Chapter 66: A Heaven-Startling Ball

Sanada had always been dissatisfied with the new Captain, Takahashi Yanichi, for being free-spirited and casual in his work.

He feared he would lead the entire Tennis Club astray.

After all, if the upper beam is crooked, the lower ones will be askew!

But he never expected that everything Takahashi brought would be a positive influence.

Regarding the theory of timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony that Takahashi had mentioned to him, Sanada found the classics of the Dragon Kingdom, pondered and studied them carefully, and applied them to his own training.

It really had the effect of achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Sanada shared this theory with other club members, and it also yielded unexpected results.

Whether they were participating in the Kanto Tournament or not, the members actively and voluntarily stayed behind for extra practice.

This made Sanada, as Vice Captain, very satisfied.

But what comforted him most was the change in Kirihara.

Kirihara voluntarily increased his practice time from 2 hours to 5 hours, working diligently and persevering without letup.

Now the entire Tennis Club presented a flourishing trend; even before reaching the Court, one could feel the spirit of struggle and hard work coming from the air.

And all of this was brought about by Captain Takahashi.

Yukimura had once told Sanada not to look only at the surface of a problem, but to look at its essence.

It was the same when looking at Takahashi; do not just look at Takahashi's personal behavior, but look at the changes Takahashi brought.

Sanada understood now!

No wonder he could only be Vice Captain, while the other person could be Captain.

Aside from the gap in strength.

His own vision was indeed too short and too shallow.

He could not see things at a deeper level.

Facing the enthusiastic and sincere gaze Sanada cast toward him, Takahashi suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable, found an excuse, and left in a hurry.

……

For several days in a row, Takahashi discovered that the club members were practicing from dawn till dusk, desperately grinding their tennis skills.

They chased after one another, competing over the length of their practice sessions.

The level of internal competition reached a new height.

Takahashi often felt that because he lay flat too much, he was out of place with the hard-working atmosphere of the Tennis Club.

This made him involuntarily recall his distant past life, the miserable life of his third year of junior high and third year of high school.

It was truly a nightmare!

Therefore, Takahashi decided, in order to avoid recalling painful past events.

Out of sight, out of mind!

This day, as soon as school ended, Takahashi took a bus to Tokyo.

To see if there were any new manga or game consoles.

Always staying at home or at school was not the way to go!

Life lies in movement!

One should go out and walk more!

……

Tokyo.

Street Tennis Court.

Atobe, who always kept his word, really did come to the Street Tennis Court every day for several days in a row.

Oshitari and Mukahi also accompanied him, holding the mentality of watching a good show and relaxing, as the Kanto Tournament was about to start after all.

They did not expect Atobe and the others to come to the Court every day, which gave the others at the Street Tennis Court a massive headache.

Originally, this was their territory; playing tennis and bragging a little, life was quite pleasant!

Now, being brutally crushed by Atobe every day, their tennis skills were truly too poor, and one by one they were beaten to the point of doubting life.

If you can't afford to offend them, can't you just hide?

Now, as long as they saw people wearing gray and white sportswear from afar, they would hurriedly call their friends and leave.

Now the Street Tennis Court was left with only Atobe, Oshitari, and Mukahi.

Oshitari said to Atobe: "Captain, have you had enough fun?"

"Except for us, no one else dares to come to this Street Tennis Court; you are the true emperor of this Court."

Atobe said: "I will definitely defeat that guy named Takahashi."

"Not only do I want to be the emperor of this Street Tennis Court, but I also want to make that group of people submit at my feet."

Mukahi stood leaning against the wall and said: "The submission of those kinds of people, it doesn't matter!"

"They are just a bunch of trash."

"Now they run when they see us, and there are only a few of us in the whole Court; it's too boring!"

Oshitari replied: "If you want to talk about boring, it's not really boring."

"Yesterday I saw Momoshiro and Echizen from Seigaku, as well as the people from Fudomine."

"It can be considered getting to know the opponents in the Kanto Tournament in advance."

Mukahi sneered: "People like that, how can they be called opponents? That's looking down on oneself too much!"

"However, I am very curious; yesterday that short guy from Seigaku, Echizen Ryoma, even took the initiative to provoke Atobe, yet Atobe actually didn't accept the challenge, wanting to wait until the Kanto Tournament to fight again; it really doesn't fit the Captain's personality!"

Oshitari said: "Atobe's mind is full of this Street Tennis Court right now, where would he have the energy to compete with others."

While speaking, Oshitari signaled Mukahi to look in Atobe's direction.

I saw Atobe standing before an empty space, his eyes fierce and his expression savage, staring straight at the ground.

Mukahi was startled by the expression on Atobe's face; he took a few steps forward to look closely at the spot where Atobe's gaze was fixed.

I saw that there was an empty space there, containing a deep pit of moderate size.

Beside it stood a white sign.

Written on it were several large red characters: "Earth-Shattering Serve!"

It was extremely eye-catching!

"These guys..."

Atobe said this sentence almost viciously.

This act had little destructive power, but it was extremely insulting!

The meaning of this sign was this.

Although you, Atobe, are very strong, when we see you, we must hide and walk away.

Our skills are inferior to yours, we admit it!

However, we do not acknowledge that you are the strongest person at this Street Tennis Court.

The person who hit this ball is the true strong one in our hearts, the strong one everyone looks up to.

And you, Atobe Keigo, are just a bully who occupies other people's courts!

Mukahi felt very puzzled and said, "I didn't see this sign yesterday, how is it here today?"

"Could it have been made overnight?"

Oshitari signaled for Mukahi to look at Atobe's complexion.

Seeing Atobe's expression, which was darker than the bottom of a pot, Mukahi shut his mouth.

Oshitari suddenly felt a headache; this behavior was simply slapping Atobe in the face.

Atobe has always pursued high-profile displays and magnificence, possessing an extremely strong sense of self-esteem and pride.

Now, here, he had been humiliated like this.

I fear this matter will not end well!

Seeing that the Kanto Tournament is about to begin, Oshitari only hopes that Takahashi will stop hiding and appear quickly.

Atobe must defeat him quickly, beat him until he flees in a panic.

Only in this way can Atobe's anger be quelled.

Only then can this matter come to an end.

Tokyo streets.

Takahashi came out of a comic book store, feeling very disappointed.

The comic series he wanted to buy had actually stopped updating!

There were no new models of game consoles either, and he already owned everything the store had.

Just as he was walking down the road listlessly, a sound came from behind him.

"Big Brother Takahashi, is that Big Brother Takahashi?"

Hearing this voice, Takahashi turned his head in confusion.

He saw a person wearing black clothes and pants, sporting a yellow afro.

He confirmed that the person was calling him.

Takahashi looked him up and down.

He discovered.

He still didn't know him!

A stranger!

Takahashi turned his head and walked away.

Who would have thought that when the stranger saw Takahashi, it was as if he had seen a savior; his emotions surged, and he shouted, "Big Brother Takahashi, someone looks down on you and wants to wreck your court."

"The brothers wanted to teach him a lesson, but his tennis skill is just too strong!"

"I ask that Big Brother personally take action to teach him a lesson."