HBWnovel Chapter 419 The Eternal Rival
Chapter 419 The Eternal Rival
No.18 Volume Song
first bloom
shy shy swaying with the wind
sunshine into breath
in a flash
Changes in the world
Floating clouds slowly pass by
the everlasting thing
when can we find
梦想 就 在 眼前
towards the hazy mirage
With the fragments of dreams held tightly in my hands
will be able to reach the other side quickly
so run now
fly anywhere
towards the boundless sky
as long as you have such awareness
can run forward at any time
completely relieved
Fly to the future
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"Is this the grouping?"
On the campus in the early morning, we gathered in front of the billboard set up by the tennis department.
With my hands in my pockets, I was a little absent-minded.
Kebin and the others returned to the United States a few days ago.The kid asked me to accompany him to visit Tokyo, but in the end it was just to visit the Tennis Club of Xiaqing Academy.Just like that, that guy still has a bad face towards me, isn't it just a little bit late...
"Group A: Oishi, Yamazaki, Arai, Fushimi, Sakai, Kawamura; Group B: Momoshiro, Kaido, Nagayama, Sawada, Izumi, Echizen; Group C: Kan, Saeki, Nagata, Hayashi, Ishikawa, Kikumaru; Group D: Ikeda, Kuwahara, Kaneko, Kishino, Fuji, Tezuka. Wow—”
kindness?Hearing the collective gasp after everyone read out the list of groups on the board, I also raised my head: Fuji and Minister finally got together?
"As you can see, Groups A to D are divided into round-robin competitions, and the top two in each group will be the members participating in the national competition." After gathering everyone, Mr. Ryuzaki said, "I hope everyone will go all out and use their own abilities to compete. Competing for the position of the main election!"
"Yes!" Everyone agreed.
"Then, now the school ranking competition begins!" Beside Mr. Ryuzaki, the minister announced solemnly.
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"Hmm, sure enough, the most eye-catching match in the afternoon is the match between the seniors of Taocheng Kaitang in Group B~"
In front of the board with several scores written on it, Horio, one of the three people watching, put his hands on his hips and expressed his opinion as a leader.
"But, the competition in Group B is really fierce~" Shengxiong said, "Mr. Longma, senior Kaitang and senior Taocheng, three of them are being selected."
"Among these three people, at least one person will lose the election. It can really be said to be the death group~" Sheng Lang felt concerned.
"Hey, what should we do, Echizen?" Horio turned around and yelled at me worriedly.
Listening with my hands in my trouser pockets, I responded casually, "It's nothing." The group of death or something has nothing to do with me.
With a casual glance, he saw a figure wearing a hood on the ground at his feet.Looking back, Haitang's snake eyes were staring at me fiercely.Fortunately, I am a bold person. If it were someone else, I might faint immediately.
There was another shadow in front of him, and he looked up - it was Taocheng, which was full of fighting spirit.
"Echizen, just wait and see!" The two growled in unison.
"Even if I don't want to wait, everything has been arranged." I was helpless.
"Before that, little snake, I'll take your sacrificial flag first!" Taocheng turned his back and said in a low voice, "Wash your neck and wait!"
"That's my line!" Turning his back to Taocheng, Haitang said in a gloomy tone, "I will definitely kill you!"
"What did you say?!" Taocheng jumped and turned around.
"Want to fight?!" Haitang also turned around and yelled.
Between the two glaring at each other, I, who was excluded from the battlefield, blinked.
"It's finally about to start~" "Yes."
Ten minutes later, outside the tennis court, the team members watching the match were talking excitedly.
"Actually, this match will determine who is the winner~" Horio suddenly put his hands on the pillow, closed his eyes and gave a speech.
"Huh? There's also the competition between Mr. Longma and Senior Yongshan." Shengxiong was puzzled, "Is it too early?"
"But think about it for me," Horio opened his eyes, and squinted at Katsuo with a stupid look on his face, "In terms of strength, there is no doubt that Echizen is the number one? That is to say, For the remaining spot, Senior Taocheng and Senior Haitang are vying for it."
The more he talked, the more arrogant he became, Horio spread his arms, "The other seniors are still not good enough in terms of strength~"
"Compared to the main candidates, they are like the moon and turtles! F1 racing cars and classic tractors! Premium sushi and cat rice!" Horio tapped his forehead with his index finger, searching his brains, "Ah—what else?"
"Horio, back, back!" Katsuro reminded in a low voice.
However, Horio, who closed his eyes and thought hard, didn't hear it at all, and suddenly opened his eyes with a proud face, "Yes, skyscrapers and puppy houses!"
"En?" Horio turned his head to see Katsuo Katsuo who was beside him.
Senior Yongshan, who was carrying a racket on his shoulder, was standing behind him, "I'm not strong enough, so I'm really sorry for you!"
"Yeah—I'm sorry senior! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
"Hey~" Looking at Horio who was bowing fiercely, I sighed and touched the brim of my hat while watching from the beginning to the end.
From a certain point of view, Horio is really a person with "strong luck"~
"Little Snake, are you enlightened?" On the tennis court, Taocheng was full of fighting spirit.
"Snake, little snake, you're really noisy!" Haitang stared.
"Hey, you've become so energetic all of a sudden~" Outside the barbed wire fence of the tennis court, Horio with super resilience spoke.
"The battle has already begun!" "It's so imposing~" Katsuo Katsuro felt the same way.
"One set decides the outcome, Haitang will serve!"
"I must go to the national competition, for this reason, I must make you—" muttering in a low voice, Kaitang suddenly served, "kill!"
When Taocheng returned the ball, Haitang had already set his posture and waved his arms, "Drink!"
The menacing Snake Dart bypassed the net and hit the dead corner behind Taocheng.
"Tch, are you serious when you come up?" Taocheng straightened up, his face full of displeasure.
"Senior Kaitang, you used the Snake Dart as soon as you came up!" Sheng Lang watched the battle nervously.
"Sure enough, group B is the group of death, and senior Kaitang has also gone all out." Shengxiong sighed.
Horio had expected it with his arms crossed, "This kind of fierce battle is the tradition of our Qing Xue Tennis Club. Enhuh~"
"It wouldn't be interesting if it wasn't like this, it wouldn't be interesting~ But," on the tennis court, Taocheng looked at Haitang who was serving the ball, and muttered softly, "Will I let you succeed so easily?"
A low and centered ball passed by, and Haitang's return turned into a high ball. Taocheng had a triumphant smile on his face, and jumped up, "Oh--"
A fast and neat high-altitude smash, after landing, Taocheng raised his racket and pointed it directly at the opposite side, "Okay!"
On the opposite side, Haitang snorted.
"15 flat!"
"Score!" Horio clenched his fists excitedly, "Senior Momoshiro's slam dunk!"
"The two of them are fully fired when they come up~" "Both of them have to work hard!" The rest of the staff cheered on the sidelines.
The two people fighting fiercely on the field have obviously entered the realm of acting like no one else.
During the fierce battle, Kaitang hit a volley snake ball, which won loud applause from the members.
"It's not that easy!" Taocheng gritted his teeth and rushed forward, desperately trying to save the ball.
The provocative ball made Kaitang have to retreat to the bottom line, and returned a high ball helplessly.
"It's mine!" With a smile all over his face, Taocheng swung his racket and scored another high-altitude smash.
Haitang rushed forward without giving up, and was stunned when he was about to swing his racket to save the ball, because the ball on the ground did not bounce.At the moment when he was dazed, the delayed tennis ball bounced at the speed of light, brushed past his cheek in an instant, and flew away.
"Taocheng wins this round, 1-0!"
At the same time as the referee's voice, Katsuo exclaimed, "Here it is, SuperGreat! Taocheng Special!"
"If you use that, Kaidou-senpai will be helpless!" Horio asserted.
"The fight was intense~" The gentle voice from behind made me startled, and when I looked back, there were not far away standing not far away were the squinting and smiling Fuji senior and the serious dry senior.
"Well, did Taocheng win a game first?" Gan made a senior speech.
"Huh?" I wondered, "Don't Fuji-senpai and Gan-senpai have competitions?" It should be at the same time as Taocheng Kaitang, right?
"The competition is over~" "Me too~" The two of them looked at me and smiled (showing off?) at the same time.
"It's so fast." Unconsciously, I murmured.Is this the difference between the moon and the turtle, the skyscraper and the puppy house?
Postscript: Echizen Family Courtyard Corridor.
Echizen Minamijiro, who was lying sideways on the floor, lazily picked up a newly opened airmail letter with a pillow in one hand, "What is this?"
After reading a few lines, his eyes suddenly widened, and he sat up straight away, staring at the letter in his hand, his lazy and boring expression changed to a serious one, "National... Open?"