The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 93: Shitenbo Temple: Won, but it seems like we didn’t win
"Bai Shi was suppressed and couldn't fight back?"

"It's a pity that the president of that Qingxue school is at the national level."

"Tezuka Kunimitsu? I remember this name. I hope I can see him again next year."

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Most of the audience here today are from Kansai, and as the trump card of Shitenhoji, Shiraishi Kuranosuke's reputation has already spread throughout most of Kansai.

However, such a strong ace player was, at this moment, suppressed by a captain from an unknown school in Kanto who was entering the national conference for the first time. This left a deep impression on everyone present.

On the court, Kunimitsu Tezuka assumed a serving posture with an icy expression. He simply tossed the tennis ball high up lightly, and then swung the racket to hit the tennis ball with a textbook serving action.

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The tennis ball turned into a pale yellow afterimage and fell at Bai Shi's feet in the blink of an eye.

"It's that kind of ball again, but don't even think about scoring directly from me again."

Shiraishi Kuranosuke raised his eyebrows. In the first game, his opponent used this kind of simple and high-quality serve, catching him off guard and hitting him with four aces.

But after coming to his senses, he realized that it was impossible to let Tezuka Kunimitsu score so easily.

He moved like lightning and found the hitting point in a moment. He raised his arm and swung the racket, hitting the serve back.

The concise swing posture shows his tennis aesthetics, and the action of catching the ball does not involve any unnecessary movements.

bang, bang, bang...

The two sides began a tug-of-war, competing in basic tennis.

However, after more than a dozen rounds, Shiraishi Kuranosuke found that the opponent's tennis style was perfect and even more perfect than his own.

This made him look a little dazed, as if he saw another self.

But it was just a moment of distraction, and a shadow of the ball flashed through his eyes and exploded at his baseline.

"Tezuka is leading, 15 to 0."

Losing the ball again made Shiraishi Kuranosuke sober up instantly. He was a little scared because he had actually had the thought of losing.

Outside the field, after observing the situation on both sides, Yuuki Maya had already sentenced Shiraishi Kuranosuke to death.

What will happen when a whiteboard player who likes to play basic tennis meets a player who is also excellent in basic tennis but also has some special skills?
This game will perfectly illustrate this result.

From five-dimensional data to mastered ball skills, Shiraishi Kuranosuke is weaker than Tezuka Kunimitsu in every aspect and there is no chance of him winning at all.

The situation on the field afterwards developed just as Maya Yuuki had expected, still one-sided.

30-0
40-0
3-0
4-0
5-0
……

When the referee announced the scores again and again, the expressions of the other players on Shitenhoji's side changed from shock and suspicion at first, to not daring to look, to hoping for luck, and finally to numbness.

They had already seen that Shiraishi Kuranosuke had not held back at all and had already used all his strength.

But after using all his strength, the score did not change at all.

When Tezuka Kunimitsu started to use the out-of-area technique in the 4th inning, Shiraishi Kuranosuke was like a puppet controlled by strings. Apart from moving his body around the court to catch the ball, he was unable to make any move to resist.

"As expected, Tezuka is still Tezuka. The people of Shitenhoji may have completely shut themselves off."

Marui Bunta laughed with glee. After witnessing Tezuka Kunimitsu's full strength form at the Kanto Conference, he already knew how exaggerated the other party's strength was.

If there weren't even more monstrous people in Rikkai University, Marui Bunta couldn't think of anyone else who could defeat the other party. In Marui Bunta's opinion, this kind of strength was comparable to their president Yukimura and stronger than Sanada.

Because even someone as strong as Sanada finds it difficult to win even one point against Maya Yuuki, while Kunimitsu Tezuka can win two points.

Even Rikkai University had to deal with it with caution, not to mention Shitenhoji.

"Game, Tezuka wins, score 6-0."

"The game is over. The total score is 4 to 1. The winner is Shitenhoji."

Amid the incredulous gazes of most people, the referee announced the fifth game and the final result.

On the surface, it seemed that Shitenbao Temple had won, but everyone present understood that Shitenbao Temple had actually lost face.

The ace in singles was beaten 6-0, which to some extent dealt a blow to the morale of the Shitenhoji team.

After all, the ace represents the face and underwear of a team.

After the game, both teams lined up to salute and then dispersed.

After Aogaku lost the game, the atmosphere in the entire team was extremely heavy, even though Kunimitsu Tezuka saved some face in the end.

As the victorious team, the atmosphere in Shitenhoji's team was somewhat depressing at this time.

Their original goal was to win all the small games before the final without losing a single game, but they were hit hard by an unknown school in the second round, which was very demoralizing.

Even though their young coach Watanabe Osamu tried to give them psychological counseling in an indirect way, it had little effect for a while. After all, the loss was too ugly.

Genichirō Sanada looked in the direction of Seigaku and pressed down his hat with his hand. "I really don't know what that guy is thinking. Even if they bring that kind of school to the national tournament, what good will it do? Team competitions look at more than just individual strength."

At this moment, he just felt it was a pity that the person he recognized had such strength but did not get the space to display his abilities at the national conference.

If the opponent did not join Seigaku but went to Hyotei, he might be able to cause considerable trouble to Rikkai University, or even make it to the semi-finals, winning an extra spot for Kanto in the next national conference.

"Let's go, it's time to go back to the hotel."

Maya Yuuki did not comment on Sanada's mumbling, but took them out of the venue.

When I arrived at the entrance of the venue, I happened to run into Qingxue who was still waiting for the bus.

The two teams looked at each other and neither of them took the initiative to speak.

Qingxue was in a bad mood because they just lost the game.

On the Rikkai University side, the relationship between the two sides was not that close. Only Sanada and Yuki had some interactions with each other's Tezuka. The others were just casual acquaintances and had no topics to talk about at all.

After a while, Rikkai University's shuttle bus arrived first, and Yuki and others got on the bus and left.

After today's game, tomorrow will be the quarterfinals, and they will play against Dou Middle School, which is also a seeded school.

However, even though the game has reached this stage, it is still just a warm-up exercise for Rikkai University.

Dou Middle School was defeated by them last year.

Yanagi Renji had already observed the opponent's strength in advance. Although they had a bye in the first round, they struggled extremely in the second round, and their opponent was just a school that was perennially ranked among the top 16 in the country.

Tomorrow's game is just an appetizer for Rikkai University on the road to winning the championship.

I have a lot of things to do today. I will see if I can update another chapter in the evening. It should be fine...

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