He was confident in his own strength.
"Serve, Seigaku! Your plans are useless against absolute strength!"
At that moment, it was Seigaku's turn to serve!
Inui stood at the baseline, tossed the ball into the air, and swung.
Thwack!
The ball flew toward Hyotei's court at a speed not much slower than Taro's!
"Here it comes—Inui's fast serve!"
"Inui's serve is pretty good, too!"
The ball shot over the net and landed in Hyotei's court, then bounced out of bounds!
"Point, Seigaku! Fifteen-love!"
"What?" Shishido Ryo and Chotaro cried out in surprise.
"Kawamura, we haven't lost yet. Let's do our best together. We're going to win this game!"
Seeing Inui's confident expression,
Kawamura replied firmly, "We will!"
"Chotaro, you should be able to see his serve, right? Just return it, and leave the rest to me!" Shishido Ryo said to Taro.
"I can do it, Shishido. I can return it!"
"Looks like Seigaku and Hyotei have some powerful doubles players!" Shiba Saori said with a smile.
"Yeah. Both sides have fast serves, and I get the feeling there's something special about Seigaku's Inui and Kawamura. This match is getting more and more exciting!" After saying that, Inoue Mamoru glanced toward Chiba Yun Chuan.
Inui won a point with his fast serve!
Inui tossed the ball into the air again and swung. The ball flew toward Hyotei's side at over 180 kilometers per hour!
"Chotaro!" Shishido shouted.
Chotaro was already sprinting toward where the ball was going to land. He swung and managed to return it!
"You're still underestimating me!"
With that, he put all his strength into his right arm.
Smack!
The ball flew toward Seigaku's side!
But Kawamura was already in position at the front of the court,
poised to strike!
Kawamura bent his knees slightly and gripped his racket with both hands. The muscles in his arms bulged.
He waited with both hands on his racket for the ball to come.
"Kawamura, are you going to use that move?" Tezuka watched him with concern.
Kawamura gripped his racket with both hands and struck the incoming ball with all his might!
"Ahhh—go!"
With a shout,
he swung with tremendous force and slammed the ball!
Boom!
The hit rang out like a thunderclap.
Carrying an immense force and a golden glow, the ball shot toward Hyotei's side!
The air currents swirled wildly in its wake. Its power was astonishing.
"Wave Ball!"
Seeing the return, Chiba Yun Chuan immediately sensed trouble!
He hadn't expected Kawamura to have already learned the Wave Ball. Chiba Yun Chuan had thought Kawamura was merely strong, not capable of hitting a shot as destructive as this!
Now Chiba Yun Chuan began to worry about Shishido and Chotaro.
I hope they don't try to block it head-on!
"There it is—Kawamura's Wave Ball!" Kikumaru shouted.
"Yeah. The other side wouldn't dare block Kawamura's Wave Ball head-on, would they?" Oishi said to Kikumaru, watching the shot.
When Atobe saw Kawamura unleash the Wave Ball, his eyelid twitched.
"I didn't expect Seigaku to have someone who could hit a Wave Ball, too! It's far too powerful. Someone without enough arm strength could get hurt trying to block it head-on! But Shishido and Chotaro have never seen this kind of shot before. I hope nothing goes wrong!" Atobe's voice was cool, but there was a hint of concern in it.
Hearing Atobe say that, the Hyotei players around him looked worried.
"Doesn't that mean Shishido and Chotaro are in danger? They absolutely can't block it head-on!" Oshitari said, watching the court.
"Yeah. I hope nothing happens!" Gakuto began to worry, too.
"Those two aren't that stupid, are they?" Akutsu said in a flippant tone.
But Shishido was already running toward where the ball would land. He turned to face it and swung his racket!
"I'm not afraid! I'm returning this shot!"
Shishido was going to block the Wave Ball head-on!
Seeing what Shishido was doing, Atobe immediately stood and shouted,
"Idiot! Don't block it head-on!"
But Atobe shouted too late.
Shishido Ryo was already trying to return the ball!
He watched the ball hurtle toward him, trailing a powerful rush of air. He could feel the force coming off it!
But he narrowed his eyes and got into position.
He drew his racket back, then swung at the incoming ball with all his strength.
"Go back!"
The moment the racket met the ball, a scream rang out.
"Ahhh!"
Shishido's racket flew out of his hand and several meters away!
Shishido dropped to one knee, clutching his right wrist with his left hand.
His face twisted in pain!
"Shishido!"
"Shishido!"
Seeing his expression, Chiba Yun Chuan knew he was injured!
"Get the medical staff over here! Shishido's hurt!" Chiba Yun Chuan called as he headed onto the court.
"Right, I'll go get them!" Oshitari ran off to find the medical staff.
"What happened, Shishido?" Chotaro had already rushed to his side.
"I'm fine, Chotaro. We're still in the middle of the match! Let's keep going!" Shishido stood up and tried to pick up his racket with his hand.
But his left hand was injured now, and he couldn't hold the racket properly.
Just then, Chiba Yun Chuan walked over, his cool voice ringing out.
"Do you want to be unable to play tennis for the rest of your life, Shishido?"
As he walked over, Chiba Yun Chuan addressed the injured Shishido.
"Captain!" Hearing Chiba Yun Chuan's words, Shishido Ryo looked up at him.
His eyes were full of frustration!
The match had already been paused. Atobe had called for the timeout!
Watching the situation on the court, the spectators began to murmur.
"Looks like a Hyotei player's been injured."
"That's bad. I wonder if he can keep playing."
"If he can't continue, Hyotei will lose this match!"
Ryuzaki Sumire led the Seigaku players over to Chiba Yun Chuan and the others' side of the court.
"Chiba, is everything all right?"
Tezuka looked at Shishido and spoke slowly.
"Are you all right? Is it serious?" Oishi asked, concern on his face.
Kawamura ran over, too, and looked at Shishido Ryo, who was clutching his arm.
"Are you all right? I didn't mean to do that! I'm sorry!"
He bowed deeply to Shishido, his voice full of guilt.
"We don't know yet. We'll have to wait for the doctor to examine him."
Chiba Yun Chuan replied to Tezuka.
Then he looked at Shishido.
"Shishido, do you want to lose the use of your arm? How could you try to block a shot like that head-on?
Don't you have any basic judgment?"
Chiba Yun Chuan's expression was full of anger!
Hearing Chiba Yun Chuan's words, Shishido immediately apologized.
"I'm sorry, Captain. I won't do it again! Please let me keep playing. My arm is fine!"
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