Volleyball: The Time of Resonance

The sunlight shone directly on the ground, adding warmth to the April air.

After the rather pointless freshman orientation ceremony ended, Yinchuan Mian and Kozume Kenma walked side by side and started talking about the volleyball club.

"They'll collect the club applications this afternoon, then we'll be able to see Kuro when we go to the volleyball club!" the blue-eyed sheep said excitedly.

The boy with the bob haircut looked at the ground, his tone calm yet questioning, "Didn't Xiao Hei just bring us to school to register yesterday?"

As a public school, Otokoma doesn't have dormitories; students can only commute. When they were in junior high, Kuroo Tetsuro would take the two of them with him after club activities.

Yesterday was the same. After registering them, I took them out to eat and then sent them home.

By the way, is Xiao Hei really not the mother...?

"That's different! From today onwards, we'll be in the same school again!" Yinchuan Mianye's eyes were filled with joy, and she bounced up a little.

Kozuma's gaze was still drawn to his actions, and he glanced at the excited sheep.

Sticky, gooey glutinous rice cakes...

Mianye doesn't actually cry much. In his memory, he has only cried twice. The first time was when he was a child, and the second time was when Kuroo Tetsuro graduated from junior high school.

Yinju's elementary and junior high schools are together, but the senior high school is separated by a street. However, a street is only three or four hundred meters away, and the style of the school uniforms has not changed much. Anyone can come and go as they please.

Even so, Yinchuan Mian, a second-year junior high student, cried her eyes out, sobbing and whimpering. She and Xiao Hei stayed with this sticky little lamb for three days before they finally calmed her down.

"I wonder how strong the Otokoma volleyball team is now." Yinchuan Mian also knew that in recent years, the Otokoma High School volleyball team had been called a "fallen powerhouse" and couldn't even make it into the top 16 in Tokyo.

"With Xiao Hei joining, although we haven't achieved much this year, our strength should still be considerable!"

"Maya, don't have too high expectations." Kozume Kenma didn't think that Nekoma's current strength was worthy of the expectations that Miaya had.

You can tell from the fact that Xiao Hei has kept silent about volleyball internal affairs for a year that either his skills are consistently lacking, or he is simply not a good person.

Yinchuan Mian blinked and sighed deeply, "Okay."

To be honest, Yinchuan Mian also likes volleyball only a little more than Kozaki Kenma, and that little bit is because of their friendship.

Kozume Kenma started playing volleyball because Kuroo Tetsurou was playing it, while Ginkawa Wataru joined happily because both of his childhood friends were playing it.

If Kozume Kenma hadn't chosen to play volleyball in the first place, Ginchuan Mianye might now prefer to stay with Kozume Kenma and play video games in the bedroom.

After Kuroo Tetsuro graduated from junior high school, Kozume Kenma and Ginkawa Wataru, who had been promoted to seniors, also voluntarily withdrew from the starting team.

As seniors, they were left unsupervised. After their daily training sessions, they stopped training on their own. Kozume Kenma would play video games in a corner of the court, and when Yinchuan Mian was sleepy, he would snuggle up to Kozume Kenma and sleep. When he wasn't sleepy, he would occasionally give some pointers to the newcomers.

Because she voluntarily withdrew from the starting lineup, the coach had no choice but to let it go. However, in major competitions, Yinchuan Mian will still be placed on the bench. The only major volleyball competition in junior high school is the National Volleyball Championship held once a year.

"Then I can look forward to Xiao Hei's new friend!"

"It should be pretty good." So far, none of Xiao Hei's friends have caused any problems.

"Really? Great!"

Kozume was very satisfied with Ginkawa Mya's obedience; a hitter who could satisfy the setter's desire for control was very comfortable.

"Even though we're always together, it feels like Kenma always knows more." With her slightly curly hair tied back in a small braid, Mian also looked up and sighed.

"Class is about to start." Kozume Kenma noticed the time first, and led Mian, who was in good spirits but still yawning, back to the assigned classroom.

On the first regular class of the new semester, the homeroom teacher asked the students to introduce themselves one by one. Yinchuan Mian didn't like strangers, so after it was her turn, she started drawing stick figures in her notebook and kept drawing for half the class. On the contrary, Brown Mushroom, who was socially anxious, was paying attention to the information in the class.

A man with an unusual hairstyle stood on the podium and spoke about his goals in a dramatic and enthusiastic voice, successfully attracting the attention of the blue-eyed sheep.

Yamamoto Taketora... Hmm, what a noisy personality. The boy muttered to himself.

A flash of inspiration struck him, and he looked thoughtfully at his childhood friend, only to be met with a look of disgust.

(The cat resists the JPG.)

As expected, this was the type that Ginchuan Mian didn't like.

The next second after I looked away, I heard Yamamoto Taketaka on the podium loudly proclaiming his love for volleyball.

Wow!

The sheep lay on the table, tilting its head to watch the cat's antics—their eyes met, and the sheep was slightly scolded.

Gin-chan is so cute! Gin-chan's eyes are wide open, and even when her childhood friend frowns, she's still incredibly gentle!

There was no one threatening him; he just felt that someone should be watching him, so Kozume Kenma turned around and sensed that something was wrong, so he was the first to look away.

The school dismissal time for Yinko is 3 PM. The application for joining the club has already been handed over to the various clubs by the teachers. Although there are club recruitment activities in the morning, Sheep doesn't like strangers, and Brown Mushroom Cat also hates crowded places.

The volleyball club is located at the back of the school. The two of them asked Xiao Hei yesterday and arrived at the location smoothly without any problems.

"There are hardly any people coming to the volleyball club," a senior student said, standing in front of the volleyball room and about to leave. "Anyway, I don't have anything to do. I'll be back in a bit."

"Senior Inoshita!" A voice that was extremely familiar to Yinchuan Mianye rang out.

It was Xiao Hei. Mianye's gaze followed the voice, and sure enough, the long black cat with a rooster-comb hairstyle appeared in front of the door. He called out to the person named Jingxia.

"Senior, why don't you wait a little longer? New members are joining today, and if you leave, they might not even know who you are," Kuroo Tetsuro kindly advised.

Yinchuan Mian and Kozume Kenma, being very sensible, hid to the side early on, and Mian was also very curious about their conversation.

Kozume Kenma felt that the two were going to argue for a while, so he tugged at Mianye's sleeve and sneaked into the volleyball room from a small corner.

As soon as it stepped inside, the already listless Mushroom Cat became even more lethargic.

Mian, who was still in good spirits, peeked halfway out from behind him and saw Yamamoto Takeo raising his leg high in place, along with his seniors who were all posing awkwardly.

Something feels off.

It's easy to tell if someone is a senior or not; apart from freshmen, upperclassmen are all wearing sportswear or team uniforms.

Yinchuan Mian also thought about it seriously. It seemed that the senior members who were chatting or playing on their phones did not pay attention to the new members.

No, they're still looking at their own side.

"It's you guys!" Yamamoto Taketora finally spotted the other members besides himself, and was surprised to find that they were actually two of his classmates.

"Hello, I'm Yoru Eisuke, a second-year student." A senior student who looked to be a free agent walked up to the two of them and greeted them cheerfully.

"Hello, Yoru-senpai, I'm Ginkawa Mina, a first-year student from Class 5." After a moment of silence, Ginkawa Mina resigned himself to being the first to respond to this seemingly nice and friendly senior. Kozume Kenma chose to respond after him.

"Greetings, Yoru-senpai. I am Kozume Kenma from Class 5, first year."

Although she really wanted to ask if the other person was playing as a free agent, she chose to keep quiet because the other person was a stranger.

They arrived near Yamamoto Taketora together with Kozume Kenma.

...... ......

In the end, Kuroo Tetsuro brought that senior back, along with another boy.

They were from the same class, and Yinchuan Mian also noticed the other person's school uniform.