Kawamura's Resolve

"That's!? The same Wave Serve as Aron's!"

"No! Compared to Aron's Wave Serve back then, his serve was clearly more terrifying in terms of power."

"The force from the very beginning was comparable to the end of the previous ball; it seems what he meant by '108 moves' was true."

"That Ishida Gin is truly a mountain in terms of strength for Aron."

"He really... he really is a monster..."

Unlike the serve Kawamura hit during the Higa Junior High match, Ishida's powerful Wave Serve sent chills down the spines of the Seigaku players.

On the court, Ishida's powerful Wave Serve, arrived in front of Kawamura with terrifying force.

Kawamura was still holding the racket with both hands, but the taut muscles in his arms showed that he had already exerted almost all the power he could from his two-handed grip.

"Burning!"

All that could be heard was Kawamura shouting his catchphrase, and then hitting the tennis ball that had bounced back and was crackling with purple sparks.

Kawamura's racket face was already noticeably dented, but despite Kawamura powerful swings, the tennis ball still couldn't break through the racket's defenses.

With a full swing of his racket, Kawamura successfully returned the tennis ball.

The tennis ball that Ishida hit, which was originally sparking with purple electricity, now had its sparks transformed into deep red flames.

"Twelfth Style Wave Ball!? He still has the power to counter!"

Kawamura had used ninety percent of his strength, finally forcing Ishida to take this opponent seriously.

"Thirteenth Style Wave Ball!"

Ishida's voice rang out, and then the tennis ball, accompanied by purple sparks and deep red flames, flew towards Kawamura again.

Kawamura was already caught up in the excitement, and he was quite pleased with Ishida's approach of using brute force against brute force.

Then came the scene of Kawamura holding the camera with one hand, his legs slightly bent, and the veins on his arms bulging.

Bang!

"The fourteenth move... no, it's past the fourteenth move but hasn't reached the fifteenth move yet..."

Kawamura swung his racket with one hand and hit the ball. Ishida watched the tennis ball fly out and quickly judged how terrifying this shot was.

"You are a respectable opponent, worthy of my highest respect!"

Of all the players Ishida has faced, he has never encountered an opponent who could make him hit the Wave Ball to this extent.

The match against Kawamura ignited his interest in competing against him.

Bang!

"Shitenhoji Ishida scores 30:0"

"Ishida actually hit the twentieth Wave Ball before scoring the second point!"

"That Kawamura from Seigaku seems to be no ordinary person either."

"Even if it's not simple, he's destined to lose. Ishida- Senpai still has the Eighty-Eight Style Wave Ball to use. How could Kawamura's strength possibly be a match for Ishida -Senpai?"

"Don't be too happy Zaizen, Zaizen. Gintoki should be able to feel his arm again by now."

After Ishida and Kawamura exchanged two more Wave Ball, the second ball was finally won by Ishida hitting the 20th Wave Ball.

The people of Shitenhoji were also surprised by Kawamura, while Zaizen remained quite arrogant.

Upon hearing his teammates' disregard for their opponents, Shiraishi, as the Captain, immediately spoke up to reprimand them.

"Wow, Kawamura -Senpai's one-handed Wave Ball has reached its limit, but his opponent seems to be handling it with ease."

"And if Aron keeps fighting like this, his arm will definitely be damaged."

"The only move Aron hasn't used yet is the Charging Wave Ball, but that move really does a lot of damage to the arms."

Off the field, Momoshiro began to get anxious.

Fuji, who had partnered with Kawamura before, was also worried that he might recklessly use the Charging Wave Ball.

"The pure contest of strength is over, or rather, Kawamura- Senpai is about to start hitting real Wave Ball like Ishida Gin."

Horio spoke up as he watched Kawamura constantly experimenting with different grip positions on the court.

"Would you like to practice methods to make your shots more powerful, Kawamura- Senpai?"

"Yeah, because lately whenever I hit Wave Ball, it feels like something's not right."

Furthermore, even when using the same force, the power of the Wave Ball shot can vary, but even if I try to practice my swing, I don't see any improvement in my Wave Ball.

So I'd like to ask you, is there any way to improve my swing?

One day before the National Tournament began, Kawamura suddenly approached Horio and asked him to help him solve some problems with his swing.

Horio was initially taken aback by Kawamura's sudden request.

Because at that time, Kawamura's strength was already enough to make a name for himself in the National Tournament, but Horio did not refuse.

After granting his request, Horio took him to the training hall where he often practiced alone.

"There's a technique in ball-striking called the sweet spot technique, you should know about that, right?"

If a player can master the sweet spot technique, the power of their returns will increase significantly, but this technique is quite difficult to learn.

Moreover, for a pure power-based athlete like you, it would require a very long period of practice.

"In that case, are there any other ways to improve my swing problem?"

Horio's words ignited Kawamura's hope, only to extinguish it again.

"No rush. While it's impossible for you to fully master all the dessert techniques in a short time, you can grasp some of them."

There are three sweet spots on a tennis racket: the impact center, the first resonant wave node, and the point of maximum elastic recovery.

If you can master the return shot that hits the center of the ball during this period, I believe your Wave Ball will improve significantly, Kawamura- Senpai."

Hearing Horio's words, Kawamura's extinguished hope was rekindled.

"That ball machine will launch tennis balls at various speeds. All you have to do is use the center point of the racket to return the ball and return more than 40% of the ball's speed."

Our training ends when you can achieve a 100% success rate in these exercises.

After Horio set a training plan and goals for Kawamura, he was then greeted with tennis balls of various speeds being fired continuously from the ball machine.

Kawamura did not let himself down, nor did he let Horio down. After the daily training of the school team, his perseverance day after day finally paid off.

"All that hard training is for the national championship. If we beat you, Seigaku will be able to advance to the finals!"

At this moment, Kawamura's eyes were full of determination as he looked at Ishida's Wave Serve across the table and assumed the posture for a one-handed Wave Ball.

"No! Kawamura! The one-handed Wave Ball doesn't work anymore; you'll hurt your arm!"

The Seigaku students panicked upon seeing this, and even Coach Ryuzaki stood up from the Coach bench.