Prince of Tennis Fraudster

"Can't hold on any longer...?"

boom!

The tennis ball passed by him, and Yukimura nearly fell first. In the crucial moment, he used his racket to brace himself and barely managed to keep his body upright.

Niou was surrounded by darkness, but he sensed something was wrong from the sounds coming from the other side. He quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, cough..." Yukimura had just opened his mouth when he started coughing again.

Outside the stadium, Beiyuan suddenly said, "His body seems..."

call!

Niou was startled and quickly put away his racket. Having given up the match, he suppressed his negative emotions with all his might, and then his eyes lit up as he saw Yukimura's face.

A relapse of an old illness?!

Knowing the original story, he knew that Yukimura suffered from a mental illness. He fell ill last October and was discharged from the hospital after a period of treatment.

He rushed over and helped Yukimura up: "Are you alright?"

Beiyuan frowned and thought for a moment, then ran into the stadium as well.

"fine."

Yukimura shook his head, his eyes returning to normal. After glancing at Kitaen beside him, he closed his eyes and said, "Niou, promise me one thing!"

Niou's eyebrows twitched: "What?"

Kita-en, standing nearby, also looked at Yukimura with some confusion.

Promise me... lead Rikkai to a three-peat!

boom!

Beiyuan, who was standing nearby, felt a jolt in his mind and heard a buzzing sound in his ears.

What's going on? What did Yukimura say?

She looked up abruptly and saw King Ren, who seemed lost in thought. After a moment's thought, he said, "I will!"

Rikkai's three-peat was a bet between him and his father. Even without Yukimura saying so, he would have done it anyway.

"No!"

Yukimura suddenly opened his eyes, staring intently at Niou. But when he met Niou's clear eyes, his expression softened, and he said, "I know my own body..."

"really!"

A glint flashed in Kitaen's eyes; Yukimura's body indeed had a problem.

“I know very well that Sanada alone cannot keep things going without me…”

He had known Sanada for many years and knew his personality perfectly. Outwardly strong and domineering, Sanada actually carried a heavy burden. He was Emperor Sanada, and therefore had a reason not to lose. This factor, after Yukimura's departure, would be amplified to the extreme, restricting his actions.

Sanada may be a fierce general and a symbol of Rikkai's style, but he is not the one who can truly support Rikkai.

If we were to use people to describe the three giants of Rikkai, then Sanada would be the fist, Yanagi the brain, and Yukimura the spine that supports the entire team... If the spine is broken, Rikkai might not be left barely alive, but their path to the championship would definitely be much more risky.

After his first attack, Yukimura had a feeling that Rikkai would face a huge crisis if he were gone. But Niou's appearance gave him a glimmer of hope. The unpredictable and eccentric style he displayed in the recent match made him the perfect replacement after Yukimura's departure.

With Sanada's integrity, Yanagi's wisdom, and Niou's cunning, Rikkai will be invincible.

However, over the course of more than a month, Yukimura discovered a fatal flaw in Niou.

Niou has no feelings for Rikkai.

Unlike all the regulars and even non-regulars of Rikkai, they have an extremely strong sense of belonging to Rikkai. Rikkai is their home, their pride.

But Yukimura didn't see that in Niou.

And that was indeed the case. In Niou's heart, Rikkai was merely a starting point, a platform, for his new life. Although, during the process of their souls merging, he developed some sense of identification with Rikkai.

"Nioh..."

Yukimura looked at him and said solemnly, "Rikkai needs not only Sanada and Yanagi, but also you!"

His face was ashen, and he closed his eyes, two tears sliding down his cheeks. "Promise me, lead Rikkai to the top!"

A man doesn't easily shed tears!

Moreover, Yukimura is an extremely confident person who has rarely met his match in the past three years! The fact that he could go this far shows that the other party was indeed sincerely inviting him.

"call……"

Niou took a deep breath, a series of thoughts flashing through his mind, but in the end, they coalesced into a promise: "I promise you!"

After saying that, he suddenly felt a heavier weight on his shoulders. That was Rikkai's burden. From this moment on, he had to shoulder the responsibility of achieving a three-peat.

"Thank you!"

Yukimura smiled, stood up with difficulty, and with his wish fulfilled, he walked out of the court with his racket tucked in his arm.

"Ding!"

Yukimura's figure gradually receded into the distance, eventually disappearing from Niou's sight. For some reason, he suddenly felt a pang of sadness. At the same time, a system notification sounded in his mind.

"Congratulations, host, on completing the mission [The King's Trial]! Rating: S! Rewards: 50 Reputation, 5000 Points, and a fragment [Illusion]!"

Chapter Sixty-Four: Farewell [Seeking first subscriptions and self-subscriptions!]

"【Illusion】: Orange Fragment, one of the seven Trickster Fragments, increases the character's illusion level by 10%."

"Ding!"

"The system has detected that the skill [Phantom] and the fragment [Illusion] have 100% compatibility. Do you wish to fuse them?"

Upon hearing this, King Ren replied without hesitation, "Yes!"

"Ding!"

"Fusion successful. Skill Illusion upgraded to [Illusion] lv9 [Purple]. Current fusion progress: 2/7."

The illusion was enhanced once again, and Niou's senses became even clearer. Beside him, Kitaen sensed a change in Niou's demeanor, a newfound air of mystery.

"North Garden!"

Niou's sudden words startled Kitaen.

She suppressed her inner turmoil and asked, "What?"

"Stay."

Renwang looked at the girl and recalled how she had cried for him during the match. Those sobs enveloped him in negative emotions, yet deep down, a sliver of warmth remained within him.

"Compared to Hokkaido, Kanagawa is now the center of junior high school tennis."

He looked at Beiyuan, his deep brown eyes clear and innocent, which made the girl's heart flutter again.

"You know Yukimura's health. If he's hospitalized, then Rikkai will be without a manager."

"Isn't there still you?"

Kitaen turned his head away, trying to calm himself down, and said, "Didn't Yukimura entrust Rikkai to you? Sanada is the vice-captain, Yanagi is like the strategist, and aren't you the manager?"

"No time."

Niou narrowed his fox-like eyes slightly and smiled, "I'm a very lazy person, I don't have time to bother with those trivial matters."

"Oh?"

Bei Yuan suddenly raised her voice, turned to look at him and said, "So you mean you want to hire me to work for you?"

"Forehead……"

Renwang paused, scratching his head sheepishly. Under the influence of his illusion skill, he looked exactly like a clumsy, blundering fool, which made Beiyuan feel a surge of smugness. But just when she thought Renwang would say "no," he blinked and said, "Of course!"

"puff!"

Bei Yuan's momentum vanished. She glared at him angrily, then turned around and left without looking back.

"Oops, we've gone too far."

Renwang's expression changed, and he quickly said, "I was just teasing you..."

"Humph!"

Bei Yuan snorted coldly, turned around and looked at him, saying, "Admitting your mistake now? Too late!"

"No!"

Renwang hurriedly chased after her off the court, and the girl said again, "It's not impossible for me to agree to your request, unless you agree to one condition."

"What conditions?"

Bei Yuan pointed to the azure sea and said coldly, "Jump in!"

Pfft!

No sooner had he finished speaking than Niou leaped into the water.

“This idiot…” Bei Yuan gave a wry smile. “I was just joking…”

However, she waited for a long time, but the King of Kings did not appear. Her brows slowly furrowed.

thump! thump!

Just then, the water surface suddenly churned violently, with splashes rising continuously. Kitaen was startled, but still sneered, "Prince Niohuru, there's a limit to jokes, isn't there?"

But the next second, her pupils suddenly contracted.

The once azure sea slowly turned red, and the color deepened over time.

"Idiot! What's wrong with you? Don't scare me!"

Bei Yuan was startled and rushed to the shore. Looking at the increasingly reddish seawater, she bit her lip tightly, and a trace of blood seeped out.

bump!

She sat down on the ground, feeling utterly helpless, her heart filled with regret. The more she thought about it, the more she remembered the moments she had met Ren-ou, that frail figure who had stood resolutely in front of her, and her eyes suddenly reddened.

"No, I must save you."

Impulse overcame reason, and with a splash, she jumped into the sea, seemingly ready to die. However, as soon as she entered the water, she sensed something was wrong; the color and taste of the water…

Bei Yuan's eyes narrowed into a dangerous arc: "Ketchup!"

puff!