Chapter 50

Atobe Keigo laughed.

"That goes without saying. If Jiro loses, it's because his strength is lacking."

Seeing them trade barbs back and forth, Akutagawa Jiro hurriedly interrupted their exchange.

"What do you mean? Do you think I'll lose?"

Seeing this, Atobe Keigo teased.

"Jiro, if it were me, I'd finish the match in just fifteen minutes."

"Right, Kabaji?"

Kabaji Munehiro nodded and replied in a dull voice.

"Yes!"

Speaking of which, Atobe Keigo asked Oshitari Yuushi a question.

"Yukimura, how long did Kamishiro's match just now take?"

Immediately, Yukimura pushed up his glasses and said.

"Atobe, that's not important, is it? Kamishiro shaving everyone bald is impressive enough."

"Besides, several matches were drawn-out battles, so the time taken would naturally be longer."

Atobe Keigo felt Yukimura had misunderstood.

He simply wanted to know.

But never mind; it wasn't a big deal anyway.

At this moment, the Referee Already called for the singles number two player to come on court.

"Next is the singles number two match!"

"Please have both players enter the court quickly!"

Hearing this, Akutagawa Jiro stepped onto the court.

At the same time, they finally learned who Fudomine's singles number two was.

It was Kamio Akira!?

Kamishiro Aki almost spat out a mouthful of water.

As expected, they wouldn't have placed Kippei Oishi in the singles number two spot.

It seemed Akutagawa Jiro's match was a guaranteed win.

Sure enough, Akutagawa Jiro won the match with a huge advantage of 6:1!

At the same time, Hyotei Academy won the match with a decisive score of three to one.

Kamio Akira, having lost the match, felt extremely frustrated and also very self-blaming.

He looked at Kippei Oishi with deep regret.

Seeing this, Kippei Oishi smiled and said to the Fudomine crowd.

"Everyone, don't be discouraged! Cheer up!"

"We still have a chance!"

"As long as we win the revival match, there's still hope!"

Hearing this news, everyone's mood instantly improved greatly!

Even Ibuki Shinji, who had been depressed for a long time, nodded.

Of course, he couldn't smile.

He was a poker face, the kind that never changed expression.

When leaving the venue, he kept muttering while looking in Kamishiro Aki's direction.

"First-years are truly terrifying."

"Truly worthy of Hyotei; I'm truly envious."

"If I had such a good environment, I probably could have hit such beautiful shots too."

"But that brat is so infuriating, shaving my head right in front of so many people!"

"Next time, I will definitely win it back!"

At this moment, Kamishiro Aki sneezed.

"Is someone cursing me?"

While he was talking to himself, Akutagawa Jiro shouted.

"Kamishiro! Hurry up, the school bus is here!"

Seeing this, Kamishiro Aki responded.

"Coming!"

The school bus didn't take the team members home; instead, it took them all to the school.

Because next, the Hyotei Tennis Club was holding a temporary regular player challenge match.

It was a match specially pardoned by Sakaki Taro.

First-year Kamishiro Aki challenging regular player third-year Akutagawa Jiro!

Basically, the entire Hyotei Tennis Club membership had arrived.

At the same time, tennis reporters Inoue and Shibata, who had received news from somewhere unknown, also arrived.

When they saw so many people from Hyotei, they couldn't help but sigh.

"Truly worthy of Hyotei; they have so many tennis club members."

"I wonder who will win this match."

"Shisaori, remember to take lots of photos later."

Shisaori smiled and nodded.

"Yes!"

Reporter Inoue added.

"Especially photos of Kamishiro Aki."

"I have a premonition—he just might shine brilliantly in the upcoming matches!"

"If all goes well, he could very well have an exciting match against Seigaku's Echizen Ryoma!"

Hearing this, Shisaori couldn't help but nod.

"It's really hard to believe—both of them are first-years, yet Kamishiro Aki is already over one hundred seventy centimeters tall."

"What on earth does he eat to grow so tall? Even I haven't reached one-seventy!"

When she said this, Inoue had no idea how to respond.

So he simply said nothing.

Meanwhile, the court had already been arranged.

Not only that, Kamishiro Aki and Akutagawa Jiro had also finished warming up.

Immediately, both of them walked to the baseline.

At this moment, Akutagawa Jiro said excitedly.

"Kamishiro! I'm going to show you my true strength!"

Seeing this, Kamishiro Aki laughed and said.

"Alright, Jiro-senpai, bring it on!"

Seeing that both of them were ready.

The second-year club member temporarily serving as referee hurriedly blew his whistle and shouted.

"Phew—!"

"The match—first-year Kamishiro Aki challenging the regular player, third-year Akutagawa Jiro-senpai—officially begins!"

"The challenger serves first!"