Osaka on the National Tour

After leaving Tokyo Metropolis, the last stop on his planned trip in Kanagawa, Muneyoshi's real school break began.

As the journey progressed, Muneyoshi discovered that his arrival had not yet caused much change.

At least for the previous Japan school tennis tournament, it had no impact whatsoever.

Makino Fuji's two consecutive championships meant that the previous champion remained in Kansai, so the organizers also chose Kansai as the venue for this year's National Tournament.

As the center of the Kansai region, Osaka Prefecture naturally took the lead in hosting the competition.

Muneyoshi is certainly not here to participate in the National Tournament. There is still some time before the National Tournament, and the regional competitions have not yet started. It is too early to talk about the national competition.

Muneyoshi's goal was simple: even if there were no matches to play in his first year, his improvement could not be interrupted.

Starting from Kanagawa in Tokyo Metropolis, we first went to Midori Mountain Junior High in Saitama Prefecture. Although Midori Mountain Junior High is not well-known now, their coach is a former professional athlete.

He has his own unique insights into developing and training team members, and Muneyoshi has also grown somewhat under his guidance.

The only pity is that, like Midori Mountain Junior High, Jōsei Shōnan High School, despite having a good coach, had too mediocre players and no geniuses, so they never managed to stand out.

After leaving Saitama Prefecture, Muneyoshi arrived in Aichi Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture is also a strong prefecture in the country. Even with the strong presence of Tokyo Metropolis, there is still Rokurigaoka.

Even later, it became a favorite among Japan students in Japan, Nagoya Seidoku.

Although Nagoya Seidoku has many international students nowadays, their strength is only average, and they are still suppressed by Rokurigaoka.

It wasn't until two years later, with a large influx of international students, that the competition developed into a chaotic free-for-all in National Tournament.

There are also many schools in the Shikoku and Okinawa regions.

During his visits, Muneyoshi discovered that the tennis atmosphere in Shikoku was not as strong as in the Tokyo Metropolis area, and the same was true in Okinawa.

The only one worth looking forward to is Kite Eishiro from Higa Junior High, who has now joined the Tennis Club and become Regular.

They also have ambitious plans to replace Higa Junior High its leader.

However, Kite Eishiro in Higa Province is almost a carbon copy of Saeki Muneyoshi in Fudomine.

Although Kite Eishiro has become Regular and possesses formidable strength, he still cannot compete.

Throughout the Kyushu Higa Junior High region, Higa Junior High School was firmly suppressed by Shishigaku. It would only truly rise to prominence once Kite Eishiro came to power and recruited a large number of talented individuals.

Muneyoshi traveled along the way, stopping frequently and engaging in combat with others. Unfortunately, apart from Kite Eishiro, he did not discover any other hidden masters.

They then traveled through Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, and even to Okayama Oku Middle School Oni Jūjirō had once studied, but gained very little.

Even once-renowned national schools like Akiyama Third Junior High, Maizaka School, and Kamada Junior High have declined and are now in the awkward situation of having no successors.

Apart from the current captain of Maizaka School, whose strength has barely reached the National Level, other schools can't even find a single National Level player.

Muneyoshi then traveled to Hyogo Prefecture in the Kansai region, the former heart of Japan tennis.

Unfortunately, even the mighty Makino Fuji could not avoid falling into decline.

The reason he hasn't died yet is entirely because of the Fuwa the Iron Man is holding on.

His successor has yet to appear, and the only one among his successors who seems promising is Kadokawa Go...

Adhering to the principle that if someone comes, they should have a fight, Muneyoshi and Fuwa the Iron Man had a friendly sparring match.

The expected easy match did not materialize; instead, it turned into a very dangerous game.

Fuwa the Iron Man Fuwa's formidable strength put considerable pressure on Muneyoshi, compared to other players who rely solely on physical strength and technique.

Fuwa the Iron Man is one of the very few people who have embarked on the Mental Power Path, and because of the vast difference in their paths, mental power fighters are precisely the most unpredictable fighters.

Compared to Yukimura's Five Senses Deprivation, Fuwa the Iron Man's Mirror Eyes are more direct.

If it weren't for Saeki Muneyoshi's Path of Darkness, his already strong spiritual power, and the fact that he ignited his Mental Fluorescent Flame during his battle with Mitsuya...

It seems that breaking free from the prison of the Fuwa the Iron Man's mental fortitude will not be so easy.

Even so, Muneyoshi's victory was hard-won. If Muneyoshi hadn't abandoned the idea of winning using his basic strength and instead used his dark abilities, he would have almost forced a tiebreaker.

This was the most difficult match besides the one against Tezuka Kunimitsu before his breakthrough, and it was also the first match Muneyoshi encountered against someone on the Mental Power Path after he realized the darkness.

After the match, Muneyoshi gained a clear understanding of other Mental Power Path. Although his strength did not increase further, his experience in the match became much richer.

On a beach in Osaka, Muneyoshi lay leisurely on a beach chair, enjoying the Osaka.

But in his mind, he kept replaying and simulating the match against Fuwa the Iron Man two days ago.

The Fuwa the Iron Man's basic five-dimensional attributes surprised him greatly: speed 5, strength 3, stamina 4, mental strength 5.5, and technique 4, for a total of 21.5.

His basic five dimensions are almost identical to Muneyoshi's, making him the strongest opponent Muneyoshi has ever faced besides Tezuka Kunimitsu.

However, after the initial shock, upon closer examination, it's not too surprising that Fuwa the Iron Man possesses such basic five-dimensional attributes.

After all, once he joined U-17, Fuwa the Iron Man immediately became a member of the expeditionary force.

Furthermore, Muneyoshi also knew that his final five basic attributes could reach over 23, and the two breakthroughs were in mental Power and Technique.

If we were to go into detail, Muneyoshi could fill four or five chapters with just the details of this match, but that would be too tiring to read.

Furthermore, as he delved deeper into reviewing and analyzing the matches, Muneyoshi compared his memories with those in his mind and discovered that Yukimura Seiichi's path were indeed the natural enemy of the Fuwa the Iron Man.

The Child of God's various methods, especially the Five Senses Visual Deprivation and the Mental Illusion, perfectly countered the Fuwa the Iron Man.

Although Muneyoshi has never competed with Yukimura, and is unaware of his five dimensions or the extent to which he has explored his own methods, he is unlikely to be far behind.

Muneyoshi's base five-dimensional attributes have now reached 21.5, which is almost the same as that of Fuwa the Iron Man, only with a slightly different focus.

This is why their match was so intense.

After all, apart from Fuwa the Iron Man in physical strength and power, Muneyoshi was completely inferior in all other aspects.

This also stirred a sense of urgency within him.

After all, the other transmigrators were already invincible in their first year, while he was so miserable that he couldn't even get into the competition and could only come here to challenge them one by one.

And it almost overturned.

This inadvertently lowered the prestige of time travelers, a truly heinous sin.

However, besides the improvement in strength, the match against Fuwa the Iron Man also had its benefits.

This at least instantly calmed down Saeki Muneyoshi had become somewhat complacent due to his consecutive victories.

He hasn't even defeated Tezuka Kunimitsu yet, and he won against Fuwa the Iron Man with such difficulty. What reason does he have not to work hard and continue to improve?

That's why... he came to this beach.

He wasn't really there for tourism, nor was he there for the sight of scantily clad bikini-clad women in the distance.

The beach itself isn't particularly scenic; the main attraction is the temple not far across the beach.

To be precise, it was the school inside the temple.

Shitenhoji.

This National Level renowned school, with a completely different style from other schools, was Muneyoshi's biggest target on this trip.

Compared to the declining Makino Fuji, Shitenhoji will always have no shortage of talent, even into the future, and under the leadership of coach Watanabe Osamu, it is a genuine top-four school in the country.

The current minister, Hirazeni, and the vice minister Hara Tetsuya, are both National Level powerhouses.

The first-year Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Ishida Gin, Konjiki Koharu, Hitotsui Yuji, Oshitari Kenya, are all players with visible talent.

When they were in their third year, a new generation of students, Aoi Kintaro, Zaizen Hikaru.

He is undeniably talented.

Their coach, Watanabe Osamu, is also not to be underestimated. At only 26 or 27 years old, his future achievements in the coaching world are limitless.

However, none of this could stop Muneyoshi from continuing his challenge.

Moreover, the reason he was waiting on this beach was mainly because of a very handsome white-haired boy whose hand was wrapped in bandages and who ran past this place every day.

Shiraishi Kuranosuke.

Shiraishi gets up very early every day. Even though it's the weekend, his mother has already prepared breakfast and a bento for Shiraishi. Shiraishi hurriedly eats a couple of bites and then gets ready to leave.

Weekends are the busiest time for club activities, especially for Shiraishi, who has become Regular this year. He has been preparing for the upcoming Kansai Tournament for a long time.

I'm going out.

Shiraishi bowed towards his home, slung his backpack over his shoulder, and left.

Getting up early to run is a habit Shiraishi developed since childhood. He used to run to Osaka Third Elementary School, and now he runs to Shitenhoji.

However, Shiraishi noticed something unusual today.

Not long after he left, a man dressed in a black and red coat, about his age, started running after him.

Since Shiraishi assumed they were both training, he didn't pay much attention to it and continued to adjust his breathing as he walked towards Shitennoji Temple.

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