The Prince of Tennis: The Quincy of Rikkai University

Chapter 284 vs Spain, Doubles Confrontation
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. The U17 World Cup quarter-finals are about to begin - the match between the Spanish team and the Japanese team!"

Inside the conference hall, the announcement was heard throughout the room.

The game hasn't even started yet, but the heated atmosphere has already reached its peak.

After the Japanese team defeated the French team two days ago, the popularity of this game has reached an unprecedented level.

The tickets were sold out immediately after being open for sale for only ten minutes, with scalpers even driving up the prices to sky-high levels.

"Neon! Neon!"

"Neon! Neon!"

"Spain! Spain!"

"Spain! Spain!"

The cheers kept coming one after another. After Yuki and others achieved amazing results, their supporters increased from just a few to now being able to compete with the supporters of Spain.

And when Maya Yuuki and others walked out of the contestant channel, loud cheers from all directions came at them like a surging tide.

"Hmm, I'm a little nervous."

Fuji Shusuke squinted his eyes, turned his head and looked around, chuckling slightly.

To be honest, he was actually quite surprised that the coaching staff would arrange for him to play in the singles position.

After all, the team is full of strong players, and there are only three seats for singles. Originally, Fuji Shusuke thought that being able to play in doubles was already his limit.

"It shows that the coaching staff has noticed your progress, hasn't it?"

Yuuki Maya smiled faintly and said that he would not tell the other party that this was his suggestion to the coaching staff.

However, there is one thing he did not lie about, that is, Fuji Shusuke has indeed been one of the hardest-working members in training since he joined the team after losing to Tezuka Kunimitsu again in the exhibition match.

Maya Yuuki also wanted to know how terrifying a diligent genius was.

"Yeah, I can't let the coaching staff down."

A smile appeared on Fuji Shusuke's face again, and he secretly made up his mind that in today's game, he would show all his hard work during this period.

While walking and talking, Yuki and the other seven main players today had already arrived at the center of the tennis court.

Opposite him, the players of the Spanish team also stood in front of the net almost at the same time.

The two sides stared at each other across the net, with a strong sense of tension.

"Bidaoin, I've long heard of your name." The captain of the Spanish team, Medanore, said with a sluggish face.

"Hmph, stop talking nonsense and show us your true colors!" Byodoin Phoenix did not intend to say much.

On the other side, Kintaro Toyama, who was standing next to Yuki, looked like he had seen something extraordinary, his eyes widened.

"Hey! Yuuki, look, why is there a big sister mixed in with the team on the opposite side!"

Kintaro Toyama secretly pulled Maya Yuuki's clothes, his expression startled.

"The event staff won't make the mistake of gender, so that guy probably just likes to wear women's uniforms..."

Maya Yuuki glanced at the long-haired player wearing a short skirt opposite him. He actually didn't know how to explain this special dressing habit in detail to a simple kid like Kintaro.

"Eh~ Although I don't quite understand it, it seems pretty amazing!" Toyama Kintaro sighed with an expression that seemed to understand.

The pre-match salute ended quickly, and both sides left the tennis court one after another and came to their respective preparation areas.

Then, the referee who had already taken his seat shouted, "Please enter the arena immediately, the players participating in the doubles match!"

As soon as the words fell, two figures walked out from the preparation areas of the two teams.

And when the players from both teams came on the field, the cheers that had almost disappeared in the venue immediately erupted again.

Kintaro Toyama looked up and around as he walked. At this moment, he was feeling very excited.

"Why are you shaking, Kintaro?" Kijujiro, who was walking behind him, noticed something was wrong with his partner and asked with concern.

"It's nothing, Uncle Ghost, I just--a little too excited!"

Kintaro Toyama grinned, then glanced at the somewhat old racket in his hand.

"Granny Sugi, I am now standing on the top of the world..."

After suppressing his excitement, Toyama Kintaro walked to the net with a smile on his face and stood there, waiting for the referee's next signal.

On the other side of him, the Spanish doubles had also arrived at the net, locking eyes with Kintaro and Kijujiro.

"Now we begin the first doubles match between Spain's Mars de Colón and Seda and Japan's Oni Jujiro and Toyama Kintaro."

"It's a best of three game format. The first game of the first set will be served by the Spanish team!"

The players on both sides didn't have to wait long. After a while, the referee announced the start of the fight.

The players on both sides immediately retreated to their respective positions. Mars stood at the baseline, ruffled her hair, and made a reserved serving gesture.

He was not in a hurry to serve, but instead looked at Kintaro who was standing on the opposite side and was responsible for receiving the first serve, and then he slowly threw the tennis ball in his hand.

"Target——locked~"

As Mars spoke briskly, the racket had already hit the falling tennis ball.

砰

The sound of the ball hitting the ground was very loud, but the speed of the flying tennis ball was not very fast.

At least, in Kintaro's eyes, the serve looked as slow as if it were still.

"It's very simple!"

He stretched his body and jumped up. After the tennis ball bounced off the ground, he found a high hitting point and swung the racket to hit back.

However, at the moment when Kintaro hit the tennis ball, he felt the entire racket vibrating wildly, and his wrist was extremely uncomfortable.

"Oops! I can't move my wrist holding the racket!"

Kintaro's expression changed, and at this moment his entire right arm was shaking constantly, as if it had entered a paralyzed state.

But what is more dangerous at the moment is that although the tennis ball has been returned by him, the opponent's Seda has already positioned himself in the front court, cutting off the return route.

When the return ball crossed the net, Seda simply backhanded it and let the ball go.

"15 to 0!"

Even though Kintaro ran to catch up, he could only watch the tennis ball fall to the ground. Because his arm was paralyzed, he was unable to swing the racket normally to catch the ball.

"Biu~ Be careful of my sniper."

Mars made a pistol gesture with his left hand and posed, looking very relaxed.

On the other side, a moment later Kintaro discovered that his arm, which had been unable to lift, suddenly recovered.

After shaking his arms, he took a deep look at Mars who had already walked back to the baseline.

"Uncle Ghost, that guy's serve is so powerful, you better be careful later!" Kintaro reminded seriously.

Kijujiro's eyes were deep, and he naturally noticed the unusualness of the serve just now.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Kijujiro gave Kintaro a reassuring look and then took position to receive the ball.

The opponent was just trying out the last shot.

This game hasn't really started yet.

(End of this chapter)