The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 58 Hidden Targeting

At the beginning of the fourth game, Yanagi Renji stood in the serving area. His eyes swept across Kikumaru Eiji and Oishi Shuichiro and then stopped on Kikumaru Eiji.

Gently raise your arm and throw the ball, then draw the racket to serve.

The speed of this tennis ball is amazing, approaching 190 km/h.

"So fast!"

Faced with Yanagi Renji's sudden increase in serving speed, Kikumaru Eiji, who was responsible for receiving the ball, was startled and hurriedly caught the tennis ball.

The quality of the returned tennis ball was very poor. It just passed the net and was easily caught by Marui Bunta who was standing in the front court.

However, Kikumaru Eiji thought that the opponent would suddenly drop a short ball in the front court, so he anticipated and rushed straight to the net after receiving the ball.

But just when Kikumaru Eiji was halfway through his run, Marui Bunta, who was supposed to make a short ball action, smiled slightly and immediately switched from a backhand grip to a forehand grip.

Then he hit the return ball sideways, and the tennis ball flew straight behind Kikumaru Eiji.

"what?!"

Seeing the tennis ball flying straight behind him, Kikumaru Eiji was instinctively startled, but it was too late for him to think. He could only immediately stop running forward, then twist his body using his right leg as a fulcrum to catch up.

His good body coordination allowed him to quickly catch up with the tennis ball, and then he habitually hit the ball back with a stunt hitting posture.

The tennis ball went straight to Rikkai University's backcourt, but Yanagi Renji was already standing there ready for battle.

"The angle of the racket is 78 degrees, and the probability of hitting the ball back to the backcourt is 79%." Yanagi Renji murmured, and then swung the racket at the flying tennis ball.

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The tennis ball hit back by Yanagi Renji suddenly accelerated and fell towards the opponent's empty space in the front court with the force of passing through the forest.

"Don't try to succeed!"

It was still Kikumaru Eiji, who used his agility to block the threatening return ball once again.

bang, bang, bang...

Thanks to Kikumaru Eiji's outstanding performance, the game was not decided for a while.

On the court, Kikumaru Eiji, who was constantly active in the frontcourt, took up most of the catches, while Oishi Shuichiro in the backcourt had few opportunities to catch the ball.

The routes of each return ball by Marui Bunta and Yanagi Renji were very subtle, and each ball landed in a position where Oishi Shuichiro could catch it or not.

And these positions are where Kikumaru Eiji can easily catch up with them using his special shots.

After a dozen or so rounds, with another acrobatic shot by Kikumaru Eiji, he seized a "cooperation loophole" between Marui Bunta and Yanagi Renji and hit the tennis ball into the gap in their defense to score.

"Qingxue is leading, the score is 15 to 0."

After a tense ball game, the result was decided. When Kikumaru Eiji saw that he had scored, he clenched his fist and walked to Oishi Shuichiro and gave him a high five.

"Well done, Eiji, keep it up," Oishi Shuichiro encouraged.

"Leave it to me. I'm in better shape than ever before." Kikumaru Eiji replied excitedly.

After a brief exchange, the two returned to their respective positions.

On the other side, Marui Bunta and Yanagi Renji stood together, having a brief conversation in low voices.

"I caught 17 balls and jumped 14 times in total," Marui Bunta whispered.

"Well, let him take it a few more times next time." Yanagi Renji replied calmly.

Marui Bunta nodded, ending the conversation, and returned to his seat, while Yanagi Renji continued to serve.

It was still the same high-speed serve as the first ball, but this time it was Oishi Hideichiro who received the ball. Oishi Hideichiro, who lacked excellent dynamic vision, could not catch the trajectory of the serve in an instant like Kikumaru Eiji did, and he lost the ball without any reaction.

15-15, Rikkai University immediately tied the game.

"Eiji, my..." Oishi Shuichiro blamed himself. The sudden change in the speed of the ball made him unable to adapt to this kind of serve.

"It's okay, Oishi, just get used to it. Watch me for the next ball." Kikumaru Eiji said nonchalantly.

"..." Seeing this, Oishi Shuichiro was speechless. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. He could only nod slightly and return to his own half of the zone to get ready for the next ball.

whoosh-

Another light yellow afterimage flew over, and the tennis ball flew at high speed and fell beside Kikumaru Eiji.

"Hmph, don't think you can score so easily."

His eyes were fixed on the tennis ball. After being prepared, his return movement was no longer as hurried as before.

After the successful counterattack, the tug-of-war for this ball began again on the field.

The situation was almost the same as the first ball. Most of Yanagi Renji and Marui Bunta's return balls were intercepted by Kikumaru Eiji's special tennis ball.

Kikumaru Eiji, who was in good form, made beautiful interceptions time and time again, which were very eye-catching. Many viewers have remembered him through this game.

Those who can perform well in the match against Rikkai University players will be easily remembered.

A threatening oblique downward spin ball from Yanagi Renji was blocked by Kikumaru Eiji, and the two sides were in a stalemate for about twenty or thirty rounds.

"How long can you keep jumping up and down?"

Marui Bunta positioned his body in front of the net, blocking the flight path of the return ball. He focused his eyes and backhanded the return ball to the front of the center line of the opponent's right half zone.

This position is very delicate, because according to the general situation in doubles, this tennis ball should be caught up by Shuichiro Oishi from the backcourt and then hit back.

Because Kikumaru Eiji blocked the previous ball in the left half of the court, in order to catch up with the tennis ball, he had to use a special shot.

If it were a normal approach, Kikumaru Eiji would only need to stand there and wait for Oishi Shuichiro to receive the ball while being alert to the opponent's counterattack.

However, the actual situation is that after the game with Yamabuki Junior High School, Kikumaru Eiji felt that he did not share the pressure with Oishi Shuichiro and thus lost the game, and he was filled with self-blame.

So when he sees this kind of ball, his body will subconsciously want to help Oishi Shuichiro block the ball.

Just as Kikumaru Eiji took a step forward to catch up with the tennis ball, he had just taken the first step when his right leg suddenly went weak and he lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Oishi Shuichiro, who was originally preparing to move forward to catch the ball, noticed something strange about his partner with his peripheral vision, and immediately stopped chasing the ball and ran towards Kikumaru Eiji's position.

"Eiji, are you okay?" Oishi Hideichiro stretched out his hand and placed it in front of Kikumaru Eiji and asked with concern.

"Hiss, I'm fine, I just fell accidentally." Kikumaru Eiji pretended to be relaxed and stood up by taking the hand that Oishi Shuichiro extended.

"Why are you so careless?" Oishi Shuichiro asked again.

"Maybe I used too much force just now, haha." Kikumaru Eiji said with a laugh.

However, after this fall, Kikumaru Eiji, who had been in an excited state before, immediately felt fatigue rising up in his body after he came out of this state.

The body that originally felt light slowly became heavy.

On the side of Rikkai University, Marui Bunta and Yanagi Renji, who saw this scene, exchanged glances with each other.

The two nodded in tacit understanding, switched positions, and prepared to serve for the next round after receiving the referee's signal.

Let me give you some scientific knowledge. When Ryoma just returned to China, the serve speed of Sasabe was 180. Kikumaru has dynamic strength, so it is reasonable for him to receive a serve with a speed of 190.
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(End of this chapter)