LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 15 The first confrontation
After Sanada called out Amamiya Arashi and Yanagi Renji, everyone felt that the bond between them seemed to have deepened. After the four of them looked at each other in tacit understanding, they started to warm up together. Then they started sparring in pairs.
After about an hour, they started the game.
The first game is between Yanagi Renji VS Sanada Genichiro. Liu serves first.
Yanagi Renji gently threw the tennis ball upward, then swung the racket hard and hit a regular serve.
Sanada on the other side of the court effortlessly returned the ball.
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After dozens of back and forths, Sanada seemed to be tired of this kind of testing, and directly increased the intensity of his counterattack, taking the lead to score a point.
Afterwards, with Sanada's full firepower, the score reached 2-0.
Looking at such scores, Liu couldn't help but said: "The data... has been collected almost, but it won't be so easy next..."
"Really? Then let me see your strength! Renji——" Sanada, who was standing on the court, changed his "shy" character off the court and replied forcefully while gently holding the tennis ball. He threw it to the ground and hit it several times, then threw it into the air and swung the racket hard, using his special trick 'It's as fast as the wind'.
'boom--'
As the sound came, a yellow shadow headed straight to the opposite side. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the half where Liu Renji was.
Unfortunately, Yanagi appeared at the ball's landing point in advance as if he had predicted something, and responded to Sanada's "quick as the wind" with a high-speed chip shot.
The fast, diagonal, high-speed chip shot passed Sanada's racket, and it was still spinning when it landed on the court. After it stopped, it left a dark mark on the court.
"According to the data, the probability that I will win this ball is 96.47%." At this time, Yanagi Renji's voice reached Sanada's ears unhurriedly from the court.
Sanada stared at the tennis ball and asked: "This move...does it have a name?"
"This move is called 'Kamaitachi'... it's a super-high-speed spinning ball." After hearing Sanada's inquiry, Yanagi said without hesitation.
After saying that, Liu took the tennis ball thrown to him by a certain onlooker, Lan, and began to serve.
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As Liu continued to use ‘Kamaitachi’, the score gradually increased and reached 2:3.
Seeing that he was lagging behind in the score, Sanada began to think of ways to solve the predicament at hand, and finally used a powerful slice that could break the spin, which was the yet to be formed "Qixu Rulin". With this move, Sanada not only overtook Renji Yanagi, but also brought the score to 5 to 4.
Seeing that he was one point behind, Liu slightly opened his eyes that had been squinting, and an inexplicable light flashed in his eyes. Then Liu touched the tennis ball with his racket and hit a short ball.
Sanada originally thought of hitting back after the tennis ball bounced, but he didn't expect that the short ball played by Renji Yana did not rebound after landing and rolled directly to the ground.
Looking at the sweaty young boy opposite him, a trace of confusion flashed in Sanada's eyes: Before the match with Tezuka, he had only lost to Yukimura since he was a child, but he didn't expect that Yanagi Renji could also fight him back and forth. , obviously there were few such peers before... Could it be that I was too ignorant?
Before Sanada could see through his moves, Yanagi won the round very quickly, and the score was 5-5, a draw.
When the score was fixed at this situation, Liu Renji actually had no strength. He could still catch the ball and fight back because of his own willpower.
"boom-"
"boom"
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As time passed, the score came to 7 to 5, with Sanada winning with difficulty.
Liu Renji now has no strength to hold the racket and can only let Amamiya Lan drag him aside to rest.
At this time, Sanada was actually not much better. For him, competing with Yanagi was too strenuous and consumed a lot of mental energy. If he hadn't practiced kendo since he was a child, which made him physically stronger than his peers, he would probably be Can't win.
When Sanada walked out of the court and sat next to Yanagi Renji, Amamiya Arashi and Yukimura looked at each other, picked up their rackets in unison, and walked to the court to prepare for the game.
Seeing this scene, Liu quickly took out his notebook and planned to update their information. Seeing Liu take out his notebook, Sanada silently lowered the brim of his hat and leaned over.
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On the court, the two were spinning rackets, and Yukimura finally started.
"Arashi, I'm about to serve~" Yukimura weighed the ball in his hand and said softly.
"Okay~ I'm ready." Amamiya Arashi gripped the racket tightly, preparing to deal with the tennis ball from Yukimura.
Yukimura threw the tennis ball upwards, jumped up slightly, and then with a "bang" sound, a beam of yellow light flew towards Amamiya Arashi like a shooting star.
Looking at the unusual ball that Yukimura served in a simple way, Amamiya Arashi input a small amount of magic power into the racket, causing a trace of 'phantom' card effect to appear on the yellow ball when hitting back.
"Hey~ What is this..." Sanada, who had never seen the various and fancy skills, was very shocked.
Glancing at Sanada who was in shock, Liu quickly recorded something in his notebook and said, "This is Arashi's magic tennis." He paused and then said meaningfully, "Indeed... it's very much like a game." What a grand magic show~"
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For Yukimura, who was facing this ball, it was like a beautiful but dangerous meteor shower coming towards him. However, "There is only one real tennis ball," Yukimura said as he looked at the dozen or so tennis balls that looked similar. Then, he closed his eyes and reached out to swing.
'It hit -' Yukimura thought, 'but...'
Although Yukimura's racket successfully hit the tennis ball hidden in the illusion, the returned ball unfortunately went out of bounds due to the angle.
"0-15"
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