HBWnovel Chapter 420 The Eternal Rival
Chapter 420 The Eternal Rival
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The narrator of this chapter is the protagonist-author-protagonist-Haitang-Taocheng-protagonist.The angle of view conversion is marked with *.
"It seems that Taocheng is one step ahead," Qian looked at the field, "The content of the competition should be very good~"
"Yeah." I agreed without taking my eyes off the court.
"According to my information, in the 42 games between Taocheng and Haitang, they are 15 wins and 15 losses, which is a tie." Gan has an extra book in his hand, and he explained while flipping through it.
"Huh? Senpai, the number is wrong?" Sheng Lang was surprised.
"If it's 15 wins and 15 losses, it should be 30 games?" Sheng Xiong also asked with a puzzled face.
"No, there's nothing wrong with it." Gan said calmly, "The remaining 12 games were canceled because of the quarrel between the two of them."
"Ha——" Horio's three-person team fell apart.
"In short, the powerful Taocheng vs. tenacious Kaitang is really an interesting match~" Gan finally concluded, "No matter who wins, it's not surprising."
"40-15!"
On the court, Taocheng leaped forward, but still failed to catch Haitang's slanted corner kick.
"Senior Haitang seems to have begun to show his tenacious characteristics." I commented.Being led by Taocheng by one game is actually an incentive for Haitang, or in other words, Haitang belongs to the type that the more he is suppressed, the more he will rebound.
"Yeah, if there is no chance to hit the ball, Taocheng's smash will not be able to exert its power." Gan adjusted his glasses.
"A Tao can only hit the ball very close to the line, hoping that the opponent will make a mistake." He also looked at Bu Er's comments on the field.
"However, if you get that line, Senior Kaitang's Boomerang is waiting for him." I said.
As I expected, Haitang won the round with a Snake Dart.
"Haitang wins this game, the number of games is 1-1!"
"The fight was so fierce from the beginning, what will happen to this match!" Horio clasped his head in his hands excitedly.
"The aura of both of them is so powerful!" Sheng Lang also looked excited.
"Yeah, judging from now, their fighting spirit is evenly matched." Buer squinted, "After all, no one wants to be a substitute in the national competition~"
"Then this game depends on luck." He shook the data book, "The data so far is useless, and it depends on who the goddess of victory will smile at."
"What do you think, Ryoma?" Putting his hand on my shoulder, he smiled.
"I don't know." With my hands in my trouser pockets, I spoke on the tablet.I am not the goddess of victory!
*United States, passing the Statue of Liberty standing at the estuary, the camera pans to the bustling lights of New York City in a night scene.
In a certain building, a blond middle-aged man answered the phone that kept ringing, "Hello?"
"Hey~Steve~" A lazy and uninhibited voice sounded from the other end of the phone, "This is najirouspeaking~ (I am Nanjiro)" (the following conversation is in English)
"Oh~ Minamijiro~ I'm waiting for your call~" There was a smile on his majestic face, and the middle-aged man spoke sincerely, "I'm really sorry for speaking so hastily."
"Where, thank you for your letter~"
"OK...Sure (really)...Noproblem (no problem)...uh...Good...ByeBye~"
Turning off the phone, the blond middle-aged man turned his head to look at someone sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, and said in a pleasant voice, "It's done."
The silver hair moved slightly, and at the same time as the handsome face was raised, the corner of the ice-eyed kid's lips twitched, and a charming smile bloomed, "Thank you, Uncle Steve~"
* "Never lose to him!"
The two on the court roared at the same time, and the game entered a fierce battle.
"How can these two people have such a tenacious fighting spirit~" Horio grabbed the barbed wire with his hands and widened his eyes.
"Haitang wins this round, the number of rounds is 6-6! Go to the tie-break!"
"It's amazing, Senior Haitang has caught up again!" Shengxiong sighed.
"Is it really going to be the tiebreaker?" Holding the information book in his hand, he was calm.
"The two of them are almost at the limit of their physical strength." Looking at the two panting in the field, I spoke.
"The next step is a battle of wills." Perhaps moved by the death struggle between the two, there was no usual smile, so he opened his eyes.
"5-4, Haitang leads!"
"Damn it! You're really tenacious. After all, this is the little snake!" Taocheng gritted his teeth and served.
"Come on!" On the opposite side, Kaitang returned the ball without showing any weakness.
"Oh——" Putting on a Jackknife posture, Taocheng twitched violently.
Such a powerful blow was also caught by Kaitang, but the return was a bit high.
Leaping high into the sky, Taocheng scored a smash.
Haitang moved to the landing point in time and kept an eye on the incoming ball.
As expected, there was a momentary delay when the ball landed, Haitang was not confused, and only waited for the moment when the ball bounced before swinging the racket.
However, while swinging the racket, he widened his eyes, because the ball did not bounce off the normal track, but turned to one side, and his racket naturally went empty.
"5-5 tie!"
"Boom!" Although he was out of breath, Taocheng managed to point the racket at Haitang on the opposite side with a proud face.
"Senior A Tao is so amazing~" Horio clenched his fist and shouted, "The cooperation between JackKnife and SuperGreat Taocheng Special!"
"It's a pity for Haitang just now~" Fuji returned to smiling.
"He wants to beat that smash back." I unconsciously agreed.Grasping the right time, not the right direction.
*Focused on the spinning tennis ball on the ground, I swung my racket, but still missed.
"6-6 tie!"
"It's useless, it's useless~" The guy on the opposite side showed a flattering smile again, "You can't catch my smash~"
This guy's mouth is still so hard, I stare at the person on the opposite side who is about to serve.Taocheng, you and I have been fateful opponents since we joined the tennis club.
"Hey, did you hear that?This time the tennis club seems to have a very good freshman. 』『Go and see~』
In the spring of the first grade when the cherry blossoms were dancing, on the way home from school, I heard someone talking about it.Great first grader?Are you at the same level as me?Involuntarily, I followed their footsteps.
Squeezing through the crowd, I saw a small figure jumping high on the tennis court, swinging his racket like a clean smash.
"The match is over, Taocheng wins!" 』
Picking up the racket, the little hedgehog head was full of air, "Senior, I won~"
That image was etched in my mind, and I can't get it out of my mind to this day.
From that day on, you became my opponent.Therefore, only you, I must defeat, the right choice is mine!
"Come on, Taocheng!" I roared from the bottom of my heart.
*I am what I am now, thanks to you, Kaitang.Holding the tennis ball bouncing off the ground, looking at the roaring opponent, I thought back to the past as I prepared to serve.
We have competed in all aspects since we joined the department.If you swing 500 times, I will practice 500 times; if you want to practice 600 times, I will also practice 600 times.
I still remember that day when I came home from school, I was riding a bicycle in the first grade, thinking about where to go to have fun first. When I passed the river embankment, I saw a boy wearing a headscarf doing swing practice by the river beach.
Haitang, this guy actually sneaks up to practice for himself in that kind of place!
Riding a bicycle, I rushed into an open area of a park. When I got off the car, I took out a racket and practiced swinging until it was dark.At that time, I only had one thought: Never lose to that guy Haitang!
More than a year has passed, and now my thoughts have not changed.As an opponent, I will never lose to you, I am the right choice!
Throwing the tennis ball high, I yelled, "I'm on it, Haitang!"
*"Absolutely not—" The two roared in unison during the fierce battle, "I lost to you!"
"Oh--" Leaping high, Taocheng swung a SuperGreat.
"Here it is!" His eyes flashed, staring at the tennis ball bouncing off the ground, Haitang swung his racket, intercepted it accurately, and hit it back.
"What?!" Unexpectedly, his super smash would be picked up, Taocheng was shocked.
The ball flew past Taocheng's feet just after landing.
"Out of bounds! The game is over, Taocheng wins, 7-6!"
"Ah—" Looking at the tennis ball that fell out of bounds by a tiny margin, everyone was amazed.
"Haitang..." The match ended, the two came to the net, and Taocheng looked opposite.
On the opposite side, Haitang who was also looking at Taocheng stretched out his hand, "I lost, Taocheng."
"Hmph, I didn't think I won~" Taocheng chuckled, "I was able to bring back my super smash. Next time I will definitely beat you!"
Listening blankly, Haitang's surprise turned into a smile, "This is my line."
The two hands finally held together.
"Both Taocheng-senpai and Kaitang-senpai are amazing!" Horio raised his arms and wiped away tears.
"Tennis is really good~" Shengxiong was also moved and blushed.
"En. We also want to be players who can play that kind of game!" Katsuro nodded vigorously.
He patted my shoulder, turned his head to the dry, and made an old-fashioned speech, "It seems that even if we graduate, Qingxue Tennis Club will be fine~"
"Well, I saw something very good~" Qian buried himself in memorizing the information.