Chapter 85: Sanada and Yanagi's Doubles Match

Kanto Tournament semifinals.

The match venue for Rikkai versus Fudomine.

Due to the vast disparity in strength between the two sides, the match ended very quickly.

It was still the Rikkai tradition, ending the match with a score of 6-0.

After the Doubles No. 2 match ended, Marui and Yagyu came before Takahashi.

Takahashi raised his hand, looked at his watch, and said, "10 minutes and 30 seconds; we were just a little bit off from breaking our record."

Marui blew a green bubble with his gum and said, "If I were paired with Kuwahara for doubles, I'd have the confidence to break the record."

"Pairing with Yagyu, our chemistry just isn't enough."

Takahashi spoke calmly: "By pairing with fixed teammates, you stay within your comfort zone and have no room for improvement. Changing to an unfamiliar teammate is the only way to force you out of your comfort zone and make improvement possible."

Yagyu Hiroshi pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "I understand, Captain!"

"We will continue to work hard!"

Standing by the court, Kirihara said loudly, "So that's what Master meant."

"To let us constantly work hard, improve, and break through our own limits."

"I will certainly not let down Master's painstaking efforts."

Beside him, Sanada crossed his arms and his brow twitched involuntarily.

He always felt that things weren't that simple.

At this moment, the broadcast sound rang out.

"The Doubles No. 1 match will now begin, with Sanada Genichiro and Yanagi Renji of Rikkai Dai Fuzoku Chugaku versus Ibu Shinji and Kamio Akira of Fudomine."

Hearing the names broadcast, Sanada was stunned for a moment.

He hadn't heard wrong, had he?

He was paired with Yanagi Renji?

Playing doubles?

Combat power shouldn't be wasted like this!

Sanada cast a look of doubt toward Takahashi.

Takahashi smiled slightly and said, "I don't need to worry about the strength of you two; do you have the confidence to break the 10-minute record?"

Yanagi Renji spoke up: "There is a 90% probability of breaking the record."

Takahashi said, "Good, I look forward to it!"

Sanada:...

In the spectator stands.

"Did I hear that right! It's actually Sanada Genichiro and Yanagi Renji playing doubles."

"Yeah! The two of them are two of the Three Giants of Rikkai, and they've always been in singles positions."

"Especially Sanada, I've never seen him play doubles before. This is the first time, right!"

"Me too, I've never seen it."

"Sanada Genichiro is the Emperor of Rikkai! How could he stoop to a doubles position."

"Putting such a strong singles player in a doubles position is too much of a waste."

"Yeah! Even with the combination of Marui and Jackal, Fudomine couldn't win at all. Why have these two play doubles?"

"I don't see how Fudomine could win at all; they don't even have a chance to win a single game. The strength gap between the two sides is too large; there was no need for Sanada to even appear."

"Perhaps it's because Rikkai wins no matter how they play, so they dare to pair up randomly."

"They could win with their eyes closed, so why bother taking it seriously."

"Playing around in the semifinals of the Kanto Tournament? This is the dominance of the champions."

On the court.

"Boom!"

Ibu Shinji stared fixedly at Sanada's movements.

He only felt his vision blur, and he saw the tennis ball had already landed in his half of the court.

He couldn't even see the swinging motion clearly.

"15-0!"

"Point to Rikkai Dai Fuzoku Chugaku!"

"Boom!"

Kamio Akira used all his strength, running desperately, but still couldn't catch up to the trail of the tennis ball.

"30-0!"

"Point to Rikkai Dai Fuzoku Chugaku!"

In the spectator stands.

"Although it's a waste for Rikkai to send Yanagi and Sanada to play doubles, watching them brutally crush their opponents is just too satisfying!"

"The opponents aren't even on the same level as them; this is completely a one-sided slaughter!"

"To actually be able to see such a match at the Kanto Tournament, they are truly worthy of being Wangzhe Rikai Da!"

On the other side of the court.

Everyone from Fudomine had their mouths wide open, unable to believe the scene before them.

Ibu Shinji and Kamio Akira were originally singles players, and their individual strength was far higher than that of Ishida Tetsu and Sakurai Masaya.

In order to ensure victory in Doubles No. 1, the Captain specifically had the two of them play doubles.

And the doubles pair formed by the two of them indeed had a decent track record, successfully defeating Hyotei Academy's Doubles No. 1 with a score of 6-0 at the Metropolitan Tournament.

Although Hyotei sent their second team, not their official members.

But Hyotei is, after all, a prestigious tennis school, famous throughout the entire country.

Even for a second team, it is not easy to achieve a 6-0 score.

From this, it can be seen that the doubles strength of these two is not bad.

Unexpectedly, such a pair was beaten until they had no power to fight back in front of Rikkai's Sanada and Yanagi.

You must know that the doubles strength formed by the two of them is far higher than that of the just-played Ishida and Sakurai.

Everyone could accept those two being suppressed by Rikkai, as those two are considered quite average within Fudomine.

But for Ibu Shinji and Kamio Akira, their individual strength within Fudomine is only weaker than the Captain, Tachibana Kippei.

Unexpectedly, they were actually beaten so miserably.

Rikkai, terrifying to this extent!

Just as everyone was shocked by the match on the court.

Tachibana Kippei, who was sitting in the court coaching seat, stood up and walked toward Rikkai's court coaching seat.

Kirihara stood outside the court, saw the person from Fudomine walk up to Takahashi, and said to Marui beside him: "What is this guy trying to do! Why did he run over to our side?"

Marui also shifted his gaze to where Takahashi was.

……

"Boom!"

"Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School wins, score 6-0!"

"Next, the Singles No. 3 match begins, Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School's Kirihara Akaya versus Fudomine's Tachibana Kippei."

Yanagi Renji and Sanada walked out of the competition area and came to Takahashi.

"9 minutes and 48 seconds!"

"Not bad, you broke the record!"

Takahashi raised his watch and said.

"What did Fudomine's Captain just come over to say to you?"

Sanada looked at Tachibana Kippei's departing back, feeling a bit concerned, and spoke up.

"Nothing, just chatting casually."

Takahashi said.

"For Fudomine's Captain to come to the opponent's court during the match, he comes with ill intent."

Yanagi Renji said.

"Don't be a conspiracy theorist. An acquaintance, met up, just talked for a bit."

Takahashi replied.

"What? You know him?"

Sanada said in surprise.

Just as Sanada was about to continue speaking, Kirihara's voice came over.

"Master, the next match is mine, I will definitely break the record."

Takahashi said: "Good, I'll wait and see!"

……

On the court.

The first game was Kirihara's Serve.

Kirihara tapped the tennis ball on the ground, then tossed the tennis ball upward.

When the tennis ball fell to the appropriate position, he swung his arm.

"Boom!"

The tennis ball turned into a yellow streak of light, heading toward Tachibana Kippei.

"Boom!"

Tachibana quickly moved his position, swung the racket in his hand the moment the tennis ball landed, and successfully returned it.

"Boom!"

……

"Boom!"

……

The yellow tennis ball flew back and forth in the air.

Both sides were evenly matched.