The Tennis Club is a Cesspool, the Senior-Junior System is Disgusting

Three weeks later.

For junior high students who have just started school, the first priority is always to get their studies in order, followed by choosing which club to join.

Every year, holidays provide ample time to participate in various competitions and matches.

This is the time when each club shows its strength.

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See if they bring glory to the school or disgrace it.

It was currently lunchtime and break time at school. Saeki Muneyoshi was walking alone in the hallway, heading towards the rooftop.

Muneyoshi stood on the rooftop.

Under the warm spring sun and gentle breeze, he looked down upon the Fudomine campus, surrounded by blooming cherry blossoms.

The pale pink petals swayed in the breeze, creating a beautiful scene.

Staring blankly at the sight, Muneyoshi's expression was difficult to describe for a moment.

It had been a few weeks since school started, and he hadn't rushed to join any club.

Instead, like a student exploring, he had been wandering among the various groups within Fudomine school.

But most of the time, he was like an outsider, quietly observing everything from the sidelines of the court.

After observing, he sadly discovered that the Fudomine tennis club in this world was even worse than he had imagined and depicted in the original story.

It could be described as a puddle of mud, a cesspool.

Furthermore, the tennis club was very unfriendly to new members.

At Fudomine, only third-years could become regular players; first-years were only allowed to pick up balls, clean, and maintain the grounds.

Second-years also had to pick up balls, but they had it a bit better as they didn't have to do cleaning.

However, they had to act as practice partners for the third-years and be available at any time.

Within the Fudomine tennis club, third-years held privileged status.

If you wanted to play tennis, you had to slowly grind your way up. Even if a second-year possessed greater skill than a third-year, instead of congratulations and blessings, they would be met with beatings and scolding.

"How dare you beat a third-year senior? Do you still want to be part of this club?"

"If you dare to beat a senior today, will you dare to ignore the coach's authority tomorrow?"

All of this was because the current tennis club coach, Tony Oki, enforced a disgusting senior-junior system.

To consolidate power and influence, and to embezzle funds, the policies he promoted and the methods implemented in the tennis club were the root cause of Fudomine's stagnant state.

To change all of this, he had to be dealt with, and these rotten third-years had to be rooted out.

Muneyoshi understood this very well, which was why he hadn't rashly joined the tennis club.

Otherwise, would he go in and become their dog?

He needed to wait for an opportunity, wait for a person.

This person was certainly not Tachibana Kippei; he wouldn't arrive at Fudomine until his second year. By then, it would be too late to initiate change.

He was waiting for someone who could restrain Tony Oki.

While the Saeki family wasn't exactly wealthy or powerful, Muneyoshi's father was currently an executive director at Ren'ao Company.

And Ren'ao Company held a seat on the Fudomine school board.

His father had informed him yesterday that he had arranged for someone to handle his entry into the tennis club's regular players, and someone would be sent over soon.

Therefore, he could afford to wait.

While Muneyoshi was still biding his time and waiting for the right moment, Seigaku's Tezuka was doing the same thing.

However, unlike Muneyoshi, he wasn't on the outside looking in; he had joined the tennis club and was doing the tasks of picking up balls and being a practice partner.

But at this moment, the atmosphere in the Seigaku tennis club was somewhat unusual.

Second-year and third-year seniors looked in astonishment at the delinquent first-year in the center of the court – Akutsu Jin.

At this moment, Akutsu Jin was exuding a dangerous aura. Opposite him, the third-year senior who had been verbally abusive towards them first-years, a so-called Seigaku regular player, had been beaten to a bloody pulp and collapsed on the ground.

"Hehehe... Is this the strength of a Seigaku regular player?"

"Truly pathetic. What right does such trash have to order me around?"

Akutsu Jin's dark golden pupils flashed with a hint of bloodlust as he spoke with disdain.

Then, he threw down his racket and walked out of the tennis club.

The coach on the other end of the court, Ryūzaki Sumire, was livid, too angry to speak.

"Tezuka, if you want to stay in this trash tennis club, I won't stick around. You should know why I came to Seigaku..."

Halfway there, Akutsu Jin glanced back at Tezuka.

Tezuka, wearing his training uniform, stood quietly, lost in thought.

Beside him, Fuji Shusuke asked with a hint of worry, "Tezuka, is Akutsu going to be alright like this!"

Tezuka shook his head. He hadn't intended to speak, but considering Fuji's skill, he said faintly, "Don't worry, Fuji. Jin will be fine."

Putting their conversation aside, the rest of the training grounds had erupted.

"No way, Akutsu's strength is actually this high!"

"Oishi, Oishi, did you see that? Akutsu is actually this amazing!"

A young Kikumaru grabbed Oishi's young, egg-shaped head in utter shock.

Inui Sadaharu silently took out his notebook and began recording Akutsu's data.

After scribbling in his notebook for a while, Inui Sadaharu closed it, adjusted his glasses, and stated with great certainty:

"The possibility of calming the turmoil Akutsu has caused: 0%!"

"Akutsu..."

Meanwhile, Kawamura Takashi, who was picking up balls, looked at Akutsu's retreating figure with some concern.

He hadn't expected Akutsu to enroll in the same school, but he knew Akutsu's temper.

He then looked at the Seigaku coach, Ryūzaki Sumire, whose expression was incredibly grim. Even someone as insensitive as him could feel that a storm was brewing.

The second and third-year students of Seigaku were furious, but beneath their rage, there was a hint of fear and bluster.

"Damn it, what does this first-year brat want to do?"

"He's trying to kill someone!"

"First-years are only fit to pick up balls, yet he dares to dream of playing matches? Ridiculous!"

"A violent thug like him should be expelled when the captain gets here..."

Just as everyone was in an uproar, the court gate was pushed open.

"What are you all gathered here for?"

A third-year student entered, wearing glasses like a fortune teller, his arm in a cast, and draped in a Seigaku regular's uniform, looking like a charlatan.

"Captain!"

"Captain Yamato!"

"Yamato-senpai!"

The second and third-year members, as if finding their backbone, rushed to tell Yamato about Akutsu's violent behavior. Yamato listened without any expression.

Instead, he waved his hand and sternly ordered, "Everyone, run twenty laps around the field!"

"Ah! But senpai, it was that first-year..."

"Fifty laps!"

"Yes..."

Upon hearing this, everyone slumped like frostbitten eggplants and began running around the track one after another.

The first-years quickly followed suit.

However, Akutsu ignored them completely and continued walking towards the exit.

"Hey, first-year brat, you need to run laps too." Yamato looked at Akutsu, ignoring his fierce gaze, and said calmly but firmly.

"(ˉ▽￣~) Hmph~~, no one can order me around. If you want me to run laps, you'll have to beat me first!"

Akutsu said with disdain, glancing at Yamato's casted wrist:

"But I don't play with cripples... If even a cripple like you can be captain, Seigaku really isn't much!"

With that, he left the school without looking back.

On the other side, Tezuka ran his laps silently. As he watched Akutsu's disappearing figure, something seemed to be brewing in his eyes.

ps: "First of all, thank you all for your support and feedback. I do read your comments after I get home from work. Danyang is a 'brick-mover' (a term for someone who works hard at a regular job), and I have a lot of work every day. I usually set the publishing time when I leave in the morning, so I often can't reply to comments and messages promptly. I get home from work at nine every night and still have to write tomorrow's content. It's quite tough, o(╯□╰)o

Getting back to the book, Danyang actually drew inspiration from Akutsu's personality when creating characters, especially the protagonist's personality. If two people with the same personality get together, they either strive forward together or clash and fight. Therefore, I initially planned to have Akutsu join Fudomine, but I reconsidered and held back. The main theme of this book is to let everyone shine more brilliantly, not a one-man invincible show. So, the portrayal of opponents is also very important. Considering Akutsu's personality is very suitable for Seigaku's reform, and I also wanted to create some unique plot points, I reluctantly let him go. Other arrangements for Fudomine will also be revealed later."