Chapter 165: Atobe's Evolution, Atobe Kingdom

Oshitari asked in surprise: "What? Are they all feints?"

Takahashi replied: "Yukimura is not wrong."

"With Atobe's strength, he simply cannot see through Irie's movements and blind spots."

"And for the first 5 games, Atobe thought he had seen through his opponent's movements, but in reality, those movements were all illusions intentionally created by Irie."

Oshitari said loudly: "Impossible, how could Atobe's most pride-worthy insight fail to see through the opponent's feints?"

"And who would be so bored as to intentionally lose five games to an opponent during a match?"

Takahashi did not continue to explain, signaling Oshitari to watch the match.

The situation on the court seemed to be confirming Takahashi's words.

……

"Bang!"

The yellow tennis ball landed heavily beside Atobe's feet with astonishing speed and power.

Atobe stood in place, holding his racket, with no room to react to this ball at all.

"15-0!"

"Irie scores!"

……

"Bang!"

"30-0!"

"Irie scores!"

……

"Bang!"

"3-5"

"Irie scores!"

……

"That Atobe, facing the opponent's Serve, actually didn't even have the slightest reaction."

"This high school student named Irie is just too strong!"

The onlookers could not help but widen their eyes and open their mouths.

"Ever since Irie broke the Ice World, his movements have been completely different from before."

"Is this his true strength?"

"So was he really acting just now?"

Fuji was also somewhat shocked.

Oshitari realized it and asked Takahashi: "Is this the reason you said before the match that it was hard to judge Irie's strength?"

Takahashi's expression became somewhat serious, and he said: "Yes."

"I stayed at the U17 Training Camp for over a month before, and I never saw Irie's true strength."

"He loves to act when playing against others; in the end, apart from himself, no one should know what his strength really is."

"But when looking at his strength, one cannot judge it by the strength of others on Court 3."

"He stays on Court 3 because he wants to balance the strength between the various Courts."

Fuji said: "Just like you, Takahashi? Intentionally staying on Court 16?"

"Your strength is also definitely not just at the level of Court 16!"

Takahashi smiled and said: "In this Training Camp, most people's strength matches the number of their Court, but there are exceptions."

"And it's not just me and Irie!"

Oshitari said: "So Atobe has hit a snag today?"

"In this way, Atobe has no chance of winning at all."

Listening to Oshitari's somewhat dejected voice, Takahashi advised: "There might not be no chance."

"Irie might be able to stimulate Atobe's potential."

Momoshiro said: "He can't even receive the opponent's Serve, so how can he stimulate his potential?"

Takahashi continued: "Besides that Waltz move, Atobe's greatest advantage is his astonishing insight, right?"

Oshitari nodded.

Takahashi said: "Irie being able to cooperate with Atobe's acting under Atobe's powerful insight, making Atobe unable to perceive it,"

"shows that insight is also Irie's strong suit."

"With Atobe's arrogant personality, being crushed by the opponent in the area he is most skilled at, he simply can't stand it, right!"

"Perhaps under such intense stimulation, Atobe will grow."

On the court.

Irie said with a smile: "Atobe, you need to work hard!"

"The one full of flaws is not me, but you!"

Watching the opponent look relaxed and full of smiles as he quickly brought the score to 5-5, Atobe's expression gradually became heavy.

The scene before him could not help but make Atobe recall his childhood.

At that time, Atobe grew up in England, and the peers of similar age around him had better tennis skills than him.

And because Atobe was Japanese, the combination of these two reasons caused him to be ostracized by the other children.

With all his ball trajectories and strategies being seen through by them, Atobe simply could not win a match.

In this desperate situation, he developed his strategy, which was to find the opponent's weaknesses and blind spots and launch an attack without hesitation.

This is the way he has walked from childhood to the present; no matter how his opponent mocks him, he will never abandon his insight.

And the victory of this match, he must also take it!

After firming his own conviction, Atobe stared fixedly at the opponent's body.

"Let every capillary in the whole body open up, even the nerve endings must be keenly perceived!"

The world in Atobe's eyes gradually underwent a change.

At this moment, Irie was no longer a living person, but a creature composed of a pile of muscles and bones.

And he, Atobe, could see through all the opponent's joints and bones.

"Bang!"

The tennis ball landed heavily on Irie's left side.

"Atobe Kingdom!"

Atobe said loudly.

……

At the side of the court.

"Atobe, has his insight evolved again?"

Fuji felt very surprised.

"It should be!"

"This time, what Atobe sees is the opponent's absolute blind spot."

"He can see through the body's muscles to clearly see all the opponent's joints and bones."

"Therefore, he is hitting toward the absolute blind spot where the opponent's joints and bones simply cannot react."

Oshitari said.

"Yes, Atobe has found the absolute blind spot."

"Facing that ball just now, Irie made absolutely no move at all."

Shiraishi continued.

"Great, in this way, victory is back in the hands of us middle schoolers."

Kirihara was very excited.

"Bang!"

……

"6-5! Both sides are tied!"

"Entering the tie-break!"

The referee announced loudly.

……

"Bang!"

"7-6!"

……

"Bang!"

"15-14!"

"I really didn't expect that even after entering the tie-break, the two of them are still playing neck and neck."

"Hasn't Atobe already evolved his World of Ice into the Atobe Kingdom?"

Kikumaru felt very surprised.

"Atobe relies on his evolved insight to hit the ball toward Irie's absolute blind spot, but this can only ensure that the match does not become one-sided."

"The gap in strength between him and Irie is still there."

"It is also very difficult for him to return the balls Irie hits toward him."

Fuji explained.

"If both sides continue to play like this according to this score, it will turn into a battle of stamina between the two."

Sanada said.

"Don't worry, a war of attrition is Atobe's favorite; it is his strong suit."

Oshitari said.

"But the opponent is a high schooler, and a third-year at that; there is a 3-year gap with Atobe!"

Yanagi Renji said.

"No, Atobe's obsession with victory and his strong will are more powerful than you can imagine."

Oshitari continued.

Half an hour later.

……

"Bang!"

……

"Bang!

……"

"187-187!"

"Atobe scores!"

"Thud!"

Atobe's stamina was exhausted, and he collapsed heavily onto the ground.

On the other side, Irie's tennis racket fell straight to the ground.

"Good grief, to think we played for so long!"

"I can't even lift my arms anymore!"

Irie clutched his shoulder, feeling quite helpless.

The umpire announced loudly: "Because both sides are unable to continue the match, the match is declared void!"

Following the umpire's announcement, Oshitari and the other middle schoolers rushed onto the Court and carried Atobe to a bench on the side.

"The match is void? That's fine too; at least this time, we middle schoolers didn't lose."

"But it was just a tiny bit, Atobe could have won."

Momoshiro felt somewhat regretful.