Atobe said nothing more, but walked directly to the baseline, ready to serve!
"Be enchanted by my glorious tennis skills!"
He tossed the ball, leaped, swung his racket, and with a series of fluid movements, the tennis ball flew towards Chiba Yun Chuan's side of the court.
"Captain Atobe's serve speed has increased again, it's terrifying!" Ootori Choutarou exclaimed.
"Indeed, the captain's serve speed is probably around 180 KM/h. What about Director Chiba?" Shishido Ryo added from behind.
But before he could finish speaking, he was speechless!
On the court, Chiba Yun Chuan seemed to disappear from his spot, then suddenly reappeared at the ball's landing point. As the ball bounced up, he swung his racket!
Bang!
The returned tennis ball flew back even faster than Atobe's serve!
Before Atobe could react, the ball landed to his left and, under Atobe's shocked gaze, bounced out of bounds!
"What?" Atobe's eyes widened.
"Fifteen-fifteen, love!" the referee exclaimed in surprise.
"How is that possible? The return speed is even faster than Atobe's serve! While the captain's serve isn't as powerful as Chotaro's cannon serve, it's not far off!
Minister Chiba returned it so easily? And even faster. Just how strong is he?
Shishido Ryo marveled! Then he added, "It's incredible, his return is almost as fast as Taro's serve?!"
"And, the Director's movement speed is also very fast!"
Shishido Ryo and the others watching were stunned by Chiba Yun Chuan's return, completely shocked!
At this moment, Chiba Yun Chuan held his racket and looked at the stunned Atobe across the net.
"Hey, Atobe, didn't you eat breakfast? Why was your serve so slow? You couldn't even return a simple hit from me?
But then again, your skill has always been lacking."
Hearing Chiba Yun Chuan's words, Atobe immediately retorted.
"Don't get cocky, I was just careless! I'll show you my true power next!"
With that, he took a tennis ball from his pocket, focused his eyes, and began searching for Chiba Yun Chuan's weaknesses!
Insight!
One of Atobe's signature abilities. He uses his formidable eyesight to discern his opponent's weaknesses and blind spots, allowing him to hit shots that are impossible to defend against!
Although Atobe hadn't yet developed the power to visualize weaknesses and blind spots like in the Atobe Kingdom, he was still formidable!
For a junior high school student, it was already a very strong ability.
However, this move clearly wouldn't work. In Atobe's eyes, Chiba Yun Chuan was riddled with openings and blind spots!
This was abnormal. Atobe couldn't believe Chiba Yun Chuan had so many blind spots and weaknesses!
"If that's the case, then I'll show you this move! Don't be scared by my glorious tennis skills!"
With that, Atobe tossed the ball upwards, then bent his body backward, looking as if he was about to fall over!
Spreading his arms, he swung powerfully at the ball when it reached its apex, like a drawn bow!
At the same time, Atobe's eyes began to change color, cycling through red, yellow, blue, and green!
The tennis ball, with a faint red glow, flew rapidly over the net towards Chiba Yun Chuan's left.
But instead of bouncing immediately after landing, it stayed low to the ground and flew in one direction!
"What? What kind of serve is this? It didn't bounce?"
"What is this serve? I've never seen anything like it!"
"Is this going to be a point?"
Seeing Atobe's serve, Chiba Yun Chuan was instantly astonished!
Isn't this the Donnerwelle Serve? I didn't expect Atobe to be able to execute it after just one night! His talent is truly terrifying!
But this alone is far from enough!
Chiba Yun Chuan pushed off with his calves, instantly vanishing from his spot. When he reappeared, he was already in front of the tennis ball that was skimming the ground.
He then placed his racket vertically on the ground and swung his arm. The racket began to slide across the ground, creating a hissing sound!
"What are you doing!" Atobe was inwardly shocked, watching Chiba Yun Chuan's actions!
Chiba Yun Chuan was too fast. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of the ball!
"Wood Entanglement!"
As Chiba Yun Chuan's racket made contact with the ball, both the racket and the ball were lifted together, as if scooping something up! The ball seemed to be stuck to the racket.
The ball didn't bounce back.
Instead, it was pulled in an arc along with the racket by Chiba Yun Chuan. After reaching a certain height, it shot out rapidly! Then it flew towards Atobe!
"Atobe, is this your magnificent tennis skill? This is far from enough!"
The crowd erupted in shock when Chiba Yun Chuan actually returned the ball!
"A serve that doesn't bounce forward? What kind of serve is that?"
"You can return a serve like that?"
"As expected of Captain Chiba, he can return anything!"
"What was that four-character phrase Captain Chiba just said? Something about wood...?"
While the spectators outside the court were stunned by Atobe's serve and Chiba Yun Chuan's return, Atobe had no time to think further, his attention highly focused, his Insight used to its limit.
He pinpointed the incoming tennis ball, arrived at its landing spot in advance, and then swung his racket with all his might to hit it back!
Watching the tennis ball fly back, Chiba Yun Chuan shouted, "Gold Overpowering Strength!"
Before the tennis ball even landed, Chiba Yun Chuan had already reached its landing spot!
He tightened his grip on the racket and slammed it down onto the ball.
BOOM
This time, the sound was completely different from before; only Chiba Yun Chuan's racket could withstand it!
Otherwise, other rackets would probably have started showing signs of loose strings by now.
The tennis ball, now leaving the racket, flew back rapidly!
It shot towards Atobe's left half-court with a gust of wind and a flash of fire!
"I see it, to the left!"
After speaking, Atobe moved his feet and sprinted to the left half-court!
Then, he swung his racket at the incoming tennis ball.
But as Atobe's racket made contact with the ball, the immense spin transmitted through the racket to his arm delivered a powerful impact!
Atobe immediately gripped his racket with his left hand as well, trying to return the shot!
"How can it have this much power? Ah~~~"
Atobe let out a beast-like roar, the first time he had ever made such a sound on the court!
"What's wrong with Atobe? Could it be..." Shishido Ryo noticed the veins bulging on Atobe's arm and his full-grip stance, realizing this shot was no ordinary one!
"Atobe looks like he's using all his strength! How is that possible!" Mukahi Gakuto looked equally astonished.
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