Chapter 23: Atobe's Awakening
"You came!"
"coming…"
"Let's get started then~"
………
In the early morning, there was still a hint of moisture in the air.
On the backyard court, two teenagers were sweating and running back and forth.
With the morning light, the young men seemed to be covered with a layer of golden light, making them extremely dazzling.
"Atobe, I got this ball!" With a slight sigh, Shangshan You jumped up and slammed the tennis ball down.
Boom!
The tennis ball in the air was like a tide, hitting down, then splashing thousands of water and exploding on the iron grid behind Totoro.
[Water Call·Four Type-Strike Tide! ]
"The score is 1-0."
The shirt fell slowly to the ground with a hint of smile.
"Atobe, keep going! If you don't break through the last step, you won't have a chance." Uesugi narrowed his eyes and said to Atobe.
Atobe's face darkened. In just one game, Uesugi Yu had already put him under a lot of pressure.
Especially the counterattack that was like a tide, which shocked him and made him feel very troubled at the same time.
Facing Atobe, there is naturally no need for Uesugi Yu to use Thunder Call. If he wants to push Atobe to his limit, a defensive counterattack style of play such as Water Call, which is a series of waves of attack.
Atobe frowned. The airtight tennis ball of Uesugi Yu had a great restraint on his offensive tennis.
but.
"This level of restraint cannot restrain me! Shangshan, I will see through you!" Atobe raised his left eyebrow slightly, with a hint of confidence on his face. Shangshan You's words before aroused his inner desire to win .
The offense and defense changed, and it was Atobe's turn to serve.
"This guy Shangshan..."
Atobe gently hit the tennis ball, his eyes fixed on the body of Uesugi Yuu opposite him.
"It's still the same as the first time!"
At this moment, Atobe's eyes were unusually cold, and in his eyesight and insight, which he was always proud of, there was still no flaw in Kamisama Yu.
Shang Shanyou, who seemed to be standing casually opposite him, was like a towering mountain, making it difficult for him to start.
"No more hesitation!" Tsuchiya snorted in his heart. So what if there is no flaw!
Boom!
The tennis ball was thrown high up, and then Tezuka compressed his body, jumped into the air, stretched out his right arm, and swung it with great force.
Tennis balls are extremely fast. If Oshitari were here today, he would find that compared to when he was playing against him, Atobe's serve has been improved in all aspects.
This cannonball-like attack did not scare Uesugi Yuu. Such a powerful high-speed spike serve is most easily returned with a drive.
"As long as you see where it lands!"
Shangshan You's eyes narrowed slightly, and the tennis ball that originally looked like a yellow light was broken down layer by layer into its trajectory in his eyes.
See it!
"First Form: Water Surface Slash!"
Boom!
A blue light shot up into the sky and flashed past Atobe's left hand side.
"So fast……"
Atobe's eyes trembled slightly, and he glanced at the marks on the court. At that moment he didn't see the tennis ball clearly at all.
"15-0"
Shang Shanyou retracted the sword-drawing movement he had just made, and his smile remained the same.
The Shui Hu Yi Xing move can be said to be the fastest move he completed when he integrated breathing and sword moves into his tennis skills.
It's similar to the high-speed sword-slashing action of Iai, and then hitting the tennis ball through the frame of the racket. At that moment, the tennis ball will burst out with unparalleled speed.
When it comes to a spinning serve to the backhand or a powerful high-pressure volley, it is simple and crude, and always effective.
"Sure enough, I can't be careless at all when facing you!" Atobe let out a light breath and clenched the tennis ball in his hand a few times.
He lowered his eyes, reorganized his thoughts, and his expression gradually recovered.
Snap…Snap…Snap…
The tennis ball was tapped lightly, and Atobe teeed off again with a smile on his face.
Boom!
The tennis ball was thrown lightly, and then pressed down by Atobe with his racket.
"Your move has its limitations after all!" A shrewd light flashed in Atobe's eyes. It was a very low-altitude downward spin that hit the ground.
Looking at Atobe who changed his serving tactics, Uesugi Yuu's expression became serious. Should we say that he is worthy of being Atobe? He could see the flaw in his move with just one ball.
The return of the water slash is indeed fast, but because of the rough use of the border to return, the ball cannot be given any rotation by the net, and can only return serves and shots that bounce to a certain height.
Although Atobe couldn't see the return ball clearly, he could still see Uesugi Yu's swing and hitting movements.
In an instant, he had already used a new way of coping.
Tap tap tap…
Faced with this serve at a tricky angle, Uesugi Yuu was not careless and chased forward at an extremely fast pace.
Boom!
Keep the racket close to the ground and pull it up from the top.
"drink!"
After the tennis ball passed one-third of the net, Uesugi Yuu gave it another opposite rotation.
The yellow tennis ball quickly flew into the air, forming a huge golden arc and flew towards Atobe's backcourt.
A waterwheel of the Shuihuer type.
This is a move that Ueyama Yu has not yet completed. The rotation that should have given the tennis ball topspin is far from enough.
But even so, this topspin lob is amazing enough.
However.
next moment.
A blue and white figure rose high into the sky like a roc spreading its wings.
The tennis ball in the air was intercepted by him.
"Put on your shirt and witness my magnificent ball skills!"
With a loud shout, Atobe slammed the tennis ball that was about to fall.
A waltz towards destruction?
Looking at the tennis ball coming straight towards his racket, Shangshan You smiled.
He is not Oshitsuka, and it is impossible to knock his racket off with a smash of this magnitude.
Of course, he didn't give Atobe a chance to hit the handle. Uesugi Yuu moved his arm downward, forcibly lowering the racket by one-third.
"What!?"
However.
This smash was beyond Uesugi Yu's expectation. The tennis ball changed speed again in the air and passed directly through his arm.
boom.
The tennis ball landed, "15-15!"
The target is not the handle? Uesugi Yuu's eyes flickered, and he recalled the smash that Atobe had just made.
The delay of a moment in adjustment just now turned out to be my mistake?
Shangshan You looked at Atobe with an unknown meaning in his eyes. At this time, Atobe said proudly: "Shangshan, I said that my eyes will see through you!"
Atobe covered his left eye, looking particularly proud. He knew that Uesugi Yuu knew that he had a smash move called Waltz Toward Destruction.
He is gambling!
If he was facing other people, Uncle Tezuka would naturally not think so much and would just use his special skills to suppress them. But for Uesugi Yu, he bet that Uesugi Yu would subconsciously consider his move.
It was at that moment that he saw a slight flaw in Shangshan You.
"And with this kind of backspin..." An idea suddenly occurred to Atobe's mind.
"Haha, Shangshan, come on! I won't fall down so easily!" Atobe held his racket horizontally and pointed at Shangshan You.
He discovered that Shangshan You was not absolutely perfect. As long as he was not absolutely perfect, he might not have no chance.
At this moment, Mr. Tobe's momentum soared, and the initial decline from losing the first game was swept away.
Atobe's words made Uesugi Yuu smile slightly. He raised his eyes slightly and re-examined Atobe in front of him.
"Yes, the Atobe in front of me is not the Atobe in my memory, but I still look at the Atobe in front of me with a fixed mindset."
"It's not unfair to lose this goal!"
Uesugi Yuu's gaze began to become serious. If before he was still the kind of self-righteous "instructor", now, Atobe is worthy of being one of his future opponents.
