In "The Prince of Tennis", the most famous move of Fuji Shusuke is the six-fold counterattack.
The so-called six-fold counterattack includes giant bear counterattack, swallow flash, white whale, mayfly cover, hundred-armed giant's guard and star fireworks. The first three counterattacks have three upgraded skills respectively. However, considering that the Prince of Tennis in the later period of the original comic has obviously begun to become fantasy, Mu Suxing did not consider the upgraded skills and the last three counterattacks, and mainly focused on the first three counterattacks in the early period.
And these three returns are the Giant Bear Return, the Swallow Return and the White Whale. The Giant Bear Return and the Swallow Return are mainly used to restrain high-speed spin balls and smash balls. The White Whale is more special and can only be played successfully when there is a strong enough headwind on the court.
It is worth mentioning that according to the information that Mu Suxing learned before the game, the two doubles players in front of him are best at spin balls, high pressure balls and smash balls.
He recalled the information in his memory and responded calmly. After a brief stalemate, the opportunity he had been waiting for soon came -
The high-speed spinning tennis ball flew over the net and towards the backcourt in a slightly erratic arc.
Good opportunity!
Mu Suxing's eyes lit up. This kind of spinning ball was perfectly handled by the Yan Hui Shan move. He was about to swing his racket, but before his racket touched the tennis ball, his other elbow hit him exactly!
Click.
The tennis ball passed straight through the space between two tennis rackets, and the rackets from different owners also collided and fell to the ground at the same time.
"15-15!"
Mu Suxing looked at his partner helplessly. Sheger obviously didn't expect this to happen, and an apologetic look appeared on his face. Mu Suxing shook his head and picked up the racket first.
He took it for granted.
After all, this match is a doubles match, and doubles is a two-person game. He thought that if his partner was Sheger, there would be no situation where each other would hold each other back. Unfortunately, he and Sheger really had no tacit understanding, and Sheger himself never played doubles. Even if either of them wanted to cooperate with the other, it would probably be difficult to do so.
Looking at Xie Ge again, he was also frowning slightly, with a thoughtful expression.
Compared to the two players' self-examination, the audience outside the court did not have any special reaction. In their opinion, Mu Suxing was not a serious professional player after all, so it was not surprising that he made mistakes. To be honest, it was the score at the beginning that surprised them.
However-
Once, twice, three times...
When Muxuxing and Sheger collided and lost points again because they ran to catch the ball at the same time, the audience outside the stadium also started to discuss:
"Is it my illusion? Why do I feel like... the stars seem to affect Shego's performance?"
"Xingxing shouldn't have gone to catch the ball. If Sheger was alone, he wouldn't have lost any points. If he went to catch the ball, he would have interfered with Sheger."
"Ah, I'm so nervous now. Although I know Xingxing is always serious and will try her best if she agrees, the situation is really too bad. I think Xingxing will be scolded to death online after this game..."
…
There was a lot of discussion in the audience, and the provincial team coach, who was also paying attention to the situation on the field, raised his eyebrows slightly.
Other people who don't know much about the game might think that Mu Suxing was holding Sheger back, but as a professional coach, he would not make such a stupid mistake. Apart from anything else, Mu Suxing repeatedly collided with Sheger because of receiving the ball, which shows that he is very accurate in judging the landing point of the tennis ball and the timing and position of receiving the ball.
It goes without saying that Sheger is extremely talented. As the recognized world number one in Blue Star tennis, not everyone can compete with him.
If he were to say, this does not prove that Muxiuxing's tennis level is bad, or quite the opposite - it is precisely because he is strong enough and has enough confidence in himself that he would collide with Sheger.
It’s just that these two people really lack the tacit understanding in doubles.
The coach saw it clearly, so he was not nervous about the situation on the field, but the person in charge of Lux who had been observing the results of the game on the field was not so calm.
Although he didn't understand tennis, the situation on the court at the moment looked too obvious! Xie Ge had almost received the ball several times, but Mu Suxing bumped him to the side. Losing the game was a small matter, but Mu Suxing would be scolded in the future. They hired someone to help with the promotion, but they were scolded in the middle of the promotion. What a big deal!
“0-2.”
The person in charge thought to himself that something was wrong, and he quickly looked up at Mu Suxing on the field. The latter had his head lowered and was not looking at anyone, as if he had become autistic due to being beaten by the opponent.
Seeing him like this, Li Shuangqing and Deng Chunlei on the opposite side were also a little hesitant, wondering whether to show mercy. After all, this was just a commercial match. If they really beat someone to autism or scored a zero-score massacre, it would be embarrassing for both Xie Ge and Mu Suxing.
There's no point in slaughtering people in a friendly match. Why don't they let the other team win a couple of games
Seeing its host like this, the system was also a little confused. What was going on? Its host had never been so depressed in doing so many things in animation. Could it be that tennis had really made him autistic
Host, are you okay
Of course, Muxuxing is not autistic.
He stroked his chin, thinking: "I finally know what's wrong."
ah
Muxuxing said solemnly: "The real Echizen Ryoma doesn't know how to play doubles."
System: ...cannot be refuted.
This is quite true.
In "The Prince of Tennis", the protagonist Echizen Ryoma basically plays singles. He is proud and believes in his own strength more than others, and never thinks about cooperating with his teammates. In the animation, the only doubles match with Momoshiro Takeshi was actually to divide the court into two and play singles in doubles.
Um
As if to confirm the system's guess, Muxuxing stopped hesitating. He turned to look at Xiege and made a "2" gesture. This gesture came out of nowhere, but Xiege didn't seem surprised. He nodded to show that he understood.
In fact, it means dividing the tennis court into two.
Since neither of them is good at doubles, let's solve the problem by using singles, which is what they are best at.
With this thought in mind, the two of them no longer hesitated and walked straight to their own half of the field.
The game continues.
Although the positions of Mu Suxing and Xiege were very strange, Li Shuangqing did not take it seriously after he found that the two did not adopt any special positions but rather positions that were completely incomprehensible. While hesitating whether to let them go appropriately, he hit the tennis ball back naturally as before.
This was a standard shot, aimed right in the middle between Muxiuxing and Sheg.
What was different from the previous time was that this time, Mu Suxing and Xiege finally did not collide. Facing the middle ball, Mu Suxing did not even move, but just shouted: "Xiege!"
Of course, Sheger would be unable to hit back such a simple ball. He caught up with the tennis ball in just a few steps, and swung the racket naturally in an instant, hitting the tennis ball back at a slightly tricky angle.
"15-0!"
Li Shuangqing looked at Mu Suxing in surprise.
Could it be that in the previous two games, he simply gave up on playing freely and handed the initiative to Sheger, letting Sheger do it alone? Although this was indeed a wise choice, it would be too much to give up like this...
Before this thought disappeared from his mind, the fact that happened in front of him the next second made him change his mind. When Deng Chunlei hit a high ball, Mu Suxing, who happened to be in the corresponding half of the tennis court, quickly came to the net. He slightly turned sideways, swung his arm to lead the racket, and the tennis ball was whipped back by him like a whip!
"30-0!"
Li Shuangqing was stunned and didn't react for a moment, but the coach outside the field was suddenly enlightened.
It’s nothing, this smash is just so beautiful!
Mu Suxing and Xiege had collided repeatedly before. To outsiders, it seemed that Mu Suxing hindered Xiege, but on the other hand, wasn't it Xiege who hindered Mu Suxing? Sure enough, after Xiege gave up the ball, Mu Suxing immediately showed the strength he should have!
No wonder Xie Ge looked at Mu Suxing differently and even made an evaluation that had never been made before. This animation director is indeed quite capable. Not to mention surpassing Xie Ge, he can at least easily enter the provincial team.
These two successful scores seemed to have turned on some kind of switch for the group of Mu Suxing and Sheger. The two no longer collided when catching the ball, but instead hit the ball back easily.
"1-2! The serve is exchanged, and the blue team Muxuxing and Xiege serve!"
Normally, in order to ensure the fairness of the game, tennis matches basically adhere to the principle of both sides taking turns to serve. Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing are in an odd-numbered group, so when it comes to the even-numbered game, it will naturally be Gui Mu Suxing and Xie Ge who serve.
Muxuxing took the tennis ball and prepared to serve.
At the same time, after one round, the audience outside the venue also found something wrong:
"Do you think that Xingxing and Shego's positions seem familiar?"
"It's a bit strange. I thought they followed the principle of proximity, and whoever was closer to the tennis ball would catch it. But there was a ball that Sheger was closer to, but it was Xingxing who caught it. It seems like they only move within a specific range... ?"
While the group was wondering, Lin Chuchu, who was most familiar with tennis and The Prince of Tennis, clapped her hands and suddenly realized, "Isn't this the same position as in The Prince of Tennis when Takeshi Momoshiro and Ryoma Echizen played against Yulin in the doubles match?"
After she said that, the audience who only knew tennis and had never watched "The Prince of Tennis" also became curious: "What is that position? Is it an amazing new position?"
Seeing the curious and expectant expressions of the audience next to her, Lin Chuchu suddenly felt reluctant to break his fantasy, but she was not the type to fool people, so she finally told the truth: "That's not the case."
"It's actually just a singles style of play where the tennis court is divided into two and one person is responsible for playing half of the court."
Tennis fan:
What kind of orphan style is this
It was probably the first time to see singles playing in a doubles match. Tennis fans were immediately shocked by the amazing performance of Makusukoshi and Sheger. Anime fans were just the opposite. Seeing Makusukoshi and Sheger recreate the doubles scene of Echizen Ryoma and Momoshiro Takeshi in "The Prince of Tennis", the fans were simply overjoyed.
"Fuck, I finally understand why these two played so badly earlier. A singles master was forced to play doubles. How can anyone play like this?"
"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter at these two. Did you see the expression on the coach's face on the sidelines? To be honest, if Xingxing wasn't his teammate, I think after the game, he might have been ready to scold Xingxing and Sheger like Coach Ryuqi did."
"Please ask the coach what the psychological shadow area is at this moment."
"It suddenly occurred to me that when Lux announced the match list and we said the doubles match was great, Xingxing must have been devastated, right?"
The fans were happy at the moment, but Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing, their opponents on the field, were not in a very happy mood at the moment.
Yes, this is just a business match.
Frankly speaking, even if they really lost to Muxuxing and Sheger, the two would not feel angry or unhappy about it. It was just a business competition. If they lost, they lost. They were not people who could not afford to lose.
But Muxuxing and Xiege chose to play singles in the doubles match!
It’s not that they have any objection to this kind of behavior. In fact, if the two had discussed it with them before the game, for the sake of the game effect, they would not mind acting out such a drama together to satisfy the fans' psychology. The problem is that Mu Suxing had never mentioned this matter before!
They have also watched "The Prince of Tennis".
Under what circumstances will the singles playing style appear in doubles
After all, doubles is not a game for just one person. It usually tests not only the player's own skills, but also the tacit understanding between the partner players. Only with enough tacit understanding can the effect of "1+1>2" be achieved in the doubles game.
Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing are undoubtedly such a doubles partner.
Yes, in the animation of "The Prince of Tennis", Ryoma Echizen and Takeshi Momoshiro did choose to fight on their own in the doubles match, but this was based on the fact that their opponent was the weak team Tamayasu. Both Ryoma Echizen and Takeshi Momoshiro had enough individual technical level to beat Tamayasu's doubles partner!
Only when both players are much stronger than the other, and if they cooperate well with each other, can they easily win the game even if they play singles!
Leaving aside Sheger, in terms of singles, they are indeed far inferior to this famous devil in tennis, but what about Muxuxing
Who are you looking down on
Noticing the obvious anger on the faces of the two people opposite him, Mu Suxing was also helpless.
He could probably understand why the other party was angry, but the problem was that neither he nor Sheger really knew how to play doubles.
Although Sheger has a gentle personality, that is only outside the tennis court. As the world number one who has only played singles, Sheger cannot and will not give him the initiative to cooperate with him just because he admires him. This is the arrogance of the world number one and the origin of the title of "Big Devil".
As for himself, there is no need to mention it.
He didn't mind cooperating with Sheger, but the problem was...
Thinking of this, Mu Suxing lowered his head helplessly and looked at the racket in his hand.
Although this tennis racket has neither intelligence nor speech, for some reason, in the previous two games in which he and Sheger clashed repeatedly, every time he thought about whether he should actively cooperate with Sheger, a picture of the black-haired boy holding the racket in one hand and raising the brim of his hat with the other hand, with an undisguised arrogant look on his face, would automatically appear in front of his eyes.
At the same time, another thought arose in his heart that he could not help but think:
Cooperate
Is he worthy
The changes in Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing were so obvious that spectators at a distance might not be able to see them. However, at the edge closest to the court, the coach who was most familiar with the two could not help but frown.
Oh no, these two people seem to be serious.
If it was a normal 1v1 singles match, the coach didn't think either Xie Ge or Mu Suxing had any chance of losing. But Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing were serious doubles players after all, and their tacit understanding was well-known in the provincial team. If they really decided to play well, it would be hard to say what would happen next.
As the game continued, soon some spectators who were more knowledgeable about tennis also realized this.
“… Do you feel that the atmosphere on the field seems to be different?”
"I don't know why the atmosphere was different, I just felt that those two people seemed to be targeting Xingxing. Tennis balls rarely hit Sheger's half of the court. Almost every ball was aimed at Xingxing, and the angles were particularly tricky..."
"Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing are getting serious." Lin Chuchu whispered.
If in previous matches, the two had held back due to the nature of the games, then at this moment, they really treated this match as a formal professional match!
Not only that…
Taking into account the difference in strength between Xie Ge and Mu Suxing, and the fact that the two of them are playing the singles-style doubles game from the "Prince of Tennis" animation, Mu Suxing, who is slightly weaker than Xie Ge, is naturally much easier to deal with. It is normal for Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing to target "Mu Suxing" for this defect.
"Ah?" The people around him suddenly became anxious: "Doesn't that mean that Xingxing was targeted by the two professional players on the opposite side?"
Lin Chuchu didn't say anything.
She was somewhat uneasy, but not as pessimistic as the others. Indeed, the premise of this kind of singles-style doubles was that the two singles players had the technical level to beat the opposing doubles team, but...
She remembered the outspin serve she had seen at the Huaying headquarters that day.
Is Muxuxing's strength really just as simple as what Xieger evaluated at the time, "the level of an ordinary professional player"
Just as the audience outside the stadium was worried, Mu Suxing on the field certainly did not ignore the changes in the opponent's strategy.
Perhaps it was the influence of the tennis racket, or maybe he himself was thinking the same way. When he realized that he was being used as a breakthrough point by the opponent, Mu Suxing was not panicked at all. Instead, he felt an urge to try it out.
Seeing things develop to this point, even if Muxuxing wanted to turn back, he was powerless at this moment, so he simply followed his instinct and played singles with peace of mind. He gently threw the tennis ball upwards, turned sideways and swung the racket!
"Ace! 15-0!"
Deng Chunlei was unable to react in time. After the referee's voice fell, he belatedly looked at the tennis ball behind him.
The audience in the field didn't care what he was thinking. They only knew that in their eyes, Mu Suxing had just casually served the ball and his opponent seemed to have no reaction and stood there stupidly, as if he didn't know what had happened.
"Wow! What was that serve just now? So cool!"
"That was an ace, how could it not be cool?" Someone else said, "But why does this serve look so familiar to me? I feel like I've seen it somewhere before?"
Lin Chuchu was probably the calmest one at this moment.
This is Ryoma Echizen's signature outspin serve. How can it not look familiar
However, even though she had seen it in the animation before, she had to admit that the ace ball with an outspin serve was really cool.
"2-2, serve exchange!"
"Didn't they say the professional players are serious? Why do they look like Xingxing and the others are gaining the upper hand? Are we going to win?"
"Don't be too happy too soon," Lin Chuchu said, "Originally, whichever side serves is the one with the advantage. If you want to win, winning the serve is a routine operation, but just winning the serve is not enough."
The scores between the two sides are tied, and the next serving game is the turn of Deng Chunlei and Li Shuangqing. Given their current attitudes, they will definitely make good use of this advantageous game.
As expected.
Being in an advantageous position, there was no reason for Li Shuangqing not to take advantage of it. He made up his mind not to hold back any more strength, and now facing Mu Suxing's shot, he just smashed it without any hesitation!
What Li Shuangqing has always been best at is smashing.
The tennis ball flew towards Mu Suxing's half like a heavy artillery piece. However, in everyone's sight, Mu Suxing not only did not step forward to intercept the ball, but turned around slightly, with his whole body facing the opposite direction of the tennis ball!
What is he doing
It can't be that you knew you couldn't get the call, so you just gave up, right
The coach beside him looked puzzled. The fans in the audience were better off because they thought of a possibility. However, this was reality, not the three-dimensional world, so it shouldn't be possible...
Snap!
The coach blinked blankly, staring blankly at the tennis ball that bounced heavily on the ground behind Deng Chunlei.
What happened
When did Muxuxing fight back
Logically speaking, this kind of high-pressure ball will undergo a strong rotation after landing quickly, which will make it extremely difficult to catch the ball. Mu Suxing even had his back to the tennis ball, so how could he intercept it so easily
Someone in the audience not far away exclaimed: "The giant bear fights back!"
"It's really a giant bear's counterattack! It's exactly the same as Fuji Shusuke's counterattack in the animation! This is a real giant bear's counterattack! Holy shit, am I seeing things?"
"Oh my god, what's going on? I was just wondering if Xingxing was possessed by Ryoma, but now it's Fuji? Is there such a function in the Prince of Tennis animation?"
Deng Chunlei was really stunned this time.
There was no mistake, that was indeed the giant bear striking back.
Although Sheger had performed a giant bear return during training before, as Sheger himself said, that was not a real giant bear return. The return he performed was completely different in difficulty from the real back-to-back return in Prince of Tennis.
It is not easy to intercept a high-pressure ball, let alone to intercept with your back to the tennis ball? The difficulty of the giant bear's return can be seen.
But Muxuxing just happened to win so easily.
He didn't hesitate at all when he turned his back to the tennis ball. It wasn't because he gave up on himself or tried his luck. He was 100% sure that he could hit a giant bear counterattack, so he did it.
But how is this possible
And if this is really just luck, then isn’t Muxuxing’s luck a little too good
However, soon, Mu Xuxing told them with practical actions that the counterattack just now was not just luck.
"Another giant bear counterattack! Do I not understand tennis anymore, or has the world changed? Isn't it said that the giant bear counterattack is very difficult to achieve in the three-dimensional world? Why does Xingxing use this move like drinking water?"
"3-2! We've taken the lead!"
The fans were cheering, but Deng Chunlei felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
The Giant Bear Counterattack is a move that Fuji Shusuke specifically uses to intercept the opponent's high-pressure balls and smashes. Judging from how skilled Mu Suxing is in using this move, his high-pressure balls and smashes are almost useless.
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly emerged in his mind that even he himself felt was a bit outrageous -
He turned his head and glanced at Sheger, who was leisurely strolling in his own half because they were targeting Muxiuxing.
Perhaps, their choice of Muxiu as a breakthrough point was a mistake from the beginning.
However, neither Deng Chunlei nor Li Shuangqing had expected that the nightmare for both of them had just begun.