On the second day, in the gymnasium dedicated to the badminton club.

"Good, that's it!" Tachispline Taro looked at the opposite side and praised Aragaki, who was decisively jumping and smashing.

Instead of being complacent, Aragaki was preoccupied and engaged in pumping the ball.

"Have you noticed that the momentum of the Aragaki seniors seems to have changed?" Ebina Yu, who had been given a little rest, sipped his drink and looked at Aragaki who was training hard with Tachibana Kantaro in the field.

"Well, I'm more determined." Isehara Sora next to Ebina echoed.

"Firm?" Ebina blinked, a little unsure of what Aragaki had decided.

However, Izumi Riko, who was trained by Zhong Tu, understood that Aragaki should be an invitation to Zhong Tu and made a decision about her future! Even somehow, it seems that even the shadow of the defeat in the All-Island Youth Badminton League last autumn has been removed, and she has once again returned to the familiar appearance of the barren ruins.

Ayano hit the ball hard and did doubles training under the dense blows of Zhong Tu.

"Izumi!"

"Yes!" Quan responded and retracted his mind and devoted himself to the current training.

The Kita-Komachi Takaka badminton club is full of high morale, presenting a lively scene.

"That's good...... "Eirina Fujisawa whispered with a sigh.

……

"It smells so musty." On this day, during the training process, with the sound of a slamming door, a crisp voice with a little devil feeling suddenly sounded in the noisy venue.

Then another voice sounded, explaining the gymnasium, "It's a gymnasium after all." ”

Suddenly, the members of the badminton club in the gymnasium turned their heads to look in the direction of the entrance of the gymnasium-

I saw that in front of the gate of the gymnasium, which was supposed to be closed, two girls, one tall and one short, wearing school uniforms from other schools, met the eyes of everyone in Kita-Komachi High.

One of them had strong pink hair, and with a haughty and disdainful expression on his face, he looked at everything in the gymnasium with a very critical gaze.

Izumi Riko was startled, and subconsciously turned her head to look at Zhong Tu, but unexpectedly found that the shuttlecocks that should have been floating in the air fell down at any time, covering the ground like debris.

Instantly, Riko Izumi's heart was relieved and settled down.

After all, Zhong Tu's affairs are not easy for outsiders to know, and if he causes any undeserved trouble because of this, it will not be good.

At this time, I only heard the girl with pink hair say again, "It doesn't look like there is much training equipment, and this kind of practice environment is really not good." ”

"What are you doing here, Kako Maeya!?" Ayano panicked, and asked loudly in a panic.

"It's Kaoruko Seriya! Your attitude of contempt for people has really not changed. Well, it doesn't matter, because of this, I can be considered my opponent. The pink-haired girl Kaoru Seriya looks like the villain in the story, and laughs.

However, before the words fell, another voice rang out again.

"I said you, it's in practice now, is there anything you can talk about after the practice is over?" Tachibana Taro, as the only adult in the field who can take things and is the only one who can come forward, walked near Kaoru Seriya and sighed helplessly.

"Huh?" Kaoru Seriya turned her head to look at him, and suddenly her eyes changed, and her expression became strange.

Her face turned red as if she had a fever!

At the same time, my expression is twisted.,It's like an innocent girl who saw a crush in a comic.。 It wasn't until a while later that he recovered, and inexplicably announced loudly, "Unqualified, Kita-Komachi High School!" It's impossible to win the qualifiers and move on! It's really unfortunate, Hasaki-san. ”

……

After that, Kaoru Seriya was politely invited to the side, and sat down on the sidelines like a supervisor, her eyes sharp, like a security guard watching criminals, staring closely at the people in the Kita-Komachi Takaku badminton club that was practicing.

Seeing this, Zhong Tu couldn't blatantly cheat anymore, so he had to let Izumi Riko and Ayano stop for a while to accept the superficial guidance of Tachibanate Taro.

One by one, and soon, the rotation was to Ayano.

"Next, Ayano!" Tachichi spline Taro said by name.

"Yes!"

"Wait, I'll be the target of this student's practice." As soon as Ayano's words fell, the voice of Kaoru Seriya, who had been quiet, rang out again, and she said loudly as she walked into the room.

"This ......" Tachibanate Taro looked at Kaoru Seriya, then at the silent bell over there, and finally nodded in agreement, "It's okay." ”

It's a good time to take this opportunity to meet the technical strength of the other party.

"Thank you very much." Kaoru Seriya thanked and took the racket from her companion who came with her, "It's going to be on, Hasaki-san." ”

Ayano retracted her flustered expression, opened her eyes wide, and carefully observed her opponent.

One second, two seconds, three seconds......

Just when the onlookers thought that something was going to happen, Kaoru Seriya, who was the main leader, suddenly moved and hit the ball out, very suddenly.

Ayano exploded with speed and rushed to the front of the ball.

"Smack!"

The ball was knocked back, but Seriya had already appeared in the middle of the line of the shuttlecock that Ayano hit back, jumped up suddenly, and with a block, the ball was buckled to the opposite side of Ayano's direction, and shouted provocatively, "If you can't catch this ball, you will lose!" ”

Ayano didn't speak, still sprinting to the ball at her own speed and giving it back.

Although she seemed very passive at this time, and all her actions were under the control of the other party, at least there was no problem.

"The next ball will be more intense!" Seriya continued to stimulate.

However, the return ball as a counterattack was just a high lob full of skill, which made Ayano, who thought it would be a smash, misjudged and could no longer counterattack in the right position.

But Ayano is Ayano, a badminton player who has shown a strong defensive instinct under Zhong Tu's training, and his legs suddenly exert force together, catching up with the shuttlecock with a big backward jump, and reaching out to catch the ball......

However, she ignored her height - only a little more than one meter and a half, and even with the length of the racket, it was only about two meters, so in the end, she received the ball, but she couldn't catch it, and it was not good to make a serious effort, so it was not surprising that Ayano's ball hit out of bounds......

“1：0”

Ayano froze, and Kaoru Seriya took a step closer like a demon and said, "It's really embarrassing...... You're too weak. ”

Ayano's pupils relaxed, and her face showed an expression of shock.

It's something that can't be helped. After all, Zhong Tu's training only increased the tacit understanding between her and Izumi Riko and enhanced her reaction, but it did not enhance her experience of the enemy and her ability to judge on the spot, so it was not too unacceptable to be calculated by others, and it was not too unacceptable to be tricked by someone in the end.