My Prince of Tennis has a high proficiency level.

"You're only in first grade?"

Yuki said with some surprise.

"Don't call me classmate. My name is Muromachi Juji, and I'm a member of the Yamabuki Tennis Club."

Muromachi chuckled, convinced he hadn't been too deliberate in his behavior. After all, he'd been much more low-key since losing to Shibukawa in the last school selection tournament.

"Oh, right."

Then, the three of them returned to the vicinity of the Yamabuki school gate. As if remembering something, Muromachi suddenly said, "I still don't know what your child's name is. Maybe I know him too."

"Um, that..."

Yuki was somewhat reluctant to speak.

She knew that Akutsu was infamous in Yamabuki, and seeing how confident the boy in front of her was, she was worried that he might scare someone.

"Can't I say? Then forget it."

Seeing that the other person was hesitant to speak, Muromachi did not press the matter.

just.

Just as they were about to enter Yamabuki, a cold voice suddenly rang out behind them.

"Hey, old woman, what are you doing here?"

Swish!

Upon hearing that familiar, cold voice, Muromachi instinctively became alert, like a mouse smelling a cat. Turning his head, he saw a gray-white, short-haired boy walking towards him with his hands in his pockets.

"A...Akuzu..."

Muromachi's mouth twitched.

This person was arguably the one he least wanted to face in the entire Yamabuki Tennis Club. Muromachi couldn't even imagine what would happen to him if he accidentally angered him.

"Wait, wait a minute!!"

Sudden.

Muromachi seemed to realize something and stared in astonishment at the short-haired, brown-haired woman next to him carrying a handbag.

"you you......"

"Aren."

Yuuki pouted, her eyes filled with dissatisfaction, and said, "I heard you're learning tennis, so I came to check it out. Oh, by the way, I almost had my bag stolen by a guy here just now, luckily this Muromachi-kun intervened..."

Swish!

next moment.

Akutsu's gaze then fell on Muromachi.

"No, it's nothing."

The latter was startled and quickly waved his hand, saying, "It's just a small matter, and I didn't help much."

At this moment, even his voice trembled as he spoke.

Are you kidding me?

That's Akutsu!

Muromachi was once a fearless young man, and others were afraid of Akutsu and dared not approach him. But he remained calm and tried to stand within two meters of the other person.

As a result, the moment Akutsu's gaze fell on him, Muromachi felt an extremely strong sense of danger, and a chill ran straight to the top of his head.

Even though the other person hadn't done anything, that one look from them sent Muromachi plummeting into an icy abyss. Muromachi, completely disregarding his pride, ran away as if fleeing.

result.

He just mistook Akutsu for one of those ordinary, unskilled team members. It's only because the opponent didn't see his performance that things went so well...

hiss!

Thinking of this, Muromachi couldn't help but shudder.

"Ah Ren, it's been a long time."

Yumi greeted Akutsu with a smile.

"Long time no see, Auntie."

Akutsu could call Yuki "old woman" without any hesitation, but he couldn't show the slightest disrespect to the woman who had helped him and his mother during their most difficult time.

"this......"

Muromachi's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw Akutsu's reaction.

This was the first time he had ever seen this fierce and unruly guy, known throughout Yamabuki for his arrogance, make such a polite greeting.

Muromachi even thought he was hallucinating.

"Let's go."

Yumi smiled and said, "Take me and your mother to see where you usually train."

"it is good."

Akutsu nodded, put his hands in his pockets, and walked ahead. Muromachi followed cautiously behind, afraid of attracting the other's attention.

"Humph."

Seeing Akutsu's attitude towards Yumi, Yuki pretended to be jealous and said with feigned dissatisfaction, "If only this kid were half as obedient as your Shin, Yumi-nee."

Ashin?

Muromachi, who caught the key words behind the two, felt his emotions, which had just calmed down, instantly turn turbulent again.

"No, really?"

Muromachi was completely dumbfounded.

In a single day, he actually displayed a sense of superiority in front of the mothers of the two strongest monsters in Yamabuki?

Luckily, no one saw it just now.

Otherwise, Muromachi would probably feel like the sky is falling.

...

Speechless all the way.

The group quickly arrived at the Yamabuki Tennis Club.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Before even entering, the crisp sound of balls hitting the shuttlecock could be heard. Looking around, despite it being the weekend, the tennis club was bustling with activity.

"here......"

Looking at the training session before her, Yumi couldn't help but compare it to the training of professional tennis players in her memory.

Although there is a significant gap in their professional skills, the spirit and energy of these young people are in no way inferior to those of the elite athletes from twenty years ago.

"We won't go in."

Standing outside the barbed wire fence, Yumi shook her head and said.

They were just there to watch their children train; if they went in directly, it would undoubtedly disrupt everyone's concentration.

"Keep it up, Xiao Shi!"

Yuki raised her fist to cheer on Muromachi.

"Okay, okay, I..."

Muromachi was about to respond when he caught a glimpse of Akutsu's cold, emotionless gaze, and he instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole being perking up in an instant.

He dared not linger any longer and strode into the stadium.

"call!"

Muromachi finally breathed a sigh of relief after arriving next to Yuta.

"what happened?"

Yuta looked over curiously.

Although they hadn't known each other for long, he knew his deskmate quite well. The other guy in the tennis club was always putting on an act, practically wanting everyone to believe he was the best player after the regular starters.

But now, it seems like they're being targeted by something terrifying.

"Did you encounter a snake on the road?"

“It’s even more terrifying than that.”

Muromachi shrank his neck and exhaled a breath of stale air, still feeling a lingering fear.

But he dared not talk about Akutsu behind his back, and no matter how Yuta asked, he just shook his head.

Seeing that Muromachi refused to tell him, Yuta lost interest. He picked up his racket and started practicing his swings. Muromachi changed his clothes, took out a racket from his tennis bag, and joined in.

Both of them are stubborn people.

Furthermore, Shibukawa and Mizuki intentionally cultivated a rivalry between the two. Before either of them actually advanced to the main draw, they were both unwilling to concede to each other.

For example, practicing swinging the racket.

If Yuta practices 100 times, Muromachi will have to practice 101 times.

Seeing Muromachi increase the number of repetitions, Yuta would also increase the number. This continued until both of them could no longer keep going, at which point they would stop.

Perhaps because he had just been targeted by Akutsu and felt that his safety was threatened, Muromachi swung his racket even more vigorously.

"What's wrong with you?"

Yuta was also affected and began to increase the speed of his swing.

The two were like two stubborn oxen, their horns locked together, refusing to let go until they were completely exhausted.

"Oh?"

soon.

Their situation was seen by a figure standing outside the barbed wire fence in a certain direction.

"Is that so?"

The figure in question is none other than Fuji, who entered Yamabuki early on, strolled around, and then entered the tennis club.

Seeing his younger brother training so intensely, he seemed to understand why his brother had improved so quickly during this period.

"Ok?"

Yuta quickly realized he was being stared at. But when he saw the figure outside the barbed wire fence, his expression subconsciously changed.

"what happened to you?"

Muromachi keenly noticed the change in the person next to him, and then he followed the other person's gaze to look outside.

"This person is... wait, is it that guy from earlier?"

Just one glance.

Muromachi immediately recognized the figure standing not far away as the mysterious man who had taken down the skateboarder robber with two balls outside the school earlier.

"Do you know?"

"Um... he's my brother."

"Your brother?"

"Wait, is he the legendary Seigaku genius... Fuji Syusuke?!"

Muromachi's voice rose several pitches.

"Fuji Syusuke?"

Hearing this, the others nearby all looked over. Soon, their attention also fell on the handsome young man with a smile on his face outside the barbed wire fence.

"Oh?"