"Our first opponent today is Yinju. How was the result yesterday?"
After the warm-up, coach Wu Yang called everyone over and asked Jie Zi. Jie Zi also took the notebook in her hand and turned to the page where the results were recorded.
"Today is the third game against Yinju. Yesterday's two games were 25:21, and 20:25, one win and one loss."
"In other words, we only had a draw with the opponent. Although Hayato has joined now, the cooperation between you is not skilled enough, so you must calm down in the next game. If you play hard, you will always find the chance to win. Yes. Hinata and Kageyama haven’t fought Nekoma for a long time, so let’s take this opportunity to avenge their shame.”
Coach Uyang first summarized yesterday's game, then looked at Hayato, who nodded, and finally handed over his expectations to the two first-year members and encouraged them.
After Kageyama and Hinata answered in unison, everyone walked to the field together.
Today's lineup arrangement is Kageyama, Hinata, and Tanaka in the front row, Tsukishima and Nishitani rotate, and Tsukishima, Daichi, and Hayato are in the back row. The opponent starts first.
"Come here~"
Looking at Haiha on the other side of the net, Hinata put on a defensive stance and shouted loudly.
"Good answer!"
As Tanaka's words fell, Hinata and Kageyama successfully scored with a strange quick attack, and the score reached 10:12. Although it was only in the middle of the game, Haiyu had gradually caught up with Hinata due to his unusual wingspan and height. The attacking rhythm was up, and the ball just now was almost touched by him.
This made Hinata more and more anxious, because Karasuno scored, and according to the rules, Tanaka served the ball, and the opponent hit it again. Fortunately, Daichi caught the ball perfectly.
"Chance ball!"
Amid Daichi's shout, Hinata jumped up again, and Kageyama also handed him the ball, but this time, the gray feather that jumped up diagonally blocked the ball firmly.
Because the smash was very strong, it bounced into the court very quickly after being blocked. Nishitani failed to save the ball, and was given a point by Yinju. Haiyu, who successfully blocked the ball, was praised by others.
"Has it been cracked so quickly?"
Takeda-sensei felt incredible.
"Yinju was already very good at fast breaks before, plus the newcomer's tall stature and amazing reaction speed. It's a bit tricky."
Coach Karasuno crossed his arms and looked at Haiyu who had regained his position and said with a headache.
Standing in front of the net, Haiyu waved to Hinata, meaning to come over.
Hinata, who was aroused to fight, looked at him unwillingly.
At this time, Kageyama discussed with Hinata to switch to a normal quick attack later, and his thoughts were guessed by Nenkoma's setter, Mian Mo, who called Hai Yu, and Mo Mo told him to switch to a contingency block next.
The so-called emergency blocking means to see clearly the direction of the ball and then jump up to block it.
Minami sent the ball over with an ordinary serve, Tanaka received the ball steadily, and Karasuno attacked again, but this time, Hayato was rotated to the front row, and Kageyama passed the ball directly to Hayato.
"Kuroba-senpai!"
"Know!"
Switching to Hayato's offense, even if Haiyu switched to a contingency block, he still didn't stay in the air as long as Hayato. He smashed the ball straight through the double block with a powerful strike and went straight to grind.
Facing the menacing volleyball grind, Nekomata's coach Nekoma was furious and scolded him loudly.
"Grind, don't hide!"
"The arm will be broken."
"It won't break!"
Hayato, who has long known that he has a grinding personality, this ball was specifically aimed at him. Everyone in Karasuno was very happy to score again, but Hinata was not so happy. He also jumped up just now, but the person responsible for blocking the ball Neither of the other two looked at him, which made him very unconvinced.
Mizuno also discovered that Hayato was deliberately targeting him. Looking at Hayato celebrating the score with his teammates, Mizuno fell into deep thought.
Just when Hayato wanted to repeat his old tricks and score another goal, the grinding that he had discussed with the libero Yaku retreated directly. Yaku came to catch the ball and defused Hayato's attack.
"Tsk, you are indeed a person who uses his head to play ball. His brain works so fast."
With a helpless click of his tongue, Hayato quickly stood up with Kageyama and prepared to block. Because of the rotation, their free agent had just left the field, and Hinata went to the back row again. This was the time when the defense was at its weakest.
After successfully touching the ball, the ball was still in Karasuno's half, shouting for a chance ball. When everyone thought Hayato was still the main attacker, Kageyama made a secondary attack and scored.
"Good job! Kageyama."
Reaching out to ruffle the junior's hair, Hayato praised him happily.
"Thanks for the compliment."
I am also very happy to successfully score Shadow Mountain.
The two sides continued to score points back and forth. When Hinata was rotated to the front row again, Hinata, who was stimulated by the opponent, became more and more excited. Just when Kageyama saved Nekoma's spike and Daichi lifted the ball.
This ball was originally an offensive ball for Hayato, but before Hayato could take off, he felt a predatory aura. So with a glance from the corner of his eye, he saw that Hinata, who was full of fighting spirit, was already preparing to take off, and it was not as a move. As the bait took off, his eyes completely stopped on the ball, and he immediately understood that he was coming to steal the ball.
A more domineering and irresistible aura of the king in the sky emanated, startling everyone around him. Although the aura is a very mysterious thing, now, everyone can feel Hayato's mean.
This ball is mine, no one is allowed to steal it.
Hayato jumped high and successfully scored with a smash. After landing, he took a few deep breaths to calm down his mood.
"Wow, that's so scary."
Haiyu, who was in charge of the three-man block, had just faced Hayato, who was like the king of the sky. His face was expressionless but full of attack power. His eyes were fixed on the volleyball, like a raptor with wings spread out and rushing down from the sky to hunt for prey.
What happened in this short moment also made everyone outside the court sweat.
"Hinata just wanted to steal the ball passed to Hayato."
Sugawara speculated with a trace of cold sweat on his face, and Asahi on the side also nodded.
"How should I put it? Hinata's jumping posture and direction scared me so much that my heart almost jumped out of my chest. I thought the two of them would collide, but Hayato suddenly burst out and shocked Hinata."
At the same time, Hinata reacted and quickly apologized to Hayato.
"I'm extremely sorry, Kuroba-senpai. I'm really sorry. I was just watching the game."
"Well, well, this kind of thing happens occasionally. I'm lucky that I wasn't injured."
Hayato, who had taken back his charming aura, smiled gently, helped Hinata up, and then told him to carefully observe the actions of the people around him. The aura of being the only one in the world that I had just now was completely gone.
"Hinata, you idiot, watch your surroundings, otherwise there is no point in shouting!"
After criticizing Hinata, Coach Uyang leaned back on his chair and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was no collision.
At the same time, he watched everyone comfort Hinata and Hayato, who was harmless to humans and animals.
"Although Hinata's actions just now were unconscious, the aura she exuded could shock him. Blackfeather Hayato, I have to admit that he has now fully evolved into Karasuno's ace."
Heaving a sigh of relief, Coach Karasuno glanced at Asahi on the bench, feeling a little complicated.
Coach Nekomata on the other side also noticed Karasuno's situation. He crossed his arms and looked at the pair of Hinata and Hayato.
"A sudden bird of prey occupied the crow's nest, and the little crow inside wanted to do something, but was mercilessly suppressed by the foreign king. Interesting, what will happen next? It is the foreign king who has integrated into the crow's nest. In the nest, the little crow will still rise to the challenge."
"Well, but people who don't pursue change will never be able to evolve. How far Karasuno can go depends on how they deal with it."
After making a summary, Coach Nekomata decided to continue observing.
After this small disturbance, the game started again. After that, there was no situation like the one just now. The game ended with a score of 25:20.
