Aoi Kintaro's Challenge

"Gentlemen of Fudomine, it's been a long time."

Following closely behind Koganei and Chitose, a cheerful voice rang out from the stadium entrance. Shiraishi Kuranosuke walked slowly behind Watanabe Osamu, about half a step behind.

But as he stepped into the gates of Fudomine, all the light around him seemed to converge on him, and Shiraishi seemed to be radiating light.

He formed a stark contrast with the languid Watanabe Osamu in front of him, and also attracted the attention of Muneyoshi, Tachibana Kippei, Keith, and others.

At this moment, without Muneyoshi's reminder, Tachibana Kippei and Keith could clearly sense it.

Shiraishi Kuranosuke has become even stronger!

Keith and Tachibana Kippei exchanged a glance; they both sensed a faint sense of threat emanating from Shiraishi.

"It seems that letting these people get in touch with the training camp early, and coordinating their training and expeditions, has been quite beneficial."

Saeki Muneyoshi's sharp eyes swept over Shiraishi's arm, noticing the still-present golden wrist, and a hopeful smile appeared on his face.

Judging from this, has Shiraishi's Bible of Stars path appeared ahead of schedule?

Of course, the match hasn't been played yet, so Muneyoshi can only make an estimate. The specific answer will probably only be revealed on the court.

"Shiraishi, Coach Ashu, everyone from Shitenhoji, welcome to Fudomine."

As the host, Coach Hanamura Aoi and Saeki Muneyoshi went up together and shook hands with Watanabe Osamu and Shiraishi Kuranosuke respectively. ☺👤 🍫👑

This was the second official joint training camp between the two schools, and with the previous training camp exchanges, they were already quite familiar with each other. So after a brief exchange of pleasantries, Hanamura Aoi invited everyone to the training ground.

However, among the Shitenhoji contestants at this moment, Aoi Kintaro, a first-year student, had his fighting spirit growing stronger after setting his sights on Muneyoshi.

If it weren't for Chitose Senri and Ishida Gin holding him back tightly, they probably would have rushed up long ago.

However, such restrictions were only temporary. While the two sides were exchanging greetings, Ishida Gin was also exchanging brotherly feelings with Ishida Tetsu, Chitose was also pulled away by Tachibana Kippei.

With no more obstacles in sight, and seeing the coaches discussing the upcoming training content, Koganei Jin could no longer contain himself and moved directly between Shiraishi and Muneyoshi.

"Excuse me, are you the number one ranked older brother in Japan middle school?"

Aoi Kintaro, hands on his hips, head held high, laughed happily, "Big brother, I challenge you! Please fight me, Koganei!"

Muneyoshi looked at this small man who only reached his chest. He greatly admired the man's personality, and this was the first time he had encountered such a straightforward challenge.

He looked at Shiraishi beside him and said, "Your newcomers are quite good!"

Hearing Muneyoshi praise his prodigy, Shiraishi felt honored. He nodded in agreement, smiled slightly, and said, "Muneyoshi, don't underestimate Koganei; he's very strong. 🎉👑 🍬🍓"

"Oh? That's amazing?"

Muneyoshi was slightly surprised upon hearing this. Of course he knew Koganei, but Xiao Jin appeared quite late in the original work, directly in the Semifinals of the National Tournament.

Everything before that was a blank.

Muneyoshi had initially estimated that his opponent's strength was roughly equivalent to Echizen Ryoma's, but according to Shiraishi, Koganei was currently stronger than Echizen Ryoma?

Is he naturally powerful?

Thinking about this, he suddenly became even more interested in the wild and innocent boy in front of him.

"Big brother, what do you think of my suggestion? Let's have a match with Koganei!"

Koganei didn't care about Shiraishi's evaluation of him; for him, competing against strong opponents was the most important thing.

Therefore, his gaze remained fixed on Saeki Muneyoshi.

Seeing Koganei like this, Muneyoshi's interest was piqued. After all, this was Oni Jūjirō's favorite guy, and now that he was being challenged, he might as well stretch his muscles.

"Since you've challenged me, I accept. Come on, Koganei, I'll play with you for a bit, consider it a warm-up."

"That's great, thank you, big brother!"

Upon hearing Muneyoshi's agreement, Koganei smiled even more happily. Overjoyed, she did a backflip and then hurriedly ran towards the other side of the court.

"Koganei, we still have training later, so let's just play a quick tiebreaker. You serve."

Their commotion quickly attracted the attention of others, but Watanabe Osamu and Shiraishi didn't mind letting Kintaro cause some trouble at this time.

Hanamura Aoi, of course, didn't care at all, since they were all well aware of Saeki Muneyoshi's strength.

"No problem, I'll serve then, big brother!"

As Koganei ran, she kept repeating, "Just how amazing is the First in the Nation? Just thinking about it makes Koganei super excited!!"

Across the court, Aoi Kintaro pulled a special, custom-made racket from a bag behind him.

He pulled a tennis ball from his pocket, then half-squatted down, ready to serve!

"He really has a short temper."

Seeing this, even Muneyoshi, who knew Koganei's personality, couldn't help but smile.

Seeing that the two were about to have a match, everyone from both Fudomine and Shitenhoji gathered around.

"Is the minister going to discipline some children? Why didn't he intervene when Echizen Ryoma came last time?"

Seeing Koganei Kamio Akira reminded him of Echizen Ryoma, who was similar to him. He recalled that Ryoma had also challenged Muneyoshi last time, and he had been pushed forward instead. He couldn't help but grimac and complain.

Tachibana Kippei frowned slightly, after all, Muneyoshi's strength was such that ordinary people would suffer a great loss.

Seeing this, Chisato Chisato, standing beside Chitose Senri Tachibana Kippei, said with a smile, "Kippei, don't underestimate Koganei. If he unleashes his full power, he might even surpass me."

Now, Tachibana Kippei and the other members of Fudomine were all astonished. "Chitose, are you exaggerating? Is he really that strong?"

He's only a first-grader, right?

Ibu Shinji frowned; he suddenly felt an even greater pressure about his future.

Chitose didn't explain further, but instead put away her smile and said seriously, "Watch closely, Koganei will surprise you."

Behind the court, Muneyoshi smiled and gestured for Koganei to begin.

"Big brother, now it's time for me to start!"

As he spoke, Koganei tossed the ball high into the air again with his tiny hand.

Immediately following was an incredibly difficult aerial somersault that even gymnasts could only dream of.

After flipping to a sufficient height, Aoi Kintaro, who was tumbling rapidly in mid-air, suddenly roared, "Big brother, behold my special move!"

"A super million-ton fantastical luxury volcano eruption ball!"

P. S.: Fourth update, please vote with monthly tickets~

I won't describe the training camp much, because I've already written about it before, I'll just mention it briefly. As for why I'm writing about the match with Koganei, it's simply because I haven't had a chance to fight Koganei before, so this is the only time I can fight him. Once I entered the training camp, he was the demon's favorite, so I didn't have a chance.