Volleyball: The Time of Resonance

The sun hadn't fully risen yet, and all you could see through the open window was a hazy gray sky.

"Let's go, hurry up and finish your early training so we can have breakfast!" Hisense clapped its hands to remind the still half-asleep Sound Horse cats.

After the morning training, Yinchuan Mian was very glad that she didn't see anything related to rabbits on the dining table.

The boy stared blankly at the piece of meat that Xiao Hei had picked up from his bowl—he hadn't really watched the training match with Tomi, and that person...Ima? Or what was his name? Would he be a starter?

"Ginkawa-kun!" After the members of the two teams, Otoko and Tomi, had finished assembling, Numai Kazuma greeted Ginkawa Myaya while his own coach was not speaking.

The brown-haired, blue-eyed boy nodded at him.

What was his name again? Oh well, at least I've said hello, anyway, we're not close...

"Huh?" General Yu leaned in and said loudly, "Yinchuan-kun is so aloof! I remember you two were friends on social media~ Oh, I get it! You were rejected!"

"What nonsense are you spouting! General! Excellent!"

"I advise you to show some respect to the vice-captain!" General You looked smug and self-satisfied.

......

"Tomi's style has probably changed." Kozume Kenma said what he had observed, paused for a moment, and still no one spoke.

"In the videos the coaches showed me, their style was much more stable than what I've seen recently. Instead of making plans now, let's test the waters first."

The poor boy with the short bob was trapped and stared at, while the coach remained silent. He could only awkwardly offer two sentences of his own opinion.

—What's the use of looking at me! I don't have any game footage of their current roster, so I won't know anything more!

......

"Please give me your guidance!" Members of both teams bowed across the net.

"Yinchuan Jun just changed positions, his blocking skills are definitely not up to par!"

"That means if you spike the ball towards Yinchuan, you can score!"

Hu Mei sent out a loud whisper, the infuriating content of which was read word for word to the other side of the screen.

A "well" sign appeared above Yamamoto Takeshi's head, his face darkened, and he tried to make his usual black-faced expression to scare people.

"Ugh!! What's that buzzing sound? It's so annoying~"

Kuroo Tetsurou interrupted the barely emerging anger on Otoko's side, saying, "If you start with this much hostility, it's easy to lose your temper."

With a malicious smile, Kuroo Tetsuro glanced back in Tomi's direction and met Taisho Yu's gaze—that was really dirty play.

General You raised an eyebrow with a grin: "If you're so capable, then come and get your revenge!"

The cats of Otoko were either forced or obediently formed into a circle by Kuroo Tetsurou.

In junior high, everyone was quite familiar with this pre-game cheering gesture, but this was the first time they had done it in high school.

"Every team has a slogan, and we, the Sound Horse, can't be any less than them! So, I—your captain—have come up with a really cool slogan for our new Sound Horse. You just need to repeat it after me!"

The unsuspecting cats looked at each other with a series of question marks above their heads.

Yakuei refrained from immediately grabbing Kuroo Tetsuro by the collar and demanding to know what he was up to, and instead took the lead in agreeing.

Ha... If you weren't the captain, if there wasn't a practice match right away.

Hai Xinxing observed the expressions of the people around him. He had discussed the slogan with Kuroo Tetsurou, and Hai Xinxing had no objections, thinking it was very suitable for Otoko at the moment.

The boy with the bob haircut frowned. Kozume felt a sudden shiver run down his spine, and his body went into a state of involuntary bristling. An ominous premonition arose, as if he had been entangled by an SSR slime. A chill started from his legs and spread throughout his body.

The wary cat looked left and right, trying to find a way out, but with Blackie on its right and Mianye on its left, it was caught in a dilemma and had no chance to escape...

Mianye, who had no idea about this: A slogan? Wow OvO!

Yinchuan Mian also shifted her feet, moving closer to the grinding stone, and pressed against it~

Grinding: ! !

"Ahem!" Kuroo Tetsuro coughed, clenched his right fist and placed it in the center of the circle, and the others followed suit.

"We are blood!"

Nekoma: "We are blood!"

Upon discovering that the opening scene was filled with blood, Kozume Kenma thought it was none of his business and breathed a sigh of relief, inwardly thinking that the slogan was so cringeworthy.

Yamamoto Takeshi's eyes widened instantly, and he shouted at the top of his lungs! —So cool!

Kuroo Tetsuro's smile grew wider and more exaggerated. "Flowing endlessly, surging without ceasing!"

Yinju Neko: "Flowing ceaselessly, surging endlessly!"

Yoru nods inwardly. Very good, insightful!

"To ensure the 'brain' functions properly!"

A white line in his head snapped, and a look of horror appeared on Kozume Mamoru's face. He shrank back, instinctively trying to escape, but was held in the middle by Kuro's left hand and his right hand was placed in the middle!

Little Black!

"In order for the brain to function properly," Yamamoto Taketaka uttered the last sentence, his expression complex and hesitant. He stared intently at the thin but intelligent man.

Sheep: Got it, I'll work for the grinder! ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ﾉ~

Not far from the net, at the Humei Academy—General Yu's expression was strange, hesitant to speak. What kind of large-scale cult proselytizing scene was this?!

......

One of the regular members of the senior class who had partially dropped out of the club blew the whistle and walked to the center of the field to act as a referee.

The first game begins with Tomi serving.

Yinchuan Mian was also a little pleased. Before the match started, Moyan told him that this game would focus on fast attacks.

He felt that the other side must have said something to him, so they wanted him to embarrass them!

The serve was from Tomi's current star player, Hattori Jiro. The opponent's serve was powerful, and the volleyball flew with a whistling sound, heading straight for Yamamoto Takeo's position.

Yinchuan Mianye was surprised, and neither did the others. Tomi, who had provoked Yinchuan Mianye at the start, was targeting Yamamoto Takeo with the first ball.

Yamamoto Takeo took a step forward, and the ball hit his arm hard.

Kozume Kenma chased the ball for two steps, then reached out and passed it to Mianye in position 1.

"Well done!" Kuroo Tetsuro's voice rang out. This round, they didn't let Yoru Eisuke play, and Kuroo was still a little unsure without a libero in the back row.

Yinchuan Mianye moved swiftly, leaping into the air with incredible lightness. His right hand was raised high, just as the volleyball reached its highest point—

This was the first shot; his form was perfect, and everyone thought he was going to spike it.

—With a gentle flick of her fair wrist, the volleyball grazed Tomi's fingertips as it landed lightly on the opponent's side of the court.

The whistle blew, and Nekoma scored the first point!

General You narrowed his eyes, and when his already long and narrow eyes were slightly closed, he looked even more malicious.

He exchanged a glance with his teammates from the same period next to him.

"Yinchuan-jun is just lucky; we'll definitely stop him on the next shot!"

"This middle blocker is unsteady on her feet; I hope she doesn't fall flat on her face during the match!"

"His movement is so strange, does he even know how to play middle blocker? Oh, he just switched positions, he's a newbie!"

Yinchuan Mianye: ?

It's like they received some strange script... (It's known that Yinchuan Mian has also read shoujo manga).

Yamamoto clenched his fists in annoyance, like a raging lion cub, feeling that he had to be the one to scold his own teammate, so he immediately retorted with a sarcastic remark.

"Huh?! One break from serve! You're playing so badly, and you're still trying to trash talk!!"

"You bunch of noobs who're down by a goal right from the start! Who cares about you guys?!"

Tetsuro Kuroo was also angry, but he felt he should remain calm and wait until Kuroo reached the net before taunting him back—it wasn't that the captain was calm, it was that he was too far from the net.

Yinchuan Mianye's eyes gradually turned to horror. After looking at Yamamoto Menghu, he fell into deep thought.

Although I wasn't physically attacked, the script in my mind was a form of psychological attack in itself...

"Yinchuan?" Fukunaga Shohei nudged his friend worriedly.

"No... I can only accept Moyan and Xiaohei... and I can't really accept them either..." Yinchuan Mian also muttered.

"???" Fukunaga Shohei suspected he had misheard, but had no proof.

When it was Yinchuan Mianye's turn to serve, Fuyong Zhaoping could no longer stand still in a daze.

Kozume Kenma glanced back at the inexplicably obedient figure and curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

跳飘

"Shh!——"

Soundhorse – Serve directly to score!

The score is 2:0.

Yinchuan Mian also stretched his ankles.

"Yinchuan Mian also uses dual swords; be careful, she might use a jump attack!"

—Jump!

The score is 3:0.

Few people can master the jump float at the high school level, so most volleyball players in high school are not very proficient in it.

"Damn it!" General Yu glanced at the libero and reassured the freshman, "It's okay, it doesn't matter if he keeps serving float balls in practice."

He remained silent, acting as the backbone but completely relinquishing command, his gaze softening.

Although I don't support Yu's claim, Yu also has all the qualities to become the captain.

Everyone stared intently at the boy opposite them, a boy who had amazed everyone back in junior high school.

What will this ball be?

Jump or float—

Jump serve!

The boy leaped high into the air once more, his right palm slamming down heavily.

The sound of wind breaking wasn't exaggerated, but the speed at which it fell to the ground was astonishing!

"Sh-!"

The score is 4:0.

"Good shot! Perfect!"

"Beautiful, so cool, Yinchuan!"

"One more ball!"

Wow! Cool!

It's rare to score consecutive points directly from serves, especially when the opponent's star player didn't participate in receiving serves in the first few rounds.

Hattori Jiro stared intently at the ball, and caught it during another jump serve, sending it bouncing high into the air.

He is indeed a very outstanding junior. His jump float is quite difficult to catch, but his jump serve, apart from its speed, is quite ordinary. As long as you can predict the trajectory, it is not difficult to catch.

Hattori Jiro brought the rhythm back, and the somewhat impatient atmosphere gradually dissipated.

The setter passed the ball to the main player, You. This time, the British team's lineup was mainly focused on offense, with both middle blockers in the back row and all outside hitters in the front row, resulting in some deficiencies in defense.

When two players formed a block line and jumped up to try and block him, Da Jiangyou gently passed the ball to them.

Kuroo Tetsuro, realizing the straight-falling object was about to fall, missed his catch.

"Damn it!" Kuroo Tetsuro was very annoyed.

"Here you go~ Your weaknesses are too big. It's only because I wanted to use a drop shot that you could easily spike the ball. Your main attacker with the mohawk is no good at all~"

"Huh? Is 4:1 something to be proud of?" Kuroo Tetsurou got up and went straight for the other's sore spot.

Even if we miss this point, we're still three points ahead of you.

Daisho Yu narrowed his already small eyes again. "Then we'd better get serious. We absolutely can't let our Tomi's good friend down!"

A chorus of sarcastic remarks and malicious comments erupted from Hu Mei's side, a stark contrast to the occasional barrage of comments they made before.

Now, every move made by the members of Onkoma is accompanied by a sarcastic remark.

Yamamoto Takeo's temper grew increasingly fierce, and he sensed something was wrong with Kuroo Tetsuro, who had been substituted by Yoru Eisuke. Calling a timeout could only be done after the ball landed.

He had been watching Yamamoto Taketaka closely when he saw that the other party was being led away by Admiral Yu, leaving an open space in front of them!

!not good!

Yinchuan Mian also noticed this position, but it was too late when they moved forward to cover it.

The ball landed.

The score is 14-13, with Soundkoma in the lead.

"That setter's passes are so slow, like an old lady taking a stroll!"

"That oddly styled outside hitter is all talk and no action; her shot selection is ridiculously predictable!"

"Did the middle blocker perform a somersault catching air on flat ground?!"

"Sound Horse is amazing, but I didn't expect his teammates to be so stupid, they couldn't react in time!"

The veins on Yamamoto Taketaka's forehead bulged. No, it was because he had been led astray and blocked Yoru-senpai's path!

On the next point, Tomi adjusted their tactics, serving directly to Kozume Masato's position. They had their eye on Kozume Masato's poor stamina and wanted to wear him down by serving.

"Shorty! Just say you can't catch it!" the setter mocked. "Don't fall flat on your face!"

Kozume Grinding felt his temper rising little by little.

Without hesitation, Yoruichiro thought of something and patted Kozume Kenma on the shoulder.

"Just get out of the way quickly, leave everything to me."

Golden eyes looked at the free man who appeared even smaller than himself—

"it is good."

—It's the same feeling as with Kuro; Yoru-senpai is excellent.

"The number 6 outside hitter will receive a bye when spiking!"

"Was the number 6 outside hitter chosen by lottery? Yinchuan is much better than him!"

"No, you need to make a substitution! Oh, you don't have any replacements!"

"The Mohawk-wearing attacker is no good!"

It's practically a direct comparison; Yamamoto Taketora's vest is printed with the number six!

"Huh?!" Yamamoto, the fierce tiger, grabbed the net with a sudden movement!

"Believe it or not, I'll smash your heads in with one slam! All you're good for is talking big!!"

The area around the village was silent for a second. They exchanged glances, and General Yu raised his eyebrows smugly.

"Number 6, the main attacker, is a defensive liability," General Yu said, adding fuel to the fire with his provocation.

The other members of the Tomi group became even more excited and provocative!

The score is 23:23.

The further along the way, the more mistakes Yamamoto Taketaka made.

With a headache, Kuroo Tetsuro had no choice but to call for a pause again.