Chapter 108: Strong Psychological Quality, Shutting Out Tokugawa

"Umpire, did I just score?"

Takahashi said to the umpire, who was stunned into a daze.

The umpire calmed his mind and announced loudly, "Point for Takahashi! The score is 2-0!"

Irie, who was watching the match, couldn't help but widen his eyes, saying in disbelief, "Did you all see that? This middle schooler actually made the tennis ball pause in mid-air, and then it fell in a straight line. Isn't that incredible?"

Oni had a serious expression and said, "He is very creative, and his technique is powerful."

Tanegashima Shuji spoke up, "His understanding of spin is extremely profound. Did you notice?"

"The tennis ball was full of complex spin at the start, but when it was high in the air, all the spin on the ball vanished. It seems it was converted into an upward force, completely opposing the gravity acting on the ball, which is what caused the ball to pause in the air."

"At that moment, the paused tennis ball was a spinless ball, and it only fell in a straight line because it was affected by gravity."

"He can convert the spin of a tennis ball into entirely upward force in mid-air; this level of ball control and understanding of spin is terrifying. Even among the members of the 1st String currently on expedition abroad, very few possess this ability."

As the No. 2 of the 1st String, known as the strongest defender in the 1st String, Tanegashima Shuji was also shocked to see this scene.

He couldn't imagine that this was a ball hit by a middle schooler, and just a first-year middle schooler at that.

"Bang!"

After the tennis ball paused in the high air for less than a second, it fell straight down.

"Point for Takahashi, the score is 3-0!"

Relying on Absolute Equilibrium, Takahashi took the final point of this game, successfully taking three games from Tokugawa.

In the Monitoring Room.

"This Takahashi is truly incredible; he actually took three games from Tokugawa and even thought of a way to crack Tokugawa's Black Hole."

"Truly, each generation produces new talents, and the new replaces the old!"

Saito sighed with emotion.

"No, that's not right. This move of Takahashi's has an obvious flaw."

"Now it depends on whether Tokugawa can calm down and find this problem."

Kurobe stared intently at Tokugawa on the screen.

As the most watched player in the Training Camp at present, Kurobe had poured a lot of effort into him.

Although he also admitted that Takahashi was a rare genius, Kurobe had high expectations for Tokugawa.

Once Tokugawa failed in this match, and failed with a score of 0-6 at that, the entire Training Camp would no longer treat him as a key cultivation target, turning instead to cultivate Takahashi, whose radiance was even more dazzling.

Therefore, Kurobe understood that this match was no longer just an ordinary random round-robin match; it also concerned whether Tokugawa would be as highly valued in the future as he had been in the past.

With the addition of Takahashi, Tokugawa's original treatment would certainly be affected, and his radiance would certainly be dispersed.

But whether the radiance brought by Takahashi would completely shroud Tokugawa, or if they would share the spotlight equally, all depended on Tokugawa's performance in the remainder of this match.

And now, as the tactical Coach, Kurobe had actually already keenly discovered the biggest problem with this move of Takahashi's; it just depended on whether Tokugawa could see it.

"Bang!"

"15-0!"

"Point for Takahashi!"

"Bang!"

"30-0!"

"Point for Takahashi!"

Tokugawa panted heavily, looking deeply at Takahashi with both eyes, his heart full of wariness toward Takahashi.

He had already lost two games; if he didn't find a way, he would fall completely into a disadvantage.

Calm down, he must calm down.

Think of a way!

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed Tokugawa's mind.

Takahashi made the tennis ball pause in the high air and fall straight down, so it would never enter his Black Hole space.

His Black Hole became ineffective.

Wait.

Takahashi always hit lobs, letting the tennis ball fall in a straight line as soon as it crossed the net.

Then, what if he set up several layers of Black Holes in front of the net, making the entire space in front of the net a Black Hole?

The falling tennis ball would fall into the Black Hole and be under his control.

And his recent practice could also support him in setting up several Black Holes.

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

"Hm?"

Seeing the smile that inadvertently flashed across Tokugawa's face, Takahashi also smiled.

Did he finally react?

"Tokugawa, your psychological quality isn't as good as I imagined!"

Takahashi said.

"I already know how to break this move of yours."

Tokugawa said disdainfully.

"Bang!"

Upon the Serve, Tokugawa quickly arrived at the net, swung his racket, and began to shrink the space.

Layer upon layer of Black Hole was spread by him across the entire area in front of the net.

However.

The tennis ball did not pause after crossing the net and drop straight down like the previous few balls; instead, it continued forward, carving out a semicircular arc.

It then landed at Tokugawa's baseline and bounced.

Tokugawa turned his head, looking in disbelief as the tennis ball kept bouncing in his backcourt.

"Although I'd like to praise you for reacting, this was just an ordinary lob!"

Takahashi said indifferently.

In fact, the moment he hit Absolute Equilibrium, Takahashi had sensed where the problem lay.

He had only made the tennis ball pause in mid-air, changing its original downward trajectory to present a straight-line descent.

But if Tokugawa ran to the net and filled it with Black Hole in advance.

The tennis ball, influenced by gravity, would still be captured by Black Hole as it fell, landing in Tokugawa's grasp.

Because Tokugawa's Black Hole defense was indeed very troublesome, almost unsolvable.

But because he saw that this move of his was too shocking, Tokugawa had completely forgotten his own advantages and fallen into tension and panic.

Facing a predicament, he did not calm down to think of a countermeasure, letting himself be swayed by his emotions.

He also did not know how to manage his expressions, with all his thoughts written clearly on his face.

Tokugawa's mental fortitude was truly too mediocre!

Although his own Absolute Equilibrium could not completely break Black Hole, in terms of psychological warfare, Takahashi had already won.

"40-0!"

"Game, Takahashi!"

"Bang!"

Takahashi mixed ordinary lobs with Absolute Equilibrium, catching Tokugawa off guard.

Once Tokugawa arrived at the net, judging it to be Absolute Equilibrium, it would always be an ordinary lob.

And when Tokugawa stood in the back to set up Black Hole, he would find it was Absolute Equilibrium.

Takahashi caught him by surprise and attacked where he was unprepared, leaving Tokugawa exhausted from running!

"Bang!"

"Match over, Takahashi wins, score 6-0!"

In the Monitoring Room.

"I didn't expect Tokugawa to lose 0-6 to Takahashi, not even taking a single game."

Tsuge said with some surprise.

Saito also spoke up:

"Rather than saying Tokugawa's tennis strength and technique are not up to par, it is better to say that Tokugawa's mental fortitude is lacking."

"Ever since Takahashi broke his Phantom Color Serve, the rhythm of the match has been held in Takahashi's hands; even when Tokugawa used Other-dimensional Domain—Black Hole, he couldn't take back the initiative of the match."

"Takahashi's Spirit Power is truly not to be underestimated; by my estimation, it is at least over 6!"

"Facing the enemy's endless offensive, he always remains calm and composed, searching for weaknesses within it and breaking them one by one."

"I really can't believe such strong mental fortitude has appeared in a first-year middle school player."