Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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Chapter 216 The Uncrowned King, the Strongest Newcomer! (Second Update, Please Subscribe!)

When Mitani Kanade called out his name and challenged him, Chen Anxia knew that Mitani Kanade must be a player.

Since Chen Anxia doesn't know Mitani Kanade, why would Mitani Kanade know his name?

Moreover, the only person who would launch a challenge for no reason would probably be a player who has triggered a certain quest.

After thinking it over, Chen Anxia accepted Mitani Kanade's invitation to the competition.

Coincidentally, Chen Anxia also wanted to use the match against Mitani Kanade to see the results of his training.

Naturally, the match between Chen Anxia and Mitani Kanade aroused the interest of everyone present.

Especially after learning about Chen Anxia's special training, everyone was curious about Chen Anxia's combat abilities, including Kato Nuanren.

In their view, whether Chen Anxia is a newcomer or not can perhaps be confirmed through this match.

The news that Chen Anxia and Mitani Kanade were going to have a match quickly spread within the Roland Tennis Club.

This is not only due to Chen Anxia's own popularity, but also related to Mitani Kanade.

Kanade Mitani joined the Roland Tennis Club because she received a special mission.

The content of this special mission is very simple: to make Kanade Mitani the uncrowned king of Roland Tennis Club.

As for how to become the uncrowned king, there are no special requirements in the mission; you need to figure it out yourself.

Kanade Mitani didn't think much of it when she received the mission.

According to Kanade Mitani, becoming the uncrowned king is both simple and difficult: it requires defeating all the members of the Roland Tennis Club, and even the coaches.

Only in this way can one be worthy of the title of uncrowned king.

Kanade Mitani knew that with his current strength, it would be very difficult to complete this mission.

However, for players, only difficult tasks are challenging.

So, in order to become the uncrowned king of Roland Tennis Club, Kanade Mitani began his crazy challenge journey.

In the short week since Mitani Kanade joined the Roland Tennis Club, he has already played twenty challenge matches.

Of these, Kanade Mitani only lost one challenge match, winning all nineteen others.

This has led to the name Kanade Mitani becoming well-known throughout the Roland Tennis Club.

Therefore, when they learned that Mitani Kanade had launched another challenge, and that the opponent was none other than the legendary strongest newcomer, how could they not be curious?

Soon, similar scenes could be frequently seen inside the Roland Tennis Club.

"Hey, Anzai, where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"

"Didn't you know? That kid Kanade Mitani has issued another challenge, and it's against that strongest rookie again!"

"Really? Where is the venue? I'll pack my things and go see it."

"The competition venue is in Zone F..."

In addition, some people who went to watch Chen Anxia practice hitting the ball against the wall and then left midway also encountered similar situations.

When they learned that Mitani Kanade was going to challenge Chen Anxia, ​​they couldn't help but feel bored.

"This match isn't going to be interesting; the winner will definitely be Kanade Tani."

"That so-called strongest rookie is nothing but a name; his best score in wall-hitting practice is only twenty-one."

"No way, don't you know?"

"The reason why the strongest rookie's wall hitting training results are not ideal is because he has started to pursue the landing point of the return ball. It was because Mitani Kanade realized this that he challenged the strongest rookie."

"Pursuing the ball's landing point?! How could a rookie possibly do that?!"

"I'm not saying anything more, I'm going to watch the game."

"Hey, wait for me! I want to go too..."

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In section F, Chen Anxia and Mitani Kanade had arrived at an empty tennis court.

Kato Nobuto, who was sitting in the referee's chair, was the referee for this match.

It's worth mentioning that tennis matches also have a coin toss to determine who goes first.

The coin toss for first place in tennis differs from that in Go; there are generally two methods for doing so in tennis.

One method involves the referee tossing a coin, and the contestants guessing heads or tails.

Another method is to guess who goes first by spinning the racket.

There is usually a capital letter written at the bottom of the handle of a tennis racket. You can guess whether the capital letter will be facing up or down when the racket is turned over by rotating it.

Regardless of the method used, the person who guesses correctly has the right to serve or choose the court.

If you have the right to serve, then you should let the opponent choose the court, and vice versa.

The match between Chen Anxia and Mitani Kanade was played by rotating the racket.

During the guessing game, Chen Anxia correctly guessed the orientation of the English letters.

Subsequently, Chen Anxia made an unusual decision: to let Mitani Kanade serve first.

Although Chen Anxia's decision puzzled some viewers, it did not cause any disturbance.

And so, the competition officially began.

Boom!

As the crisp sound of the tennis ball hitting the racket rang out, a golden beam of light rushed toward the court where Chen Anxia was located.

The golden beam of light appeared in slow motion in Chen Anxia's eyes, making the trajectory of the ball crystal clear.

At the same time, in Chen Anxia's mind, the supercomputing ability also began to operate, collecting and analyzing data, and instantly calculating and constructing the best return data model.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Anxia directly replicated the best return data model, quickly arrived at the landing point, and unleashed a powerful forehand swing at the incoming ball, hitting it towards the baseline corner where Mitani Kanade was not.

And this time the replica's accuracy is... 95%!

The audience couldn't help but cheer when they saw Chen Anxia's beautiful return shot.

Many people present admitted that if it were them, they would likely not have been able to receive Chen Anxia's beautiful return shot.

On the court, Mitani Kanade was not at all surprised that Chen Anxia was able to return his serve.

Because Kanade Mitani's greatest strength is not her serve, but her speed.

After determining the ball's trajectory, Kanade Mitani unleashed terrifying speed, arriving at the landing point in just a few breaths and forcefully returning the ball.

In Chen Anxia's eyes, Mitani Kanade's return shot was once again rendered in slow motion.

At the same time, Chen Anxia began to construct the optimal return ball data model in his mind once again.

The next moment, Chen Anxia arrived at the landing point and successfully returned Mitani Kanade's shot, then hit the ball to another corner of the baseline.

And this time the replica's accuracy is... 92%!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

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Hearing the crisp sound in their ears and watching the two figures running continuously on the field, the audience couldn't help but be shaken.

Because they never expected that the very first ball would lead to such a long and drawn-out battle.

This long and arduous battle, this evenly matched and exciting contest, made them feel excited and even more eager for the next match.

It was during this long tug-of-war that some people gradually noticed something amiss.

This includes Kato Warito.

Kato Nanto was staring at the baseline corner of Mitani Kanade's court when he couldn't help but gasp, his pupils trembling.

At this moment, in Kato's eyes, irregular and numerous tennis ball marks appeared on the baseline corner of Mitani Kanade's court.

This fact made Kato Nobuto realize something.

That is, this protracted tug-of-war was very likely orchestrated by Chen Anxia.

But is this really something a newcomer can do?

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Chapter 217 The Emergence of a Variable: Speed's Smash! (First Update, Please Subscribe!)

In the stands, someone seemed to have noticed something and couldn't help but exclaim in disbelief, "Is it just my imagination? It seems like all his returns hit the corners of the baseline on both sides?"

Upon hearing this, everyone around was taken aback.

It's clear that none of them noticed this.

Then, they couldn't help but start observing.

This observation confirmed what the man had said.

Immediately afterwards, gasps and incredulous cries began to spread throughout the audience area, and soon the entire area was thrown into turmoil.

"Unbelievable, he's actually trying to find the right spot for the ball to land."

"It's not an easy thing to aim for the right landing point in a real match."

"Yes, in actual combat, the ball's spin, the ball's force, the ball's trajectory, and so on are all unknown variables. Under such circumstances, it is really too difficult to try to return the ball to its landing point."

"Is he really a newcomer? Can a newcomer really do something like this?"

"As far as I know, even my tennis coach, who has been playing for over twenty years, probably couldn't do this."

"Kanade Mitani probably hasn't realized this yet, otherwise he would have revealed his true strength."

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Amidst the discussions, Kanade Mitani, who was in the arena, finally realized this.