The Strongest Player in Sports

Chapter 46 : Follow me to Seigaku (new book for collection)

“Oni Jujiro… finally found you!”

A hearty laugh came from a distance, and Oni Jujiro raised his head fiercely and looked in the direction of the sound.

Under the sunlight, a figure approached from far away, and finally appeared in front of him.

“Who are you?”

Oni Jujiro stood up, guarded the children behind him, and looked at the handsome boy in front of him.

“Tezuka Zongshen!”

“Tokyo Youth Gakuen Tennis Department Director!”

Zongshen looked at Oni Jujiro with a smile, and after searching for a long time, he finally found the righteous master.

“Tezuka Zongshen? Seigaku?”

Oni Jujiro frowned, and then quickly remembered who Zongshen was.

The super freshman who defeated Minister Makinofuji in the national competition last year was considered by the media as a genius once seen in a century.

But to the surprise of Oni Jujiro, Zongshen has become a minister.

“I don’t know what’s the matter with you?”

Oni Jujiro put down his vigilance a little, and looked at Zongshen with some confusion.

He didn’t believe that Zongshen would come to him for no reason.

“Don’t you ask me to sit down?”

Zongshen chuckled softly. The other party nodded after hearing it, and invited Zongshen to come to the grilled fish and gave Zongshen a grilled fish.

“Is Big Brother the head of the Tennis Department?”

“That must be great, right?”

“But compared to Brother Gui, Brother Gui must be more powerful, right?”

“Of course!”

As soon as Zongshen sat down, the children next to him looked at Zongshen curiously, their eyes gleaming.

“Now you can explain your intentions, right?”

Oni Jujiro spoke again, focusing on Zongshen.

“I’m looking for your Excellency this time, I just want to invite your Excellency to Seigaku and win this national championship with me!”

Zongshen did not conceal anything, and directly stated his purpose.

“Um?”

Oni Jujiro was stunned. He didn’t expect Zongshen to come to invite himself, but he shook his head quickly and refused directly: “I won’t leave Okayama Prefecture, so let your Excellency go for nothing!”

“Isn’t your dream to become Japan’s number one tennis player?”

Zongshen didn’t have any surprises. He knew that the other party would refuse: “Before I came to you, I had already gone to Okayama Oku Junior High School and defeated all Okayama Oku’s regular elections!”

“With all due respect, Okayama Oku has no hope of entering the national competition!”

“Even the hope of entering the Kansai Competition is slim!”

“In such a team, do you think you can achieve your goal of being No. 1 in Japan?”

A word came to everyone’s ears, and Oni Jujiro fell silent after hearing it.

His goal is indeed to become Japan’s number one tennis player, but the children in the warm alleys are the existence he can’t let go of.

Because of this, he joined the nearest Okayama Oku Junior High School just to be with the children.

“Brother Ghost is leaving us?”

When the little girl on the side heard Zongshen’s words, her happy smile was instantly filled with sadness, and there were teardrops in her eyes.

The other children became agitated when they heard this, and looked at Oni Jujiro one by one.

“Don’t worry, I won’t leave!”

Oni Jujiro comforted the children and shook his head decisively.

“These children are the reason you stayed in Okayama Oku, right?”

Seeing this, Zongshen turned his head to look at the children in front of him. He seemed to be talking to Oni Jujiro, and he seemed to be saying to these children: “Oni Jujiro is a dragon, Okayama Oku is talking about it, and staying talking about the dragon. It will never be able to soar into the sky!”

“Ghost, if you continue to stay in Okayama Okayama, you will only waste your talent!”

“You are indeed very strong now, but if you still stay in Okayama Okayama, then the gap between others and you will only get shorter and shorter!”

“The national competition is your stage!”

“There are masters such as Byōdōin Hōō and Tanegashima Shūji, and they are worthy of being your opponents!”

After speaking, Zongshen stopped speaking, but looked at Oni Jujiro, waiting for the other party’s response.

Oni Jujiro fell silent, and it was indeed what he longed for to fight the strong.

But whenever he thinks of the children’s laughter, this desire will be suppressed in his heart and he dare not express it.

“Brother Ghost…”

After hearing Zongshen’s words, the surrounding children looked at Oni Jujiro one by one.

When they were young, they had never thought about such a problem, and never thought that they would delay Oni Jujiro because of themselves.

“Don’t worry, I won’t leave!”

Oni Jujiro felt the children’s eyes and said quickly.

Zongshen didn’t feel any disappointment, but walked towards the beach with the racquet.

Coming to the beach, Zongshen squeezed the racquet and turned his head slightly.

At this moment, Zongshen’s eyes became extremely sharp.

“Ghost, you who are stuck here have no idea how wonderful the outside world is!”

“Now I will let you meet, the strong of the outside world!”*