One month later
At a high-end tennis club, an incredible practice session was underway. The court was enormous, and although only one person was practicing, it was clear from the scene that this was no ordinary training session!
A handsome boy, about five foot seven, was practicing with a blue tennis racket!
On the other side of the court, ten tennis machines were firing balls at him. They shot out fast and in rapid succession, but he returned every single one!
Behind him, a red-haired woman watched.
Thwack, thwack, thwack.
The sound of tennis balls striking rackets echoed again and again throughout the luxurious court!
As the machines fired the balls faster and faster, the boy's arm swung faster and faster, and the sounds came more and more rapidly!
Bang!
One minute later.
The machines finally stopped!
With the last strike of his racket, the training session came to an end.
The person who had been practicing was Chiba Yun Chuan!
"Even though this isn't the first time I've watched you train, I still can't believe you've only been playing tennis for a month.
You're a monster, a prodigy!
Your tennis talent is the strongest I've ever seen, bar none. Even Samurai Echizen Nanjirou probably couldn't compare to you at your age!"
Once Chiba Yun Chuan had finished training, the female Coach beside him, dressed in casual clothes, slowly walked over, sighing as she came.
When she got close, she casually handed him the towel in her hand, then watched him.
Hearing her say that,
Chiba Yun Chuan immediately smiled and replied,
"Not probably—definitely! I'm the most dazzling genius. One day, I'll make my name resound throughout the tennis world!"
"Ding! +50 Show-off Value!"
Hearing Chiba Yun Chuan say this, she didn't respond, only chuckled softly.
Hana was far less calm inside than she appeared. Chiba Yun Chuan was already starting to pull ahead of her in skill, and he was getting stronger by the day!
She couldn't even say how many games she could win against him now. And when she considered that Chiba Yun Chuan had only been playing tennis for two months...
Hana felt as though she were watching a god rise up to rule the tennis world—and she was the one who had witnessed it!
Having just finished training, Chiba Yun Chuan was covered in sweat. He took the towel and wiped himself off first,
then raised his head and looked straight at her.
"Can't help it. I don't want to be like this, either. My talent's just too strong! It's not something I can control.
What do you say? Want to play a match?"
Looking at the woman before him, Chiba Yun Chuan's eyes held not only a fighting spirit, but also a hint of admiration.
After he finished speaking, Chiba Yun Chuan silently thought, Open the system. A transparent blue panel immediately appeared before him!
Strongest Show-off System (Prince of Tennis World) Host: Chiba Yun Chuan Strength: Professional level (The host has reached Professional level. He is now invincible in the middle school tennis world!) Show-off Value: 230 Strength: 6 Speed: 4 Stamina: 6 Technique: 5 Mentality: 8 Total Attributes: 29 (Just entered World-class) Mission: Join a school's tennis club and become its Captain! (Reward: Asura Path!) Talents: Tough Body, Eye of God Skills: Two Sword Style, Light Bullet, Powerful Topspin Serve, Lost Illusion (self-created), Five Elements Transformation (self-created), State of Selflessness, Limit of Talent Radiance, Limit of Seamlessness, Limit of Thousand Forgings, Chiba Domain. System Inventory: (Empty)
Looking at his status panel, Chiba Yun Chuan was filled with confidence in the strength lurking inside him!
It felt incredible.
This was the result of two months of relentless training! He had fully developed the abilities of Tough Body and Eye of God, and even created two skills of his own: the mental technique Lost Illusion, and the all-around technique Five Elements Transformation!
As for their exact effects, even Chiba Yun Chuan didn't know! He would have to try them in a real match, since he had never used them at full power!
Over these two months, Chiba Yun Chuan had continually played against Hana. He had not only opened all three gates of the State of Selflessness, but also developed his own Chiba Domain!
It was just that his Show-off Value was rather low! The system had its own way of judging things, and sometimes Chiba Yun Chuan showing off to himself didn't count!
Even if he changed "At the peak of the immortal path, I reign supreme; with An Lan, the heavens are mine" to "At the peak of the tennis world, I reign supreme; with Chiba, the tennis world is mine," it still didn't work!
He didn't get a single point of Show-off Value!
Just as Chiba Yun Chuan was looking at the system panel and complaining about the system's stinginess and his own strength,
Hearing him say all that, Hana smiled softly, then said seriously,
"I'm looking forward to it."
The woman standing before Chiba Yun Chuan was Hannah Aisenheimer!
She was a former professional player with both good looks and great skill! She had made her debut as a professional tennis player at sixteen! She had won four consecutive international tournaments across Europe and was once called the Bavarian New Star.
Maybe people didn't know what the Bavarian New Star was, but Chiba Yun Chuan had remembered that name from the anime!
Even now, he didn't know what it meant, and he'd never asked.
Hana was very strong!
Unfortunately, she had never won a Grand Slam. The Pro Player's Baptism had made her give up tennis for good!
After that, she had disappeared from the tennis world.
It was a real shame!
As for what the Pro Player's Baptism meant, almost every tennis player who went pro had to go through it!
If they endured it, their future would be bright. If they couldn't, they would end up like Hana, growing more and more despondent!
A month earlier, Chiba Yun Chuan had used his family's connections to find her. At the time, she had been in a bar.
She hadn't wanted to come back at first, but Chiba Yun Chuan had personally gone to Germany to invite her. It wasn't because he was especially charming.
It was because Chiba Yun Chuan had played a tennis match against her. At first, he hadn't yet adapted to his own strength and had been beaten four games to love.
But after getting a handle on his strength and rhythm, Chiba Yun Chuan had won the match with Light Bullet!
Something had happened during that match, but only the two of them knew what it was.
In the end, Hana had agreed to return to Japan with Chiba Yun Chuan and stay by his side to help train him!
Even if the characters in the anime were all smart, Tezuka had already solved these kinds of problems!
Getting Hana to return to tennis was simple: he just had to awaken her passion for it. And it was clear that Chiba Yun Chuan had succeeded!
That was how things had come to this.
Looking at the sweaty boy in front of her, who was wiping himself off, Hana thought for a moment, then spoke.
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