Chapter 22

Right after that, Kamishiro Aki set down his racket bag and took out his custom racket.

Looking at Kamishiro Aki's height of one meter seventy.

A spectator said.

"Isn't this unfair? You're already in third year, playing against him is a bit unfair, isn't it?"

But Echizen Ryoma did not thank this spectator who spoke up for him.

He just smiled and said.

"Doesn't matter, it's all the same."

"There's no such thing as fairness in tennis to begin with."

What Echizen Ryoma said was actually true.

After all, he had just beaten a third-year and a second-year to earn the Seigaku tennis team uniform.

But that person was very unconvinced.

"You little brat, I'm sticking up for you here!"

Seeing this, Kamishiro Aki took his racket and walked onto the court.

He said to the person who was about to go settle the score with Echizen Ryoma.

"He's right, there really is no such thing as fairness in tennis."

"And you're wrong too, I'm not a third-year, I just started first year."

First year!?

A first-year middle schooler one meter seventy?

Who would believe that?

But whether they believed it or not was their business, and Kamishiro Aki didn't want to explain that much.

Rather, Echizen Ryoma, upon learning Kamishiro Aki was only in first year yet already one meter seventy, was a bit concerned.

But with his tsundere personality, he wouldn't say it out loud.

Right now he just wanted to play.

Kamishiro Aki had Such a Thought as well.

He was seen walking toward the middle of the net.

Then he said to Echizen Ryoma.

"Call the side."

Echizen Ryoma didn't think much about it.

"I'll take heads."

Seeing this, Kamishiro Aki then stood the racket up to spin it.

At that moment, he saw the character on the racket handle.

"God!"

When was this done?

Kamishiro Aki really hadn't noticed.

This also happened to be seen by Echizen Ryoma.

He just smiled and said.

"Looks like you're pretty confident, daring to call yourself a god — your tennis must be pretty amazing."

Kamishiro Aki could tell it was meant as mockery.

But he didn't bother explaining too much to Echizen Ryoma.

Then he started spinning the racket.

Oh, by the way.

The so-called "call the side" is letting someone guess whether the character under the racket handle is heads or tails.

By spinning it and letting it fall.

It's a very common way to decide the serve on a casual court.

Of course, there are other ways.

Like rock-paper-scissors.

But the former is related to tennis, so it's more widely used on casual tennis courts.

That's all.

Echizen Ryoma guessed heads.

So Kamishiro Aki had to be tails.

But it didn't matter — serving or receiving made no difference to Kamishiro Aki.

After the racket fully landed, the "God" character was facing up.

So this ball was Echizen Ryoma's serve.

He grabbed the brim of his cap, tugged it once, and smiled.

"My bad, I'm serving first."

Kamishiro Aki nodded, picked up the racket, and returned to the baseline.

This was exactly what Kamishiro Aki wanted.

He also wanted to see Echizen Ryoma's serve.

At that moment, Echizen Ryoma prepared to toss the ball for his serve.

But he was serving with his right hand.

Clearly, he did not take Kamishiro Aki seriously.

In that case, Kamishiro Aki had no choice but to show him a bit of his true colors.

He may not be big, but he has plenty of arrogance.

Momoshiro Ryoma is serving!

He tossed the tennis ball into the air.

Immediately after, he leaped into the air and swung with all his might!

"Boom!"

The tennis ball crossed the net in an instant!

It landed smoothly in the service area.

The moment the tennis ball hit the ground, Kamishiro Aki arrived as well.

He caught the tennis ball with ease and returned it!

"Boom!"

The tennis ball flew diagonally toward Momoshiro Ryoma.

For this shot, Kamishiro Aki used a great deal of power.