The Prince of Tennis, Talent Replication

Chapter 75

"Akaiya!"

Genichiro Sanada frowned, and Akaya Kirihara was already stunned. As the vice-captain and the person in charge of Rikkai University, he had no choice but to speak up.

"Damn it, damn it, they actually scored!"

Suddenly realizing his mistake, Kirihara Akaya vented all his anger on his silent racket, repeatedly pounding it against the floor.

When has Rikkai University ever been like this?

"ε=（「。*））) Sigh, Kirihara isn't really going to lose to that guy from Hyotei, is he? I heard he's also a second-year student."

"Just now, Kirihara not only didn't score a single point, he didn't even touch the ball. If this continues, Rikkai will really lose."

"I heard that Kirihara lost to him in the rookie tournament."

"Shut up. Although Kirihara has lost before, everyone has seen his progress. He is Rikkai's most promising player."

"But the other side is also improving."

The freshmen at Rikkai University were in a state of panic.

Kirihara Akaya, Rikkai's ace singles player, surprisingly lost a game without scoring a single point.

"That guy actually lost his serve, how embarrassing."

"Exactly, exactly. When he was beating us, he probably never imagined things would turn out this way."

2

The clamor and sarcastic remarks rose and fell, constantly reaching Kirihara Akaya's ears.

"How could I possibly lose?"

Kirihara Akaya gripped his racket tightly.

"Aka, the match isn't over yet."

Genichiro Sanada stated firmly, "The opponent is probably trying to use speed to deal with Rikkai University..."

While he was glancing at Natsume Tsukiya and analyzing things with Kirihara Akaya, various other thoughts were running through his mind at the same time.

It has become a consensus that Hyotei will prevail over Rikkai in this match duel.

However, Sanada Genichiro was also wondering if things would have been better if the order of appearance had been changed, with Kirihara Akaya placed in singles three and him taking on the final role.

"Well...."

Genichiro Sanada was suddenly startled. How could he have thought that way?

The match isn't over yet, so how can you assume Kirihara will lose?

"Rikkai's three-peat is without any weaknesses."

After realizing his mistake, Sanada Genichiro shouted at Kirihara Akaya in an unquestionable tone.

Kirihara Akaya was stunned for a moment, then his mind suddenly cleared.

Undefeated, he was stuck without scoring a single point.

He was finally brought to his senses by a rebuke from Genichiro Sanada.

"Rikkai University cannot lose."

Kirihara Akaya resolutely stepped to the other end of the court.

"Hyotei vs. Ritsui Kaidai, singles match 1, second set, Hyotei Natsume serves."

The referee gestured with his hand.

"Is it a high-speed serve?" Guan Yuechu asked, looking very interested.

Tan Taichi: "I remember Hyotei Natsume Tsukiya's serve speed was 220 kilometers per hour?"

Guan Yuechu: "A speed of 220 kilometers per hour, that's truly terrifying, don't you think, Yuuta?"

"Watching the moon!"

Fuji Yuta was quite indignant that Kanzuki kept bringing up this matter.

But there was really nothing they could do about him.

Fuji Syusuke said, "That kind of ball, it's actually not easy to catch, is it?"

"However, I heard that Rikkai's players have all trained on high-speed ball machines, so I think Kirihara Akira might not be unable to return it."

Inui Sadaharu picked up the conversation.

Kiyosumi Sengoku: "In the previous doubles match, Rikkai made mistakes because they underestimated the speed of their opponent's serve. Akaya Kirihara watched a few games and realized that it wouldn't be easy to win the match by using psychological factors and speed."

"It probably won't be that easy."

Guan Yuechu said awkwardly.

"I heard that once Rikkai University's Kirihara Akaya begins his red-eyed demon transformation, his overall strength will increase dramatically. Whether it's power or speed, he will be worlds apart from the ordinary Kirihara Akaya."

Tan Taichi said earnestly, "And also, after he gets angry, he becomes manic and starts hitting people instead of playing basketball?"

Tan Taiichi looked at Inui Sadaharu.

Inui Sadaharu: "Well, it seems that once he enters a certain state of engorgement, the only ones who can control his composure are Yukimura and Sanada from Rikkai University."

"That's terrifying." Shiba Saori shuddered.

Inoue Mamoru: "Therefore, under these circumstances, Natsume of Hyotei absolutely cannot relax, especially since his ankle is injured."

Everyone is watching how the game will go.

"Hahaha!"

Kirihara Akaya's eyes were glazed over, his pupils bloodshot, as he shouted, "I'm going to beat you!"

"snort!"

Natsume Tsukiya sneered, first throwing the ball in his hand overhead, then reaching out and grabbing at the air, repeating the throwing motion a second time.

Everyone was stunned for a moment:

"?????????"

Everyone had a question mark hanging in their mind.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

There seem to be two sounds, but upon closer listening, it seems like there aren't any?

Hehehe~

Kirihara Akaya is smiling.

Then Natsume Tsukiya's voice came over: "You dare to try and defeat me?!"

Kirihara Akaya's Red Eye Mode greatly enhances his mental strength, making it vastly different from before.

By observing, Natsume Tsukiya had already predicted the trajectory of the ball the moment he raised his hand.

Although he was equally puzzled by Natsume Tsukiya's unnecessary movements.

But the racket in his hand was already itching to be used.

With his pupils constricting, Kirihara Akaya successfully pinpointed the point of impact on the racket.

Two sounds were heard, one loud and one soft, the soft one sounding like background noise.

The tennis ball shot out like a bullet from a gun.

Then, Kirihara Akaya was completely bewildered.

The instant the tennis ball was hit, all he could see in his vision was a faint wisp of white mist.

That ball vanished into thin air.

"??????"

The entire stadium fell silent instantly.

The ball disappeared, and so did the sound.

Everyone looked at each other in silence, wondering what had happened.

"Where's the ball?"

"What did Natsume Tsuki do?"

"Where's the ball?"

Did he just hit me?

"He hit it, I saw him swing the racket."

"But where did the ball go?"

Where has tennis gone?

This was unbelievable, and everyone had questions in their minds.

"What's that?" Guan Yuechu was the first to open his mouth, staring blankly at the court.

Satoshi Horio rubbed his eyes hard and said, "I think I saw smoke!"

"Really? Horio, you always talk nonsense." Tomoka Kosaka said disdainfully. In short, she would question anything Horio Satoshi said, but she would support anything Echizen Ryoma said.

"It's true."

Kikumaru Eiji, his eyelids drooping, agreed.

"Did you hear that?" Satoshi Horio shouted.

Fuji Syusuke nodded and said, "It's like smoke exhaled from a chimney; it dissipates when it encounters cold air."

Sengoku Kiyosumi: "It was so light, the ball seemed to have been swallowed by the air, leaving no trace."

"Look, the ball's over there!"

Someone pointed to the front of the court net and shouted loudly.

All eyes turned to look in that direction.

Sure enough, the tennis ball lay there quietly without any warning.

Even the referee was stunned for a moment.

Despite watching closely the entire time, he still couldn't figure out when the ball was placed there.

"We're doomed~~"

The referee was completely bewildered. Good news! The missing ball has been found!

Bad news, is this the ball?

How can you prove it?

Should I give points?

But nobody saw how that ball got in.

As the referee, my job was to keep an eye on the ball, but I failed to do so.

There were no replay machines on site. For a competition of this level, which is not held in a stadium, you can only judge it by sight.

However, the current situation clearly exceeds the limits of the naked eye.

The referee was panicked.

A few faint voices were already rising from the surroundings: "How did that ball get there?"

"Was the stadium cleared just now?"

"If it was Natsume Tsuki who hit it, why hasn't the referee awarded a point?"

The referee jumped off the chair, first asked the staff member in charge of clearing the area, and received confirmation that the area was cleared, then asked Rikkai University for their opinion.

Genichiro Sanada stared intently at Tsukiya Natsume, unable to speak for a long time.

He really didn't want to deny Natsume Tsukiya's shot, but the truth was, even he couldn't figure out how the shot went over.

You should know that Genichiro Sanada is the kind of player who receives serves at an extremely high speed. His ball may seem to disappear, but in fact, there is a trace of it.

No matter how well concealed, at least the point of attack is visible.

However, Natsume Tsukiya, a second-year student at Hyotei High School, just hit that ball. The sound of the ball hitting the ground was very clear, but the ball seemed to have vanished into the abyss without even a point of contact.

The only thing visible was that the ball was in the opponent's field.

When asked by the referee, Genichiro Sanada couldn't help but recall the two doubles matches between Rikkai University.

This situation is so similar to what happened before.

In other words, no one is sure whether that ball was hit by Natsume Tsukiya or if it was already there.

Even Genichiro Sanada's attention was focused on the two of them, and he didn't notice at all whether there was a ball in the shadow of the net.

He was unsure, yet unable to deny it, and could only say, "I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea about that."

"What happened?" asked Niou Masaharu.

Bubble Gum calmly continued blowing, while Marui Bunta remarked, "It seems like the other person is playing some kind of trick."

Jackal Kuwabara was startled: "Could it be that the opponent is trying to win by deceiving the referee?"

"If that's the case, then it's really lame!" Niou Masaharu said dismissively.

Hyotei: "Those guys don't seem to accept this point." Ryo Mido said indignantly.

Ootori Chotaro: "But Mido-senpai, we really didn't see that ball."

"Chōtarō, what are you saying?"

Ryo Mido turned and glared at him, saying, "Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen. There's no such thing as a fake."

Atobe Keigo's gaze was fixed intently on Natsume Tsukiya, a silent competition brewing within him. "I thought that guy had already shown his limit in the school rankings, but I didn't expect him to have such tricks up his sleeve. Natsume... just how much more do you have up your sleeve? I'm really looking forward to it!!"

A sense of crisis arose from the depths of Atobe Keigo's heart, forcing him to accept the surging thought that he had to accelerate his evolution and absolutely could not fall behind.

"6

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Keigo Atobe stood up and said without any hesitation, "Referee, since you haven't been able to provide evidence that the ball didn't belong to Hyotei, then shouldn't it belong to Hyotei?!"

The referee looked in the direction of the sound and saw Atobe Keigo. You could say he was faking it, and you could say he wasn't, but he was also faking it. His gaze was genuine, and he naturally exuded the air of a young master from a noble family.

The referee was momentarily stunned.

He couldn't respond to Atobe Keigo's words.

He then glanced at Jintaro in the center of the arena, who, with his legs crossed and a cold expression, said, "Please negotiate with the person involved and his opponent!"

The referee had no choice but to immediately consult the person in charge.

The person in charge called the two contestants together.

"What do you think about this, Natsume-kun?"

When Natsume Tsukiya heard this, what could I possibly think?

Rikkai's Daikichihara, however, maliciously interrupted, "Manager, Hyotei is playing tricks. I request that their match results be revoked."

These words shocked everyone present: "Cancel the results?"

"Has Kirihara Akaya gone mad?"

"This won't do. Hyotei is about to win, but Rikkai's players are demanding that Hyotei's result be revoked, just because of Natsume Tsukiya's goal?"

"Those guys from Rikkai, they're desperate to win."

"Damn it, how could they do this?"

"Since I can't even see Sanada's serve yet, can I also request the revocation of all Rikkai's past championships?"

Even the event organizers were taken aback by Kirihara Akaya's words.

The person in charge remained calm and said, "Kirihara-kun, we didn't expect Natsume-kun to be so strong. The reason the organizers didn't provide replay equipment was mainly because we considered that the serving speed of a junior high school student wouldn't exceed 200 kilometers per hour. Hyotei's performance in this tournament defied this expectation, but it can still be seen. Natsume-kun's serve is truly beyond our imagination. Even so, we can't cancel his previous results just because he's too strong. We hope you will consider this carefully."

"What should we do then? If this guy keeps fooling around, how should the competition be judged?"

Kirihara Akaya pressed for more details.

...this?"

The person in charge was also in a difficult position, so he said sincerely, "Natsume-kun, how about this, let's postpone this match for now?"

"Let's put it on hold for now?" Natsume Tsuki repeated.

"Should we put it on hold for now?"

"What does that mean?"

"Does this mean the match between Hyotei and Rikkai is going to be postponed?"

"Or is there another purpose?"

"How did it turn out like this?"

"This is the first time I've heard of a match having to be interrupted because the opponent was too strong."

It was already noisy outside.

Saori Shiba asked nervously, "Inoue-senpai, what should we do?"

How could Inoue Mamoru possibly know the bottom of his heart?

This was unheard of; he had never heard of it in all his years as a reporter.

However, this unusual and sudden event might be an opportunity. Natsume Tsukiya is truly a born newsmaker; any article written about him will sell very well.

"I'll go take a look."

Inoue Mamoru decided to make good use of his identity as a journalist, since this kind of media, which reaches a national audience, still has a bit of influence.

"Brother, what happened?" Tachibana An asked. "Is Hyotei's match really going to be canceled?"

"this...

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Juju Ping also found it difficult to answer.