Prince of Tennis Fraudster

"Hmm~"

Marui frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then suddenly his expression hardened, and he said nothing more.

Kirihara was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"Cough cough..."

A soft cough came from behind him, and Kirihara's face immediately fell as if he had eaten a bitter melon.

"Kirihara Akaya!"

"I see……"

Dejected, Kirihara lowered his head, walked to the table, picked up the bright green drink, and closed his eyes in anguish.

Glug, glug...

Snapped!

The person and the plastic cup fell to the ground together, and Bei Yuan waved his hand and said, "Drag them away..."

"Gudu..."

Seeing this, the people training on the other side put even more effort into their movements.

"call……"

With a slight sigh, Bei Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked towards the tennis club's private meeting room.

Chapter 53 Participating Team List [5/5, Please Subscribe!]

Sunlight streamed into the room through the glass curtain wall.

Spots of orange sunlight dotted the small space. A racket, net strings, scoreboard, and a tan jacket.

The most eye-catching item was a cabinet taller than a person, its glass panes gleaming, filled with trophies and medals. A red flag was placed on top of the cabinet.

'National Competition Winning School - Rikkai University Affiliated Junior High School'.

This is the private meeting room of Rikkai Tennis Club.

For three years, the dominance of the "Big Three" and the team's consistently top-ranking national performance, including a 15-year winning streak in the Kanto region and a 2-year national championship, led the school to change its policy and eliminate the position of the teacher specifically in charge of the tennis department.

Student self-governance!

Therefore, this place has only had one owner for the past three years - Yukimura Seiichi.

However, due to Yukimura's illness, the tennis club's management was handed over to Sanada. This place became Sanada's office and the location where the new Big Three discussed matters.

The sparse rays of the setting sun fell on a small conference table. Sanada sat in the main seat, his hands clasped together, and said in a deep voice, "Speak up, everyone."

On the table is the list of participants for the Zhang Guandong Competition.

The school facing off is none other than Hyotei Academy, currently the strongest school in Tokyo.

Upon hearing this, Liu Dao, with his eyes closed, said, "Hyotei is probably the strongest opponent we've encountered in this tournament. With Yukimura not here, we must consider all aspects carefully."

In the hearts of the Rikkai members, Seigaku was far less threatening than Hyotei. Of course, Niou was an exception.

Liu continued, "They have a national-level doubles team, several Kanto-level singles players, and the biggest threat is the captain, Atobe Keigo."

As he spoke, he glanced at Renou and said, "This Atobe, although arrogant in personality, is actually a national-level expert."

Upon hearing this, King Ren nodded, but a bitter smile crept across his face.

Yanagi was afraid that King Ni was unaware of Atobe's strength and would make a misjudgment. But he was the one among the three who knew Atobe's true strength best.

Sanada nodded and said seriously, "Although he is arrogant, his strength is quite formidable."

"Therefore, there are likely two possibilities regarding their appearance arrangements."

Liu said, "The first plan is the DDS plan, which focuses all our efforts on the doubles match, while we will arrange for our strongest player, Atobe, to win the singles match in one fell swoop."

"However, this solution is unlikely."

But then Liu rejected it.

He raised his head, his tightly closed eyes opening slightly, and said, "Atobe is arrogant and conceited; he would never choose a sneak attack tactic. He is more likely to choose the DSS plan, trying to win one doubles match and two singles matches."

"In that case..."

Sanada pondered for a moment and said, "I'll deal with Atobe. Which of you two will take on three of us in a one-on-one fight?"

Liu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, while Renwang resolutely declared, "Me!"

"Oh?"

The two looked at him in surprise, and Liu exclaimed in astonishment, "It seems that your title of 'Specialist in Killing the Third Place' will probably spread throughout the country soon."

"No!"

Niou shook his head and smiled, "My thoughts are exactly the opposite of yours. Atobe will choose the first option."

Sanada frowned: "Why?"

As the leader of the team, he could not allow the plan to deviate even slightly.

Niou blinked and said, "You really want to know?"

"Forehead……"

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Sanada, somewhat unable to bear Niou's unconventional personality, nodded indifferently.

"what!"

Niou smiled and said softly, "Intuition!"

Boom!

The conference room table slumped, and Liu stood up with a frown, walking out of the room. Niou followed behind him, avoiding the furious Sanada.

"Nioh..."

After the two left, a glint of light flashed in Sanada's eyes.

"What exactly do you know, and what are you trying to hide?"

The more Sanada interacted with Niou, the more he realized that Niou seemed to be hiding some secret. And the other's strange abilities made him feel uneasy.

"Tell me, why did you choose to play three-on-one?" Liu asked as he walked out of the room. "Don't try to fool me. I have basically got all the information you have."

The implication is that Niou's little tricks are ineffective against him.

"Aha..."

Niou chuckled dryly and said, "Sakaki Taro, the coach of the Hyotei tennis club, is the only one who can keep Atobe in check."

"He can't tolerate any injustice. He'd sacrifice everything for victory, including... Atobe's dignity!"

The singles third position is a position that a top player would never actively request.

"Is that so..."

Liu frowned slightly and nodded noncommittally. What Renwang said made some sense, but for someone skilled in data-driven tennis, it wasn't entirely convincing.

"His words have loopholes..."

"It's getting late, I should head back now. See you tomorrow."

Renwang waved his hand, slung his satchel over his shoulder, and together with Beiyuan, they gradually disappeared at the school gate.

"The list for tomorrow is out?"

"Ok!"

"By the way, what singles number are you playing?"

"three."

"puff……"

Beiyuan chuckled, looked Renwang over with interest, and said, "It seems everyone was right, your title of 'Specialist in Killing the Third Place' is about to become popular."

"Oh, right..."

After laughing, Bei Yuan frowned and said, "So it seems your opponent should be..."

Oshitari? Shishido? Or that newcomer Hiyoshi?

"Atobe!"

Niou spoke, his voice resolute, unlike his joking manner with Sanada in the conference room. Raising an eyebrow, a glint of light flashed in his eyes: "My opponent, 95% likely, is that Atobe Keigo!"

Aside from Hyotei's regular players, no one understood Atobe's personality better than him, and no one knew that Hyotei had more than one national-level doubles team.

Chapter 54 Semifinals [1/5, Please Subscribe!]

The following morning.

The Kanto Tournament venue, which had been quiet for a whole week, became lively again. The park was less crowded with young people wearing matching jackets, because today's main focus was only on four schools.

The two semi-final matches will be played simultaneously.

Rokkaku vs. Seigaku, Hyotei vs. Rikkai.

On the left side of the park, at court number 3, several members of Seigaku's support team frowned as they looked at the sparse crowd.

Horio, whose unibrow undulated, said, "What's going on? It's supposed to be the semi-finals, so why are there fewer people here than in the last match against Jōsei Shonan? Has no one gotten out of bed yet?"

"The match between Seigaku and Rokkaku will now begin. The first doubles match is 2, Seigaku Momoshiro and Kaidou..."

However, even when the Seigaku vs. Rokkaku match began, the audience remained pitifully small. This completely dashed the hopes of Horio and his two friends. Beside them, a cute girl with a ponytail said, "Um... when I came, I saw everyone had gone to another court."

"Another stadium..."

Horio rested his chin on his left hand as if deep in thought. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he exclaimed, "It's them!"

At the same time, he looked anxiously at Kawamura and said, "Senior, isn't that the match between Rikkai and Hyotei over there? Where's Inui-senpai? Quickly tell him to go and gather information!"

Both Hyotei and Rikkai are formidable opponents for Seigaku right now. This is especially true for first-year students like Horio, who have been hearing about the two schools' records and legends ever since they entered Seigaku; they are particularly anxious.

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing Horio's voice, Kawamura's lips twitched, and a hint of helplessness appeared on his honest face: "Well, he's already in the past..."

"Huh? It really is..."

Horio and the others then realized that Inui, who had just finished the pre-match friendship ceremony, had disappeared. Furthermore, the two reporters who had been inspecting and reporting on Seigaku were also nowhere to be seen.