The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 228: A tragic victory (man!)
"If Sanada and his team can't win this tie-break, the game is already lost."

In the Second Army camp, Yukimura Seiichi did not look good, and his eyes were full of worry.

At this point in the doubles match, the situation has become very clear.

Although Maori and Ochi were sweating profusely, their body functions were still in healthy condition.

On the other hand, it can be said that Sanada and Nioh have already tried their best and even performed beyond their expectations.

But even so, they are now at the end of their strength, and losing this tiebreak is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

"The first army scored, 1-0."

The referee announced the result of the first ball. Because Sanada had difficulty moving at the moment, no one took the ball.

Before the next goal, Niou, who was running out of energy, struggled to help Sanada to the front court.

"It's so embarrassing, the two of us..." Niou Masaharu said jokingly although his face was full of fatigue.

Sanada did not respond. He was silently enduring the pain in his knee and gritting his teeth to avoid showing his weak side.

"It seems that I will have to be the protagonist in the end."

After Niou Masaharu loosened his hands, he put the racket on his shoulder, and his relaxed tone contained a resolute attitude.

"what you up to?!"

Sanada could tell there was something behind his words, but he had no idea what he was planning.

Without immediately answering Sanada's question, Nioh walked back to the baseline and then said with a fox smile: "I just want to win this game."

As soon as he finished speaking, Niou Masaharu immediately made a serving motion and hit the tennis ball in his hand out.

A plain serve, and the ball speed is not fast.

However, Ochi Gekko, who was responsible for catching the ball, felt the super strong rotation force attached to the tennis ball at the moment he caught the ball.

The tennis ball quickly turned back and fell towards Niou Masaharu's side.

However, the tennis ball that was flying straight out suddenly turned to the outside while falling in mid-air and finally fell out of bounds.

"Out of bounds! The second team scores, 1 to 1!"

This scene made the audience look towards Niou, but they found that the place where he originally stood was no longer visible.

At this moment, the person standing on the field was "Tezuka Kunimitsu".

And under the feet of "Tezuka Kunimitsu", who was radiating the light of heaven, a huge cyclone rotating counterclockwise covered the entire half of the court.

"Nioh, you..."

Sanada turned his head with difficulty and looked at Tezuka behind him. The latter's face was as cold as an iceberg and said: "Next, I will make all the return balls go out of bounds."

Turning his gaze to the opponent's left arm, what caught Sanada's pupils was a large, red and swollen elbow that was beginning to show bruises.

"Ryoou, for the sake of our second army's victory, would actually go to such lengths..."

Fuji Shusuke's expression was somewhat moved. What he was thinking at this moment was, could it be that when Nioh creates phantoms of other people, he could also create the spiritual attributes of the phantom objects at the same time?

He thought his guess was correct, because the awareness shown by the King at the moment reminded him of someone.

"After spending so much time together, this is the first time I've seen Masaharu like this..."

Yagyu stared at Niou on the field for a long time. The other party's actions now made him feel particularly strange, but for some reason he was happy for his best friend.

While the middle school students had different thoughts, the tense situation on the court continued.

boom……

"The first army is leading, 17 to 16!"

boom……

"The second team scores, 22 to 22!"

boom……

"The first army scores, 35 to 35!"

boom……

"The Second Army is leading, 49 to 48!"

Tezuka, who launched the reverse field, single-handedly resisted the attacks of Mori and Ochi, tightly grasping the gap of that ball and preventing the opponent from ending the game.

"Niou! Niou!"

"Niou! Niou!"

“…” Niou Masaharu’s persistence earned him shouts of admiration from the junior high school students.

At this moment, there was no distinction between schools such as Rikkai University, Seigaku, Shitenhoji, etc., there was only the friendship of being comrades in the second army.

砰

Another tennis ball came flying at him, deviated from its original path, turned to the outside and landed out of bounds. Niou Masaharu once again defended against the opponent's attack.

The one-goal lead was maintained, but at this moment, Niou Masaharu, who was still standing there, suddenly leaned forward and fell to the ground.

"You finally can't hold on any longer? Looks like you don't really have to try your best."

On the other side, Mao Li felt relieved after seeing this scene, thinking that he had finally defeated the opponent.

This was good news for him and Ochi. Although they had already used far more than 60% of their strength up to now, it was not to this extent that they were using their full strength.

However, if the tie-break was not won, he couldn't be sure whether Ochi would directly use all his strength.

On the other side, Sanada, who had gotten a lot of breathing time, had now regained some ability to move.

He didn't have time to care about the fallen Nioh, and endured the pain and walked to the bottom line.

This ball is his serve. If he fails to serve smoothly, he will lose points directly.

Forcing himself to calm down, Sanada took a serving stance.

However, just as he was about to throw the ball, the synchronized light linking the two parties trembled slightly.

As if he suddenly received some signal, Sanada's body paused and he stopped serving. Then he glanced at Niou Masaharu who was lying in front of him, and pursed his lips secretly.

咻

He served the ball as if nothing had happened, and the tennis ball whizzed through the net like a gust of wind and fell straight towards Maori's feet.

The opponent turned his body, adjusted the angle of his racket and swung it, and as expected, he returned the serve.

In an instant, lightning flashed.

The pain had just eased a little, but Sanada fought back desperately with lightning speed.

"The final counterattack? As long as we block this ball..."

Maori calmly caught up with the direction where the lightning fell, grasped the handle of the racket with both hands and swung it vigorously, and the lightning was intercepted by him.

One ball, two balls, three balls, four balls...

The battle for this point was unusually long, and everyone's eyes in the stadium were focused on this crucial ball.

After hitting the tennis ball back again, Maori and Ochi looked at each other in tacit understanding. Under the same light, the two completed the exchange of information in an instant.

And the next moment, Sanada on the opposite side stepped on the lightning again and caught up with the return ball.

Suddenly, a black and red aura enveloped his entire body. Instead of fighting back with lightning speed, he hit an ordinary high-speed drive.

The tennis ball flies to the left half of the front court, where there is a defensive gap.

However, Maori's position was quick and he moved sideways to chase the tennis ball in an instant.

Click, there was a crisp sound coming from the shoulder, and Maori stretched out the racket with the maximum arm span.

"The black dragon slashes with one blow!"

Sanada hit the return ball and swung the racket in his hand in the air.

The tennis ball that was about to be blocked fell abnormally straight down and avoided the range of Maori's racket.

"Oops, I can't catch it! But luckily Ochi is in a good position so he should be able to react..."

Maori watched the tennis ball fall from under his racket and bounce backwards. After stopping its inertia, he immediately returned to the middle of the front court as if by muscle memory, waiting for the next step.

However, two breaths later, Maori still hadn't received the tennis ball hit back by Ochi behind him.

Sensing something was wrong, he immediately turned around and looked behind him, only to see Ochi Gekko standing on the right side of the backcourt baseline, looking expressionlessly at the tennis ball that had stopped rolling in the left area of ​​the backcourt.

Why is his partner standing there? Wasn't the message just conveyed to me to stand on the left side of the backcourt?
There was a lot of confusion in Maori's eyes, but Ochi Gekko seemed to have found the answer.

"We were tricked."

His finger pointed in a certain direction, and Maori looked in the direction of Ochi's finger.

Opposite them, Niou, who was lying on the ground, was lying there staring at them intently. A white ray of light came from his body and quietly connected with the synchronized light of the two without either of them noticing it before.

After being discovered, Niou Masaharu revealed his signature fox smile and said, "I heard your telepathic communication clearly."

“Puff——”

(End of this chapter)