Chapter 158: Kirihara VS Tokugawa

Inside Court 1.

Kirihara panted as he looked at the tall, cold-faced Tokugawa before him.

At this moment, Kirihara's hair had turned gray-white, his entire body's skin was dyed the color of blood, his eyes were bloodshot, his pupils had become light green, and his whole body was filled with a terrifying aura, just like a demon that had walked out of hell.

After leaving Court 16, Kirihara had challenged one high schooler each at Court 15, 14, and 13.

The result, without a doubt, was that the high schoolers were defeated.

Kirihara felt excited and thrilled, because ever since following Takahashi, he felt his strength had increased significantly.

Upon hearing Takahashi say that most of the high schoolers here were of average strength, Kirihara set his target directly on Court 1.

Here, he saw Tokugawa practicing by himself.

Thus, he took the initiative to challenge Tokugawa on Court 1.

However, Tokugawa did not pay him any mind at all.

It was only after Kirihara's repeated provocations that Tokugawa reluctantly played a few balls with him.

Yet, unexpectedly, Tokugawa's strength was so powerful that it was beyond Kirihara's imagination.

Kirihara couldn't even return a single one of his balls.

The highly competitive Kirihara could not stand the fact that he hadn't returned a single ball, and he could stand it even less when Tokugawa cast a cold, disdainful look at him.

What made him feel even more humiliated was that this match had gathered all the surrounding middle schoolers to this spot.

The members of Seigaku were also standing on the sidelines, watching this match.

Kirihara uncontrollably entered Demonization; while all his physical attributes improved, he had thought he could turn the tide with his Knuckle Serve.

But the Knuckle Serve was also hit back directly by his opponent, and facing Tokugawa's return shots, Kirihara couldn't even return a single ball.

Kirihara collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.

"Since you had the courage to challenge me, you should have been prepared for failure."

"Resorting to Demonization when you fail—your sportsmanship is truly disappointing!"

Cold words flowed from Tokugawa's mouth.

"You..."

Kirihara stared fixedly at Tokugawa.

"Tokugawa, long time no see!"

A bright voice rang out.

Kirihara looked closely and saw the members of Rikkai, wearing their yellow and white uniforms, had already arrived at the side of the court.

And the one who had just spoken was none other than Takahashi.

Hearing this, Tokugawa nodded slightly toward Takahashi.

Then Takahashi shifted his gaze to Kirihara, who was slumped to the side.

"Kirihara, didn't I tell you to try your best not to use Demonization?"

Seeing his own teammates, Kirihara felt very aggrieved and said, "Master, but if I don't enter Demonization, I can't beat him at all."

Takahashi was speechless and said, "Even if you use Demonization, you still can't beat him."

"What?"

Kirihara felt even more aggrieved.

Takahashi spoke to Tokugawa, "Tokugawa, you don't mind if I coach my apprentice Kirihara from the sidelines, do you?"

Tokugawa remained icy and replied, "Do as you please!"

Takahashi turned to Kirihara and said sternly, "Kirihara, first, deactivate your Demonization."

"I will prove to you that even without Demonization, you can still become very powerful!"

A few minutes later, Kirihara stood on the court again.

At this moment, his expression was calm, no longer in the state of Demonization from just before.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the ball being struck, Kirihara successfully hit what he considered his perfect Serve.

"Bang!"

Tokugawa ran two steps to the left, swung his racket at the baseline, and successfully returned the ball.

"Backhand return, racket tilted downward at 40.5 degrees, with sidespin, arm bent at a 57-degree angle; it should be a drop shot that clears the net."

"Kirihara, rush to the net quickly, apply pressure to the tennis ball from top to bottom to return it."

Takahashi spoke very quickly.

"What?"

Kirihara didn't react in time.

At this moment, Tokugawa, who was opposite Kirihara, twitched his eyelids violently.

Takahashi had actually stated his thoughts completely!

"Thud!"

However, Kirihara hesitated for a moment, and the tennis ball landed heavily and bounced up.

"Kirihara, listen to my play-by-play, you need to react faster!"

Takahashi said.

On the side of the court.

Fuji smiled and said, "So the Rikkai Captain plays Data Tennis too!"

Inui Sadaharu pushed up his glasses and said, "This is different from my Data Tennis."

"Data Tennis is the collection and analysis of an opponent's data through various means, in order to identify the opponent's preferred shot trajectories and return them accordingly."

"The premise of Data Tennis is to collect a large amount of information and data on the opponent; Captain Takahashi wouldn't have had the opportunity to collect that much information on the other party, would he?"

Fuji said: "I heard that before the National Tournament, Captain Takahashi came to the U17 training camp for a month; perhaps he collected enough information during that month."

Inui frowned and said: "Collecting information in one month, I'm afraid it's hard to collect it comprehensively!"

"However, considering Takahashi's own formidable strength, there is indeed that possibility."

Yanagi Renji, who was standing to the side, interjected: "No. That's not it."

"What the Captain just said can be called Data Tennis, but it can also be said that it is not Data Tennis."

"Hm?" Inui asked, puzzled.

"We predict the probability of an opponent's shot by collecting their information in advance, but the Captain judges the trajectory of the tennis ball through the movement of Tokugawa's swing and the spin on the ball."

Yanagi Renji explained.

"How incredible!" Oishi, standing to the side, exclaimed.

"Although it's absurd, that is the reality!"

"Keep watching!"

Yanagi Renji said.

On the court.

"Boom!"

Just as Tokugawa raised his arm to prepare for another return.

Takahashi spoke again.

"Forehand shot, racket tilted upward at 26.5 degrees, with topspin, high forward momentum, low bounce angle after landing, approximately 28.5 degrees, it's a diagonal shot to the right!"

"Kirihara, move 1.5 meters to the right-rear at a 43-degree angle, and when receiving the ball, be sure to tilt the racket face slightly upward."

Having had the experience from the first time, this time Kirihara quickly moved into position according to Takahashi's instructions.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the ball being struck, Kirihara successfully sent the tennis ball into the opponent's half of the court.

"This..."

The Seigaku group was so shocked that their mouths opened slightly.

"This is simply analyzing everything about what kind of shot the opponent is going to hit."

"It also makes an accurate judgment on how to return it."

"It's simply an upgraded version of Data Tennis!"

Tokugawa gave Takahashi, who was on the sidelines, a deep look, then quickly moved to the left, raised his arm, and at the moment he swung his racket.

"Backhand slice. Shoulder rotation angle 38 degrees, the ball has strong underspin, rotation speed... 20 revolutions per second, it's a flat and low straight shot."

"Kirihara, run 2.1 meters in a 30-degree direction to the right-front, bend your knees to lower your center of gravity."

"Boom!"

The tennis ball seemed to fulfill Takahashi's words, rushing straight toward Kirihara's tennis racket.

It collided, and then flew back out!

In the Monitoring Room.

Saito, who was watching the monitor for Court 1, gasped.

"Kurobe, can you make such accurate predictions based on an opponent's swing movement?"

Saito asked Kurobe, who was sitting to the side.

Kurobe pondered for a few seconds and said: "It's very difficult! This not only tests a player's meticulous insight but also requires the player to have a vast amount of theory and experience regarding tennis."

"It seems that Takahashi is not only strong in practical ability, but his theory is also quite good!"

Tsuge said: "So when Takahashi himself is playing tennis, is he already able to analyze so much information in his head the moment he sees the opponent swing?"

"What a terrifying guy!"