Sword Art Online Crossover: They're all close friends, how did I become a player?

Only after the figure with long silver hair disappeared did the girls in the fan club start chattering again.

"I'm so lucky today! Not only did I see some members of the tennis club, but I also ran into the rare Lord Yu Bai!"

"Yes, yes, Master Yu Bai always appears and disappears without a trace. No matter how hard we try, we can't catch up with him after class. We really envy the members of the Tea Ceremony Club because they can see Master Yu Bai every day. But now it's harder to get into the Tea Ceremony Club than to get into the Student Council."

"As everyone knows, Lord Yu Bai dislikes noise. I didn't dare to make a sound when Lord Yu Bai walked by just now!"

“That’s right, that’s right, me too. And sometimes I feel that Lord Yu Bai is like the cold, clear moon in the sky, an ethereal god, and it would be a sin to disturb him.”

"..."

"..."

If Yu Bai overheard the girls' discussion behind him...

He would only tell them: You're overthinking it. What bright moon, what immortals. What you're seeing is just a side effect of the face you spent all day sculpting; it's all an illusion.

If you really want to talk about the moon, you should take a look at the tsukumogami of Mikazuki Munechika that I saw at the mansion yesterday. That's the real moon.

I'm still very sluggish today.

……

"Ugh, so sleepy."

After shopping at Wanwu yesterday and washing up, it was already quite late. For someone with a very regular daily routine, suddenly having my schedule disrupted like this is a bit hard to adjust to.

"Good morning, Bai. Looks like you slept very late last night." A deep, cello-like voice came from Yu Bai's left.

"Good morning, Yuushi. You slept quite late."

Yu Bai greeted Yuushi Oshitari with a smile, just then a magnificent voice came from Yu Bai's right side.

"This is so unglamorous. What are you doing up so late at night? I never thought you, who always has a sleep schedule like an old person, would stay up so late."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not that sleepy yet. Thank you for your concern, Xiao Jing."

"Who cares about you! I'm worried someone will fall asleep in class."

"Hey~hey~ Xiao Jing didn't care about me, I was just overthinking it."

"Don't call me Xiao Jing, it's too unglamorous."

"It's been three years, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"

Keigo Atobe and Yuushi Oshitari, the main force behind the commotion at the school gate, are now sitting on either side of Yu Bai, the top 1 and top 2 most popular members of the Hyotei boy band.

Although Yu Bai is not a member of the tennis club, he has an unexpectedly good relationship with the regular members of the tennis club.

In addition, the two of them sat in the same seats for all three years of junior high school, and the three of them were deskmates for three years.

Naturally, the three of them got along better and better. He would affectionately call Oshitari Yuushi "Yuushi" and jokingly call Atobe Keigo "Keigo-chan".

Meanwhile, Yu Bai would also go to watch Hyotei's matches whenever he had nothing else to do. Over time, he became more and more familiar with the other tennis club members and they all became friends.

"I heard that Seigaku has a phenomenal new first-year regular player this year, and Rikkai's captain, Yukimura Seiichi, is reportedly hospitalized due to health issues. So, are you confident about winning the national championship this year?"

"No matter who it is, Hyotei is the national champion this year!" Atobe Keigo answered confidently with a smug smile, while running his hand through his shiny purple short hair.

Yuushi Oshitari, standing next to him, pushed up his glasses with one hand, and the transparent lenses reflected a white light with the movement.

Hey, the villainous aura is showing!

but……

"Yes! The champion is Hyotei. So let's bring the others here for special training in a while." Yu Bai's beautiful eyes curved into a pretty arc, and his tone was very gentle.

"Uh... okay, but take it easy, those two guys, Yue Ren and Ji Lang, are going to wail in my ear again."

Recalling certain moments from the past, Atobe Keigo pressed his eye mole at the corner of his eye and frowned slightly, as if he could already hear two ghostly wails.

"Eh? So this is how Yue Ren and Ji Lang react whenever they hear about special training? Looks like we need to intensify the training. They still have the energy to shout." Yu Bai said with a smile.

Seeing their good friend like this, Atobe Keigo and Oshitari Yuushi exchanged a glance and silently wished the rest of the tennis club members good luck.

Last year, Hyotei narrowly lost to Rikkai and became the runner-up in the national tournament. However, compared to the match difference in the original storyline, they only lost one doubles match against Rikkai, which went to a tiebreaker and ended 3-2.

When Hyotei was in their second year, their doubles team did have some weaknesses. Although they had the doubles pair of Yuushi Oshitari and Gakuto Mukahi, they had few other players who could play doubles and were also very strong.

At that time, Ryo Shishido had just begun to receive Yu Bai's baptism, and Chotaro Ootori was only a first-year student.

But it was precisely because of this narrow defeat that they were even more unwilling to accept it. They were so close, so close to winning the national championship.

So, after entering the third year of junior high school, the tennis club's training volume increased even more, and everyone was holding back a fire in their hearts, wanting to unleash it through this year's major tournament.

As for why this change occurred, it was because Yu Bai gave everyone special training. As a skilled healer with exceptional martial arts abilities and experience in the Tang Dynasty, Yu Bai had an in-depth understanding of how to train the body and unleash human potential.

You could say Yu Bai was an external member of the tennis club, the kind of person who was specifically put to grueling training.

This also caused Mukahi Gakuto to subconsciously want to get close to Yu Bai every time he saw him, but at the same time, he had to hold back the terrible look on Yu Bai's face when he gave them devilish training.

Wanting to get close yet afraid to get close, like a little orange cat that wants to snuggle up to its owner but is too intimidated by its owner's authority, yet unable to control its instincts.

After anxiously circling around in place, it will bravely stick close to its owner, but once petted by its owner, it will turn into a cat pancake.

After teasing the arrogant Atobe-sama, Yu Bai felt extremely happy. Indeed, arrogant people are just so lovable.

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