Yes, it is a hundred times more painful for his teammates to die one after another than for him to never play tennis again. No one wants this. Including him, King Seiichi Yukimura.
The meaning of that smile is that I don't want any member of the tennis club to be hurt in any way. He wanted all the members to play tennis healthily and happily, and not to be unable to play tennis again. If Kirihara was still here...
So, will everything remain intact?
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