Volume 3 Chapter 111 You Guys Are Really Good

  "Ah!" A girl's shrill cry echoed in the space where they were, startling them. When they came to their senses, they couldn't calm down, that voice...

  "Lin Fu!" The Ice Emperor's men were so familiar with this voice that it was etched into their bones! How could the sound of Lin Fu's scream appear?! What happened to her?!

  "Ah, Konomi..." Both Seigaku's regulars and Rikkai's regulars were at a loss for words. They had never thought that the soft-spoken girl would sound so terrified. What had happened to her? Was she frightened in the dark? Had Ryoma Echizen and Eiji Kikumaru not protected her well enough?!

  Even Shitennōji Masato, who had just met her, couldn't help but worry when he suddenly heard the girl's scream.

  In the monitoring room, Jing Xian sat down again, watching the boys on the screen start to panic and worry. In his heart, he couldn't help but raise his recognition of the girl's charm by several points. He had never seen a girl who could move so many people's hearts, especially since these boys were all outstanding individuals. The people gathered in the school tennis department were not simple characters either.

  Although even a simple friend would worry about her screaming, among those young people, so many eyes shone with affection, how could he not see? She was a charming and terrifying girl! No wonder Jingwu fell deeply into it.

  Ji Bu Jing Xuan looked inside and started to find Li Mu Yan, trying hard to find an exit. Especially with the Ice Emperor's people around, they couldn't care less about the competition anymore. They just wanted to find her, who seemed to have encountered something terrifying. If it wasn't scary, how could someone as strong as her be afraid?

  "How infuriating! Where is the exit after all!!" Such frustrated voices kept rising, but still to no avail.

  However, there are also calm people, such as Ato, Tesuka, Fujiwara, Sanada, and Yanagiryūji.

  In the dark space, anxious hearts were flowing, but they didn't reach the people they longed for. At this time, Akane Kaito was not a bit unusual and proceeded with Ryoma Echizen and others, step by step, under the help of Akane Zero, but they didn't encounter any regulars.

  Those doors are really weird, can't withstand the provocative existence, whether it's Ryoma Sengoku's "You're still far off!" or Kunihiro Handa's "Too careless!", or Sanada's "Too lax!" or Shigenaga's "Died of shame!"

  Akane Motomiya made Ryoma Echizen say those words, which proved that the door was indeed unable to withstand provocation.

  What kind of arrogant and childish nature does Ji Bu Jing Xian have to come up with something like this?

  The probability of their catchphrases popping out is extremely high. In different spaces, Tetsuya Kuroko, Akashi Seijuro, Teiko's Kise Ryouta and Haizaki Ryou found a way out in such a cliché manner, who let them have such "distinctive" catchphrases anyway?

  However, they found a way, but still couldn't meet her. Instead, they met other candidates, and even each other...

  Because of that door's answer, they all knew what was going on. Tsuba Katsugoro felt a bit helpless in his heart, how did the old man from their own family do this?

  After all, they are father and son. Tsuba Kageo is somewhat familiar with his own father's occasionally strange and unreasonable thoughts.

  "Come with me, everyone!" Kageyama Tobio walked together with the regulars he met, at this time he really didn't want to think about the match anymore. Although Kageyama had already begun to suspect that the scream was fake, he still worried about her and his footsteps quickened slightly.

  Following Tsuba Katsugoro's lead, they walked in circles, seemingly... with a sense of walking through a maze? But it didn't quite feel like that either...

  Kazuo Kise brought them along, and during this time, they unexpectedly ran into all the other regulars. As a result, the large group followed Kazuo Kise, but still didn't meet the person they most wanted to see.

  Tsuba Kageo seemed to understand that the unpretentious person simply didn't want them to meet her!

  Kokoro Kizuna loves cycling, and the lower part of this Elsie Labyrinth is still a labyrinth! If you don't know Kokoro Kizuna, it's hard to get out in this dark space.

  In fact, the route that Kiyohiko Atobe ran was actually a bicycle-shaped route!

  Kiyokawa Kengo's mouth twitched slightly, he was indeed a man who seemed to be obsessed with cycling! He loved tennis but not as weirdly as him!

  When Tsuba Kageo pushed open the last door, all darkness dissipated, as if a switch had been turned on to light up the surroundings, and instantly the lights around them lit up, illuminating their location like daylight!

  And they didn't look around to see what was going on, but stared straight ahead at the surveillance screen in front of them!

  "Ah, En? You're here?" Kageyama Tobio looked at the group of boys standing in the doorway, spinning his chair around to face them. He was basically a middle-aged version of Kageyama Tobio (????), sitting there with 70% resemblance to him.

  "Ah, En? Naturally!" Kageo Tsubaki elegantly walked over and sat down across from him, his sharp eyes locking onto him without regard for the fact that he was his father. "And her?"

  The corner of his mouth curled up in a slight arc, but with some danger, "Is this the attitude you use to talk to me? Ah En?"

  "Kazoku no ojisan, hisashiburi ne......" At that time, Shiroishi came over and pulled a chair from the side to sit down, smiling at Kojirou.

  "Shiroishi's kid..." Kageyama looked at Shiroishi with a smile on his face, "How's Tohru doing?"

  "Thanks to your concern, Uncle Traces, Father is doing well..." Bai Shi said calmly with a smile, "So, Uncle Traces, can you tell us what's going on today?"

  Ji Bu Jing Ye was taken aback by Bai Shi's sudden change of subject, but soon looked at him with a profound gaze, "Are you concerned? Or are you concerned about that scream?"

  "I think everyone present is concerned about this issue, Traces Uncle..." Shirashi faced his probe with an unwavering gaze. Sometimes, Traces Kage thought he really wanted to see this child's face change color for once. He had thought that his own son and Shinobu Jōshi as well as Shirashi Takanosuke were outstanding individuals who could lead their three families beyond that person, but in reality, two of them had already bowed down for the sake of that person's daughter. What about this Shirashi Takanosuke?

  "Have you got a girlfriend yet?" Kiyohiko Atobe's sudden question really surprised Hikaru, but his expression didn't change at all. "No..."

  "What about the one you like?" Kizuka Akira stared at him intensely.

  Shiroishi still smiled quietly and replied faintly, "It's not decided yet..."

  Ji Bu Jing was choked by his words, what do you mean it's not decided yet? What does that mean? He just wanted to ask clearly, but Bai Shi spoke again, "Father has chosen an ideal daughter-in-law candidate for me..."

  "Oh? Who is it?" Akitsuki Kyouya wondered, why didn't Shiroishi Tohya tell him about this?

  These two people came and went, completely ignoring others. Tsuba Kageo was in a hurry to find Kayu Mutsuki, his face had turned black. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Shiroishi open his mouth, "The ideal daughter-in-law candidate that Father has chosen for me, I still don't know who it is, but he told me to go and flirt with her... Apparently, she's the daughter of his first love... He said that the person's name will be told to me later... And he told me to make sure to get her in my hands..."

  Ji Bu Jing Ye: “......”

  Damn it! Bái Shí Yuǎn Qìng actually let his own son go flirt with that person's daughter?! Isn't that...

  "What does your father think?" Kojiro asked with a slightly uncomfortable expression.

  "Who knows... " Bai Shi stroked the bandage on his left hand and said in a low, mournful tone.

  "Stay away from that girl from now on!" Keiichi warned.

  "Why?" asked Hakuishi with a smile.

  "Father!" The ignored Atsushi Totsuka had finally reached his limit, cutting off Atsushi's words before he could speak, "First tell me, where is Ayame?!"

  Kuji Katsuragi was cut off mid-sentence, extremely dissatisfied, glaring at Kuji Katsurao. He then turned to Shiroishi and said, "Look at this kid, how flashy he used to be when he was younger! Now that he's got a crush on some girl, he's not like himself anymore! Don't learn from Katsurao, you kid from the Shiroishi family!"

  Shirai looked at Kageyama's blackened face but smiled and said nothing.

  Is... that so? He, however, thought that he was a prince with seven emotions and six desires who wanted to bend his waist to invite someone to spend the rest of his life together, rather than an unfeeling emperor standing at the pinnacle, coldly looking down on everyone without owing anyone or himself anything.

  Kazuo Akechi was stunned by Kazuo Akechi's words, his gaze fixed on Kazuo Akechi, and a dark light flashed in the depths of his eyes.

  This father has revealed the reason for this behavior, right? Rushing towards Tanaka?

  "This is the most magnificent thing I've ever seen!" Kageyama Tobio didn't expect a response from Kageyama Akito, and turned to leave.

  He doesn't believe it, he can't find her by himself!

  Ji Bu Jing Xuan gazed at his departing back, his eyes flickering slightly. Truly an emperor with a weakness already. Jing Wu, you still have much to learn.

  The others followed Tsuba Kageo and left, Shiroishi looked at Tsuba Kagerou in front of him, smiled slightly, "Tsuba-san, I'm leaving too. That girl is worrying..."

  Kiyohiko's true intention was to keep the seemingly uninterested young man away from that person's daughter, and after his words fell, one sentence slipped out, "Don't get close to her!"

  Shirai stood up and hesitated for a moment, looking at Kaji Tora, "Why does Uncle Kaji dislike her so much? In my opinion, that girl is not bad..."

  Although charm is not absolute, but Tsubasa's attitude towards Kise is simply avoiding him like a venomous scorpion...

  Because she is that person's daughter!

  Ji Bu Jingxian really wanted to shout out these words, but he still endured. Could he say that his disgust towards that girl was just this point? That was indeed a girl who couldn't be disliked, so he was even more entangled.

  He fell silent for a moment, and then Tsuba Kageyuki let out a sigh in his heart. Looking at the young man before him, he could only wave his hand, "Forget it, I don't want to get involved too much either. Just take care of your own heart, really...don't get too close to her!"

  Bai Shi didn't say another word and turned around to leave, a flash of something seeming to flicker in his eyes as he did so.

  Kiyokawa Kageo and the four proofreaders searched along the route for a long time but couldn't find her, so they decided to go out together to take a look. They had hoped to see that Akagami Sayaka had already left, but their hopes were dashed when they stood in the space without her - she hadn't left yet.

  Tsuba Kageo was about to go back and find someone with everyone again, but found that the place he stepped on made a "dang dang dang" sound?

  Tsubakibe Kengo retreated from the place, and in just a few seconds, the ground that had originally shown no signs of anything unusual suddenly opened up like a manhole cover, revealing what was below...

  "Kazuki!" Kizuna Akatsuki and Hyōdō were shocked, was that Kazuki down there?

  "Hmph......" Hishiro finally saw the light and Kageyama Tobio, he couldn't help but let out a sound, then shrunk back, it was clear that he wanted to let the people below come up first.

  The crowd couldn't help but gather around, and indeed they could see several people below, and they couldn't help but get excited.

  When Akane's small hand was placed in Kageyama's, he pulled her out, and that warmth from her palm transmitted to his, spreading throughout his body and mind, finally dispelling his worries. He hastily drew her into a hug, stroking her smooth hair, his voice somewhat hoarse with magnetism, "It's fine as long as you're okay..."

  "Jingwu..." Akane Mito was somewhat at a loss, she felt his unease and other worries that were equally unsettling in their gaze, could only blink back at them with a foolish expression, ultimately leaving them to reluctantly smile wryly. What an emotionally unintelligent girl.

  The people behind, Ryūma and Takahiro, were pulled up by others, everyone surrounded the three, without noticing Akira's appearance, then hid again in the shadows.

  I didn't expect things to turn out this way, and in the end, this match was a bit of a mess. However, nobody seemed to mind, so let's have a real showdown on the tennis court next time!

  Although the cycling festival has not yet officially ended, Kageyama Jingoro takes everyone away and decides to have a simple bicycle race! And it's no longer a single bike or a tandem bicycle, but a multi-person pedal car!

  Akane Kizuki looked at the weird unicycle that Keiichi Tachibana had brought, which could be ridden by several people at once, and remembered the weird vehicle from their family trip. There are indeed weird objects everywhere in this world!

  Then, the students from each school will take turns pedaling the same unicycle, with a total of four positions available for pedaling. Everyone works together to pedal this weird unicycle on their way to Mount Fuji!

  "When everyone was seated, Kageyama Tobio spoke up, 'Alright? Whichever school arrives at Mt. Fuji first wins! The competition, begin!'"

  The name of the pool is also very cooperative with a whistle, everyone, advance together!! Roar!!!!!

  "The Ice Emperor will surely win!"

  "Go Qinghua!"

  "Victory is at hand!"

  "Four days forever standing!"

  "Ah en? Get trampled under this great lord's magnificent wheels!"

  "Don't be careless!"

  "Don't slack off! Rikudo Koshi will never lose!"

  "Oh my, it's absolutely incredible!"

  "Bingdi must win! You kids! Let me show you what it means to have someone above you!"

  "Cut! It's over!"

  "Down with the tyrant!"

  "It's far from enough!"

  "It seems like it's going to be fun..."

  "Burn! Qingxue! Charge forward!"

  "What a youth! What a youth!"

  "Go! Step on it! Step on it! Come on Sangyuan!"

  "Whoosh!"

  “……”

  Xu Mu Xiang was listening to Zheng Xuan's shouting with some helplessness, another round of verbal sparring?

  Look up to the front, against the cool wind, behind is everyone's eternal youth passion. The horizon seems to be getting blurry and boundless, all the noise seems to have left them, leaving only their shouting voices of splashing youth, making people's hearts hot and eyes moist.

  From Tokyo to Mount Fuji, 80 kilometers, at least a few hours, during which the boys were noisy and quarrelsome, constantly provoking and retaliating against each other, without stopping, but in the end, all thoughts of victory slowly faded away amidst the noise of these few hours, yet deepened their friendship, even though many proud boys still considered them as opponents in their hearts, an inexplicable bond made people's hearts feel warm.

  When the four university students arrived at Mount Fuji together, unable to distinguish a winner, they could only cross their arms and laugh loudly, laughing at each other, yet not even knowing what they were truly laughing about.

  "What a pity, I brought a lot of sake here... " Kanzaki sighed as he looked at the sake in his hand, really wanting to let these people drink some. However, due to the helpless gaze from Kazuki Akane, he felt even more helpless. It seemed like no one except Kazuki heard that sentence. He silently put away the sake, forget it. Considering they had been knocked out and couldn't be sent back, this time was really just a loss. It wasn't that he didn't want to confront the owner of those clear blue eyes, but his data showed it was true, 100% true. Really, not lying, hey, you don't believe me? (Kanzaki, you're so annoying...)

  "Hmph? How unrefined! Indeed, it can only be decided on the court! Tezuka! Ryoma! Oishi! You three unrefined guys listen up! My Hyoutei will definitely advance to the national tournament and take the championship!" And so, under the beautiful Mt. Fuji, Coach Ukai's elegant declaration of war began.

  "Aoba won't let his guard down!!" Tezuka looked back at Echizen, the two of them, also known as the Emperors, had a pair of eyes that gave off an intense pressure, their gazes clashed in mid-air, sparking with fighting spirit.

  "Rikaidai will definitely achieve three consecutive championships!" Makoto Hyodo's domineering words were also not to be underestimated. The gaze of the Rikaidai Emperor fell within the range of the two men's line of sight, while Shirakawa on the other side was much more gentle, with a quiet smile that never changed, but seemed somewhat helpless. These declarations of war had been performed many times on the way to Mt. Fuji, it's time for a break.

  A crowd stood at the foot of Mount Fuji, dusk had already arrived, everyone let Niijima Arata use that compact camera to leave a few frozen silhouettes there, no one took individual photos because every photo would have Kiriya Aoi's silhouette in it, even the regulars from the four schools all came together for a group photo, squeezed tightly together.

  The compact camera of Bu Zhouzhu has the function of automatic shooting, and there is a place under the cherry blossom tree that can hold the compact camera, and the angle is also very suitable, so it won't miss him.

  "Hey, hey, won't you guys say something about eggplant?" Hua Mingchi suddenly spoke up, but only those simple responses echoed her shout of "eggplant", while others felt they couldn't shout it out. As a result, Lin Xiang also occasionally became mischievous and said, "How about shouting 'tianqi' instead?"

  "Pffft!!" Huamingchi spat it out, her mind astonished but only for a flash, looking at that faintly smiling beautiful face, could it be...

  "What does Tianqi mean? Yan Fu..." Curious people would ask, eggplant they know, but what about Tianqi?

  Lin Mu Xiang: "......"

  Facing so many curious eyes, Xing Mu Yan touched her nose and smiled lightly, "Calling Tian Qi and calling Jiao Zi are almost the same..." She was speechless.

  "Oh! Alright! Stand up straight! Call out to Tianqi!" Far Mountain Jintaro shouted loudly, standing in the front row, with a radiant and innocent smile on his face, shouting "Tianqi!!!"

  "Hehe......" Akane Mokuren looked at him with a smile in her eyes, and she couldn't help but stand behind him. She was taller than him, like a good older sister, leaning against his back, yet also as if embracing him. Facing the camera, and thus everyone, she said, "Is everyone ready? Let's cheer for Tian Qi!"

  "Ah, En? It's really not elegant..." Kizuki Keigo looked at her and Tooyama Kintarou's happy appearance, his eyes flickering with complex emotions, both jealous, helpless, and doting.

  "Alright! Everyone stand up! We're going to shout for Tian Qi!" Huaming Chi squeezed next to Lin Xiangru, it's better when the two girls are together, the rest are all boys.

  Everyone is getting into position, compact cameras at the ready, counting down.

  Five!

  Four!

  Three!

  Two!

  One!

  "Tiān qī！！！！！"

  Translation: "Heaven Seven！！！！！"

  "Crack!!!"

  "Hahaha!!!" After shouting, they felt very funny. Some people couldn't believe that they would shout out such a funny word. Some of them laughed loudly, and some who didn't usually laugh were also laughing loudly at this time. Even boys like Tetsuya Handa and Genichiro Araki couldn't help but curl up the corners of their mouths. And on the other side, the compact camera captured everyone's natural and extremely happy expressions without any intentional poses, and then froze them in place.

  It's a rare opportunity to come to Mount Fuji, and the old man from Atami is really good at making use of it. On the way here, he had already arranged for a large hot air balloon to be prepared, and everyone got on board. As we rose into the air, we all gathered around the edge to look at Mount Fuji below us. The scenery was so beautiful that it took our breath away!

  "Haha! So beautiful!" Tohyama Kintaro chirped, full of joyful praise, "Shiroishi! Come to Tokyo and play more often from now on!"

  "Ah, great... indeed the best..." Bai Shi's hand supported his cheek, smiling in response, his gaze caught a glimpse of that figure being surrounded by Zheng Xuan on the other side, the curve of his lips shallowed and then deepened.

  This... was indeed a very relaxing and enjoyable trip for him, wasn't it?

  Many people have this idea, especially the Ice Emperor Zeros, who are very familiar with Akane Motomiya. In their view, wherever she is, everything is too beautiful, and they become enchanted.

  She is not lively, but rather quiet, yet she can always effortlessly make people feel happy and joyful.

  The luckiest thing in their lives was meeting her.

  "Super!!!" Haname shouted with her hands cupped around her mouth, directing her voice at Mt. Fuji below. Her joyful cry easily resonated with others, and Tooyama Kintaro immediately joined in, "Mt. Fuji! Helloooooo!!!"

  The balloon rises higher and higher, people's cheers are really small, the wind is too loud, but still shouting very happily.

  "Koyomi-chan, why don't you shout too?" Haname shouted loudly to Kiriya Ayumu.

  Xu Mu Yun was stunned for a moment, and everyone else also chimed in, they really wanted to hear what she would shout.

  "Good job! You're awesome!"

  "Yīn fù! Shout one sentence!"

  "Koyoi-chan! Shout! Loudly proclaim your love! Just like me, I love our lord!" Haname shouted again with excitement, but this time, not many people echoed her, instead they looked at Kiriya Ayafu with a mix of tension and relaxation.

  Shout out her love? She's so pure and has such low EQ, shouldn't have any love, although many people hope to hear their name from her, but how is that possible.

  Akane Motomiya gazed helplessly at the Flower Name Pond, her line of sight falling outside, looking at Mt. Fuji in the distance below, that beautiful scenery seemed to be getting blurry.

  As everyone thought, she didn't shout, and didn't know where to put her heart. They worried, they were nervous, they ached for this figure that had suddenly fallen silent. But suddenly, she turned around with a faint smile, made a shouting gesture with her hand, not towards the outside, but towards them, shouting...

  "It's great to have you guys!!!!!!"

  Everyone looked at her in silence, seeing the faint tears in her eyes, yet she was still filled with emotion and warmth, saying to them, "It's great to have you all."

  "I'm telling the truth, you guys are really great......" Looking at their silence, Lin Xiangyan still smiled warmly, her smiling face seemed to be expressing her satisfaction.

  But she was really satisfied, her thoughts of Gu Xi Ye were so deep that even if she shouted them out loud, she couldn't express the profound flavor, it could only be submerged in her heart, and just feeling it herself was good.

  And she, with her intuition, didn't shout, they wouldn't feel it, behind her faint smile, she was always filled with warmth in her heart for the gentle protection they gave her.

  In her heart, it was actually them who were truly gentle and tolerant of her.

  "Fool..." Kageyama Tobio pulled her into his arms, a light kiss landing on the top of her head.

  It's really foolish, those who said that sentence are right.

  It's great to have you...

  "Xiang Fu..." Everyone whispered her name softly, then continued in silence. Two seconds later, they silently turned around and made a shouting gesture towards the empty air.

  "Wow, wood, silk, fragrance!!!! You, you are really good!!!!!"

  The wind is too strong, and the sound of our shouting together is like white clouds drifting everywhere, clearly existing but floating all over the place without a physical form, only able to feel that beauty, only able to use my heart to experience those emotions.

  Akane buried her face in Kageyuki's chest, and tears slowly welled up, quietly falling from the corners of her eyes. Just one drop, but her clear eyes seemed to have been washed even cleaner, filled with warm emotions.

  Actually...

  It's great to have you, or it's great to have all of you...

  It should be...

  Having each other is truly wonderful.

  Night gradually falls.

  Swallowing them up, who were still in a joyful mood, this day was very beautiful and unforgettable for them...

  When the people from the four schools finally went their separate ways, they all involuntarily stopped in their tracks and turned back to take a look at that elegant figure, not leaving until she disappeared from view.