Watching the Show

"Hey Muneyoshi, school's about to start, we're in our final year, but there's still a ton of club stuff to do."

An complains to me every day. Why did you bring me to a place like this instead of taking advantage of the time to help the coach and An deal with it?

Tachibana Kippei was already used to Muneyoshi's hands-off management style, and this year Muneyoshi even handed over the ministerial position to him.

At the time, Tachibana Kippei, who had just returned from Europe, absolutely disagreed, but knowing Muneyoshi's personality very well, he still took the initiative to take over the minister's job.

Right now, she's busy organizing team training and recruitment with Tachibana An and Hanamura Aoi, so she doesn't understand why Muneyoshi brought her to Kakunozaka Tennis Park.

Having lived in Tokyo for two years, Tachibana Kippei has become quite familiar with most of the major tournaments that are frequently held in the area.

As a major city, especially in the second half of the school year when there are no large-scale events, private training camps host a wide variety of competitions.

If you don't look closely, you might think they're all the same competition just by their names.

After all, they usually come here under the guise of a tournament, like the one they're doing today.

If Tachibana Kippei remembers correctly, today's event is an amateur youth tennis tournament.

However, it's called the "Kakunozaka Tennis Park 16-Year-Old Junior Tennis Championship".

Of course, compared to other amateur tennis tournaments, this kind of competition held in a large tennis park like Kakizaka is relatively more formal.

However, it generally doesn't attract many outstanding players; most participants are from schools that can't Metropolitan Tournament.

After all, the number of places available to enter the Metropolitan Tournament each year is very limited, and there are so many schools in the Tokyo Metropolis area.

These primary schools also want to improve themselves through competitions, so these competitions naturally have a suitable environment to thrive.

However, given Fudomine's current strength, even in his most dire circumstances, he wouldn't have to come to a place like this, would he?

"Muneyoshi, seriously?! Did you sign up for this tennis tournament out of boredom? With that kind of free time, you'd be better off helping me with club activities, and I'll train with you!"

Tachibana Kippei looked at Munehiko with an expression that suggested he couldn't stand Muneyoshi.

Having spent so much time together, he was well aware of Muneyoshi's peculiar tastes; if the mood struck him, participating in such a competition wasn't out of the question.

"How could that be! Ju, did An whisper something in your ear? Why are you so upset with me since we came back from Europe?"

Muneyoshi was speechless. It was obvious Tachibana Kippei someone was talking badly about him every day, otherwise, how could his image be so different?

As for why he came here, it's because yesterday on the tram he met a kid who looked almost exactly like a character from a comic book, with eyes that were practically rolling back to the sky.

That arrogant demeanor and the familiar hat immediately confirmed to Muneyoshi that the other person was Echizen Nanjirō's son.

It was only when he saw Echizen Ryoma that Muneyoshi realized that he had been in this world for fifteen years, and that the storyline of this world was only beginning to unfold normally from this moment on.

Although he was currently too powerful to care about this so-called prince, the appearance of this person reminded him that the Seigaku had been waiting for for so long had finally appeared.

It's likely that their Fudomine opponent right now isn't Rikkai Dai, but Seigaku.

Upon seeing Echizen Ryoma, the image that had become blurred in Muneyoshi's mind due to the passage of time began to clear up again.

That arrogant guy is back, so his first showdown in Japan should be about to begin.

Although Muneyoshi had no intention of poaching Echizen Ryoma, it was impossible for Nanjirou to ask him to leave any school other than Seigaku.

However, it's still acceptable to come and witness such a memorable moment.

Since he had nothing better to do, he invited Tachibana Kippei.

But to my surprise, I was immediately taught a lesson by Tachibana Kippei.

He was the only one who was idle; Tachibana Kippei himself was very busy.

"Tachibana, I know you're busy, but you still need to balance work and rest. Besides, school is starting soon, and with new students enrolling, we need to see if we can recruit any promising talents into Fudomine!"

Of course, Muneyoshi was not surprised by Tachibana Kippei's sense of responsibility, and turned his head to smile slightly.

What better reason could there be to let Tachibana Kippei calm down and accompany me on a tour of the arena?

"Recruiting promising talents?"

Tachibana Kippei rolled his eyes, his gaze towards Muneyoshi seeming to say, "Do you think I'm an idiot, believing any reason?"

This is because Muneyoshi didn't think too much about it.

What promising talents can a competition, whose participants are mostly from schools that can't Metropolitan Tournament competitions, possibly have?

However, Tachibana Kippei was already at ease; since he was already here with Muneyoshi, he might as well just look around.

However, the more you look at him, the more vivid the mole between his eyebrows becomes.

Along the way, these contestants have all been too low-level. Many of them are not even as good as Mori Tatsunori and the others from Fudomine, let alone Shinji and Kamio.

However, before Tachibana Kippei could complain about the poor quality of these contestants, he noticed that Muneyoshi next to him suddenly seemed to have discovered something.

After a glint of light flashed in his eyes, he walked towards a sports field.

You need to be serious!

"0-15."

A startled Sasabe quickly made up an excuse for himself. "I let my guard down for a moment!"

"Kid, don't get scared now! Watch my Bullet Serve!"

Bang!

"Too slow!"

Bang!

"Echizen Ryoma won this game, with a score of 4-0."

The match on the court was one-sided. Muneyoshi had never even heard of Sasabe, the so-called ace of the Hokkou Tennis Club, who was no match for Echizen Ryoma.

However, at this moment, Echizen Ryoma only felt bored and did not utter any of his usual boastful remarks. But it was this slight contempt that fueled Sasabe's anger even more.

"Damn it! That arrogant brat!"

Sasabe looked embarrassed; he had been steadily losing points to this kid, and he needed to come up with a solution.

Bang!

Out of bounds! 15:0.

Bang!

Out of bounds! 30:0.

"If I decide that your Lob is out of bounds, then it is out of bounds!"

However, Echizen Ryoma used a slice shot to hit Lob, causing the ball to stop inside the court!

Seeing this, Muneyoshi felt his intelligence had been insulted. What was the difference between this tennis ball and Tezuka's Zero Style Lob?

But Echizen Ryoma actually knew this technique when he was in elementary school.

But then it stopped happening, which is absolutely absurd.

Could it be that Tezuka will steal this technique after he goes to Seigaku?

But wait a minute, Tezuka has already mastered that technique too!

As expected, Konomi is just a manga artist and knows absolutely nothing about tennis!

Meanwhile, Tachibana Kippei, who was next to Muneyoshi, no longer had the same disdainful attitude towards others and was now full of curiosity about Echizen Ryoma.

In his opinion, this kid was already very strong.

Could they really find a promising talent here?

"Damn it! There's no turning back now!"

Feeling humiliated, Sasabe gritted his teeth, but then his gaze swept over the brat in front of him, and his anger flared up completely.

Sasabe hardened his heart and unleashed his malice.

"Go to hell! You arrogant brat!"

Sasabe swung his racket hard, knocking Echizen Ryoma down, and drops of blood seeped from his forehead.

"What! That damn guy!"

Seeing this, Tachibana Kippei wanted to go up and teach Sasabe a lesson, but Muneyoshi pulled him away.

With Ryuzaki Jin around, there's no way it will be his turn.

"Alright, Tachibana, it's time for us to go!"

"But, Muneyoshi, this little guy..."

At this moment, Tachibana Kippei truly fell for Echizen Ryoma, because he realized that the other party was indeed a genius.

Muneyoshi was aware of this, of course, but he gestured towards Ryuzaki's mouth.

"Come on, the adults are here, they won't suffer any losses. Didn't you say it's our last year, and we still have a lot to do? Come on, I'll help you!"

Muneyoshi is just here to watch the fun, not to act as some kind of pushover.

However, seeing the spot where Echizen Ryoma was injured felt somewhat familiar. After thinking for a while, I realized it was the same spot where he was injured during his first match against Shinji.

Moreover, it wasn't just Shinji; in several other matches later on, the opponents were also injured in similar locations.

It seems this is a vulnerable spot for Echizen Ryoma!

Muneyoshi smiled slightly, not caring.

Echizen Ryoma's current strength can be described as being at the level of someone just entering the Kanto Tournament. While he's not bad, he's not worth Ryoma's time to fight.

However, as he turned to leave, Echizen Ryoma gotten up, saw both him and Tachibana Kippei leaving.

"This guy looks familiar."

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