Chapter 94: The Fury of the Marine Corps

  After returning from Kyoto, Yafeng and Xueyan began to devote themselves to a new round of learning. This trip to Kyoto allowed them to understand the growth environment and process of their mother, Ito Keiko, and they also went to pay their respects at her final resting place.

  Although Mede Bernardo hoped that Yafeng and Xueyan could go to Tokyo with him, both girls refused. For Yafeng, the Tiantian family was her most reassuring dependence in this world, while Xueyan was unwilling to leave the Haiye family. Although it was only a little over a month, the sense of home that the Haiye family gave her made her not want to leave at all. Now for her, the people of the Haiye family were her family.

  On the evening of arriving in Kyoto, Gao Feng also received a strange concern from Kizuki in the UK. Ignoring Kizuki's inexplicable feelings towards himself, his relationship with Kizuki was actually not bad, although he often quarreled with him. In general, they had accumulated a considerable friendship over the past three years, so Gao Feng was happy to accept his concern.

  After returning to school, he didn't attend the morning training session and went straight back to the classroom. As a result, when Chihaya returned from his morning training, Yafeng smiled brightly at him, having not seen this little sea otter for several days, really missing him. However, Chihaya seemed as if he hadn't seen Yafeng at all, without any reaction, returning to his own seat, sitting down and falling asleep on the desk, completely treating his deskmate Yafeng as if he didn't exist.

  Yah Feng was a bit puzzled and uneasy about this, but soon comforted himself by thinking: "It's definitely because Xiaohai has been too tired from training these days, so he didn't see it."

  At noon break time, Qieyuan pulled Zhang Lian's expressionless face and glanced at Yafeng, saying: "Go to the rooftop."

  Yah Feng was brought to a halt by the straightforward and simple Xiao Hai, who couldn't hide his emotions, and now he's giving himself that terrible look again. Yah Feng really can't comfort himself anymore; it seems today's rooftop dinner won't be easy to get through after all.

  As soon as she entered the door of Tiantai, she saw Xingcun showing her a dazzling smile that surpassed even the beauty of a hundred lilies. Then his gentle voice sounded in her ear, "Hehe, Yafeng has finally come back."

  Ya Feng's body stiffened immediately, this is the prelude to the goddess getting angry, it seems that today will be a bad day for himself.

  "Hmph, Yafeng's complexion doesn't seem too bad, huh." Renwang leaned against Ryūji's shoulder, tugging on his own queue and glancing at Yafeng before taking over the conversation with a sly smile.

  "Ah, Ya Feng has a 99% chance of completing his training ahead of schedule today."

  Ryū's calm and waveless voice pushed Yafeng into the deepest abyss, and indeed his sixth sense was strong. They were all angry, thinking that Yafeng would shoot a pleading gaze at Sanada, but Sanada pulled down his hat and ignored Yafeng. Then Yafeng shot another pleading gaze at Ryū, but Ryū didn't react at all and continued to elegantly eat his meal. Looking at Maruichi, he unexpectedly gave himself an unsatisfied glance before burying his head in the food. Kuwabara also, contrary to his usual good-natured image, looked at Yafeng with a blaming expression.

  Yah Feng knew he was doomed today, so he ran to the goddess and the emperor with a flattering expression, put his hands on the goddess's arm, looked at her with a begging face, and said: "Jing Shi brother, I know you're angry, I know I'm wrong."

  "Oh, I wonder what Yafeng thinks he did wrong?" Kōmura asked with an unchanged smile.

  "I shouldn't have sneaked off to Tokyo alone to see the cherry blossoms and gotten kidnapped so carelessly, although nothing happened but it made you guys worry all night, sorry."

  Looking at the increasingly brilliant smile of Kōmura and the increasingly dark face of the Emperor, Yafeng's small body trembled slightly, thinking to himself that he had already explained everything, so why was this Siberian cold current still blowing stronger?

  "Is that all?" Yukimura asked very gently.

  "No, no, and also I'm sorry that after I returned safely, I didn't call you in time, and before going to Kyoto, I didn't report back to you either."

  Koumura's smile at this moment is already comparable to the Virgin Mary. He gently looked at Yafeng and then turned his head to Liu, saying: "Liu, after today's training, Yafeng should still have the strength to play a 10-minute match against me, right?"

  "Ah, the probability of Ya Feng being able to counterattack Jing Shi is 100%. The probability of him running out of strength afterwards is 200%, but the latter sentence was not said by Liu who was very 'thick-skinned'."

  Yahiko's mouth slightly opened, looking at Yukimura with a pitiful expression, hoping they would spare him considering how miserable he looked. To go against the goddess, it would only take ten minutes to end her life, no need for practice. In other words, he was about to face the goddess's overwhelming power of annihilation. She wasn't like Kaito, that monster with extremely strong regenerative abilities, who could withstand death.

  The goddess didn't react at all to her miserable attire, so Ye Feng shifted his target to the emperor beside him. After all, he was his own brother and wouldn't see him die without saving him.

  Sanada adjusted his hat and said: "Yakaze, tonight at 8 o'clock, I'll be waiting for you at the dojo." It was really too careless.

  Yah Feng looked at Shinada in disbelief, "No way? Does this mean that after being defeated by the Goddess of the Five Senses today, I'll also be cut down by the Emperor's swordsmanship?"

  "Yah Feng, tomorrow, hand over the individual training plans for each member of the tennis club next week." Liu once again used her clear and calm voice to send Yah Feng plummeting into an abyss.

  What's with this rhythm, it's going to be deadly, right? After Goddess Zhu's emotional destruction, it's the Emperor's swordsmanship education again, and finally, I have to stay up all night writing the tennis club's training plan. Isn't this a bit too much? Even Xiaohai wouldn't have such a harsh punishment, would he?

  "Partner, it's been a long time since we've had dumplings made by Yafeng, right?" Ren Wang said, seemingly nonchalantly.

  "Ah, it's been a long time since I've eaten," replied Ryūsei.

  "Yasaka, I'll leave tomorrow's lunchbox to you, okay?" Marui concluded.

  Ya Feng fell to the ground and couldn't get up, oh god, who can save me?

  In the afternoon, Yafeng reluctantly arrived at the tennis club, looking at everyone who treated her as invisible, and sighed slightly in her heart. It seems that she was destined to be ignored, and could only accept her fate.

  Then our lovely Yafeng transformed his sorrow and anger into strength, completing his training at a speed 20% faster than usual. It wasn't until he took a break that he noticed the regular members' training speed was also much faster than usual. Logically speaking, they should have finished their training by now, but instead, they were still working hard. Yafeng felt puzzled and picked up the tennis team's training schedule, only to be stunned when he saw the amount of training listed. His nose stung, and he felt like crying - the regular members' training for this week was three times the usual amount, while the top three players had theirs multiplied by four. Yafeng realized that they were punishing themselves for not being there for him in time. These people truly cared about and loved him.

  Moved back to being moved, when I saw the absolutely beautiful young man walking towards me with a gentle breeze, what was meant to be couldn't be avoided after all, no feeling of destruction.

  "Hehe, as expected, Yafeng has completed the training ahead of time." Kōmura smiled so brightly that all the gentians behind him burst into bloom.

  "Hehe, does Jing Shi want to take a break first?" Ya Feng said with a fake smile.

  "Yafeng is really considerate, but I'm not tired yet."

  Yafeng's smile on his face stiffened and he resignedly picked up his racket and followed Kōmura onto the court.

  Everyone was surprised and excited to see the manager, who can copy most of the regulars' signature moves, play against the undefeated minister today. Although it's clear that the manager is no match for the minister, people are still looking forward to it. Wonder if the manager will use the minister's signature move again to counter the minister's original version. (Yafeng is often asked to use her opponent's signature move to fight back against them in order to improve her mastery of that technique.)

  "Mercy, Brother Jing, mercy!" Yafeng said with a heroic expression, yet his words were those of pleading.

  "Hehe, Yafeng shouldn't belittle himself, today we're going to have a fair and formal showdown."

  Warm words and soft language sealed off all avenues of escape for Ya Feng, who could only resign herself to buckling down, because she knew that if she didn't take this match seriously and strive her best, her days of suffering would drag on indefinitely. Li Hai University had no weaknesses, and absolutely did not permit any slackness.

  Yafeng started the game with a clean and neat irregular serve, but in just three minutes, Yafeng's first game was lost. After that, he was led by the nose, and finally, when Yafeng completely lost his senses and fell to the ground, this suspenseless match came to an end. Kokomura helped Yafeng up and said softly, "Don't let yourself fall into danger again in the future. If possible, give us more dependence and trust, otherwise, the punishment won't be so simple."