On the first day of summer vacation camp, Karasuno temporarily ranked first in the rankings with an outstanding score of winning 6 out of 10 games. Kiyoko carefully wrote down the specific scores of the games in her notebook.
1st: Karasuno: 6 wins, 4 losses
No. 2: Xiaogu: 5 wins, 5 losses
3rd: Yinju: 4 wins, 6 losses
4th: Ikawa: 3 wins, 7 losses
No. 5: Senran: 3 wins, 7 losses
The last two players were definitely not willing to give in. After the training, the players from Senran and Ikawa stayed for individual training. The players from Karasuno were not far behind. Fortunately, there were other gyms for people to use. Senran The university's wealthy campus is equipped with three gymnasiums.
After the game, Hayato didn't plan to go to training. He was going to have dinner first. The managers of each team in the cafeteria had already used their cooking skills to prepare dinner and waited for everyone to eat. As soon as he walked to the third gymnasium, he was called Live, and sure enough, the duo of Wood Rabbit and Black Tail.
"Hey, Kuroba-kun, can you block the net for us?"
"You performed very well today. How about it? Are you interested in playing two more rounds with us?"
Kuroo waved to Hayato, and Bokuto looked very excited. He had had several good duels with Hayato today.
"Ah, well, I'm a little hungry, so I plan to go eat first. How about seniors looking for someone else?"
These two are both third-year students. Hayato and a second-year student must be called senpai. This is different from Karasuno, where everyone is not familiar with each other, so how can they be so casual.
He originally thought of using this excuse to get away, but unexpectedly, the two men walked over directly, each held up an arm, and took him to the gymnasium. Seeing it, I can't deny it.
Coincidentally, Tsukishima also came over after a break because he was not doing personal training. It seemed that he was also going to eat.
"Two seniors, how about we bring one more person to play 3v3?"
There were also Akae in the gym who was responsible for holding the ball for Bokuto, and Lev who was being trained by Kuroo to catch the ball. In addition, Hayato and Tsukishima had just the right number of people. When they heard this proposal, their eyes lit up.
However, when Tsukishima heard that Hayato had sold him, a look of disgust appeared on his face for a moment.
"Well, I..."
Before he could even say the excuse he had thought of, Kuroo said to him, "You are also a secondary attacker. Should you practice blocking more?" He was provoked by Hayato. He was also asked by Hayato after finishing the attack, how could Tsukishima be so weak in blocking? The chain attack directly blocked Tsukishima's excuse.
The excited Tsukishima joined the 3v3.
Considering the team reasons, Bokuto formed a team with Hayato and Lev, Kuroo formed a team with Akae, and Tsukishima, thus evenly distributing two players from each school.
"Oh, what an interesting combination, Kuroba. Even though we are on the same team, I won't lose to you."
In such a group, Bokuto didn't feel regretful about not being able to play against Hayato. It would be a lot of fun to be on the same team with such a player who is on par with him, right?
The winner of the rock-paper-scissors decision is to attack first, and the one who gets the right to attack first is Kuroo's team.
First, the opportunity ball was served, and Bokuto handed the ball to Hayato. Hayato spiked the ball and was hit by Kuroo and Tsukishima. Akae held up the ball, and Kuroo jumped up to prepare for the spike. At this time, Bokuto was standing in the backcourt. , the two 190+ giants in front were like an iron wall when they jumped up to block the block. Unfortunately, this iron wall had too many weaknesses. Kuroo directly aimed at the gap directly between Lev's hands and broke through the block. The wooden rabbit behind him He didn't have time to save the ball, allowing him to score directly.
"Damn it, I got one point first."
"Yeah~"
Kuroo celebrated happily, but Bokuto was upset about being scored. Then Kuroo taught Lev a lesson, asking him not to leave such a big space between his hands when blocking, and at the same time raised his hands to show him what is standard. block.
After playing 3v3 like this for a while, Bokuto was stopped by Kuroo Tsukishima's team for a spike, but instead of continuing the game, he crossed his arms.
"Hmm~~ Mr. Glasses, although you are very good at predicting the path of the ball, your blocking is a bit weak."
"Well, senior, we are still leading."
Tsukishima who fought back did not let Bokuto get hurt. After Bokuto added that most of them were blocked by Kuroo, Tsukishima said that he was still developing and there was still room for growth in strength and height.
"Why don't you be so laid-back? Don't let that little one steal the spotlight."
Kuroo didn't mean any harm. The reason why he didn't mention Hayato was because Hayato was the main attacker and did not conflict with Tsukishima's position. Hinata, who was also the secondary attacker, was Tsukishima's opponent.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Hinata's talent is much better than mine."
When Hayato heard these familiar words, he knew that Tsukishima must be unhappy. At this time, Nenkoma's players walked in.
"It seems like you don't need my help anymore, so I'll leave first."
"Well, it seems like the provocation was too much, Kuroo-senpai."
Watching Tsukishima walk out of the gym, Hayato complained while standing behind the net, and Kuroo scratched his head.
"Because I didn't expect that Tsukishima-kun in your department would actually feel that he is inferior to Hinata. Hinata is now at the level of a young bird in terms of skills and experience. On the contrary, Tsukishima-kun has both height and brains. He seems to have a lot of playing experience. But he actually thinks so."
"Hmm~ I don't know the specific reason. I'll go see him."
After saying goodbye to Kuroo and the others, whom he had become quite familiar with, Hayato also left the gym. He didn't go far before he saw Tsukishima in front of him.
"Tsukishima."
Hayato shouted, expecting Tsukishima to stop, but instead he walked faster and faster, as if he didn't hear Hayato's voice.
Quickly catching up with Tsukishima, Hayato patted him on the shoulder. Although the voice was very low, Hayato still heard Tsukishima's weak tut as he turned around.
"Senior Kuroba, what can I do for you?"
Looking at Tsukishima, who had a somewhat low pressure in front of him, Hayato didn't care.
"Just what you said before you suddenly left just now, do you really think that?"
"Is it about me not being as good as Hinata?"
"Yes, why do you think so?"
Tsukishima sighed after hearing this, and then pushed up his glasses.
"Kuroba-senpai, before you participated in the conflict between Hinata and Kageyama, I discovered that you are very meddlesome in other people's affairs. But there are some things that I don't want to discuss, do you have to force me?"
Although his tone was still very polite, his words came close to saying that Hayato was meddling in his own business.
"We are a team and our goal is the national competition. Is there anything wrong with taking more care of our lovely juniors?"
As if not hearing Tsukishima's hidden meaning, Hayato looked at Tsukishima's face seriously and said.
They just stared at each other, no one said anything, and Tsukishima finally gave up.
"Senior, this is just a club activity."
"so what?"
Faced with Hayato's question, Tsukishima thought for a while.
"So you are a gifted and talented person who is very suitable for volleyball. You work hard in club activities for the championship. I understand it, but I... don't have that kind of talent."
"Tsukishima, do you like volleyball?"
The topic suddenly changed, making Tsukishima stunned for a moment, and Hayato answered before he could answer.
"When I first started, I didn't really like it."
What comes back is not Hayato's memory, but the memory of his predecessor.
"Whether it is catching the ball or attacking, we have to practice repeatedly. The amount of training is always very large. Sometimes I wonder why I should practice volleyball. Until one day, our team worked hard to defeat the opponent. I While cheering, I suddenly realized how happy I was."
Hayato was talking about his past, but Tsukishima misunderstood that this was Hayato's experience in that year. In just one year, he progressed to become an ace player. You can imagine how much effort he put in.
"At that time, I discovered that I like volleyball. In order to become stronger, I am willing to work hard. You know Tsukishima, talent determines your upper limit, and hard work determines your lower limit."
Although these words touched Tsukishima, it was not enough, so Hayato added the last weight.
"Even though you talked about talent and talent, you still joined the volleyball club, didn't you? Tsukishima, you are both smart and physically fit, so you could have joined other sports clubs, but you didn't choose other sports. You didn't run away from yourself, you chose the volleyball club based on your own will, didn't you?"
Tsukishima fell into silence. Yes, after what he had experienced, he still chose volleyball over anything else. He did not escape. He still joined the volleyball club.
