[Tennis] Mountains and Flowing Water

[Pre-judgment, two-handed control of the ball...don't worry about the power, just hit the court. ]

The slightly slanted racket faces a tennis ball with a speed comparable to a cannonball at more than 200 hrs. Most of the force is removed, and the racket rebounds high from the racket.A lob from the baseline was hit back by Takeshita's high-pressure shot.

"Leave it to me." Kuwahara pulled the racket behind with both forehands, touched the flying tennis ball by his side, then hit it back, and shook it back.

[You look good, Mr. Jack. ] Takeshita stared at him, and lashed back the high-speed ball without showing any weakness.

"Jack-kun was moved by Takeshita-san." Shen Yong was keenly aware of the strangeness, "Maybe Jack-kun didn't realize that he was following Takeshita's movements."

"Imitation also needs to have a foundation. It can only be said that Mr. Jack has already achieved his physical fitness, but his consciousness has only now loosened."

"Slightly immature," Yukimura summed up, "This round is guaranteed." [If Jack can keep it up, it might be possible to turn the game over. ]

[gameset,Theseniors3-1]

"Sorry, Jack." Inning point Marui received a bound.

"It's okay." Kuwabara exhaled for a few seconds to relax his tense state of mind. [The serve just now, toss the ball loosely, then start from the feet and go up like a whip...]

"Fault." hits the net.

"Double Fault."

"Huh? Is the ball out of bounds?"

"Out of bounds." X2

Yukimura and Nioh looked at each other.

[0: 15]

"It's okay, take your time." Marui blew bubble gum in the front court, and gestured "OK" to Kuwahara.The two people on the opposite side also waited quietly.

Kuwahara, who was slightly flustered, calmed down.

Boom!

"Fault." is out of bounds.

[Is it still not working...]

"Relax, Jack." The familiar voice interrupted Kuwahara's self-question, "It's okay to practice serving, and I will definitely catch up with the score today."

[Ben too... good!continue! ]

"Speed ​​189 per hour!" Liu Bi crossed out half a line of data, "Our jackal has finally awakened."

[pretty. ] Yagami faced the flat shot and counterattacked to the baseline, and Jack now slammed back with a very aggressive backhand, the topspin arced, bounced high after sinking and rebounding at mid-court.

[Tsk, it's difficult. ] Takeshita jumped up and raised his center of gravity, and hit a flat forehand.The returned tennis ball floated up, the ball was extremely deep, and Kuwahara hit high-speed topspin again.

"That's right, if Jack plays harder, Bunta will have a chance." Before Yukimura finished speaking, Marui slashed both hands in the frontcourt, unloading the ball.Takeshita stepped forward to pick the ball and made a mistake.

"Let."

[15: 15]

[Assuming this is the last match between me and Wentai, we must be No.1! ] Kuwahara didn't think about how to improve himself, nor did he want to enter the main election.He wanted to use this game to prove his doubles with Marui.Taking the two former ministers of Lihai as their opponents is enough proof, isn't it?Their opponents in the final may not have this level!

"In this case, Wentai and Jack's synergistic advantages are fully brought into play." Liu explained, "In the past, Jack's return was mainly on defense, which was relatively weak...cough, I mean, from the perspective of the seniors, it is true It’s not enough to see, so they will pay attention to observe Wentai’s movements, which makes it easier to control and target, and the advantage of Wentai and Jack’s cooperation is much weakened at this time.”

"Now hitting back Jack's ball requires concentration, so there is much less attention on Wentai, so Wentai can also find his own chance to score the ball."

"To put it figuratively, if Jack is just a shield soldier, then the enemy thinks he is not very threatening, so they point the finger at the strong shield and try to break it while taking into account the light soldiers in front." Yukimura concluded, "But if the shield If the soldiers have spears in their hands and are advancing towards them step by step, if it brings them a sense of oppression, Wen Tai's sense of existence as an assassin will be quite thin."

"Jack's upper limit of strength is very high, not even lower than Sanada, right Sanada?"

"...That's right! Don't relax!" Sanada lowered the brim of his hat under the eyes of his juniors, "I mean myself."

[gameset, Firststringers4-3]

In the case of playing more and more smoothly, the selected team won three games in a row to reverse the situation.

"Good job, Jack!"

"You too, Mrs. Wen." The two palms clapped together with obvious differences in skin color.

"Takeshita."

There is a clean towel in front of him: "Thank you, senior."

"A very energetic junior, isn't he?"

"Yeah, it's really different from our time."

"This is a good thing." Yagami who put down the kettle smiled, "It means that Lihai has been developing towards a stronger side."

"...um." [If only then...forget it. ]

"Let me make a promise to you in advance." Takeshita shouted to the opponent before serving, "If I lose this game, it will prove that your strength is superior to mine, and I will pay for my previous reprimand against Mr. Jack Apologize."

"Senior, one game can't prove—"

"Losing is losing." Takeshita interrupted Liu's mediation very simply, "Only the strong are qualified to teach the weak. Winning or losing the game is the only criterion to prove the strength."

"..."

"So, in order to prove that you didn't rely on favors to get the official selection spots, please don't hold back!"

"I began to wonder how Takeshita-san became a minister..." Nio couldn't help asking, "It's really easy to offend people." Don't let others save face for yourself, and don't save face for others.And the words are too absolute.

"If Nioh-kun is curious, you can ask Yagami-san later." Masuda replied in a good-tempered manner, "Takeshita-san also admits that he is too absolute and stubborn. This is probably influenced by the past?"

"Back then?" Everyone pricked up their ears.

"I heard that Takeshita-san was very strong and proud when he was in the first grade. However, the freshmen back then were not eligible for the main election. Yes, they were not even given a chance, only picking up the ball and swinging the empty racket." Masuda sighed He breathed a sigh of relief, "He has always been proud of being a member of the Tennis Club of the High School Affiliated to Lihai University, and he regards Lihai as a team. He wants to improve the combat power of the 'team' and let Lihai have more outstanding results, but no one Take care of him."

"Because he is just a freshman, has no qualifications, and because of his personality, he has no feelings."

"Wait, why is Takeshita-san proud of Lihai? There was no Kanto streak at that time, right?"

"Now we pay more attention to Lihai's winning streak in Kanto, but you may not know that Lihai was maintaining another winning streak at that time—"

"27 consecutive victories in Kanagawa Prefecture."

"Two... 27!"

"That's right, for 27 years, Guoyi, and the year Yagami San was minister, it was a 29-year winning streak in the county competition."

"..." Yukimura said softly, "That is to say, Takeshita-san died that year."

"Yes." Masuda nodded, and looked at Takeshita who was about to serve on the field. "King [-] and [-] were suppressed for two years. After Yagami-san recognized him as a minister, he fell out with the third graders in April and May."

"I just entered the club at the time. I heard that there was a selection for freshmen, and I successfully qualified. Then I was in the same group as him and the deputy director of Nagano at the time. I won Nagano-san and almost beat Takeshita-san."

"I became the deputy minister. At that time, there were eight main candidates, three first-year students and one second-year student, occupying half of the quota..." Masuda looked out of the door, and the familiar venue brought back the memories of the past. memory.

"Let's go." The three third-year seniors just reported and left with their bags.

Masuda, who had short hair cut to the ears due to school regulations, put away the tennis balls, put down the middle net, asked his friends to drag them to the equipment room, and then walked to the club office.

He is the deputy minister and needs to report the results of today's ministry training.

[Minister Takeshita has a bad temper recently...] Although he is very kind to him.

Bang!

The voice from the agency office startled Masuda, followed by Takeshita's voice.

"Why should I let them be elected? Why should they? Ah?"

"No, Takeshita."

"If you lose, you lose, and if you win, you win. Do you want to compete by yourself?"

boom--

"The people are gone! Let me tell you!" The other voice was the original deputy director, Nagano, "Is there something wrong with your brain? Who would like to ride on the head of the senior when three first-year candidates are elected?"

"Because they are strong. It's simple."

"Takeshita, we have been in the tennis club for two full years! We have worked hard for two years, and we just wait for the day to play. Why can those freshmen squeeze out positions as soon as they come? Think about Kurobe and Ximen, they are Do you understand two years of doubles? The cooperation is so tacit."

"If you lose, you lose. What about the tacit cooperation? If you cooperate with the tacit understanding, you will have the privilege to enter the main election? It's not fair!"

"It's unfair to us for you to let the new students enter the main election! Let me tell you, Takeshita, after two years of hard work, you have finally changed from a little Douding who is being used to a senior who can order others. Hope. Do you think half of the main candidates are taken by Xiaodouding?"

"That's their dish!"

"I'm reasoning with you, Takeshita Jun! You can understand human speech!"

Crash!Chairs were kicked over.The sharp noise made Masuda take two steps back.

"They want to get rid of the freshmen, but there is no door! And Nagano Ping, did you speak for them because Masuda took the vice minister?"

"...Then if you lose, you'll make him Minister?"

"What can't you do?"

Bang bang bang!

The sound of slapping the table startled Masuda again.

"Are you fucking crazy? Stupid!"

"You are stupid, Nagano Heira! The list I have in hand is Lihai's strongest combination. We can definitely win the county competition, not only in Kanto, but also in the whole country."

"no way!"

A brief silence.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, it means we're not coming, you can do whatever you like! I don't care if the tennis club is finished!"

bang-

"Then get out, ah! Get out!"

boom.

Nagano is gone.

Masuda, who was squatting on the side of the office, sobbed for a long time.

"In the end, all the third graders were gone, including Nagano-san, who used to be a doubles partner with Takeshita-san. So—" Masuda smiled bitterly, "I lost to Aihara Yizhong in the final of the county competition." He won three times in singles, but the winning streak ended No, Takeshita, who played singles, had no chance to play.

"It's a pity." Kirihara pouted, "It's too much for the minister, and there are seniors who ignore Takeshita-san..."

"It can only be said that this is inevitable." Tateishi answered, "The pressure of the winning streak for the past [-] years is very high, of course we must be careful and steady. If you follow Takeshita-san's idea... you will see the end." Takeshita took the blame for splitting and winning streak.As for the mainstream thinking of seniority and seniority, how can they shake it?

"So, Senior Iori is the end and the beginning. Li Hai's core has always contained inheritance."

"Ace."

[gameset,Theseniors4-4]

After Xu You on the referee chair reported the score, he looked curiously at the silent sidelines.

"Nagano-san came back after the county competition with the other two seniors." Masuda lowered his voice, "In addition, everyone was very...'crazy' after losing the game, so at least they won the Kanto championship."

"Takeshita-san...how should I put it? There is an emotion of 'I have paid so much and shouldered so much, so I must get rewarded'. The 'reward' he wants is a tennis club that "strength comes first" .That year really... the right to speak was based entirely on strength, and without strength, one was not qualified to express opinions. "

No one can understand Takeshita's mood, including Masuda.

"Puri, so why did Yagami-san choose Takeshita-san?"

"...Probably, Yagami-san also has an idea." Masuda folded his arms and raised his head with a smile, "The idea of ​​breaking through the dead silence."

"I can't say that the seniors are not good. Yagami-san also changed the training form. At that time... not many people opposed it. I can only say that Takeshita-san's move is too shocking." Ruo said that Yagami only carefully cut off a small piece As a test, Takeshita just gouged out the whole rotten flesh with one knife, which must be accompanied by severe pain.

"People have to go up, go up. But back then, Li Hai was squatting in his own small circle, as long as he could maintain his honor, he would be satisfied." Nagano sighed with him after he abandoned his bad feelings. At that time, the ministry was lifeless. , everyone felt that as long as they were better than other schools in the county, it was fine. After staying in Nagano for a long time, they even doubted themselves: Why am I practicing in the tennis club?

So for a team whose core is inheritance, the principle of "strength first" is really important, that is to say, another core is needed to balance: conquest.Ministry conquest, trophy conquest.

Inheritance and conquest are the perpetual motion machines of Lihai's "Legion".Because the continuity and inevitability of inheritance means that there is no end to conquest.

"The two seniors are very happy, and now Lihai is full of energy and...ambition."

[gamesetandmatch,wonbyFirststringers6-4]

"Sorry, Takeshita."

"It's okay." Takeshita smiled and nodded at Yagami, turned around and shook hands with Kuwahara, "You do have the ability to be selected."

"I'm making too many subjective assumptions, sorry."

"Senior..." It's not that Kuwahara has never won before, but this is the first time he has experienced such a meaningful victory.

"Wentai, we won!"

"Stupid Jack, with my genius skills, of course he will win!"