The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 43: The same old trick, Qingxue loses the first battle

"Haha, you must be shocked by my stunt tennis."

After scoring a goal, Kikumaru Eiji brushed the dust off his trouser legs with a smug expression.

"uh-huh?"

"Stunt tennis?"

Dongfang Yamei and Minami Kentaro exchanged glances, then nodded slightly to each other.

At the same time, their attitude towards Kikumaru Eiji changed in their hearts and they re-evaluated the threat level of the other party.

Yamabuki and the other player stood in position again, waiting for Seigaku's serve.

"Look at how powerful I am!"

Oishi Shuichiro served the ball, and Kikumaru Eiji began to attack more actively.

Whenever the opponent's return ball hit a position that seemed unreachable, Kikumaru Eiji was always able to catch the tennis ball in an incredible posture, making it difficult for the opponent to score.

砰

砰

...

The scores of both sides began to rise. After a tug-of-war, Qingxue, who controlled the offensive rhythm, finally tied the score.

"Qingxue scores, the game is 2-2."

Next, the two sides exchanged venues and the game entered the fifth round.

After the score was tied, the Yamabuki duo showed no anxious expressions on their faces and looked quite calm.

In Yamabuki's coaching booth, even though his own players seemed to be in a passive situation at the moment, Kan'ei Banda still looked as steady as a rock. He crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked at the court with a smile on his face.

"The fifth game begins, Yamabuki Junior High School serves."

As the referee finished speaking, Minami Kentaro, who was responsible for the first serve, had already thrown the tennis ball up and hit it quickly.

After hitting the ball, he first glanced at Dongfang Yamei who was standing in the backcourt, quickly ran to the frontcourt area, then put his left hand behind his back and secretly made a special gesture.

Dongfang Yamei caught this action instantly and smiled slightly.

On the other side, Kikumaru Eiji steadily received Kentaro Minami's serve and just a few steps towards the net, he found that the opponent had a chance to hit the ball to their front court, but abnormally did not do it. Instead, Higashikata Masami from the backcourt hit the ball at an oblique angle and went straight to Seigaku's backcourt.

"Oishi, your ball." Kikumaru Eiji reminded.

"Understood." Oishi Shuichiro ran with his legs, caught up with the ball, and swung his racket to catch it steadily.

However, when the tennis ball just flew back to Yamabuki's half of the court, Minami Kentaro had already caught up and blocked the path of the tennis ball, holding the racket with both hands and swinging it hard.

It was still aimed at Qingxue's backcourt, but this time, it was aimed at the opposite direction of where Oishi had just received the ball.

As the situation on the court changed rapidly, Kikumaru Eiji did not have time to switch defense with Oishi Shuichiro, and could only watch Oishi Shuichiro move sideways again to catch up with the tennis ball that was about to fly out of the baseline.

In just a few tens of seconds, Oishi Shuichiro had already run back and forth in the backcourt for more than ten rounds.

Whenever Kikumaru Eiji wanted to make a move or retreat to share the pressure with Oishi Hideichi, the opponent would immediately change the path of the ball in the next ball, directly hit the tennis ball into the empty position in the front court, and then easily score.

Soon, the two Qingxue people who were unable to escape from this predicament immediately lost their previous good situation.

"Game, Yamabuki is leading, the score is 4 to 2."

The players from both sides went off the field to rehydrate. Kikumaru Eiji took a gulp of water and said depressedly, "Damn, the fight between those two guys was so disgusting."

In the previous two rounds, he had no idea where to start and was unable to use his strength. Every time he made the slightest move, Yamabuki's men would immediately notice the loophole.

On the side, Oishi Hide was naturally not feeling well either, but his physical energy was rapidly depleted, so he just kept wiping the sweat off his face and breathing heavily just to recover some strength.

The other players from Seigaku outside the court saw the situation of the two.

"Tezuka, Yamabuki and the others are using the same method that the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference used to deal with Oishi," Inui Sadaharu said calmly.

This scene was so familiar, it was almost exactly the same as it was then. At the metropolitan meeting, Oishi, who was teamed up with a junior high school senior, lost the game because he was treated like this.

"Ah."

Kunimitsu Tezuka stared in the direction of Oishi Shuichiro without blinking, his expression not changing.

Inui Sadaharu could see it, and of course Tezuka Kunimitsu had seen it a long time ago, but it was useless. In the current situation, the only way to break the impasse was to rely on Oishi Shuichiro's own efforts.

Fuji Shusuke opened his eyes slightly and had a bad feeling in his heart.

Inside the stadium, after a short break, the game continued.

After Yamabuki served, he tried to focus on dealing with Oishi Shuichiro just like in the previous two games, but at the second ball, Kikumaru Eiji and Oishi Shuichiro suddenly switched positions quickly.

Kikumaru Eiji came to the backcourt, caught up with the tennis ball with exaggerated movements, and blocked Yamabuki's attack.

It turned out that before going on the court, the two had a communication. If the opponent continued to play as in the first two games, then the energetic Kikumaru Eiji would be responsible for the backcourt defense, and Oishi Shuichiro would switch to the frontcourt.

This action of Qingxue also made the Potato Heroes combination stunned at the same time, but the two Yamabuki people immediately showed mocking smiles.

"It's over. Qingxue has already lost this game."

In the audience, Maya Yuuki saw Qingxue's action and shook her head slightly, sentencing Qingxue's doubles match to death.

It is true that the position switching between Kikumaru Eiji and Oishi Shuichiro could temporarily block the scoring offensive of Yamabuki Junior High School, but this was undoubtedly slow suicide.

Hideichiro Oishi's advantage lies in his broad vision. When he is in the backcourt, he can serve as a good barrier to block some sneak attacks, but once he is put in the frontcourt, his narrow vision cannot play any advantage at all.

Moreover, Shuichiro Oishi does not have excellent net-front volleying skills and is simply unable to hit shots in the front court that would make Yamabuki feel dangerous.

As for Kikumaru Eiji, although the exaggerated stunt tennis can make his defensive range very wide, there is a fatal problem: the distance he needs to run in the backcourt is twice as long as that in the frontcourt. Frequent use of stunt tennis will only increase the consumption of physical energy.

More importantly, Kikumaru Eiji's shortcoming at this time was his physical fitness.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, the situation on the field was just as Maya Yuuki had expected.

“Hoo, ho, ho—”

Kikumaru Eiji hunched over with his hands on his knees, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept falling from his face like raindrops.

Every breath he took made his lungs feel extremely uncomfortable, and his breathing was rapid and labored.

"Eiji, are you okay..."

Oishi Shuichiro looked at the other person worriedly, his heart filled with torment.

"I'm fine, Oishi. We must win this game." Kikumaru Eiji spoke intermittently. His current physical strength could not support him to finish a whole sentence fluently.

Kikumaru Eiji was in such a bad state that Oishi Shuichiro felt particularly guilty. He said, "Let's switch back. We can't go on like this."

"But, if this is the case..." Kikumaru Eiji wanted to refuse, but was interrupted by Oishi Hidehime who pressed his shoulder.

"I can't let you bear it all alone, Eiji." Oishi Shuichiro said gently: "We are the best partners, aren't we?"

"Dashi..."

The two looked at each other, and Kikumaru Eiji could only nod silently.

The two exchanged and returned to their respective positions to complete the game that had not yet ended.

But the miracle did not happen. Seigaku, unable to break the deadlock, lost the game without any fight back under the skillful alternating attacks of Yamabuki's doubles.

The final whistle sounded, and the winner of the first doubles match between the second team was announced.

"The game is over. The total score is 6 to 2. The winner is Yamabuki Junior High School."

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