The Prince of Tennis - I'm Echizen Ryoma

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The narrator of this chapter is the protagonist, Sanada.Points of view conversion are marked with *.

Sunny morning.Tennis court surrounded by greenery.

With a sound of "snap", I smashed the ball into the dead corner. I picked up the racket and straightened the brim of my hat.

"Damn it, little one!" Kikumaru yelled unwillingly.

Hmph~ Although his teleportation is powerful, it is easy for me, a master of psychological warfare, to fool him on the court just because of his passion and curiosity.What's more, I know his exercise habits clearly~

"Okay! Let's run to the top of the mountain!" "Yes!"

After finishing the morning practice, we started the mountain exercise as usual.

"Qingxue——" "Come on! Come on! Come on!" We ran on the mountain trail with fresh air.

After running to the top of the mountain, Mrs. Ryuzaki assembled and spoke, "The training camp is coming to an end. Through this period of training, everyone has improved somewhat. Today, as a farewell party, a special training menu has been prepared."

"Special menu?" Everyone was surprised.

I think the training so far is very special, right?

Dashi took a few steps forward, "Listen up, everyone, the tennis checkpoint match is next."

He shook out a large map and explained, "Hold a racket and run cross-country according to the route. In the three levels marked with triangles, accept the test of strength, ball control and speed."

"Hey~ sounds interesting!" Kikumaru's eyes sparkled.

"It is very difficult to do cross-country running of this distance in this mountain." Gan began to analyze, "Especially if you want to get No.1."

I lifted my ears reflexively, and moved my feet back cautiously, "You said No.1? That is to say, there is the last one?"

"Ah!" Everyone who reacted was taken aback, except for Budu and Gan, everyone took three steps backwards.

"Is that again..."

With the attitude of a tortured and abused young daughter-in-law, everyone looked from bottom to top, aiming at Qian with twists and turns and resentment.

"Huh? What are you looking forward to?" Lifting the frame with white light shining, Qian's tone was abnormally gentle, "Do you want the 'good boy' drink so much?"

"No, no!" Except for Buer who smiled and said nothing, all of us shook our heads like rattles.

"I'm very sorry." Gan showed a sad expression that failed to meet expectations, "I didn't have time to prepare because of the rush of time."

"Ha—" Everyone let out a long breath in relief.

"... Horio and the others are ready for each level, the first to reach the finish line is the winner, let's go!" Dashi gave an order.

"Oh!"

"Burn it! Wow——" Kawamura, who was running ahead of the crowd waving his racket, suddenly fell while crossing a grass field, and the racket fell out of his hand, "It hurts!"

Looking carefully at the grass under his feet, he found some hemp ropes hidden inside.Everyone changed from running to walking, carefully searching and moving forward.

"Ah, racket, racket..." Kawamura lay down in the grass and looked around.

"Aron, let's go first~" "ByeBye~" Kikumaru Momoshiro gloated.

"It fell here." I scanned it with my eyes and easily found the racket not far away. I picked it up and threw it to Kawamura.

"My racket!" As soon as Kawamura took the racket, his arrogance rose, "I want to catch up! Burn it!" Using the racket as a knife, he cut off those annoying ropes one by one.However, his anger disappeared after doing so, but his speed was at the end.

"There is no road ahead." Taocheng stared at the rushing mountain stream blocking the road.

"Isn't it lost?" Kikumaru was puzzled.

"No, it's the right way." I looked at Katsuro who appeared on the other side of the mountain stream.

"The first level is ahead~" Katsuro waved his arms.

"How can we get there~" Taocheng raised his voice.

"Look at the vines around the tree." Katsuro pointed to the big tree beside us.

"Tree vines? Do you want to use this?" Haitang untied the tree vines, "Okay, try it!"

"I'll go first!" Ju Wan snatched the tree vine, then swung swiftly to the other side, "Yo he~"

"Damn it!" Seeing that we had swung past one by one, Haitang grabbed a tree vine and jumped hastily, "Wow—" the whole body hit the dirt wall on the other side, but fortunately he stretched out his arms in time to catch it. Edge, "Hiss—"

"Please wait a moment!" After running a few steps, Katsuro's voice came from a tall branch on the road ahead, "Test the speed in the first pass!" A tennis basket was hanging on the branch beside him.

"If you are ready, please raise your hands in order to signal. Then I will throw the ball, and I will sprint to catch the ball while throwing the ball to pass the test." Katsuro explained.

"OK, it's simple~" Kikumaru raised his pat at the starting line first, "I'm the first!"

"The distance here is about 25 meters from the landing point." Gan made an analysis, "If you don't sprint with all your strength within three seconds, you can't catch the ball."

"I'm starting~" Seated on the branch, Katsuro raised his right hand high.

Katsuro let go of his hand, and at the same time as the tennis ball fell, Kikumaru leaped out with lightning, and his figure teleported under the tree.

"Kiku, Kikumaru-senpai passed the level!" Shocked Katsuro almost fell off the branch.

"Ha, it's so easy~" Kikumaru made a triumphant "V" gesture and continued to move forward.

"As expected of Eiji~" Fuji smiled slightly.

"En. This level is easy for him." Qian agreed.

"The next one is me." Fuji raised his hand.However, his performance was a bit worse than Kikumaru's.The ball was caught, and the person staggered to the ground.I always feel that he seems a little weak-legged.

"In the 50-meter test, my speed was 7 seconds. I can't catch up with a full sprint within three seconds." Qian squatted down while nagging, and untied the ankle sleeve that put the lead weight on his foot, "But, Data is constantly evolving." - the masochist!

"Ah!" Amidst the shouting, Yi Gan finally caught the ball with the edge of the racket, and proudly raised his dusty face (it's strange how the lens can't be broken), "This is the training session. Let's make it~"

"I was still No.1 just now!" Kikumaru panted while running unwillingly behind us.He has good speed but poor stamina.

As a result, Kaitang and I were the first to reach the second level.

There are colorful empty cans on the grass, and Horio introduced from the side, "When you serve the ball, I will announce the color of the cans, and if you hit the cans of the said color, you will pass the level."

"Understood, let's start!" Haitang and I took a step forward at the same time.

"Hey, Echizen, I'm in front, right?" Kaitang reminded.

"It's me first." I emphasized.

"What did you say?!" Haitang stared, sparks flashed out of his eyes.

Taking those Martian lightnings and throwing them back, I stare back.At this time, there is no need to be polite to the senior.

"Ah, that..." Horio was sweating profusely, trying to persuade the fight.

"Worry!" Quickly shifting the target, Haitang yelled at him fiercely, "It's fine no matter what, let's start!"

＊After the morning practice, behind the Tennis Club Room of Lihai University Campus.

"Sanada-senpai, I like you! Please date me!" The girl bowed at ninety degrees, raised her arms high and handed a letter to my eyes with an indomitable momentum.

"Yeah—Kamikaze No. [-]~ bang." It was Wen Tai who spoke.Those small voices from the corner of the wall could not be hidden from my ears.I can clearly picture him shaking his head while chewing gum.The last sound must have been the bubble bursting.

"Sometimes I really admire girls' courage," Jigu said in a low voice with emotion.

"Are wooden figures more popular these days?" Yazhi muttered.

"This is Keiko Ozawa from the first grade, the new school belle." Hiroshi commented in a low voice, "Tsk tsk, poor thing~"

I didn't go to pick it up, I looked at her slightly trembling hand holding the letter, and said slowly, "You said, do you like me?"

"Yes!" The girl looked up.

At that moment, the face in front of him coincided with a certain scene in memory.In summer, the blooming spring, the curtain-like eyelashes, the amber pupils that are as clear as the morning sun, the eye-catching upturned corners, the soft lips decorated with pink double-petalled cherry blossoms...

"Then, give me a kiss." Leaning slightly, I pointed to my cheek.

"Hey?"

Simultaneously with the girl's shy whisper, there was a commotion in the corner of the wall.

"—OhmyGod! Is it the end of the world?!"

"Yusheng, quick, pinch me! I'm not dreaming!"

"Hush—don't yell, just watch obediently, Kuwahara!"

Closing my eyes and blushing, the girl kissed me lightly on the cheek.

Without moving, I straightened up, "I don't feel it."

"Huh?" The girl's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ah—" There was a collective gasp that could be heard from the corner of the wall.

"No feeling. So, sorry." Repeated blankly, turned and I strode away.