Chapter 953: The Super Awesome Manager
After drinking rice cake and red bean soup, several people returned to the club. Oishi Shuichiro and Kikumaru Eiji chose to go home, but Echizen Ryoma stayed in the gymnasium and wanted to play tennis.
"Then I'll play with you." Aiko Gojo estimated her recent exercise volume and decided to make up for it.
She exercised less last year, so she can't slack off this year.
"I won't let you go." Echizen Ryoma became secretly alert.
Although Aiko Gojo always says that she is not good at sports and has been trying to learn tennis moves from others but has not mastered any of them, she is actually not weak.
As soon as he heard that Gojo Aiko was going to play tennis with Echizen Ryoma, Kikumaru Eiji became reluctant to let her go.
I really want to watch!
"Let's go quickly." Oishi Shuichiro dragged Kikumaru Eiji away. If they didn't leave soon, their family would call them.
Aiko Gojo and Ryoma Echizen stood on their respective courts, both sides a little nervous.
Gojo Aiko was recalling how to serve, and Echizen Ryoma was wary of Gojo Aiko beating him badly.
Fortunately, Aiko Gojo remembered it quickly and made a serve error.
"It seems that the manager had a lot of fun during his holidays." Echizen Ryoma could see that Gojo Aiko's movements were awkward.
It’s strange. I saw her playing tennis with her junior high school friends before, but after a few days she looked like she hadn’t played tennis for a long time?
The only explanation is that she has relaxed too much in the past few days.
"This is a strategy of mine," Gojo Aiko said seriously, "It's to numb your nerves and make you relax your vigilance."
Once she gets her touch back, she'll knock your hat off!
"Really?" Echizen Ryoma didn't believe it because Gojo Aiko seemed to have lost weight recently.
Because Aiko Gojo loves to eat and has a big appetite, and she exercises regularly, she can be seen to have a rather strong body.
She has obviously grown taller recently, but her exercise volume seems to have decreased. He doesn't know whether she eats more, but she looks thinner anyway.
Judging from some of her tentative moves during the game, she must have forgotten all about tennis.
"Hmph! Just watch!" Aiko Gojo threw a tennis ball straight towards Ryoma Echizen's face, but this kind of ball was easy for him.
But as the fight went on, he felt something was wrong.
Why does Gojo Aiko keep hitting the ball in his face?
Doesn't she look like the kind of person who would hit people with the ball?
The two people were in a stalemate for a long time. Echizen Ryoma expressed his amazement at Gojo Aiko's physical strength. It was difficult for ordinary people to have such abundant physical strength.
I heard that Gojo Aiko's family runs a kendo gym, so she has been practicing kendo since she was a child. Not only that, she is also a travel enthusiast and often runs around, which is why she has such good physical strength.
Aiko Gojo kept trying to figure out the position and direction, and finally, she succeeded in hitting a strange ball, which was light and slightly slanted upwards, but at a very fast speed. Echizen Ryoma originally wanted to hit the ball back like before, but he actually swung the racket in the air!
What happened? I was clearly doing it as instructed... Before Echizen Ryoma had time to think too much, his eyes lit up and his mind went blank.
His hat was knocked off???
"Yeah! We won!" Aiko Gojo successfully knocked Ryoma Echizen's hat off!
Echizen Ryoma: "...You are so childish."
He was wondering why every time Aiko Gojo hit the ball, it was always aimed at his face. It seemed like she was trying to knock his hat off...
Although he had done similar things before, he would never admit that he was childish!
"What did we win?" Inui Sadaharu and Fuji Shusuke walked into the court.
They came to pick up some documents related to club work, and found that there were people in the gym.
And it was actually Gojo Aiko and Echizen Ryoma, and they were even playing ball.
"The manager is really amazing." Fuji Shusuke saw the hat on the ground, "He actually knocked the hat away."
"What? Even the hat..." Inui Sadaharu looked horrified.
Echizen Ryoma picked up his hat silently. What a bunch of boring seniors.
"Don't lose heart, Echizen." Inui Sadaharu adjusted his glasses, "One day you will be able to defeat the manager and avenge your hat."
"Meow~" Karubin looked eagerly in the cat bag next to him.
In order to prevent the cat from being accidentally injured, it was temporarily put into a cat bag.
"My morning exercise is over." Aiko Gojo immediately turned around and started petting the cat.
"You call this morning exercise?" Echizen Ryoma felt that this was not even a warm-up.
"Why did you think of playing tennis today?" Inui Sadaharu really didn't expect that there would be anyone here at this time.
All the seniors were not there, but Echizen was there.
"I had nothing to do, so I came here." Echizen Ryoma was bored at home, and he happened to see Kikumaru Eiji and the others saying they wanted to stop by the club, so he came over.
"Manager, aren't you going to the New Year's Shrine?" Fuji Shusuke just passed by a nearby shrine, and it was packed with people.
He thought they had left home very early, but he didn't expect that others had left even earlier. Everyone might have thought that if they came earlier, there would be fewer people around.
Because there were too many people, he came to the club temporarily to get his things.
"No." Gojo Aiko buried her face in Karubin's belly, "There are too many people... Hehehe, kittens are better~"
“Maybe we can adopt some stray cats and dogs in the dormitory…” Inui Sadaharu thought about the healing effect that the fluffy little animals would have on the players. This should also be considered a relaxing entertainment activity, right?
"I recommend you to raise a parrot, the kind that calls you to play tennis at the door every day." Aiko Gojo said half-jokingly.
"This idea sounds good..." Inui Sadaharu imagined the scene, which must be very impressive.
"Are you guys going to fight or not?" Echizen Ryoma was speechless. "If you don't want to fight, I will train by myself."
"Play!" Gojo Aiko stood up holding Karubin, "I want to play games!"
Echizen Ryoma: ???
"Since you have nothing to do, come play games with me~" Gojo Aiko grabbed Ryoma Echizen and refused to let go.
"It's easier to lose if you play games, right?" Fuji Shusuke remembered that Gojo Aiko was very good at playing games.
"To be honest, I'm a little curious." When Inui Sadaharu was collecting information, he heard from more than one person that Gojo Aiko was very good at playing games and that she had a group of brothers who were also gaming experts.
I had witnessed Gojo Aiko's gaming skills during the previous team competition, but it was not comprehensive.
However, these people usually spend far less time on games than on tennis.
So, he also wanted to see what games Aiko Gojo usually played and how good her gaming skills were.