The Many Tricks of Echizen Ryoma

Thwack!

Watching the tennis ball fly back in the same way, he was struck by how vividly he remembered it.

Momoshiro Takeshi, watching from the sidelines, wore an expression of utter disbelief.

He hadn't expected Aoi Kintaro to recreate the scene of him being utterly crushed by Oni Jūjirō.

At the thought, Momoshiro's heart tightened.

"Can Echizen withstand this move?"

When he looked toward Echizen on the court, Echizen wasn't sent flying as he had expected.

The glow of Light of Restraint around him seemed to grow more active under Kintaro's pressure. And as if he had anticipated this, he once again positioned himself in the ball's path.

Echizen didn't wait for the ball to bounce.

Once he had made out its trajectory, he brought his racket straight toward it.

This time, Echizen Ryoma used the cool volley he had perfected during his match against Fuji Shusuke at school.

Thwack!

However, this return wasn't quite perfect.

Perhaps the reason was that Aoi Kintaro's shot had been too powerful;

or perhaps Echizen Ryoma had calculated it that way without thinking?

Echizen's return had turned into a lob.

Watching the ball soar through the air, Aoi Kintaro didn't hesitate in the slightest.

He raced toward where it was coming down, and as he neared it, he began spinning rapidly.

His dizzying rotations whipped up a miniature tornado on the court. Just as everyone thought Koganei was about to spin himself dizzy, he bent his knees and leaped.

He completed three and a half rotations in midair before unleashing a powerful smash.

"Super Invincible Absolutely Delicious Giant Wheel Mountain Storm~"

Boom!

Another explosive crack rang out as the ball tore through the air and plunged toward Echizen Ryoma.

Seeing the smash that had knocked his racket away before, Echizen Ryoma narrowed his eyes.