As various schools are in full swing for selection, time has come to May in a blink of an eye, and the journey to the new year's national tennis competition is about to begin with the regional preliminaries.
Tokyo, New Nippori Tennis Park.
Two o'clock in the afternoon...
The game belonging to Hyokui is arranged on Court No. 1 in the park. Today, their opponent in the first round will be Chiyo Academy.
At this time, outside the No. 1 court, there were already full of spectators, including some players from other schools, who came specifically to observe Hyokui's game.
Among them, Yanagi Tatekai and Ine Yamabuki were on the sidelines. They wanted to see if Kintaro Toyama, who was known as the "second Kami Shinichi", had the strength to fill the vacancy of Jusaburo Mori.
"The second round of the regional preliminaries will be held next, with Hyotei Academy facing off against Chiyo Academy."
"Invite both players to enter..."
Different from last year, this year's Hyotei contestants in the preliminaries, except for Toyama Kintaro, who is in the first army, the rest are all in the second army.
Even though it was the Hyōtei's Second Army that competed, their strength was not weak. Three of them, Hiyoshi, Feng, and Sugita, had even appeared in the national competition last year.
Their strength is enough to crush their opponents in the regional preliminaries. Kanna, the Hyokui Minister, is fully responsible for Hyokui's regional preliminaries this year as a temporary supervisor. As for the other members of Hyokui's first army, they stay in the school for training. .
Of course, Kanna's appearance on the court also caused a lot of commotion outside the court. After some hard work, Kanna calmed down the enthusiastic audience.
It wasn't until everything was over that the first round of the Ice Emperor's competition officially started.
First of all, Hyokui will appear in doubles 2, consisting of Hōchotaro and newcomer Kobayashi Zhaohui.
Bang…
Bang…
In just fifteen minutes, Feng used a gravity smash to completely end the first game, and the score was fixed at 6:0. Chiyo and the two only occasionally used the cooperation of Hyokui and the two in one or two small rounds. I made mistakes and scored one or two small points, but unfortunately, I didn't get any complete game.
For this result, Kanna, who serves as the temporary supervisor, is quite satisfied. After all, Kobayashi Chaohui's strength is at the level of the Tokyo Grand Prix. What really surprised Kanna was Houchotaro. Not only did his serve become sharper, but he also mastered it. The smashing skill.
And that's not all. Hochotaro's weak ability to withstand pressure now seems to have changed a lot. During the game, even if he made mistakes, he was still full of determination to win.
Following the victory in the first doubles match, the Ice Emperor's side had some stumbles in the second match. After all, the strength of this pair of teams was only at the top level of the Tokyo Conference.
Although the two Ice Emperor players were not strong, their opponents were even weaker. After a fierce battle, Ice Emperor's two-army combination won another victory for Ice Emperor with a score of 6:3.
Because it was the first round of Hyokui and had to be played in five games, Kanna assigned Hiyoshi and Sugita, who had experience in national competitions, to play singles three and two, and placed Kogane in singles one.
After a year of competition experience last year, Hiyoshi and Sugita's skills and mentality have become more mature. Against the opponents in the regional preliminaries, there were no mistakes during the entire competition.
Two scores of 6:0 gave the opponent a real bald head.
With Hiyoshi and Sugita winning the game respectively, Hyotei led with a big score of 4:0, and the first round of the game also came to the last game.
"The following will be a singles match between Hyotei Toyama Kintaro and Chiyo Academy Takahashi Ryoichi."
When the broadcast ended, everyone's eyes were fixed on Kintaro Toyama who was doing exaggerated warm-up movements on the sidelines.
After all, a person's name is like a tree's shadow. The fact that Ice Emperor paid a sky-high price to bring him in is enough to show how extraordinary this little guy is.
"Hey, it's finally my turn to appear."
Xiao Jin is very excited. After all, today is his first official competition in junior high school. Although his opponent does not look strong, if he can bring victory to the Ice Emperor like Brother Nobu and the others, Xiao Jin will still be very happy in his heart...
"Xiao Jin, come on, let's start from here and let everyone see how powerful you are, Kintaro Toyama." Looking at the excited Xiao Jin, the corners of Kanna's mouth turned up slightly, which was very similar to Echizen Ryoma's "Dragon King" smile.
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"Don't worry, Brother Xin." Xiao Jin patted his chest, grinned widely, and laughed loudly: "Before leaving Osaka, I promised Granny Shan that besides Brother Xin, I would be the best person in the world.
Strong tennis player.”
"Um…"
After listening to Kintaro Toyama's words, Kanna was very satisfied. This little guy was still a little worried because he knew that his brother Nobu was a monster.
Soon, the two walked onto the court and then started guessing...
"The game begins, Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro will take the lead in serving."
As the referee finished speaking, spies from various schools focused their attention on the court. Even Liu and Qian took out their data books and started collecting data.
Pa…pa…
Patting the tennis ball gently, Toyama Kintaro glanced at the opposite side, and then instantly released the tennis ball in his hand.
boom…
A crackling sound of hitting the ball resounded throughout the entire stadium. With a terrifying sound, the tennis ball shot directly from Kintaro Toyama's racket and turned into a golden light that hit the opposite half of the court at high speed.
Rumble…
The tennis ball landed on the ground, stirring up dust and smoke on the ground, and then quickly bounced up and flew out of the court...
Looking at Kintaro Toyama's terrifying serve, Ryoichi Takahashi, his opponent, could not react at all...
"15:0, scored by Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro."
"It's really a terrifying power."
As the referee finished speaking, Ryu Renji outside the court frowned. Although the red-haired boy on the court has not shown enough now, his power on the serve has surpassed him. He is regarded as the future Kirihara of Rikkai.
, this alone, the potential of this little guy is already strong enough.
As for Miki, who was not far away from Yanagi Renji, he lamented the strength of Toyama Kintaro, and at the same time silently compared Echizen Ryoma in the team with him, and found that in terms of strength, Echizen Ryoma and Toyama Kintaro were even better.
There is a considerable distance.
Bang…
"Game, score 1:0, Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro takes the lead."
Bang…
"Game, score 3:0, Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro takes the lead."
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As the game progressed, the score was quickly widened by Kintaro Toyama. At the same time, the talent he displayed shocked countless people outside the court.
Bang…
"Game, score 5:0, Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro takes the lead."
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Bang…
"0:40, Kintaro Toyama's final point."
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For only eight minutes, Xiao Jin did not allow his opponent to score any points. Even except for serving, Takahashi Ryoichi never had a chance to touch the tennis ball. As long as Kintaro Toyama scored another ball, his first official start in Hyokui
If you compete, you will win easily.
On the other side, Ryoichi Takahashi, who was standing in the service area, had completely lost his fighting spirit. His last serve seemed particularly weak.
Bang…
Looking at the tennis ball flying back, Toyama Kintaro suddenly remembered that before the game, he had promised Brother Nobu that he would show his strength in front of everyone.
So I saw him jumping high into the air, then holding up the racket, rolling in the air, aiming at the tennis ball, and letting out a loud shout.
Sharp explosions resounded throughout the stadium, and the tennis ball crashed down from the sky as if carrying a hurricane. Opposite Ryoichi Takahashi looked at this scene with a look of horror on his face. He stood there blankly, looking at the scene.
A terrifying tennis ball fell towards his half of the court...
Rumble…
When the tennis ball hit the ground, the entire court trembled, and a huge cloud of smoke covered the entire opposite half of the court...
After a long time, the dust and smoke were blown away by the wind, and the referee sitting on the high chair tremblingly announced the result:
"Beat... the game is over, the score is 6:0, Hyotei Academy Toyama Kintaro won."
"At the end of the game, Hyotei Academy won, with a total score of 5:0."
After the referee announced the result, most of the spectators outside the stadium were still immersed in the terrifying blow from Kintaro Toyama just now.
It was too violent and shocking. Fortunately, Kintaro Toyama did not hit his opponent, otherwise he would have been disabled even if he died...
"This boy is simply an out-and-out monster..."
Renji Yanagi and Sadaharu Inui on the sidelines looked shocked, looking at Kintaro Toyama on the court with solemn eyes...
This boy's strength may really replace the graduated Mori Juzaburo and become Hyōtei's new ace in the first grade...
Kanna, who has a sense of knowledge, had discovered Yanagi and Gan early. Now seeing the shocked expressions on their faces, Kanna couldn't help but chuckle slightly: "If you want to challenge the King of Ice, Tatekai Dai
It’s still far away from Yamabuki…”
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While Hyotei easily defeated his opponent in the regional preliminaries, Yamabuki, another giant in Tokyo, also arranged for a first-year player to play in the first round of the regional preliminaries in the singles position...
Bang…
"Game, score 6:0, won by Echizen Ryoma."
"At the end of the game, the total score is 5:0, and Yamabuki Middle School wins..."
As the referee finished speaking, the situation outside the stadium suddenly became extremely noisy...
"That first-year Yamabuki is so strong, but he didn't give the opponent any chance to score..."
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"The previous one was an external spin serve, but that one was served easily in the first grade..."
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Listening to the comments from the audience on the sidelines, Echizen Ryoma, who had always been in a quiet mood before, now returned to his pretentious nature once again. After looking at his opponent who was half-kneeling on the ground, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly, and said again
His catchphrase: "You're still far behind..."
Compared with the previous consecutive defeats, Echizen Ryoma feels that his tennis career after returning to China should be like this...
Then the sky cleared up and the rain stopped, and Echizen Ryoma felt that he was doing well again...
PS: The author went back to his hometown today and can only update two chapters of 6,000 words. Tomorrow there will be four chapters with 12,000 words to make up for it. There will be another update tonight...