Chapter 31: The Year of the True Field Director, Shinoda Manager

  Sanada and his classmates entered high school while Yafeng began their tyrannical days in junior high.

  The leadership of each tennis powerhouse in this generation is as follows: The Minister of Seigaku is Tachibana, the Vice-Minister is Hidaka; The Minister of Hyotei is Yukimura, the Vice-Minister is Otori; The Minister of Fudomine is Shinji, the Vice-Minister is Ibu; The Minister of Rikkaidai is Chitose, the Vice-Minister is Urayama; The Minister of Shitenhoji is Zaizen, the Vice-Minister is Koshigaya. All schools have high school divisions so most people are promoted directly, and Seigaku suffered the greatest loss in personnel, with Tezuka going to Germany for professional training after graduation, Kawamura retiring due to family business, and Ohishi transferring to another school to become a famous doctor in the future.

  Here is the translation:

  The following will interpret this year's Rikkyo University from the perspective of Uramoto Shitaro, a student of Rikkyo University.

  I'm Ryoma Echizen, the vice-captain of Seishun Academy's tennis club. To be honest, I'm just a sophomore, and it's all thanks to Shinji's recognition that I was able to become vice-captain. So, let me introduce our tennis club to everyone.

  Our minister is a third-year student, Kaito Minori's senior, the ace of Rikkai's strongest regulars from last year, and a very formidable figure in the junior high tennis world, a national-level expert. The minister is very strict and violent; if you don't complete training, he'll definitely use his iron fist policy on you! (You poor kid, corrupted by Sanada!)

  Here are some classic scenes from our tennis department:

  Scene One:

  "What are you doing? You're training so carelessly. Everyone run 50 laps for me!" Qie Yuanshen shouted as he walked into the tennis court with a dark face.

  Look, the minister is getting angry again. We often have to put up with this kind of punishment. Never mind, I'm going for a run first.

  Qieyuan felt a great sense of accomplishment watching those people being punished to run, haha, finally it's not me who got punished.

  Just as Kirihara was still feeling proud, the iron gate of the tennis court was roughly pushed open and Yafeng roared: "Kirihara Akaya!" (Hehe, I'll insert a sentence here, every time the manager calls the minister by name, it means she's very angry, with serious consequences.)

  "Elegant, elegant tone." Qie Yuanshen called out in a hollow voice.

  "You said your English score was 48? Didn't I highlight the key points for you?" Yafeng threw the test paper with a score of 48 back to him.

  "I was watching and fell asleep, so I didn't finish it." Qie Yuanyue's words became more and more unconvincing.

  "Y...," Yafeng wanted to say "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", but she restrained herself. She calmed down a bit and then gave Qi Yuan a radiant smile, "In that case, let's follow the usual rules."

  "Ah! Don't, Yafeng."

  Qieyuan is shaking his tail in front of Ya Feng, acting pitifully, but unfortunately someone doesn't buy it.

  "Hehe, it seems like Xiao Hai is missing Xian Yilang gege."

  I run.

  Qieyuan immediately compromised after hearing Yafeng finish speaking, and thus joined the great Minister's punishment run army of Lihai University.

  Scene 2:

  "Everyone will run twenty laps first before starting today's training." Yafeng said with a smile.

  After that, you can see the Lihai University running army, of course, Qi Yuan and Ya Feng are also among them. After finishing the run, others went to train, while Ya Feng was recovering on the side.

  Qie Yuan handed a cake and a bottle of drink to Yafeng.

  "Thank you, Little Hai." Yafeng took it over.

  "Ten minutes later, start tennis training." Chihyuan said.

  "Okay, you go warm up first, I'll come over after I finish eating."

  After that, you can see Kiora and Yafeng sparring, which makes Kiora change his usual violent behavior to a very gentle cooperation with Yafeng, and from time to time show his own ultimate moves to Yafeng.

  "Beautiful move, raise your hand a bit higher, use some force in your wrist." Qie Yuan shouted from the side.

  "Oh." Yafeng responded with a sentence and then pressed the cut according to the prompt, hitting the previous ball, and the effect was much better.

  "Uh-huh, that's it, you practice yourself then."

  "Uh, go play a couple of rounds with Puyama, he needs to play against strong opponents more." Yafeng instructed Kirihara while practicing himself. (Heh heh, the Minister and the Manager are getting along well, and they've been going to school together since old times, so many people are speculating whether they're a couple or not.)

  "Got it."

  Scene Three:

  "Pffft, partner, Yafeng and Chi are being serious too."

  Just as the tennis club was having a serious practice, Niou and Ryoma came to visit again. (By the way, seniors from previous years occasionally come back to see our training conditions, but Niou-senpai and Ryoma-senpai really do come often.)

  "Brother Fox, Gentleman Brother, you've arrived." Yafeng was delighted to see the two visitors.

  "Lord Niou, Lord Yagyu." Kirei also greeted them with courtesy.

  "Yafeng and Chi are also working hard." Liu Sheng praised.

  "Haha, that's a must, Wang Zhe Rong doesn't have any weaknesses, this year's champion will definitely be Lixia Dade." Yafeng said confidently.

  "Hmph, you're quite confident, aren't you?" Ren Wang still didn't have a serious expression.

  "Ah, definitely, but," Yafeng's tone shifted, "we still need the help of both brothers. Today, each of them will accompany one of you to a match, and fighting against strong opponents is very helpful for their growth."

  Looking at the pleading eyes, looking at his own elegant wind and willow life, Liu's heart couldn't help but bitterly smile. He knew that every time he came over, he would be caught by this little girl and beaten until he was exhausted, yet after just a few days, he would think of coming to see her again.

  "Yafeng's sister is really heartless, every time she comes, she takes advantage of us." Ren Wang said jokingly.

  "How could that be? I just know that the two brothers are very considerate of their juniors. I'm just saying what's in your hearts, you have such good intentions, don't be shy, show it!"

  "Alright, I have nothing to say against you." Ren Wang conceded.

  Rikidozan thus sparked a new wave of challenge matches.

  Hehe, after talking about Rikkyo University for so long, let's talk about this year's competition. In the prefectural tournament, we didn't have any particularly strong opponents, and Rikkyo University advanced with an absolute advantage. However, in the Kanto Tournament, we encountered many very strong schools and players.

  In the first round of Kanto tournament, we met Tokyo's Yamabuki. My friend Atobe was there and I finally got to play against him in that match. He had made a lot of progress this year and so did I under the coach's devil training. The match was very enjoyable for me although I lost in the end but fortunately Rikkai won.

  In the second round we met Chiba's hexagon, but after all, the strength difference was too big and we won without any suspense.

  In the semifinals, we met last year's old opponent Ndong, and their strength has increased this year. Every game was a tiebreaker with us, but fortunately, our minister won against their minister to win the championship for us.

  The final match was against our old rival, the national champion of last year's Seigaku. In this match, we won all the doubles but lost all the singles. I'm the second singles player and my opponent was Hidetaka Hayashi, the vice-president of Seigaku. As a player of the same level as the president, any special moves I had were useless against him. However, it was a great learning experience for me. The president lost to Echizen, who is after all a professional-level player.

  Before the national competition, the manager arranged two weeks of devil training for us. During those two weeks, each of us made tremendous progress. It was certain that we would win the championship, and the result turned out to be just as we had expected - we smoothly advanced to the final match, with Qing Xue as our opponent again.

  This year's national tournament had a classic match between Echizen and Ryoma of Shitenhoji, as they represented the highest level of middle school tennis players. Another notable match was the semifinal between Atobe and Seigaku's vice-captain, where both sides were evenly matched and refused to give up, playing for over two hours before Atobe emerged victorious. Later, I and Tachibana-senpai won our doubles match as well, securing a 3-1 victory and the national championship title.

  Hehe, that's the main events of our tennis club for this year. Later, the captain and manager also entered high school, and I became the new captain of Lihai University.