The Twin Stars That Stumped Tokugawa

"Are you finally getting serious, old man?"

When Kintaro saw the racket in the demon's hand, his competitive spirit was reignited.

The ghost didn't say anything, but tossed out a tennis ball and swung it at the target.

Having acquired a proper racket, Oni undoubtedly unleashed his full potential; a simple serve from him was enough to make Kintaro uncomfortable.

After receiving Oni's serve, Kintaro clearly felt the heavy force transmitted through the racket.

However, the stronger the opponent, the more excited Kintaro became, and his originally cheerful smile gradually turned aggressive.

"Invincible, Absolutely Delicious, Big Wheel Mountain Storm!"

Another shot was hit, sending a cloud of dust flying across the field.

However, this move no longer had any effect on the ghost. With its arm muscles tensed, the ghost easily retaliated.

Seeing his signature move countered, Kintaro remained unfazed and instead launched an even more aggressive attack.

"Black Jack knife!"

The ghost no longer hid, Spinning Vertical Jump Style appeared, and it wasn't using a cross racket.

A dark red aura clung to the tennis ball, making the shot appear terrifying even though the ghost wasn't using its full strength.

"This is it! I've been waiting for this for so long!"

Faced with a return shot that numbed Momoshiro's wrist, Kintaro was so excited that he didn't even use both hands to return the shot; he simply gripped his racket in a backhand and swung it out.

Although Kintaro did this, he did not experience the wrist numbness that Momoshiro had.

After being received by Kintaro, the tennis ball kept hitting his racket, but the slender Kintaro managed to block it.

The demon was somewhat surprised by this, and then, as he hit the ball at Kintaro again, an even stronger ball was about to appear.

"Super, absolutely delicious, giant wheelchair mountain storm!"

A tornado, even stronger than before, appeared, this time disrupting the air around the demon's location.

As Kintaro burst from the sky, a ball even stronger than the Black Jack Knife that Oni had just thrown appeared.

The tennis ball soared through the air past the ghost, landing and scoring before the ghost could even react in shock.

"That's really impressive. That child was able to fight a ghost to this extent."

Moreover, even the ghost, who is the Hell Gatekeeper, scored a point. Now, that kid has completely taken control of the game.

You're saying that child has taken control of the game?

Inside the control room, Kurobe and Saito watched the matches between Oni and Kintaro, Horio and Tokugawa, on the screen.

Kintaro was also somewhat surprised by Saito's shot; it was astonishing that a middle school student could achieve such a feat.

Although Kintaro's skills are indeed excellent, Kurobe did not agree with Saito's claim of having control over the match.

"Although that child is quite capable, it's laughable to think he can take control."

"Huh? But..."

"Take a good look, the ghost didn't even use its real abilities."

That kid has been attacking for so long, and he's only managed to score a few points.

Look at the sweat on his body and his disordered breathing.

On the contrary, the ghost only broke out in a light sweat, and his breathing remained perfectly steady. He calmly dealt with every ball the child threw at him.

Upon hearing Kurobe's explanation, Saito re-examined the situation and realized that it was indeed as Kurobe had said.

"However, what surprised me was Horio. It seems he learned something amazing at Wimbledon last time."

While Saito was still observing Oni and Kintaro, Kurobe's words once again diverted his attention.

"What's that? There's a virtual ball before the real tennis ball."

"That should be Horio's loot from Wimbledon; it looks like some kind of gas."

"Even if virtual balls are superior to real tennis, Tokugawa is still an elite high school student who can hit ten balls at the same time. It's impossible that he can't handle two balls."

Because it was high-definition surveillance, Saito discovered the existence of the virtual sphere after a short period of careful observation.

Kurobe couldn't give a precise explanation for this either; the only thing he could think of was Horio's trip to Wimbledon.

"What you said is indeed correct, but the fact is that Tokugawa was affected, which is why I'm wondering how that virtual sphere appeared."

"I think your guess might be correct. The virtual sphere formed by condensed qi is different from a regular tennis ball except for its shape."

So even if Tokugawa had the ability to hit ten balls simultaneously, the difference between the two balls that came next to each other was what caused Tokugawa to be affected.

Inside the control room, both Kurobe and Saito were also very interested in the Gemini.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the field, Tokugawa gradually figured out a way to break the deadlock.

"You can never get a perfect comeback without solving the virtual ball problem; you have to avoid that ball first..."

After experiencing the Gemini match several times firsthand, Tokugawa tightened his grip on his racket.

When Horio hit the Gemini again, Tokugawa swung his racket as before.

The tennis ball bounces off the ground, and a virtual ball appears from the real tennis ball.

Just as Tokugawa's racket was about to hit the virtual ball, Tokugawa twisted his wrist, and the racket spun around, successfully avoiding the virtual ball.

With lightning speed, Tokugawa dodged the virtual ball and then struck the real tennis ball.

"To think that you could come up with such a method is truly ingenious."

But if you can dodge one ball, what about two?

Tokugawa found Horio's method of breaking the Gemini quite novel.

However, Horio then presented Tokugawa with another difficult problem.

The purple energy in his left hand condensed again, Horio unleashed the Triple Star.

Seeing Horio appear in the same posture, Tokugawa assumed it was another Gemini.

So Tokugawa prepared to use the same trick again. When his racket was halfway through its rotation, touching the first virtual ball, the appearance of another virtual ball interrupted his movement.

As the racket rotates, the grip weakens, and the second virtual ball takes advantage of this opening to slip in.

Before Tokugawa could react, his racket was knocked away by the second virtual ball.

Why... is there another virtual sphere?

"So, one virtual ball can solve the problem, but with two virtual balls, do you have time to switch rackets?"

Looking at Tokugawa, who had fallen silent once again, Horio felt like a teacher posing a difficult question to his student.

After a brief moment of shock, Tokugawa began to consider how to deal with the situation.

"That's right, you can dodge a single virtual ball, but if there are two virtual balls, spinning the racket is completely useless..."

Various possibilities were constantly evolving in his head, and Tokugawa's brows almost turned into the character "Chuan".

On the other hand, Horio did not disturb Tokugawa, giving him ample time to think.

"Two virtual balls... no... virtual balls are different from real tennis balls, but two virtual balls must be the same."

That's right! The two virtual balls are the same!