Chapter 145
After the game, Andrude came to the coaching seat and said to Richard dejectedly: "Sorry! Boss! I didn't win this game. The opponent was too strong!" "It doesn't matter~ Anyway, my team doesn't need a waste like you anymore. Go back to your previous life!" Richard said in an extremely cold tone, and then got up and left. Andrude just stayed there stupidly. He didn't expect that Richard would abandon him just because he lost the game. But then he was relieved. Yes~ There was no point in losing the game, and his dream of reaching the top of the tennis world was shattered. At this time, some sponsors in the audience shook their heads. They originally thought that American tennis players were so powerful, but they didn't expect that they couldn't even beat a player from the Kanto region of Japan, and the strength gap was obviously huge.
And these Japanese players must have the sponsorship of the Akashi Group behind them, so it was not their turn at all, so they were all ready to leave. Only one lady looked thoughtfully at Richard who walked into the player channel.
In the lounge, Richard angrily smashed a water cup on the ground. This time his plan to come to Japan was completely disrupted. A total of four games were played, and his players didn't score a single point, which made him a joke.
"Damn it! All of them are trash! You can't even beat a player from the Kanto region of Japan. I gave you so many resources for training!" Richard said viciously.
At this time, the door of the lounge was knocked. After hearing it, Richard immediately picked up the water cup on the ground, then tidied his appearance, walked to the door and opened it.
There was a lady standing outside the door. Richard had some impression of her. She seemed to be one of the sponsors present today, so he hurriedly welcomed her in.
"Hello, Mr. Richard! I am Minako Takayama, the administrative manager of Tolansk Poresen. Our company plans to enter the US market next year, and we need some tennis players to endorse and promote!" Ms. Takayama directly stated her purpose.
"Oh? So you are willing to sponsor my team?" Richard said with bright eyes.
"Regarding this, it depends on the results of our discussion later~" Ms. Takayama said meaningfully.
"Of course! Of course! In fact, the most important match today is the singles match, and the other matches are just to add to the fun! It can only be regarded as an entertainment program. I have prepared the best script~" Richard's expression was a little mysterious.
"Really? Then please tell me in detail, Mr. Richard!" Ms. Takayama said with some interest.
After that, Richard briefly talked about the grievances between Kevin and Ryoma, and said that the Kanto team would definitely let Ryoma play in the final singles match to cater to the audience's gossip mood.
"I understand the general situation, but I have a condition!" Ms. Takayama said slowly.
"Please speak!" Richard showed a confident expression on his face.
"I need Mr. Richard and all the players under you to terminate their contracts, and then let them sign with our company!" Ms. Takayama finally said her ultimate goal.
"What...what! Are you kidding me? Ms. Takayama!" Richard looked at Ms. Takayama opposite in disbelief.
"As far as I know, Mr. Richard seems to have signed a gambling agreement with the Akashi Group? Now your American team has lost, and this compensation is definitely not easy to repay with your financial resources. Now only our company can save you!" Ms. Takayama said calmly.
"You...how do you know this!" Richard seemed to have lost his strength, and his face was full of dejection.
Ten minutes later, Ms. Gaoshan slowly left Richard's lounge. After walking a distance, she took out her mobile phone and dialed a number. Then she was heard saying to the phone:
"It's all done, Master Atobe!"
At this moment, in the VIP box, Atobe put down his mobile phone with a playful look on his face. Seeing this, Akashi said calmly:
"Looking at you, have you already dealt with the person?"
"Of course! There is nothing that I can't handle when I take action!" Atobe responded leisurely with his chin propped up.
"The talents of these people are just so-so, so why bother you?" Akashi had
said with some disdain.
"That's because you have too high a vision, but I think your Akashi Group has already obtained some evidence about Richard, right?" Atobe said suddenly after complaining about Akashi.
"Hahaha! Atobe boy, you are very smart~" Akashi's father laughed and said.
At the same time, in the stadium, Aoi Hanamura and Taro Sakaki were discussing who to send out in the singles match. They now knew about Ryoma and Kaibin. In the end, Taro Sakaki thought about it and decided to let Ryoma be a substitute according to the original plan.
Although Ryoma performed well in the Kanto Tournament against their Hyotei, since Kaibin was arranged in the singles match and dared to challenge Ryoma openly, his strength must be not simple. It would be safer to send Yukimura to the court.
The game has reached this point, they don't want to capsize at the last moment. Yukimura's current strength can definitely be ranked among the top three junior high school students except Akashi, and everyone knows this.
Time passed quickly, and the host walked onto the field again and began to introduce the players of both teams in the last match. The first person introduced was Yukimura Seiichi of the Kanto team.
When Yukimura slowly came to the sidelines wearing a coat, the girls in the audience, both Japanese and American, screamed. After all, Yukimura's beauty was not inferior to anyone.
Yukimura Seiichi
Then the host began to introduce Kevin Smith of the American team. Although Kevin's appearance was not bad, there was a clear gap when compared with Yukimura.
Kevin walked out of the player channel with a gloomy face. He originally thought that he would play against Ryoma Echizen, but he didn't expect that the opponent would actually send a player he had never heard of to play, and simply didn't take him seriously.
At this moment, Richard in the coaching seat was already a little desperate. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't leave early, he didn't want to go back to the court to watch the last game.
At this moment, both of them came to the sidelines, waiting for the referee to announce the start of the game, but one of them was wearing a coat and the other was wearing sunglasses, and they didn't look like people who were about to play a game.
"The singles match will start now! Yukimura Seiichi from the Kanto team will play against Kevin Smith from the West Coast team of the United States. Please enter the court!"
Yukimura and Kevin walked onto the court at the same time. Yukimura still had a faint smile on his face, while Kevin looked unhappy, as if someone owed him millions.
When he came to the net to salute, facing Yukimura who stretched out his right hand, Kevin didn't pay any attention to him, but said impatiently:
"I want to defeat Echizen Ryoma, not to play this boring game with you. I advise you to let Echizen Ryoma play as soon as possible, so that you won't be defeated by me by accident later!"
"Defeat me? I haven't heard such words for a long time~ Then I hope you can really do it! Kevin boy!" Yukimura seemed to be indifferent to Kevin's words, and still responded with a smile.
"The referee doesn't need to guess first, the right to serve is given to him, let's start the game quickly~" Yukimura turned his head and said to the referee, then turned around and walked towards his backcourt. The moment he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared instantly.
Yukimura with a serious expression
The referee didn't say much after seeing this. Anyway, this is an exchange exhibition match, there is no need to set the rules so rigidly, and immediately announced the start of the game.
"The game ends! The US West Coast team serves first!"
Yukimura's behavior undoubtedly angered Kevin. He originally wanted to send him off casually, but now he decided to completely defeat the guy on the opposite side, especially the coat on the other side made him extremely unhappy.
It has to be said that Akashi set a very bad example for Yukimura. Playing with a coat like this is simply a crazy mockery of the opponent. It's only because Akashi and Yukimura are strong enough, otherwise they would have been taught a lesson long ago.
Kaibin came to the baseline, holding the racket in his left hand and looking at Yukimura on the opposite side. A gleam of sharpness flashed in his eyes, and then he threw the tennis ball high with his right hand, then he jumped up with his back arched, and swung the racket in his left hand upwards, giving the tennis ball a rapid spin at the moment of hitting the ball.
"Outward spin serve!"
The tennis ball flew over the net with a spin and flew towards Yukimura's backcourt, but Yukimura had already quickly arrived at the landing point, and then said in a calm tone:
"Outward spin serve with the left hand has no threat to the right-handed player. Don't you even know this truth?"
After saying that, Yukimura swung the racket directly, and the tennis ball flew over the net at an extremely fast speed, and instantly appeared at Kaibin's feet, and then bounced out of the court, leaving Kaibin no time to react.
"0-15!"
"You...!" Kaibin was shocked by what Yukimura said
He was speechless, but his expression became even more angry.
Kevin did not believe in evil and hit an outspin serve again, but it had no effect on Yukimura at all, and Yukimura's return speed was far beyond his imagination. Although he was prepared, he could only barely catch the flying tennis ball.
The tennis ball flew directly to the opposite high altitude. Yukimura flashed in front of the net, jumped up directly, and hit the tennis ball hard. Kevin only felt a yellow beam of light flying past him, and then heard the sound of the tennis ball landing.
"0-30!"
"Humph! It seems that you are still quite powerful, so I will defeat you first and then go find Echizen Ryoma!" Although Kevin was still stubborn, his face became solemn.
After saying that, Kevin sent the tennis ball again, but this time he did not use an outspin serve. He also knew that his outspin serve was ineffective against Yukimura, so he hit a diagonal ball with a good angle.
Yukimura casually ran a few steps to the ball point, and directly hit a backhand, and the tennis ball flew rapidly to the opposite half of the court. Fortunately, this time, Kaibin finally focused his attention, caught up with the tennis ball, and then hit a forehand shot.
The two began a quick confrontation, but after only a few rounds, Kaibin was caught by Yukimura and hit a diagonal shot to win the score.
"0-40!"
Kaibin no longer dared to underestimate this opponent. Yukimura's strength obviously exceeded his previous expectations. Now he could only concentrate all his attention, otherwise he might lose the game if he was not careful.
Kaibin, who was standing on the baseline, served the tennis ball and started running towards the net. He served the ball smoothly, and Yukimura on the opposite side served the ball back quickly with a calm expression, but he was a little speechless after seeing Kaibin's action.
Kaibin suddenly squatted while running, and then used inertia to slide forward on the ground. After reaching the net, he jumped high and hit the flying tennis ball.
"Switch ball B!"
Yukimura reacted immediately, quickly came to the front court, and then jumped high. When the tennis ball just fell, he hit it hard, and the tennis ball turned into a stream of light and exploded under Kaibin's feet and flew out of the court. At this time, Kaibin had not even landed completely.
"GAME! Yukimura Seiichi! 1-0!"
"This kind of fancy ball skills are easier to crack, and you are too weak compared to Echizen~" Yukimura mocked Kaibin in an extremely calm tone after winning the first game.
"What did you say! Bastard!" Kaibin was a little bit broken, he was very sensitive to Echizen Ryoma.
However, Yukimura ignored his meaning and went directly to the baseline to prepare to serve, and Kaibin also came to the backcourt unwillingly to receive the ball under the referee's warning eyes.
The second game was Yukimura's serving game. Yukimura stood at the baseline, threw the tennis ball in his hand, and then hit a high-speed serve, and the tennis ball flew straight to the bottom corner of the opponent.
Because Kevin was still angry about what Yukimura said just now, he didn't pay attention for a while. When he reacted, the tennis ball had already hit the bottom corner and bounced out of the court.
"ACE! 15-0!"
"You need to concentrate during the game. This is the most basic condition for being a tennis player!" Yukimura still didn't let Kaibin go, and said lightly.
After saying that, without giving Kaibin a chance to refute, he threw the tennis ball again and hit a high-speed serve. The tennis ball flew straight to the bottom corner on the other side of Kaibin at a super high speed.
Kaibin could only swallow the words that were about to come to his mouth, and hurried to the bottom corner. Finally, he intercepted the tennis ball when it was about to bounce out of the court, but because he was too hasty, the strength of this backhand return was very small.
Yukimura came to the net quickly and hit the ball hard at the left corner of Kaibin. The tennis ball turned into an afterimage and quickly passed through Kaibin's half court and hit the bottom corner. At this time, Kaibin had no time to turn around and chase the ball. He could only watch the tennis ball bounce out of the court.
"30-0!"
Yukimura returned to the baseline and served at a bland high speed. This time, Kaibin finally managed to reach the landing point and hit the bouncing tennis ball back directly. Yukimura on the opposite side hit the tennis ball back again as if he was strolling in the garden.
Invisibly, Kaibin was under great mental pressure. That perfect posture almost shattered Kaibin's confidence. Fortunately, Kaibin suddenly remembered the moves he developed to defeat Echizen Ryoma.
Thinking of this, Kaibin did not hesitate and rushed directly to the tennis ball. When he came to the hitting point, he held the racket with both hands, raised it high to the left, and then used the racket frame to hit the tennis ball hard.
Illusionary hitting action
The tennis ball flew over the net in an instant, and then began to shake in the air
It rose up and instantly turned into three ball shadows flying towards Yukimura. At first glance, it looked a bit like a castrated version of the ball explosion.
Ball skill effect
"Illusion shot!"
Yukimura just glanced at it lightly, then ran directly to the position of one of the ball shadows, then swung the racket and hit it, while calmly saying:
"Tennis balls can't split into two, there is only one from beginning to end, this trick of deceiving vision is too childish!"
As Yukimura spoke, the other two ball shadows on the court suddenly disappeared, and then the tennis ball was directly hit back by Yukimura, and the ball speed was also abnormally fast. Before Kevin could react, it had bounced out of the court.
"40-0!"
"How is it possible! The trick I practiced so hard was hit back so easily!" Kevin looked like he had seen a ghost.
Even the other players of the US team who were watching the game next to the player channel couldn't believe it, especially Billy Katie. You know, Kevin's trick was developed with his help.
"Nothing is impossible. The reason you can't believe it is because you are too weak~" Yukimura glanced at Kaibin indifferently, then turned and walked to the baseline.
Kaibin looked at the figure wearing a coat on the opposite side, and for the first time he doubted his tennis ability in his heart, but the obsession of defeating Ryoma in his mind made him temporarily suppress his doubts.
With Yukimura's fourth serve, Kaibin still didn't give up after hitting back, so he looked at the tennis ball hit back by Yukimura on the opposite side and hit the illusion again. Seeing this, Yukimura directly backhanded one of the ball shadows.
The ball shadow that was hit instantly turned into a yellow stream of light, passed by Kaibin, and then hit the baseline and flew out of the court. Kaibin still maintained the action of the illusion shot.
"GAME! Yukimura Seiichi! 2-0!"
The third game was Kaibin's serve. Standing at the baseline, Kaibin's forehead was covered with cold sweat. The opponent, Yukimura, put tremendous pressure on him, as if no matter what kind of skills he played, the opponent could easily hit back.
Under this huge pressure, Kaibin unexpectedly entered the state of selflessness without any warning. A milky white airflow suddenly rose from his body, and his eyes gradually became empty.
Yukimura looked at Kaibin with interest at this time. He didn't expect that Kaibin would awaken selflessness under his pressure, but what can selflessness do? Even if it is perfect, it won't have any good effect on him.
Kaibin directly threw the tennis ball high up, and then swung the racket quickly. At the moment of hitting the tennis ball, the power of selflessness drove his wrist to give the tennis ball a high-speed rotation. The tennis ball flew over the net and hit Yukimura's front court.
Yukimura walked quickly to the landing point and saw the tennis ball spinning at high speed after landing, then bounced a short distance and began to slide forward.
"Tanhuaiser serves!"
"The tennis ball bounces too high, it's not qualified!" Yukimura said as he swung his racket and scooped up the ball, which was instantly scooped up and flew to the opposite half of the court.
But the next second, Kaibin suddenly flashed with lightning, and appeared in front of the tennis ball with a teleportation. He raised his racket and chopped the tennis ball hard, and the tennis ball immediately blasted towards Yukimura with lightning.
"Move like thunder!"
"The trajectory of the ball is too single, and the power is less than 30% of Sanada's, it's not qualified!" Yukimura still hit Kaibin's move like thunder back easily as if he was commenting. This time Kaibin failed to react and the tennis ball bounced out of the court.
"0-15!"
In the next ball, Kaibin maintained the state of selflessness and directly used Billy's lasso serve. The tennis ball flew towards Yukimura's backcourt with an inward rotation.
"The arc of rotation is too small! Unqualified!" Yukimura still hit the tennis ball back with a nonchalant look.
Then Kevin used his selflessness to play all kinds of ball skills, but Yukimura could always hit it back easily and gave him an unqualified evaluation, which made Kevin, who was in a selfless state, feel like he was about to collapse.
"0-30!"
"0-40!"
"GAME! Yukimura Seiichi! 3-0! Timeout!"
"How long do you plan to continue like this? The selfless state will only make you waste your energy in vain~" Yukimura's words without any emotion reached Kevin's ears.
Kevin came to the coach's seat and gasped for breath. The sweat on his body had already soaked his clothes. Now he was drinking sports drinks frantically to replenish water, while Richard said nothing. He no longer cared about the result of the game.
On the other side, sitting in the coach's seat of the Kanto team was Taro Sakaki. He personally coached this singles match. Although
He doesn't have to worry about Yukimura's strength.
"How long do you plan to play with him, Yukimura!" Taro Sakaki looked at Yukimura calmly and said.
"Hmm? It seems that Mr. Sakaki can't wait any longer! Well~ it's time to end this game!" Yukimura responded with a smile.
The timeout passed quickly, and when Yukimura walked onto the court again, his mental fluctuations began to become violent, and then a powerful mental force rushed directly towards the opposite Kaibin.
Then everyone found that Kaibin suddenly stopped moving, and Yukimura sent the tennis ball with a calm face, but Kaibin stood there blankly as if he didn't see it.
"ACE! 15-0!"
"ACE! 30-0!"
"ACE! 40-0!"
"GAME! Yukimura Seiichi! 4-0!"
Yukimura directly won the fourth game with four high-speed serves, while Kaibin on the opposite side remained motionless, but the next moment, Kaibin finally started to move, but it looked very strange.
At this moment, Kaibin showed an excited smile on his face, and then began to make various playing movements, still saying things like "I finally waited for you, Echizen Ryoma".
Even the referee was stunned, but after repeated reminders, he found that Kaibin was still like this, and could only judge that the opponent's serve was overtime.
"GAME! Yukimura Seiichi! 5-0!"
In the sixth game, Kaibin's situation still did not improve at all, and Yukimura did not waste time, and once again played four simple high-speed serves to win the game.
"GAME! 6-0! The game is over! The winner is Yukimura Seiichi!"
When the referee announced the end of the game, Kaibin also had a winner's smile on his face, but the next second the world in his perspective completely collapsed, replaced by the figure wearing a coat standing opposite him.
"You seem to have a beautiful dream of defeating Echizen Ryoma~" Yukimura smiled, and the coat behind him fluttered in the wind.