Playing Doubles with Tachibana An

Everyone in this area knows Fudomine's strength.

Furthermore, I heard that a serious violent incident occurred before, which led the school to disband the Tennis Club.

Although they didn't know why the opponent had reappeared, the Yulin Duo didn't take him seriously.

If even the people of Fudomine and those little girls need rest, how can they survive in this place?

"Hey, are you ready?"

Seeing the two challenge each other, Tachibana An lit up with joy, and she glanced at Muneyoshi.

"Sure, I don't mind, anytime is fine."

Muneyoshi readily accepted the invitation to such a relaxing activity.

"Let's begin then. Don't worry, I'm quite capable; I'll help you."

At this moment, Tachibana An also took out her tennis racket from her pink bag and confidently patted her chest. "I've been learning tennis from my brother since I was little. Your skills are probably not as good as mine."

For her, this was also a good opportunity to gather information about Muneyoshi and learn about his strength.

Moreover, Muneyoshi is, after Fudomine. If he is strong enough, she can hold back and let him deal with Yulin and the other two by himself. If he is too weak, she can help him save face.

At the very least, we can't let Fudomine's reputation get any worse.

In this way, she had considered all the possible scenarios, and Tachibana An secretly gave herself a thumbs up for her cleverness.

"Alright, let's finish the competition as soon as possible and go home for dinner."

Muneyoshi didn't object to Tachibana An's arrangement of taking on everything; it didn't matter who his teammate was.

Furthermore, Muneyoshi saw in Tachibana An the qualities and passion that a Fudomine Tennis Club manager should possess.

He has decided that from now on, all training for the Tennis Club and the improvement of the Regular' abilities will be handed over to the coach and Tachibana Kippei.

The management of the Tennis Club members and the arrangement of various activities were left to Tachibana An.

These two siblings work together perfectly.

Moreover, they possess extremely high levels of autonomy and initiative, making them perfect tools.

He can lie down comfortably on his own.

Besides, Mifune Nyudo had already told him that he might participate in future expeditions, and the Tennis Club would still have to rely on them then.

"The match is about to start, why are you still thinking about going home for dinner? Think about how to beat them first."

Seeing Muneyoshi's listless and uninterested demeanor, it was just like the atmosphere of the Fudomine Tennis Club members that Tachibana An had inquired about when she first arrived at Fudomine.

At this moment, she had already identified herself with a member of Fudomine, and she was instantly furious. She put her hands on her hips, her face flushed, like a little lioness about to erupt in anger.

Don't worry too much about these issues.

Muneyoshi waved his hand dismissively as if he hadn't seen anything, then looked at the Yulin Duo, Quan and Fukawa, and said:

"Come on, Yu Lin and his two classmates, it's getting late, let's hurry up and finish the competition sooner."

"Hmph, fine, you can serve first then, so people won't say we're bullying you."

Fukawa agreed and tossed the tennis ball to Muneyoshi.

Muneyoshi took his tennis racket out of his tennis bag and stood at the service line.

Seeing this, Tachibana An also stood in the front court area for doubles, ready and in position.

Judging from her posture and movements, she clearly plays tennis regularly. It seems that Tachibana Kippei really cares for his younger sister, ensuring she has a very solid foundation in tennis.

"Get ready, my serve is coming soon!"

Muneyoshi tossed the ball high into the air without jumping or making any other unnecessary movements, and then quickly swung his racket as the tennis ball fell.

Before leaving the back mountain, Mifune Nyudo had asked him that unless absolutely necessary, he should only use up to 60% of his strength in future junior high school competitions.

Such requirements can both train oneself and allow one to have perfect control over one's abilities, while also enabling one to deal with the vast majority of opponents.

However, even with Muneyoshi's sixth level of strength, it's still something that ordinary junior high school students can't contend with.

Moreover, he doesn't intend to use his strength at the sixth level.

The tennis ball flew from Muneyoshi's hand, transforming into a yellow beam of light that passed between the two.

15-0.

Not only the onlookers, but even Fukawa on the other side of the court didn't have time to react before Muneyoshi scored a point.

"Wow... that was a really fast serve?"

Fukawa Izumi was greatly surprised, never expecting that someone from Fudomine could have such a sharp serve.

However, Muneyoshi didn't give them much time to be surprised, as he served a second ball.

Bang!

30-0.

Call out!

40-0.

Bang!

"ACE, 1-0."

Facing these opponents, Muneyoshi naturally couldn't use much of his strength; his serve was just a normal high-speed serve using two or three tenths of Muneyoshi power.

"At that speed, I'm afraid only my brother could keep up."

Standing in the frontcourt, Tachibana An silently watched the four serves, pondering to herself that she was already mentally simulating her brother's match against Muneyoshi.

Then, in Fukawa's next service game, Muneyoshi didn't give them any chances, easily returning the ball to score directly.

Now everyone knew that this guy wearing the Fudomine Regular uniform was not someone to mess with.

Tachibana An felt a surge of excitement; her brother had only just arrived and had already discovered another great teammate.

That's so lucky.

"Hey, girl, snap out of it! What are you thinking about? The opponent is serving next, and you're the one who has to receive the serve!"

Seeing that Tachibana An was standing alone in the front field, grinning foolishly, and hadn't responded after calling her for a long time, Muneyoshi couldn't help but step forward and remind her.

Although he had never played doubles before, he still knew the rules of doubles.

"Okay, got it."

Awakened by Muneyoshi, Tachibana An quickly wiped the smile from her lips and stood in the backcourt. At that moment, Fukawa served the ball, which Tachibana An caught steadily.

"It's actually pretty good."

Based solely on this return shot, Muneyoshi acknowledged Tachibana An's statement that she often practiced with her brother and was quite skilled.

Tachibana An's returns are of high quality. Although the ball speed is not very fast and the power is not strong, it is stable, and her ball control is particularly good.

For a girl like Tachibana An, this is really quite good.

However, for the Yulin Duo were already completely serious, Tachibana's return shot was a huge opportunity compared to Muneyoshi's.

Quan extended his racket in the frontcourt and gently hit the tennis ball over the net with a short shot.

"Score!"

"Are you celebrating too soon?"

Just then, Muneyoshi, who was behind, struck first. As the tennis ball was just crossing the net and falling, it was hit back with a powerful smash.

The rest of the match was uneventful; Muneyoshi and Tachibana won in less than fifteen minutes.

As for why it took fifteen minutes, it's because serving in doubles requires switching players, and receiving also requires constantly switching players, so it took a little time.

Furthermore, as the match progressed, the Yulin Duo realized that Muneyoshi was indeed formidable, so they shifted their focus to attacking Tachibana An, allowing her to score a few points.

However, as Muneyoshi used his speed to catch all the balls himself, the game sped up.

During the match, after witnessing Muneyoshi's strength, Tachibana An also had a very clear understanding of her role: she would simply serve and receive when it was her turn.

After the match, the two walked silently along the street.

"It's getting late, young lady, you should go home quickly." Seeing that Tachibana An was still following him, Muneyoshi, in a very straightforward manner, told him to go home.

Upon hearing this, Tachibana An's face flushed slightly again, but he still asked, "May I ask what your name is...?"

"Oh, right, An, when you get back, give this photo to your brother and tell him that Chitose is playing tennis again at Shitenhoji in Osaka."

"If he sees the photo and wants to meet Chitose at the National Tournament, then tell him to come to the Fudomine Tennis Club tomorrow, Saturday!"

"Bye!"

Looking at the photo of all the members of Shitenhoji that Muneyoshi had given him, Tachibana An's mind went completely blank.

"Who is he?"

How did he know about my brother and Brother Chitose's affair?

How did he know who my brother was?

How did he know my name?

"He still hasn't told me who he is!!!"

Tachibana An's expression shifted between light and dark as she imagined countless possibilities, but in the end, she was filled with joy.

"Brother Chitose has started playing tennis again; his tennis journey hasn't ended, so my brother can play tennis too!"

"I finally don't have to get up early and stay up late anymore to help my brother get back into playing tennis! I can sleep in again today!"

"As for that person, hmph, we'll find out who he is tomorrow. Let's tell my brother the good news first!"

P. S.: "It's the end of the month, the last day of the August update blitz, and there's an extra chapter for reaching 1200 monthly votes. Everyone with monthly votes, please give them to me..."