Chapter 5: Others Train, I Slack Off

This is the time when all clubs are holding their activities.

Rikkai has two hours of club activity time after school.

There is still half an hour left until it ends.

Takahashi Yanichi is walking along the empty, tree-lined path of the campus.

A gust of gentle Wind blows, and cherry blossoms drift down from the trees, with each petal dancing in the breeze. The air is filled with the faint, refreshing fragrance of cherry blossoms, which is truly invigorating!

It makes him think of a line of poetry from his past life: "The person is idle, the 'cherry' blossoms fall."

When he was in school before, every day was like a battle, rushing through classes and homework. Going to and from school was also a hurried affair.

He could only turn a blind eye to the beautiful scenery around him.

As for the beautiful imagery in poetry, he could only memorize it by rote, unable to truly understand it.

He also had no time to ponder it.

Today, while everyone else is busy conducting club activities and practicing hard, he is snatching a moment of leisure to enjoy this quiet time, which has actually allowed him to realize something about this line of poetry.

He wanders around the campus.

Passing by the basketball Court, he sees the basketball team members practicing their shots, covered in sweat.

Passing by the table tennis hall, he hears the constant "thump," "thump" sounds of table tennis balls hitting the paddles.

Looking down at the iced cola in his hand that is still bubbling, he feels very happy.

Finally, returning to the Tennis Club, he sees the members drenched in sweat, looking exhausted, yet still swinging their rackets with effort.

His mood becomes even happier!

This is what life is!

It is not just surviving!

Seeing that the time is about up, he packs his bag, ready to go home.

"Takahashi, where did you go just now? I was planning to find you to practice the Serve together."

Seeing the figure of Takahashi Yanichi again, Yamamoto Taro excitedly approaches him.

"I walked around a bit."

Takahashi responds.

"Oh, oh, no wonder I couldn't find you; so you went to watch others practice."

"Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle!"

"Besides practicing on my own, I also need to learn from you and observe others."

As for Takahashi Yanichi, Yamamoto Taro already admires him from start to finish, completely and thoroughly.

Because he discovered that, just through a few pointers from Takahashi, he mastered the technique of the Serve, and his success rate for the Serve increased significantly.

It is much more effective than the Coach he spent money to find at the tennis club.

This is probably what is called a heaven-sent talent!

To learn it himself within a day, and also be able to find the key points and give pointers to others.

It makes it impossible for him not to admire him!

So, at this moment, regarding Takahashi Yanichi's behavior, he automatically makes a suitable explanation for him and successfully convinces himself.

However, in the following days, Takahashi Yanichi always disappears for a period of time.

Sometimes he leaves half an hour before the club activities end.

Sometimes it is an hour before the club activities end.

Sometimes it is right after finishing the warm-up activities.

He just disappears.

And the members on the basketball Court can always see a slender figure passing by the basketball Court from time to time without coming in.

He is even wearing the yellow and white uniform of the Tennis Club.

"When did the Tennis Club's management become so lax!"

"Isn't Vice Captain Sanada known for being strict? Can he allow members to leave privately during training time?"

"Not necessarily, perhaps he has something to do."

"I can see him walking by every day, looking refreshed."

"And the drink in his hand is different every day!"

"So angry!"

"Envious, he is so relaxed!"

"Wandering around has no future! Let's focus on our training; the moment we hold the trophy, all the effort will have had meaning."

"At that time, life will be fulfilled! Life will be sublimated!"

"Wandering around will only waste our lives! How can such great youth be wasted on these things!"

"Right, just like that saying: low-level freedom relies on indulgence, high-level freedom relies on self-discipline."

"I have realized it!"

"I have realized it too!"

"Training, training, continue training!"

The ones with the most intense emotions are the members of the Tennis Club.

Every time the activities are about to end, they can always see a figure wearing the same uniform as them strolling in leisurely to pack up his things and prepare to go home.

This sparks their indignant discussions.

"Why is that kid strolling around every day? Has he already given up on the assessment a month from now?"

"If you want to quit, just write a withdrawal application."

"Yeah, otherwise we have to train for so long every day, it's so tiring."

"Quite a few people have already given up; they don't even need to come to the Tennis Club anymore."

"But I'm a bit jealous. Look, we're all covered in sweat, yet he's so refreshed."

"You need to broaden your perspective. If you work hard now, you'll succeed in the future! He's just wandering around aimlessly now; he'll only be a loser in the future!"

"Don't envy his ease right now; the results will be clear in a month."

"We should thank him. It's his slacking off that leaves us with one less competitor, making our chances of staying higher."

"That makes a lot of sense. Why didn't I think of that?"

"While he's slacking off, we need to step up our practice and leave him far behind."

"Right! I've decided, I'm going to add another half hour of training after we finish."

"Since that's the case, I'll add another hour of training."

"Then I'll do 2 hours."

Takahashi Yanichi wandered everywhere, yet he didn't cause any dissatisfaction.

No one came up to provoke him either.

Even Kimura Kojiro avoids him now whenever he sees him.

Nothing happened!

Having looked at the same scenery for several days, he also felt it was a bit boring.

It seems the quality of the students at Rikkai is still very high.

Ignoring everything outside the window, focusing only on improving oneself!

Maybe I should just skip training tomorrow.

How nice it would be to blow the air conditioning at home, watch TV, and play games!

He can just come over on the day of the assessment.

Wandering around the campus every day is also very tiring for him, okay!

If I'm going to slack off, I'll slack off to the end!

Feeling bored, he opened the system panel, preparing to harvest the results of nearly half a month.

His limbs immediately felt streams of scorching hot Qi circulating up and down his body.

He faintly felt his arms becoming more powerful, his muscles thicker, his whole body filled with strength, and his explosive power had also increased.

"Detected that the host's tennis level has reached Kanto Level, character panel has been updated!"

"God-level Tennis Idle System

Host: Takahashi Yanichi

Age: 12 years old

Speed: 4

Strength: 4

Stamina: 3.5

Spirit Power: 3.5

Technique: 4

Total: 19

Strength Rating: Kanto Level (++ )"

Takahashi Yanichi was quite satisfied with this level of strength.

First of all, it has been less than a month since he first touched a tennis racket, yet his strength has already reached Kanto Level.

This means that for the upcoming Kanagawa Regional Tournament that Rikkai has to face, he is fully capable of handling it.

It also means that for the internal club assessment in a few days, victory is within his grasp.

Although the Rikkai Tennis Club is famous, it still pays close attention to experts at the Kanto Level, especially since he is only a first-year.

Moreover, the protagonist of the original work, Echizen Ryoma, should not be at the Kanto Level at this time, yet he was still entrusted with important tasks by Seigaku.

Comparing it this way, one can see that Takahashi Yanichi's strength is quite extraordinary.

And this is only the result of less than a month of idling.

Although Echizen Ryoma grows very quickly, with the Idle System, his own growth speed will only be faster.

He has this confidence.

In the future, no one will be able to surpass him in growth speed.

After all, the Idle System doesn't allow him to be humble!

Secondly, in this nearly one month, he improved almost by lying down. No, it should be said he improved by riding a rocket. He only needed to sit, and he soared into the sky!

He didn't spend any time or energy at all; on the contrary, he enjoyed life quite well.

Truly enjoying the pleasure of being a person!

Except for the fact that nothing happened and it was a bit boring, he was very satisfied with his current life!