Almighty painter

Chapter 449 Love
"Love has two meanings. The first one is that the word can mean love, affection, friendship, love; the second one is that it is also a professional term for tennis matches, that is, humiliatingly destroying the opponent with a perfect clean sheet." - America ·Dafuhua "String Theory"
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Koko held her knees and gasped hard.

Katsuko Sakai stood opposite with a racket.

The setting sun struggled lazily among the clouds, unwilling to set, and the sky showed a bright and warm golden red.

Two figures, one pink and one red, confront each other, as if they were two colorful bubbles under the sunset. They are constantly heated by the sun and become more brilliant, but one of them will explode at any time.

"Fifteen! (1-0)."

The blond aunt stood on tiptoe and loudly announced the score beside her, happily or gloatingly.

Sakai Katsuko tilted her head and asked with a smile, "Are you still playing?"

The gap between the two sides is so obvious. She is not a character who likes to bully others too much and insists on crushing the other person.

Shengzi hoped that the other party knew something about it.

Just retreat when faced with difficulties.

It's no problem to change it once and for all.

The gap between the two of them has become so big that it can't be bridged by good luck or spending more energy and going all out to burn up their fighting spirit.

It didn't matter during practice or in Katsuko's mind that this was an overly amateurish game.

"ACE! (Serve and score!), two to zero."

Koko even felt that it was pointless to continue fighting like this.

Like a light and dancing little sparrow pecking at wheat grains in the snow.

You just hit so many balls back and forth.

Imagine a huge bow and arrow with a diameter of 6 centimeters and a weight of 60 grams shooting towards you. This is how you feel when facing a professional player's serve.

Ms. Sakai did not jump high and hit the ball roaring like a tennis novice like Gu Weijing imagined.

The other party is so ignorant.

Kou Kou stood there without moving.

Besides making it even more embarrassing to lose, what's the difference?

Lose two goals and lose four goals...

Koko stared at the girl opposite with her big eyes angrily.

She smiled and looked at Kou Kou calmly, as if giving the choice to the other party again.

But.

If Kou Kou insists on being entangled like this.

No luck.

But the racket made a thick sound that was completely different from the lightness of the body.

But for ordinary people to play casually, the speed of the ball is only tens of kilometers.

Her body felt so comfortable, and the red skirt swirled and bloomed around Shengzi's legs.

Those who can break 100 are all very good players with excellent batting skills.

In a regular tennis match, theoretically all the serving games are served by one party.

The tennis ball was thrown high.

A ball with this speed can kill someone!
Gu Weijing only felt a blue lightning flash across the court. He didn't even see where the ball was. He was still staring at Sakai Katsuko. The game was over.

This time, Katsuko didn’t ask the other party if he wanted to continue playing.

She leaned back slightly, raised her head, twisted around, and struck the tennis ball with her forehand racket like a whip wielded by a witch.

She has already given the other person face.

A tennis ball flying at a speed of 30 meters per second is completely different when viewed live and watched on television.

The initial speed of the bows and arrows fired by ancient soldiers was also within this speed range.

The ball speed is too fast!

Bang!
On high-speed grass courts or clay courts, professional players can hit violent shots with ball speeds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour.

She just used her left leg as support and took a small step forward of less than half a meter.

Without saying anything else, she caught the tennis ball thrown by Kou Kou and held the racket again.

She was silent for a long time, then picked up the tennis ball and threw it towards her opponent. She gritted her little silver teeth and said, "Fight, why don't you fight? I will still beat you. You serve."

Shengzi frowned slightly.

Sakai Katsuko could end the game at will at any time, but she quietly played house with the girls. It was not until Kou Kou finally hit a bad ball that it ended decently.

Once Ms. Sakai got a little serious, she didn't even have the qualifications to try to pull off the competition twice.

Mrs. Sakai pouted, clasped her hands in front of her chest and clapped vigorously. She was so proud that she wished she could pull out two peacock feathers from the bun on the back of her head.

Katsuko Sakai doesn’t mind being a little more serious either.

She was slightly better than Gu Weijing. She only saw the ball bouncing tightly against the sideline and then quickly flew away.

But Koko looked at Sakai Katsuko's sweet, peaceful face, as cold as a goddess enshrined in a temple, and she just couldn't spit out the words to admit defeat from her throat.

Hey.

Could you please stop smiling so politely, Miss Sakai? Do you know how arrogant your smile looks?

Do I just let you look down upon me like this?

Look down on it.

Even as an opponent, I need you to consider me thoughtfully.

This is a broad-minded love spirit, an internationalist spirit of helping others, it’s too disdainful.

Koko took a deep breath.

She didn't speak, adjusted her breathing, ran over the fence and picked up the tennis ball rolling on the ground. She threw the ball up without saying a word, tried hard to choose the landing point near the net, and pressed down with the racket to make an internal spin. Fastball.

Tennis is a skill-based sport rather than a purely physical sport.

Even in the eyes of the two spectators, Mrs. Sakai and Gu Weijing, the speed of Koko's fastball, which he exerted all his strength and effort, was much slower than Katsuko's relaxed and elegant hitting.

Not to mention.

Sakai Katsuko's landing point almost hit the tennis sideline, such a difficult choice of ball path.

The two girls are the same age.

But beyond age.

This is not a level contest in any way.

But it was this slightly boring serve that stunned Sakai Katsuko for a moment.

Her big lilac eyes were slightly distracted as she looked at the girl opposite her whose lips were pressed into a thin line.

A surprising luster flashed through it.

After a brief moment of distraction, the professional training she received from childhood allowed Sakai Katsuko to immediately regain her focus.

She moved her feet a few steps sideways, stretched out her racket and lightly touched it. The tennis ball that almost passed by her side was retrieved by Shengzi and hit back casually.

Koko seized this fleeting opportunity.

Step up and kill the net.

Sakai Katsuko didn't care at all.

A small ant can shake a big tree. Even if the big tree is not focused on competing with the opponent, how can it be shaken by a small ant?

When Kou Kou hasn't hit the ball yet.

She had already deftly stepped back, waiting for the tennis ball to hit the ground and bounce back, and then fly to a suitable hitting position after losing all her efforts.

Katsuko even had the skill to almost subconsciously follow her muscle instincts and switch to the more accustomed semi-Western backhand two-hand grip, the same as Sharapova's.

Extremely solid and explosive shot.

Boom!
The tennis ball made a dull, inflected sound that was more powerful than when she served just now, and was counterattacked in a straight line.

A heavy sword has no edge, and a heavy sword has no skill.

The two-handed grip is now the most popular grip.

Giving up a certain degree of flexibility and hitting angle, and directly giving up chipping to a certain extent, in exchange for female players having hitting power and explosive power that is comparable to or even higher than that of male players. The muscles of the whole body work together, which is similar to the technical characteristics of playing baseball.

There is no fancy foreshadowing.

It is a fast word and a stable word.

The tennis ball was like a cannonball, piercing the air at a higher speed than any previous hit by the two of them, and hit the other end of the court heavily.

Sakai Katsuko's style is as fresh and graceful as ever, and equally dazzling.

The only difference is.

Koko was prepared this time...or rather, she tried her best to prepare.

She quickly ran towards the side of the court.

Koko had guessed the direction of Shengzi's hit before, and luckily, she guessed it right.

So what if you guessed it right?

Luck could only get her so far.

Shengzi's ball speed was so fast that even if Koko guessed the landing spot correctly, she still couldn't keep up with her rhythm.

Koko gritted her teeth, puffed up her air, and kicked the ground with her feet.

She jumped out to save the ball like a red carp leaping out of the water.

So what if I saved the ball by luck?

Katsuko Sakai could kill the game by simply dialing the ball back, and it was impossible for her to save it a second time.

Kou Kou knows this disappointing fact.

But she just let herself not think about it, she just desperately wanted to hit the ball back.

As if this could prove that she didn't admit defeat.

It seemed like this could prove something to Miss Sakai who looked down on her.

It seems that in this way, you can expect miracles to happen.

Chi...

Koko fell heavily to the ground.

The red carp that jumped out had a layer of scales rubbed off.

The thin layer of yoga pants was suddenly scratched, and blood stains appeared along the wounds caused by friction with the ground. A layer of scratches that were not deep but looked shocking suddenly appeared on the white and pink legs. .

Even more depressing.

She could barely reach the ball with the edge of her racket.

But jumping in the air, with no roots under his feet, it is impossible to pick back such a high-speed ball with the strength of one arm.

This kind of action looks very handsome and beautiful.

It doesn't appear in any real-life games except for the "Prince of Tennis" comics, and there's a reason for it.

The first priority for professional athletes who compete is not to win, but to protect themselves from serious sports injuries.

Koko's actions did not only hurt herself.

Not a single star has any effect.

No miracle happens.

The trajectory of the tennis ball was changed by the racket, refracted diagonally upward, and almost flew out of the court.

As for Kou Kou herself, she almost dropped her racket.

She flattened her mouth and bit her lip. She couldn't feel the pain on her legs. She just felt aggrieved and wanted to cry for no reason, but Kou Kou forcefully kept her mouth shut and refused to cry.

She has already lost badly.

Kou Kou feels even uglier when she cries again.

She is Coco, the coolest girl on campus.

She didn't want to wipe her tears like a loser.

A long time ago, after her mother left, she stopped letting herself show such weakness.

"Koko, are you okay? Let's go to the school hospital to deal with it..."

Gu Weijing didn't expect that a tennis match would turn out like this, so he couldn't help but ran over to help Kou Kou up.

"Go away. My girlfriend and I are playing tennis. What the hell does this have to do with you? Come here and care about me!" Keko raised her chin stubbornly and scolded in a fierce manner, "Go away. "

Kou Kou clenched her fists hard.

The fingertips that were spitting out pink kodan turned slightly white when she pinched them.

many things.

It doesn’t mean you don’t have to admit defeat because you don’t want to.

Ever since she was little, she has tried to tell Kou Kou this truth time and time again.

She risked herself not to listen, as if she could pretend not to know if she didn't listen, and she would always face fate like an aggressive kitten, grinning in a competitive manner.

But when encountering a tigress like Katsuko Sakai, the kitten is still useless except meowing and humming.

The most ironic thing.

Kou Kou actually knows that Miss Sakai is not a tigress.

They are just too powerful.

He has good family background, good looks, and is very polite.

She felt unhappy with Mona. In front of Sakai Katsuko, she was angry at first, but then she only felt extremely insignificant and pale.

most of the time.

The person you like just likes a girl who is better than you.

That's it.

It is justified.

Not every time you feel lonely and cold, someone is willing to light a match for you, hug you, play with you, and give you a bubble gum.

George Bernard Shaw said that most people only have three chances to meet the right person in their life. The lucky ones may have five chances at most, and the less lucky ones may not have one chance at all.

And meeting someone who makes you feel a sense of companionship is also a very small and rare thing.

It used to be a mother, but then she thought there was that boy she met in the pottery class.

So she spent many, many years wandering around the city of Yangon, looking for each other.

But this time.

She knew that the other person would never stand by her side again, and he happened to be the boyfriend of such an outstanding girl.

There are some roads that you are destined to walk alone.

This is the black humor that life gave her.

"Perfect! Katsuko, you are great, give your love to her!" Aunt Sakai waved her fist beside her and encouraged her loudly.

This is not a nice thing to say.

Rather, it was a rather mean statement.

In international tennis, a score of 0 is called Love.

This is not a kind consolation, because tennis was originally an aristocratic sport in France, and the pronunciation of the English word Love is very similar to the French word "oval egg".

A one-sided brutal game in tennis is called a "love game."

Mrs. Sakai's so-called "give love to the other person" and her venomous speech of "beating the other person with a big duck egg" have exactly the same meaning.

But Mrs. Sakai is such a vicious person.

She is just like her daughter. The blond aunt's emotional intelligence will only be used on people she cares about, but not on people she doesn't care about?
Ah.

No need to ask, of course I just stepped over it wearing heels.

(End of this chapter)