Chapter Eighty-Five: Victory and Defeat

Echizen home

bathroom

"Young man, think about it!"

After returning home from a game of tennis at the temple, Ryoma packed his clothes and went to the bathroom to rinse up, and as he sat in the bathtub, he remembered Nanjiro's words, and the tennis ball in his hand had been floating on the water because of its buoyancy, and his amber eyes looked at the tennis ball thoughtfully.

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Five o'clock in the morning

"Meow~~" The faint light shone into the quiet room through the window, only to see a fat "Himalaya" cat with brown and white fur and big blue eyes sitting on the bed looking at the pajamas placed randomly on the side of the bed.

At this time, the owner of the pajamas had already put on his sportswear, carried his tennis bag and walked on the road to the venue of the Kanto Tournament.

"Echizen, early! It turns out that you, like me, can't stand the decisive victory in the game! In the tennis court, a pleasant sound came from the iron gate, Ryoma turned his head to look, and what caught his eye was Kentaro in a red suit with a tennis bag on his back and reached out to open the iron gate, like walking in the court, looking excited and happy when he saw that the person on the court was himself.

"No, I just happened to get here!" Ryomala lowered the brim of his hat and denied what Kentaro had said.

"Really? Walking here at five in the morning?! Kentaro looked up at the hazy weather and the slightly bright sky in the early hours of the morning, and raised his eyebrows, joking with a smile

"......" Ryoma said dumbly and no longer explained.

Because he himself has been looking forward to this game since last night, and he can't sleep, and his mind is full of scenes from yesterday's game.

"In that case, let's have a fight!"

Soon, before dawn, there was the sound of hitting the ball back and forth in the empty tennis court.

Youth rest area

"Did you find it?" Coach Ryuzaki looked at the clock on the wall of the conference that was about to expire and was a little anxious.

"I haven't had a Ryuzaki coach yet, but I've looked for it everywhere and still haven't Echizen."

"I made a few calls and didn't answer!"

Oishi and the rest of the team were anxiously running back and forth in the conference grounds, just to find the guy who was about to run out of time but hadn't shown up yet, and the meeting would be his game.

And the other side

The players at Hexagon Middle School also couldn't seem to find the person on their team waiting for the game.

"Haitang, you go and prepare" Coach Ryuzaki saw that he had been looking for a long time without results, so he simply explained to Haitang who was leaning against the wall next to him.

If you can't find Echizen, then wait and play singles.

"Cut, this guy" Kaido looked displeased, and was about to take off his coat to warm up when the voices of Sakura Ryuzaki and Tomoka Itada were heard not far away.

"We know where Ryoma-kun is!"

Hearing this, everyone followed her to the bottom of a big tree.

Under the tree, two teenagers lay asleep on the grass on the left and right, and there were many bottles and cans scattered around them, as well as their own racket towels.

When the fox came in the morning, she found the two men under the tree, and she sat there without going any further, admiring her youthful sleep.

"It seems that you fought him first because you couldn't wait for the upcoming game!"

After a while, when everyone arrived at the scene, they couldn't help but complain a little, and then woke up the two of them from their sleep, and the two ignorant teenagers who had just woken up from their sleep realized the mistake they had made, and quickly apologized humbly.

"Ryoma, you have to do your best to compete later!" Eri chuckled and walked over to him, looking at the boy as he washed his cheeks in the sink.

Ryoma stopped washing and wiped it with a towel, then hung it around his neck and turned his head to look at Eiko.

I suddenly remembered what my father said last night

I can't help but feel a pain in my heart

He put his hands on Eiko's shoulders and pulled him forward

Then he lowered his head and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"Wait for me"

Two short words fell into Eiko's ear, although she was a little confused by Ryoma's action just now, and didn't understand why he suddenly kissed her, but when the two words he said came to her ear, Eiko smiled, and a pair of clear and translucent eyes stared at the young man's cheek and slowly spoke.

"I'll wait for you to win."

As expected, the two played inseparably, and neither let anyone, although there was a fight in the early hours of the morning, but neither side dared to relax.

"6 to 4, Echizen wins"

"Seigaku won 3-0 and entered the finals"

In the end, the game came to an end under the referee's decision.

The youth school cheered

The two schools stood in front of the net to salute and thank each other.

Finally, we are one step away from the national competition.

"I won," Ryoma said happily as he walked over to Eiko's side

"I know you can win, I've always believed in you"

The words fell

Ryoma took Eiko's hand, held hands side by side, and walked together on the way home.

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