Ryoma searched almost every tennis court in Tokyo, but he couldn't find a blond American.

The guy named Kevin Smith.

There is no way to make a break with him, and he has not entered the representative team, and his mood can be said to be very bad.

However, on the way, I met Keigo again.

It was as if he had come to wait for him.

"I heard," said the gorgeous Uncle Trace, who stood on a high position and spoke to him, "I heard that you searched all the nearby courts in order to find Kevin. ”

The dragon looked up at him, expressionless.

"I can't participate in official competitions, so I'm going to compete with Kevin private, huh?"

"Can't you?" Ryoma's expression was cold, just like a kind of appearance that no one should approach.

Hearing this, the trace department was very disdainful, and the city sneered: "Isn't it the same as the way you are now, and the Kevin who ran to various schools to kick the hall?" ”

There was a hint of emotion in Ryoma's voice, "The other party said that he wanted to compete with me, so I just played with him." ”

"Oh," Tracebe suddenly raised an eyebrow, as if sneering, "It seems that you are just trying to find someone to vent your anger because you lost the election." ”

As if poking at the sore spot, Ryoma looked up suddenly.

But when the trace department saw this, he didn't think so, "Forget it, doing this will only make you more embarrassed." ”

"From the moment you lost the election, you have already lost," the words of the trace department did not fall, and slowly turned around, "I advise you to go home obediently, bye." ”

Kibe turned around and left, leaving Ryoma standing there alone.

It seemed like he had made a special trip, but at this moment, Ryoma didn't think about it again.

Not far away, he suddenly took out the mobile phone in his pocket, slid to the page of the painted fox, and then edited a text message.

"What you asked me to do has been completed, you owe Uncle Ben a favor!"

Yes, not long ago, Eiko suddenly made a phone call to the trace, and the content of the words was to tell him to find Ryoma as quickly as possible today, and say something to stimulate him, so that he could figure out what he was going to do now.

When the trace department received the call, he chuckled.

It looks like he's going to pretend to be a bad guy again, but all that Echizen wants us to do, you can understand, don't let us down.

......

When Ryoma walked out of the court, he walked down the street step by step with a load-bearing pace.

His mind was full of the words of the Traces not so long ago.

Yes, from the moment he lost the team, he lost and lost the opportunity to play against Kevin.

All because I didn't make it to the team.

No... It should be said that he didn't convince Coach Tezuka that he had the qualifications to enter the team!

Thinking of this, Ryoma suddenly straightened his body, and after walking for hundreds of meters, he suddenly turned around as if he had thought of something.

When Tezuka opened the door and saw Ryoma standing in front of his door, he was a little surprised, looking at the Ryoma in front of him standing in front of him very steadily and straightly, which made Tezuka stunned, but soon the tone and movements were very natural to express doubts.

"Echizen, why did you come looking for it so late?"

On the other side, the young man with a hat lowered his head and his posture was straight and stubborn.

Tezuka waited for him to speak.

"Actually, I have something I want to ask the minister."

"What's the matter?"

"......" Ryoma gritted his teeth under the brim of his hat, and finally mustered up the courage to raise his head, "I would love to join the youth selection representative!" ”

The young man's eyes sparkled, with a show of weakness and hope.

Seeing this, Tezuka was expressionless, "The candidate for the representative has been decided, and it cannot be changed." ”

"So, what the hell do you want me to do?" When Ryoma heard the words of refusal, the grievances in his heart could no longer be suppressed and burst out suddenly, "Neither let me participate in the team, nor allow me to compete in private, then...... What the hell am I going to do! ”

The other side

Uesugi family

When she received the text message from the traces, she sat down on her couch and looked up at the blue crystal bracelet tied to her left wrist.

It seems that Ryoma hasn't given up either!

......

Tezuka sat on a chair, and Ryoma knelt in front of him.

At this time, Ryoma couldn't see Tezuka's expression, and he didn't dare to think about it.

"Actually, I know very well that to be honest, I didn't have any fighting spirit at all when I participated in the youth audition," Ryoma knelt on the floor and took a deep breath, then closed his eyes, "Minister, didn't you tell me that?" ”

Tezuka tacitly knew that Ryoma was talking about the day of the training camp, Ryoma proposed to compete with him, for the things that he lost to himself twice before, this guy has always remembered it, but the result is the same, he also refused, he can feel the change in the mentality of the teenager in front of him.

"Echizen, now you, there should be an opponent who must be defeated."

After thinking for a long time, Tezuka slowly spoke

"But ......" Ryoma was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, but was interrupted by Tezuka's next sentence.

"There are many strong people in this world, if you ignore the opportunity to fight against a strong enemy in front of you, but you are distracted by other things, and you don't know how to seriously meet the challenge, you will not have a chance of winning."

Hearing this, Ryoma slowly opened his eyes and faced Tezuka in front of him.

At this point, he admitted that during the training camp, during the days when he had defeated the Koichiro Sanada, who was known as the No. 1 tennis player in the country, he had always wanted to beat the minister he had lost to before, and he did not focus on the upcoming goodwill match.

At that time, Minister Tezuka actually decided to give up on him.

"But it's different now!" Ryoma suddenly raised his head and took back his grievances, and looked at Tezuka with a serious face, "I want to compete with Kevin!" Please let me race! Please! ”

And Tezuka looked into his eyes and found that the things that had been lost before came from the eyes of the boy again.

After a long time, Tezuka spoke, "Seven representative members, it is impossible to change them now. ”

As soon as the words fell, he saw the disappointed look on the young man in front of him, paused, and continued: "However, in addition, there is a waiting list. ”

In fact, when the quota was finally decided, it had been debated for a long time.

Coach Hanamura was very surprised that Tezuka did not choose Echizen Ryoma, and when the last spot was decided, he fought with Coach Sakaki repeatedly and explicitly supported Ryoma to become a representative. But on the contrary, Coach Sakaki is more inclined to Fuji, believing that the skills of Fuji seniors are suitable for facing unfamiliar players.

Because both of them are young learners, they finally asked Chief Tezuka to make the final decision, and he also voted for Fuji.

But in fact, the really complete list of representatives is eight people, which means that there is still a waitlist, but it stands to reason that after the number of representatives is set, Ryoma, who was not selected, is actually an alternate.

But after the discussion, Tezuka made a request to Coach Sakaki at that time, hoping that Coach Sakaki would leave the matter of the alternate spot to Lai to decide.

This request, which Tezuka Cho himself called a willful request, was undoubtedly agreed to by Coach Sakaki.

So at the closing ceremony, Coach Sakaki didn't say a word about the waiting list, and everyone thought that the list of seven places would be over after it was determined.

This waitlist is equivalent to the alternates in the usual games, and the candidates who also enter the team, although the probability of playing is small, but they also have the opportunity to participate in the game.

This is the opportunity that Tezuka created for Ryoma.

"The eighth candidate, to put it bluntly, is actually equivalent to the resurrection of the defeated department," Tezuka gradually looked at Ryoma who was sitting up straight and asked, "Even so, are you willing?" ”

Ryoma's brow twitched, and he looked over happily.

"Yes!"

"But you don't necessarily have to be able to play, because the order of the appearances is decided by Coach Sakaki alone." Seeing that the boy had already made up his mind, Tezuka added.

"It doesn't matter!" I only heard Ryoma shouting loudly.

After a long time, Tezuka didn't speak again, but slowly moved the chair to his desk, opened the notebook, and unscrewed the pen on the side.

Ryoma didn't know what he was going to do, but he didn't move, but he already knew that he was on the waiting list, and his heart was obviously a lot more relaxed.

Listening to the rustle of the paper with the tip of the pen, Tezuka who sat at the table opened his mouth for a long time.

"Echizen."

"Yes, Minister!"

Tezuka took the pen and wrote something, his eyebrows did not move, and his tone was still calm, "Echizen, if you disturb your mind because of emotions other than tennis, I think Uesugi will be more upset than you." ”

Tacit.

Ryoma was silent for a long time and seemed to calm down, "Minister, I didn't. ”

Tezuka glanced over.

"If tennis is affected by other personal factors," Ryoma looked up, his eyes were bright, and he couldn't let his beak shine, "then he won't win against Tachikai Dasanada." ”

The tip of Tezuka's pen paused.

Turning his head to the young man who was kneeling on the ground, for a moment, he felt that the young man in front of him seemed to be gradually becoming stronger, calm and strong to show him everything.

After a long time, Ryoma stood up and bowed respectfully, "Thank you, minister, for the opportunity, take your leave first." ”

The moment the boy stepped out of the room, his footsteps gradually stopped, "I'm serious about tennis and I'm serious, I'll apologize to her." ”

The words fell, and the boy gradually disappeared into Tezuka's room.

At this time, the room echoed with the words that the young man had just said, and Tezuka looked at Ryoma, who had already walked out of his room, and finally put away the pen and notebook, and put it in the drawer indifferently.

And outside the window, not far away, there seems to be the gradual roar of the plane in the sky, it seems that the game is about to start, and the players of the American team have arrived.

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