Muneyoshi's Return

The German team.

The famous international tennis club—the Stevenson Pharmaceutical Tennis Club.

Q was walking toward a tennis court, a news report in hand and a grave look on his face.

Thwack!

"Kunimitsu, your arm and racket swing need to be much crisper. That's not good enough!"

Thwack!

"Your movements need to be more forceful. If you've decided to win the point, you can't hesitate or hold back. Again!"

A practice match was underway on the court. One of the players was Tezuka Kunimitsu, a middle schooler recently selected as one of Germany's representatives. He was currently serving as a practice partner.

His opponent was the captain of the Germany Team, Jürgen Barisavich Bolk, known as the philosopher of victory.

Just then, Q opened the court gate and spoke to the bald-headed Bolk inside.

"Jürgen, I have news about the other middle schooler you asked me to keep an eye on. He's passed the professional qualifying tournament and become a provisional professional."

"That quickly..."

Bolk stopped practicing with Tezuka and walked over to Q, taking the newspaper from him and reading it.

Tezuka also came over from the other half of the court to get a drink.

He glanced at the report's cover. It showed Saeki Muneyoshi looking like a god or demon during his match at the Australian Open.

"This is... Saeki Muneyoshi... He's already gotten so far ahead of me?"

Tezuka's pupils contracted as he read the report, his expression grave.

When he and Muneyoshi had parted ways at the airport, Tezuka had known that Muneyoshi would pursue this path once he went to America.

But Tezuka also knew that becoming a professional tennis player wasn't easy. He'd thought Muneyoshi would need some time.

He hadn't expected it to happen so quickly.

Tezuka clenched his fist. Compared with