Chapter 130 Intramural Ranking Matches Before Regional Qualifiers
All schools have welcomed new students.
All schools interested in this year's national competition have full expectations for the freshmen.
The success of Higa Junior High School last year made all schools understand a truth.
Sometimes strength really cannot be measured by age. The absolute gap in talent will erase the decisive difference in age.
Even if there are no scary newcomers like An Shijin and Mu De, it would be good to have a few newcomers with immediate combat capabilities.
Some are happy and some are sad.
Naturally, Higa Junior High School was among the few schools that worried about it.
Just as Amuro Jin expected, even if Higa Junior High School won the national competition last year, it did not change the reality that there were no strong newcomers joining this year.
After all, Okinawa basically does not attract students from other places.
And how many talented young tennis players are there in Okinawa?
Even Mutte and Aoi Hanamura didn't expect it.
If An Shijin hadn't brought Keith and Lin Xiu back from abroad last year, their strength at Higa Junior High School would have been greatly weakened this year.
An Shijin knew it.
This year, whether it's Rikkai University, Hyotei, or Seigaku, there are very strong newcomers joining.
Moreover, most of their main combat capabilities from last year have been preserved intact.
Even the Shitenbao Temple is like this.
Although the president, Zenyuki Taira, has left for further studies, they will have strong newcomers joining this year.
Plus the progress of others.
This year, I am afraid that only schools like Higa Junior High School and Muzhiteng will fall into a vacuum period of weakened strength.
"What a headache."
An Shijin is a little worried about the future of Higa Junior High School, but now he can only take one step at a time.
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Just as An Shijin and Mu Shue expected.
Most of the large group of newcomers who came here came because of the name of the winning club in the national competition.
Some of them have never even played tennis.
Naturally, it is difficult for these people to persist in the tennis club's seemingly rigorous training.
Just over a week has passed.
There were only 20 or 30 freshmen left out of the original one hundred or so freshmen.
However, those who stayed were able to persist in completing the initial training plan for the tennis club set by Aoi Hanamura.
These people were also recognized by Jin Amuro and Kite and truly became members of the Higa Junior High School Tennis Club.
And these freshmen also fully understand that the reason why Higa Junior High School was able to win the national competition last year was not because of anything else.
It's the result of hard work and training.
There is no casual success, behind every success is countless sweat.
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April time passes slowly.
It's coming to an end soon.
This year's first intramural ranking competition is about to start at Higa Junior High School.
For many members, this is a good opportunity to test their strength.
Becoming an official team member has always been their goal.
Many people think that it is a great honor to be able to participate in the following regional qualifiers and Okinawa Prefecture competition as a formal member of the Higa Junior High School Tennis Club.
Tomorrow is the day when the tennis club holds the intramural ranking match.
Aoi Hanamura and Jin Anshi are making final preparations for tomorrow's grouping.
There is no absolute fairness. At this time, the winner takes all.
An Shijin has arranged two official players for each group to ensure that there will not be a situation where a group of three official players will compete with each other.
In fact, it's not unfair. After all, as long as you have the strength to defeat Hirakoba and Kai, you can replace them and become a regular team member.
In the end, strength comes first.
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The next day.
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
The tennis club became extremely lively.
In addition to the members of the tennis club, there were also many people who were not members of the tennis club.
After all, this is the Higa Junior High School Tennis Club’s first school ranking match this year.
The winner will represent Higa Junior High School in this regional qualifier.
For many people, this kind of fun is a must.
The school ranking competition is a voluntary participation system, and those who register will be placed on the competition list by An Shijin and Huacun Aoi.
Most of those who did not sign up to participate are first-year students.
They will participate in this school ranking competition as logistics and referees.
The first round of competition started soon.
An Shijin did not prohibit people outside the club from coming to watch the game, so this time there were more spectators scattered in various stadiums.
The greater the number of spectators, the better the Pinggu field will be.
"Fan Shaoqian!"
Ping Guchang jumped out in one step, his coat dancing in the wind.
The golden stream of light circled in mid-air. Even if Ping Guba had already kept his hand, such a violently changing ball was not something his opponent could capture.
winter!
"The game is over, Rin Yuhira Furuba wins, the score is 6:0."
The first-year temporary referee recorded the score, and then he went to the registration office to submit the results of this round to Aoi Hanamura.
"Please! Hiraguba, do you have to be so serious?"
The third-year club member who was Taira Furuba's opponent complained feebly.
He originally thought that the gap between him and Ping Guchang would narrow.
I never thought it would become bigger and bigger.
"Senior, you are too inferior."
Ping Guba tightened his coat, said a few words, turned around and ran away.
"Damn Hiraguba!"
Looking at Ping Guchang's fleeing figure, the third-year seniors could only sigh in despair.
The first round of competition ended quickly.
All regular players defeated their opponents with a score of 6:0.
Their wonderful performance also caused waves of exclamations from the audience.
The audience outside the tennis club doesn't care about the disparity in strength.
They only feel that all the official team members are extraordinary.
Especially Keith, with his blond hair, he stood out among the crowd.
Keith's popularity is second only to An Shijin.
Even the wooden hand was crushed by him.
A total of two rounds of competition are scheduled today.
The second round begins immediately after the first round.
The biggest highlight of this round is the showdown between Keith and Ping Guba.
They had competed once before in doubles, and now they met again in singles.
The only game between regular players and regular players in the second round will naturally attract a large number of spectators.
"I'm sorry, Kudo-senpai. I also want to go watch the game over there!"
An Shijin smiled slightly, and his words made Kudo swallow his saliva immediately.
Kudo knew very well that what Anshijin meant was that he wanted to quickly resolve the competition with him.
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On the other side of the court, Aoi Hanamura personally came to serve as the referee.
After all, if ordinary first-year players were to compete in Keith and Ping Ancient Field, they might not be able to keep up with their pace.
"The game begins, Hira Furuba Rin's serve."
Aoi Hanamura gave the order and the game officially started.
The opponent is the ancient game of Kisping, so naturally it cannot be as relaxing as the previous game.
He still had some feelings for Hira Furuba, his friend who was brought back from abroad by Amuro.
After all, both sides are doubles reserves at Higa Junior High School, and Keith's handsomeness often attracts the attention of others.
Originally, when they walked together, most of the eyes would be attracted to An Shijin, but now most of the remaining attention fell on Keith.
Who can know the pain in this.
In order to have a chance to compete with Keith for the little attention he had, Ping Furuba even dyed his hair light blonde.
His rivalry with Keith was omnipresent.
With this thought in mind, there is bound to be a collision between Hiraguba and Keith today.
Peng!
Ping Guba dunked the racket without hesitation, and his high-speed serve with strong topspin caused many people at the scene to exclaim.
The third grader who was defeated by Hira Koba in the last round helplessly touched his forehead. It turned out that Hira Koba had been merciful before.
Keith's backhand was fast and powerful, and he caught the moment when Hirakoba's topspin rebounded.
In terms of pure dynamic vision, Keith is undoubtedly superior.
After all, Keith was once evaluated by the coach of the British Elite Tennis School as having the qualifications to enter the world.
If the normal development trend continues, Keith will undoubtedly become a member of the British U-17 junior high school team in two years' time.
It's a pity that the unfair fate made Keith lose this opportunity, but now that Keith is coming to Higa Country, he is destined to have a different future.
"Fan Shaoqian!"
Ping Guchang moved and drew horizontally.
Peng!
The drastic change directly dazzled the eyes of the onlookers.
Keith relaxed his mind and embraced his own perception, Amuro once taught him.
It is easy to be deceived by trying to lock the tennis ball with the naked eye.
You must learn to use other perceptions to judge your opponent's incoming ball.
At present, the only ones in Higa Junior High School who can do this are Amuro, Kute and Keith.
There is also Akai who has left.
Keith, who calmed down, quickly noticed the air ball that was hit at the front of the ball.
The use of Qi is not difficult for everyone in Higa Kingdom to master.
Everyone has mastered the use of Qi, but the degree of mastery varies.
However, except for An Shijin, even Mu Shou's control of Qi is not as good as Keith's.
After all, not everyone has a plug-in.
Peng!
The sound of Keith's counterattack sounded a bit strange to Pinggu Chang, and he immediately understood that this ball was probably played by the Geminis.
Sure enough, before Pinggu Chang's racket even touched the tennis ball, he felt as if his racket had hit something.
Before Ping Fuchang could return the racket to its proper position, another force hit him.
"What!"
Counting real tennis balls, there were three impacts from different angles. Unexpectedly, Pinggujang's counterattack floated directly outside the court.
"Out of bounds, Keith scores, 15:0."
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"Three Zi Xing."
Keith said calmly.
"Three Zi Xing!"
Ping Guba raised his eyebrows, he was surprised by Keith's strength.
Keith is much stronger now than he was in that doubles match.
Gemini is not scary.
As long as the existence of the virtual ball formed by the gathering of Qi is known, it will not be difficult to fight back the Twin Stars.
For a player with astonishing grip strength like Sanada, the Twin Stars may not be able to disrupt Sanada's hitting point at all.
However, the three-child star is much more lethal to ordinary people.
Continuously bombarding different points of the racket with air can easily cause confusion in the opponent's hitting point.
This is the same principle as how Amuro Jin and others use big explosions to destroy the opponent's best hitting point.
After learning about Keith's progress, Heikoba focused all his energy.
Although Guzhang is confident that he can keep his position as a regular player no matter whether he loses or wins this game, it would be quite embarrassing to lose the game with so many people paying attention.
"Big meal Shaoqian!"
Hiraguba's control over his own muscles is also increasing day by day.
His racquet swing movements are getting faster and faster, and the range of movements is getting smaller and smaller.
Although the rotation of Dafanshaoqian has decreased compared with before, the consumption has also been greatly reduced.
Keith's eyes were constantly fixed on the erratic yellow shadow of the ball, and his footsteps suddenly swept quickly with the racket in his hand.
Although Keith successfully captured the trajectory of the ball, the hitting point was not so perfect.
The high selling curve gave Pingguchang an excellent opportunity.
Hiraguba jumped up and dunked hard.
A ball of golden light instantly exploded in the opposite direction of Keith.
15:15.
The competition in this round was already very fierce, and the members of Heping Guzhang and Keith's group all lamented.
Their dream of becoming an official team member was shattered at this moment.
The winner is king, and Ping Furuba and Keith are undoubtedly the kings of their group.
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Peng!
Peng!
"This round was scored by Rin Hira Furuba, the score is 1:0."
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Peng!
Peng!
"Keith scored in this game, the score is 1:1."
...
Peng!
Peng!
"Keith scored in this game, the score is 3:3."
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"Huo! The beating made me very anxious."
Soon Anshijin ended his game and went to the stadium where he played against Keith at Pinggu Field.
What An Shijin didn't expect was that the current situation had actually entered the seventh game.
Although An Shijin didn't use too much effort, he felt that he was not too late to end the game.
I never thought that the game here would go so fast.
In fact, each game between Ping Furuba and Keith took very little time.
The two parties really know each other very well.
Either don't take a shot or score as soon as you take a shot.
Later, Kute, Kai and others also ended their respective games and came to Amurojin's side.
They were also shocked when they looked at the scoreboard next to Hanamura Aoi.
Apparently he was a little surprised by the quick fight between Hirakoba and Keith.
But after taking a closer look at the two's playing styles, they understood.
Both sides are showing their strongest offensive firepower. Only attacking but not defending will indeed make this game brighter.
But the price in exchange is rapid alternating scoring.
The final result also surprised everyone.
They didn't expect that it would be Keith who defeated Ping Guba in the tiebreaker.
Especially the twin shadows revealed in Keith's last moments.
Besides Amuro and Kite, Keith was the third person from Higa Junior High School to learn this move.
This was somewhat unacceptable to Ping Guchang.
He decided that he must train himself more after returning.
He must master this move in the shortest possible time.