Chapter 20: The Closed Heart Appears Early
"Game, Atobe, score 1-1."
Waltz towards destruction!
This amazing smash appeared on the court for the first time.
Only someone like Atobe, who possesses unparalleled insight and ball control, can hit such a smash.
Uesugi Yuu couldn't help but feel emotional as he looked at Atobe standing proudly on the field.
Atobe really lived up to his pride, and after just a few balls, he created a perfect counter move when facing the brown bear.
In the original work, Ryoma broke the brown bear's net by rubbing the net ball, and Shiraishi broke the brown bear's net by using a smash force that exceeded his tolerance limit. Among them, Atobe's move was the most shocking.
Gorgeous yet domineering, the Waltz of Destruction deserves the title!
Looking at Oshige Yuushi who was still a little dazed on the field, Kamisama You looked gloomy.
"Oshitari, now that your last line of defense has been breached head-on, what will you do?"
………
"Oshinobi, how about this move of mine?" Atobe stroked his hair and looked at Oshinobi with pride.
Phew~
"Very strong, as expected of you!" Oshitari came back to his senses and exclaimed softly.
I have to admit that this kind of move is really in line with Atobe's personality.
Facing such strong skills, he seemed to be back to the tryout match a week ago, where he was constantly beaten by Uesugi Yuu.
Unconsciously, my heart was a little confused again.
The next game seemed to be a replica of the original one.
"Game, Atobe, score 2-1."
…
"Game, Atobe, score 3-1."
………
"Game, Atobe, score 5-1."
In just twenty minutes, Oshitari's resistance dropped sharply.
Facing Atobe, who was already stronger than him in basic skills, and whose special skills were also broken head-on, Oshitari was defeated once again, and his heart was once again confused.
“15-0”………“30-0”………
His eyes gradually lost their luster, and his original fiery fighting spirit was gradually extinguished. The only mechanical sound he heard was the cold reading of Shangshan You.
boom!
The tennis ball exploded under Oshitari's feet again. It was clearly very close to him, but Oshitari acted as if he didn't see it and let the tennis ball pass by him.
Seeing this, the more the fight went on, the more frowned Tezuka became.
Oshige Yuushi is also a friend he has recognized, but Oshige's current condition is very bad.
Atobe hesitated for a moment and did not immediately throw the tennis ball in his hand.
"Oshitari, this is not the ending I want!" Atobe murmured in a low voice.
If Oshitari Yuushi fails to recover this time, then he can only say that Master Atobe has misjudged the person once again.
…
Confused and empty.
"Am I going to lose? Is this the end?"
There was a voice in Oshitari's heart constantly calling out, but all he saw was darkness.
I originally thought that by playing against Atobe, I would be able to see my own tennis path clearly and sort out the depression I had been experiencing during this period, but in the end it all seemed to be in vain.
Even though he used a genius move like [Brown Bear Trap], he was suppressed by Atobe's double smash on the backhand.
Am I really a tennis genius? How famous I used to be is how painful this moment is. The emotions intertwined inside and outside are extremely complicated.
Suddenly, a sentence that Shangshan You once said to him emerged in his mind.
"Genius is nothing more than the recognition given by the powerful."
"Snapped"
Oshitari's body shook, as if a string deep in his heart had been broken.
Yeah, what kind of genius am I? Isn’t it enough to just keep playing tennis?
What I like is tennis itself, not the title of genius!
Silence, silence...
After endless darkness, there is the first light.
At this moment, Oshitari seemed to have forgotten everything and only felt the tennis ball and the racket.
“Oh, what is this!?”
Naturally, Atobe could not escape the eyesight of Atobe. Oshina, who seemed to be on the verge of collapse, actually calmed down again.
Under the coldly shining lenses of Oshitari were a pair of cold and lonely eyes.
This situation made Atobe happy, and he turned to look at Uesugi Yuu outside the field.
"Was this successful?" He looked inquiringly.
Looking at Oshina who had completely ignored the rest of the outside world, Uesugi Yu smiled and nodded slightly as a response.
"You're really lucky, Oshitari!"
He originally wanted to interrupt the game, but he didn't expect there to be a sudden turn of events at the last moment.
After all, he was not completely sure before that Oshina could evolve to this level under the pressure of Atobe.
But it finally worked! It lived up to the seeds he had planted and the special training method.
Speaking of this move, only someone with Oshitari's state of mind could perform it to this extent.
Looking at Oshitari, Uesugi Yuu looked expectant.
At the same time, facing such an Oshiro, a strange color flashed in Atobe's eyes. From the beginning, the blind spots of Oshiro in his sight were eliminated one by one.
"I didn't expect that this would be the ability I finally awakened."
With a serious look in his eyes, he tapped the tennis ball a few times.
Boom!
The final ball game begins again.
boom!
Facing Atobe's tricky ball, Oshitari showed no fear. He raised his racket at an angle and hit a beautiful short ball.
“So clean!”
A trace of admiration flashed in Atobe's eyes. Even he did not see any superfluousness in Oshitari's actions.
The movements are clean and powerful.
“But it’s still a little bit off~”
Tap tap...
Atobe quickly went to the net and lifted the ball.
The tennis ball was spinning slightly in the air, but before it landed on the ground, a figure flew high into the sky.
Oshitari Yuushi.
As if he had thought of everything in advance, without a trace of a smile, he used the momentum of his sprint to dunk the tennis ball heavily.
Boom!
The melodious vibration exploded at the feet of Atobe. This was a perfect and clean attack. From the beginning, Oshitari's goal was to smash the last ball.
"Inuzaka scores, 15-40!", the offense and defense began to switch.
Atobe suddenly found that the path of Oshitari's ball became very difficult to predict.
There was no deviation of his sight, no habitual small movements. He was like a sophisticated tennis instrument, calm and ruthless.
The power of locking one's heart was fully revealed at this moment.
Boom!
Another goal.
“30-40!”
Under this vague pressure, Atobe became more and more excited as the fight went on. The more Oshina blocked everything, the more he wanted to use his insight to see through everything.
In the process of this fierce collision of wills, he vaguely felt the blurred boundary.
Almost! Just almost!
There was a hint of coldness in Atobe's eyes as he stared at the cold and silent Oshina.
It was as if a few icy edges suddenly appeared, and Tezuka felt a shock in his spirit.
"I saw it!" A gleam in Atobe's eyes flashed.
"Oshitaki! Let me put an end to you right here!"
Boom!
A loud shout!
The tennis ball flashed with a cold light and was hit out by Tezuka like a thunderbolt.
The pale yellow shadow brushed against the edge of the ice ridge and flashed by, bringing up a few ice flowers.
At this time, Oshitari, who had been expressionless, frowned, and after his body froze for a second, he leaped forward...
Oshitari stretched out his arms fully, trying to catch the ball.
One inch, two inches...
bumped into!
The racket brushed the rim and sent the ball into the net, and then at the last second before it hit the ground, Oshitari hit the ball high into the air.
Snap... Snap... Da... Da Da
The tennis ball slowly fell, and finally it was about 10cm away from the net.
"Game, Atobe scores, the score is 6-1!"
"The game is over, the total score is 1-0, Atobe wins!"
In the end, Atobe won the game with a big advantage.
When he heard the game was over, Oshitari had already closed his heart, and a slight tingling sensation rose in his mind. He just lay on his back on the court, watching the white clouds floating in the sky.
When Shangshan You saw this scene, the corner of his mouth twitched. This scene always gave him an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
On the other side, Tobe's brows were still frowning. How did he feel about that last goal?
Tezuka was still thinking in his mind that the feeling couldn't be wrong, it was the step he had been expecting, but unfortunately he took it a bit confusedly, and he didn't have time to feel the last ball.
It just felt like he had seen something extra. A trace of depression rose in his heart.
"I will break through this barrier sooner or later!" Atobe was determined. There was nothing that Atobe couldn't do.
"Oshizuka, cheer up. Do you want to lie like this for the rest of your life?" After comforting himself, Atobe came to Oshizuka and said.
"Yes, yes, Oshitsuka, you look so embarrassed lying like this!" Uesugi Yuya walked closer with a smile on his face.
Looking at the outstretched arms of his two companions, Oshitari's eyes flashed, and then he smiled brightly, and the only trace of grudge that remained in his heart disappeared.
"You two guys, tonight I will let you experience the life of sleeping in a tent and eating grilled fish!" Oshitari held the two men with both hands, stood up and said with a resentful look on his face.
He has been coming here every day these days...
As they spoke, the three of them looked at each other and burst into laughter.
