The Prince of Tennis - I'm Echizen Ryoma

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The narrator of this chapter is the protagonist - Taocheng.

"Echizen~"

In the school tennis court in the morning, I was squatting and concentrating on arranging my racket strings, and I raised my head when I heard the sound.

"Although I have played against each other many times in practice and play," Taocheng, who turned his back to me and performed a soft bending movement with both hands on the pillow, stopped and picked up his racket, "but the real game, this is still First time?"

Startled, I smiled, "Yes."

Today's intramural ranking competition, our group's competition is my turn and Taocheng.

"I'm sorry, I am serious today." Taocheng turned around, his eyes flashed sharply, and his tone gradually became lower, "Although the opponent is you, I will never relax."

It sounds like the loss to me in the previous practice was all because there was no serious relationship.

"Of course, I can't ask for it." I nodded nonchalantly, and I stood up.Walking to the center of the court, he stretched out his hand to Taocheng through the net, "I will do my best."

"That's good." Holding my hand and looking back at me, Taocheng's big eyes are full of excitement, he is really full of energy today.

*"Hey, Tao, this is the declaration of war~" Outside the barbed wire fence of the stadium, Kikumaru was watching the game with great interest.

"It looks like you have a lot of fighting spirit." A voice picked up from the side.

"Hey? Why are you coming to see this match?" Kikumaru looked at the person coming.

"In this ranking match, apart from Tezuka's match against Fuji on the last day, this match is also very noteworthy, how can I miss it~" The dry lens flashed white.

"Sure enough." Kikumaru narrowed his eyes and grinned, "Speaking of which, who do you think will win this match, A Tao or the little one?"

"Yeah, judging from the overall strength shown in previous games, it should be that although Echizen is a junior, he has an absolute advantage."

"I see."

"But," beside Qian and Kikumaru, Haitang Snake, who was also watching the battle with his hands crossed over his chest, couldn't help interjecting, "I don't know how Echizen thinks about this game. Today's Taocheng is very serious."

Haitang stared at the court with snake eyes, "Very serious."

"Hey~" Kikumaru elongated his tone.

"It wouldn't be interesting if it wasn't like this~" Gan also raised the corners of his lips.

Raising the racket to serve and rushing to surf the net, the conversation with Haitang Snake in the early morning suddenly flashed in my mind.

"It's really rare, you will give up eating buns and come to training early in the morning. 』Beside the tennis court, staring at me, Haitang Snake smiled rarely.

I stopped waving the racket, and I replied with a smile, "Although the match with you is like that, but the next opponent is quite scary~ If you don't do your best, there is basically no hope of winning~"

"Ah. Haitang Snake closed his eyes and smiled, "Is it because you are afraid that you can't calm down?" 』

This guy really knows how to speak out!

"snort. ’ Of course I won’t admit, ‘That Echizen guy gave up the chance to go to the U.S. Open in order to go to the national competition with us.If I don’t show him my fighting spirit, I won’t be able to set an example for my senior~』

I raised my hand and continued to swing the racket.

"You just believe what Echizen said. ’ Haitang Snake said quietly.

"kindness? 』Stopping the racket, I turned to look at him.What's the meaning?

"Do you think Echizen is really not planning to go to America?" 』Putting his hands in his trouser pockets, Haitang Snake looked at me quietly.

After looking at each other for a moment, I closed my eyes and snorted, "I know best about him."He said no, so he won't go. 』

Putting on a childish expression, Haitang Snake turned and walked away.

Shaking my head, throwing it away to recall, I jumped into the blue sky, and I slapped it down amidst the shouts.

Echizen, no matter what, I want to go to the national competition with you.So, for this, I want to - beat you!

"15-0!"

During the referee's loud verdict, when I landed, I used my right hand to hold the racket in my left hand, and made a posture of aiming at it, pointing to the opposite side, "Boom——"

Echizen, this super smash is not bad~

"That guy, go all out as soon as he comes up." Haitang Snake murmured from outside the arena.

"Huh, the little one let A Tao steal the limelight just like that?" Kikumaru's eyes widened in disbelief.

"30-0!"

Another super smash scored, and the dry comment from the off-court, "The rhythm is completely controlled by Taocheng, and Echizen seems to be helpless."

"Maybe Ah Tao can easily win this match with a super smash~" With his hands on the pillow, Kikumaru expressed his irresponsibility.

Before he finished speaking, he received a stare from Tomoka, the leader of the Echichi support group not far away, and quickly shook his hand and laughed at her, "Meow~ I'm just joking~"

"Being scored consecutively, Echizen should also pay attention not to hit the high ball as much as possible." Gan pushed his glasses and analyzed calmly, "That super smash can't decide the outcome."

Echizen, the normal style of play is useless to you, I know this too, so——

On the tennis court, I raise my racket to serve.I will do my best from the beginning!

At the same time as the serve, I rushed forward to the point where the tennis ball returned in an instant, and hit the ground with both hands and one foot with all my strength.

Facing an opponent like you, I can't have any reservations!

"This time it's Jack Knife!" Kikumaru exclaimed from the sidelines.

On the opposite side, Echizen gritted his teeth and returned the powerful ball with one hand.

Running towards the landing point, I took another stance.

"Consecutive Jack Knife!" He was not calm this time.

Holding the racket with both hands, Echizen gritted his teeth and returned the ball, "Come on!"

"JackKnife is a drive that needs to bear all your body weight to hit it." Outside the field, Qian frowned, "To hit this, you must seize the timing well. And if you want to hit it continuously, how does this guy from Taocheng have? What a sense of balance."

As he spoke, he took out a pen and a notebook as if by magic, and buried himself in recording.

"But," Kikumaru was puzzled while watching the game on the field, "Didn't A Tao's Jackknife be knocked back by the little one? If that's the case, why do you keep using it?"

Qian raised his head and took a pen to touch the field, "The answer is that."

"kindness?"

On the tennis court, Echizen, who kept returning to JackKnife, hit a high ball.

"Super Smash!" Amidst the exclamation of the audience, I leaped into the blue sky and slapped it down as a matter of course.

"40-0!"

"That is to say, Taocheng's goal is not to score with the JackKnife." Gan continued to comment, "It is to use a powerful ball to affect Echizen's grip and force the opponent to hit a high ball."

"That guy, Atao, when did you learn this combination?" Kikumaru was surprised.

"Hmph." The Haitang Snake on the side snorted disdainfully.

"Is the attacking Taocheng better than the defensive one?" Looking at the field, Gan thought about it.

"Good job, Momoshiro-senpai." Despite being scored consecutively, Echizen on the opposite side smiled indifferently, "In that case, I also—"

As soon as he set up his forward stance, the trio of Horio, who were familiar with his various tricks, shouted together, "Pump the ball B!"

"drink!"

When the red racket is raised, the tennis ball draws a beautiful B-shaped trajectory on the court.

While completely unable to react, I heard the referee's voice sound like heaven, "Out of bounds!"

I breathed a sigh of relief, and as a matter of course, I assumed the posture of a senior, "You're getting impatient, Echizen~"

"Pick the ball B and make a mistake?"

Amidst the commotion outside the court, Echizen on the opposite side raised his head with a look of surprise.It seemed that he himself did not understand why he made a mistake.

After the game, I completely entered my rhythm.

"Taocheng wins this round, and the number of rounds is 2-0!"