The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 18: Fierce Fight! Battle Situation of Each Group
A week passed quickly, and today, after a day of classes, it was time for club activities.

Without any publicity, a large number of people have gathered around the Rikkai University tennis club's court.

As the champion of the national tournament, the internal group competition of the Rikkai University Tennis Club can be said to be no less than a small individual competition of the national tournament.

Without any delay, the group stage officially began as soon as the game time came.

In the Group A stadium, Bunta Marui and Masaharu Niou were already standing in their respective half zones.

The first match of Group A today is the much-anticipated match between the main players.

"Niou, since this concerns the elected seat, I will not show mercy!" Marui Fumita said seriously.

“Puff——”

Niou Masaharu smiled and did not respond to Marui Bunta, but his body was already in position to receive the ball.

"Bunta Marui vs. Masaharu Niou, the set ends, Bunta Marui serves"

As soon as the referee finished speaking, Marui Bunta decisively tossed the ball and served without hesitation.

"It's not a good idea to attack right away, Bunta."

Faced with the speeding tennis ball, Niou Masaharu reacted immediately, raised his racket and swung it, hitting back the opponent's serve and preventing the opponent from succeeding.

"Hmph, stop talking nonsense, you stinky fox."

As a player who is good at intercepting the ball at the net, Marui Bunta has an extremely keen sense of smell at the net.

He had already walked quickly to the net the moment the opponent hit the tennis ball back.

As soon as the tennis ball passed the net, he intercepted it, then adjusted the angle of the racket and swung it, and the tennis ball fell horizontally in front of Niou Masaharu's net.

At this time, Niou Masaharu was still in the back half of the court and had no chance to save the ball. He could only watch the ball hit the ground and bounce out of bounds.

"15 to 0"

After Marui Bunta scored the first point, he quickly returned to the serving area without saying a word, preparing for the next round of serving.

"Huh?! You're so proactive right from the start." Niou Masaharu raised his eyebrows.

In his opinion, Marui Bunta played too actively today, even more actively than in the national tournament.

Serving again, this time Niou Masaharu paid attention to Marui Bunta's small movements when receiving the ball. After seeing that the opponent was still serving and netting, he immediately hit the tennis ball high, forcing the opponent to retreat.

"Tsk~"

Marui Bunta had to retreat to receive the ball, but he was careful and held the racket with both hands to hit the tennis ball to the baseline in the opposite direction of Niou Masaharu's position.

Niou Masaharu originally wanted to try to volley the ball at the net, but when he saw that his plan was seen through, he took two steps forward and immediately moved sideways to get closer to the return position.

This time, because it was a backhand shot, Niou Masaharu's return shot lost some angle and speed.

Swish.

At some point, Marui Bunta had once again landed in front of the net. He swung the racket with one hand and quickly hit the flying tennis ball.

The tennis ball flew lightly to the top of the net at the center line, then stopped spinning and slowly rolled along the rope.

Finally, the tennis ball fell to the ground and landed in front of Niou Masaharu's net.

Secret skills, tightrope walking.

Marui Bunta scored again, and after retracting his hitting action, he made a scissors hand gesture.

30-0
40-0
...

Thanks to his performance in the first game, Marui Bunta successfully scored 1 point and the score quickly became 1-0.

"How about it, Niou? Are you shocked by this genius's magnificent ball skills?"

After winning the game, Marui Bunta was in a good mood. As long as he continued with the current momentum, it didn't seem difficult to win the game.

"It seems that I have to come up with something——"

Niou Masaharu sighed slightly. He originally wanted to hide it for a while longer. After all, he had just developed this move. But looking at the current situation, he was afraid that he could not hide it anymore.

Then, a black hat suddenly appeared in Niou Masaharu's hand.

"Bunta, don't be too lax~"

"Huh!? Why are you suddenly talking like Sanada—what!!" Marui Bunta wanted to complain about Niou Masaharu, but the next moment, his pupils were filled with shock.

There was no longer any Niou Masaharu in front of him. The person standing opposite him had become "Sanada Genichirō".

"Bunta, don't be careless!" "Sanada Genichirō" said in a deep voice, and then started to serve.

boom.

A gust of wind blew past Marui Bunta, and the "Sanada Genichirō" opposite him had already completed his serve.

Hiss——Are you kidding me?!
Cold sweat flowed down Marui Bunta's cheeks, and he felt like he was hallucinating.

……

On the other side, Group C.

Inside the court, Maya Yuuki stood at the baseline holding her racket, waiting for the referee, a member of the tennis club, to announce the start of the game.

Around him, some of Rikkai University's regular players who were not in the competition were also standing in the crowd.

"Wakayama Keita vs. Yuuki Maya, the game ends in one set."

"Wakayama Keita serves first."

As the referee announced the start of the game, the opponent standing opposite Maya Yuuki, who won the game of guessing the heads and tails and thus gained the right to serve, took a serving stance.

呯

The speed of this serve was as slow as a snail in Maya Yuuki's eyes. After the tennis ball bounced, he casually swung his racket and hit it back.

"15 to 0"

Many of the tennis club members who were watching did not even see the trajectory of the return ball, and by the time they reacted, Maya Yuuki had already scored.

30-0
40-0
1-0
……

After only four returns of the tennis ball, Maya Yuuki had already won the game.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the gap in strength between the two sides in this game is too huge, and they are not even in the same dimension.

Then it was Maya Yuuki's turn to serve. Without any hesitation, he used a simple serving action and four aces to easily win the game.

2-0
3-0
4-0
……

In just less than ten minutes, with the referee's announcement, Maya Yuuki won the game with a crushing score of 6-0.

When the two sides shook hands, his opponent showed a look of despair.

However, Maya Yuuki didn't care. She simply said "thank you for your hard work" and left the court.

This game was not even a warm-up for him, as he only hit 24 balls in total.

"This is too strong, this is the strength of Yuuki-senpai."

"It is said that in the finals of the national tournament last year, the opponent who played against Yuki-senpai didn't even have the courage to complete a full game."

"Too strong. Poor Ruoshan. He told me before that he must become a regular player this year..."

"I wonder who will win the match against Vice Minister Sanada. I really want to see it soon."

"..."

Maya Yuuki's strong performance sparked heated discussions among the onlookers, and made many second-year members sigh at how strong last year's regulars were.

In the crowd, Yanagi Renji, who had watched the entire game, had a serious expression on his face.

Beside him, Jack Sangyuan asked in a deep voice: "Liu, what was the speed of his serve just now?"

"Probably around 210-215, but you should also be aware that looking at his current condition, this is definitely not his full strength."

At this time, Yanagi Renji established a preliminary data model for the speed of Yuuki Maya's serve just now.

Compared to the strength shown by Maya Yuuki last year, we can get a glimpse of the opponent from this serve. This year's opponent seems to be even more terrifying.

You know, he has seen many players who are famous for their serves, but their serve speed is not as fast as Yuuki Maya's ordinary serve.

But just this kind of serve was extremely troublesome even for Yanagi Renji himself to deal with.

And this is obviously not all that Yuuki Maya can do. The opponent's skills that she is good at were not used at all.

"How much more is this monster hiding..."

Yanagi Renji closed his notebook and sighed helplessly.

(End of this chapter)