advancement.

I always want to be the first one!

Return to the lounge.

"I'm sorry, I'm holding you back. If this match was called Byodoin, perhaps the result would be different."

Irie lowered his head, and his tone sounded restrained and full of self-blame.

Simple little kelp.

I was a little overwhelmed to comfort the senior.

"It's alright, it's okay. Look! We made it to the next round, didn't we? Don't blame yourself too much, Irie-senpai. We'll definitely be able to win again in the next matches!"

Little Haikai clumsily encouraged his senior in his own way.

The equally honest and simple Sanada.

"Kirhara, stop talking."

Suddenly being called out by his own vice-captain, Little Seaweed had no choice but to lower his head quietly.

During this time, the coach and Byodoin said nothing, packed up their things, and put on their golf bags.

"Let's go back."

Just going back like this?

Everyone looked at each other, seeming to want to say something but stopping themselves.

Nothing was said.

Everyone packed up their belongings obediently and followed the main group back to the athletes' village.

Xiao Haidai looked around and asked Marui-senpai who was sitting next to him in a low voice.

"Senior Marui, why haven't Long Ge and Senior Atobe come up yet? Are we going back now?"

"Who knows."

Marui was also in a bad mood at this time, and was very perfunctory in answering the questions from his juniors.

Coach Saito stood up with a loud speaker, just like he did at training camp.

"Hey, hey, hey, can you hear me? Thank you for your hard work during this period. We will have two days of rest before the round of 16 eliminations. You can arrange yourselves as you like. That's it. Have fun everyone!"

Coach Saito's tone was as relaxed as ever.

It seems like losing today's game didn't bother him at all.

When they heard that they would have two days of rest, everyone's mood was not very high.

Only the heartless Xiao Haidai and Xiao Jin were looking for travel guides on their phones, and sharing them with their companions from time to time.

The good-tempered Marui and Shiraishi had to be pulled aside by the two to discuss.

The car arrived at the athletes' village smoothly. After getting off the car, everyone went back to rest or practice.

"That's a bit over the top."

While Gui went upstairs with Irie.

Irie took off his glasses, took out a glasses cloth from his pocket and began to wipe them.

He blew on the lenses and spoke with a smile.

"I'm performing just fine, and besides, this is what Byodoin said, so of course it's more realistic. It's just a shame about this match. I really wanted to finish it seriously."

Irie's tone was filled with regret.

This caused the ghost to look at him strangely.