The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 35 Yukimura invites you to a fight, a secret duel

After saying goodbye to everyone from Rikkai University at the school gate, Yuuki Maya went straight home as usual.

After the county conference ends, there is still nearly a month until the opening of the Kanto conference.

During this period of time, the entire Rikkai University tennis club officially entered the state of preparation.

The regular players' independent training time is also longer than before, and some of them do not leave the tennis club until dusk every day.

Maya Yuuki originally thought that the tennis club would maintain this situation until the Kanto Tournament began.

However, what he didn't expect was that one week before the Kanto Tournament draw ceremony, when he was about to leave the tennis club at the usual time, Yukimura Seiichi came over to him, contrary to his usual behavior.

"Maya-kun, I have a favor to ask of you." Yukimura Seiichi used honorifics for the first time in a long time, which surprised Yuuki Maya. At the same time, she was also curious about what could make him so serious.

"Is there anything important?"

"Well, it's my personal request." Yukimura Seiichi looked directly into Yuuki Maya's eyes, with a gleam in his pupils: "I want to have a full game with you."

Maya Yuuki was slightly stunned, but then she understood.

He thought it was normal for Yukimura Seiichi to suddenly challenge him. He even felt that the fact that he had waited until now to bring up the matter was enough to show that Yukimura Seiichi had been thinking about it for a long time.

"No problem, now?"

"This weekend, let's go to the tennis club we often go to. I don't want this game to be disturbed by too many irrelevant people."

"it is good."

Yuuki Maya nodded, understanding what the other party meant.

Obviously, this decision was the result of long consideration by Seiichi Yukimura, and not a momentary impulse.

Maya Yuuki guessed that it might be because the other party had this idea because he noticed that after the match between him and Genichirō Sanada, Sanada's state of mind had undergone some changes, and his already slow strength growth had recently made a breakthrough.

He knew very well that Yukimura Seiichi's strength had not been significantly improved for a long time.

But this cannot be blamed on him. Not everyone has a world-class father who teaches him tennis step by step, guides him carefully, and broadens his horizons.

Yukimura Seiichi, who was born into a wild family without any famous teacher to guide him, has almost reached the limit of his vision.

This is not a problem faced only by Seiichi Yukimura. It can be said that most national-level players will face this problem.

Maya Yuuki decided to help her friend on the day of the fight.

Time passed and soon it was the time they had agreed upon.

Although it was a competition between two people, he and Yukimura Seiichi were not the only ones present. Also present were Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi.

For this game, the current big four of Rikkai University are all gathered here.

In the club's stadium, Yuki Maya and Yukimura Seiichi were already standing at the two ends of the court. Yukimura Seiichi said, "Sanada, the refereeing of this game is left to you."

"Just leave it to me." Genichirō Sanada said in a deep voice. Even he felt extremely nervous about the upcoming battle between the two men.

Yanagi Renji also stood next to Sanada, and he didn't know when he had a notebook in his hand.

For Yanagi Renji, this kind of duel is rare. If he missed it this time, he doesn't know when he will encounter it again. He must record the data well.

After Sanada climbed onto the referee's seat, he looked around and saw that both sides were ready, so he didn't waste any words.

"The match begins, the set ends, and Yuuki Maya serves."

In the previous shot, Yuuki Maya guessed the front and back correctly.

"Yukimura, this time, I won't hold back." Maya Yuuki took out the tennis ball with her left hand, stared at the other party and said calmly.

"Come on." Yukimura Seiichi looked serious and was ready to receive the ball.

Unlike before, Yukimura Seiichi always liked to wear a coat when playing games, but this time, before entering the court, he had already placed his coat and tennis bag on the seat outside the court.

Maya Yuuki gently tapped the tennis ball twice, then raised her arm and threw the tennis ball high into the air.

With a flash of silver light, sharp silver-white arrows flashed across the sky above his court. This time, Maya Yuuki used the Holy Arrow of Destruction right from the start.

Almost at the same time he swung the racket, the tennis ball had already landed in Yukimura Seiichi's half of the court, and was about to pass through the opponent's side in the next second.

“It’s still amazingly fast!”

This ball speed, even though it was not the first time they had seen it, still shocked Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi who were watching the game.

In other words, the skills of these two people are not low. If it were someone with lower skills, they probably wouldn’t even be able to see the afterimage.

Just as the ball was about to score, Yukimura Seiichi reacted in an instant. He swung the racket in his hand and quickly and skillfully intercepted the rebounding tennis ball.

bang.

The intercepted tennis ball immediately bounced back to Maya Yuuki's half of the court, faster than when it came.

Moreover, Seiichi Yukimura adjusted the angle of his swing, allowing the tennis ball to fly to the baseline of Maya Yuuki's backhand.

"Did you catch it? As expected of Yukimura."

Seeing Yukimura Seiichi break the serve, Genichirō Sanada was surprised and happy.

On the other side, seeing the tennis ball being hit back, Yuuki Maya was not surprised at all.

It was normal to be beaten back. On the contrary, it would have been surprising if Yukimura Seiichi had not beaten back.

His steps were as fast as the wind. Almost at the same time as the tennis ball landed on the ground, his body had already stopped in the receiving position. With a backhand swing, he easily caught the return ball.

Then, both sides started to pull the ball.

The sound of the ball hitting the ball back and forth was rapid and intense, shuttling back and forth between the two ends of the court, rushing back and forth like a phantom. Without a certain level of eyesight, it is impossible to see its flight trajectory.

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Speed, strength and technique are the basics that determine the lower limit of a tennis player. At the moment, neither side is displaying any fancy skills, there is only a collision of basic techniques.

But soon, Yukimura Seiichi was defeated first. Yuuki Maya seized an opportunity of the opponent and used both hands to hit a powerful diagonal through ball at a low angle.

The tennis ball hit the sideline heavily and fell to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust, before flying out of bounds.

15-0, Maya Yuuki is leading.

After this ball, he had an estimate of Yukimura Seiichi's current level. Putting aside his skills, Yukimura's basic tennis is among the best in Japan's junior high school world.

Of course, this is only relative. Maya Yuuki did not include himself in the equation because he had already jumped out of this framework and was moving towards a higher level.

"What a wonderful fight—"

Genichirō Sanada and Renji Yanagi outside the field looked focused. Just the first ball was enough to make them feel emotional.

There is no doubt that for both of them, this little-known match is a battle for the top spot in the entire junior high school tennis world.

After thinking about it, I decided to post two chapters in a row.

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