Net King Returns to the First Generation

"Have you split... the doubles on both sides?" Yuta blinked, "Then this game..."

"It will be interesting." Fuji said with a smile.

Judging from the team formation time, Rikai University’s Nioh and Yagyu formed last year, and achieved good results in the national competition. Ice Emperor’s Anato and Feng, although they formed after this year’s competition, However, they have fully demonstrated their tacit understanding in the match against Qingxue.From another point of view, after all, Nioh and Yagyu are the combination that surprised everyone with their consonance in the finals of this year's Kanto Tournament (although it seems that concordance is not difficult for Nioh?), so the arrangement of Coach Sakaki...

Fuji's smile deepened: It is really obvious at a glance who this arrangement is aimed at.

That being said, the third spot in the trials will be decided soon.

On the field, Feng, who was supposed to be warming up at halftime, showed a worrying state.

He lowered his head and held the racket, which was a bit difficult to accept: "Why...separate me from Anato-senpai?"

The person who made such a decision is the supervisor, and he has no way to stand in front of the supervisor and refute, but...but...but I...why do you want to separate me from Anato-senpai?

He clenched his racket more and more, but suddenly felt someone staring at him.

This kind of gaze was so existential that Feng couldn't help but raise his head, and was surprised to find that the person looking at him with a frightening look was his senior Anato.

"Senior Anato..." He couldn't help but read.

Anato-senpai, do you really want to fight me with all your strength?

Pre-match etiquette

Feng, who walked to the net, was still frowning slightly. He glanced at the acupuncture point across the face who was full of enthusiasm, hesitated for a while, and said: "Let's start."

"Let's fight with all our strength!" Anato said.

"Of course!" Feng gritted his teeth and replied.

Of course Nioh and Yagyu noticed Feng's awkward mood, but neither of them took it to heart.

Since both parties are partners for the first time, don't think about showing a tacit understanding.Besides, in this kind of selection camp where competition is everywhere, if you don't adjust your state well, isn't it yourself who suffers?

A duel in the name of doubles... At least, this is a good opportunity to fight?

"It's been more than a month since I played with you last time?" Liu Sheng pushed his glasses and said.

King Ni snorted and laughed: "Nonsense, the daily training before the camp..."

"That's just daily training, it's not the same as the definition of 'fighting', Nioh-kun."

"If you say that, I can't refute it." Nioh shrugged, "Have you waited for this opportunity for a long time, Yagyu-san?"

"That's right, it's been a long time." Liu Sheng put down his hand on the glasses, "Please give me your advice, Nioh-kun."

The conversation was not loud, and people outside the venue didn't hear it, and Feng, who was immersed in his own world, didn't pay attention, but Anato couldn't help but cast rather surprised looks at Yagyu and Nioh.

Nodding to Anato, Yagyu smiled politely: "I would also like to ask for your advice, Anato-kun."

"...Ah, please give me a lot of advice." Anato blinked and replied.

"It's a game to decide, Feng serves!"

Feng, who was already sweating before the game, took another look at Akatsuki who was standing on the baseline across the court, and then gritted his teeth and threw the tennis ball.

"One Ball Enter Soul!"

boom!

Boom—crack!

Boom!

"0-15!"

Feng opened his eyes wide, and turned around to look at the tennis ball that hit the baseline and rolled aside.

"As expected of an acupoint, the return of the ball is very smooth." Ruo Ren put his hands on his waist and said with a smile.

"After all, I have to practice returning that serve every day." Kawamura said, "If this continues, it will be bad for Feng, right?"

"Yes." Fuji replied with a smile.

Damn, such a serve was easily returned...

Feng clenched his fists in frustration, he opened his eyes, and was taken aback by the astonishingly lethal eyes cast from the opposite cave.

Too bad, if this goes on like this, you will definitely not win... Senior Anado's!Feng let out a heavy breath.

"One Ball Enter Soul!"

"0-30!"

This time I must...

"One Ball Enter Soul!"

Another time Akari hit back, Feng hurriedly caught up with the tennis ball, but...

"0-40!"

No net.

How could this be……

I want to win... I must win!

But if I win, Anato-senpai may be eliminated...

"Hey, have you been in a daze for too long?"

Feng was awakened by this sentence with a slightly rising ending and a strange accent, only to find that King Ni, who hadn't moved much in front of the net, turned his head and smiled, which could not be said to be kind or malicious: "If you don't serve again, you will be directly caught. The opponent will score for a serve error.”

!

hateful……

Feng clenched the tennis ball: At this moment, what am I still thinking about?

"One Ball Enter Soul!"

boom!

Snapped!

Boom!

"Gamewonby Yagyu, Anato, 1-0!"

"Feng he..." Hecun showed a puzzled expression, "The state is not right?"

"Hehe, it's because the opponent is the senior who has always been a partner, right?" Fuji chuckled, "It's really interesting, this match."

"Gamewonby Yagyu, Anato, 2-0!"

So quickly... lost two rounds?

In the end I... Damn it!

Feng couldn't help but waved his empty racket.

Of course, this scene was noticed by Anato from the opposite side: That guy, what are you still thinking at this time.

Compassion in training camp...is not going to work!

Does he understand it?

After the exchange of serves, it was Nioh's serve.

Glancing at the anxious Feng in front of him, and the high-spirited Anato and Yagyu on the opposite side, he touched the tennis ball, and suddenly tilted his head: "Have you cheered up? The first two rounds can be regarded as a warm-up."

"Warm up? Are you kidding me?" Anato shouted, frowning.

Liu Sheng pushed his glasses: "You are ashamed to say that you are warming up, but you didn't even move a step."

"Should I give you some sweetness first?" King Ni licked his lips, "Otherwise, it would be boring to win too quickly."

"Stop talking big!" Akane said.

Seeing that Lian Feng also turned his head and showed a disapproving expression, King Ren couldn't help but stroked his pigtails: "Hey, we are partners now, don't you keep staring at Akatsuki? Look at him again. I won’t come over and stand on the same half as you.”

"Senior Niwang, what are you talking about!" Feng, who was poked in the sore spot, couldn't help shouting.

"Pfft." No longer flirting with Ice Emperor's second-year student who seemed to have a poor mental quality, Nioh squinted his eyes: "There is something very interesting, I want to show you."

After he tossed the tennis ball to the ground a few times, he paused and threw the tennis ball in a rather high arc. After that, he lowered his waist, bounced up, swung the racket, and controlled the ball...

"This is……?!"

"The one Atobe typed yesterday...?!"

Amidst the exclamation of the people outside the court, the tennis ball slammed into the opposite field. It was behind the center line. After landing, it did not bounce, but stopped after drawing an arc along the ground.

Indeed, it was the exact same trajectory as the ball Atobe hit yesterday.

The sound of breaking through the air came after landing...

How fast is this ball? !

"15-0!"

"How about doing it again?" Facing Yagyu who couldn't see the change in expression and Anato who was obviously very surprised, the corners of Nioh's mouth curved even wider.

Again he tosses, dips, bounces, swings, holds the ball...

Swish!

bang, hiss—

"30-0!"

"How is it possible?! Atobe's move yesterday... No, it must be just a resemblance!" Anato couldn't believe what he saw.

no, definitely not...

Nioh can also hit the serve without bouncing, can't he? !This one must be just... more like it!

Thinking of this, he opened his eyes wide.

once again...

"40-0!"

"Gamewonby Nioh, Feng, 1-2!"

What the heck...

what's going on? !

The Ice Emperor's people couldn't believe it, and the others outside the arena also half-believed, but Yagyu knew this well: this move was probably indeed the one Atobe used yesterday.But... Nioh, did he use a similar trick?

Whether it is or not, it has nothing to do with him.

"You have shown enough limelight." Finally it was Yagyu's turn to serve, "Now, it's my turn."

"Hey, don't say that." King Ni laughed, "Let me see, how much progress have you made?"

"Don't sound like an instructor!"

Yagyu, who shot a laser beam, said so.

As soon as he made a shot, he quickly hit the net.

Seeing him coming up, Anato retreated reflexively, watching him and Nioh opposite him start an offensive and defensive battle of volleys and half-volleys in an instant: This... so fast? !

Indeed, tennis balls can only see a few afterimages of yellow in front of the net.

The sound of bang bang bang was endless.

Most of the people watching this scene did not react until after a while of attacking...

"Liu...how is Liu Sheng's net attack technique so good?" Ruoren asked in surprise.

"Hey, hey, you Chengcheng Shonan have played against them many times, didn't you know that Yagyu is an attacking player in front of the net?" I watched the final and listened to the annoying broken ears when the data was updated after that. The thoughtful Yuta folded his arms and said.

"The attacking type in front of the net?!" Ruoren couldn't help but pointed his finger at the court, "Since he is an attacking type in front of the net, why is he always a defender?"

"Aren't you ignorant of the difference between a forward and a defender?" Yuta, who only learned about this after that, said angrily.

Ruoren raised his hand and touched the back of his head: "Of course I know now!"

Forced to be co-tuned once by Nioh... I really know it without knowing it!

"Hehe, are you always a defender? Not necessarily." Fuji smiled and held his chin, "Nio and Yagyu's partners, who is 'Nioh' and who is 'Yagyu', isn't it uncertain?"

"In that case..." Ruoren blinked.

"Besides, if you look at it this way, Nioh's attacking skills in front of the net are not bad."

It's true that he's better at the baseline, but Nioh is a true all-court player.There is not much difference between the baseline and the net for him.It's just that Liu Sheng, who was fully fired, was so desperate that he was quite surprised, and in terms of movement and volleying skills in front of the net, he really didn't have an advantage.

"15-0!"

Nioh, who still missed the ball, stopped and wiped his sweat, turned his head and raised his eyebrows: "So serious?"

"You don't know how much I want to defeat you, Nioh-kun." Yagyu said.

"That's enough for the two of you." Anato walked up from the backcourt and couldn't help complaining, "I stood by and watched the first two rounds, and started to show off in the last round... Hey, this is How about a doubles match? Don’t play it like a singles match. Think about winning or losing with your opponent... also think about this, right?”

"Ah, I'm sorry." Liu Sheng turned sideways, "I'm a little too excited. I'll adjust it."

He took two steps, turned his head to Nioh who was still standing in front of the net and touched his braid, and said, "By the way, Nioh-sama, you should also pay more attention to your partner. One hit two... is a foul."

"Pfft." King Ren raised his eyebrows.

He looked back, and the second-year kid on the bottom line, Bingdi, still looked too entangled.

They have already fallen behind in the competition with the seniors, and they are not going to cheer up...?Oh, too kind too.

King Ren raised the corner of his mouth: "Hey, Feng."

"...What?" Feng on the bottom line raised his head.

"Even if you don't cheer up, I won't wait for you." King Ren deepened his smile at him, but it gave Feng the illusion that he saw a beast opening its mouth and showing its fangs: "Anyway, things like 'synchronization' I can also do it alone, I can't guarantee how I feel at that time."

"...I got it!" Feng gritted his teeth and replied, obviously remembering the miserable state of being unable to get out of the sequelae on the first day of the training camp and the next two days.

"What, why is Nioh so gentle to Bingdi's people? Did you remind me first?" Ruo Renhong twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Of course, right?" Fuji turned his head to the side, "Even we have heard about the good relationship between Li Haidai and Ice Tei."

"..." Ruo Renhong, who had nothing to say, had no choice but to turn his attention to the field again.

Feng, who has been suppressed by Anato, obviously cannot play a big role in the arena.

In the frontcourt, Nio protected most of the returns, showing a strange scene: he is obviously a forward, but he is doing the same job as a defender.Such a scene inexplicably made Yagyu somewhat nostalgic: In last year's game when his technical level was not rigorous enough, Nioh did just that.

Obviously he chose to stand in the frontcourt because he "hates passive defense and field control", and he will quickly make up for the loopholes when he finds them. This kind of guy who is full of lies...

That's the only time it makes people feel cute, right?

"Gamewonby Yagyu, Anato, 3-1!"

Exhaling a breath, King Ni raised his eyebrows and looked back at the score.

The moment he met his eyes, he unconsciously shouted, "Senior Nioh, don't be 'synchronized'!" Feng felt unbelievable and embarrassed the moment he said this, and his cheeks turned red instantly up.

What are you doing...

This sophomore...

King Ren couldn't help being surprised at Anato and said: "You Bingdi's people are also so simple?"

"What is it that our ice emperors are so innocent!" Anato said dissatisfiedly, "Chotaro is a good boy!"

"Yes, yes, good boy." King Ren laughed, and he waved his hand at Feng, "Since you are so unwilling...then I won't force it, puff."

"Anyway, besides 'synchronization', there are many ways to win."

He switched the racket to his right hand, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud: "Hey, Feng, I can actually phantom into an anato, and then perform the synchronization."

Huh? !

what? !

Unconsciously, the scene of himself and "Akari" appearing in his mind, Feng shamefully said: "Senior Niwang!"

"Puff, I won't tease you anymore." King Ni shrugged, he looked at Yagyu and Anato: "Then, who should we turn to?"

"The right hand..."

As his voice fell, it seemed that in the blink of an eye, the people on the field changed.

Before closing his eyes, he was still King Ni, but when he opened his eyes, he saw... Atobe? !

"Let's be intoxicated by my master's beauty."

Even the voice...? !

Is this Nioh's skill or the misleading of spiritual power? !

"This... is this the phantom of King Ni?!" Yuta opened his eyes wide.

"Yes, this is Nioh's phantom." Ruo Renhong said resentfully, "I only used it once in a singles match with me, and I haven't used it since then." After he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong: "Hey , does this mean that I am his important opponent?"

"How is it possible, you think too much." Yuta retorted.

"that is because……"

"Because it's not necessary." A voice came over.

The four people watching the battle turned around and found that it was Yukimura.

"Senior Yukimura?!" Yuta said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"Come and see their game." Yukimura replied.Looking at "Atobe" in the arena, he turned his head sideways: "Why didn't you use this trick later... It's not because you are his important opponent, Ruo Renjun."

"...Huh?" Ruo Renhong blinked.

"Because Nioh thinks that when standing on the doubles court as Yagyu's partner, only 'Nio Masaharu' can play the most role." Said Yukimura.

This sentence stunned the four people watching the battle.

After Nioh's phantom became a part of the track, the game almost became one-sided.

You must know that the Atobe who came out of the phantom is actually stronger than the current Atobe-Nioh’s template has always been other friends in the third year of high school, and he has continued to evolve as his own understanding of tennis deepens.The Atobe shown this time is still the result of his control and measurement.

So soon—

"Gamewonby Nioh, Feng, 6-3!"

"Tch, I actually lost." During the post-match etiquette, Anato held Feng's hand: "However, this is not because I lost to you!... At best, it means that Yagyu and I lost to you and Nioh. "

"Senior Anato..." Feng blinked.

"Why this expression?" Anato turned his head uncomfortably.

Contrary to the warm and awkward scene here, Yagyu and Nioh holding hands on the other side have a different atmosphere.

"This time, I won again~piyo~" Nioh said.

"Thank you for your advice." Liu Sheng squeezed King Ni's hand fiercely, "One day, I will defeat you."

"This line doesn't look like you at all, Yagyu." Nioh laughed.

Raising his hand and pushing his glasses, Liu Sheng let go of his clasped hands: "I can't help it, facing you, I can't be a 'gentleman' no matter what."

"It's as if you can be a 'gentleman' in front of other people." King Ni joked.

"Isn't it thanks to you that I became like this, King Ren?" Liu Sheng scoffed.

He paused for a moment: "That night, you said that the final of the Kanto Tournament was our last doubles match. Is it true?"

Upon hearing this, King Ren raised his hand and scratched his temples, and looked away: "Did I say that?"

I knew it.

Liu Sheng thought, so many of my entanglements or struggles are meaningless.

Facing a wayward guy like Nioh who is full of lies...

He let out a breath: "That's why I must beat you. You annoying guy."

"I took this sentence as a compliment, Yagyu-kun~" King Ni responded.

After the game, Feng couldn't bear the curiosity and confusion in his heart, so he went to find King Ni.

"Senior...why is it possible to decide the outcome with such a close partner?" Feng was puzzled, "You can use the words 'synchronization'...wouldn't it be sad to see the other party standing across the field?"

Nioh, who had a hard time making fun of Feng like this, thought about it, and replied: "Feng, the so-called doubles partner is a relationship that is both intimate and vigilant."

"Only by fully understanding each other can you connect with each other and play a good game on the court. In other words, you know all his tricks and all his weaknesses."

"There's an old saying that goes, 'The man who knows you best is often your enemy'."

"So, the moment you see him as an enemy, you get to know him better."

"Doubles partners are such a contradictory existence. Mutual trust and mutual dependence, mutual wariness and mutual competition. Only in this way can we make progress together."

He glanced at Feng: "But this explanation doesn't apply to you? After all, Anto is your close 'senior'."

"Senior King Ren!" Feng blushed.