I've Come Clean—I'm Invincible

Kannagi Shinichi lay on his bed and opened his system panel again.

Kannagi Shinichi

Five Dimensions Value

Strength: 7

Speed: 5

Endurance: 5

Technique: 1

Mentality: 5

Total Five Dimensions Value: 6

Kaido Template Progress: 0.0001%

Ultimate Skills: Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams (Unlock Rate 0.0004%), Complete Body Thunderclap Eight Trigrams (Unlock Rate 0.0002%), Wind Blade (Locked), Corrupting Wind (Locked), Thunderclap (Locked), Tornado (Locked), Tornado Corrupting Wind (Locked), Heat Breath (Locked)...

Kannagi Shinichi had worked hard for three years and had finally broken through to the national level. His strength in particular had reached 7. One had to know that once a single Five Dimensions Value exceeded 7, it was an entirely different level.

Three years—an entire three years. Even with a cheat, Kannagi Shinichi had only just managed to break through to the national level.

Over those three years, he had traveled tirelessly, covering nearly all of Japan. Wherever there was an elementary school tournament, that was where he went.

It was too difficult. Kannagi Shinichi had truly had it hard.

Now, he had finally become a national-level player—and not an ordinary one at that.

This time, not only had Kannagi Shinichi's Five Dimensions Value increased dramatically, but more importantly, his ultimate skills had improved as well. The power of his Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams now surpassed Ishida Gin's One Hundred and Eight-Style Wave Ball. And unlike Ishida Gin, whose Wave Ball was limited and could only be used a few times in a match, Kannagi Shinichi's Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams was different.

He could unleash it without limit, using it as much as he pleased throughout a match.

There was also the Complete Body Thunderclap Eight Trigrams. Previously, he could only use it once per day, but now it had improved. In a single match, he could use it at least four times. It was precisely because of this move that Kannagi Shinichi was confident he could take a game off even Byodoin Phoenix, who was about to graduate.

Then there was his serve after his massive increase in strength. His serve had previously been around 195 kilometers per hour, but now its speed had reached 205 kilometers per hour.

At that speed, very few people his age could return it. Probably only a handful of geniuses like Yukimura and Tezuka could manage it.

But even if they could return it, at their current age, the power of their return would inevitably be greatly reduced.

By then, his Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams would be completely unleashed.

After all, with Yukimura's and Tezuka's current strength, they could not return even the Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams.

That also ensured that Kannagi Shinichi's service games would be absolutely secure.

The only games he was not completely certain of winning were the service games of those geniuses themselves. After all, once those guys became familiar with him, they would not easily give him an opportunity to use Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams during their service games.

But that was not a problem. If the match went to a deciding game, he could simply abandon sportsmanship and launch a sneak attack with the Complete Body Thunderclap Eight Trigrams. Victory would definitely belong to him then.

After all, the Complete Body Thunderclap Eight Trigrams was far superior to the Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams.

There were many factors to consider when returning a ball with Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams, such as spin.

But the Complete Body version was different. As long as he caught the ball, he could unleash the ultimate move at any time. That overwhelming power could destroy all external factors.

So Kannagi Shinichi could now go out and have some fun without restraint.

Those monsters in the upper grades were about to graduate. Among players his age, no one was his match anymore—not even if Yukimura had already learned Metsugokan.

Because Yukimura still had one major weakness: his physical abilities could not keep up with his tennis skills. He could not return either the Two-Handed... Thunder... Rumbling... Eight... Trigrams or the Complete Body version.

As long as Kannagi Shinichi held his own service games during their match, gave up Yukimura's service games so as not to give him a chance to unleash Metsugokan, and then launched a surprise attack with the Complete Body Thunderclap Eight Trigrams in the deciding game, victory would still belong to Kannagi Shinichi.

Besides, Yukimura Seiichi had not yet fully developed the ultimate technique of Metsugokan.

Putting away the panel, Kannagi Shinichi boredly picked up the latest issue of Tennis Weekly and began reading.

Looking at all the praise for himself, Kannagi Shinichi no longer felt as guilty as before. After all, he could now loudly declare, "I've come clean. I'm done pretending. Among players my age, I'm invincible."

Kannagi Shinichi flipped another page of Tennis Weekly and saw news about the National Elementary School Tennis Tournament. A faint smile appeared on his face. "This elementary school tournament being held in Tokyo will be the perfect chance for me, Kannagi Shinichi, to crush everyone of my generation. Tezuka Kunimitsu, Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichiro—your nightmare is here."

With that thought, Kannagi Shinichi walked out of his room, picked up the phone his father Yutaro had bought him, and dialed the number Sakaki Taro had left behind.

A moment later, Sakaki Taro's deep, magnetic voice came through the phone. "Kannagi, what is it? Why are you calling me so late?"

"Advisor Sakaki, I want to go to Tokyo early to participate in this year's National Elementary School Tennis Tournament."

"Oh? Why is that? With your strength, let alone elementary school students, I'm afraid even those Junior High School Students wouldn't be your opponents." Sakaki Taro felt that there was no point in Kannagi Shinichi participating in an elementary school tennis tournament, because he believed no one his age could defeat him.

"No. There are a few people in this elementary school tournament who interest me. I think they may very well become my opponents during my junior high school years."

Sakaki Taro was surprised to hear that. There were actually peers who interested Kannagi Shinichi, and he had even called them future opponents. Unable to help himself, Sakaki Taro asked, "Oh? Do you know their names?"

"Tezuka Kunimitsu from Tokyo, Yukimura Seiichi and Sanada Genichiro from Kanagawa. Of them, Tezuka Kunimitsu and Yukimura Seiichi are both national-level experts. Sanada Genichiro should have crossed the threshold into the national level as well."

Kannagi Shinichi did not know that Chitose Senri and Tachibana Kippei from Kyushu were also preparing to participate in the tournament. Otherwise, he would not have left those two out.

Sakaki Taro, on the other end of the line, was startled as well. He had heard of those three names. After all, their reputations were only slightly below Kannagi Shinichi's.

Although he knew they were geniuses too, Sakaki Taro had truly not expected all three of them to be national-level players.

With Kannagi Shinichi included, this elementary school tournament had four national-level experts.

Sakaki Taro found it incredibly interesting. In an elementary school tennis tournament, there was actually a chance to see national-level matchups that were hard to witness even in middle school.

Thinking of this, Sakaki Taro curiously asked again, "Then how do they compare to you?"

"I'm stronger than them." Kannagi Shinichi's words were brief, but brimming with confidence.

If his system panel had not changed earlier, Kannagi Shinichi would never have dared to say that. But now that his strength had surged, he was feeling himself. He wanted to make a name for himself and let Sakaki Taro know that the fifteen million yen Hyotei had spent on him had not gone to waste.

Sakaki Taro could hear the confidence in Kannagi Shinichi's tone, and he was very satisfied with his answer.

As a result, a rare smile appeared on Sakaki Taro's face on the other end of the call.

Sure enough, among those his age, Kannagi Shinichi was still the strongest.

"Alright. You're coming to Tokyo—do you want me to drive to Nagoya to pick you up?" Sakaki Taro was really just being polite. He thought someone as cool and independent as Kannagi Shinichi would not want him to come get him.

But Kannagi Shinichi's reply shattered his assumption.

"Alright, then I'll trouble Advisor Sakaki."

On the other end of the phone, Sakaki Taro's cheek twitched. He took a deep breath before calmly saying, "Alright. I'll go to Nagoya to pick you up tomorrow. I'll also take the opportunity to let you familiarize yourself with Hyotei Academy."

"I'll trouble Advisor Sakaki."

"Mm, let's leave it at that for now."

"Alright. Goodbye, Advisor Sakaki."

After hanging up, Kannagi Shinichi could not help but secretly rejoice. Haha, I saved on travel expenses again.