Doubles Tennis: Don't Underestimate the Experience of Playing Tennis Alone! Part 1! (Continued)

If members of Second-year Class C were matched against each other, one of them could simply forfeit and let the other win. That would preserve both sides' stamina while still determining the rankings.

Of course, the price was an upfront total entry fee of eight points.

It looked like a lot of points would be deducted, but this arrangement had been made after weighing the gains and losses.

Since this was a physically demanding event, as long as they won the first round, each person would receive a one-point reward, ensuring the entry fee was not a loss.

And if they made it to the second round, even if they lost in the third, each person would still receive three points.

By the numbers, they would not lose out. They could profit.

But.

"Looks like I almost misjudged you."

"Two students from our Class A entered this event."

"Although we can no longer shake your open scheme, we will not give up so easily." At that moment, a familiar voice rang out. The gate in the tennis net opened, and a tall, bald boy walked in.

It was an old acquaintance, Kohei Katsuragi.

Behind Katsuragi followed Masayoshi Hashimoto, racket in hand and looking as carefree as ever.

"Are you really that nervous?" Hachiman asked.

Originally, Ishizaki was supposed to be the seeded player in the tennis match. However, since Ishizaki did not understand the implication behind Katsuragi's words, Hachiman answered instead.

"We do need to be nervous." Katsuragi continued. "The current scores of the four classes are as follows."

"Our Class A has 664 points. Class B has 613 points, and Class D has 513 points."

"But your Class C has reached 556 points. In just over half an hour, your class's score jumped from 512 to 556. In other