Chapter 174

Yet, this momentary change in him was still noticed by Keigo Atobe.

Seeing this, he smiled.

"As expected, I guessed right."

"What? Do you also want to ruin your arm like Tezuka?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Seigaku team was stunned.

What was he talking about?

They couldn't understand a thing!

But apart from Keigo Atobe, no one knew what had happened.

Even Sadaharu Inui had not noticed what had occurred with Shusuke Fuji this time.

Kunimitsu Tezuka had been watching Keigo Atobe’s movements, so he also did not know what had happened to Shusuke Fuji.

This piqued everyone’s curiosity.

They all cast their gazes toward Shusuke Fuji.

But Shusuke Fuji said nothing, simply returning silently to the baseline to wait for Keigo Atobe’s serve.

At this moment, Keigo Atobe said one sentence.

"Fuji, here it comes!"

Immediately following, he tossed the tennis ball into the air and jumped to serve!

"Bang!"

The ball speed was even faster than before!

The landing spot was also tricky!

Seeing this, Shusuke Fuji hurried to return it.

When he went to receive the ball, everyone’s eyes were fixed on him.

"Bang!"

The racket successfully returned the tennis ball.

Both the spin and the force had doubled!

At the same time, Kunimitsu Tezuka realized what had actually happened to Shusuke Fuji.

"Fuji..."

But the others had not yet seen Fuji’s condition.

At this moment, the tennis ball had already been hit into Keigo Atobe’s court.

The spin and force of this shot were immense, and the ball speed was very fast!

"Bang!"

As the tennis ball landed, Keigo Atobe activated his Ice World again!

The next instant, ice pillars descended onto Shusuke Fuji’s court once more.

This time, there was only one ice pillar!

It landed precisely to the left of Shusuke Fuji.

It was another spot where his joints could not reach.

Keigo Atobe did not believe Shusuke Fuji could return it this time.

The opportunity was fleeting; Keigo Atobe quickly smashed the bouncing tennis ball toward the direction of the ice pillar.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball crossed the net in an instant!

It landed precisely where the ice pillar was located.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball slammed fiercely into the ground.

Shusuke Fuji struggled to swing his racket to the location of the ball.

But the restriction of his joints made it impossible for him to swing over.

The racket and the tennis ball were just a hair’s breadth apart.

Yet at this very moment, the tennis ball suddenly veered automatically toward the racket.

Miraculously, the tennis ball struck the edge of the racket!

"Bang!"

The tennis ball gently popped over the net and landed in front of it.

Keigo Atobe was half a beat slow and still failed to return the ball.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball landed quietly.

Seeing this, the umpire immediately called out.

"30:15!"

Watching this scene, Keigo Atobe was stunned!

"How is this possible... I clearly hit it into your blind spot."

At this time, Shusuke Fuji revealed a faint smile and said.

"Atobe, don't underestimate me, or you'll suffer a great loss~"

The situation reversed in an instant!

The juniors of Seigaku cheered!

"As expected of Senior Fuji! Too strong!"

But the regular members of Seigaku could not be happy at all.

Because they had already seen the abnormality in Shusuke Fuji’s arm.

And they knew how Shusuke Fuji had broken Atobe’s Ice World.

Seeing this, Satoshi Horio asked.

"Senior Fuji has already won back a point, why are you all still looking so grim?"

When he asked this, everyone rolled their eyes at him.

He really didn't understand anything!

Seeing this, Sadaharu Inui pushed up his glasses and said seriously.

"At this moment, Atobe activated his Ice World domain, using his insight to easily see through Fuji’s blind spot weakness."

"This blind spot is one that restricts Fuji’s joints; generally speaking, it is impossible to return the ball."

Explaining up to this point, Satoshi Horio was even more confused.

"But Senior Fuji returned the ball!"

"That Atobe’s Ice World doesn't seem that strong after all."

Before Satoshi Horio could continue his ignorant remarks, Sadaharu Inui interrupted him directly.

"No, it only looks like Fuji returned the ball."

"But the situation remains unfavorable."

"The reason Fuji was able to break the Ice World is that he increased the spin of the tennis ball twofold through his serve."

"He forcibly twisted his elbow, transferring the torque generated to the racket."

"Then, it was transferred through the racket to the tennis ball; in this way, the spin and force of the tennis ball were instantly doubled!"

"Because of this, when the tennis ball was returned, it caused a deviation."

"Fuji used this deviation to just barely catch the tennis ball."

"And the price for this was a greatly increased burden on Fuji’s arm!"

After hearing this explanation, Satoshi Horio still did not understand the principle.

He only knew that this style of play increased the burden on Shusuke Fuji’s arm.

However, how could he admit he didn't understand? So, he pretended to know.

"So that's how it is!"

The Seigaku team wore grave expressions.

They did not want Shusuke Fuji to be like Kunimitsu Tezuka.

Sacrificing his elbow to win the match.

Eiji Kikumaru was the first to shout out.

"Fuji! Don't force yourself to return Atobe’s tennis balls anymore, your arm won't be able to take it!"

Seeing everyone’s worried expressions, Shusuke Fuji revealed a smile and said.

"No need to worry, I have it under control."

That was what he said, but for the next ball, he still used the ice-shattering style to return Keigo Atobe’s Ice World.

The tennis ball again just happened to hit the edge of the racket, then suddenly popped onto the net, and rolled down along it!

"40:15!"

Seeing this, Keigo Atobe frowned slightly and said.

"Fuji, if you keep playing like this, your arm will get injured!"

But Shusuke Fuji did not speak, and insisted on finishing the game with his ice-shattering style.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball landed gently once more.

The umpire immediately blew the whistle and called the score!

"Seigaku takes this game!"

"Score 1:2!"

Aki Kamishiro watched this game quietly from the side.

But he already knew the result.

According to the calculations of the Sharingan, Keigo Atobe had won this match.

At this moment, it was only a matter of time.

The fourth game of the match began.

This game was Keigo Atobe’s service game.

He still hit the Tannhauser Serve!

Shusuke Fuji wanted to use his fourth return, Mayfly Shroud, to break it.

But because he had forcibly twisted his wrist to break Keigo Atobe’s Ice World, the burden on his wrist was now too great.

He was unable to execute the complete version of the Mayfly Shroud.

Therefore, Keigo Atobe’s Tannhauser Serve forcefully controlled the court!

He swiftly won this match!

"Score 1:3!"

In the following matches, Keigo Atobe no longer activated the Ice World.

Instead, he used his most proficient endurance tactics.

Every ball was an all-out effort to wear Shusuke Fuji down.

Causing Shusuke Fuji to lose a massive amount of stamina!

In the end, Shusuke Fuji ended the match with his stamina depleted!

Score 3:6!

Keigo Atobe relied on his superior stamina to drag Shusuke Fuji down.

This was a result no one had expected.

Even Aki Kamishiro had not expected it.

His Sharingan had only predicted the result, not the specific process.

Shusuke Fuji gasped for air, his clothes already soaked with sweat.

Only now did he realize that his strength was not as great as he had imagined.

With his current strength, how was he to defeat Kunimitsu Tezuka?

How was he to defeat Aki Kamishiro?

He pondered.

After leaving the court, he bowed slightly to the Seigaku team to apologize.

"I'm sorry everyone, I lost this match."

Seeing this, everyone hurried to comfort him.

"Fuji, you already did very well."

"That's right! Atobe’s tennis isn't easy to deal with either."

"His stamina is as terrifying as a viper, Senior Fuji doesn't need to feel too guilty."

Shusuke Fuji smiled, while also glancing at Kunimitsu Tezuka.

And Kunimitsu Tezuka nodded.

"Fuji, you gave it your all, no need for guilt."

Seeing this, Shusuke Fuji finally nodded.

It was indeed that his skills were inferior.

At this moment, the overall score reached 2:1!

The final highlight was coming!

It was also a crucial match.

At this moment, it was Hyotei’s match point!

The umpire said to the entire arena.

"Next is the Doubles 1 match!"

"Seigaku’s Eiji Kikumaru and Shuichiro Oishi pair versus—"

"Hyotei’s Ryo Shishido and Chotaro Ohtori pair!"

"Will both sets of players please enter the court!"

Eiji Kikumaru said happily to Shusuke Fuji.

"Fuji, let me and Oishi win it back for you!"

"Our golden doubles pair is going on!"