The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 28 Corrupt Traditional System

"78, 79, 80..."

Early in the morning, in the spacious courtyard, Yuuki Maya was shirtless and doing his daily physical training.

100 squat jumps, 100 half squat jumps, 100 half squat shoulder exercises, 5 sets of supine exercises, 30 times each, 5 sets of prone exercises, 30 times each.

This is his compulsory physical training class every morning.

After a while, all the projects were finished, and he stood up slowly, keeping his breathing rhythmic.

After taking a few deep breaths, Maya Yuuki wiped the sweat from her face and felt the changes in her body after the exercise.

In fact, with his current physical strength, he only needs to do some basic warm-up exercises every day to keep his body active.

However, Maya Yuuki has become accustomed to this kind of high-intensity training and has long regarded it as a part of her life.

"Maya, breakfast is ready." Eri Yuuki's gentle voice came from inside the house.

"Okay mom, I'll go take a shower first."

Maya Yuuki responded immediately, turned around and walked into the bathroom inside the house and took a quick shower.

Then he put on the khaki Rikkai University uniform, walked to the restaurant, and sat at his seat.

Across from him, his father Yuuki Taketo had finished his breakfast and was drinking tea. When he saw Yuuki Maya sitting down, he stopped what he was doing and asked, "How is it going? Are you confident about today's game?"

"I'm not needed in today's match. I'm going to Tokyo to watch the matches in other divisions." Maya Yuuki replied concisely.

"Is that so? Then be careful on the road." Yuki Taketo didn't ask why he wanted to go to Tokyo, but just reminded him to be careful.

Yuuki Taketo is very confident about his child, and he will humanely give him a certain amount of personal privacy.

"I'm done eating, I'm going out first."

A few minutes later, after quickly finishing breakfast, Yuuki Maya said goodbye to his parents, put on his tennis bag, and walked out the door without looking back.

"Huh?! Husband, don't you have to go to work early today? Why haven't you left the house yet?" Eri Yuki popped her head out from the kitchen and asked in confusion.

"I've almost finished the previous company matter, so I can stay a little later today." Yuki Taketo leisurely drank a sip of warm milk, then turned on the TV in the living room to listen to the morning news.

……

Nearly a month has passed since the regional competition, and today is the opening date of the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament, which is also the opening date of the Tokyo Metropolitan Tournament, which is why Maya Yuuki went out so early.

Unlike the regional qualifiers where there are only a few big cats and small cats participating, there will be dozens or even hundreds of schools from different regions participating in the metropolitan (county) conference.

Among so many schools, only the top five in each division are eligible to advance to the next round of the Kanto competition.

Especially in Tokyo, where many famous schools are gathered, the number of participating schools far exceeds one hundred, and the competition is much more intense than other places.

Therefore, the number of spectators at each Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is much larger than that of prefectural assembly in other places.

"This should be it."

Maya Yuuki looked around, observing the situation in the venue.

After taking a long-distance bus for more than an hour from Kanagawa to Tokyo, he finally arrived at the venue of the Tokyo Metropolitan Games, where the first round of competition had already begun.

Originally, Kamizaku Tomoyo also wanted to come with him, but the kendo club's competition was also taking place at the same time, and as the deputy director, she couldn't get away.

“This year it’s still as lively as ever.”

"Haha, of course. This is Tokyo after all."

“Which school will win the Tokyo Metropolitan Tournament this year?”

"Hyotei, I think it's hard for other schools to pose a threat to Hyotei."

"Yamabuki is not bad either. The strength of those people should not be underestimated."

"..."

There were many junior high school students hanging out together, and they were all actively discussing the situation of this year's Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.

Yuuki Maya observed for a long time, but did not see the person he was looking for, so he could only walk to the center of the venue to look at the competition list posted by the organizer. After scanning around, he finally saw the name of Seishun Gakuen among the densely packed school names.

"It's in Area C."

Following the signs, Maya Yuuki turned left and right for a few minutes and finally arrived at the C Zone Stadium.

After searching for a while, he finally saw the familiar blue and white uniform in his memory.

But then after seeing the score on the field, his brows frowned.

On the court, Seigakuen and a school called Oiwa 1 ended in a 1- tie.

At this time, in the singles match between No. 3 and No. 4, the player who played for Qingxue was a stranger he had no impression of.

The situation on the field was also that Qingxue's side was at a disadvantage. Yuuki Maya had already declared the death penalty for Qingxue's game with just one look.

Looking towards the rest area of ​​the Seigaku players, Yuuki Maya frowned even more.

He saw Kunimitsu Tezuka, but there was no armband symbolizing a minister on his arm.

Nearly half of the entire Seigaku regulars were people he didn't recognize at all, and he had no impression of the person wearing the minister's armband at all.

Although he had known about the seniority practices in traditional tennis clubs such as Seigaku for a long time, after seeing it with his own eyes he felt that it was even more corrupt than he had imagined.

"It seems that not every school has the courage to respect strength like Rikkai University."

Yuuki Maya shook her head secretly.

Staying in such a corrupt and outdated system of seniority and juniority is a complete waste of precious time and forces us to stop making progress.

After shaking his head secretly, he focused his attention on the game on the field.

On the court, just as Maya Yuuki predicted, this unknown singles player from Seigaku lost the game.

Then, in the second singles match, Seigaku played another unknown player, and after a hard-fought battle, the match went to the deciding game with a score of 7 to 5.

"The average tennis level of schools in Tokyo seems pretty normal."

After watching what has happened so far, Maya Yuuki shook her head. Even the Tokyo Metropolitan Tournament, which is said to have hundreds of schools participating, is very watered down.

"Hey, you are so arrogant, who do you think you are?!"

Because Yuuki Maya didn't hide his feelings when he spoke, people standing next to him could easily hear it.

As a student of a local school in Tokyo, the boy who spoke up certainly couldn't bear to belittled by outsiders.

However, his companion immediately reached out and grabbed him, looking at Yuuki Maya with a horrified expression.

"Idiot, didn't you see what that guy was wearing? He's from Rikkai University!"

"Rikkai University? Isn't that last year's national championship? Hiss——"

The boy who was stopped looked at Yuuki Maya in surprise and his momentum immediately weakened.

If it was someone from another school, he might not be convinced, but in the entire Kanto region, the reputation of Rikkai University was a dimensionality reduction blow to the tennis club members of an ordinary school like him.

"This outfit is quite useful."

Yuuki Maya naturally noticed the opponent's reaction. This is the deterrent power of Rikkai University in the junior high school tennis world. The name of the king is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Ignoring the two passers-by who were walking away from him calmly, Maya Yuuki still looked towards the direction of the court.

However, after this commotion, there were still some eyes secretly looking at him from all around, and these people were whispering to their companions while watching him.

In their opinion, the players from Rikkai University must have some unknown purpose in appearing here.

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By the way, Kunimitsu Tezuka was only the deputy director in his second year at Seigaku, as mentioned in the manga.

By the way, the reason why Atobe is obsessed with Tezuka in the main story is that when Seigaku and Hyotei met in the second year, Hyotei won in the overall score, but Atobe lost to Tezuka who was injured at the time.

(End of this chapter)