Fudomine's Genius, Wenren Seiya!

Fudomine's Genius—Wenren Seiya!

"When did Seiya secretly learn such an incredible serve behind our backs?!"

"Exactly! It's way stronger than Shinji's sidespin serve, and he even kept it hidden from us, his own teammates."

Seiya's serve stunned everyone present.

As Fudomine's captain, Tachibana Kippei watched Fuji Syusuke, whose eyes had now opened completely, and crossed his arms as he thought, Seigaku's genius, Fuji Syusuke, truly is a formidable opponent. But if his opponent is Seiya, all I can say is that even geniuses have different levels.

"30-0."

"40-0."

"Fudomine's Wenren Seiya wins this game. The score is 1-0."

When Seiya held his serve, Seigaku's morale, which had only just risen, immediately sank back into a slump.

The Fuji Syusuke they had placed such high hopes on had lost four consecutive points in less than a few minutes, surrendering the first game outright.

"Even Fuji-senpai can't return that guy's serve?"

"That serve is so fast you can't even see it! How could any normal person possibly return it?"

As Horio, Katsuo, and the other first-years discussed it dejectedly, Ryoma spoke up from the side. "I think Fuji-senpai has a chance of returning it."

"That's right. I think Fuji can do it too. His dynamic vision is excellent. If Echizen and I can barely see the ball, then Fuji should be able to see it as well. He just needs some time to adjust."

Kikumaru and Ryoma's words gradually reassured the Seigaku players.

As long as Fuji could hold his serve and slowly adapt to his opponent's serving speed, they still had a chance of winning.

At the start of the second game, Fuji, now completely serious, no longer wore his usual squinting expression. Instead, he studied Seiya across the court with a solemn gaze.

His opponent was a powerful foe. Fuji had already understood that in the first game.

This game was crucial to Seigaku, so he absolutely could not lose!

Fuji's older sister had once said that Fuji had almost never played tennis for himself.

But once Fuji Syusuke became fixated on something, he became terrifyingly strong!

Smack!

With a crisp sound, Fuji's serve flew at a perfect angle toward the diagonal corner of Seiya's court.

Such extreme ball control drew cries of "Beautiful!" from everyone watching.

Yet under ordinary circumstances, this would have been an Ace—a serve that scored outright.

But in the next second, everyone stared in shock as Seiya, who had just been standing at the net, somehow appeared at the baseline and returned the ball perfectly.

"When did that guy get back to the baseline?!"

While everyone was still stunned by Seiya's movement, Fuji, as his opponent, had no time to concern himself with that.

Seiya's return had already flown into his court, and not only had he returned it, the ball was incredibly fast!

A topspin shot? If so, then I'll use that move. My opponent is strong, so I can't hold anything back anymore. If I can't hold my serve, winning afterward will be difficult!

Fuji was not Momoshiro. A return of Seiya's caliber would take Momoshiro several games to adapt to, but Fuji successfully received it on his very first attempt.

More than that, as he received the ball, Fuji used a slice to return Seiya's topspin shot.

When the ball crossed the net, it dropped at tremendous speed before skimming directly along the ground.

"Seigaku's Fuji scores. 15-0!"

"It's here! Fuji-senpai's Swallow Returns to Nest!"

Seeing the ball refuse to bounce and slide straight across the ground, Seigaku's players were ecstatic. Fudomine's players, meanwhile, all wore expressions of shock, having never seen such a dazzling technique before.

"Great! They have that Storm Fang thing, but Fuji-senpai has Swallow Returns to Nest too. At least this means we can remain undefeated."

Seeing Fuji score, the Seigaku players were thrilled, and Coach Ryuzaki let out a huge sigh of relief.

However, when she looked at Tachibana Kippei, who still stood with his arms crossed and an unshakable expression, her face immediately grew increasingly grave.

"It looks like the situation is even worse than we imagined..."

Hearing Inui-senpai's sigh, the Seigaku players were confused. Ryoma and Tezuka, however, had already sensed that something was wrong.

"Fuji-senpai clearly scored with Swallow Returns to Nest, but look at their captain and Wenren Seiya on the court. Do they show even the slightest concern? Their Singles One player is just an average nobody, right? That means if they lose this game, it would practically be no different from losing the match. Yet they aren't panicking at all after losing a point in such an important game. That can only mean they haven't come close to showing their true strength yet."

Ryoma's words immediately plunged the Seigaku players, who had just begun to celebrate, back into silence.

Before they could offer any rebuttal, Seiya proved with his actions in the next second that Ryoma had been completely right.

After Fuji's second serve, Seiya deliberately hit another topspin shot on the return.

Facing Seiya's topspin shot, Fuji did not hesitate for long before once again using one of his three return techniques: Swallow Returns to Nest.

Fuji knew perfectly well that repeatedly using the same move against an expert like Seiya would likely allow him to see through it.

But against Seiya's rapid attack, he had no other way to score except by using a special technique.

"It's here! Swallow Returns to Nest again!"

When they saw the tennis ball plummet at high speed after crossing the net, everyone present cried out in surprise.

But soon, Ryoma and the others discovered in shock that Seiya, who had been at the baseline, had Sprinted to the net at an astonishing speed and swung his racket at the tennis ball before it hit the ground.

"Is that guy planning to hit the ball back before it lands?!"

Smack!

A crisp impact rang out, and in the next second, the ball that had not yet touched the ground was violently struck away by Seiya.

"Out. Seigaku's Fuji scores. 30-0!"

Seiya had returned Swallow Returns to Nest, but he failed to control his strength, sending the ball directly into the wire fence and out of bounds.

Even so, every Seigaku player watching was utterly shocked.

After seeing it only once, their opponent was already able to return Swallow Returns to Nest!

"It was a Half-Volley. I never expected that second-year from Fudomine to have mastered such a difficult technique."