Prince of Tennis - I am Echizen Ryoma

Chapter 19 - 21

Chapter 19 Hesitant decision

The author has something to say: The narrator of this chapter is Tezuka.

Volume 2 Song:

Chasing the wind can no longer stop

the burning passion

shining in my chest,

beyond my own horizon,

facing the distant future

, meeting the real dream,

ignoring the rules

, getting ready to

paint a brilliant rainbow in the blue sky, blooming

in the gradually changing campus

The free style that belongs only to you

, let us seize the seven colors of neon

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"Tezuka, how are you? This school ranking competition will determine the list of participants for the Tokyo competition. It must be very nerve-wracking for you, right?"

In the empty lecture theater, Coach Ryuzaki looked at me with a smile.

"Ah." I responded casually, tapping the game list in front of me with my pen.

"Ryuuzaki-sensei already has a promising player, right?" Oishi on the side gave a knowing smile. "For example, first graders."

"Don't worry about what I think. Our tennis club has an unwritten rule that first graders can't compete until the summer."

"Well, everything depends on the minister."

These two people They looked at each other and smiled, all looking towards me.

Should we let him participate in the school ranking competition? This is a difficult question. Standing up, I walked to the window and looked at the striking young man on the tennis court downstairs.

I met him on the subway before school started. At that time, why did you help him block the crowd so naturally? I don't know myself either.

At the opening ceremony, I accidentally discovered him among the crowd.

Among the many freshmen, he is still so conspicuous. No matter who looks at that crowd, the first thing he sees is him, right? Is it because of that aloof and helpless expression? It seems to be more than just that. What did Fuji ever say to me? Tezuka, even if you just stand silently, you will create enemies and friends. This sentence is more suitable to be applied to this young man.

After knowing that he was the talented boy that Mr. Ryuzaki always talked about, I observed him for a long time during morning practice today.

Although he practiced with everyone, he was absent-minded. This kind of character needs a lot of tempering, right? At the beginning, even though I was the national primary school champion, I waited until the summer vacation to join the main selection when I was in first grade.

There was a commotion on the tennis court downstairs. A group of second-year members were talking to the boy. But the new members gathered around the young man. Then, the boy walked to the tennis court carrying the racket.

Is he going to compete with Arai?

Not long after the game started, I realized that there was something wrong with the racket that the boy was holding.