Chapter 85: The Lion of Kyushu
Kyushu Lion Music Middle School.
It was almost dusk, but there were still two figures running on the court.
boom!
boom!
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The sound of rackets hitting tennis balls echoed across the court.
Tap tap...
"Ju, did you hear that yesterday, Bingdi defeated Mu Zhiteng with a score of 0-0."
With a step forward and a wave of his arms, Chitose Chisato hit the tennis ball that bounced off his feet back.
"Well, I heard from the minister that Mu Zhiteng and his group of idiots were not going to be able to perform well this year."
Drink
The golden hair leaped, and Tachibana Jiping said with a mocking smile on his face.
boom!
The tennis ball exploded and flew under Tachibana Yoshihei's racket, and the attack came towards Chitose Chisato with fierce momentum.
"Yeah, but we'll run into Hyotei in the next round."
Chitose Chisato caught up with the tennis ball with steady arms and steady steps. He lightly lifted the powerful tennis ball and cleverly neutralized the force.
"Isn't this better? I can't wait to fight those guys from Hyotei!"
Swish~
His body flew high up like a giant bird with its wings spread, and a terrifying aura suddenly appeared from Tachibana Jiping.
"Chitose, be careful, the ball is dancing!"
With a light shout, the racket in his hand was stained with a layer of black and red aura, and he smashed the tennis ball in the air hard.
Boom!
A ring of air exploded from the racket , and the tennis ball trembled violently on its way down. Then, several tennis ball phantoms appeared in the air, whistling towards Qiansui Qianli.
"You are such a mess~"
Chitose Chisato's fluffy hair was blown by the air waves created by the tennis ball, and a milky white light suddenly appeared on his body.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
His wrist kept shaking, and the tennis racket left a trail of afterimages, and he saw through several of the afterimages in the air one by one.
"found it……"
There was a gleam of light in Qiansui Qianli's eyes, and the racket wrapped in the aura of selflessness instantly had a white line on it.
Boom!
Tachibana Yoshihei's fierce smash was directly hit back by Chitose Chisato.
A flash of white light appeared, and before Ju Jiping landed on the ground, it was too late to chase.
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"Ha... As expected of Chitose, you can see through my violent ball dance every time."
Tachibana Jiping fell down and said to his good friend with a bright smile on his face.
Chitose Chisato smiled when he heard this, but he was not too happy in his heart. He knew that he had reached a bottleneck now, while Tachibana Jiping's road had just begun and there was still a lot of room for improvement.
"Your beast aura cannot be perfectly combined with the violent ball dance, otherwise I will definitely not be able to catch it."
Chitose Chisato stepped forward and patted Tachibana Jiping on the shoulder and said, "The two of them have known each other since elementary school, and this kind of mutual feeding competition has happened countless times.
"Yes, that's why I want to fight with more masters!"
There was a gleam in Ju Jiping's dark eyes, and his face was full of confidence and expectation.
He was confident that as long as he could perfectly combine the aura of his body with his special moves, his strength would definitely be able to take another step forward, and then he would be able to reach the national level like the minister...
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"They really are like the new generation of Kyushu lions, right, Minister?"
By the window of the club's training room, the practice of Tachibana Yoshihei and Chitose Chisato was watched by the other three.
They are the captain and first doubles team of this year's Shizigaku Junior High School. Now with the addition of two super rookies, Tachibana Yoshihei and Chitose Chisato, they are very confident about the future of Shizigaku.
"Minister, if nothing unexpected happens this weekend we should be meeting Hyotei in the semifinals."
Hisashima Kaoru held a battle list and spoke to Fuwa Tetsujin who was standing in front of the window.
"Hyotei is very strong, but we have a great chance as well. Their doubles game is their weak point."
Bupo Tieren spoke in a steady tone, with a gleam of shrewdness in his narrow eyes.
As long as they win both of Hyotei's doubles matches, plus he's the third singles player...
Then... one strike will decide the outcome!
"Let's prepare for the quarter-finals in two days. Even if the opponent is not strong, we must not take it lightly." Fuwa Tieren thought for something and said with a smile.
"We are not those idiots like Mu Zhiteng..."
"Yes..." the two responded respectfully.
The two of them agreed with what Fuwa Tetsujin said. After experiencing the rule of Byodoin, no other school would be like Makino Teng.
Especially their lion from Kyushu, because of several runner-up titles in national competitions, they are more and more eager for the championship at the top.
"I will complete the unfulfilled dreams of Date and Suzuki!"
Thinking of the seniors who had led him in his conquests across the country, Fuwa Tetsuro still felt excited.
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On the other side, Bingdi is also actively preparing for war.
Their opponent in the third round was a less famous school, Liuqiuli Middle School in the northeast region. Although they could enter the national competition every year, they had never made it to the semi-finals.
What Uesugi Yu is more concerned about is Shiziraku Junior High School in Kyushu, which he will meet in the semi-finals after advancing. It is a truly old-school tennis powerhouse.
Not only did he reach the national finals many times, but he also won the national championship before the Byodoin era.
At the same time, Lion Music and Ice Emperor were both considering the arrangements for the semi-finals. This was the tacit understanding between the strong teams. It would be strange if one of the two teams did not advance.
“So we are really lucky this year. We just defeated last year’s champion and are about to challenge last year’s runner-up.”
Uesugi Yuu teased while lying on the long table. There were only three people in the meeting room right now: him, Atobe, and Oshitari.
"That's more interesting, isn't it?"
Atobe raised his head slightly and said excitedly. He ignored Shang Shanyou's deliberately teasing tone, after all, this lot was drawn by him, Atobe himself.
"I say, aren't we here to discuss tactical arrangements?"
Pushing his glasses, Oshitari couldn't help but complain that the topic had been diverted by the two people in front of him before it even started.
"How should we arrange it? Should we put you in the doubles bet like last time, or should we put you in the singles bet?"
"On one side there's a half chance, on the other side there's a two-thirds chance."
The former requires ensuring a win over Shishiraku in a national-level doubles match, while the latter means giving up two doubles matches and winning three singles matches, but Oshitari must avoid Fuwa Ironman.
Snap...
The sound of fingers tapping on the table could be heard. Kamishima Yuu proposed this plan and was waiting for Oshitari to make his own choice.
"Plan 2."
After thinking for a long time, Oshitari made his own choice.
"I am still a little bit away from the national level, and I can only fight for a period of time if I just rely on the selfless state.
Unlike the last time against Rikkai University, it is too difficult to challenge the national-level doubles team with tacit cooperation.
But if we play singles, we have a better chance of winning. I am sure we can win against everyone except the Minister of Lion Music."
Oshitari simply expressed his thoughts. Indeed, according to his analysis, this was the best option.
"Then let's finalize this one."
Uesugi Yuu and Atobe looked at each other. This was similar to what they had thought before. Based on Oshitari's personality, he would most likely choose this.
"Alas... in the end, it's because my strength is insufficient, otherwise there wouldn't be such trouble."
Shang Shanyou felt a little helpless. Except for some extremely talented guys, it was generally difficult for ordinary people to quickly improve their strength in a short period of time. Even if this lion from Kyushu was weaker than Rikkai, it wouldn't be much worse...
"By the way, we must inform Akutsu when the time comes. He is just one step away from completing some things."
Shangshan You thought of the unruly young man who was as ferocious as a beast, and wondered what had happened to him in the past month.
“A-choo!”
In the evening, Akutsu, who was walking on the baseball field in a short-sleeved shirt, sneezed . His originally aloof expression suddenly became a little funny.
“What the hell…”
Glancing around, for some reason, he always felt that some bastard wanted to cause trouble for him again.
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