Haikyuu!!: The Disaster of Gamers

In the service area, Tobio Kageyama spun the volleyball twice in his hand.

Sweat dripped from his chin onto the floor, and he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from the corner of his eye.

The score is 25-24. This is the game point in the second game.

The whistle blows. The ball is tossed, the run-up begins, and the jump is taken.

The volleyball, propelled by the force of the air, transformed into a white afterimage, hurtling straight towards the bottom corner of Inarizaki's half of the court.

Akagi Jiro lowered his center of gravity, clasped his arms tightly together, and leaped forward to meet the heavy cannon shot.

"Bang!"

The ball hit Akagi's forearm, the force of which made him take half a step back. The first pass wasn't perfect; the ball went wide to the right, beyond the three-meter line.

"Cover up!" Gong You shouted, quickly retreating from the net.

He jumped on one foot, and on the verge of losing his balance, he pushed the ball to the left wing with both hands.

Ooshiro Aran had been waiting for a long time. He faced Karasuno's double block and swung his arm to smash the ball.

The volleyball bounced high off the fingertips of the Sawamura land.

"Touch the ball once!" Sawamura shouted after landing.

Nishitani Yu quickly moved sideways from the back row, gliding along the ground, and used one hand to prop up the ball.

"Counterattack!" Lu Ren surged forward from the backcourt, his fingers drawing an arc in the air.

The ball was passed to the middle, and Hyuga Shoyo rose into the air.

Inarizaki's blocking reaction was extremely fast, and Oozumi and Miyaji joined forces to block Hyuga's attack route.

Hyuga didn't force a shot in the air; instead, he flicked his wrist and pushed the ball into the open space on the right wing.

Ryunosuke Tanaka strode forward and slammed the ball down with a powerful dunk.

The volleyball hit Inarizaki's half of the court and was about to hit the ground when libero Akagi Rosei made a diving save, managing to scoop the ball up.

"We can still play!" Miyaji followed up from the back row, lifting the ball high with both hands.

Both sides entered into a tug-of-war that exhausted their physical strength.

Every shot was consuming the last bit of oxygen that both players had left.

The volleyball darted back and forth over the net, and the screeching sound of shoes rubbing against the floor echoed throughout the entire venue.

Lu Ren kept adjusting his defensive position in the back row, his brain rapidly calculating the opponent's attack route.

Inarisaki's attacking pace is getting faster and faster, and Miya Yu's passes are becoming bolder and bolder.

"Give me the ball!" Rintaro Kakuna shouted from the middle.

With a flick of his wrist, Gong You delivered the ball precisely to the corner player.

Hotaru Tsukishima stared intently at Kaminari's movements, then leaped high into the air with powerful strides.

The two met in mid-air at the net.

Tsukishima stretched out his arms, attempting to block all of Kakumei's attack routes.

The character displayed tremendous core strength in mid-air, leaning his body backward and pausing his arm in mid-air for a fraction of a second.

Countless physics formulas flashed through Tsukishima's mind.

An individual's defensive range is limited.

On the ground, one can use techniques such as diving and sliding to expand the defensive area. But in the air, gravity controls everything, and the defensive range shrinks dramatically.

Faced with the tactic of using hang time to forcibly change the attack route, the front-line blocking alone is simply not enough to deal with it.

Tsukishima's gaze went over Kakuna's shoulder and toward the backcourt.

That orange figure.

You must be there, Hinata Shoyo.

With a flick of his wrist, Kakuna sent the volleyball around Tsukishima's block and straight into the right corner of Karasuno's half of the court.

This is an extremely tricky landing point; under normal circumstances, no one could defend against it.

Just a second before the ball hit the ground, Hinata Shoyo arrived in a flash.

He spread his legs apart, lowered his center of gravity to its lowest point, and placed his arms firmly under the volleyball.

"Bang!"

The volleyball hit Hinata's arm, bounced high, and flew straight to the net.

"Good catch!" Kageyama Tobio shouted and quickly ran towards the landing point.

All members of Karasuno are activated.

A multi-pronged attack was launched again.

Tanaka, Higashi, and Riku simultaneously cut into the net from different directions.

Inarizaki's blocking fell into chaos; they couldn't predict who Kageyama would pass the ball to.

Kageyama touched the ball with both hands in mid-air, his gaze sweeping across the entire field.

Instead of choosing any attacker, he flicked his wrist and pushed the ball to the back row.

There, Hinata Shoyo had already completed his run-up.

"Thump!"

Hinata used a "thump" jump to propel herself up, leaping over the height of the net.

He faced the volleyball and swung his arm to spike it powerfully.

The volleyball slammed into Inarizaki's half of the court like a cannonball, making a loud bang.

The referee blows the whistle; the score is valid.

26:24.

Karasuno won the second game.

There was a two-second silence in the stadium, followed by deafening cheers.

In the stands, Lu Jianguo threw down the sunflower seed shells in his hand, jumped up, and slapped his thigh: "Great! That was really inspiring!"

Lu Xin, holding a megaphone, shouted into the arena, "Wuye, rise up!"

Grandpa Zhang picked up his suona and played a cheerful tune, attracting the attention of the surrounding audience.

On the field, the Karasuno players hugged each other, celebrating their hard-won victory.

Hinata Shoyo jumped around excitedly, shouting, "I caught it! I caught it!"

Hotaru Tsukishima adjusted her glasses and walked over to Hinata: "It was just a lucky break."

"You bastard!" Hinata glared angrily at Tsukishima.

Lu Ren stepped forward and patted Hinata on the shoulder: "Well done."

He turned to look at Inarizaki's half of the field.

Gong You stood there, panting heavily, his eyes filled with resentment.

The loss in the second game was a heavy blow to Inarizaki.

Their sophisticated system began to crack under Karasuno's fierce counterattack.

"Alright, let's go back to the rest area." Daichi Sawamura called to his team members to leave the field.

Break between games.

Coach Wu Yang stood among the players, holding a tactics board.

"You played very well in the second game, everyone worked hard." Coach Wu Yang looked around, "But the match is not over yet, the third game will be the real test."

He pointed to the Inarizaki formation on the tactical board: "Inarizaki will definitely adjust their tactics. The Miya brothers' quick attack is still their biggest threat. We need to continue to maintain the aggressiveness of our serves and disrupt their first pass."

Lu Ren took a sip of his sports drink and added, "Gong You is exhausted, and his passing accuracy will drop in the third set. We need to seize this opportunity and make more plays at the net."

He looked at Tsukishima Hotaru: "Tsukishima, in the third set, you need to keep a close eye on the corner player and prevent him from easily hitting a change-of-direction shot."

Tsukishima nodded: "Leave it to me."

On the other side of the rest area, Inarizaki's coach, Norimune Kurosu, was also giving the team members tactical instructions.

"We were too hasty in the second game," Coach Kurosu said calmly. "Karasuno's defensive resilience exceeded our expectations, but we must have faith in our own abilities."

He looked at Miya Yu and Miyaji: "In the third set, we need to reduce mistakes and give the ball to the player who is most confident. Alan, you need to take on more offensive responsibility."

Tail-White Alan nodded, his eyes hardening.

In the stands, Kiyosawa Ayashi held binoculars, observing the situation on the field.

"Lu Ren is starting to look more and more like a commander," Ya Zhi chuckled.

The game is about to restart.

Both teams' players returned to the field.

The third and decisive game.

If you win, you advance to the next round; if you lose, you pack your bags and go home.

There is no way out.

Lu Ren stood in the back row, took a deep breath, and exhaled the stale air from his lungs.

He looked at Inarisaki across from him, and a desire for victory ignited within him.

He wanted to use his own methods to completely destroy Inarisaki's intricate system.

The whistle blows to serve.

The third game has officially begun.