Chapter 121

And those who didn’t drink it had a wonderful, relaxing day!

Kamishiro Aki was very glad he didn’t drink it and could relax properly.

Swimming, sunbathing, a comfortable day passed.

Three days later, Kamishiro Aki, who had just woken up, received an invitation to the youth selection tournament!

Youth selection tournament, interesting!

It was indeed the timeline from the anime.

Kamishiro Aki was still looking forward to it.

Afterward, he looked at the invitation.

The result wasn’t inviting him to be a player.

But inviting him to be a coach.

Hmm…

It turned out to be such a situation.

Behind the invitation was the candidate list for this youth selection tournament.

As the Kanto Tournament champion, all of Hyotei could participate.

Next was Seigaku.

Tezuka Kunimitsu’s name was on the list!

This time, he was actually participating as a player!

Interesting, but that was all.

If Kamishiro Aki couldn’t play, he couldn’t get points.

Without points, Kamishiro Aki didn’t think there was any comparison to participating in this youth selection tournament.

After all, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Atobe Keigo, and Sanada Genichiro were there.

He wasn’t afraid of not being able to beat the people from the American side.

No, they definitely wouldn’t lose.

But it wouldn’t be good to refuse the invitation to the youth selection tournament.

Unless there was a better reason.

Just then, Kamishiro Aki received another invitation.

And this invitation was much more important than the youth selection tournament!

This was an invitation to the U-17 trial match!

The opponent was Oni Jujiro!

Good heavens!

It seemed he had been watched by the U-17 side all along.

But it would be hard not to attract attention.

He won every match and directly agreed to Atobe Keigo to become Hyotei’s new king.

It was estimated that this news had spread long ago.

However, this made Kamishiro Aki somewhat puzzled.

Tezuka Kunimitsu had already received an invitation to the German professional tennis youth training.

And why hadn’t he received one until now?

Could it really be that he was missing a national championship title?

But thinking about it carefully, that wasn’t right; Tezuka Kunimitsu didn’t have a national championship trophy either!

Conversely, Rikkai, which had won two consecutive national championships, had never received an invitation to professional youth training.

Yukimura Seiichi should be considered a very strong player, but he still hadn’t received a professional invitation.

Therefore, Kamishiro Aki reached a conclusion.

That was that Tezuka Kunimitsu had connections.

Similarly, Echizen Ryoma going to the American side later was also because of his brother’s introduction.

So, if Kamishiro Aki wanted to play professionally.

He must participate in this U-17 trial match.

After making up his mind, Kamishiro Aki decided to participate in the U-17 trial match.

As for the youth selection tournament, let Tezuka Kunimitsu and the others show off their power.

Five days later, the youth selection tournament officially began.

Everyone gathered at the training camp location.

Seigaku came with four people.

They were Tezuka Kunimitsu, Fuji Syusuke, Echizen Ryoma, and Inui Sadaharu.

This was selected based on the school ranking tournament.

Yamabuki Middle School came with two.

They were Sengoku Kiyosumi and Akutsu Jin!

It had to be said that when everyone knew Akutsu Jin had come here, they were all surprised.

After all, he had said before that tennis wasn’t fun.

In fact, he just came to defeat Kamishiro Aki.

Rikkai also came with four, namely Sanada Genichiro, Kirihara Akaya, Yanagi Renji, and Niou Masaharu.

Originally, Yukimura Seiichi was going to come.

But after Yukimura Seiichi’s surgery, his body hadn’t fully recovered.

So he didn’t participate.

He was now recuperating to prepare for the national tournament.

Other schools included Rokkaku, St. Rudolph, and Josei Shonan.

The ones who came were all top-ranked players.

And then there was the coaching staff.

There were four in total, namely Sakaki Taro, Ryuzaki Sumire, Kamio Aoi, and Bandai Genya.

Originally, there was Kamishiro Aki, but after Kamishiro Aki refused the invitation, the organizer decided to let the more experienced Bandai Genya join the coaching staff.

At this time, Sakaki Taro said to all the players.

“I am the head coach for this training camp.”

“Youth selection training camp, start now!”

“That is all!”

That’s right, Sakaki Taro was the head coach for this training camp.

Because Hyotei was the Kanto Tournament champion.

At this time, Akutsu Jin found that Kamishiro Aki was not at the scene.

So he looked at Sakaki Taro and asked.

“Why didn’t Kamishiro Aki come? Is he afraid?”

Once these words were spoken, everyone realized Kamishiro Aki wasn’t at the scene.

Seeing this, Sakaki Taro didn’t intend to hide it.

He said.

“Kamishiro Aki has accepted the U-17 trial match.”

“It just happened to conflict with our youth selection tournament.”

Once these words were spoken, everyone was shocked!

He actually received an invitation to the U-17 trial match!

Had Kamishiro Aki become this strong?

Knowing Kamishiro Aki wasn’t there, Akutsu Jin wanted to turn around and leave.

But Sengoku Kiyosumi stopped him.

“Akutsu, I know you came to defeat Kamishiro Aki.”

“I suggest you stay.”

“Kamishiro Aki is currently accepting a match even more cruel than this.”

“If you shrink back now, you will never catch up to him.”

Hearing this, Akutsu Jin clicked his tongue.

“I’ll shrink back? Don’t joke, I just want to move it back a bit!”

Sengoku Kiyosumi: “…”

Others’ inner thoughts also changed slightly.

Especially Tezuka Kunimitsu.

Although his face didn’t show any changes.

But his heart was already surging.

He wanted to have a match with Kamishiro Aki even more now.

Because he had also received an invitation to the U-17 trial match.

But he chose the youth selection tournament.

“Kamishiro Aki, we missed each other again.”

“At the national tournament, you won’t be able to escape!”

Tezuka Kunimitsu secretly swore.

While they were accepting the youth selection tournament, Kamishiro Aki was also conducting the U-17 trial match.

When Tezuka Kunimitsu and the others won the youth selection tournament championship.

Kamishiro Aki also returned from the U-17 trial match venue.

Just like that, a summer vacation passed.

Time arrived at the day of the national tournament!

The real match began!