Brother vs. Brother

"Hey Muneyoshi, you've finally agreed to have a fair fight with me? You're actually going to personally step up and fight singles number three."

Kojiro watched Saeki Muneyoshi approach, a powerful aura emanated from him, instantly putting immense pressure on Muneyoshi's heart.

"Ha! Kojiro, we've never met in a formal match before. You're my little brother, so of course I'll grant your wish and let me see your progress."

Muneyoshi nodded with a cold face. It was indeed his personal decision that he would appear in the third singles match.

Besides wanting to catch up with Kojiro, he also wanted to give Kojiro some guidance, but after sensing that Kojiro's aura had not changed, Muneyoshi felt suffocated.

I never want to give him a nice look again. I've practiced with him for so long, Kojiro still hasn't broken through. It's infuriating.

Muneyoshi changed his mind. He wanted to give Kojiro a quick defeat and let him experience true hell and darkness.

"You get the serve, let's get started quickly, or I'll have to go all out."

After saying that, Muneyoshi turned around and returned to the baseline.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony, Muneyoshi."

Kojiro didn't stand on ceremony either, though he didn't know why Muneyoshi was angry.

However, he knew that he was not as good as Muneyoshi in terms of strength, so having the advantage of serving was already a great advantage.

"Go for it, Kojiro- senpai!"

In the Rokkaku boy band, Aoi Kentaro put his hands to his mouth like megaphones and shouted loudly.

Kojiro smiled broadly and waved at him, but the moment he turned his head, his expression immediately turned serious.

Although he didn't want to lose face in front of these kids, his opponent in this match was Muneyoshi, whom his Old Man called the number one junior high school student.

Kojiro's right hand gripped the tennis ball tightly, his brown eyes fixed on Muneyoshi like a hawk's.

"As expected of you, Muneyoshi! You've made absolutely no mistakes. Well then, we'll just have to go for it!"

Kojiro chuckled, tossed the tennis ball, and swung it heavily overhead with his left hand.

Muneyoshi's cold expression had already faded when he returned to the baseline. He knew that in tennis, the difference between different people was huge, and the greater the difference in talent, the wider the gap would become as the game progressed.

Therefore, compared to others, he truly helped his brother, training with him since childhood and giving him all sorts of guidance, but even now, Kojiro is still just a little short of breaking through to the national championships.

It really is a difference in talent.

He hadn't had much contact with his other opponents, but they all seemed to improve with each match, making it seem as if he was deliberately helping them evolve.

But he doesn't even look at who he beat up...

Those people were individuals who could have reached extremely high levels on their own, even without Saeki Muneyoshi.

It's just that his appearance and the pressure he put on accelerated all of this, allowing their talents to be realized faster and earlier.

Seeing Kojiro's serve, Muneyoshi felt as if he were back in the days when he practiced with Torajiro, but today he wasn't there to practice with Kojiro.

Thinking of this, Muneyoshi's lips curled up slightly, and he took a few steps forward, appearing directly at the landing point of the tennis ball.

With a flick of his wrist and a backhand smack, the tennis ball that had just bounced away vanished from Muneyoshi's grasp in an instant.

"Wow... so fast!"

"You can't even see the ball!"

"They're getting serious right from the start!"

Both the spectators and the players on the court gasped in amazement; Muneyoshi's return speed was truly astonishing.

Even Tachibana Kippei and Keith didn't see it clearly for a split second.

From the moment he served, Kojiro dared not be careless. Having practiced kendo for many years like Muneyoshi, he had developed amazing dynamic vision and a very strong Insight.

Furthermore, he had trained with Muneyoshi since childhood and was very familiar with all of his habits.

Therefore, although Muneyoshi's shot was very fast, his eyes could still see the blurry point of contact and trajectory.

Tap tap tap!

Kojiro sprinted quickly to the empty area on the left, twisting his waist and using the power of his wrist to swing his racket heavily towards an empty area.

Bang!

With a crisp sound, the tennis ball flew straight towards Muneyoshi's left sideline.

"Kojiro, it seems you've improved somewhat. Not bad, a good comeback!"

Muneyoshi chuckled, quickly ran behind the tennis ball, and swung his arm from bottom to top, sending the tennis ball soaring high into the air.

"It's Lob! Great opportunity, Kojiro- senpai!"

Although the Rokkaku boys are still just elementary school students, they are quite knowledgeable about tennis, especially Aoi Kentaro, who is undefeated in the Chiba elementary school league.

He certainly didn't want Kojiro to miss such an obvious scoring opportunity.

Kojiro knew that Muneyoshi wouldn't make such a basic mistake, but since Muneyoshi had taken the initiative to hit Lob, he couldn't afford to lose his momentum.

Behold!

Sprinting to the net, bending his knees and then stepping on the ground, Kojiro leaped high into the air.

Bang!

With his entire body thrusting forward and downward, his arms snapped shut as Kojiro slammed the tennis ball down in mid-air.

However, the very next second after he jumped, Muneyoshi's figure also appeared in the air.

"Yaoyang!"

The tennis ball, falling rapidly, was severed by a golden blade.

Bang!

A dazzling golden light flashed, and a tennis ball was embedded heavily in the iron net behind Kojiro, still emitting wisps of smoke.

"Hiss!"

A collective gasp filled the air.

"What just happened?!"

"Rokkaku Middle School's Saeki Kojiro's smash... was actually returned by Fudomine Saeki Muneyoshi's volley!!"

The spectators in the stands could hardly believe that someone could return a smash with such a simple smash.

A smash, as the name suggests, is a shot that is like a killer shot.

The power and incredible speed of the smash, delivered vertically, are key to its effectiveness, but now...

If Muneyoshi knew what they were thinking, he would definitely tell them that what he did was nothing special, just relying on his strong fundamentals and swing ability, as well as his anticipation.

Of course, completing this step is not easy.

But you have to know that someone might be able to return a smash with a smash in the future; that takes incredible imagination and execution.

Even if Muneyoshi wanted to imitate and learn from it now, he would find it somewhat difficult, since it was completely different from his own system and style. He still preferred to use his own methods.

The coach's Old Man's long white beard twitched on the bench, but he didn't seem too surprised.

Muneyoshi and Kojiro are not even in the same league, so it's not an exaggeration to say that Muneyoshi was able to do this.

Even Kojiro was somewhat agitated. The fact that his smash was returned by Muneyoshi in such a simple and violent way was quite a shock to him.

"Ha! As expected of you, Muneyoshi, you're finally getting serious."

Kojiro exhaled a breath of stale air, suppressing the turmoil in his heart.

"The match has only just begun. If you're already intimidated, then I'll look down on you, Kojiro."

The golden light in Muneyoshi's eyes dimmed, and a black light once again enveloped his body, signaling Kojiro to continue.

"Alright, Muneyoshi, let's go next!"

Kojiro knew that Rokkaku's National Tournament was over, and at this moment he was competing for himself, so he had no pressure.

The tennis team at Rokkaku Middle School has always valued fun, and he now wants to fully enjoy this match.

Bang!

Bang!

The two brothers thus began a "real" competition on the National Tournament.

P. S.: "Bonus chapter complete. For the next bonus chapter, please check your donations. I see several readers have already donated, or I'll add a bonus chapter if we reach 1200 monthly tickets... Also, I'll address the issue of future chapter updates in the author's notes."

Chapter division is an issue when writing, because I write one plot at a time. Sometimes when I write a plot or a match, the word count is usually over 4,000, and sometimes it can be over 8,000 or 10,000 words.

This is where chapters come in, which is why you sometimes see chapters cut off at crucial moments...

In the future, I will try to reduce the number of chapters, or keep each updated chapter at 3000+ or 4000+ words, which means I will try to finish the original plot chapter within one or two chapters.

The longer ones are only three chapters.

The only issue is that there will be fewer chapters released, but the word count will be the same. I hope everyone understands.