Chapter 8: Gathering

  "You want to join the tennis club?"

  Akashi asked in surprise as he looked at the boy with dark circles under his eyes and who had not slept at all.

  "Yes!"

  Kise answered without hesitation after placing the application form in front of Akashi.

  He was so excited about tennis yesterday that he couldn't sleep all night.

  "Yeah"

  Sitting in the club room, Akashi didn't agree immediately.

  Since the arrival of Midorima, Murasakibara, and Aomine, there are already seven people in the tennis club.

  Excluding substitutes, the conditions for the game have actually been initially met.

  Two pairs of doubles and three singles.

  As for whether more personnel will be needed for the tennis club in the future, Akashi doesn't really care.

  In his opinion, only special people are qualified to join the tennis club.

  This was what he thought after meeting Shirazu, Kuroko, Kagami, Aomine, Murasakibara, and Midorima.

  If you have to follow a bunch of water dispensers who can only act as cheerleaders, then you might as well not do it.

  He had previously rejected many ordinary students who tried to come to the tennis club and some seniors who tried to fish in troubled waters to show off.

  Before the tennis club was rebuilt, this group of people would only view the tennis club as a joke. Once there was hope for the tennis club to be rebuilt, they would shamelessly come over and try to get a seat.

  Instead of wasting your time with that kind of person, it's better to reject them in the first place.

  "Have you ever played tennis before?"

  "Uh, never."

  Akaashi asked suddenly, almost silencing Kise.

  "But I can definitely learn quickly!"

  "What I'm best at is imitation!"

  Realizing that he seemed to be an outsider in "zero basic tennis", Kise opened his mouth and tried to make a good impression.

  He knew that the little red-haired man in front of him was the director of the tennis department, so he didn't dare to neglect him.

  "Really?"

  "Follow me."

  After a moment of silence, Akashi stared at Kise's anxious expression and said as if he had thought of something, then stood up and walked towards the door.

  "Huh"

  (Did you pass?)

  Heaving a sigh of relief, Kise quickly followed.

  After just taking a detour for a while, Kise found Akaashi leading him to the tennis court.

  "Kuroko, your opponent is here."

  Shirazu, Aomine, Kagami, Midorima, Murasakibara, and Kuroko, who happened to be resting, all turned their attention to Kise when they heard Akashi's words.

  "Yo!"

  "Huh? Who are you...?"

  "I'm in the same class as you!! Kise Ryota!"

  Aomine was sitting on the ground, and suddenly saw Kise saying hello to him, and he immediately frowned. Solved.

  It wasn't until Kise opened his mouth to explain that Aomine vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a person in his class.

  "New here?"

  "He's Kurozai's opponent?"

  Compared to Shirazu and Midorima who remained silent, Kagami and Murasakibara looked at Kise with strange eyes.

  "What's wrong?"

  It was a bit strange to be stared at by others, and Kise didn't figure out why for a while.

  "Please give me some advice."

  "Uh! Wow!!!"

  Suddenly a figure appeared in front of him. Kise was so frightened that he fell to the ground. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he was sure that he hadn't bumped into a ghost.

  He patted his chest with lingering fear, put away the fright in his heart, and then stood up from the ground "as if nothing had happened".

  (What's going on with this guy?)

  The two sides then walked into the field and started the game.

  "Crack!"

  "Whoosh!"

  "Hey!"   

  "Ha!"

  "Is that guy imitating our previous moves?" "

  I just said it looks a bit familiar."

  "Although it's not very standard, it's just decent, but the strength and speed are completely different."

  Hearing Aomine and Midorima While waiting for others to talk, Bai Jin stared at Kise for a long time, unable to help but feel a little surprised.

  In his opinion, Kise was completely different.

  Although his movements seem childish now, Kise's every move is full of a certain "realm".

  It may also be true that Kise is the weakest among Miracles, and may also be the strongest.

  His talent for imitation is directly equivalent to the state of selflessness.

  What does this mean?

  This means that Kise maintains the BUFF of the selfless state from his daily life.

  But there will be no problem of rapid physical consumption.

  You must know that currently there are only three junior high school students who can use the state of selflessness.

  They are Seiichi Yukimura, Genichiro Sanada, and Kunimitsu Tezuka.

  The first two people gave up because they found the side effects of a rapid consumption of physical strength, and there was not much increase at all, but Tezuka Kunimitsu had a stronger temper.

  It can be said that Kise's starting point in "realm" is already higher than many people.

  "3-2!"

  But looking at it, Vulcan completely lost interest.

  "Ah, it's so boring."

  He yawned. Looking at the awkward match, Kagami really felt that if these two people played together, he could win 6-0.

  "Hei Zai is much weaker than expected."

  After tearing open the snack bag and glancing at Akashi who was silent, Murasakihara said without mercy.

  "I don't remember that guy has ever been exposed to tennis, right?"

  "Kuroko's performance is too much."

  Aomine looked at Kuroko who was completely lagging behind and couldn't help but wonder.

  Although he had often seen Kuroko following Akashi and Shirazu before, they didn't seem to dislike them at all. He thought Kuroko had a lot of tricks.

  But after actually fighting against Heizi, he realized that he was overthinking it. It was really inappropriate to see Heizi end up like this when he beat novices until today.

  Midorima pushed up his glasses and did not add insult to injury. Although he had not been in contact with Akashi and Shirazu for too long, he also knew their personalities.

  If Kuroko really had no "value", he would no longer be able to stay in this tennis club.

  "It's over!"

  "Kise Ryota! Win 6:3!"

  Momoi, as the referee, still declared the outcome of this match.

  "Okay! I won easily!"

  "Is this my first victory?!"

  Although he felt that this opponent was not very strong, Kise still waved his arms happily and said happily.

  "Tetsuya, can I still fight?"

  But what was surprising was that Akashi asked Kuroko, but his expression remained unchanged.

  "Yeah."

  Although he lost to Kise, Kuroko didn't pay much attention. He also knew that his strength was not in singles.

  Doubles is where he really should be!

  He needs light!

  "Take a rest."

  "Wait a minute, Shirazu and Tetsuya will have a doubles match with Kagami and Aomine."

  Akashi knew it was time for these people to realize Kuroko's true strength.

  Before, it was because the time hadn't come yet, so he didn't deliberately arrange a doubles match, but now it's different.

  Kise's arrival seems to really make up for their last section.

  Akashi has already vaguely noticed Kise's strange potential.

  In this case, it's time for a serious reckoning. It's time for everyone to know some of the details about each other and to draw closer to the relationship between the team members.

  I believe that after this doubles match, the new Teiko Tennis Club has been truly established.

  (End of chapter)