[Xinwangwang] On that distant mountain

It rained for three days, and it didn't stop till the afternoon of Monday. It started to clear up on Tuesday, and the water level that had risen due to the rain gradually receded.

Maori lay on the table during the break and looked out the window at the poor tree branches that had lost most of their leaves, and twiddled the ballpoint pen with his fingers.

He doesn't have much preference for the weather, unlike some white-haired junior who wilts when he sees the sun.Being born in Kansai did not allow him to develop much love for the sun.

The only benefit of rainy days is that the temperature drops, right?

But the wet feeling is more uncomfortable than the dry feeling.

Fortunately, the weather cleared up, and most of the hot flashes subsided.

Plus, there's one more game to look forward to.

Yes, look forward to it.

Although Maori complained that he always met Nioh in the main selection competition, he did not look forward to playing against Nioh every time.If he was asked by senior Morikawa to play a first-year selection match with a first-year student in his second year of junior high school, and he accidentally lost in the end was the beginning of his fate with Nioh, then after that, they formed doubles and often had the opportunity to fight against each other. It must also be fate part of it.

This kind of experience makes Mao Li always have a feeling of "I have witnessed the growth of Xiao Niwang".

From the beginning, his physical strength was in a mess and his speed was not top-notch (he was definitely able to beat him because he was confused by "Phantom" and "Synchronization" at the time!), and even if he was always in the doubles position later, there was no The strength and aura that people can deny.

I don't know how the current strength of King Ren is progressing?

That kid progressed so fast in his first year of junior high school that it was unbelievable, but it seemed to slow down a little in his second year of junior high school?It may also be the bottleneck after the strength reaches a certain level.

With that guy's face not showing his face but his black history of being exhausted, hypoglycemia and fainting, he hasn't played a game for more than half a year, and he is in a situation where Yukimura is hospitalized, so he can't stand at ease behind the team no matter what...

What kind of face will you see King Ren?More powerful, with an updated look?

Maori was looking forward to it.

With a click, the ballpoint pen on the fingertips fell to the table.

Mao Li simply rolled the ballpoint pen to the corner of the table until it was stopped by the rubber.

He moved to a more comfortable position and lay on his side, his eyes still fixed on the few lonely branches and the few residual leaves fluttering in the wind.

Thinking of Xiao Niwang will lead to thinking of Ochi.

It's not a correlation, it's simply that these are the only doubles partners he's taken seriously so far.

...Ah, I used to play doubles with Yanagi and Marui, but that was purely a series of "Li Hai's order of appearance depends on drawing lots", and I didn't go through serious doubles training.

Although I still don't understand why Ochi-senpai directly asked to play a match before we officially met, and then directly issued a doubles invitation after the match, but Mori has to admit that he is very concerned about "I may be with Ochi-senpai in international competitions all the time." Doubles" was a more serious possibility than expected.

reason?

To sum it up, one aspect is like this: "Seniors' care" is addictive to some extent.

I've been someone else's senior for a long time, and occasionally I want to have the opportunity to be taken care of as a junior.

Mori thought he was a qualified and responsible senior when he was in the junior middle school (Liu: Senior, when you say this, think about the extent of your escaping from training and the effort Sanada spent to catch you who escaping from training. ), but after entering the high school, I didn't meet a reliable senior in the tennis club. It's really sad.

Jingle Bell.

The bell for class rang.

Maori straightened up slowly amid the ringing of the bell, and turned his gaze to the teacher who walked into the classroom with the handouts in his arms.

Then he thought, Xiao Renwang is really lucky to have such a good senior who is responsible and caring for his juniors like himself.

...Nioh, who was being nagged by him, shivered in class B of the third year: I always feel a little cold behind my back, puff~

Maori is very clear about the end time of training in the middle of the country.

It was rare for him to finish a full day of training on the tennis court in the high school. After checking the time, he jumped over the wall and went to the middle school next door, completely ignoring behind him. shout.

It's been so long, why hasn't he given up the idea of ​​making him a minister?With the frequency of his skipping training, do you still think he will be a competent minister? !And what about the other sophomores? !Is there no one who expresses dissatisfaction? !

This is not the Lihaida I am familiar with!

Mao Li climbed over the wall and thought: If I had known that I was being chased so urgently, I might as well have gone to the Middle School for joint training today.Anyway, Xiao Xingcun is not here, and others can't stop him.

After adapting to the U17's training load, Mao Li's physical fitness has indeed increased a lot in a short period of time, which is reflected in his daily life... is it because the movements over the wall are more agile?

Falling down from the fence, he patted the plaster on his hands, Mao Li looked at the surrounding scenery, and walked away familiar with the road.

When Nioh and Yagyu came after the training, Maori was feeding the cat with biscuits bought from a small shop nearby, and they still tasted like seaweed.

Nioh: ...Pfft, these cats look familiar, isn't it the one who fed the small dried fish last time but didn't show any face when Bi Lushi called the inspector teacher, so I almost didn't run away? How many?

Yagyu: (pushing glasses) These cats...doesn't it be better for him to stay away?

Mao Li, who heard the footsteps, was still squatting on the ground. He lazily threw a biscuit on the ground before turning his head: "Oh, long time no see, Little King Ren."

"It's not that long, only two weeks, senior." King Ren said.

He walked over, squatted down next to Mao Li, put away his smiling face, stared at the cats with faint eyes, and sighed melancholy: "Feed the unfamiliar little wild cats."

Cat licking biscuits: Mi... Meow~?

Molly chuckled.

In a squatting position (even if he is squatting, he is taller than Nioh, you know, because of the height itself), he pulled Nioh's pigtail before standing up.

He poured all the remaining biscuits on the ground, folded the packaging bag and stuffed it into the bag, and then stretched left and right: "Where is it not cooked, if you haven't brought them snacks every day since the beginning of the country , They don’t come in through the holes in the fence every day. The teacher has checked many stray cats.”

Nioh also stood up: "I brought them regular cat food, it's not like seniors who just take biscuits and feed them casually. Can cats eat biscuits casually?"

Maori hesitated for a moment: "Can't you eat it?"

"...Is it okay?" King Ni turned his head, "Yagyu? Do you know? Why are you standing there all the time?"

Liu Sheng, who always felt that his paw would be scratched if he got close, pushed his glasses and coughed: "It's fine for a healthy cat to eat some biscuits."

Mao Li clasped his hands together: "Then it's all right, these cats look very healthy."

Nioh: It looks dirty.

The three said goodbye to a few cats, and chatted casually on the way to Tokyo.Maori didn't say anything about U17 this time, and he still thinks it's better not to say too much about these things (besides, he doesn't know much himself).He just always felt that even if he didn't tell the white-haired juniors around him, he would know about it.Ah, want to pull his braid again.

Then we talked about Yukimura.

"I heard that Yukimura is going to be discharged from the hospital?" Mori said.

Nioh nodded: "This Friday, I can catch up with the finals of the Kanto Competition."

Mao Li smiled and said, "No wonder you are so impatient."

"Pfft~" Nio twitched his mouth and didn't answer directly, but Mao Li knew his guess was right by seeing his reaction.

Sure enough, he was impatient.

Is there a problem with the cooperation with Liu Sheng?

Mori took another look at Yagyu who was walking beside Nioh in a calm manner, and quickly denied this guess.

There will be no problems with the cooperation between Xiao Renwang and Xiao Liusheng.

Although he always teases Nioh with "Little Nioh, you gave up on me all the time and threw yourself into the arms of Xiaoyagyu", but Maori knows better that in the cooperation between Yagyu and Nioh, there is a chemical effect that he and Nioh cannot achieve. of.

Some time ago, he heard that King Ren and Liu Sheng had exchanged identities, which caused chaos in the regional competition and the Kanto competition.He and Nioh couldn't get this kind of thing out. (After all, the body shape is too different?)

However, Xiao Liusheng is also very hardworking if he can cooperate with Xiao Renwang to play so well.

But Mori knew what the real problem between Nioh and Yagyu was.

It is poor in strength.

It was Nioh who became the main pick in the first grade, and Yagyu who transferred from the golf club to the tennis club halfway. Everyone knows that they are not good enough.

Between doubles partners, the complementarity of technical characteristics and spiritual connection are very important, but the average strength is also very important.

In the beginning, the reason why he and Nioh could become a relatively fixed doubles partner was because of the above considerations.

At that time (in the first year of junior high school), Yukimura, Sanada and Morikawa seniors were not included in the doubles list due to the stability of the tennis club, and Aiba seniors and Yanagi seemed to have a good understanding of each other, so they formed a team of their own.Nioh himself said that he wanted to play doubles, so he and Aso-senpai were the only partners he could choose.Compared with the calm and protracted style of play of senior Aso, Nioh, who was a complete scumbag in physical fitness at the time, was of course more suitable for Mao Li.

At that time, although Maori lost the main selection competition, no one would really think that he could not beat Nioh.And it is true.

Nioh's shortcomings are too obvious, physical fitness, strength, and speed.As long as he is not affected by mental power tricks and prolongs the game time, Nioh himself will be powerless.

But that was then.

You must know that physical fitness, strength and speed are all basic abilities and can be practiced.Without these shortcomings, Mori is gradually uncertain whether he can really beat Nioh if he starts to compete seriously.

And what about Liu Sheng?

By the time Yoo Sung became the main candidate, the situation in the ministry had completely stabilized.All the seniors graduated, and Mori had no objection to Yukimura's authority in the ministry.At this time, there is no need to abide by the rules of "must be single" or "must be single".The problem is... who can play doubles with Yukimura Sanada?

Why don't these two form a group by themselves? ... If you do this, everyone will have to say that they are a waste of resources.

That being the case, what is the order of appearance?

Both Marui and Kuwahara lack something in singles, but they complement each other in doubles.The problem is that Kuwahara's position in the main election is still unstable.

Kirihara, a brat, doesn't need to think about doubles, he has to think about whether he can play singles.

Liu and Renwang can both play singles and doubles, and there is also Mao Li.

Several permutations and combinations that can play doubles also have six combinations?

How can it be that simple, the order of appearance should be considered, in addition to whether it is suitable or not, it is also necessary to evaluate whether such appearance in the game is beneficial or harmful to the players appearing.Li Haida's games always end in the first three games. Considering this, there is also the problem of the rotation of the third singles.

In the end, it was Nio who mentioned it, saying that Hiroshi and I should form a doubles team.

Yukimura asked, are you serious?

Nioh smiled and said of course he was serious, don't you know that Hiroshi joined the tennis club for me~

Yukimura smiled and nodded, saying it was true.But with Yagyu, you will have to work harder.Liu Sheng will also work very hard.

This said.

Where does the hard work come from?

Yagyu has never lost in singles in official matches.

Being able to stand firmly in the position of Lihai Taizheng, Yagyu's talent and strength in tennis are beyond doubt.

Fortunately, everyone understands what the village means.

When Yagyu's strength was not enough, Nioh was destined to check and make up for the gaps in many places.

And intuitively feel the difference in strength between his partner and himself on the field... How much pressure will Liu Sheng have?

Maori summed up everything and came to a conclusion.

Sure enough, King Ren and Liu Sheng are true love.

Xiao Renwang will not mention it, he would rather throw himself into the arms of Xiao Liusheng than to throw himself into the arms of Xiao Liusheng (Ningwang: Pooh, I said that it was the senior who went to play singles first, I did not give up!), Xiao Liu Sheng also disregarded the eyes of the world (Liu Sheng: ... I don't understand the logic of the senior) and withstood all the pressure to be with Xiao Ren Wang!

Ah, what a touching story!

Molly wiped a tear in his heart.

Then he brought Nioh and Yagyu into the Hyotei High School familiarly, and then turned left and right through the middle of the outdoor tennis court, and opened the door of the indoor tennis court with the key that Ochi gave and never took back. Door.

Inside the door, a tall senior with long bangs cast a seemingly indifferent look.

"This is Ochi-senpai." Mori said with a smile.

Nioh glanced at Maori with an indescribable expression, picked up his braids and complained: "Senior, I am used to looking at the top of other people's heads, how does it feel to suddenly need to look up at others?"

"..." Maori chose to rub Nio's hair vigorously, "I only know that you still need to look up at me!"

The author has something to say:

Accidentally ruined the interaction of the whole chapter.

I really love King Ni very much~

Make up Nioh's big event list: Feed the cat in school~