Prince of Tennis: The Strongest Show-Off System
Chapter 32

Moon Return!

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"Hyotei scores, the score is 40-0!"

With an Outer Spin Serve followed by a Swallow's Return, Oshitari scored another point!

"We've taken this game!" After saying that, Oshitari served another Outer Spin Serve.

The tennis ball, with intense spin, flew towards Oishi, but Oishi didn't seem to be concentrating.

"Oishi, what are you doing?" Kikumaru's shout woke up the distracted Oishi!

But the tennis ball was already spinning on the ground in front of him, about to bounce. In a hurry, Oishi could only weakly lift his racket to return it, and the ball flew high towards Mukahi Gakuto!

It was a lob.

"Gakuto, good chance!"

"Got it!"

Mukahi Gakuto quickly moved to the net, then pushed off with his legs, leaping into the air as if he were flying.

Then, twisting his body downwards, he swung his racket heavily at the tennis ball.

Moon Return!

Mukahi Gakuto's signature move!

Bang!

Gakuto hit the ball back with an extremely exaggerated pose.

"Gakuto's Moon Return is getting faster and faster! Seigaku, how will you deal with it?" Oshitari thought to himself, watching Gakuto in front of him.

"That guy Gakuto might be easily overconfident, but his skill is still very strong. Combined with his recent physical training, he can confidently use Moon Return. Seigaku's doubles pair is still too inexperienced. This game is already decided!" Atobe looked at the situation on the court and directly defined the match.

At this moment, Gakuto's return shocked the audience.

"Moon Return? Was that move called Moon Return? He jumped so high!"

"How did he do that?"

"This is the first time I've seen a shot like that!"

At this moment...

The tennis ball flew rapidly towards the open space between Kikumaru and Oishi. Although Kikumaru tried his best to catch the ball!

But due to the speed of the ball and the distance from the net, he could only watch helplessly as the ball bounced on the ground and flew out of the court!

"Hyotei scores, the score is 1-0!"

The referee announced the score directly. Hyotei won the first game by winning four consecutive points!

Seigaku didn't score a single point!

As soon as the referee finished speaking, the entire venue erupted.

"As expected of Hyotei, they didn't lose a single point!"

"Hyotei's doubles is so strong!"

"Is this Hyotei? Terrifying!"

"From my observation, this Mukahi Gakuto's playstyle is similar to Kikumaru's! Both are technical players. However, the current Oishi and Kikumaru's chemistry is clearly not on the same level as their opponents! The opponents' combination has high chemistry, but they seem to lack experience. Still, it should be enough to deal with Oishi and Kikumaru! Sorry, I'm just stating the facts." Inui pointed out the characteristics of both sides sharply, but sensing the hostile glares around him, he quickly added a disclaimer.

Ryuzaki Sumire, sitting in the coach's seat, suddenly stood up.

"Oishi, what are you doing! Concentrate, this is a match!" Ryuzaki Sumire shouted when she saw Oishi spacing out during the game.

Ryuzaki Sumire's words woke up the daydreaming Oishi.

So he immediately replied loudly, "Sorry, Coach, I won't do it again!"

Why did Oishi suddenly lose focus? That remains a mystery.

"The court is now being switched, the match will begin."

It's Seigaku's serve now!

"Oishi, what are you thinking about?" Kikumaru also asked curiously.

"It's nothing, Eiji. We have to win!" Oishi said with determined eyes.

Oishi, who had now snapped back to reality, tensed his body, took a tennis ball from his pocket, tossed it up, and struck it with all his might. The ball flew towards Oshitari!

Oshitari once again stood at the ball's landing spot and hit another Swallow's Return!

Bang!

The same scene repeated, and the tennis ball flew out of the court, skimming the ground!

"Hyotei scores! The score is 15-0!"

"If Oishi and Kikumaru can't break through Swallow's Return, this match is going to be tough!" Even Fuji is starting to waver!

"Indeed, based on the current data analysis, Kikumaru and Oishi's chances of winning are only 10%!" Inui added, driving the knife in.

"No way, Kikumaru, Oishi, hang in there!" Ryuu cheered loudly from the sidelines.

"Oishi-senpai, Kikumaru-senpai, you have to do your best! Seigaku will win!" Momoshiro was shouting from the audience, attracting a lot of attention, but he didn't care at all!

"Inoue-senpai, what was that shot just now? It flew right along the ground. Is it hard to return?" Shiba Saori asked Inoue Mamoru beside her.

"That shot is called Swallow's Return. The principle is to use the ball's underspin to hit a shot that doesn't bounce, making the ball skim the ground as it flies out of the court. However, this requires very high ball control, something not just anyone can do.

As far as I know, only Seigaku's genius, Fuji Syusuke, can use this move.

I didn't expect a regular member of Hyotei to know it too. Hyotei truly has hidden talents!"

Hearing Inoue Mamoru's words, Shiba Saori also looked towards Hyotei.

At this moment, the match on the court was intense.

"Hoo hoo hoo, Oishi, hit it forward!" Eiji was already breathing heavily.

The constant running was rapidly depleting his stamina!

Eiji's stamina is still his weakness; he's already gasping for air in the first game.

As expected, Oshitari noticed Kikumaru's condition and signaled Gakuto.

Attack Kikumaru!

The tactics of both sides were the same: focus on one player!

Bang!

At this moment, Oishi's serve came in!

However, this time Oishi's serve was directed at Mukahi Gakuto, not Oshitari!

It seemed that to prevent Oshitari from using Swallow's Return, Oishi had come up with a solution.

That is, don't let Oshitari touch the ball, and then he can't use it.

This was indeed a good idea.

After all, this is doubles, not singles!

At this moment, Chiba Yun Chuan also noticed Seigaku's intention. As expected of the future Golden Pair!

They found a solution so quickly.

But, what does it matter?

Do you think Gakuto is that easy to target? Naive.

Looking at the tennis ball flying towards him, Mukahi Gakuto found the landing spot and swung his racket with all his might. The tennis ball was easily returned.

And it flew at extremely high speed towards Kikumaru's left side.

With Kikumaru's speed, he definitely couldn't reach it.

"Sorry, I'm taking this point!" Gakuto said after returning the shot.

But before he could finish speaking, Kikumaru supported himself with one hand on the ground, rolled, and actually managed to return the ball!

"Hey, I got it!" After saying that, the tennis ball flew towards the gap between Oshitari and Gakuto!

"It's here, Kikumaru's special shot!"

"He can get that ball too?"

"What kind of play is this, so agile?"

At this moment, the tennis ball was flying towards the gap between Oshitari and Gakuto, then hit the court and bounced up, about to fly out of bounds!

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