"Has it finally begun?"
Atobe watched Shishido and Chotaro on the court and smiled faintly.
Basic Footwork! Shishido and Chotaro hadn't shown any of this before. They'd been saving it for their match against Rikkai Dai's second doubles team!
They wanted to catch them off guard and disrupt Yanagi Renji's Data Tennis.
Watching Shishido and Chotaro move around the court, the surrounding teams and schools were stunned!
"Basic Footwork! I can't believe Hyotei's doubles team has mastered it. That's incredible!" Ryuzaki Sumire watched the two of them lightly bouncing on their feet and was reminded of Echizen Nanjirou.
"What's Basic Footwork?" Kikumaru's voice rang out again. He seemed not to know anything.
Inui stood beside him, taking notes as he explained.
"Basic Footwork is a kind of..."
On the court,
"Strategist, what's going on with our opponents?" Yagyuu didn't recognize the footwork, so he had to ask Yanagi Renji.
"That's Basic Footwork. Our opponents are going to be very difficult to deal with now, and our old tactics won't work anymore!
"I need to collect their data again!"
Yanagi Renji hadn't expected Hyotei's doubles team to have this trick up their sleeves. It had completely disrupted his plans.
"Strategist, just focus on gathering information. Leave the rest to me!"
With that, Yagyuu took out the ball and bounced it repeatedly against the ground.
Yagyuu was ready to serve. They still needed to gather data!
So Yanagi Renji put his hands behind his back and made a hand signal. Yagyuu immediately understood what he meant!
He sent over a steady, ordinary serve!
Thwack!
As Yagyuu swung his racket,
the ball flew toward Shishido Ryo. Shishido reacted at once, as if he'd known in advance where it would land!
He appeared right in front of the ball and, as it bounced, slammed