Across the net, Hayama Hayato and Miura Yumiko still didn't dare to be careless.
At the moment, Miura Yumiko, full of confidence, hit a beautiful shot, with the Tennis constantly spinning.
Mochizuki made a gesture and swung his racket to return it.
The Tennis was passed to Hayama.
They went back and forth like this for a few rounds.
Miura Yumiko hit a drop shot near the net. Yukinoshita originally wanted to step forward to receive this shot.
However, Mochizuki, who ran over, got there first.
"Bang~" "Bang~"
"Ding, Tennis has been upgraded to Lv4 (0/100)." It finally leveled up!
Mochizuki and Yukinoshita also lightly bumped into each other.
Seeing the two collide, Yui Yuigahama, Shiina, and others showed worried expressions.
Miku: They're too close... too close!
Because of the collision, this shot wasn't returned very well.
Across the net, Yumiko easily hit it back, and because Mochizuki and Yukinoshita collided, they had no time to receive this shot at all.
Totsuka Saika: "Miura student scores, the score is 13 to 13."
Miura: "Haha, you can't do it anymore!"
Mochizuki: "Are you alright?"
Yukinoshita: "I'm fine, I can take this shot!"
Yukinoshita had been playing passively for so long and didn't want to continue being just for show, and her stamina had also recovered a bit.
Mochizuki: "Don't worry, leave it to me. It's impossible to lose. You just need to receive the ones that come to you. It's okay if you can't receive them."
Yukinoshita turned her head. She felt like Mochizuki was looking down on her, but she still followed his instructions later.
Mochizuki looked at Miura: "This point, I'll give it to you."
Miura: "Hmph, talking tough." Miura Yumiko didn't think so at all.
The match continued.
Mochizuki hit a super-fast serve.
Hayama received it.
Mochizuki returned to defense, and with a spinning racket, he hit the ball back to Miura.
After several rounds of back and forth.
Mochizuki scored another point.
Totsuka Saika: "Mochizuki student scores, the score is 14 to 13."
Miura was a bit out of breath and complained, "Why does it feel like the Tennis keeps going right to him!"
Hayama wiped the sweat from his bright forehead and replied, "Yeah, it's weird."
Yukinoshita also felt very surprised. Since just now, Mochizuki's Tennis skills seemed to have been completely transformed. He hit every shot with ease.
It was as if the spot where Mochizuki was standing had some kind of attraction, causing Hayama and Miura to unconsciously hit the ball near him.
Playing until now, sweat was also flowing down Mochizuki's face, but he didn't seem to have breathed heavily at all.
Could it be that he wasn't serious before, Yukinoshita thought, but there was no time to be distracted now.
The Tennis continued to be passed back and forth between the two sides...
And then.
Mochizuki jumped up. This was the first time Mochizuki had jumped since he started playing today.
At the same time, Mochizuki's hand movements were very fast.
Just when everyone thought this would be a powerful shot.
The moment the racket touched the Tennis, Mochizuki removed most of the power and hit a drop shot.
This shot grazed the top of the Tennis net and was about to fall to the ground.
Meanwhile, Hayama Hayato and Miura Yumiko had been running hard towards the back of the court two seconds earlier.
The two could only turn back to look at the slowly falling Tennis.
A perfect feint.
They were completely played!
Everyone felt that this shot was unsalvageable, and indeed it was.
Hayama thought the same and froze in place, giving up.
But Miura was even more unwilling to lose. She reacted and accelerated towards the net, stretching her racket as far as possible.
She attempted to save this shot, but of course, it was in vain.
Miura had only run to the center of the court, almost falling, while the Tennis had already landed!
"Damn it!" "I won't be fooled by his feints again!"
Totsuka Saika: "Mochizuki student scores, the score is 15 to 13."
Yui Yuigahama: As expected, when you played with me, you were just messing with me, deliberately making me run back and forth!
The match continued.
Miura and Hayama had to become nervous again.
The score that had just been tied suddenly fell behind by two points again.
Moreover, it was an almost overwhelming loss of points, with no room to fight back.
The match continued.
The Tennis also bounced between the two sides for a few rounds.
Then, Mochizuki returned the shot with a strange movement.
And Hayama had already predicted the approximate area where the Tennis would land.
He had already run to the predicted spot to wait for the Tennis.
This shot was seen falling in front of Hayama Hayato, and Hayama was also preparing to swing his racket.
However, after this shot landed, it didn't bounce up at all, but instead slid to Hayama's feet.
"Hiss!"
Hayama, who was closest, took a sharp breath and opened his mouth wide, clearly shocked by this bizarre shot.
Miura: "You're kidding!" You know, she had participated in prefectural level competitions and had never encountered such a situation.
Miku, May: Yoru, so strong.
Totsuka Saika: Mochizuki student is so... amazing, even better than Yukinoshita student.
Yui Yuigahama: Xiao Wang... that's too unfair!
Shiina Mahiru: Mochizuki-kun, so amazing.
Hikigaya Hachiman: Hey hey hey, what the heck was that, this isn't badminton!
Looking at this shot that was even more terrifying than his two great killing moves, Hikigaya was extremely surprised.
And Taimokuza next to him raised his hands and shouted, "What a terrifying blow!"
...
After a violent cheer from the onlookers, they all began to discuss.
"Ahhhhh, Saiko!!!"
"Sa... Saiko!"
"What was that shot!"
"Could it... could it be the legendary Zero-Style Slice?"
"Huh? What's that?"
"Zero?"
"Style?"
"Slice?"
"The so-called Zero-Style Slice is hitting the Tennis onto the ground, and then the Tennis doesn't bounce up but slides forward for a distance." A boy wearing framed glasses was looking at his phone and explaining to everyone.
"Huh! That's impossible."
"What is that, are you kidding, isn't this completely unsolvable!"
"Isn't the fact right in front of you?"
"Co... coincidence?"
"Whether it's a coincidence, we'll know if we keep watching."
"Mm... Mm!"
The students were discussing animatedly, all filled with shock and disbelief. Everyone had taken Tennis lessons, and such a shot was simply unsolvable.
Occasionally, one or two shots might make them think it was a coincidence.
But if he could control hitting it like that, it would be too scary.
Calling him a Tennis Prince wouldn't be an exaggeration!
After a brief moment of being stunned, Totsuka Saika finally realized he needed to call the score.
Totsuka Saika: "Mochizuki... Mochizuki student scores, the score is 16 to 13."
The match ends when one side reaches twenty-one points first. It's getting close.
Yukinoshita looked at Mochizuki: "What is that?"
Mochizuki didn't expect this shot to cause such a stir, and he said mysteriously, "It's a secret."
Next, after a few shots.
Under the astonished gaze of everyone.
Mochizuki hit another "Zero-Style Slice".
Everyone also realized that this was not a coincidence.
"You can't return this at all! It's too unfair!" Miura Yumiko said through gritted teeth, but according to the rules of Tennis, he hadn't actually fouled.
...
As Totsuka Saika announced the score: "Mochizuki student scores, the score is 20 to 15."
The match reached match point.
Everyone waited expectantly for this final shot.
Although the match wasn't over yet, everyone already knew who the winner was.
Even if Miura and Hayama were unwilling to admit it, they themselves had already lost confidence.
So, the last point, the last shot, let's make it a perfect conclusion.
Looking at the Tennis coming towards him.
This time, Mochizuki also turned sideways, gripped with both hands, and swung this final shot with all his might.
Anyway, it was the final moment, so keeping so much stamina was useless.
However, saying it was the final shot at this time was being overly confident.
"Bang!"
This shot didn't disappoint Mochizuki either. Mochizuki even felt the racket and net in his hand loosen.
This shot, after landing, rushed straight towards Miura Yumiko.
Hayama Hayato, who sensed the power of this shot, shouted:
"Yumiko, get out of the way!"
"Get out of the way? How is that possible? Wouldn't that be a defeat without fighting!"
Miura Yumiko's pride wouldn't allow her to dodge. Even if she lost fair and square, she couldn't lose face by dodging.
"Bang!" Miura swung her racket, trying to block this shot.
"Bang..." However, the huge recoil caused her to fall onto the ground on her backside.
"Ouch!"
Seeing this, Hayama quickly went over to help Miura up. She didn't seem injured, just a bit dusty.
"Hey, wasn't that a bit excessive!"
Mochizuki also didn't expect this shot to be so powerful. If it hit someone, it would probably hurt a lot.
But this time, Mochizuki wouldn't indulge them.
"This was the match you proposed, and you even invited so many people to watch."
Refuted by Mochizuki like this, Hayama Hayato lowered his head, speechless.
Yes, they proposed the match, and Mochizuki just used all his strength to win the last point. And almost all the onlookers were invited by the information passed by Hayama's popular group.
Even if Hayama originally didn't plan to have so many students watch, Hayama didn't stop his companions' actions, otherwise, they would have just finished the match privately and it would have been over.
In this situation, Totsuka Saika didn't dare to announce the score anymore.
But everyone knew who the winner was.
"It's over." Yukinoshita looked ahead with slightly parted cherry-red lips, then turned and spoke calmly.
"Yeah."
Yes, the match was finally over.
Unfortunately, lunch break was also about to end.
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