At that moment, after hearing those words, Muneyoshi suddenly came to a stop at midcourt.
"Coach Retru, if you want me to show you the power of Germany, I'm afraid your bluebird will have to bleed."
Retru's expression changed at Muneyoshi's words.
If anyone else had said that, he would have dismissed it as a joke. But he knew Saeki Muneyoshi's history, and he truly couldn't afford to doubt him.
"Bluebird, be careful. Don't return anything too dangerous. Schneider, Polk, and the others are still up next!"
QP didn't pause or reply. He quietly walked to the service line.
Thwack!
He tossed the ball high into the air and struck it without a bounce. A crisp impact rang out.
The tennis ball lingered against QP's strings for a moment before its afterimage slowly faded.
"The ball... disappeared again?!"
At the sidelines, Koganei, whose dynamic vision was astonishing, froze in shock and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
The reason he said "again" was that Muneyoshi's serve just moments ago had already been incredibly fast. Now, QP's serve seemed almost as fast to him.
Thump.
The sound of the ball bouncing slowly came from behind Muneyoshi.
"Oh? It looks like you've improved quite a bit. In that case..."
Saeki Muneyoshi held his breath, planted his foot, and stepped back. It was as if a divine robe had draped itself over his body.
Anyone who looked closely at the patterns on the robe would notice that it was identical to the silver-white shadow robe he had worn when he first activated the Different Dimension Realm.
Inspired by QP, Muneyoshi had begun to fuse everything about himself with the silver-white shadow as his anchor.
The racket in his hand once again transformed into a glass-colored katana.
He raised the racket and swept the blade