A familiar scene played out once more. With the emergence of Deep Power, Ryoma was sent flying backward again.
The instant Ryoma flew away, Kamishiro suddenly felt a sharp headache.
The sensation of being torn apart made it impossible for Kamishiro to maintain his mechanical expression any longer.
His racket fell from his hand, and he collapsed to the ground clutching his head, crying out in pain.
"Ah, Reiji, what's wrong with you?!"
From the coaching area, Coach Hanamura immediately grew anxious when she saw Kamishiro's sudden abnormality.
"Is something wrong with that Kamishiro? Could Deep Power have side effects too?"
"I don't know what's going on, but he looks like he's in a lot of pain."
"Serves him right. Who told him to hit such harmful shots? Now he's getting what he deserves. Right, kid... Huh? What's wrong with you, kid?"
Kikumaru had been gloating, but when he turned to look at Horio beside him, he found an endless chill in Horio's eyes.
They were too frightening to meet directly. The moment Kikumaru saw them, he hurriedly alerted the others.
The others looked at Horio, and after seeing those eyes filled with boundless darkness, they followed his gaze.
At the end of Horio's gaze was Kamishiro, who was lying on the ground clutching his head and crying out in pain.
"Unforgivable."
Hearing Horio's voice, everyone looked at him again and found that his eyes had returned to normal.
Kamishiro in the court had also recovered. He stood up with a pained expression.
Kamishiro himself had no idea why that had happened. It was as though something had suddenly exploded inside his head.
"Though I don't know what that was just now, I'll take this point first."
With that, Kamishiro's Phantom Style appeared.
Having been knocked down repeatedly by Deep