Chapter 42: A Boring Regional Tournament

The yellow-haired man is also a third-year, and he has faced Rikkai many times at the Regional Tournament.

Although he has always lost the matches.

He is, however, very interested in the personnel changes at Rikkai.

Every year, he actively and proactively researches Rikkai's participating members.

In his view, the importance of this matter is even higher than the win or loss of the match.

Because the gap in strength is too large, and he truly cannot win.

Researching the opponent can also be considered a way to pass the time!

The participating members for the past few years have been about the same, and it has always been Sanada leading the team.

However, this year he obtained useful information.

Rikkai has changed its Vice Captain!

And it was personally admitted by the original Vice Captain, Sanada!

This matter is much more interesting than the match!

He must find a way to get hold of Rikkai's entry list!

To see what grade this new Vice Captain is in!

The match has officially begun.

First is the Doubles Two match.

Rikkai's strength is indeed very formidable.

The players sent out for Doubles Two are not Regular Members, but ordinary team members.

Even so, they still have an overwhelming advantage against their opponents.

Very quickly, the match ended 6-0.

The players sent out for Doubles One are Regular Members, Marui Bunta and Jackal Kuwahara.

These two people's match ended even faster, also shutting out their opponents.

Watching the one-sided match on the court.

Takahashi yawned, feeling a bit bored!

Where did this trash come from! Such noobs!

There is no level to speak of at all!

They can't even get a single point!

The result of the match is without any suspense!

A match with back-and-forth action is what's truly exciting!

For some reason, he misses the matches in the Tokyo region a little.

Singles Three has also ended.

It was played by Kirihara Akaya.

Unfortunately, Kirihara lost one small point.

This made him feel very ashamed.

And he swore that he would not lose another single point in the following matches, whether it be a big point or a small point.

Very quickly, Rikkai won three matches!

Singles Two and Singles One ended without even having to play.

Sanada Genichiro, as Singles Two, and Takahashi Yanichi, as Singles One, stood on the court as spectators at close range and observed several matches.

It's just a pity that the matches weren't exciting enough!

Takahashi asked Sanada: "Are our matches always like this?"

He pointed his finger at the 6-0 score, signaling to Sanada.

"Yes! We basically have no opponents in the Regional Tournament and the Kanto Tournament; there are a few teams in the National Tournament that need attention," Sanada replied.

Takahashi now had a profound understanding of Sanada's personality.

Since they are all shutouts, why make things so tense before the match!

A small matter like confirming the starting lineup could be written down casually.

With their strength, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, they cannot win!

But before the match, Sanada asked Takahashi about the starting lineup more than once, which made him feel a bit worried too.

This personality of Sanada's is too serious and too conservative; he doesn't know how to be flexible at all.

But this is also quite good; with Sanada in charge, the Regional Tournament is a guaranteed first place.

As the Vice Captain, having such a capable teammate, it's fine to let himself go a little!

Takahashi remembered the manga he was following; today should be the release date.

Since that is the case, then he will leave the match to Sanada, and he himself will be responsible for having fun.

"There are no more matches for us today, right! I'll leave this to you; call me on the day there is a match!"

Takahashi patted Sanada on the shoulder, and while saying this, he packed up his bag and left.

Sanada watched Takahashi's departing back and fell into deep thought.

There are no more Rikkai matches this afternoon; these opponents' levels are too poor, and there is no need to observe them, so leaving early is reasonable.

It's just that Sanada always felt that Takahashi's departure wasn't because of anything important, but purely because he felt bored and wanted to find some fun.

However, this was just his own thought, and it was hard to verify.

Therefore, Sanada ultimately did not stop Takahashi.

……

Tokyo.

At the entrance of a manga shop.

"Finally got it! It really isn't easy to be in the first batch to buy this!"

Takahashi held the manga book and squeezed out of the crowd with force.

It was still early, so he could continue wandering around.

Suddenly.

A voice rang out behind Takahashi.

"That Takahashi..."

"Could you please help us?"

The voice was weak, lacking any real confidence.

Takahashi turned his head to look.

It turned out to be old acquaintances, the two doubles cannon fodder from Yulin.

He couldn't remember their names for the moment.

"Hmm?"

Takahashi asked aloud.

"The Street Tennis Court... today... someone came to challenge the court, two very formidable people."

"They even said... that everyone who plays street tennis is trash."

"We hope you... can use your strength to teach them a lesson."

Izumi and Buchuan stammered as they explained the situation.

Although Izumi and Buchuan were not particularly strong, they were local bullies at this Street Tennis Court.

Ever since they lost to Takahashi in a one-on-two, things had not been going well for them.

Not only did they lose in the Regional Preliminaries, but today, on their own turf, the Street Tennis Court, they had encountered another provocation.

Originally, after their defeat, they were prepared to slink away.

Unexpectedly, they saw Takahashi on the road.

Thus, they thought of having Takahashi help them get their revenge.

After all, Takahashi was considered an acquaintance!

And his strength was at a monstrous level!

After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Takahashi was left between laughter and tears.

What could one say about these two?

When they wanted to act tough, they were exceptionally good at it, and when they were cowardly, they were cowardly to a ridiculous degree.

They even dared to find a former opponent to help them!

This kind of thick skin was not something everyone possessed.

However, Takahashi happened to be in a good mood today.

At the same time, he was also very curious about who had come to challenge the court; how could so many things happen in such a small Street Tennis Court?

……

As they approached the Court, they could hear arguing coming from inside.

They saw a person wearing a gray and white school uniform grabbing a girl's hand.

The girl was also an old acquaintance.

Tachibana An!

The person wearing the gray and white school uniform was none other than Atobe Keigo of Hyotei Academy.

Standing next to him was a tall, fat, and burly person, Kabaji Munehiro.

He didn't expect it to be these two.

It seemed this Street Tennis Court was truly full of hidden talents!

"Why are you two pieces of trash back again?"

"And you brought someone back with you."

"Did you bring reinforcements?"

Atobe said, his attitude extremely arrogant!

"Tennis is about strength, and this person is the strongest in our Street Tennis Court."

Izumi said loudly.

"Oh, aren't they all just trash?"

Atobe continued.

Takahashi said indifferently: "The ones who lose are the trash; just talking won't get you anywhere!"

As Atobe walked toward the Court, he said: "Then let's just play a match; if I fail to return a single ball, I'll consider it my loss."

Takahashi said to Izumi and Buchuan: "Give me a racket."

After leaving the venue of the Regional Tournament, Takahashi had first gone home, left his team uniform and tennis racket there, and went out in casual clothes.

Therefore, he had no equipment on him at the moment.

"Hey, doubles, is it just you alone?"

Atobe sat on the ground and shouted toward Takahashi.

Izumi said: "It's like this again; he sits on the ground himself and lets the big guy next to him play."

"Although only the big guy is fighting, you must absolutely not underestimate him."