[Comprehensive] The Light Chaser

The torrential rain unique to summer began to end on Thursday, and it cleared up on Friday.By the time of Saturday's game, the stadium floor was dry.But the auditorium was still full of dust.

The Lihai non-school team and cheerleaders who came to watch the game came earlier than the main candidates, and they brought old newspapers and garbage bags with experience.

The main candidates of Qingxue felt great pressure when they entered the arena.

Similar to the ice emperor's cheerleading squad, students wearing the same tracksuit lined up to occupy half of the auditorium.Their expressions were a little serious, and they seldom whispered to each other. Instead, they looked at the playing field.

"Wow...is this the King Lihaida..."

Just as they sighed, the people in the audience wearing Lihai team uniforms all stood up.

"What happened?"

"Changsheng, Lihaida! Let'sgo! Let'sgo! Lihaida!"

Amidst the uniform cheers and the announcement representing the preparation for the game that sounded almost at the same time, the person who came out from the entrance on the opposite side——

"Then, that's Yukimura?" Oishi gasped nervously.

The person leading the team on the opposite side didn't have a particularly majestic face, no matter in terms of height or physique, they all looked a bit fragile.Even the news that he was seriously ill and hospitalized half a year ago has been included in a personal interview by "Tennis Weekly" and spread because of his indifference.Both the leave form and the case were selectively disclosed, and there were rumors that "Yukimura Seichi's strength was greatly reduced" because he failed to appear in the prefectural competition and the Kanto competition in the previous rounds.

It's hard to say whether Yukimura deliberately let such rumors exist.If he wants to play, he can directly specify the position.It is impossible for Li Hai to prevent their ministers from playing the game, and it is not necessary to draw lots.

But Yukimura did let such rumors spread farther and farther, with a rather happy attitude.

Before the start of the competition, everyone in Qingxue also watched the video of Lihai University's previous years' competition, and compared it with the video of Fudo Peak's competition.In their view, the strength and tricks that Yukimura once showed are very illusory.

Could it be that this person, now, is really out of gold?

Of course they have thought about this kind of thing, after all, their own minister was sealed with at least 50.00% of his strength because of his injury.

"Even if he can't show his full strength, Yukimura Seiichi is still very strong." Kan said, "Li Haidai, all the strengths of the main election are comparable to Tezuka."

This is of course referring to Tezuka with an injured arm, but that's enough, none of them can beat Tezuka with an injured arm, can they?

And until now, Dashi really understood what is called "kingly temperament" and why that person was called "son of god".

Whether it's expression, temperament, or demeanor, he is clearly polite and gentle, but it just makes people feel that something is rushing towards him, heavier than a mountain rock, making people breathless.

The two sides lined up and began to say hello.

The pressure Dashi felt became more obvious.

He almost forgot what he was going to say in the suffocation.Speaking of which, at this time, as the representative of the team, what should he say?

"Please, please give me more advice. We want to compete with the champion Li Haida..."

No no no, what is he talking about!

"We are here to win! We, Qingxue, want to beat you, Lihai University! We must beat you!"

Ambition and promises to Tezuka led him to change his rhetoric.But even though he mustered up his courage, Oishi who yelled this sentence broke out in a cold sweat for a moment.He himself didn't understand what this unreasonable tension came from.

On the other hand, the handsome young man in a coat tilted his head with a smile: "Ah, I'm looking forward to it."

Of course, Yukimura has many ways to speak harshly, or to attack with words.For example, you are not qualified to say things like Tezuka in front of me.But that's not necessary.In other words, it is not as effective as the understatement of arrogance.

Qing Xue?

Both of them care so much...

Sanada is because of Tezuka. Although Liu didn't say anything, the data tennis practitioner wearing glasses on the opposite side is his former partner and young tame dye, right?And Nioh, who can't even tell why he cares, but...

Is it because of what you saw?

People with superpowers...

"We're looking forward to it," Yukimura said.

The pre-match etiquette ended in such a seemingly friendly atmosphere.Yukimura stayed on the field, went to greet coach Ryuzaki alone, and then sat on the coaching seat on the field.

"You can figure it out." He said to Marui and Kuwahara who were about to go on stage, "Do you wear the weight first?"

"Ah, two sophomores..." Marui chewed the bubble gum, "We won't lose!"

Liu's information gave them enough confidence and reaction speed.People in Qingxue probably wouldn't have imagined that Li Hai, who was so arrogant on the surface, did such an in-depth data analysis before the game.

Liu, who provided the information, included a full set of edited videotapes of possible opponents in addition to the basic physical values.The two sophomores on the opposite side are of course on the list.

and so--

"Gamewonby Tachikai, Marui Bunta, Kuwahara Jack, 6-2!"

Marui who left the stage showed a relieved expression.They insisted on not taking off the weight just now, and they were almost overturned. Fortunately, the uncontrolled return ball just hit the bottom line due to the wind.

Yukimura looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "Didn't you say you can figure it out?"

"Ah, you have to stick to it even if you take a gamble." Marui wiped his sweat, "It's true that I made some mistakes, but it's okay, I'm lucky."

"Luck alone is not enough, Bunta." Yukimura, who saw through the mystery, shook his head.He has never been in the habit of analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of the game and training people on the spot (in general, Sanada will do it on the spot anyway), so he just handed Marui a bottle of water: "Go back and rest first, and the specific analysis will be done after the game." Do."

"Yes."

Ryu and Yagyu, who had gone to warm up when they left the field, just returned.

Marui took out chocolates from his bag and exclaimed, "Amazing Liu, is this even good?"

Liu hooked the corners of his lips and did not speak.

Nioh looked at their backs, arched his back and lay on the armrest in front of him.

Marui chewed the chocolate: "What's the matter? Didn't you say something to Yagyu?"

"Ok?"

"Look at the face of the hedgehog with glasses on the opposite side. Wow, he must have never expected Renji to play in doubles one. They were quite famous junior doubles partners at the time, right? Kuni Kuwahara and I went to Tokyo to watch a few games when we were young , I have heard about their record." Marui snapped off another piece of chocolate, "It's so pitiful, that hedgehog head opposite. The feeling of being abandoned by a partner—"

"Why do you talk so much, can't you stop your mouth even if you eat?" King Ni tilted his head and lay on his arm, squinting at Marui.

Marui shrugged.

He just finished eating a bag of chocolates, gulped down a whole bottle of water, and took out a packet of wafers from his bag and opened it.

Nioh: "...beware of stomach pain after overeating after exercising."

"Me? I'm fine. Don't worry, my stomach is very strong." Marui said casually.

He unwrapped the wafer and looked at Nioh teasingly: "Don't you object? 'Abandoned by your partner'..."

"Hmph." King Ni closed his eyes and turned around again, his chin resting on his wrist, "I have no objection, isn't Liu Sheng responsible for infamy?"

"...worrying about you, I'm really out of my mind." Marui said.

On the field, the appearance of Liu Sheng and Liu made Qingxue fall into surprise for a while.

"Why...why Liu?" Kikumaru opened his eyes wide, "Didn't it mean that Yagyu and Nioh are regular partners?"

Gan flicked through his notebook with obvious anxiety: "From the beginning of the national competition last year to the first two rounds of the county competition and the Kanto competition, Li Hai had carefully arranged the order of the game, Nioh and Yagyu were both partners. I thought The order of appearance in a battle against Fudo Peak is just a tactic—"

"Agan, calm down." Fuji pressed Gan's wrist.

Dry fingers pinched his notebook, almost tearing the paper.

He thought he had calculated so many probabilities that he and the professor would meet in the second round of singles, but now...

hateful!

He raised his head and stared at Liu on the field.

Didn't you agree that you left in order to go further in singles? !

I can regard the doubles with Sanada as a tactic, but now... what is this? !

Are our feelings and doubles so insignificant? !

"Do it!"/"Do it senior!"

Buer and Kaitang's voices overlapped, and he took two deep breaths.He shook his head at his teammates who were looking at him worriedly, and went to tell Kikumaru and Oishi who were ready to play but still not in the mood.

"I don't have any information about Liu and Liu Sheng's partner here." His voice became calm again, although everyone knew that his heart was not, "I can only analyze the two players separately from the perspective of singles."

"Agan, don't worry, we..."

"We can win~ We are the golden combination meow~"

In the Kanto finals, the right to serve the ball was exchanged, so the first serve in the doubles one belongs to Li Haida.The referee's whistle blew, and the two parties who had greeted and shook hands in front of the net walked to their seats.

Yagyu chose the frontcourt.

In comparison, Liu, who plays data tennis, is obviously more suitable for the backcourt. Whether it is field control or defense, Liu is better than him.In the frontcourt, he can instead take advantage of the upper arm strength brought by his previous golf experience.

He hopes that in this game, he can find an answer.

He originally wanted to wait for King Ni to take the initiative, but he felt very boring after delaying for a while.Besides, it seemed very hypocritical for me to stubbornly wait for an answer at the same place.

As he lowered his body to prepare, he remembered a conversation not long after the main selection contest ended.

He didn't expect that Liu would remember it when he only vaguely mentioned it in the chat with Liu.He also didn't expect that Liu would make such a proposal.

"Would you like to try it out? Partner with someone else."

"There's no difference, is it? Marui-kun and I have also played doubles together."

"No, it's not the kind of partnering method that is not fundamentally different from the internal practice match. You know what I mean."

"I don't understand, Willow. You don't have to..."

"I'm calculating the best lineup for Li Hai." At that time, Liu's expression was a little cold, "Nioh is very strong now. Letting him continue to be passive in doubles is not good for Li Hai and himself. You Similarly, the combination with other people, including Marui-kun and Kuwahara-kun, will not be much worse than partnering with Nioh. The time you spend on cooperative training is not directly proportional to the strength you get in special training. This is A waste."

"I……"

"You know it yourself, right? How far is your ambition in tennis... Do you want to confirm it?" Liu Weiwei opened his eyes, "I don't mean to ask you to change partners. Liu Sheng, are you confused? What?"

Confused...?

Liu Yu clenched the racket in his hand.

"It's coming." Liu's tone behind him was very light, and his swing seemed very light.

However, the high-speed serve hit the center line of the opposite half hard.

"Wow, it's so fast!" Ju Wan took small steps and rushed to the ball's landing point quickly, "Look at me!"

Yagyu faced the incoming ball and hit the net directly.

At this time, he has an unprecedented offensive desire, half from the game itself, and half from behind.Not behind the field, but a little farther away, the people in the first row of spectators outside the field.

The people in the rest area must still be seated, and they might hide in their coats to avoid the sun, but——

Don't underestimate me!

"Laser beam!"

He has only just practiced the short-range laser beam in the frontcourt, but the control of the ball path is already very precise.

The tennis ball passed through the gap between Oishi and Kikumaru, like a yellow lightning bolt.

"15-0!"

"Radium...laser beams?"

"Too...too fast?!"

"Is Yagyu serious so soon?" Nioh slightly raised his head, feeling that his wrist was hurt by his chin, but his chin also hurt a little from being pressed against the lead weight, "Is the opponent still not ready?"

"Well, he looked very excited today." Marui crumpled the wafer bag and threw it into the trash bag.

King Ren turned his head to the side: "You finished eating so quickly?!"

Marui took out a bubble gum: "Yagyu is faster."

In the time it took them to say a few words, the second laser beam in the field had already scored.

Nioh returned his attention to the field.

It should be said that he has no way not to focus on the court.

too fast.

Both the people on the court and the audience outside the court felt that it was too fast.

The laser beam is too fast, and the timing of the laser beam is too...

"Backcourt!" Dashi gritted his teeth, "Panyue volley!"

If you can't beat back the laser beam, then avoid it!

? !

what? !

"Who made you think that I would deal with it better?" Liu waved his racket.His racket was down, lower than his knees, but the ball began to drop as soon as it passed the net.

"How is it possible?!" Gan outside the field opened his eyes wide, "Why..."

"'It's impossible to hit a slice with such a low posture'...Sorry, I think your main candidate, Mr. Qian, seems to have some misunderstandings about my strength." Liu Zhi stood up.

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 1-0!"

Dashi let out a long breath.

He turned his head and saw Gan with a pale face, and turned his head to see the calm opponent across the way.

"Oishi..." Kikumaru looked at him with worried eyes.

Oishi forced a smile: "It's okay, Eiji, we still have a chance of winning!"

Having said that, it didn't get any better after swapping courts and swapping possessions.

The jumping Kikumaru started the battle in front of the net with high-speed movement.

But Yagyu's short volley was beyond his expectation.

"Damn it, it's too heavy...!" He clasped his hands together and finally saved the ball, and the interrupted rhythm and the corresponding gap were quickly caught by the opponent.

"Here." Liu suddenly appeared on the other side of the net.

"? Two people blocked the Internet?! How is it possible?! Lian Er..."

"'Even though Lian Er runs very flexibly back and forth, he is a little slow to move left and right in front of the net'." Liu made a backhand volley, "How should I put it, I think your players have misunderstood me a lot."

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 2-0!"

"Senior Gan..." Liu's voice was not amplified on the court, but the court had already fallen into silence due to the too intense situation, so his two words could be clearly conveyed to Qingxue's rest area.

Several first-years looked at Gan worriedly, and Gan closed his notebook fiercely.

"Lian Er..." he murmured.

Liu Sheng couldn't help but look sideways at Liu's activity.

He frowned slightly when he switched places, thinking about this situation...why do he always feel...

Speaking of which, why did Liu suggest that two people try doubles? !

The third game was his serve.

Holding the tennis ball, he stood on the baseline much calmer.

In any case, this game... he will find the answer, and he will definitely win!

Snapped!

Tennis out of the box.

Yagyu didn't do much research on serving.The golf club experience made his arms, especially the forearms, not only stronger but also more flexible than ordinary people.

With a slight flick of his wrist, a little spin was added to the flying tennis ball.As a result, the ball path that originally showed an arc changed subtly in the middle, and became an asymmetrical arc.

"Oishi!" Kikumaru couldn't save the ball and shouted loudly.

"Don't worry, Eiji!" Oishi arrived at the tennis ball in time.

But when he caught the ball, he found that the spin on the ball was stronger than he expected.

"what?!"

Trying to control can only stabilize the racket, and the original volley has become a lob.

Oishi glanced at the position of the ball and accurately judged the most suitable way to play the ball.

Liu Sheng was there and the distance between Liu Sheng and him was also—

Ok?

Boom!

Tennis falls in the second half.

Dashi hesitated and took two steps, but was unable to save the ball because of a wrong shot.

"Oishi!" Kikumaru turned around.

"Eiji, I understand!" Dashi showed joy instead.

He thought, he found the weakness of this pair of seemingly powerful partners!

Yes, we are in a doubles match!

"Eiji, Australian formation!" Oishi shouted.

He found their winning side!

It's tacit understanding!

With such a good opportunity just now, as long as it is a partner who has cooperated for a while and practiced classic tactics, they can make a beautiful time difference smash.

But just now, Liu Sheng didn't step forward, but Liu Sheng completed the smash by himself!

Of course this doesn't mean anything, but...

Dashi calmed down.

In these years, he has often been overlooked and underestimated, but Kuniichi and Tezuka received special training from seniors, and later directly took over the position of deputy minister, he has an admirable game reading ability.

In the combination with Kikumaru, many people think that the leader will be Kikumaru.

But ah...

I also have my own pride!Oishi gripped the racket tightly.

"Eiji!"

"I see, Dashi!"

"Gamewonby Oishi, Kikumaru, 1-2!"

"Gamewonby Oishi, Kikumaru, 2-2!"

The game returned to a tie.

Such a situation made Liu Sheng frown involuntarily.

Liu stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Relax, you are too nervous."

"...I know." Liu Sheng nodded, "However, the one just now..."

"Ah, cooperate to block the line of sight?" Liu tilted his head, "Their tacit understanding is really good."

Tacit understanding?

It is not so much a tacit understanding, but a trust.

The style of play just now——

Kikumaru in the frontcourt keeps jumping to cover Oishi's ball path and the opponent's sight, while Oishi in the backcourt will not be restrained by his partner's blocking.

The timing was just right, and so was the rhythm of the two of them.

It's not difficult.Liu Yu quickly came to a judgment.

But he knew what was difficult.

It's trusting that you know your partner well enough that the opponent's ball will never hit you on the back of the head (and on the contrary, you can move your position to make way for the kickoff at the most appropriate time).Is it also because you believe that your partner can definitely do it, so you don't hesitate to point the back of the opponent's head?

Yagyu thought he might be able to do the second half.

He didn't hesitate to let him hit the back of Nioh's head.

"Did you find anything?" Liu stepped forward and asked.

Liu Sheng then walked towards the half-court position without turning back or pausing: "TOEFL."

He resumed his stance at the net.

Kikumaru on the opposite side stared at him fiercely, his eyes widened.

"For the time being, you did a good job." He heard Liu's voice behind him, and his tone was also cold, "However, everyone in Qingxue, even if you find our weakness... there is one thing that cannot be changed."

"Personal strength."

"In the face of absolute strength, cleverness is useless."

"What what?! You call this Xiaoshui?!" Kikumaru was so angry that he almost jumped up.No, he has indeed jumped up, "People like you can't understand the meaning of doubles!"

Does doubles mean... meaning?

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 3-2!"

"Gamewonby Oishi, Kikumaru, 3-3!"

What did Coach Ryuzaki say to Oishi and Kikumaru after the second draw.After returning to the field, Liu Sheng noticed that the aura of those two people had changed again.No, not so much that it has changed, but rather, it has become more similar.

Before, it was just the rhythm of the game, but now, even the rhythm of breathing, and the feeling when playing tennis...

"Dashi!"

Kikumaru who suddenly switched places with Oishi, and Oishi who suddenly started attacking in the frontcourt.

It's not limited to defense, it belongs to Vice Minister Qingxue's unique attack power.

Liu Sheng was shocked for a moment.

He thought, this feeling...

This feeling……

Synchronized!

Breathing and walking...? !

"It's useless." Liu intercepted the ball in the backcourt, "I said before, in the face of absolute strength, cleverness is useless."

Liu Sheng thinks you can just talk nonsense, do you really think this is cleverness?

In comparison, my own thoughts are considered clever.

But my question...

Liu Sheng closed his eyes and opened them again, and the speed of the laser beam doubled again.

I've got my answer!

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 4-3!"

"Gamewonby Oishi, Kikumaru, 4-4!"

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 5-4!"

"Gamewonby Oishi, Kikumaru, 5-5!"

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 6-5!"

"Gamewonby Yoo, Yagyu, 7-5!"

"Gamewonby Likai, Yanagi, Yagyu, 7-5!"

Yagyu took the towel from Yukimura when he left the stage.

"It's exaggerated, Liu." The minister with a gentle smile commented on Liu's lines, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"Don't say that, Yukimura." Liu smiled lightly.

They walked back to their seats, and Yagyu glanced at the vacant seats—Nioh who had gone to warm up hadn't returned yet.

"You did it on purpose." He turned his head and looked at Liu.

Liu did not refute this time.

He just looked up and looked across.

He can clearly describe the expression of the boy wearing thick-rimmed glasses.

Are you desperate, Sadaharu?

Still unwilling?

With such a mood, you who went to confront Sanada...

"In comparison, I think Nioh-kun is a good person." Yagyu said.

Liu shrugged: "That's not my purpose."