At the end of May, the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference tournament started. As Rikkai's first-year ace, Kirihara was placed in the three important singles positions in all the Tokyo Metropolitan Conference games. He lived up to expectations and won 6:0 again and again.
Other schools are already paying close attention to Rikkai’s championship team, and many tennis magazines have reported on Rikkai’s unbeatable record. Therefore, Kirihara’s reputation can be regarded as one of the best among junior high school tennis players. started.
"Tezuka." Fuji placed the Tennis Weekly with Kirihara's page on the table, "This junior, do you still have an impression?"
" Yeah." Tezuka looked at the magazine through the lens and nodded, "In the finals of last year's national competition, Li Hai played against Makinofuji."
"That's right. Well, he was very excited when he saw it, and I even said, "You Hyotei people are very enthusiastic about Li Hai University's players," and Atobe didn't refute it. But now it seems that this junior is probably Li Hai from the beginning. He is from Hai Da.”
“He is a formidable opponent. As for which school he is from, it doesn’t make any difference to us.”
“Yes, yes. So~" Fuji flipped through two more pages of the weekly magazine, "This Nioh Masaharu has been very popular recently. He is a fraudster on the court and likes to play with his opponents."
Tezuka Kunimitsu. Looking at the sentence in the weekly magazine [often using words to stimulate opponents, causing them to lose control of their emotions, maybe this is a new tactic of fraudsters? ] I couldn’t help but recall the scene in last year’s national competition where Nioh phantomed into the Phoenix of Byodo-in and helped Makinofuji’s players awaken to the realm of selflessness.
Because of this incident, in Tezuka Kunimitsu's perception, Nioh has always been a strong and good-hearted player, an opponent he wants to defeat. So when faced with the comments about Nioh from reporters and players from other schools, Tezuka Kunimitsu subconsciously felt a little conflicted.
"He is very strong, there is no need to use such exciting tactics."
"Huh?" Fuji was a little surprised that Tezuka would inexplicably say such a sentence to defend Nioh Masaharu. He said, "No matter how strong you are, you can't help but have some bad taste~ You're right, do it."
Inui Sadaharu was hiding a few meters away and eavesdropped on the conversation between the two and recorded the data and was discovered: ...
At this time, I had no choice but to go out. I sighed, pretended to be nothing, walked up to Tezuka and Fuji coldly, opened my notes, and said: "According to the data, Nioh Masaharu has indeed been engaging in pranks, such as pretending to be their deputy director Genichiro Sanada to reprimand teachers for violating school rules, such as replacing teammates' chewing gum with prank props, etc. In addition, he often He takes time off, misses schoolwork and club work, and even when he goes to the court for training, he will tease his teammates and club members from time to time. Among them, he especially likes to tease the player named Marui Bunta."
After hearing the statistics of Qian, Fuji. Showing his usual gentle smile: "So, everyone has itIt's just that we don't understand him well and haven't discovered his bad taste before. But if we fight him more in the future, we may be able to experience it. ”
“Yeah. "Tezuka Kunimitsu turned away and responded lightly.
At this time, Qian changed the subject.
"However, such a person who sounds like a bad guy, in The reputation of Lihai University is actually very good. During my investigation, all the students in Tatsumi who were in the same grade as Niou Masaharu showed great concern for him. When they heard that I was a student from another school, they treated me like a jackal and warned me not to go. Taking advantage of Niou.
It took me a lot of effort to find a shy Rikkai student and get some words from him. In short, in his mouth, Nioh Masaharu is a gentle, kind, and kind person. A person who is responsible and excellent in all aspects.
As for the beginning of the metropolitan competition, Nioh often used words to stimulate his opponents and provoke their fighting spirit. The unanimous comment of the Rikkai audience was, "Nioh-kun is just telling the truth, what's the problem with this?" ? "That's probably it. "
After listening to Qian's words, Tezuka nodded and responded: "It is difficult for us to guess the true thoughts of others. We only need to know that he is a strong opponent, and that is enough. ”
July, Kanto Competition.
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For famous tennis schools, only the Kanto Competition is of this level The opponent is really worth paying attention to.
Ritsukai’s first match this year was against Tokyo’s Yamabuki Middle School. At this time, the rosters of most schools were almost the same as those of Nioh Masaharu’s most impressive one year later. The rosters overlap, and Yamabuki is no exception. However, at this time, Yamabuki still lacks a personality player who has greatly improved their overall strength-Aku Tsujin.
As usual, Niou and Yagyu. When they appeared as a double team, their opponents were the simple duo known as Yamabuki's first double team, the "Potato Heroes".
What these two are best at is cooperating perfectly with each other through secret codes, and passing them through. They used hints to induce their opponents, allowing them to be led by them unknowingly.
The tactics were simple, but they were always unfavorable. Unfortunately, they encountered Li Hai, the most cunning one among them. Nioh Masaharu and his hand-picked partner Hiroshi Yagyu
“Left, wrong! It's the right! "
On the court, Higashi Masami and Minami Kentaro were completely confused and ran around, but the tennis ball still landed firmly in their half of the court. The speed was so fast that they didn't notice at all. It was the referee's announcement that reminded them that they had lost the ball.
Opposite them, Yagyu stepped out from behind Nioh and said "kindly reminded": "Don't forget that this is a doubles match. , two people. ”
Only then did the two of them know, It turns out that the ball just now was not Nioh's counterattack at all, it turned out that Nioh was just fooling them from the front!
"I didn't expect that we, who always like to mislead our opponents, were misled instead."
"Puri," Nioh picked up the racket and raised his chin slightly, "It's just a ball of this level. If you can't catch it, it's better to admit defeat early."
"Nioh-kun is really sharp-tongued."
"Thank you for the compliment." But the game is far from over yet!"
"Then I will send you into the abyss of defeat!" Niou put down his racket, and as he moved, his muscles gradually became visible in the eyes of others. , His skin has also become a lot darker, and he has turned into another person in just one breath - Genichiro Sanada!
Twelve minutes later.
"Game 6-0, Tatekai Dainin and Yagyu won this game."
Nioh retreated from the phantom, revealing his true appearance, looking at the opponent and breathing heavily. The two of them said: "I told you to admit defeat a long time ago. What is the difference between the result now and the result?"
"Admit defeat?! What a joke!" Minami Kentaro raised his head to look at Nioh, full of fighting spirit. , "Next time I meet you, I will definitely defeat you!"
"Oh?" Nioh turned around and walked towards Yagyu, and said leisurely: "I don't think anyone in the middle school will You are my opponent, but I still look forward to your growth."