Chapter 194

Before Echizen Ryoma could collect his thoughts, Tooyama Kintaro laughed, ran onto the court, and patted Echizen Ryoma on the shoulder.

"Chou-mae, let me handle this!"

"Is this big brother really that strong?"

"Big Brother Tokugawa, come on!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Tokugawa Kazuya served.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball instantly crossed the net, and in the next moment, it suddenly transformed into a full moon, smashing toward Tooyama Kintaro.

Hum—

"Bang!"

The ball slammed heavily into the ground and flew past the baseline.

Tooyama Kintaro was completely stunned!

The Tokugawa Kazuya before him was strong!

And ridiculously strong at that!

The next three serves were all the same!

"Bang!"

Tooyama Kintaro still failed to return the ball.

He fell into the same state of bewilderment as Echizen Ryoma.

Seeing them in this state, Tokugawa Kazuya said coldly.

"Your strength is too weak. Go see Coach Mifune Nyudo."

"I only play against those who have returned from hell."

"Let's stop here for today."

After Tokugawa Kazuya finished speaking, he walked straight toward Kamishiro Aki.

He whispered.

"Kamishiro, did you let me play them on purpose?"

"Are you trying to use my hands to drag them into hell?"

These two consecutive questions left Kamishiro Aki unsure of how to answer.

He thought for a moment and replied.

"They are both good seedlings with decent potential."

"But their spirits are too arrogant. Your strength is just right; letting them taste defeat is a good thing."

Upon hearing this, Tokugawa Kazuya nodded.

Since Kamishiro Aki had said so, he wouldn't dwell on it.

Then, Tokugawa Kazuya changed the subject.

"Then let's continue our match!"

Kamishiro Aki knew it.

However, this court was clearly no longer playable.

Echizen Ryoma and Tooyama Kintaro were already lying on the court, defeated.

Just as they were about to change courts.

The broadcast on Court 1 sounded.

"Echizen Ryoma, Tooyama Kintaro, you have violated the training camp regulations. Eliminated!"

This announcement hit the two of them like a heavy blow!

Not only had they lost the match, but they had also been eliminated!

They were so unwilling!

But Kamishiro Aki didn't care at all, because this elimination wasn't a real elimination.

It was to enter the hellish training camp where Mifune Nyudo was!

Then, the broadcast continued.

"Tokugawa Kazuya, Kamishiro Aki, for unauthorized matches, you are penalized with 100 laps of the training camp! Start immediately!"

The two looked at each other—good grief! They were included too!

"Oni Jujiro, Irie Kanata, Tanegashima Shuji, you watched without intervening; the offense is serious. 100 laps of the training camp! Start immediately!"

Hearing this, the five of them looked at one another.

Coach Kurobe was truly ruthless!

But they had to listen to the coach!

The five of them immediately started running.

Kurobe Yukio had made the five of them run laps on purpose.

The goal was to prevent them from killing each other.

If players of their caliber really got serious, they would surely both end up injured.

Tokugawa Kazuya was not like Oni Jujiro, who would deliberately hold back his strength.

He would definitely give it his all.

He still hoped that Kamishiro Aki and Tokugawa Kazuya would become representatives for the World Cup.

While the five of them were running laps, the brutal slaughter on the courts began.

They all thought it was a doubles match, but it turned out to be a match against their own partners.

And those who lost the match would be eliminated.

Whether they lost or won, no one felt comfortable.

There were 16 courts in the main training area, all running simultaneously.

It only took two hours to finish this cruel competition.

It also produced 25 unwilling, eliminated middle schoolers.

Because Kamishiro Aki had been promoted to Court 5.

The remaining unlucky middle schooler had to play against a high schooler from Court 16.

The result was certainly a loss.

Of course, these 25 eliminated middle schoolers included Echizen Ryoma and Tooyama Kintaro.

Because they hadn't participated in this elimination tournament, their opponents were declared the winners.

And they were classified as the eliminated side.

When they boarded the bus to go home, everyone felt dead inside.

Their hearts were heavy, feeling that their strength shouldn't have been eliminated so easily.

And just then, the bus suddenly changed its route!

It stopped in an open field.

When they got off, confused, they saw Coach Saito Itsuki, who had arranged for them to pair up and play against each other today.

As well as Echizen Ryoma and Tooyama Kintaro, who had been crushed by Tokugawa Kazuya.

Sanada Genichiro immediately stepped forward and asked.

"What is this place?"

Saito Itsuki smiled and said.

"After you climb over the mountain in front of you, there is only one road."

"Follow that road to reach your destination, where you can find the answers you want."

Everyone was confused, completely failing to understand what he was talking about.

But Echizen Ryoma and Tooyama Kintaro already knew this wasn't a real elimination.

It was a different kind of special training!

The two of them immediately started moving.

"Chou-mae! Wait for me! Wait for me!"

Seeing Echizen Ryoma move, the others, despite their doubts, started moving too!

Only Sanada Genichiro remained in place.

He looked at the two-meter-tall Saito Itsuki and asked coldly.

"What is behind the mountain?"

Saito Itsuki was quite surprised by such a serious person.

But Sanada Genichiro was always a very serious person.

Seeing this, Saito Itsuki told him everything.

"Compared to those who won and stayed behind, you losers are too weak."

Sanada Genichiro frowned slightly: "Don't dodge the question, answer me!"

Saito Itsuki continued.

"They will stay at the camp to follow a special schedule, and the gap between them and you losers will only grow larger."

"Whether you want to narrow that gap depends on you."

No sooner had he finished than Sanada Genichiro's eyes lit up.

He was such a smart person, how could he not understand the meaning of these words!

This meant they still had a chance to become the U17 representatives for Japan in the World Cup!

But the prerequisite was to climb this mountain; there must be even more brutal hellish training waiting for them on the other side.

Thinking of this, Sanada Genichiro set off toward the mountain without a word!

They didn't know that the destination behind the mountain was Mifune Nyudo's hellish training camp!

At this moment, they, the losing group, officially stepped into hell!

Here, they would begin to encounter even more cruel training!

While feeling unwilling, they would strive to improve their strength and fight their way back to the main camp in the future!

The middle schoolers who had eliminated them were unaware of this.

They thought these eliminated players had all gone home.

Before they could even feel sad or emotional, they were met with strength training.

The broadcast suddenly sounded.

"The 25 winning middle schoolers, assemble at the 16 main courts immediately!"

"Begin afternoon mixed practice immediately!"

Mixed practice?

Everyone thought it was just a simple training exercise.

Until Tsuge Ryuji projected the training content onto the big screen on the main court.

"1. Weighted swings, 100 times!"

"22. Frog jumps, 100 times!"

"34. Squats, 250 times!"

"36. Push-ups, 30 times, 5 sets!"

"Is this tomorrow's training list?"

"Who said this was tomorrow's training list?"

When Tsuge Ryuji said this, the whole place froze for a moment.

Kikumaru Eiji said with shocked pupils.

"Masaka..."

Before he could finish, Tsuge Ryuji shouted loudly.

"That's right, this is the content for the upcoming training!"

"You have six hours to complete it."

Six hours?!

Everyone was stunned; this amount of training usually took ten hours.

Seeing them so shocked.

Tsuge Ryuji's mouth curled up slightly as he smiled.

"High schoolers can finish it in 3 hours."

The middle schoolers were stunned.

"High schoolers can finish it in 3 hours?!"

"Considering you are middle schoolers, I've already given you double the time."

"If you have any objections, get out now!"

"If you don't finish the training within 6 hours, get out too!"

"The U17 camp doesn't need trash!"

"The timer starts now, dismissed!"

Although they felt Tsuge Ryuji's training list was a bit unreasonable.

No one wanted to be kicked out of the camp.

The camp training officially began!

Both the winning group of middle schoolers and the losing group of middle schoolers officially entered training.

Kamishiro Aki and the other four saw everyone already starting training while they were running their penalty laps.

The camp had finally begun!

Three hours later, Kamishiro Aki and the others finished their 100 laps.

Tokugawa Kazuya, Oni Jujiro, Irie Kanata, and Tanegashima Shuji were all exhausted.

After all, these 100 laps weren't just around the main court.

They were around the entire training camp!

They were drenched in sweat, their stamina nearly depleted.

Compared to them, although Kamishiro Aki was also covered in sweat.

His breathing was completely steady!

Seeing this, Irie Kanata collapsed onto the ground, exhausted, and said weakly.

"Kamishiro, aren't you tired?"

Kamishiro Aki shook his head.

"Not tired. Another 100 laps would be no problem."

Hearing this, the four of them were dumbfounded!

Kamishiro Aki is definitely a monster!