Chapter 102: The Plan to Slack Off at the U17

Watching the back of Saito as he left, Takahashi's brain began to think at high speed.

The training volume for every Court is the same, which means.

Even if one wins against an opponent, there won't be any substantial benefits.

Conversely, losing will result in being demoted.

Whether he is demoted or not, Takahashi does not care.

But Saito mentioned that if one is demoted to the end, one will be sent to the Back Mountain for special training.

Thinking of the inhumane training the loser group underwent in the original work.

Takahashi firmed his resolve; since that is the case, he would just find a court and slack off for a month.

A month later is the National Tournament, and by then he will be leaving.

As long as he can coast through this month, he just needs to avoid being demoted to the Back Mountain.

Thinking of this, a sly smile appeared at the corner of Takahashi's mouth.

"Hey, are you the middle schooler specially recruited by the Coaches?"

"Because of your arrival, our Court 16 has one extra person, which means the extra person must go to the Back Mountain for training."

"So, let's have a match!"

A high school student wearing a red cap said loudly.

"Even if you did well in the middle school tennis world, you have to keep your tail tucked here. Everyone here is an elite high school student; ordinary high school students will be eliminated. Do you understand?"

"So, you had better obediently pack your things and go to the Back Mountain, lest we elite high school students have to take action. If we take action, the consequences are not something you can bear."

Another high school student with a fierce look said.

……

Bursts of harsh sounds entered Takahashi's ears.

Chattering away, it was a bit noisy.

"Quiet!"

Takahashi said loudly.

"This place is where strength does the talking. Since that is the case, I will hit one ball first. If you feel you can catch this ball of mine, we will have a match. If I lose, I will go to the Back Mountain for training."

"If you feel you cannot catch it, you can discuss among yourselves who exactly will go to the Back Mountain for training."

"How about it?"

Takahashi proposed a method.

The dozen or so high school students on the court heard this and immediately felt it made a lot of sense.

After all, he was specially recruited by the Coaches, so he might have some strength.

Since he is willing to show his strength first, then they should observe carefully.

It has a hundred benefits and no harm for them.

Everyone expressed their agreement one after another.

Takahashi took a tennis ball out of his pocket.

He did not toss the tennis ball upward, but instead placed the tennis ball in front of his chest.

Seeing this action of his, everyone felt it was very ridiculous.

Where did this rookie come from, he doesn't even know how to Serve.

Even the most basic Serve posture is not standard.

Is the strength of middle schoolers really this poor?

Even this bit of strength can get into the Training Camp.

Just as they revealed looks of disdain.

They discovered something was wrong.

Because, the moment the tennis ball slowly fell, it actually emitted a dazzling, brilliant bright golden light.

This……

This is……

The high school students widened their eyes one after another.

Under their dumbfounded gazes, Takahashi gently swung his tennis racket.

"Boom—!"

A huge explosion sounded.

Thick smoke billowed.

It took a long while for the smoke to completely dissipate.

Everyone looked closely and saw a giant pit with a radius of about half a meter had appeared on the tennis court.

Around the pit, wisps of cracks were clearly visible!

The way everyone looked at Takahashi changed instantly.

Is this a tennis ball a middle schooler can hit?

With this strength, he should go directly to challenge Court 1!

Why come to their Court 16!

"Brothers, do you think that with this ball, I can be the boss of Court 16?"

Takahashi looked at everyone's fearful gazes and asked dashingly.

Everyone was stunned, and only after hearing Takahashi's question did they react.

One by one, they loudly echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, of course you can!"

With this level of strength, he could be the boss not just of Court 16, but even of several courts ahead of it.

Moreover, they felt a lingering fear in their hearts, thankful that they had just agreed to Takahashi's request.

Otherwise, if Takahashi had unleashed a Light Strike during the match, wouldn't they have ended up seriously injured and hospitalized?

Too terrifying!

"Aren't you going to challenge Court 15?"

A weak voice rang out.

Hearing this voice, the crowd suddenly snapped to their senses and cast expectant gazes toward Takahashi.

This brother is too smart; such a powerful person should be sent to Court 15 quickly, he can't be allowed to stay here, it's too dangerous!

Takahashi shook his head lightly and said, "I think the scenery here is beautiful, the air is fresh, it's quite good, I quite like it here."

"If nothing unexpected happens, I will stay here for a month."

Listening to Takahashi's words, the corners of everyone's mouths twitched uncontrollably.

He still wants to stay here for a month?

If they accidentally provoke him, what should they do if he hits them with a Light Strike?

The crowd was suddenly under immense pressure!

"Go do your own training! Don't worry about me."

Takahashi looked at the crowd surrounding him and spoke to disperse them.

He took out his training sheet and began to study it carefully.

Double Knee Jump 100 times, Open Squat 100 times, single-leg knee-bend push-ups for 60 seconds (2 sets)...

It was completely filled on both the front and back sides.

Takahashi sighed.

He didn't expect the training volume at the U17 to be this high; he was never this tired even when serving as Captain at Rikkai, he really came to the wrong place.

However, besides the basic training, there was also some free time.

It's just that this free time is pitifully small, only 3 hours!

Sigh!

He sighed heavily once again.

Evening.

"How is that new middle schooler doing? Which court has he challenged up to?"

Saito asked a staff member while walking in with a cup of coffee.

As the mental Coach of the U17, Saito understood well how to temper a person's will through mental training.

When he learned from Kurobe that Takahashi seemed somewhat arrogant, he was very pleased.

He liked such people who were both capable and proud.

Pride exists because there is strength.

But pride is also fragile.

Especially when crushed by an opponent, pride will shatter instantly.

Saito had seen many such people and had also destroyed the pride of many so-called geniuses.

Therefore, he was not afraid of players being proud; he was only afraid of players lacking strength.

And making Takahashi start his challenges from Court 16 was the initial blow he gave Takahashi, and also the first step in tempering Takahashi's will.

Originally, with Takahashi's ability to hit a Light Strike, he should have at least been allowed to start challenging from Court 5.

However, Saito deliberately made him start from Court 16 and challenge them one by one.

Even if his strength is good, after playing a match against everyone on the court, his physical stamina will drop significantly.

Especially since these high schoolers are not that easy to deal with.

A wheel war would wear him out until he is exhausted.

This is the first lesson Saito is teaching him.

Stay humble, don't be arrogant!

You must revere the U17! Revere the Coach!

Saito understood Takahashi's thinking very well.

After all, Takahashi became the Captain of Rikkai, which achieved a National Two-Consecutive Championship, as a first-year student; his strength might be invincible in the entire middle school tennis world.

So it is understandable that he looks down on other middle schoolers; after all, the strength is there.

But that only refers to the middle school tennis world; now that he has come to this U17, which gathers elite high schoolers from all over Japan, the level of the entire Training Camp is not something mere middle schoolers can compare to.

If Takahashi still holds such an arrogant mindset, Saito wouldn't mind shattering his pride with his own hands and making him a new person, just like Tokugawa back then.

The staff member replied: "After the middle schooler Takahashi Yanichi smashed a hole in Court 16, he did not continue to challenge forward and has been staying at Court 16."

Saito felt a bit puzzled, then he realized.

Didn't expect Takahashi to have some brains; he didn't rush in blindly at the start, but instead observed the environment and the strength of his opponents, waiting for an opportunity to act?

No wonder he could become the Captain of Rikkai in his first year; he still has some sense of the big picture.

He had underestimated him!