The Tennis Club's Final Year of Recruiting New Members

The cherry blossoms in Japan April herald the start of a new school year for junior high schools.

This also marked the beginning of Muneyoshi and his classmates' final year at Fudomine Junior High.

The past year, especially the training camps and expedition points trips in the second half of the school year, has made Muneyoshi and others more mature and composed than Kamio and Shinji, who have always stayed in the country.

Because Fudomine won the National Tournament last year, the Fudomine Tennis Club has become increasingly popular.

Compared to when the program was first established in the second year, a large number of new students have come this year.

Especially after the National Tournament and the Four-Nation Exchange Tournament, Fudomine's reputation spread wider and wider along with Saeki Muneyoshi.

"Shinji, how was your summer break? Since the department head and vice-department head left, there's been no one to train us..."

In the classroom, Kamio, who had just finished his vacation, looked a little listless. He lazily turned his head and leaned against Shinji's desk, asking a question.

"I'm going to the beach, Kamio. Even if the captains aren't here, training still has to be done every day..."

Shinji noticed Kamio's laziness and was about to grumble at Kamio when Kamio, startled awake, interrupted him instantly.

"Alright, Shinji! Isn't it time for club recruitment again today?"

Shinji nodded, about to answer, when a clear, melodious oriole's song came from outside the classroom:

"Kamio! Shinji! Come help out with the recruitment this afternoon!"

When Kamio turned around, Tachibana An had already left the classroom and gone to the next classroom to inform the other team members.

When the holiday ended and school started, Tachibana An was much happier than the others who were feeling listless. This was not only because she saw a steady stream of new students, but also because she could ask people for help after school started!

Normally, only her older brother, Tachibana Kippei, helps her with club work; Saeki Muneyoshi is completely unusable, leaving her exhausted. Now that Kamio Shinji and the others are back, how can they not be put to good use?

Seeing the endless stream of new students entering the school, Tachibana An was also very happy.

As the manager of the Fudomine Tennis Club, Tachibana An is eager to see what fresh blood will join their Fudomine this year.

Ring ring!

The school day ended with the ringing of the bell, and the busiest time for recruitment by various clubs and organizations began as new students arrived on campus.

After packing his things, Muneyoshi slowly walked towards the Tennis Club. Tachibana Kippei was much faster than Muneyoshi; he had gone to the Tennis Club much earlier.

When Muneyoshi arrived, he saw that they had already set up a welcome table and prepared various banners.

As Muneyoshi had predicted, the area outside the Tennis Club was already packed with people; the number of new students wanting to join the Fudomine Tennis Club was far greater than ever before.

It's also more than other clubs.

Muneyoshi, of course, paid no attention to these recruitment matters. He walked through the crowd toward Hanamura Aoi's office.

"Coach, I probably won't be playing in many of this year's matches. Let Tachibana lead the team then!"

Muneyoshi got straight to the point and stated his purpose directly.

"Oh? Muneyoshi, what are you planning?"

Hanamura Aoi frowned slightly, but after considering Muneyoshi's strength, she understood his true intentions. She raised her head and looked at Saeki Muneyoshi, saying:

"Muneyoshi, if that's your decision, then aside from crucial matches, let the reserve players and newcomers take on more responsibility!"

"As for who will be in charge, let Shinji and Kamio put some pressure on them!"

Hearing Hanamura Aoi's words, Muneyoshi smiled; he knew the other person understood what he meant.

Fudomine may seem powerful now, but its strength is essentially due to Muneyoshi, Tachibana Kippei, Keith, and Lin Xiu.

This is their last year, so the theme this year is more about helping second-graders and first-graders grow.

Only by Fudomine can a smooth transition and development proceed.

"Alright, after this recruitment is over, we'll do some training, and the Internal Ranking Tournament will start next week!"

"Agree!"

Just as Muneyoshi and Hanamura Aoi were discussing the specific arrangements for the third academic year.

At that moment, in front of the Fudomine school gate, Inoue Mamoru hurried over with light steps, camera in hand.

Not far behind him, a beautiful, somewhat student-like red-haired woman was leaning against a tree, panting slightly.

"Inoue-senpai! Wait... wait a minute..."

As with the start of the school year every year, this is one of the busiest times for Inoue Mamoru.

Because on this day he would visit various schools in Tokyo Metropolis to report on their new students joining the company.

Two years ago it was Rikkai Dai and Hyotei Academy; last year it was Seigaku and Fudomine.

In particular, Fudomine Tennis Club, Inoue Mamoru Fudomine was founded around this time last year, was led by Saeki Muneyoshi to rise from Fudomine.

This year is a little different. This year he didn't go to the Hyotei Academy. Instead, after hearing that his idol's son had returned to Japan, he went to Seigaku first, and now he's come to Fudomine.

"Hurry up, Azhi! We seem to be a little late. The recruitment for Fudomine has already started."

As a journalist with many years of experience, Inoue Mamoru still has good stamina. Although he was panting at the moment, he recovered in no time.

As for his new assistant, Ms. Shiba Saori, who just graduated, although she is young, she is not as good as him in this respect.

In fact, before the start of the school year this year, Inoue Mamoru had already learned about the general situation of the new students through various information channels.

After screening, it seems that the quality of this year's students is not as good as the previous two years, and there don't seem to be many outstanding first-graders.

This left Inoue Mamoru somewhat disappointed, after witnessing several years of a surge of geniuses.

Now he wants to see how good the quality of this year's freshmen is, given that Fudomine is the national champion.

After leaving Hanamura Aoi's office, Muneyoshi immediately spotted Inoue Mamoru by the basketball court.

Because he came so often, many people in the Tennis Club ignored him. However, when they saw the red-haired beauty next to him, Muneyoshi finally felt that everyone was ready.

The moment Muneyoshi saw Shiba Saori, he thought of Seigaku and the three giants of Seigaku!

"The Withered Immortal should have joined Seigaku by now, right?"

A strange smile appeared on his lips. Muneyoshi walked over to Inoue Mamoru, greeted him, nodded to Shiba Saori, and then ignored them, heading towards the basketball court.

"Muneyoshi seems even more imposing now. Japan is truly lucky to have him!"

While Inoue Mamoru his feelings, he didn't forget to ask his assistant Shiba Saori, to take more footage, but after calling out for a while, he didn't hear a response.

Turning around, I saw that Shiba Saori was staring at Saeki Muneyoshi's back with hearts in her eyes, completely smitten.

Wow, he's so handsome!!

"..."

Inoue Mamoru was somewhat speechless and had no choice but to take matters into his own hands and film it himself.

"Shinji, go and get me Kamio's daily training records from when we weren't here."

Upon arriving at the stadium, Muneyoshi glanced at everyone's training session, frowned, and spoke to Shinji.

"Yes."

Before the holiday, since he and Tachibana were not at school, they handed over the Tennis Club to Tachibana An to manage. She had everyone's daily training records, which could be easily checked.

However, she is currently in charge of recruitment, so she handed over this record to Makihara Shuichi.

Soon, Shinji led Makihara Shuichi and handed a notebook to Muneyoshi.

Muneyoshi reviewed Kamio Akira's daily training sessions before and during his vacation.

Good heavens, he then realized that whether it was basic training or intensive training, he had only reached the exact amount Regular the daily training of the regular players.

No more, no less, not a single extra practice session; it was all just slacking off.