Chapter 190: The Radiance of Love, the Radiance of Loneliness

On the court.

Takahashi watched the gradual changes appearing on his opponent's body, the corners of his mouth curling into an arc.

Can you feel that Spirit Power?

So, you have taken the initiative to use the Peerless Perfection?

However, even the Peerless Perfection cannot do anything against my Mental Domain—Spatial Disorder.

Yes, it is Spatial Disorder, not Time Distortion.

A long time has passed since Takahashi's match against Tanegashima.

During this time, the two Idle Characters have been practicing constantly, not stopping for even a single second.

And following time, Takahashi has successfully mastered another dimension of the spirit—space.

Now, once Takahashi begins to play seriously, he can extend his Spirit Power not only to the brain region where the opponent controls time, but also to the region where they control space.

At the beginning, Q. P kept hitting the tennis ball to the midpoint of Takahashi's baseline, attempting to make Takahashi submit through his flawless technique and create immense psychological pressure on him.

But who is Takahashi?

And who are the Idle Characters?

It is already showing mercy that they do not create immense psychological pressure for their opponents; how could it ever be the opponent's turn to apply pressure to him?

Therefore, when disrupting the brain region controlling either time or space, Takahashi decisively chose to make the opponent lose their sense of spatial control.

It must be said, Q. P's ability to hit fixed points is truly powerful.

In Takahashi's prediction, the Spatial Disorder he unleashed should have taken effect by the end of the second game.

Yet it was not until the third game that Q. P began to lose control of his sense of orientation, and the balls he hit started to deviate from their original positions.

Q. P is worthy of being a player for the D-Guo Team; his senses are extremely sharp, and once he discovered something was wrong, he immediately activated the Peerless Perfection.

It is a pity that even with this dazzling radiance activated, he could not stop his sense of space from gradually disappearing.

Because this move Takahashi used shares the same underlying principle as the Selfless State.

They are both special states that can only be reached by devoting oneself entirely to tennis, forgetting time, forgetting space, and transcending one's own limits.

Because the Idle Characters harbor too much resentment, Takahashi is unable to form a love for tennis, and thus he cannot activate the Peerless Perfection (which is also a type of Light of Restraint: the Light of Love).

However, after entering this state, Takahashi can smoothly extend his Spirit Power into the opponent's brain regions that control time and space, thereby causing errors in the opponent's perception of time or space.

Precisely because it shares the same origin as the Selfless State, even after activating the Peerless Perfection, Q. P cannot block the confusion of his spatial sense, because that dazzling radiance does not view this move as a negative mental state, and thus cannot eliminate it.

……

"Bang!"

……

"Bang!"

Facing a tennis ball with the speed of a rocket, Takahashi's figure flashed rapidly, barely managing to reach the ball and return it.

Sure enough, under the Peerless Perfection, Q. P's strength has increased once again.

This speed made even Takahashi feel a bit strained.

But he closed his eyes and felt it deeply, his expression relaxing once more.

Seizing the opportunity, Q. P hit a straight shot that pierced across the entire court.

Takahashi stood still, not moving at all, letting the tennis ball pass by his right side.

……

Bismarck, who was watching the match, said: "Strange! Why didn't Takahashi move?"

"Even if Q. P has activated the Light of Love, it's not as if Takahashi couldn't have reached that ball!"

Although he really did not want to admit it, Bismarck could see that in terms of basic strength, Takahashi was still above Q. P.

The proof was that after Q. P activated the Light of Love from the Light of Restraint, Takahashi was still able to keep up with the rhythm when facing Q. P's shots, even if he was a bit strained.

When Q. P's body is enveloped by the Light of Restraint, not only does his own strength grow rapidly, but this dazzling radiance also suppresses the opponent's strength, making it impossible for the opponent to exert their full potential.

Indeed, Bismarck also felt that after the Light of Love appeared, Takahashi's movements were no longer as fluid as they were at the beginning.

This was also within Bismarck's expectations, because Q. P's original strength was already very powerful; the Light of Love was equivalent to giving Q. P a positive boost and Takahashi a negative suppression.

With one rising and the other falling, Takahashi should have started losing points consecutively.

But even with his movements affected, Takahashi was still able to maintain the state of rallying with Q. P.

This proves that Takahashi's basic strength is capable of matching Q. P after being boosted by the Light of Love.

With this kind of strength at this age, where on earth did this monster come from!

Just as Bismarck was wondering why Takahashi did not return the ball, the umpire provided the answer.

"15-0!"

"Japan Team scores!"

Bismarck was surprised to discover that Q. P's straight shot had actually landed out of bounds.

"What is going on?"

Borg cast a gaze toward Takahashi that was so serious it was almost icy.

He explained: "The opponent's mental attack has taken effect!"

Bismarck asked in surprise: "How can that be? Hasn't Q. P already activated the Light of Love?"

Borg pondered for a moment and said: "This kind of mental attack is different from the Mental Assassination that Ochi just used against Seyfried; its aggressiveness is not strong."

"Or rather, it has no aggressiveness at all; it is merely disrupting Q. P's spatial perception."

"Therefore, the Light of Love has no effect on it!"

Borg himself has a mental ultimate move related to time, and once this move takes effect, the Light of Restraint cannot make it fail either.

Because space, like time, is a mysterious substance that exists objectively, and the two are inseparable.

Therefore, Borg can be completely certain now.

Tezuka frowned and said, "Spatial perception?"

Borg said in a deep voice, "Yes!"

"With Q. P's strength, he is completely capable of hitting the ball to a fixed point."

"But the position where he hits the ball is becoming increasingly offset, until finally the tennis ball goes out of bounds, all because his perception of space has been disrupted by the opponent."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"30-0!"

"Japan Team scores!"

"Bang!"

"40-0!"

"Japan Team scores!"

On the court, Q. P took a deep look at Takahashi; that gaze was full of wariness, and mixed within it was some fear.

He had clearly hit the ball toward the left, yet the ball's landing point was in the middle or on the right.

This feeling was as if space itself were playing a joke on him!

It was as if he had lost his grasp on the sense of space!

This sense of powerlessness did not make Q. P lose hope; on the contrary, his gaze became even more determined.

An even more dazzling light erupted violently from his body.

Two rays of radiance simultaneously enveloped Q. P.

Tezuka Kunimitsu, standing to the side, exclaimed, "Another ray of radiance?"

Borg nodded and explained, "Tezuka, do you remember I just said that the Light of Restraint has three levels?"

"What is appearing on Q. P now is the second ray, the radiance of desolation."

"This refers to the second realm reached by players who, after realizing their own strength, understand their own transience and limits."

"This was originally a secret weapon prepared for the upcoming world tournament; I didn't expect it to be used in an exhibition match."

Bismarck asked, "Can Q. P, with two layers of radiance superimposed, break through the opponent's mental attack?"