Chapter 7

"Don't worry, I will give you a raise appropriately in the future."

Hearing this, Kamishiro Aki nodded.

He can even get a raise!

Inhumanly rich, too inhumanly rich!

Now not only has the daily food expense problem been solved, but even the living expense problem has been solved.

Kamishiro Aki has decided!

He must lead Hyotei into the National Tournament and win the National Championship!

At this moment, Atobe Keigo said again.

"Alright, let's go train."

"Kamishiro Aki, no, it seems impolite to call you that, I'll just call you Kamishiro."

"Kamishiro, practice with me, I want to study your Paper Art Smash!"

Kamishiro Aki nodded.

This is his job now.

And others who heard that they were going to study Kamishiro Aki's Paper Art Smash also followed along.

In the following time, Kamishiro Aki and Atobe Keigo practiced the Paper Art Smash for a long time.

Others also followed and watched for a long time.

Everyone was stunned!

They couldn't find any flaws in the Paper Art Smash at all.

Atobe Keigo felt every time that he had locked onto the tennis ball's path.

But just when he was about to hit it, the tennis ball suddenly disappeared from his line of sight as if it had a soul.

By the time he reacted, the tennis ball had already crossed him and flew toward the protective net.

It cannot be broken!

No matter what direction, what position, it cannot be caught.

Seeing this, Atobe Keigo completely took Kamishiro Aki to heart.

"This person must be kept at Hyotei."

"He might be the key to Hyotei moving toward the National Championship!"

Akutagawa Jiro on the side felt itchy, and he hurriedly shouted at Atobe.

"Atobe! Atobe! Let me try too!"

Akutagawa Jiro had been watching for a long time, and it was rare that he didn't go to sleep today.

Usually, during this kind of free practice time, it's impossible for him not to go to sleep for an hour.

Seeing this, Atobe Keigo smiled.

"Okay, you come and try, I'm a bit tired anyway."

"Jiro, be careful, Kamishiro's Paper Art Smash is not that simple."

After finishing, Atobe Keigo walked off the court.

At the same time, his butler Yamauchi Mitsuya hurriedly had people bring seats and a parasol.

Atobe Keigo sat down and took a sip of his drink and immediately paid attention to Kamishiro Aki's movements.

He was watching from the first-person perspective just now, and there might be flaws.

It just so happened that Akutagawa Jiro and Kamishiro Aki were playing, and he could observe.

Perhaps noticing his intention, Oshitari Yuushi pushed his glasses and said to Atobe Keigo.

"Atobe, the Paper Art Smash is not just disappearing on the court, our line of sight here will also disappear."

Hearing this, Atobe Keigo became even more curious.

"Oh, really?"

"If that's really the case, then our Hyotei has another genius-level player."

Just at this moment, Akutagawa Jiro served.

He said.

"Kamishiro, then I'm serving, let me see your Paper Art Smash!"

Kamishiro Aki nodded.

"Senior Jiro, then you have to watch the ball carefully, it will disappear if you are not careful."

Hearing this, Akutagawa Jiro began to get serious.

Kamishiro Aki didn't mind hitting Paper Art Smashes continuously.

Only he knows this technique, and it doesn't consume much stamina in terms of technique.

So it's completely fine.

Subsequently, Akutagawa Jiro served!

"Boom!"

The tennis ball flew across the net in an instant.

It was a serve with a slightly faster ball speed.

Kamishiro Aki hit the Paper Art Smash very smoothly!

"Boom!"

Then he shouted to Akutagawa Jiro.

"The ball is coming!"

Seeing this, Akutagawa Jiro immediately stared at the tennis ball flying across the net.

At the same time, Atobe Keigo on the side also hurriedly observed.

Not only looking at the rotation angle of the tennis ball, but also Kamishiro Aki's starting movement.

But he observed carefully and found that when Kamishiro Aki hit the Paper Art Smash, his hand movements were very crisp!

Just like hitting a normal return shot.

You can't see any technique.

This is the point that Atobe Keigo finds terrifying.

At this moment, the tennis ball had already flown to Akutagawa Jiro's eyes.

Akutagawa Jiro hurriedly smiled.

"I saw it! It's right here!"

He seized the opportunity and swung his racket immediately!

But just at this moment, he discovered that the tennis ball he was about to hit suddenly disappeared!

Immediately after, the tennis ball appeared behind the racket and went in the opposite direction of the racket!

Not only that, the perspectives of Atobe Keigo and Oshitari Yuushi were also the same!

The tennis ball seemed to have disappeared!

Atobe Keigo couldn't help but say one sentence.

"Simply unbelievable!"

Atobe Keigo didn't even dare to think about a technique that could make the tennis ball disappear from all-around sight before.

But now that he saw it with his own eyes, he had to admit that someone could indeed do it.

Sure enough, there are people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens.

And Akutagawa Jiro was very disappointed, and he said annoyedly.

"I was just a little bit away from hitting it, what a pity!"

Immediately after, he smiled at Kamishiro Aki with an excited face.

"But you are really amazing!"

"I have never seen this kind of ball before!"

"Kamishiro, hit another one!"

Seeing Akutagawa Jiro's excited look, Kamishiro Aki smiled.

This guy is really someone who gets excited about this kind of thing.

Afterward, Kamishiro Aki hit a few more Paper Drawing Curveballs.

Jirou Akutagawa still couldn't return a single one.

Every time, he felt like he was just a hair's breadth away from catching it.

But he simply couldn't make contact with the ball.

Keigo Atobe and Yuushi Oshitari were also observing and analyzing intently from the sidelines.

They couldn't find a way to break it at all.

Yet even so, Jirou Akutagawa was still very excited!

"Kamishiro, you're really so strong!"

"It seems I won't be able to crack your Paper Drawing Curveball in the short term."

"It's simply a god-like technique!"

A god-like technique?

This was likely the highest praise Kamishiro Aki had received so far.

Since they couldn't crack it, they didn't intend to keep banging their heads against the wall.

Keigo Atobe also told them to go train first.

Besides free practice time, there was also the physical training arranged by Coach Tarou Sakaki.

It was something that had to be trained every day as well.

At this moment, Jirou Akutagawa ran to Kamishiro Aki's side and whispered.

"Kamishiro, on Sunday, challenge me first!"

"Although my ranking is only fourth, I really want to have a serious match with you."

Jirou Akutagawa was actually only ranked fourth?

This was something Kamishiro Aki hadn't expected.

When he watched the anime before, he thought Jirou Akutagawa was Hyotei's second-strongest player.

And the strongest was Keigo Atobe, known as the King of Hyotei.

Since Jirou Akutagawa had said so, Kamishiro Aki naturally had to ask for clarification.

He asked.

"Senior Akutagawa, then who are the top three?"

Seeing this, Jirou Akutagawa laughed.

"Hyotei ranks based on singles strength."

"Currently, the first place is of course Atobe."

"Then second place is Kabaji; he can replicate all my abilities, he's a very troublesome opponent!"

"Third place is Oshitari; he's a genius, many shots that are hard to pull off can be easily executed by him!"

"Everyone is very strong!"

"And I can only rank fourth right now."

"Behind me, fifth is Gakuto, sixth is Shishido, seventh is Hiyoshi, eighth is Ootori, and ninth is Taki."

"I can't remember anyone after that."

"I only remember the rankings of the regular team members."

After listening to Jirou Akutagawa, Kamishiro Aki finally had a clear understanding of Hyotei's overall strength.

However, he still felt that Jirou Akutagawa should be Hyotei's second strongest.

Rankings are hard to use as a definitive measure.

After all, it was just an internal school ranking; with Jirou Akutagawa's personality, he wouldn't use his full strength against people he wasn't interested in.

Plus, this guy sleeps all day.

If he didn't sleep and practiced tennis instead, his strength would likely be even greater!

Before Kamishiro Aki could think too much, Jirou Akutagawa asked again.

"So, Kamishiro, please have a match with me on challenge day this Sunday!" ===== CHAPTER 19 =====