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Ryuzaki Sumire, naturally, wouldn't miss an opportunity to increase the Seigaku Tennis Club's visibility and influence, and readily agreed to Inoue's interview request.
After talking with Sumire Ryuzaki, Inoue headed to the Seigaku tennis courts.
According to Sumire Ryuzaki, she had already given prior instructions that Takeshi Momoshiro, who was staying at the school, would be interviewed by Inoue and Saori Shiba at the tennis court.
At the same time, Momoshiro Takeshi will also demonstrate some of his strength to Inoue and Shiba Saori.
Because Inoue was familiar with Seigaku, he easily led Saori Shiba to the Seigaku tennis court.
Upon arriving at the tennis court, Inoue and Shiba Saori heard a series of impact sounds, sometimes crisp and sometimes heavy.
Following the sound, Inoue and Shiba Saori saw Chen Anxia and Echizen Ryoma competing on the court.
At first glance, Inoue and Shiba Saori were drawn to Chen Anxia, who exuded a unique charm.
Even from the perspective of professional tennis journalists like Inoue and Shiba Saori, Chen Anxia's tennis posture and movements were still impeccable, as if he were completely replicating the posture and movements in the textbook.
Moreover, with the addition of Chen Anxia's own unique temperament, these textbook-like postures and movements seemed to be endowed with elegance, nobility, and... majesty.
Seeing this, Shiba Saori looked somewhat stunned, muttering to herself, "This boy is just like a prince on the basketball court..."
The moment Inoue saw Chen Anxia, a figure involuntarily surfaced in his mind, and he murmured, "The Child of God... Yukimura Seiichi..."
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Chapter 238 The Cycle of Reincarnation Broken, So Be It! (First Update, Please Subscribe!)
It's Chen Anxia's turn to serve.
In the previous game of Ryoma Echizen's serve, Chen Anxia did not score a single point, or even receive a single ball, allowing Ryoma Echizen to easily win his serve.
Chen Anxia's performance in Echizen Ryoma's service game, in the eyes of Horio Satoshi, Kato Katsuro, and Mizuno Katsuo, was a complete lack of ability to deal with the outside spin serve.
In response, Satoshi Horio crossed his arms and said with an expression that he had expected this, "As expected, Chen Anxia also couldn't return the topspin serve."
"But that's normal, after all, an outside spin serve is not a high-difficulty serve that a junior high school student can perform."
Katsuro Kato and Katsuo Mizuno, who were standing to the side, didn't quite understand what Satoshi Horio was saying, but they had both witnessed the so-called topspin serve and knew how terrifying it was.
Therefore, after hearing Satoshi Horio's words, they couldn't help but nod in agreement.
As for Momoshiro Takeshi, his brows were furrowed, and his face showed a puzzled expression.
Putting aside the match between Chen Anxia and Tezuka Kunimitsu, just looking at the strength Chen Anxia displayed in his match against Arai Masashi, he shouldn't have failed to even make a receiving motion.
According to Takeshi Momoshiro, even if Chen Anxia failed to return the topspin serve in Ryoma Echizen's service game, he should still have been able to touch the topspin serve with his racket.
However, in Echizen Ryoma's previous service game, Chen Anxia only slightly turned his body to avoid the topspin serve, without any intention of using his racket to receive the ball.
This unusual behavior was also what Momoshiro Takeshi found most perplexing.
Not only Momoshiro Takeshi, but also Echizen Ryoma in the arena was puzzled, not understanding what Chen Anxia was up to.
However, Ryoma Echizen didn't think too much about it and quickly focused all his energy on the game.
In Echizen Ryoma's view, any schemes or tricks are useless in the face of absolute strength.
Snapped!
Snapped!
Snapped!
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Amidst the sounds of tennis balls being slapped, Chen Anxia watched as the data model for topspin serves in his mind reached 100% completion.
This means that as long as Chen Anxia's accuracy is not less than 80%, he will be able to execute an outside spin serve.
Of course, the higher the degree of replication, the stronger the power of the topspin serve.
However, Chen Anxia did not rush to replicate his topspin serve.
Without anyone noticing, the data model for the outside spin serve in Chen Anxia's mind quietly disappeared, and was replaced by the data model for the bullet serve.
Without hesitation, Chen Anxia directly replicated the data model of the bullet serve and hit a powerful bullet serve at Echizen Ryoma.
At the same time, Chen Anxia thought to himself.
'Supercomputing...'
'Data collection...'
'Data analysis...'
'Ryoma Echizen's data model is being built...'
That's right, what Chen Anxia needs to do now is to gradually 'control' Echizen Ryoma, just like he gradually 'controlled' Arai Masashi before.
Therefore, Chen Anxia must turn the upcoming match into a close battle and hit various spin shots in this close battle in order to collect comprehensive data on Echizen Ryoma.
Meanwhile, off the court, Katsuro Kato's eyes lit up when he saw Chen Anxia's serve, and he exclaimed excitedly, "It's here! Chen Anxia's bullet serve!"
As he spoke, Katsuro Kato glanced at Ryoma Echizen, saying expectantly, "I wonder if Ryoma-kun can catch a bullet traveling at nearly 170 km/h..."
Before Katsuro Kato could finish speaking, Ryoma Echizen quickly ran in one direction, preparing to return the ball with one hand on his racket.
The next moment, under everyone's gaze, Ryoma Echizen easily returned Chen Anxia's bullet serve.
Seeing this, Katsuro Kato was completely unable to utter the words he had been about to say. Satoshi Horio and Katsuo Mizuno were in no better shape, both of them with their mouths agape and expressions of shock.
Even Takeshi Momoshiro couldn't help but raise an eyebrow upon seeing this, thinking to himself, 'This tennis prince who returned from America really does have some skill.'
'Judging by his relaxed demeanor, he could probably handle serves at even higher speeds; I just wonder where his limit is...'
While Momoshiro Takeshi was pondering, Chen Anxia had already returned Echizen Ryoma's return shot.
Under Chen Anxia's deliberate control, the match once again developed into a stalemate.
Seeing the trend of the match, Momoshiro Takeshi frowned and muttered, "It's going to be another stalemate. Does Chen Anxia want to repeat the endless cycle of physical exhaustion?"
"But how did Chen Anxia obtain Echizen Ryoma's data?"
"Or is it that Chen Anxia's endless cycle of physical exhaustion isn't based on data at all?"
In fact, this question had already appeared in Momoshiro Takeshi's mind during the match between Chen Anxia and Arai Masafumi, leaving Momoshiro Takeshi puzzled.
If you think about it simply, Chen Anxia is clearly just a first-year student, so why would he have access to data on the relatively unknown Arai Masafumi?
Amidst Momoshiro Takeshi's confusion, the match between Chen Anxia and Echizen Ryoma continued.
Outside the stadium's iron fence, Inoue and Shiba Saori, having regained their senses, became noticeably interested in the match in front of them because of Chen Anxia, even temporarily putting aside their plans to contact and interview Momoshiro Takeshi.
On the field, Chen Anxia returned another ball and, as he had planned, was guiding the game toward a close contest.
However, after Chen Anxia returned the ball, he suddenly discovered that Ryoma Echizen had disappeared.
No, it didn't disappear; it has already reached the landing point...
Just as Chen Anxia's gaze caught Echizen Ryoma, he vaguely saw a golden beam of light streak across his eyes.
next moment...
boom!
Turning his head, Chen Anxia could see a golden tennis ball slowly rolling forward on the court behind him.
Seeing this, Chen Anxia's expression remained unchanged, but a strange look appeared in his eyes.
Before Chen Anxia could react, Echizen Ryoma's slightly arrogant voice came, "You're a hundred years too early to use that move on me."
As he spoke, Ryoma Echizen pointed his racket at Chen Anxia, a smile playing on his lips, and said with a hint of provocation, "The game is over. Now, it's time for you to go all out, right?"
"Or is this all you've done with all your might?"
"If that's the case, then I'm really disappointed..."
Off the field, Inoue looked at Echizen Ryoma and, for some reason, a figure suddenly flashed into his mind. He couldn't help but mutter, "He looks so much like the samurai Echizen Nanjiro from back then..."
Upon seeing this, Chen Anxia murmured, "My full strength?"
As he spoke, a strange smile appeared on Chen Anxia's face, and he continued to murmur, "Very well, then so be it, Echizen... Ryoma!"
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Chapter 239 Replicated, the External Spin Serve Reappears! (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)
Snapped!
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As Chen Anxia patted the tennis ball, preparing to serve, he replicated the topspin serve data model that appeared in his mind.
If a careful observer were to observe, they would notice that Chen Anxia's serve preparation motion while slapping the tennis ball is gradually becoming very similar to that of Echizen Ryoma.
However, no one present noticed this, not even Echizen Ryoma himself.
Under such circumstances, and with everyone watching, Chen Anxia grabbed the bouncing tennis ball and tossed it high into the air.
During this process, Chen Anxia's body naturally assumed a standard serving posture.
Then, Chen Anxia watched the falling tennis ball, jumped up with all his might, and swung his racket forcefully, hitting the golden tennis ball with great speed.
Apart from Inoue and Shiba Saori who arrived later, everyone else present saw a familiar figure in Chen Anxia's series of actions.
That shadow is... Echizen Ryoma!
Meanwhile, Ryoma Echizen, who was on the field, also noticed this. His pupils shrank slightly, and an unbelievable thought popped into his mind.
"Could it be..."
Before Ryoma Echizen could think further, and before anyone else present could think further, Chen Anxia's racket struck the falling tennis ball hard.
Boom!
With a crisp sound of impact, the tennis ball, squeezed and crushed by the racket, instantly burst forth with terrifying speed, hurtling towards Ryoma Echizen's court.
Then, to everyone's shock and disbelief, the ball, after touching the ground, did not bounce off its intended trajectory, but instead hurtled violently toward Ryoma Echizen's face in the opposite direction.
Upon seeing this, Momoshiro Takeshi's pupils shrank sharply, his face filled with disbelief.