The last day featured the tennis sport.
From the two opposing classes, they sent Ryuji and Asuna. Meanwhile from the other side, who advanced were Yukino and Ryunosuke.
This match was mixed doubles, where one set would determine the winner.
Ryunosuke's main goal was to try whether he, when activating "chuunibyou mode", could execute special moves from the Prince of Tennis anime.
He found a crucial point: as long as he entered chuunibyou mode, to some extent he could execute moves from anime.
From Diable Jambe, Leo Kick, even Rider Kick he could do. Even for high-level techniques like V3 Rotating Kick, he was confident he could do it, whatever the principle behind it.
Because of that, Ryunosuke wanted to experiment whether he could hit a Twist Serve or Snake Shot.
After all, he was a man, they always had childhood fantasies; who never dreamed of saving the world?
He even once fantasized about becoming King of Games (Yu-Gi-Oh) and playing shadow games that staked lives.
The essence was just one word: "Cool!"
Ryunosuke held a racket, wearing a Seigaku school uniform.
Clearly he had already entered his role.
Where did those clothes come from?
He ordered them specially last night with considerable overtime costs, until those clothes were finished in just one day.
Yukino, also holding a racket, walked closer. Seeing the clothes worn by Ryunosuke, she slightly furrowed her brows.
"Why are you wearing a Seigaku uniform?"
Ryunosuke was stunned hearing that question. "What did you say?"
He doubted whether he misheard. He had just heard the word "Seigaku" from Yukino's mouth.
Could there really be a Seigaku school in this world?
With a pounding heart, Ryunosuke waited for Yukino's answer.
Yukino crossed her arms. "Seigaku is one of the leading middle schools in our area."
"There was once a great player who stood at the world's peak like Nanjiro Echizen who came from there, so that school is very famous."
"You don't even know that?"
Yukino looked at him strangely, even suspecting this man was playing with her.
Considering Seigaku was very famous, how could he not know? If he didn't know, then why was he wearing their uniform?
Ryunosuke stood frozen, then immediately opened his phone to search for information, not even realizing the match had already started.
Seeing Ryunosuke was busy, Yukino didn't disturb him. She intended to face both opponents alone.
She was the arrogant Yukinoshita Yukino; she wouldn't be daunted just because her opponents numbered two.
Across, Ryuji and Asuna exchanged glances. They also didn't want to win by cheating or ganging up.
After discussing, Asuna decided to play one on one. After all they were fellow women, and Ryuji felt bad interfering, so he gave space.
The match that should have been mixed doubles changed to singles.
Yukino made the first serve. She jumped slightly, the tip of her foot left the ground, and her right hand swung the racket strongly. That was the standard position for Twist Serve.
Asuna utilized her speed advantage, had already arrived first at the ball's landing point and prepared to swing her racket. However, when the ball touched the ground, the ball didn't bounce in the direction it should, but in the opposite direction.
Reflexively Asuna tried to dodge. She tilted her head, and the ball narrowly grazed past her cheek.
"Fifteen all!" (Actually the initial score should be 15:0).
"Score for Yukinoshita Yukino, 15:0."
Asuna looked at Yukino with a serious gaze. She began intending to play seriously.
Yukino repeated the same trick, releasing Twist Serve once again. However, Asuna who was already vigilant tilted her head, moved the racket to her left hand, and hit the ball back very easily.
Just by seeing Twist Serve once, Asuna could immediately break it. Yukino was too shocked to chase the ball in time, resulting in her losing one point.
"15:15!"
Yukino regained consciousness, her gaze became much heavier.
This person was very strong!
She had to bring out all her abilities.
Yukino served again, still using Twist Serve as the opener. She almost used Ryoma's ultimate move as a regular attack.
Facing that serve, Asuna hit it back very skillfully. Clearly this move was no longer useful against her after being used once.
Yukino also realized that. She didn't plan to win only with that move. She immediately held the racket with both hands, moved forward, and made a beautiful drive shot in return.
Both exchanged attacks, neither wanted to yield. As time went on, this one rally alone had lasted half an hour. Yukino's energy began to drain, she began having difficulty following the game's rhythm.
Asuna saw an opening, jumped high, and released a sharp Vertical Smash. Yukino gripped the racket with both hands, trying to hit it back, but because of physical exhaustion that had been going on for a long time, she no longer had much energy left.
*SMACK!*
The sound of a racket falling was heard.
Yukino's racket flew out. She panted, clearly had reached her limit. She picked up her fallen racket slowly. Her leg steps felt floating, truly had run out of energy.
She forced herself to match her opponent, but stamina advantage was her weakness; she couldn't match Asuna.
Asuna's stamina was clearly far better. The proof was, until now she didn't even look out of breath, clearly Asuna was still holding back.
Yukino squeezed the tennis ball, feeling unwilling.
She, the great Yukinoshita Yukino, was actually being pitied by her opponent.
Embarrassing!
Yukino swung the racket with her remaining strength, the ball hit the net. Invalid shot. She breathed heavily, her energy was truly exhausted, even her consciousness was slightly blurred.
Asuna across couldn't bear to see it and tried to persuade.
"Your stamina isn't as good as mine, you'd better give up."
Yukino shook her head, her face still full of fighting spirit.
Seeing that, Asuna didn't persuade anymore. She intended to use all her strength to make her opponent leave the court so Yukino could rest.
On the other side, Ryunosuke finally finished checking data and sighed in relief.
"Thank goodness, no problem."
"Based on data, Nanjiro Echizen announced retirement two years ago. If seen from performance in the original work, Ryoma Echizen might have just been born two years ago, at most around 2 years old."
Meaning, even though he used moves from Prince of Tennis, no one would come demanding royalties or settling accounts with him. Ryunosuke felt relieved; now he had no more worries.
He looked up and saw Yukino who had run out of energy.
Currently, Yukino was already dizzy, even standing was almost unsteady.
Asuna didn't want to waste more time. She made a strong drive shot toward the dead corner. Yukino intended to intercept it, but her body wouldn't listen; forget stepping, moving one finger she couldn't. Currently, she had reached her limit.
Yukino ground her teeth, trying to step with difficulty to chase the ball.
Right at that moment, a black shadow shot out, sliding on the court surface in an extraordinary way, then jumped strongly and released a B-Drive!
The ball shot past Ryuji and Asuna's defense area, successfully scoring a point!
That person was Ryunosuke. His arrogant sentence was heard in everyone's ears:
"You still have a long way to go."
(Mada mada dane / You're still far from enough.)
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