On the bus to Tokyo, Hayato sat next to Kiyoko and dozed off. He gradually leaned his body against Kiyoko. This made the escort duo want to hit him with envy, while Kiyoko was They made a silent movement towards the two people who were making teeth grinding noises. Seeing the rare expression on Kisuko's face, the two escorts, Tanaka and Nishitani, were both happy and angry at the same time.
"Damn it, that guy Hayato."
"Can childhood sweethearts do such a thing?"
Although she was thinking casually, she still lowered her volume. After all, it was Miss Kiyoko's forbidden voice.
After the bus arrived in Tokyo, Hayato also woke up and smiled sheepishly at Kisuko. He got off the bus with everyone else. The surrounding scenery was not much different from that of Miyagi Prefecture.
Just as Hayato was thinking about this, Asahi next to him said that Suga had returned in principle because they were all located in the suburbs.
The leader of the Nekoma High School volleyball club, Tetsurou Kuroo, who was in charge of hosting Karasuno and his group and had a peculiar hairstyle, saw Hayato who was familiar to him.
"Oh, is this your new guy?"
"Of course, Kuroba Hayato, second grader, height 191cm, also has very strong volleyball skills. Don't be scared later."
Daichi introduced with a smile, Kuroo groaned and looked Hayato up and down.
"It looks really good, but speaking of which, are you missing a few people?"
Hearing this question, Dadi also turned into a bitter melon face.
"Actually it is.."
"In other words, are the superhuman pair taking tutoring classes now?"
"That's it, but our newcomer is also worth looking forward to."
Before the two of them finished talking, Tanaka No. 2 over there, leaving the mohawk to find Yamamoto Tiger, fell to his knees.
"Ah!!! Girl, there are two girls. The pretty one and the cute one."
The frightened Renhua hid behind Jiezi, and Jiezi also stretched out her arms to protect Renhua. Upon seeing this, Tanaka walked up to Yamamoto Tiger with a Bodhisattva face, and at the same time, the surroundings seemed to be glowing.
"You see, Tiger, this is Karasuno's strength. Haha."
Ignoring the dragon and tiger playing with treasures, Jiezi walked away with Renhua, and then Hayato followed.
"Sister Jiezi, have you seen my knee pads? I rummaged through my bag and couldn't find them."
"Because there are some tears, let me help you sew them up. Did you forget what you gave me yesterday? It's true."
"Ah, that seems to be the case. I'm sorry."
Hayato, who was talking to Jiezi, greatly stimulated Yamamoto, and he pointed at Hayato.
"Long, um, what's going on with that newcomer?"
Tanaka, who looked like a Bodhisattva just now, suddenly became sluggish, and even the light behind him was extinguished.
"That's Seiko-senpai's childhood sweetheart, Black Feather Hayato, who is one year younger than her and a newcomer to our club."
"Qing...what! Is there anything so enviable?"
Yamamoto Tiger, who was severely hit, could not get up again, but Tanaka patted his shoulder comfortingly, and the two hugged each other and started mourning.
"Oooo!"
Seeing the two guys playing tricks, Kuroo and the Karasuno third-year group beside him also ignored them.
"Then when you are ready, come to the gym. Everyone else is already here."
Hayato took the kneepad that Kiyoko handed him, looked back at Tanaka No. 2, and touched his chin.
"Well, they are really similar, and one is a dragon and the other is a tiger."
After muttering to himself, he followed the large group and arrived at the stadium together.
As soon as they entered the door, the heat wave inside hit them. The teams had already started a fierce competition. The one wearing a green vest and yellow short-sleeves was Ikawa High School, who had a strong serve. The purple vest and white short-sleeved one was Senran High School, an expert in teamwork. A teal vest and navy blue short sleeves. He has one of the top five trump cards in the country and is the top school in the country, Owl Valley Academy.
And, Karasuno's old rival, the cat in a blue vest and black short-sleeves, the garbage dump battle between crow and cat, Nekoma High School.
No matter which one they go to, they are all highly skilled. Being able to compete in practice matches with these powerful schools is like rain from heaven for Karasuno.
After the warm-up exercise, Karasuno's first opponent was Ikawa High School, who had a strong serve.
Hayato also played as the starter. This time the lineup was setter Sugawara Takashi, attacker Daichi Sawamura, attacker Asahi Higashimine, attacker Ryunosuke Tanaka, deputy attacker Hotaru Tsukishima, and libero Nishitani Yu.
Because of the free agent rotation rule, there are a total of seven people playing today.
The so-called free agent rotation rule is.
First, the libero can only rotate one-on-one with the players on the field in a game, and cannot rotate different people one after another in a game.
Second, the libero can only rotate to a player in the back row, and can only change after that player has finished serving the ball and it is the opponent's turn to serve after the next point.
Third, after the libero has finished the next three rounds (positions 1, 5, and 6) and rotates to the front row, he will be replaced by the "rotated person".
Naturally, it was Tanaka who took turns with Nishitani in the first game.
As his first appearance in front of other teams, Coach Uyang gave Hayato the chance to serve after getting the right to attack first.
"This is your first time appearing in front of other schools, so I give you the task of serving. How about it? Are you confident? Kuroba?"
Being valued so much by the coach, what else could Hayato say, he nodded.
"Leave it to me, coach."
After the players took their respective positions, Karasuno's front rowers protected the backs of their heads in advance. Then everyone shouted for a good ball. As the whistle sounded, Hayato took a deep breath and threw the ball. rise. Then a heavy beat.
boom! The jumping serve was like a cannonball and hit the opposite court, directly serving to score.
"Eh~ No matter how many times I watch it, Kuroba-senpai's serve is terrifying."
Renhua, who was sitting on the sidelines, screamed and seemed to be frightened by the serve again.
The opposite Ikawa High School was stunned. This serve that was comparable to that of an ace player made them deeply suspect that they were not meeting Karasuno, but a strong school with an ace player.
Kotaro Bokuto, the leader of Owlaya Academy who had just finished the last battle and was taking a rest, had his eyes shining brightly.
"Well done, that No. 13."
"Indeed, this one goal alone may be better than you, Bokuto-senpai."
The deputy commander next to him, Akami Kyoji, complained about him mercilessly.
"Chiwei, I'm not sure who is stronger!"
Seeing that the other players who were watching and the players from Shengchuan High School on the opposite side were all stunned, Coach Wu Yang, who was sitting on the sidelines, smiled evilly.
"I didn't expect that we in Karasuno also have a newcomer who is as good as an ace."
Hayato directly scored three points with the serve, but the fourth ball was still caught. As expected of a strong school, he responded quickly. Hayato, who praised the opponent in his heart, quickly followed up to defend.
But it is a pity that although the ball did not fall for several rounds, Ikawa was still found to smash the ball and score.
Finally breaking the 0-point mark, the players from Ikawa High School also shouted to celebrate each other.
Next it was the opponent's turn to serve, but Karasuno's back row now has the strongest defensive lineup. Daichi, Nishitani, and Hayato, the opponent's ball was defended, and then Asahi in the front row directly smashed it, but it was a pity. Bounced back after being blocked.
"It's okay, I'll pick it up!"
Hayato yelled and directly put his hands together to catch the ball with his wrists.
"Chance ball!"
Because the ball he caught well was still in Karasuno's half, everyone shouted for the chance ball and started to organize the attack.
"Sugawara!"
Calling the name of his setter, Hayato took three big steps back from the three-meter line, then started to run up, leaped from behind the three-meter line, and when he reached the highest point in the air, the ball from Sugawara stopped right in front of him. , waved his arm, the volleyball was accurately dunked into the opponent's backcourt, and the back row attacked and scored.
Let me talk about it here. The requirement for back-row offense is to take off after the three-meter line to avoid fouling. It doesn't matter if you cross the three-meter line after taking off.
A beautiful back-row offensive score was exactly what Hayato and Sugawara practiced during this period. They successfully scored when they used it on the court for the first time today. The excited Sugawara rushed over and jumped on Hayato.
"Yo Xi! Success!"
"Well done, setter."
Hayato also praised him generously. Although Asahi was a little disappointed, seeing his friend so happy, he no longer thought about these unhappy things and joined everyone in the celebration.
In the next game, everyone continued to score with Hayato as the offensive center, but the opponent was not a vegetarian either, and the score kept getting tight. In the end, Karasuno finally won the first victory with 25:21.
