Three days later.
After resting and recuperating.
The Metropolitan Tournament finals had arrived.
Since it was the Metropolitan Tournament final, the matches were held at the venue that hosted the Kanto Tournament every year. It was far more luxurious than the usual Metropolitan Tournament venues.
Not everyone had the right to stand on the Kanto Tournament stage and compete.
The losers' repechage was also taking place today. Seigaku had already played one round and advanced smoothly. Today, they would play their final match to determine the last team to qualify for the Kanto Tournament.
The final was held at the Blue Bird Tennis Center, in the busiest part of Tokyo Metropolis. The matches had yet to begin, but spectators already filled the area outside the courts. Among them were many tennis club players wearing the uniforms of other schools.
They had all come to witness the birth of the Metropolitan Tournament champion.
Likewise, the Kanagawa Prefecture final was being held today. Rikkai Dai Fuzhong, the reigning powerhouse of Kanagawa, had stormed into the final with an impressive record, never dropping even a single game in any match.
They had advanced to the final with nothing but 3–0 and 6–0 victories.
Rikkai Dai Fuzhong seemed even stronger than they had in previous years.
Inoue had come to gather information. Holding his camera, he watched the Rikkai players. As a team that had dominated the Kanto Tournament for years and qualified for the National Tournament countless times, Rikkai Dai Fuzhong had never lacked exceptionally talented players.
Even Hyotei, which had burst onto the scene last year under Gekko Ochi's leadership, had lost to Rikkai Dai Fuzhong in the final. Even if Ochi, a top national-level player, won a match...
It still couldn't change the fate of the team as a whole.
"Rikkai