Chapter 51: Deprivation and Counter-Deprivation

On the other side of the Court.

Sanada and Yanagi Renji also felt very puzzled.

If one were to say Takahashi made a mistake, they could understand it!

It should have been that he was hit by Yukimura's Deprivation of Five Senses!

But.

How could Yukimura also be making frequent mistakes?

This is not his level!

Even if Yukimura were to Serve with his eyes closed, he would not have such mistakes!

They were finding it increasingly difficult to understand the situation on the Court.

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"Bang!"

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"Takahashi scores, score 1-4!"

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The sixth game.

It was Takahashi's service game again.

It was the familiar Zero-Style Serve again.

This time, Takahashi did not make a mistake.

He steadily hit a valid shot!

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"Bang!"

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At the side of the Court.

Sanada closed his eyes tightly.

He could not believe it!

Takahashi was actually able to push Yukimura to this extent.

1-4!

Including this game, it was Takahashi's service game again.

The score was about to reach 1-5!

Yukimura's defeat was already a foregone conclusion!

But, how could this be?

In the previous game, it was clear that Takahashi already had signs of losing his sense of touch.

How, in this game.

Takahashi had returned to normal!

Shouldn't he have lost his vision right after?

But, how could Takahashi look like nothing had happened!

Suddenly.

Sanada's gaze froze, and his pupils constricted.

He stared intently at Yukimura's figure on the Court.

Facing Takahashi's Serve, his body did not move a muscle!

Had he given up on returning the Zero-Style Serve?

Or could he not see?

As if frightened by his own guess!

Sanada hurriedly locked his gaze onto Yukimura's eyes!

His eyes were hollow, without focus!

His gaze was dull, like a pool of stagnant water!

Was this.

The loss of vision?

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"Bang!"

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Yukimura stood on the tennis court, his vision gradually blurring into a pitch-black void, only able to faintly catch some light.

He saw a yellow glow coming toward him, and after landing, it headed toward the direction of the net.

What was going on?

What had happened to his eyes?

"15-0!"

"Takahashi scores!"

"Bang!"

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"Takahashi scores, score 1-5!"

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At the side of the court.

"Why isn't Captain Yukimura moving at all? If this continues, he's really going to lose."

Kirihara was very anxious and said loudly.

1-5!

In terms of the overall score, Yukimura was actually trailing by 4 points!

This was shocking!

Ever since Kirihara arrived at Rikkai, he had never seen Yukimura lose a single point in a match.

Yukimura's matches were always one-sided, finished quickly, and he would defeat his opponents without leaving any room for them!

Never did he expect that one day he would be forced into such a state by someone.

Yanagi Renji spoke up, saying slowly: "Yukimura's condition is very wrong, it's as if he can't see... the tennis ball anymore."

"This state is... the same as having one's Five Senses Deprivation!"

After saying this, even Yanagi Renji was shocked by himself!

Wasn't it just that?

Standing still in place, letting the tennis ball land!

Plus, in the previous game, Yukimura had missed his shots, hitting the ball out of bounds and into the net.

It was as if he had lost his sense of touch!

Yes, Yukimura's entire state was just like the state of those who had once been subjected to Five Senses Deprivation!

But, how could that be?

This was Yukimura's ultimate technique; how could it backfire on Yukimura himself?

Yanagi Renji cast his gaze toward Takahashi, his eyes filled with deep apprehension!

What exactly happened?

How could Yukimura fall victim to his own ultimate technique?

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On the court.

Takahashi looked at his opponent, who was standing still in place, and said calmly: "Captain Yukimura, your ultimate technique has been seen through by me!"

"Your sense of touch and vision have already been lost!"

"It is no longer possible for you to turn the tables and win!"

"Before you can no longer hear me speaking, I advise you to concede as soon as possible!"

Yukimura's mind went blank!

What!

What was Takahashi's last sentence?

Before he could still hear Takahashi speaking.

What does this mean?

Is he about to lose his sense of hearing?

No, this is impossible!

However.

Gradually, Yukimura felt the noisy sounds beside the court growing further and further away.

His entire world became completely silent!

What he saw in his eyes was a patch of darkness, and there was no sound at all in his ears!

Is this what Deprivation of Five Senses is?

Is this everything that those opponents of his once felt?

Silence! Despair! Fear!

A world with only one person!

As if isolated from the world!

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"Bang!"

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"Bang!"

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"Match over, Takahashi wins, score 6-1!"

The umpire announced loudly.

Beside the court, the members of the Tennis Club began to discuss it one after another.

"I really didn't expect that Takahashi would actually win! It's just like dreaming!"

"Yeah, that is our Captain Yukimura, the Captain Yukimura who has led us for nearly three years and is known as the Child of God!"

"However, aren't you curious? Why did Captain Yukimura stand still in the last two games?"

"Very curious! But, we don't understand the world of experts! Just like I am also curious why Takahashi was still dodging the tennis ball in the first game!"

"It doesn't matter if we are curious or not; what matters is that the one who finally won was actually Takahashi!"

"Being curious, being curious, one just gets used to it."

"We just need to know that either one of these two is enough to kill us in seconds, and that's enough!"

"Right, I always feel like the tennis they play isn't from the same world as the tennis we play; it feels like they are playing Mental Tennis!"

"Now that this battle is over, is our Captain going to change too?"

"Yeah, Takahashi is even younger than me, yet he actually became the Captain of the Tennis Club."

"A first-year Captain—no matter where you put that, it's explosive news. Especially since it's at our Rikkai! Taking the position of Captain from Yukimura Seiichi!"

"If I hadn't witnessed this match with my own eyes today, I would have cursed anyone who told me the Rikkaidai Tennis Club Captain was changing as a lunatic!"

"This world is too surreal. When this semester just started, Sanada was still our Vice Captain, and not even 2 months later, the Vice Captain changed. Immediately after, not even half a month later, even the Captain is changing!"

"Sigh, the world changes too fast!"

"Look on the bright side, although our internal competition is fierce this year, we are definitely going to win against outsiders. Not just this year, but next year and the year after, no school will be able to stop us from taking the National Tournament championship."

"Hahaha, I don't have such high expectations. I'm in my second year now, I just hope that by the time I graduate from middle school, our Tennis Club is still number one in the nation!"

"Brother, look further ahead, broaden your perspective!"

"After all, Takahashi is only a first-year right now; he can be Captain for at least two more years. The National Tournament championships for the next two years are secure!"

"Next year Captain Yukimura will be moving up to high school, so Takahashi taking over as Captain is a seamless transition!"

"Right, and Takahashi is even stronger than Yukimura. With this, Rikkai's five consecutive National Tournament victories are secure!"

"Hahaha!"

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On the Court.

As soon as the referee announced the end of the match, several of the watching Regular Members ran onto the Court one after another.

Especially Sanada and Yanagi; they ran at the very front anxiously, extremely worried about Yukimura's condition.

Takahashi walked up and said indifferently: "He has only been temporarily subjected to Deprivation of Five Senses; he will recover after resting for a while!"

A plain and simple sentence, yet it exploded in the hearts of the several Regular Members like a bomb.