Chapter 200: Tanegashima VS Zeus

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Kirihara exclaimed, "Senior Tanegashima is so amazing! He's actually going toe-to-toe with the captain of the Greece Team."

"No matter what complicated shots the opponent hits, he can successfully receive them and counterattack!"

Irie said, "This is Shuji's innate skill—Metsu Mu, which can turn any ball into nothingness."

Kirihara said, "It seems Tanegashima is also a very reliable senior!"

"In that case, we only need to spend three matches to eliminate them."

"The World Tournament isn't that difficult either."

Yukimura looked at the scoreboard, then at the match situation on the court, and said hesitantly, "Don't you find it strange?"

"Senior Tanegashima is clearly occupying the advantage on the court, yet the current score is 0-4!"

"In terms of the score, we are clearly at a disadvantage!"

Takahashi watched the match on the court and explained, "Zeus, the captain of the Greece Team, has successfully controlled the rhythm of the match from the very beginning."

"On the surface, he hasn't started attacking, but in reality, those key scoring points have all been taken by him."

Sanada asked in surprise, "Is such a thing possible?"

Takahashi explained, "Let's understand it in another way!"

"Zeus has already completely read Tanegashima's shot patterns, so it looks like Tanegashima has been attacking aggressively, but Zeus has quietly taken all the balls that could have scored."

"Zeus has already fully grasped the rhythm of this match and Tanegashima's offensive."

"Look, Tanegashima's obviously abnormal amount of sweating is exactly what Zeus deliberately caused."

The reason Shiraishi felt his tennis would be torn apart by Zeus is also because of this principle.

Because Zeus's ability is to control the court, to control everything.

And the traceable Bible Tennis is naturally countered by Zeus's ability.

Takahashi looked at Shiraishi on the side and added in his heart.

At this moment, Kirihara said, "Then what can be done to break this situation?"

Takahashi suddenly asked, "Kirihara, do you have any loose change on you?"

Kirihara asked in surprise, "Huh?"

During the halftime break, seeing Tanegashima return to his seat covered in sweat.

Takahashi walked up, handed over a bottle of mineral water, and said, "The opponent's ability is to control the entire court; as long as you hit shots he doesn't expect, his control will fail."

While speaking, Takahashi's fingers tapped on the mineral water bottle cap, on which there was a coin.

Tanegashima looked at the coin in front of him and began to think.

After replenishing his fluids, Tanegashima walked back to the court firmly.

Upon returning to the court, Tanegashima did not start playing, but sat cross-legged on the ground.

Kirihara said, "Could Senior Tanegashima have given up!"

Takahashi looked at the worried-looking Kirihara, a sly smile flashed across his face, and he explained, "No, Tanegashima is not the type of person who would give up."

"I just mentioned that Zeus's ability is to control the entire court and control the rhythm of the match."

"Now, driven into a desperate situation, Tanegashima is attempting to turn his inner thoughts into nothingness as well, so that Zeus cannot obtain effective information from his actions, thereby breaking the opponent's blockade."

Sanada listened to Takahashi's words and said thoughtfully, "Not only turning the opponent's ultimate move into nothingness, but even turning his own inner thoughts into nothingness?"

"Senior Tanegashima is truly a terrifying person!"

On the court.

"Bang!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of hitting the ball, Zeus hit a powerful and heavy ball toward Tanegashima's half of the court.

At the landing spot of the tennis ball, Tanegashima's racket arrived as expected, and a white ripple flashed across the racket.

"Bang!"

"Thud!"

"0-15!"

"Japan Team scores!"

Zeus was very surprised to hear the sound of the tennis ball landing behind him.

Tanegashima actually countered!

The situation was actually no longer under his control!

Zeus said, "Interesting, interesting! You actually broke through my blockade."

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"0-30!"

"Japan Team scores!"

Watching Tanegashima score consecutively after the halftime break, Sanada was somewhat puzzled: "Could it be that Senior Tanegashima has truly turned his own thoughts into Mu?"

"What an incredible guy!"

A flash of inspiration crossed Takahashi's mind, and he said with a smile: "Tanegashima hasn't just turned his own thoughts into Mu; building on that, he has also turned his opponent's thoughts into Mu."

"In this way, even if the opponent has the ability to control the entire court, once they lose their ability to think, their power will also lose its effect."

Sanada was even more puzzled: "How could such a thing be possible?"

Takahashi raised an eyebrow and said: "Otherwise, how do you explain everything happening on the court?"

Sanada felt as if he were dreaming; could playing tennis actually affect an opponent's thoughts?

Has Mental Tennis developed to this point already?

His research into Spirit Power was indeed inferior to Takahashi's, and although he found it absurd, Sanada still convinced himself to accept this fact.

Keeping pace with the times and being willing to accept new things is the only way not to be eliminated by the era.

Sanada nodded solemnly.

Yukimura, standing to the side, heard this and looked at the fleeting smile on Takahashi's face; he always felt something was wrong.

……

"Bang!"

Tanegashima leaped high and smashed the tennis ball fiercely downward.

The tennis ball touched the net and rolled down along it.

"0-40!"

"Japan Team scores!"

……

"Bang!"

"1-4!"

"Japan Team scores!"

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Watching his own Serve game being easily broken by Tanegashima, the smile on Zeus's face gradually disappeared.

Why can I no longer read the opponent's actions?

Could it be that the opponent has truly turned his own heart into Mu?

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Next, Tanegashima launched a fierce counterattack.

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"Bang!"

"Bang!"

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"Score 2-4!"

"Japan Team scores!"

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Oni Jujiro, standing not far behind Takahashi, also felt very strange.

"Tanegashima has actually completely broken through Zeus's control and blockade."

"Could it be that he suddenly changes the ball's trajectory at the moment of impact, catching the opponent off guard?"

Byodoin spoke hesitantly: "Although Tanegashima has such reaction speed, as the captain of the Greece Team, Zeus's ability to control the entire court shouldn't be fooled by such small tricks, right!"

"After all, no matter how much a person wants to change their way of hitting the ball, they cannot escape their inherent habits."

Irie said: "Although I don't know how Shuji did it."

"However, the current situation is very favorable for us."

……

"Score 3-4!"

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"Bang!"

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"Score 4-4!"

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"Bang!"

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"Score 6-4!"

"Match over! Japan Team wins!"

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Hearing the umpire's voice, the entire Greece Team felt very surprised.

Their omniscient and omnipotent captain, Zeus, actually lost to the opponent so easily?

Ever since the halftime break, the opponent has been completely like a different person.

Not only the Greece Team, but Sanada on the other side also felt it was unbelievable.

"Senior Tanegashima has actually really turned the opponent's thoughts into Mu."

"Easily taking seven games to secure the final victory."

Looking at Sanada's incomparably serious and earnest expression, Takahashi could not suppress his laughter and said, "Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

"Sanada, I really didn't expect you to be so naive."

Yukimura also laughed and said, "Takahashi is just teasing you!"

"Turning an opponent's thoughts into Mu; anyone can tell that such a thing is simply impossible to happen."

Takahashi continued, "I was just joking, I didn't expect you to actually take it seriously."

"And you even convinced yourself with such a straight face!"

"Too funny!"

"Hahaha!"

Kirihara scratched his head and said, "Really? I think Master's explanation actually makes quite a bit of sense."

Listening to Kirihara's words and looking at the two clowns before him, Takahashi could not stop laughing.

As Sanada's expression gradually turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, Takahashi slowly ceased his laughter and explained, "Tanegashima's Mu can turn an opponent's special moves, including mental-type special moves, into Mu, but it is impossible to turn a person's thoughts into Mu."

Sanada asked, "So, how did Senior Tanegashima break the opponent's control?"