Tokyo's Twin Heroes

The top-seeded Hyotei Academy in the district qualifiers has finished their first round of matches.

The results of the match have greatly impacted the remaining schools.

This year's Hyotei is simply too powerful. In the entire Joto region, no school can match them.

Time has already passed into the afternoon. Hyotei is about to begin their second match of the day. The school facing Hyotei is Kyumuri Academy, and their regulars' faces are filled with despair.

Thump... thump...

A team of players dressed in gray and white uniforms exuded an aura of strength, as if they were moving the entire court.

The silver-haired youth walking at the forefront had a stern face that radiated extraordinary presence. Even from a distance, one could feel a tremor from this aura.

"Hy... otei, Kann... agi Shin... ichi..."

The director of Kyumuri watched the Hyotei members approaching from afar. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and his speech began to stutter.

"We can't win, we can't win..."

At this moment, some of Kyumuri's regulars were already murmuring in anguish. Facing Hyotei, they saw no possibility of victory.

The Hyotei members arrived at the net, preparing to perform the pre-match etiquette. Seeing this, the Kyumuri members hesitantly stepped forward to shake hands with the Hyotei members.

"I hope we can have an exciting match."

Kannagi Shinichi held the hand of the Kyumuri Department Head, a faint smile appearing on his stern face.

Although Kannagi Shinichi believed his smile was gentle, in the eyes of the Kyumuri Department Head, this smile was like that of a demon.

Gulp...

The other Kyumuri regulars looked at the Hyotei members before them, each of them swallowing hard. One or two even saw Akutsu's defiant face and their calves began to tremble.

The Kyumuri members returned to the player area in a daze, unable to recall what they had said when facing Hyotei's regulars just now.

It seemed they hadn't said anything...

The stands outside the court were already filled with spectators. They were not surprised by the performance of Kyumuri's regulars, after all, they were facing Hyotei.

At this moment, the match had already begun. Shishido Ryo and Yamazaki Uye were the first to appear, serving as the second doubles pair for this match.

"The winner will belong to Hyotei..."

"The winner will belong to Hyotei..."

Listening to the thunderous cheers from outside the court, the faces of Kyumuri's second doubles pair turned even paler.

Seeing the expressions of Kyumuri's regulars, the spectators in the stands had already begun to mourn for them.

"Kyumuri has reached its end..."

"After all, their opponent is Hyotei, they have no chance..."

As the audience expected, the second doubles match ended about ten minutes later. Hyotei swept Kyumuri's second doubles pair 6:0.

After the second doubles match concluded, the results of the remaining two matches were also quickly determined.

As usual, Hyotei's first doubles pair, the combination of Oshitari Yuushi and Mukahi Gakuto, also defeated Kyumuri's first doubles pair 6:0.

In singles three, Akutsu appeared and defeated his opponent 6:0 in less than ten minutes.

Subsequently, Kyumuri was announced to be eliminated.

At this moment, the many first-year regulars of Hyotei, who were participating in a match for the first time, no longer felt the initial excitement. Instead, they felt a sense of boredom.

"So weak, these guys are really weak. The match felt meaningless."

Shishido Ryo crossed his arms behind his head and looked at Kyumuri's regulars, who were leaving the court as if escaping. Shishido Ryo had lost all his initial fighting spirit.

"Yeah, these players are really too weak. There's no passion in the match at all."

Mukahi Gakuto chimed in. He had been looking forward to his first match representing Hyotei, but after playing two matches today, he also felt a sense of the helplessness of being invincible.

Kannagi Shinichi looked back at the two, his voice somewhat cold: "Don't think that defeating opponents like this makes you arrogant. Middle school tennis is not as simple as you think. Don't forget that you have lost to others before and are not invincible. Moreover, Hyotei is just getting started, and it's not worth you acting like this."

Kannagi Shinichi noticed that Shishido and Mukahi's attitudes were problematic. They had become somewhat arrogant after winning just two district matches.

Even though the opponents were weak and the matches were boring, arrogance and underestimation were not qualities that Hyotei, who had achieved nothing yet, deserved.

If they wanted to continue talking like this, they would have to win the national championship first. Only then would they have the right to speak in such a manner.

"What Kannagi said is right. You haven't won anything yet, so you have no right to be arrogant."

Sakaki Taro looked at Kannagi Shinichi with satisfaction. Seeing that he was not becoming arrogant after winning two easy matches, and even admonishing Shishido and Mukahi whose attitudes were problematic, he realized that Kannagi Shinichi was becoming more and more like a club president.

Upon hearing that both of the Tennis Club's senior figures had spoken up to reprimand them, Shishido Ryo and Mukahi Gakuto quickly bowed and apologized: "We apologize, Advisor, Captain. We understand."

Seeing their sincere apologies, Sakaki Taro and Kannagi Shinichi did not continue to scold them over the matter.

At this moment, outside the court, as if to confirm what Kannagi Shinichi and Sakaki Taro had said, discussions about other schools could be heard from the spectator stands.

"Hyotei is too strong this year; I'm afraid the championship for the prefectural tournament will still go to Hyotei..."

"That's not necessarily true. I came from Nishijo. Yamabuki Middle School's matches this morning, even without their coach and captain, also swept their opponents 6-0 in all five matches. I don't think those players are any weaker than Hyotei's..."

"I also came after watching Yamabuki's match. Their strength is impressive, especially since Yamabuki has a first-year genius named Fuji Syusuke. His skill is extremely high, and his techniques are incredibly flashy..."

"Where are their coach and the department head...?"

"I heard they might have gone to Germany..."

"It looks like this year's prefectural tournament championship will be between Hyotei and Yamabuki. These two schools have consistently made it to the nationals, truly the twin powerhouses of our Tokyo region..."

"But I still favor Hyotei more..."

Listening to the spectators' lively discussions, Kannagi Shinichi turned his gaze to Sakaki Taro. "Advisor, Yamabuki's afternoon match is probably just starting. Should we go observe it?"

Sakaki Taro had already been paying attention to the current Yamabuki. Hearing the spectators' words now made him even more curious about Yamabuki. So, he simply nodded. "Have the other members of the Tennis Club return to Hyotei for training. All regular players will accompany me to Yamabuki's match venue."

"Yes."

The regular players of Hyotei naturally wouldn't refuse an opportunity to observe their supposed strong rivals, especially when it was the Tennis Club's top figure speaking. They didn't dare disobey.

Thus, the other members of the Hyotei Tennis Club boarded the remaining four buses back to school, while the regular players took the most luxurious bus, preparing to head to Yamabuki's match venue.

At this moment, Kannagi Shinichi noticed two interesting individuals and couldn't help but step forward with a faint smile. "We're heading to Yamabuki's match venue. Would you two like to join us?"