The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 91: Hyotei is out, and the dad from Rokugaon pays unexpected attention (there will be another update in the evening)
Amid the waiting of many spectators and contestants from other participating schools that were not competing, the match between Hyotei and Shishiro officially began.

I don’t know if it was because Keigo Atobe used his money power, but the hundred-man support group of Hyotei who was nowhere to be seen yesterday appeared again in the audience seats outside the stadium today.

They all shouted the slogan "Hyotei will win" in unison, which really shocked the small number of non-Kanto teams that came to the national conference for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, the referee blew the whistle, and both sides lined up and returned to their preparation areas.

A few minutes later, the third singles match began. Hyotei sent out Takahiro Kabaji, while the opponent sent out a third-year player.

The first game was extremely intense, with the score reaching 4-4 ​​at one point.

Then, in the surprised eyes of the people around him, Takahiro Kabaji showed his talent for imitation, perfectly replicating his opponent's best skills and disrupting the opponent's rhythm of the game.

In the first game, Hyotei won the first game with a score of 7 to 5.

Just when Keigo Atobe and others thought that they would take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, the situation was completely beyond their expectations.

In doubles match two, the combination of Houchotaro and Taki Oginosuke sent by Hyotei was quickly defeated in less than half an hour.

In this game, Hou Changtaro, who was a freshman, made several mistakes in his powerful serve, and it seemed that he had difficulty adapting to the high-intensity game pressure.

Taki Oginosuke did not perform at all and was completely defeated by the unknown doubles team of Shishiraku, and lost the game with a big score of 2 to 6.

In the third singles match, Hyotei played against Jiro Akutagawa, while Shishigaku sent out Chitose Chisato, one of the two heroes of Kyushu whose names were known throughout the country.

As the second-in-command of their respective schools, it was only natural that the two sides would have a fairly evenly matched match.

However, this time, Bingdi lost faster.

In less than twenty minutes, Akutagawa Jiro was sweating and gasping for breath, while Chitose Chisato on the opposite side remained calm and breathing steadily, without using much strength at all.

In the third game, Lion Music ended with a score of 6-0 and led with a total score of 2-1.

Immediately following the fourth doubles match, Hyotei sent out their ace doubles combination, Takehito Mukai and Yuushi Oshizuka.

Hyotei thought they could win the game, but it was not until Keigo Atobe came on the field that they secured the victory.

But what no one expected was that as soon as Shizile's doubles team came on the court, the whole audience exclaimed.

Because one of the members of their doubles team has blonde hair that looks like a lion.

This is the other of the two heroes of Kyushu, Tachibana Yoshihei.

After seeing Tachibana Jiping's appearance, everyone in Hyotei looked very unhappy, obviously knowing that they were tricked.

As expected, even though Taketo Mukai and Yuushi Oshitari put up a desperate fight, they were powerless against the force of the storm of balls from Yoshihira Tachibana.

The total score was 3 to 1. After Lion Music got the first three points, the result of this game was decided. Even if they had to play a fifth game later, it didn't matter to Lion Music.

In the end, even though Keigo Atobe came on the court with a sullen face, it was of no avail even if they won the last game with a crushing score of 6-0.

Hyotei eventually lost to Shizile Junior High School with a total score of 2 to 3 and was eliminated in the top of the national tournament.

After losing the game, the Hyotei fan club immediately became silent, and many of Hyotei's players closed their eyes in pain or hung their heads in dejection.

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Hyotei lost the game in the morning and left at noon, without even staying for lunch.

In the afternoon, Rikkai University's match was scheduled for the first game, and his opponent was Rokkaku Junior High School, which had advanced from the previous round. The two teams were both from the Kanto region, but in fact, they had not played against each other many times, especially at the national conference, which was their first time.

Before the game started, the teams in the hexagon were already in a gloomy mood.

They knew better than anyone that they had no chance of winning this game.

"Dad, have you really not thought of a solution?" Saeki Torajiro squatted down and looked at his father who was sitting cross-legged in the coach's seat, drinking a cup of tea calmly with hopeful eyes.

"Saeki, even if I had it, you can't do it." The old man said calmly after taking a sip of the tea in his hand.

He had already made his words very clear, and the only thing missing was to print the six words "The gap in strength is too big" on his clothes for the group of children to see.

"Okay Saeki, there's nothing we can do if we can't win. Stop making things difficult for Dad."

Amane Mitsuru, who was standing by, patted Saeki Torajiro on the back and comforted him in a relaxed manner.

It's their bad luck that they have to face Rikkai University in the second round. If they were in another school, they would still have the courage to risk their lives.

But this is Rikkai University, and they were defeated in last year's Kanto Conference.

Not to mention this year, Hyotei, who beat them in the Kanto semi-finals, was directly shut out in the final. The gap between the two sides is so huge that it's not even on the same level just to think about it.

While the people in the six corners were still trying to find a solution one after another, the old man sitting in the coach's seat suddenly opened his eyes wide.

A gleam of light flashed from his cloudy eyes, and his gaze was directed at the location of Yuuki Maya in the Rikkai University team.

With his keen perception, he detected a sharp gaze falling on his back. Yuuki Maya, who was originally doing nothing, suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the hexagon.

His eyes met with his father's. The other party didn't seem surprised that Yuuki Maya suddenly turned back. Instead, he smiled slightly and nodded slightly at him with an admiring look.

This action of his father made Yuuki Maya a little confused, as he didn't remember any intersection between him and the other party.

However, he immediately thought that the other party had mastered the Shura Shinto's method of opening the door, and perhaps he saw something in him.

Thinking of this, an idea flashed through Maya Yuuki's mind. It seemed that after the game, he could ask the other party indirectly for information related to Shura Shinto.

In fact, he had wanted to do this as early as the Kanto Conference, but because the two teams did not meet at this year's conference, he had to give up at that time.

"The second round of the national tournament, the match between Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School and Rokkaku Middle School is about to begin."

"Please prepare the third singles of both teams."

The broadcast from Area A sounded, and the referee and linesman had already taken their positions at the edge of the field.

Around the stadium, except for the teams that were competing, all the other schools that had not yet competed or had advanced were already gathered here.

No one would choose to miss the defending champion's first game of the year.

They all wanted to get a glimpse of Rikkai University's current strength from this game.

Especially now that the news of Rikkai University's president's absence and the reason have already spread throughout the entire junior high school tennis community, those teams aiming to win the championship are even more eager to know how much strength Rikkai University still has compared to last year.

The competition began under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

There will be another update in the evening (if I can’t finish it, I’ll post it tomorrow.)
The match with Rokukaku will not be described in detail. The matches described in detail will start from the semi-finals.

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(End of this chapter)