The next day, Tezuka went to the hospital to visit Coach Ryuzaki.

As soon as the training camp ended, he handed over the training information of the players to Coach Ryuzaki, and when it came to the final decision on the number of representatives, Coach Ryuzaki did not seem to be surprised.

"Coach Ryuzaki, in fact, you already know about Echizen." Listening to Tezuka's affirmative doubts, Coach Ryuzaki was slightly stunned.

"What?"

But in the next second, I heard Tezuka's next words,

"That's why you asked me to come back to Japan as a coach."

"Hehe, you're thinking too much. I didn't think so. Coach Ryuzaki smiled and slurred his mouth.

"Is that so?" Tezuka looked at Coach Ryuzaki smiling from beginning to end, and his face was shocked, and he didn't ask any more questions, and got up to say goodbye after a while.

When I came to the entrance of the hospital, I saw that the familiar girl was holding a book, wearing short sleeves and long pants, standing in the sun.

Tezuka's footsteps paused, and he walked over suspiciously, "Since you're here, why don't you go in to see the coach?" ”

Eiko raised her head and shook it, "No, actually, Minister Tezuka, I'm here to wait for you." ”

Under the willow tree

"Is there anything you want me to do?"

Ei thought for a moment, muttered for a moment, and then spoke slowly.

"When it comes to the team members, is there really no room for manoeuvre? Minister? She asked in a low voice.

In fact, outside the restaurant that day, he must have seen Ryoma's absent-mindedness at that time.

When it comes to tennis, Ryoma's attitude has never been so casual.

"How?" Tezuka didn't follow her words and answered, but instead asked.

Hearing this, the civet pursed his lips.

"I know that there may be some problems with Ryoma's inner state now, and after the Kanto Tournament, Ryoma's state is indeed much worse than before. So, there's no chance, right? ”

Tezuka didn't answer immediately, and after a long time, he slowly spoke, "Actually, the day after I returned home, I talked to Echizen once. ”

Suddenly, Ei looked up at him.

Tezuka still didn't reply immediately, he paused, and instead asked another question.

"The ignorant girl that Kevin said yesterday in the mouth of their team leader, right!?"

Waiting for him to explain, Ei was obviously a little caught off guard, a little stunned, and didn't expect him to ask such a question, "You... You're talking about... Say what? ”

She wanted to deny it, but when she raised her eyes and stared at Tezuka's eyes, she felt that she couldn't be so arrogant.

Her hesitation and entanglement were seen by Tezuka Naga.

At this time, Ekoi only felt that her heart was falling straight down.

She took a deep breath and felt a little difficult when she spoke again, "Minister, I think you must already know about this!" I never wanted to hide anything from you. ”

"Yes." Tezuka looked at her.

"So I'll wait for you to tell you the reason for this in person......"

"Minister... I! ”

"Okay," Tezuka interrupted what she wanted to say, returning to the content of the previous conversation between the two, "Actually, what I want to say is that this time you noticed that Echizen was not in the right state, and it seemed a little late. ”

"Huh?" Eiko was stunned for a moment, and blinked strangely at the sudden change.

"With your usual alertness and cleverness, you won't be able to see it so late," Tezuka looked at her and said slowly, "I guess my energy is entangled in other things." ”

"......" Eiko was a little dumb for a while, but Tezuka said it, and she couldn't refute it.

"I think you should have started when Reporter Inoue brought Kevin's news, and then I noticed that Echizen's state was wrong." Tezuka speculated that his ball skills were as high as his, and continued, "But before that, when I entered the training camp, Echizen was actually different from his usual state. ”

Ei Fox lowered his eyebrows, for a long time, and answered in a low voice, "Hmm"

She smiled, a smile tinged with guilt and self-deprecation.

Recently, she seems to be haunted by the past, and she can't even see what is wrong with her teenager at the first time, and she is really a failure.

Tezuka glanced at her deeply, "Actually, the real reason why he lost his fighting spirit, you must also know, is because he defeated Sanada in the Kanto Tournament." ”

Eiko was silent, and replied, "Yes." ”

In the Kanto tournament, Ryoma defeated Tatsumi Dai, who was at the top of the middle school tennis world, and became the only junior high school student in the tennis world after defeating Sanada, but when he stood at the top, he often lost his goal when he looked at the scenery at the top.

Just like this training camp, probably even Ryoma himself didn't expect that he would be defeated.

"I met him the day after I returned to Japan and talked to him a few words," Tezuka continued, "and it seemed that he was in a different state of mind at that time. He lost some things on him, and those things that were lost, he always had to find an opportunity to get them back. ”

"So you mean, the sooner the better!" Hearing Tezuka's words, Eiko said that he understood what Tezuka really wanted to convey to himself.

Tezuka didn't make a sound, and silently glanced at the civet beside him.

She didn't make a move, as if she was thinking about something, for a long time.

"I see, I know what to do!"

As the words fell, Ei immediately took out the mobile phone he had placed in his pocket, opened the lid and flipped through the number, and when he saw the familiar name, the corner of the girl's mouth hooked up with a confident smile.

As the sound of the call on the other end of the phone was connected, the girl immediately spoke

"Hello? Are you available now? Do me one thing! ”

......

A few minutes later

Tezuka glanced down at her, "It seems that you found the right guy to stimulate him." ”

Ei raised her eyebrows, not denying it.

"So guess what Echizen wants to do right now?" Tezuka thought for a moment and suddenly asked the girl.

"Huh?" Ei didn't realize it for a while, thought about it, frowned slightly and thought of his own answer, "I think what he wants to do most is to compete with Kevin Smith." ”

Then she added again, "If he can't find Kevin, then he will definitely go back to you, begging you to give him a chance to enter the team, it seems that this is your plan, minister!" ”

Speaking of this, Tezuka suddenly smiled.

"If Echizen cooperates, probably."

"Yesterday you insisted on stopping the two of them from playing, in fact, if they were playing, it would also ruin your plan to some extent, right?" As if remembering something, Ei remembered yesterday's scene and suddenly realized.

"It's only part of it, but no matter what, as a goodwill player, I won't let Ryoma and Kevin play privately." Tezuka shook his head, his tone returning to business.

"And yesterday things were a little more difficult to control than expected, and they were a bit extreme, I'm sorry."

Tezuka's mouth suddenly spat out the words, the words of apology made Eiko stunned.

A few seconds later.

"I didn't pay much attention to it, because I know that you are also for Ryoma's good, minister!"

"Really?" Tezuka glanced at the girl sitting next to him, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Painted fox was inexplicably weak, avoiding his gaze.

Well, she admits that when she returned home that day, she was still scolding the minister in the bed.

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