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This was the first time Yanagi stood on the doubles court.
Of course..,
The court was exactly the same, only the location of the boundary line was different.
The skills were the same. After all, tennis was to hit the tennis ball back and make the opponent unable to hit it back.
He was listening to the two seniors' understanding of doubles.
"The most basic requirements to be met in doubles..,
It is 1 + 1 > 2,
Therefore, a certain amount of cooperation is necessary, "Yitiao said." There are also skills in how to cooperate.
The simplest..,
Of course, is the combination of two people who complement each other's skills,
In this way, each other can do their own strengths.
"Another kind is the cooperation of two people who have no absolute weakness."
"Let's give an example. For example, over there." He raised his hand and pointed at Marui and Kuwabara on the next court,
"The two of them are obviously complementary."
Yanagi turned his head and glanced at Prince Ren, who seemed to be absent-minded but was not sure if he was absent-minded or not.
He had a lot of questions. "Have Marui-kun and Kun Kuwahara been partners for a long time?"
"Kind of?" Yitiao tilted his head. "But I'm not very familiar with them.
Do you know Prince Ren? "
Prince Ren, who had been called out, raised his head. "Yes."
He thought of an excuse and felt that it was too tiring to tell a story. "I'll tell this in private to Kazuyanagi."
"Alright." Yitiao nodded.
Yanagi was speechless.
"If the two of you..." Yitiao frowned slightly.
He didn't know Prince Ren very well.
Getting along with these juniors who were too ostentatious..,
Was not a pleasant thing.
Putting aside the pride of a senior,
Talented people always had personalities, and they were not easy to get along with.
But with his meager understanding of these juniors, it was difficult to understand Prince Ren's approach.
He had no problem playing singles or doubles.
But for some inexplicable reason, he found a peer from another club (although the golf club was also a sports club). He called it a "partner", but after tricking him (in his opinion, this could really be considered a "trick") into coming to the tennis club, he threw him aside.
It wasn't that he didn't care. He even specially asked Yukimura for help (although it wasn't a very direct "request", their little director was very understanding in this regard).
Did they use reverse psychology or some other method to trick him (yes, this was really a trick) into coming to Sanada's daily special training …
This was clearly a way to nurture a good solo player, right?
Now, this Lord Yanagi's progress was not even slower than that of this year's outstanding first-year student.
This was of course a good thing for the tennis department.
But partner?
No matter how Yitiao thought about it, he felt that Yanagi originally had a favorable impression of Prince Ren.
In the past month or so, Prince Ren had been very active.
It's going to be depleted soon, right?
Then, he heard Yanagi's words.
"As for me and Ren Wangjun,
Are also complementary. "
"… Eh?" Seto was a little surprised, "Have you guys tried to work together?"
"No," Prince Ren said.
"But our styles are very comprehensive. We can try all the tactics." Yanagi raised his hand to push up his glasses and revealed a very faint smile.
Yitiao: Wait, why do you guys look like you guys have a good relationship?
The two of them had a good relationship. After the two seniors dutifully introduced some of the commonly used and uncommon doubles tactics, they walked to the side of the court to study the "Doubles Training Manual" that Chief Editor Liu's various club members had participated in.
"Liu Kun is quite knowledgeable about doubles." Yanagi quickly flipped through it and sighed.
Prince Ren nodded absentmindedly. His eyes stopped on the doubles formation in the manual that Yanagi had flipped open.
Then, as if he had just understood what Yanagi had said, he replied, "I heard that Liu played doubles when he was young."
"… Heard?"
"He also won a tournament in Tokyo," Prince Ren said, "I saw a photo of him and his partner."
It was not a photo, but a real team situation.
In addition to the mushroom-headed Liu, there seemed to be … and …
There was a slightly older Liu, right?
He really couldn't remember some of the scenes.
"I see."
There was an awkward silence.
Prince Ren raised his eyes to look at Yanagi's expression.
He felt an indescribable sense of depression.
He probably imagined that Yanagi would overreact no matter what, so when he felt Yanagi's friendliness, he felt strange.
No matter how he looked at it, Yanagi was not a mild-tempered person.
He pondered over what he had done.
In the beginning, when he blocked people, he was not polite. After he pulled people into the tennis club, he suddenly changed his attitude.
No matter who it was, after being treated with such a repeated attitude, they would be angry, right?
If Yanagi had a good temper, but he went to watch Kazuyoshi Sanada's matches every day and spoke rudely from time to time, Yanagi would immediately retaliate.
He raised his hand to turn a page and clicked on the formation in the manual.
"What do you think of this?"
"Australia's formation?" Yanagi thought for a moment, "This formation is more suitable for doubles players who have a clear front and back court, right?
For example, Marui-kun and Kun Kuwahara. "
Prince Ren narrowed his eyes slightly, "You're improving very quickly."
"Thank you for the compliment," Yanagi said seriously.
So the two of them fell into an awkward silence again.
In the awkward silence, Prince Ren remembered the scene in his dream.
He was Kazuyanagi, and the two of them talked about everything (although he did not hear what they were talking about).
Am I not better than myself in a parallel universe?
"You should hurry up and get into the main team," he said.
Yanagi blinked behind his glasses. He did not comment on Prince Ren's jumpy way of speaking.
The Kanto Tournament grouping did not have much impact on Tachikai University.
They had always been seeded, so they would not meet an opponent they really needed to pay attention to before the semifinals.
Unless there was a dark horse.
But there was no dark horse this year. The other three seeded schools were all familiar names.
Ice Emperor, Yamaguchi, Hexagonal.
These three schools in Tokyo had some differences from the previous year's main team, but the people they needed to pay attention to did not change.
After all, except for the people who would appear on the main team on a daily basis …
Prince Ren rarely had the mood to talk. He leaned over to Yanagi and shared his experience with him, "Look at the names of the students in the same year. If there is a first-year student, then they are the ones we really need to pay attention to."
"For example, Yukimura Kun, Sanada, Kazuyanagi-kun from a year ago?" Yanagi understood tacitly.
The people with real talent and strength would not be bound by the so-called "first-year students can't participate in the main team selection".
And the schools that would be bound by this rule would not be a stumbling block on their path to winning the national championship.
"There are also the names marked by Liu," Prince Ren said, "Those are the third-year students who have already become the main team when they were in their first or second year.
They have experience and strength, so they are not easy to deal with. "
Yanagi nodded.
"Speaking of these three schools, only Ice Emperor is worth paying attention to." Prince Ren clicked on the information booklet.
The information booklet issued to the main team and the reserve team was handwritten by Liu. The original copy was also pasted with photos, so the photocopied and pinned together booklet also had black-and-white images printed on it.
Prince Ren sighed with emotion at Liu's qualifications, but was also a little puzzled.
Data tennis …
Had he already organized the information to this extent?
What was written in the booklet was definitely less than one-tenth of what was in his brain.
To be able to summarize the information to this extent, Liu was much more terrifying than his mild and mild appearance.
Yanagi looked at the faces and handwritten words on the black-and-white information booklet.
His tennis knowledge was like force-feeding a duck. It was all in his head, but he had not yet mastered it.
The summary of an individual's strength on paper was still somewhat illusory to him.
Was there anything to compare?
He tapped on Radical 145's face, "How is his strength?"
"Quite strong?"
"You don't know?"
"I was just an ordinary player last year." Prince Ren narrowed his eyes.
He raised his elbow and rested it on Yanagi's shoulder. He leaned closer and said sarcastically, "Yanagi, do your best to enter the main team.
If you enter the main team in your first year, you will surpass me.
Although you will still not be as good as Yukimura and the others.
They entered the main team in their first official selection tournament. "
It was really beyond his expectations. Even his tennis, which he had not been so serious about, became interesting.
That was a living navigation mark.
"You have to be faster than Jiyuan," Prince Ren said.
Yanagi was silent for a few seconds.
His shoulders and back were straight, and he sat upright. The sudden force on his shoulder did not move him.
Instead, it was Prince Ren's actions that made him frown slightly.
He moved and raised his hand to push Prince Ren's elbow down.
"The school rules say that comparisons are prohibited, Prince Ren."
Comparisons?
"What do you think I'm comparing?"
"No, it's nothing."
Yanagi thought, Jiyuan was obviously groomed by Sanada with the mentality of "successor". Don't you want to beat Sanada?
However, there was no comparison between a partner and a successor.
This guy is not too serious about his "partner".
His mood swings, and he changes his mind.
After Yanagi secretly criticized him, he looked at the Ice Emperor's information in front of him.
"Will we only meet them in the finals?"
He looked at the match list.
Prince Ren nodded and encouraged him casually, "There will be a second official selection tournament before the finals. Hurry up and become the main team."
Although he was playing against Ice Emperor …
Yukimura would not play freely in the match list.
Prince Ren's heart beat faster when he thought of this.
He was a little confused.
Match list …
What's wrong with this?
Prince Ren suddenly stopped.
He held onto the tree.
His eyes widened.
Not far in front of him, there was a lantern floating.
It was on fire, dancing, and the tongue of fire turned into a real tongue. A lantern.
… What is this?!
"Yo!
The lantern spirit is being chased!
The Lantern Ghost is very angry! "The lantern suddenly flipped over and jumped twice after making a 360 degree turn.
Lantern spirit?
There seemed to be such a spirit in the legends.
It was said that it liked to chase people in the forest to scare them …
Wait, chasing people?
What did it just say?
Prince Ren reacted for a second and turned around to run.
"The lantern spirit is very angry!
The lantern spirit is very angry! "The thing behind him that claimed to be the lantern spirit spoke in an erratic tone, as if it was whispering in his ear.
And Prince Ren could hear the wind, the sound of the wind as the lantern rolled in the air.
Prince Ren heard the sound of the wind getting more and more urgent. When he turned around, the lantern spirit's long tongue almost hit his eyes.
He took a deep breath and ran faster.
Why did I chase after it?
Prince Ren thought as he ran.
He felt that it was impossible.
It was just a lantern.
There was no need to be chased by a lantern.
Even if this lantern was some kind of legendary spirit …
He went around a tree and suddenly opened up in front of him.
It was the spot where he had chosen to watch the fireworks.
The flowing stream reflected the moonlight, giving off sparkling specks of light.
Prince Ren stopped.
He reached into his pocket and took out two tennis balls.
On the dancing lantern, there might be two places where the hands were burning, and the tongue was also spewing out flames.
But it might be the place where the forehead or the eyebrows were connected to the handle of the lantern.