The Complete Version of Universal Gravitation
"You have to knock them down first."
The four balls bounced back and forth on the court. The man in sunglasses looked at Atobe, who was rooted to the spot and unable to move, and hit the fifth ball.
"You're like an insect trapped in a spiderweb woven by a ball; how are you going to fly out?"
After the fifth ball was hit, the number of balls continued to increase.
Feeling the tennis balls darting past him, Atobe suddenly smiled.
"Tch, you're really clever."
Lowering his head, Atobe complimented the man in sunglasses.
"Tezuka, cross-court kick."
On the battlefield between Tezuka and Shiraishi, the match between the two sides was relatively normal.
The two players handled the attacks from Clark Tennis Club with relative ease.
"Another corner kick."
After Tezuka returned one corner kick to the opponent, he surprisingly retaliated with another corner kick.
"My opponent is left-handed, but he only hits the ball diagonally. It seems his backhand is weak."
As a tennis bible, Shiraishi quickly found a flaw in his opponent's shot.
In response to this discovery, Shiraishi attacked the opponent's backhand.
Just as Shiraishi had predicted, when the opponent returned Shiraishi's shot with a backhand, the trajectory of the ball clearly deviated.
The returning tennis ball clearly flew out of bounds.
"Look, Tezuka, that ball is going out of bounds."
Upon hearing what Shiraishi said, Tezuka himself realized the truth.
Just when both players thought the ball was going out of bounds and had given up on returning it, the ball, which was originally flying out of bounds, suddenly changed direction.
Bang!
The tennis ball arced through the air just before going out of bounds, eventually landing inside the boundary.
"What kind of change in the ball's trajectory was that? I thought it was definitely going to go out of bounds."
"That's really strange; we need to be more careful."
After only a brief moment of surprise, the two returned to the game.
"That ball is definitely going out of bounds."
Just as Shiraishi attacked the opponent's backhand again, the opponent's backhand return shot flew out of bounds at an even more obvious angle.
Shiraishi was even more certain this time than before, but the tennis ball still swerved at the last moment and landed in bounds.
The same thing happened with the next ball; the balls that Shiraishi was certain would go out of bounds all ended up inside, defying Shiraishi predictions.
"Clark wins this round, hahaha..."
"That's strange... my visual estimation is completely inaccurate now."
Hearing Clark's men laughing loudly, Shiraishi was already getting anxious.
"What's wrong? Are you still adjusting to the time difference?"
Seeing that Shiraishi was somewhat distracted, the long-haired man and the man wearing a hat opposite him laughed loudly.
Not far from Shiraishi, Tezuka's expression changed slightly.
"Honestly, it's only this bad; it's not at the point where we need to run away."
Outside the court, Horio picked up the racket that had been knocked away and walked back onto the court.
Seeing that Horio actually wanted to continue, Keith's expression changed.
"Kid, I didn't go all out on that last shot."
While you are indeed very strong, if you continue like this, you'll end up with more than just your racket being knocked away.
"So you do care about others after all. So you really do like tennis."
Horio sensed something different about Keith's style compared to the Clark Tennis Club from Keith words, and he also wanted to see Keith's strongest shot.
"Since that's the case... I'll make sure you can never play tennis again."
Horio's words seemed to have hit a nerve with Keith, and he hit the tennis ball again.
After returning Keith's serve, the enhanced Universal Gravitation reappeared.
"While your energy is indeed very strong, haven't you noticed its weakest point?"
As Keith unleashed his Universal Gravitation once more, Horio smiled slightly.
Then Horio crouched down, almost lying on the ground.
This time, instead of swinging his racket at the air of Universal Gravitation, he crouched down and passed through the air near the ground.
After entering Keith's atmosphere, Horio swung his racket to knock Universal Gravitation back.
"We won!"
Peter, watching from the sidelines, looked horrified as he saw the ball returned by Horio.
Keith, on the other hand, released his energy once again and hit another Universal Gravitation shot.
Horio retaliated in the same way, and this time Keith's expression changed.
The tennis ball, after being hit back, did not bounce upon landing; instead, it remained firmly embedded in the ground.
"If your Universal Gravitation can only go this far, then you'll be the one choosing to run away again."
Horio's words had a hidden meaning, and Keith also understood some of it.
Upon hearing "run away again," Keith was truly enraged.
"I'm going to sink you, so you'll never be able to surface again."
With that, Keith channeled the energy from his hand into the tennis ball.
After it was thrown into the sky, a glowing cloud of air appeared, and Keith himself was enveloped in the air.
"Oh? So this is your real skill?"
Sensing the unprecedented power within this aura, Horio finally took it seriously.
Keith, having been provoked by Horio time and again, finally decided to unleash his strongest move.
The tennis ball was still moving upwards in the air, and the force generated by the air was already affecting the surrounding area.
Centered on Keith, it was as if all the energy around him was converging into the tennis ball.
Bang!
Finally, after the air in Keith and the tennis ball had concentrated to a certain level, Keith swung his racket.
Rather than a tennis ball, it was more like a cloud of air that flew towards Horio.
However, the ball, which was supposed to fly towards the ground, changed direction and appeared above Horio.
Just as the tennis ball reached above Horio, that burst of energy suddenly erupted.
A tremendous surge of energy cascaded down like a waterfall, and immense pressure fell upon Horio.
Kneel down before me!
Feeling the pressure on his body, Horio's leg muscles immediately tensed up.
As if carrying an Oishi on his back, Horio's body bent downwards continuously.
Just as Horio was resisting that pressure, its direction suddenly changed.
The force that was originally pressing Horio downwards actually started pulling Horio upwards. The sudden change was so sudden that Horio didn't even have time to react, and he was lifted off the ground.
"Horio!"
Lin Xiu, watching from the sidelines, was shocked, but he was too exhausted to react.
"I won this round."
After a few seconds, the force disappeared.
Keith, seeing the pit that had appeared on the opposite side of the field, declared himself the winner.
"I didn't realize it at first, you actually have such world-class skills. It seems Lin Xiu was right when he said you had the potential to become a professional player."
After Keith announced his victory, Horio adjusted his body in mid-air before landing safely.
"You didn't kneel down? I'll see how long you can hold out."
"Stop it, Keith! What good will winning do you? Our tennis shouldn't be like this!"