In the blink of an eye, it is late August, and the summer heat is still making its last struggle before it dissipates, and the evening breeze on the streets is still cold, bringing a hint of autumn.

Sakurano, who finally finished training, and Naryo, who finally escaped her brother's clutches, finally met on the street and pressed the road around the bustling streets of New York.

"Ryoma? Are you sure? ”

Hearing Naryo talk about witnessing Echizen's crazy brushing on the underground court, Sakurano bent her eyes, and there were small lights flickering in her eyes.

"I heard from my grandmother that he went back to participate in the national competition, otherwise, I really want to meet him."

"I don't know, what he looks like now."

She smoothed out the dispersion that was blown by the night wind, and looked at the bustling streets with constant crowds.

"Oh...... I'm back in Japan...... No wonder I haven't seen him much these days. ”

Na Liang nodded, turned his face and cried to Sakurano about his miserable daily life, cursing the cruel and ruthless brother, while pouring out his lovesickness with a face full of spring, Sakurano couldn't cry or laugh.

"You don't know how hateful the Nagasaki River is...... Woo woo, not only am I half tired to death, but even my right to call Guoguang has been ruthlessly deprived. ”

"He must have reached the legendary menopause, really! I can't stand it anymore, I'm physically and mentally exhausted! ”

"Ah...... My country...... Ah......h

Naryo was still holding her heart in a sad heartache, Sakura no tilted her head, and finally diverted the topic in the endless crying.

"By the way, have you heard of Charlotte?"

Stunned for a moment, Na Liang saw that Sakura's expression was a little serious, and he also straightened his expression and shook his head.

"No...... Who is Charlotte? ”

"He's in the Japanese team as well. He said he was a man of 'ghost skeletons'. ”

Seeing that Naryo was also confused, Sakurano stood still and slowly narrowed her eyes.

"He's strong. No...... He is extremely strong. ”

"Extremely strong?"

For the two words that came out of Sakurano's mouth, Naryo blinked, repeating in some surprise. I was about to say something more, but I heard Sakurano speak again, word by word, very clearly.

"Oyin fought him, lost in one move, and Xia Luo should not have done his best."

"Self-Awakening...... Except for him, only Bai has given me a similar feeling. ”

Thinking of the strong opponent she met at that club, Sakura smiled slightly, and there was a faint sharpness in her faint smile.

"Similar to white...... Or is it a 'ghost skeleton'? ”

Nai Liang was startled, touched his slightly open cheeks, and shook his head with a smile.

"It's unlikely, we have dealt with several successors, how can we not have information about people who can be valued so much by you."

"I can't say ...... either"

Shaking his head and not asking again, Sakurano sighed imperceptibly when he thought of the strange behavior and ambiguous and vague words of the man on his usual days.

"It's just a little bit concerned."

"It's a strange person."

"I heard that Yuan is also in the team, is she back?"

After revealing the topic of Xia Luo, Sakurano talked about the old man, and the hustle and bustle that had been away for a moment around him came back again.

"I'm back, but I haven't been to training every day, so I seem to be staring at Lilia...... I don't know very well, you know her ...... The unpredictable is unpredictable. ”

Shrugging, Naryo thought about it and came to a conclusion.

"But the day after tomorrow, I should be able to see her."

"After all these years, she hasn't changed."

Listening to Sakura Naiyun's light and light laughter, Naryo made an exaggerated gesture, with a look of lovelessness.

"Not only hasn't changed, but since she came out of MK's ghost place, she has become more and more exaggerated! Not only is he as aggressive as ever, but he is also mysterious...... Even Keiko complained to me that my sister didn't like to be with her more and more, and she didn't know what she was busy with all day. ”

"And Mr. Baishan...... Hi! My brother is doing this to me now, and he also has half of the credit......"

“……”

Since the original was mentioned, Naryo also complained for a while that he was addicted, and began to pull Sakurano to talk endlessly.

After the two of them walked back and forth around the central street a few times, she suddenly remembered something, suddenly stopped to look at Sakurano's face, and stuck her shell.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Sakura has been patiently listening to Na Liang talk about the interesting stories of those old people, and he was listening to them with interest, but he suddenly noticed that the little horn next to him stopped, and when he turned his face, he saw a not very good-looking look on Na Liang's face.

"Sakura-chan!"

Holding Sakurano's arm, Naryo held Sakurano's shoulder and turned her in the direction of facing him, with a serious expression.

"I ......"

The tip of his finger pointed in his direction, Na Liang groaned for a moment, and spoke very dignifiedly.

"I'm not, you'll see you when you get back...... The first person......"

"No, isn't it?"

The person in front of the meeting looked like he was facing a great enemy, and he looked extremely nervous, Sakurano frowned, although he didn't know what was going on, but he still couldn't help laughing.

"It's the first one, I've been training since I came, and it just so happened that tonight ended early and you asked me again, so you're the first person I came back to meet."

Sakura Nai said word by word clearly and beautifully, but Na Liang held the shoulders of the person in front of him and felt a burst of blackness in front of him, and the warning from her brother that she had asked her to keep to herself and not go out was still echoing in her ears...... It's a pity that I regretted not at the beginning.

"That is......"

Speaking weakly, Na Liang leaned on the lamppost on the side, gloomy and sad.

"I'm going to be sent to a little dark room...... I'm one step away from my marriage...... One big step...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Who's going to send you? What the hell is going on......"

Amused by Na Liang's nervous appearance, Sakura Na looked at her and just leaned weakly on the lamppost and stared at her with tears in her eyes, and ...... for a long time Finally, a little meaning was found in the girl's eyes that could not be said in a thousand words, and suddenly ...... Dumbfounding.

"You are two by one...... You're so anxious about me......"

"He's a very gentle man. What will happen to you? ”

"What do you think about ......?"

Looking at Na Liang's increasingly weird and strange face, Sakura opened her mouth, but she paused to continue her words of relief, her face dazed.

"I ...... Did you say something wrong? Did I think wrong...... Not because of Anse? ”

"Hmm...... It's him. ”

Nodding with difficulty, Na Liang covered his heart with a faint ache, and was strong with tears.

"It's the gentle ...... Kind ...... The best of the best. ”

Gentle, kind...... What a ghost!

What the hell...... Sure enough, insidious people have thousands of faces.

Slandering fiercely in his heart, Nai Liang looked at the smiling face in front of him, and squeezed out a smile with a bitter face.

Not only can she not say anything, but she also has to cover flawlessly, and she is such a strong woman......

"Okay, it's almost time, I have to go back, and I have to train urgently tomorrow."

Without asking Naryo what his face changed again and again, Sakura looked at the time, prepared to go back, paused, and finally said something.

"As for him, after the game."

Looking at Sakura's departing figure, Nai Liang stood up straight with his support to the pillar, and smiled for a while, with relief and sadness in his eyes.

"Hey, I hear you."

She looked at her own shadow under the lamp and spoke into the air.

"After so many years...... It can be regarded as a good fruit. ”

"After the game......

Naryo didn't say any more, she raised her head and walked in the opposite direction to Sakurano.

After not mentioning...... The game itself is not something that some people have been waiting for for years...... See you again.

…… See you again, see you again.

The stars and the moon don't know, the lights don't know, only the evening breeze is cold, and the night language is warm.

The day later in New York was a fine day, with a large number of fans flocking to the USTA National Tennis Center from early in the morning, and the enthusiasm of the fans also fueled the atmosphere for the friendly match that would begin in a few hours.

The Japanese and American teams were also picked up by their respective buses and brought to the center to do the final pre-match warm-up practice for the game.

However, at this moment, the Japanese team has fallen into an unexpected situation.

"Temporary withdrawal?!"

Everyone looked at each other, looking at the calm first name and a little stunned.

Sakurano also looked at the team with one less person, and squinted a little inexplicably.

"Yes, Charlo sent me a message last night saying that he had quit the race, and he left the residence."

After recounting what had happened without any ups and downs, Hatsuna took off his glasses and pointed to Leo, who was standing behind the line chewing bubblegum and was not quite awake.

"I'll talk about the changed list on the bench."

Among the original seven people, Natsuro, Sakurano and Idene were responsible for the first, second, and third singles respectively, the twins Akutagawa Mu and Kaede were responsible for the first doubles, and the remaining Sato Riko and Miyamoto Yoshimi were the second doubles.

But as soon as Xia Luo, who has absolute strength, leaves, Leo who has made up for it has nowhere to put it.

In training, he has always maintained a passive substitute posture of not moving if he can, and practicing less if he can practice less, and the strength he shows has always been a medium position among the current seven.

If he is put in the singles position, I am afraid it will be unreassuring.

But.

As Hatsuna's calm and flat voice sounded, everyone was surprised and unsurprisingly found that Leo was really placed in the third singles position, and Sakura and Izumi moved forward to be in charge of the first and second singles.

"It's really."

"Smack!" The bubbles burst violently, Leo shook his head, and his body, which had been standing lazily and crookedly, finally straightened up, and there was an indescribable strange smile on his handsome face.

"Tsk."

Because of the sudden change, the atmosphere in the team has become a little unusually dignified.

After listening to the personnel arrangement, everyone was about to disperse to warm up, but after seeing that he had begun to make mistakes, Leo, who didn't have much contact with Yamazawa under Hatsuna's nose, secretly took advantage of Hatsuna's turn to make a phone call, and leaned over to the girl who was standing quietly on the side.

"Little ......"

Everyone's attention was pulled over for a while, and they saw Shan Ze, who heard the greasy and crooked name, tilted his head, a trace of doubt flashed on half of his beautiful face, and his blue eyes lit up slightly.

"You see that I am in danger and have a great responsibility! For the sake of our team's victory, do you want to give me a kiss of encouragement! I will definitely kill Lao Mei in an instant with full blood! ”

Leo grinned boldly, and stretched out his side face shamelessly, and Yamazawa, who didn't react for a while, stood in place, glanced at the surrounding circle of players who were watching the show, and pushed away the good-looking side face that stretched out in front of his eyes expressionlessly.

"You're going to be beaten."

Although he is well-behaved and quiet by Hatsuna's side every day, Yamazawa's voice is actually a little cold.

She held out a finger and slowly pushed it away from Leo's face.

Looking back at Hatsuna, who heard the sound and turned around, suddenly, Yamazawa tilted his head, and smiled at Leo, who didn't take the joke seriously, but in a short moment, it was like the first snow melting, and a trace of blue ripples rippled in the eyes of the viewer.

"Don't disgrace my brother."

The girl's slightly cool voice sounded, wrapped in a bit of coldness, but it pointed out a trace of the listener's surprise.

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