The court had fallen completely silent, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the two players.
Everyone on the sidelines could hear their conversation clearly.
The spectators passed the information from mouth to mouth, and soon learned that this match was a reunion between two opponents who had last met two years ago.
Judging by their current abilities, they seemed evenly matched.
The spectators were eager to see how the match would unfold...
On the court.
Hearing Amadeus's calm, almost matter-of-fact words, Muneyoshi didn't seem bothered.
But a silver-white figure appeared behind him and merged with him.
Muneyoshi's eyes, once black and gold, now shimmered with a glazelike brilliance, growing brighter beneath the sunlight.
"Good! Then let me see what you've got!"
"Pop!"
The serve went to Amadeus.
Whoosh...
Without hesitation, Amadeus sent the tennis ball soaring from his fingertips.
Then he bent forward slightly, power surging through his waist in an instant as he sprang into the air.
When the ball reached the perfect point, a fierce glint flashed in Amadeus's eyes. He raised his racket and slammed it down at the ball.
"Darkness..."
Thwack!
A torrent of darkness engulfed the court. For a moment, everyone seemed to hear a piercing whale song.
The whale's cry rang out from far away, making many spectators outside the court instinctively strain their ears to listen.
But for Muneyoshi, standing across the court from Amadeus, the sound was nothing like the beautiful melody the spectators heard.
Screee!
The tennis ball tore through the air, as if the surrounding atmosphere itself were about to split apart. Amadeus's serve was unquestionably more terrifying than Byōdōin's Shining Shot.
And that wasn't all. The ball was as fast as lightning. It might not have matched Ochi Gekko's Mach Serve, but its speed was certainly close to