The Kingdom

"Blind spot?"

"Weakness?"

"Atobe- kun, are you talking about these ice shards? That's certainly a great ability, but if you want to see through my blind spots, Atobe, you'll need to work a little harder!"

Noah's blue pupils focused, and his gaze naturally reflected Atobe's Ice World.

He chuckled softly as his fingertips traced the icicles in front of him.

At the same time, as his fingertips traced a path, all the ice pillars in Atobe's Ice World melted away.

In Atobe's view, the only clear color in the originally black world was the icicles, but now, the entire world seemed to have turned snow-white.

However, this snow-white world is no longer under his control.

Upon noticing this change, Atobe's face darkened visibly.

Bang!

"Game 1, Australia's Noah scores, score 3-0."

"Atobe, don't you feel that all filth becomes crystal clear in a pure white world?"

Seeing Atobe struggling, Noah remained calm. "The wickedness of the human heart, coupled with all your thoughts, cannot be concealed here!"

Bang!

"Game score: Australia's Noah scores, 6-1."

The scene in the first game was just like another version of the match between Atobe and Irie Kanata.

Compared to Irie's passion for acting and her deep admiration for Atobe, Noah was incredibly direct.

The first game was one-sided, with Atobe offering no resistance against Noah, much like facing Irie who was holding nothing back, leaving him with absolutely no chance to fight back.

"Senior Irie, Noah's abilities should be similar to yours, right?"

Sensing the intense spiritual energy emanating from the other party, the darkness in Muneyoshi's eyes dissipated, and he looked at Irie beside him.

Irie's eyes were also full of inquiry at this moment. After hearing Muneyoshi's question, he first nodded, and then shook his head.

"There are some similarities, but they are not the same, Saeki -kun. Where can you find two completely identical paths?"

Irie chuckled, then sighed, "But you middle school students these days are really something. You're like that, Atobe is like that, and now there's a Noah."

The second game began, Atobe still did not give up, becoming even more agitated.

"Evolution! My evolution isn't enough, I need to keep evolving!"

The immense pressure from Noah intensified Atobe's dissatisfaction with his own strength and fueled his growing urgency to evolve.

Bang!

"Game 1, Australia's Noah scores, score 2-0."

Another break of serve, this time even Theirs Serve had no effect.

After Atobe's Theirs Serve with a serve in the final moments of the Atobe match, Noah quickly found a way to counter this move.

Bang!

"Game 1, Australia's Noah scores, score 4-0."

At this moment, the audience inside and outside the entire venue fell silent.

The spectators, who had been watching the Japan Team high school students win one after another, could hardly believe that this singles match had turned into a complete rout.

They couldn't help but begin to doubt Atobe's strength.

Could it be that Atobe is the weakest among those who just entered the arena?

Because Atobe was completely unable to fight back against Noah.

For a moment, they weren't quite sure whether Atobe was weaker or Noah was stronger.

The stands, the Hyotei Academy players' area.

"Atobe... alright?"

Looking at Atobe's somewhat disheveled and staggering figure, Mukahi Gakuto said with a hint of pity.

"Atobe!"

"Minister!"

"Atobe!"

Since entering Hyotei Academy, this was only the second time that Shishido Ryo, Hiyoshi Wakashi, and Ohtori Choutarou had seen Atobe in such a disheveled state.

Compared to the first time he faced Saeki Muneyoshi, this time the stage was much bigger, and his opponent was a foreigner of the same age.

If Atobe were to lose so decisively, they couldn't imagine the impact this would have on Atobe.

"What are you doing, Atobe! You need to work harder!"

"Atobe! Are you just going to accept defeat like this?!"

Unable to contain themselves any longer, Oshitari and Shishido Ryo suddenly shouted at the same time towards the field.

They simply didn't believe that Atobe would just give up like that, that he would surrender without any ability to resist.

Atobe Keigo, he's the King of the Hyotei Academy!

Oshitari and Shishido Ryo's roars echoed far across the silent stadium, mingling with their cheers.

The entire stadium resounded with cheers for Atobe.

Meanwhile, the crowd in the Japan players' area was also moved by the emotions of this moment and began to cheer for Atobe.

"Ah, it seems a change is about to occur!"

Seeing this, Muneyoshi's lips curled into a smile. He could sense the suppressed spiritual power within Atobe's body, which was about to erupt.

"Atobe, you have so many people cheering you on!"

Noah also noticed this change. His gaze swept across the entire area, finally landing on Atobe across from him.

"I can sense the power accumulating within you. It's very interesting. However, I've already decided to end this match."

As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of blue light appeared in Noah's eyes, and the Atobe Ice World that Noah had been holding in place shattered, revealing a new field.

In Atobe's eyes, the entire stadium instantly transformed into a piece divided into dozens of equally sized squares.

This is an incomplete Go board.

Playing chess was also Noah's favorite hobby.

"Shut up, Noah! Who do you think you are, trying to end the game? I won't allow it!"

Realizing that the Ice World that had been fixed in place by the opponent had disappeared, Atobe suddenly looked up and saw that the opponent had already made a move. He roared loudly.

"Alright, since that's the Atobe, Atobe-kun, then you'd better take this!"

Sensing the unwavering resolve in Atobe's heart, Noah's entire aura shifted.

Bang!

With a crisp sound, the tennis ball flew from Noah's racket.

After a pale yellow light fell into Atobe's frontcourt, a black vortex appeared at the position of the black pieces, completely enveloping the landing tennis ball before disappearing entirely.

"How is this possible..."

On the sidelines, Yukimura Seiichi watched this scene with disbelief on his face.

How could there possibly be a truly vanished serve in this world?

"No, it hasn't disappeared..."

Muneyoshi's gaze swept across the court, landing on the ball's shadow.

At that moment, Yukimura and the others looked down at Atobe's feet, where the mustard-yellow tennis ball remained motionless.

"ACE, Noah Gorgia of Australia scores, 15-0."

The referee announces the score.

At this moment, the expressions of the spectators in the stands and the players from various teams on the sidelines all changed.

And here comes another truly world-class skill.

Moreover, it's a serve technique that seems unsolvable.

Many eyes were now on Tezuka in the Japan players' section. In this exchange match, two unsolvable serves had appeared at the same time.

"Incredibly, not a single trace can be found..."

The mental battle just now was too dangerous, leaving Atobe's face covered in a fine layer of sweat.

Although Atobe had been severely weakened, his eyes still retained their aggressive edge, with a cold glint constantly emanating from his pupils.

Atobe hasn't given up yet.

In fact, even before the match, especially after hearing what Muneyoshi and Irie said, Atobe had anticipated all sorts of possibilities.

However, he never expected that with his current strength, he would still find himself in such a desperate situation.

This made Atobe feel dissatisfied once again with the fact that his strength was evolving too slowly.

"I'm such a loser! With this little bit of strength, when will I ever be able to take those guys down?"

Come, Noah!

Atobe the immense pressure from Noah, Atobe took another step and ran towards the tennis ball.

Atobe didn't feel the fear of pressure, because only under such great pressure could he achieve a breakthrough in himself.

Atobe's playing style and tactics had been figured out by Noah in the previous game.

If it were anyone else, they would probably be thinking of other ways to win right now, but these are the skills and style that Atobe honed in adversity!

Find your opponent's weaknesses, and then attack them mercilessly.

"As expected, this great Atobe Keigo still only has that one choice!"

"Noah, I will see through you!!!"

Atobe roared and swung his racket heavily.

"Such an enviable talent! Has it really started to transform?"

Noah narrowed his eyes, a ray of light dissipated from beside his hand, and he once again delivered an unsolvable serve.

The terrifying black chessboard reappeared, and the intense mental pressure caused Atobe's forehead and cheeks to be covered in fine sweat, but his eyes, like those of a hawk, saw through everything!

"Open every pore on your body to me, make sure every nerve ending is fully alerted!"

Atobe roared once more, and at the same time, a strange power was slowly rising.

Bang!

"I'll see through you, Noah!!!"

As Atobe's mental strength has been developed to its current limit, it seems as if snowflakes are falling on the court, and the air temperature in the entire venue suddenly drops.

"I saw it!!"

Bang!

Atobe's arm muscles twitched wildly, and with a sideways jerk, dazzling blue ice light flew out from beside his hand.

"Within the box, Atobe Keigo the Japan Team scores, 15-15."

Noah was slightly taken aback. Only then did he turn around to look at the tennis ball behind him. Just a moment ago, his mental state and body had completely gone out of control.

It was as if everything had been frozen.

This is?!

"Hahaha! I've finally evolved!"

Atobe laughed wildly, the moment he had been waiting for had finally arrived. "Noah! In my kingdom, nothing about you can hide!"

Bang!

Click!

A fierce blizzard swept across the entire stadium, turning even the overhead lights and all the surrounding glass surfaces into snow.

Broken!

At this moment, Atobe on the court undoubtedly became the center of everyone's attention.

The biting wind, the swirling snow, and the whistling shards of glass are all the highest tribute to Atobe.

This is the world that belongs to Atobe, the Atobe Kingdom!

P. S.: "Australia is over, please vote!"

The Australia match has ended. As for whether Atobe was able to turn the tide or whether Noah could continue to dominate, I didn't write about it. Anyway, after Noah entered the game, Atobe's wins and losses didn't affect the final result of the match.

If they win, Atobe takes the victory; if they don't, the two stronger teams behind them take it.

The match against the United States starts tomorrow, and I will focus heavily on the match between the protagonist and Ryoga. Konomi has changed Ryoga's character design, definitely to make it easier for Ryoma to beat him. However, in my original plan, I will stick to the original elements and completely disregard Konomi's lack of tennis knowledge. I won't deliberately weaken anyone to make them win.