Chapter 52: Others play physical tennis, but they play mental tennis

"He has only been subjected to the Deprivation of Five Senses; he will recover after resting for a while."

Takahashi's indifferent voice rang out.

Sanada and the others were shocked into a daze; they quickly raised their heads and looked toward Takahashi.

"What did you do to him?" Sanada asked, his brows furrowed tightly.

"I didn't do anything, I just let him experience his own move."

Takahashi answered while putting his tennis racket back into his bag.

Yanagi Renji pressed Takahashi, saying: "How did you do it? How did you discover it?"

Reflecting Yukimura's Metsu Gokan move back at him—this was simply a fantasy!

So many people had been defeated by this move, beaten by Yukimura until they had no power to fight back.

From that, one could see just how formidable and overbearing this move was!

Yet, judging by Takahashi's tone, it seemed extremely easy to reflect this move!

How could that be?

This sentence stirred up great curiosity in Yanagi Renji.

"Intuition!"

Takahashi answered while zipping up his backpack.

"What?"

Yanagi cried out in disbelief.

Sanada seemed to have realized something and said: "Is this the reason why you didn't dare to return Yukimura's tennis balls in the first set?"

"Yes!"

Takahashi replied.

"So you discovered it that early?" Yukimura interjected.

After resting for a period of time, he had already recovered.

As the person involved, he was even more curious about how Takahashi had managed it!

Takahashi looked back at Yukimura; he felt great admiration for Yukimura, who had developed this move.

He couldn't help but exclaim: "Captain, this move of yours is truly formidable, to actually cover the tennis ball with a faint, almost imperceptible Spirit Power!"

"At first, I didn't notice it, but in the dark, I could feel that I was in great danger."

Yukimura said in a low voice: "Intuition told you there was danger?"

Not only that, but at the time, Takahashi had utilized all his understanding of spin, attaching his own spin to every ball.

Only then could he barely sense the wisps of Spirit Power on the tennis ball.

And he also understood that the tennis ball was already being controlled by Yukimura.

Yukimura continued: "So, for the remaining balls in the first set, you didn't dare to return a single one."

"That's right. If I had returned those balls at that time, I fear that before the second set, my Five Senses would have been deprived!"

Takahashi recalled the scene at the time and still felt a lingering fear.

When he discovered the Spirit Power on the tennis ball, he realized it had already spread to his hand.

If he had let the Spirit Power spread to his body and his brain, then everything would have been over; Yukimura's current fate would have been his own.

"Since you didn't dare to return them in the first set, why did you dare to return them in the third set?"

Yanagi Renji asked; this was also the question everyone shared in their hearts.

Takahashi pondered for a few seconds and said: "This move of the Captain's should have a prerequisite."

"The prerequisite is that the Captain can catch all incoming balls and successfully return them, creating an invincible impression on the opponent's mind, and then, combined with the faint Spirit Power on the tennis ball, together crush the opponent's mental defenses, thereby causing the opponent to lose their Five Senses."

"However, in the second set, the Captain didn't catch a single ball against the Zero-Style Serve."

Yukimura seemed to understand and said: "Because the failure in the second set didn't form an invincible impression for you, so starting from the third set, you could return them."

"Yes, intuition told me that this was an opponent who could be defeated. Influenced by this strong willpower, the Spirit Power covering the tennis ball could not affect me."

"I could also use this to change the target of the Spirit Power."

Takahashi said indifferently.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp.

What?

To actually have such strong willpower, believing that one could defeat Yukimura.

Just how much confidence and strength did that take!

And he had actually succeeded!

Takahashi continued: "This Metsu Gokan move should belong to the mental type of attack. When facing an opponent who believes they are bound to lose, it can function very well, just like the Captain did at the end."

"But, once the opponent's willpower is stronger than yours, added to the fact that you didn't catch the ball, it will only cause you to suffer a backlash!"

Sanada continued: "But there were a few balls you didn't control well; at that moment, you lost your sense of touch, right!"

"Yes!"

Takahashi answered without hesitation, then continued:

"That was the lingering aftereffect from the first set; I hadn't discovered it at the time, and the Spirit Power had already contaminated my hand."

"But that was all!"

Kirihara couldn't wait to interject and ask: "Then why did it disappear later?"

"Because my willpower intensity was higher than the opponent's, the damage caused by the opponent's Spirit Power to me was limited, and after sensing the principle, I could use it to control it and make it backfire on its own master."

Takahashi said indifferently.

Everyone fell silent.

How powerful this is!

What they are playing is physical tennis!

These two people are playing Mental Tennis!

Not only that, one is attempting to use Spirit Power to control the opponent and deprive them of their Five Senses!

The other, relying on an indomitable will, has vividly broken free from the control of Spirit Power and counter-controlled the opponent!

Too powerful!

Too abnormal!

Too monstrous!

Yukimura Seiichi slowly stood up and reached out both hands toward Takahashi.

"You are even more powerful than I imagined; I lost this game!"

"Congratulations on winning, and congratulations on becoming the Captain of the Rikkaidai Tennis Club!"

Under the setting sun, a faint golden light shone upon the two, and their elongated shadows were reflected on the ground.

"Ding! Detected that the host's strength has entered a new stage, system is automatically upgrading..."

"Hm?"

Takahashi was very puzzled.

This system of his is usually very quiet.

Although it doesn't speak, Takahashi is very satisfied with this system.

The system's greatest function is the Idle Character; as long as the Idle Character perseveres in grinding tennis techniques day after day, Takahashi actually doesn't care whether the system speaks or not.

It is rare for the system to speak!

And it even mentioned that it is going to upgrade!

This made Takahashi full of anticipation, and he pulled up the character panel.

Host: Takahashi Yanichi

Age: 12 years old

Speed: 4.9

Power: 4.9

Stamina: 4.55

Spirit Power: 5.5

Technique: 6.05

Total: 25.9

Strength Evaluation: Quasi-World Level

Honestly, Takahashi is not very satisfied with these stats.

In half a month's time, speed, power, stamina, and technique only increased by 0.05.

You have to know, the Idle Character has been practicing day and night.

Half a month, let's count it as 15 days!

That is 360 hours!

360 hours is not a lot, but it is definitely not a little!

Excluding strong schools like Rikkai that often have extra practice.

At ordinary schools, the daily time spent practicing tennis is only 1-2 hours, and they still rest on weekends; even five days a week, they cannot practice every single day.

So 360 hours is equivalent to about one year of their practice volume!

Converted to an ordinary student, that is one year's worth of practice.

It only increased by such a small amount.

Although Takahashi knows that the further one goes, the harder it is to improve, and the time required increases geometrically!

However, when truly seeing this scene, to say there is no disappointment in his heart would definitely be a lie!