Listening to Soji Hatada's arrogant speech, Akutsu raised his eyebrows, but under Souji Hatada's gentle smile, he just snorted and said: "Hmph! Stop talking nonsense, what are you comparing?!"

"It's just a matter of who blinks first."

...

...

Kintaro Toyama looked at the squinting Souji Hata with horrified eyes.

Souji! How shameless!

Akutsu was also incredulous at the fact that Souji Hata could say such shameless words without changing his expression.

Did this guy come here intentionally to make fun of me today?!

Seeing that Akutsu didn't speak for a long time, Mr. Bantian asked the question again.

"Compared?"

How can this guy be so embarrassed?

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to compare. I'll just accommodate you, Akutsu, and change it."

Hata Souji said without hesitation: "Who can squint their eyes longer?"

...

...

"Stop joking, you guy!"

Faced with Souji Hatada's repeated inappropriate suggestions, Akutsu felt that even if he was standing in the clear river water, he could not calm down at this moment.

"We compete in running!"

Akutsu waved his hand, pointed to the other side of the river and said: "It's just a round trip! Whoever runs over first and then back will win! Otherwise there is no need to talk!"

"Ah, I need to go into the water. It's a bit troublesome."

Soji Hata seemed to be struggling for a while, and finally reluctantly agreed: "Okay, but I have a condition."

Hatada Souji Chiju said confidently: "Akutsu-senpai, since you set the competition events, can I also add a condition?"

"Say it quickly!"

Akutsu urged impatiently. He was confident that in terms of physical fitness, Souji Hata would never be his opponent.

"If I win, senior, not only will you play doubles this time, but you will also have to complete the training arranged by me seriously."

Souji Hata put away his joking expression and said seriously.

Akutsu snorted disdainfully.

"let's start."

This means the default.

Seeing that Akutsu agreed, Soji Hata smiled faintly, and at the same time turned around and said: "Kintaro, you are a bit of a rogue just waiting here, do you want to participate a little bit?"

Toyama Kintaro was stunned: "Hey! Me?"

"yes."

Souji Hatada said calmly: "Let's make it a little more difficult. When we run back to the other side, we have to serve Kintaro before we can run back. And when we return, we can't let the tennis ball fall into the water.

If you get into the water, you will be eliminated."

"Kintaro, just be responsible for hitting all the balls we send back."

Toyama Kintaro's eyes lit up.

"Oh, that's quite interesting."

Akutsu snorted unhappily and said: "To deal with two balls at the same time, kid, you'd better be more serious."

He was reassured about Kintaro Toyama's strength. He said this simply because of his awkward personality.

"Hey, don't worry, just keep it with me."

Kintaro Toyama patted his chest and assured confidently.

After discussing all the details, Akutsu's patience reached its peak, and he said to Soji Hata impatiently: "Is there no problem now?"

Souji Hatada shrugged.

"If the senior allows me to do some warm-up exercises, after all, the river water is very cold in summer, and it's already evening. Of course, if you don't agree, I won't..."

"Stop talking nonsense and do it quickly!"

"Hi hi~"

Then, Soji Hatada began to move his wrists and ankles slowly, while still mumbling something.

"one two three four five six seven eight."

"Two, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight."

Listening to Souji Hatada's gentle, comfortable and even lazy tone, Akutsu felt an unknown fire well up in his heart.

It's really too slow!

This guy definitely made me angry on purpose.

"Can't you hurry up!"

"Oh, I'm fine then."

After seeing Souji Hatada standing up instantly and saying that he had no problem, Akutsu felt a little surprised and unexpected. At the same time, he also felt that there was a buildup of anger in his chest that could not be released.

This guy definitely did it on purpose!!!!

Akutsu looked at the smiling face of Souji Hatada and felt the anger in his heart getting stronger and stronger.

"Ah, I almost forgot something!"

Hatada Souji seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly squatted down, and under Akutsu's surprised gaze, removed the weight-bearing training belt from his ankle.

"Sorry, I wore it for so long that I forgot about it."

Souji Hata then threw it away, and Akutsu's pupils shrank slightly when he saw the dull sound of landing.

"Have you been wearing these?"

"Ah, it started during the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition. After all, I didn't have much competition after that."

Soji Hata said nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Akutsu was silent for a while, and then said coldly.

"let's start!"

As he spoke, he held the racket in his hand and made a starting pose.

Seeing Akutsu being so serious, Souji Hata also posed seriously, and at the same time said to Kintaro Toyama: "Then please Kintaro, please start."

"ok!"

Toyama Kintaro nodded carelessly, and then shouted in a lively voice: "Get ready~~~ run!"

"bass!"

Two fierce sprays of water flew past both sides of Toyama Kintaro's body.

Although it is a river, its depth is only half as deep as Souji Hatada's calf. In order to speed up, Souji Hata and Akutsu had to increase their sprint pace. Water sprayed all over the two of them, and the violent water spray wet them both. The clothes added a tense and exciting atmosphere to the originally peaceful riverside.

Akutsu felt that he had been fooled. The width of the river was only slightly longer than the distance of a tennis court, and he could not rely on his explosive power to distance himself from Hata Souji.

Huh! Kid, is this your plan? If that's the case, you're looking down on me too much.

Akutsu thought proudly.

The two reached the other side of the river almost at the same time.

"Take the move!"

Akutsu was the first to hit the tennis ball, and the tennis ball flew towards Kintaro Toyama on the opposite side.

"Ah, it's coming, it's coming."

Kintaro Toyama smiled heartily, then swung his racket violently, twisted his body, and knocked back Akutsu's tennis ball.

"Bang!"

At this time, Souji Hatada's tennis game also arrived as scheduled.

"Soji, you are too slow!"

"Bang!"

Kintaro Toyama knocked back the two tennis balls one after the other with almost no effort!

At this time, Akutsu, who had taken the lead, had already surpassed Souji Hata.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Souji Hata, who was one position behind him, and Akutsu showed a confident smile.
To be continued...