Keith's First Appearance

"Xiu, well done!"

"Senior Lin Xiu is amazing!"

"Build!"

"Xiu, you've worked hard!"

Lin Xiu helped the exhausted Ibu Shinji back to the rest area, where Tachibana Kippei, Keith, and Muneyoshi all stood up to welcome him.

The first-year students looked at him with admiration, which made the very introverted Lin Xiu a little embarrassed.

However, since they had spent so much time together and were familiar with each other's personalities, he smiled heartily.

This deeply moved Keith, who was standing nearby.

He hadn't seen Lin Xiu smile like that in a long time. Ever since they were banned by the England Tennis Association, Lin Xiu and he, as partners, hadn't laughed so heartily.

While they were talking, the atmosphere in St. Rudolph's place was not so lively.

Mizuki's face lost its composure and became ashen.

He waved for the two to go and rest, then began warming up himself.

He originally planned to end the match in singles third place.

Because he discovered that Fudomine's previous singles matches were all different, with different opponents each time.

This is their only option.

But...

Putting aside Kanzuki's thoughts at the Mizuki, St. Rudolph's response to Fudomine in doubles did catch the eye of Inui Sadaharu, who was watching from the court.

While this approach of exploiting weaknesses to attack one person first and then deal with the other is unethical, it is indeed a very good breakthrough point against Fudomine.

Inui Sadaharu kept this in mind.

Of course, along with him Taki Oginosuke, Hyotei Academy's video and information collector.

"Now, let 'Fudomine the singles match between Fudomine and St. Rudolph, number three. Please bring your players onto the court."

After a short break, the referee's voice rang out.

Mizuki, looking displeased, picked up her racket and walked onto the court.

With his doubles loss, this match was no longer of much significance to him.

Ultimately, whether he wins or loses, St. Rudolph will lose to Fudomine.

This is the tragedy of teams lacking depth; they put all their strength into the first three games, leaving the second and Singles 1 as cannon fodder.

But now that things have come to this, he has no other choice but to at least lose in a way that looks respectable.

This year's St. Rudolph tournament is probably over, but we must redeem ourselves next year.

Just then, the referee announced the match lineup, which brought a look of joy to his face.

"St. Rudolph singles number three, Mizuki; Fudomine singles number three, Keith."

"Keith? Is this the one who hasn't played before? Fudomine's singles third match is indeed as I predicted, a different person every time."

"In that case, let me test your mettle!"

Mizuki seemed to have regained his composure. Although Fudomine was very strong in singles, he might not be able to win in singles three.

After all, the previous first-year students had all played singles third place, so he didn't believe that this foreign student who appeared now was much stronger.

Please give me your guidance!

"Thank you for your help earlier. I'll finish the match in ten minutes. You have possession of the ball now, so please serve!"

Arriving at the net, Keith glanced indifferently at Mizuki before uttering these words.

Mizuki's face instantly turned bright red!

What's this?

Utter contempt, absolute contempt!

After learning from Muneyoshi that the other man was St. Rudolph's advisor, Keith decided to stand up for his friend.

They even boasted that they could finish the game in ten minutes, completely disregarding Mizuki.

"Damn it, what are you talking about? Don't underestimate me. Ten minutes... you think you can beat me in ten minutes? That's impossible."

Mizuki's anger, stemming from the defeat in the doubles match, finally erupted.

Although he was unsure of his opponent's strength or Keith's style, even without knowing these things, it was impossible for him to defeat him within ten minutes.

"Hmph, we'll see then, and see who's really teaching whom a lesson!"

Mizuki angrily retreated to the service line area.

"The match begins, with St. Rudolph Mizuki serving."

"Fudomine, Keith, I'll make you regret your arrogance." Mizuki grinned menacingly and served a powerful shot.

Keith glanced at the ball and immediately saw its trajectory. He casually took two steps and returned the ball to its owner.

At this moment, Mizuki served and volleyed to the net, sprinting to the front and scoring with a skillful drop shot.

15-0.

However, Keith only glanced at it briefly before retreating to the receiving area.

Mizuki smiled happily after scoring points right away, and the weight in his heart was lifted a little.

"Looks like he's just a big talker."

He then walked to the service court and served again.

However, just as he was feeling smug, the tennis ball had just landed when Keith took a step forward, directly to the spot where the ball had landed, and swung his racket fiercely.

Bang!

The powerful shot went straight through Mizuki's baseline.

The point is scored directly from the serve, making it 15-15.

In the following matches, Keith showed absolutely no mercy.

At the Mizuki, Keith broke serve easily by swinging his racket directly to score.

When Keith serves, the Gemini and Three Star Combination hit the ball from his hands, and Mizuki simply cannot return it, or if he manages to return it, it will bounce out of bounds.

The match seemed to have degenerated into a very tedious process of receiving and serving.

Muneyoshi merely glanced at it before silently leaving the Fudomine players' stand and heading towards the vending machine.

He was getting a little thirsty after watching the game for so long.

Sipping his drink and watching Mizuki's despair on the court, Muneyoshi sighed silently.

He didn't dislike Mizuki at this moment, after all, it was understandable that the other party would do such a thing for his team.

But I feel sorry for what he went through.

In the entire tennis world, there are two people with a wicked sense of humor. One is Atobe of the Hyotei Academy, who likes to deliberately lead matches into long, drawn-out battles.

Atobe's favorite thing to do was to wear down his opponent in a long battle until they were exhausted and collapsed, and then take the match.

Mizuki had actually experienced something similar with Atobe when he was a first-year student.

The other one is Fuji Shusuke from Seigaku.

In the original work, when Fuji Shusuke faced Mizuki, he came back from a 5-0 deficit to win 7-5, and even conceded the last point.

Just when Mizuki thought he was about to win, Fuji gave him a huge slap in the face.

To send him plummeting from heaven to hell is truly a form of mental torture.

Now, when Keith faces Mizuki, he's using too much force, like he's hitting a child.

This drove Mizuki into a state of desperate madness.

However, compared to Zong Yan's emotion, the others who were watching the battle were not in such a good mood at this time.

The Black Legion 'Fudomine has now revealed another extremely powerful singles player.

This is extremely unsettling for schools that see it as a rival.

Even Fuji Shusuke was utterly shocked, his hands involuntarily gripping the iron net.

"Yet another... yet another opponent who gives me an overwhelming sense of dominance..."

Fuji Shusuke felt immense guilt over Fudomine's strength and the memory of his previous defeat to Fudomine.

"Tezuka, Jin, Oishi, and everyone else, I won't let you down... Next time, Seigaku will definitely not lose again!"

At this moment, Fuji finally made up his mind. He had to make a change. The Three Types of Return Shots alone would not be enough to help them achieve their goal of winning the national championship.

Keith Fudomine made a splash from the moment he appeared on screen.

At this moment, everyone knew that the Black Legion's Fudomine was probably a dark horse just like last year's Seigaku.

6-0.

Without any resistance, Keith won easily.

Singles match three is over, next up is singles match two, with Tachibana Kippei taking his turn.

The opponent had no ability to resist.

In the Metropolitan Tournament, Fudomine won easily.

P. S.: "Got home, and I still feel a bit oxygen-dampened, like I've been completely drained~ Please vote for me!"

I sincerely thank Arrietty for the generous donation. It's not the first or second time, and I feel truly cherished. However, I'm a little dissatisfied with the limited number of bonus chapters today. I'll add another chapter for you tomorrow. I'll take a break today and continue writing.