"Huh~~~"

A bus was driving on a forest road. Mr. Bantian looked at the scenery outside the window with a vague smile on his lips.

Well, you are back. This time, you have to ask that person for advice before you come back!

Thinking that the bag contained the small gift that Mifune Iridou gave to him at that time, Souji Hata felt very excited inside.

"Hey, Souji, do you know where the training camp we are going to is?"

Toyama Kintaro asked excitedly.

No need for Soji Hata to answer, Kentaro Minami said with a smile: "Really Kintaro, didn't you take a good look at the invitation letter? The training camp that invited us to train this time is the Under 17 training camp."

"The so-called under 17 means that this training camp only invites players 17 years old and below. However, due to the strict requirements on strength, most of the players in it are usually high school students."

"And the high school students they invited are all the top high school tennis players."

Kintaro Toyama turned to look at Kentaro Minami, his eyes slightly widened in confusion.

"They are all top high school students. The requirements of this training camp are so strict."

Dongfang Masami nodded and said: "Well, because the players selected here will represent our country in the World Tennis Championships."

"world!"

Seeing Kintaro Toyama's surprised look, Masami Dongfang laughed and said: "But there are only the top few. Those who can be selected are very rare. Only strong people can represent the country."

"Hey! Did you hear that, Souji! It seems very interesting!"

Kintaro Toyama's eyes were shining with intense light.

"Top high school students, players from all over the world, hoohoo! They are excited! They are so excited! Okay! We must have a big fight when the time comes!"

Souji Hatada, who was leaning against the window with one hand and supporting his head, turned his head and looked at the excited Toyama Kintaro beside him, and nodded half helplessly and half amused.

"Okay, okay, although you are very excited, you'd better sit down first. The road ahead will be a bit shaking."

A little shaky?

The people on the bus were stunned when they heard this. The next moment, the driver of the bus in front reminded: "Everyone, there is a mountain road ahead. Please sit tight."

"Why!"

"Hey! What! Sit down quickly!!"

Souji Hata looked at the dumbfounded Toyama Kintaro and pulled him to his seat angrily.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, the car began to shake slightly, but this shaking seemed to further arouse Kintaro Toyama's curiosity.

"Director, how do you know? Have you been here?"

"That's right! Before the national competition, didn't the minister train by himself?"

"And he is so familiar with the roads here. Sure enough, the minister must have come here for training."

"And judging from the minister's strength, it's normal to come here to train in advance!"

The Yamabuki members talked to each other one by one, and finally they all turned their attention to Souji Hata.

"Minister! Tell us, what's it like in this training camp?"

Hatada Souji, who looked at him with eyes full of curiosity, was also somewhat stressed.

He touched his nose and said coquettishly: "Well, in my opinion, it's very professional, very high-end, very arrogant, very... wealthy!"

"What? You're so unsure, Souji, have you ever trained there?"

Toyama Kintaro looked at Hata Souji in confusion.

"Ahem, strictly speaking, I just passed by inside."

"Passing by!"

"Well, I was defeated by the people inside and failed the test."

"Beat!"

"Well, strictly speaking, it should be a disastrous failure."

“Still failed miserably!!!”

Soji Hata stopped talking. He suspected that these people were deliberately rubbing salt into his wounds.

"I didn't expect you to be defeated, Souji!"

Seeing the enthusiastic expression on Kintaro Toyama's face, Souji Hatada couldn't help but laugh or cry.

Isn't this a little too obvious for you?

"Don't even think about competing with that person."

Soji Hata did not hesitate to expose Kintaro Toyama's little thoughts.

"Hey! Got it! There will be plenty of opportunities in the future!"

Minami Kentaro stopped joking and said seriously: "You can't believe that even the minister was defeated. This training camp is really not easy!"

Everyone looked gloomy, and the slightly impetuous mentality caused by winning the national championship was instantly suppressed.

They all thought about facing this training camp with a more serious and focused attitude.

Tilting his head, looking at the expressions of the people behind him from the corner of his eyes, Souji Hata nodded with satisfaction.

I really thought that I would tell my embarrassing stories casually, not just to temper these people's mentality. If I were too arrogant and complacent, I would suffer a lot and waste a lot of effort.

In this way, the bus drove smoothly to the familiar heavy iron gate.

"So everyone, goodbye, I wish you all the best."

The cheerful voice of the bus driver disappeared into the forest.

Yamabuki and his group looked at the mysterious gate in front of them with curiosity, and everyone looked seriously.

Chief Bantian was very satisfied with everyone's attitude.

"Let's go!"

When I walked to the gate, there was no problem this time and I entered smoothly, but...

"Hey! Look at you, you must be the specially invited junior high school students this year."

Yamabuki and his team looked at the two players in front of them who exuded the smell of old fritters, and nodded cautiously.

"Yes! We are from Yamabuki Academy."

At the same time, he looked at Souji Hata with confusion, indicating whether this was a part of the test.

Of course Hata Souji knew that this was not a test. After all, the strange smells emitted by these two people would make even Toyama Kintaro suspicious.

However, the two veterans who felt good about themselves said with a sense of superiority: "This training camp is not a simple training camp. Although you have received the invitation, you still have to pass the test."

"If you can't pass the simple camp entry test, there's no point in staying here."

The confident tone of the two people made everyone in Yamabuki, who was originally skeptical, a little confused.

Kentaro Minami said in a deep voice: "Excuse me, what is the test?"

The two old fritters smiled at each other.

...

"Within five balls, if you hit three cans on the field, you will pass the test."

Everyone in Yamabuki looked at the three solitary and slightly shabby cans placed on the opposite field with expressionless expressions, and they were all lacking in interest.

That's it?

Everyone looked at Mr. Hatada again.

As if asking the minister if he was deceiving them.

Facing the confused looks from everyone, Mr. Hatada smiled faintly.

"Forget it, just warm up first and play with them."

After saying that, he took the lead in picking up the racket and hit a clean ball under the expectant and gloating eyes of the two veterans.

"Bang!"

Three cans are placed in a triangle on the court, one is placed in the middle of the center line of the court, and the other two are at the bottom corners of both sides.

Hata Souji's ball first hit the can in the middle, then the tennis ball and the can bounced to both sides, and hit the two cans on the baseline.

Under the stunned eyes of the two veteran entries, they said calmly: "This way, consider it passed."

The two people who were shocked by Hata Souji nodded subconsciously, hmm, they didn't look very smart.

Although they felt speechless, everyone in Yamabuki still played this little game patiently.

...

"Bang!"

"boring!"
To be continued...