Volleyball: The Time of Resonance

"Didn't you prepare the lemon slices properly?" Hisense put the empty water glass back in place.

"It's alright, just add a little more sugar."

"Actually, bananas are also very good. They're easy to swallow and very sweet." Hisense watched as his junior, who had been squatting, gradually changed to sitting on the ground.

"Should the lemon slices be lighter?" Yin Chuanmian pondered the advantages of her lemon slices.

He knew, of course, that bananas would be much more convenient, but carrying bananas was a bit heavy.

Before the second year of junior high, Kuroo Tetsurou was the one who prepared everything. It's amazing that Otoko didn't have a manager in junior high or high school, so these logistical tasks were assigned to the team members.

After Kuroo Tetsuro left, not many people remembered to bring these things with them.

Yinju's junior high school coach was also very forgetful.

At that time, he was asked to participate in the National High School Championship as a substitute. On the first day of the preliminary round, he was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back. When he returned home, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his mother had come back.

After having a nutritious and healthy late-night snack (a feast of all vegetables), his mother suggested that he bring some candied lemon slices.

After that, he remembered it and always carried a box in his backpack.

"This was prepared by the coach," Hisense smiled gently at Yinchuan Mianye. "Since you haven't taken it, he thought you didn't like it."

"Why?"

Yinchuan Mian also looked in the direction he pointed and indeed saw a bunch of bananas.

Very yellow... A guy dressed in yellow and green stripes, half-ripe banana color, suddenly appeared in his mind.

Yinchuan Mian also opened her eyes wide and shook her head, shaking the person away.

How terrifying!! We can't keep thinking about it just because we'll meet in the qualifiers!

Hisense: Is the child mentally impaired?

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

The second game begins!

Affected by their loss in the first game, Teiko High School was in a bad mood. However, listening to their classmates' cheers, they readjusted their mindset and encouraged each other.

Attack again! Defend again! Teiko High School maintained the same tenacious approach as in the previous set, striving to return every ball.

The ball he spiked was caught again.

Kuroo Tetsuro couldn't help but complain, "That wicked snake, Daisho Yu, said last time that we were like sticky mouse traps, sticking to the bone. I think Teiko is the real sticky mouse trap!"

They don't even consider whether they can organize an effective attack; they'll take any ball they can get!

Even though each ball took an extremely long time to complete, the atmosphere gradually accelerated thanks to the Imperial Light.

The sound of his heart pounding in his chest was almost piercing his eardrums. There was no need for that... Kozume Maki thought.

His golden eyes narrowed, and he turned around to keep a close eye on the coach. When their eyes met, the coach gestured for a timeout.

The ball finally landed on the ground. Yinchuan Mian also used her skill to hit a net ball that grazed the ground. After landing, her figure swayed slightly and her breathing became disordered.

Looking up at the state of Teiko High School, Yinchuan Mian was also incredulous to find that the other side only had two people breathing heavily!

The coach called a timeout!

During the 30-second break, Yinchuan Mian dragged her heavy steps and was frustrated to find that Yinju also only had two players who couldn't perform.

"......" So you said I'm a genius, why don't you dare to max out my stamina bar?

Sato Takeshi is really noisy. He yells when he wins a game, he yells when he loses a game, he yells when he receives the ball, and he shouts a couple of times whether he scores a point or not when he spikes the ball.

Does he really not need to take throat lozenges?

With a voice like that, the vocal department must be his warmest embrace...

"Why did I have to be here..." Kozume sipped water, every strand of his hair screaming resistance.

"Why does Earth need gravity...? I wish volleyballs were like balloons..."

"Grinding, what nonsense are you spouting?" Kuroo Tetsuro raised an eyebrow. "This is only the second match!"

"If Mianye doesn't score on his next shot, I'll feed his comic books to the fish..."

Yinchuan Mianye, innocently dragged into the battlefield: ? ? ?

"Grind it! No way! My comic books are so expensive!" Yinchuan Mian also protested, "Besides, I'm not the one serving next round."

Yamamoto, the true serveer, asked, "Kuroo-senpai, are those two alright?"

Kuroo Tetsuro: "Great! Still lively and energetic!"

"What? Cheer up! We're the ones with the advantage!" Yoruichi Eisuke said confidently, hands on his hips.

The referee blew the whistle again, and the 30 seconds were up.

Naoi Manabu, who only said "Stay calm" once, put the cups that the players hadn't put away properly when they returned to the field.

After taking a sip of water and calming his breathing, Guzha Grinding once again raised his hand to organize an attack.

The sheep in Yinchuan stretched its body in the air like a cat, and "thwack!" the ball grazed the fingertips of the blocker and flew straight out of the court.

The thug is out of bounds!!

The free agent from the Imperial Light was startled; he was nowhere near the location where he could arrive.

Sato gritted his teeth and ran towards the direction the ball had flown; he couldn't let the ball win forever!

What a self-important jerk!

"Bang!" Sato slammed himself onto the floor, clenched his fist, and slammed the ball up!

"Sato!"

Teiko's setter, realizing what was happening, tried to receive the ball but was blocked by the middle blocker who was also trying to reach it, and the two tripped over each other.

In less than a second, the two outstretched hands touched the volleyball, but could only watch it fall to the ground.

The air seemed to fall silent for a moment...

Yinchuan Mian also glanced back at the scoreboard, puzzled.

Otoko High School - Teiko High School

1-0

The score was 20-16.

"?" If I remember correctly, it wasn't match point.

Blue eyes hesitated as they looked around at the students from Teiko High School. This must be what passion is all about.

I think I encountered a team like that in junior high school, where they tried their best to catch every ball.

That's amazing...

Sato took a moment to catch his breath and got up from the ground, only to find his two teammates still entangled together, lying on the ground.

Several hash marks gradually appeared on his forehead.

"Hey! The game isn't over yet!"

The desolate atmosphere was broken by a basin of hot water.

Coach's bench—Teiko High School's coach covered his face, wondering what had made him, at only 26 years old, become a volleyball coach.

The most popular club at Teiko High School is basketball, while the volleyball club is only so-so.

However, this also has its advantages, as everyone here is a genuinely good kid who loves volleyball.

"Wow, that's amazing." Yinchuan Mian, who was still standing forward, couldn't help but mutter.

One sentence gave my two teammates a lot of motivation.

Sato, who happened to be passing by, twitched his ears slightly and suddenly turned around to look at the guy who was much shorter than him.

stare--

Yinchuan Mianye: OxO

Yinchuan Mianye's expression was like that of a cartoon character, yet Sato Tsuyoshi could see the sincerity in his eyes.

"you......"

"Wataya."

Before Sato could finish speaking, his conflicted expression was interrupted by the opposing setter.

The guy, who was 1.85 meters tall and had two muscular biceps, watched as his perceived nemesis obediently came to the side of the setter, Otoko, and lowered his head to let the other man ruffle his hair.

"?"

"Hey! Takeshi Sato! Stand still!" The captain of Teiko High School shouted as he saw the referee about to give a yellow card.

Sato Tsuyoshi arrived at his seat in a daze.

Did you hit your head when you were saving the ball?

It sounds like a concussion; he's even hallucinating...

The following matches remained close, but went more smoothly than expected.

In other courts, once the second game is over, the third game is already halfway through.

The second match between Teiko and Otoko has finally ended.

Fukunaga Shohei's serve disrupted the first pass!

The setter from the ground made a difficult adjustment and passed the ball to the outside hitter in position 4—Takeshi Sato.

Sato jumped with all his might, roaring and swinging his arm. When the volleyball flew in front of him, Yinchuan Mian, who jumped half a second later, also blocked his path completely!

If a straight line won't work, then try a diagonal line!

Sato Tsuyoshi's pupils contracted as he looked at the hands in front of him, and he slapped them down hard!

The volleyball, carrying immense force, struck Yinchuan Mianye's hand with a loud "bang."

The thug is out of bounds!!!

No one expected him to use the "hit out of bounds" move at the most crucial moment!

Yoruichi reacted quickly and chased after the ball, not giving the opponent any chance to prolong the game, and returned the ball!

Kozume Kenma took two steps forward with a look of utter despair, reached position 2, raised his hand, and retreated, making a backflip motion.

Yinchuan Mianye and Yamamoto Menghu are both ready! Let's go!

The two players' movements startled the Teiko Middle School blockers. Two of them rushed in front of Yinchuan Mianye, and one ran in front of Yamamoto Takeo!

We must stop him!

His golden pupils glanced casually at the other side of the court, and he slowly flipped his hand.

The volleyball, which should have been swung down forcefully, slowly grazed the net and fell with the force of the impact.

You guessed wrong.

No one expected that Otoko, who was only a second-round loser in the spring high school, would be able to win the game with ease against Teiko High School, which had never been out of the top 16 in the prefecture, without a third-year student!

As is customary, one should bow forward upon arrival.

Yinchuan Mian also felt speechless as she looked at the main attacker facing her.

Is this where you should be standing?

Sato Tsuyoshi said in a feigned fierce tone, "Hey! Teiko will win next time!"

Yinchuan Mianye: "...Impossible..."

"I knew you were arrogant!!"

Some people are really impossible to talk to. If you do, they seem to get all excited and can chatter on and on for a full minute...

Hey Blackie, why are you just staring!

"Let's get to know each other, I've been thinking about you for two years!" Sato Takeshi stretched out his hand under the net.

Yinchuan Mian also stared at the sweaty hand and took a step back in disgust.

"Yinchuan Mianye," the brown-haired boy introduced himself.

"Hey, your hands aren't exactly clean either!" Sato Tsuyoshi scratched his head, somewhat annoyed. "Sato Tsuyoshi! Second-year students are practically your seniors!"

Sato waited for a while and found that the other side did not react at all, feeling a sense of powerlessness, like punching cotton.

"Let's add each other on LINE later, I'll show you how to play with other balls!"

I can't beat you in volleyball, but I refuse to believe I can't beat any other sport!

"oh."

Yinchuan Mian wanted to refuse after hearing the first half of the sentence, but became somewhat interested in the second half.

I'm always playing volleyball, so I'm a little curious about other balls.

What do you mean by "oh"? Sato Tsuyoshi was internally frantic!

Finally, in the corridor where the teams were leaving, the two became friends with each other, witnessed by both teams.

Yinchuan Mianye has very few LINE friends, mostly parents, teachers, and classmates. Only a few are people who took the initiative to add him as a friend and were accepted by Mianye.

Usually, not many people send messages; most of the people chatting on it are childhood friends who live nearby.

After adding each other as friends, Yinchuan Mian turned around and went to find a certain mushroom cat without looking back.

Sato Tsuyoshi was about to make a statement, but it got stuck in his throat.

"With that awful personality! He hasn't been beaten up yet only because of his face! He should really thank God!"

As he passed by, Takeshi Yamamoto posed his sincere question, "What does God have to do with faces?"

"..." Sato Tsuyoshi chose to mute himself.

The two looked at each other for three seconds and then separated without hesitation.

A bunch of weirdos!

Sato actually disliked Ginkawa Mina. Anyone would be annoyed if they finally became a regular player in the second year of junior high school and were then beaten badly in a match.

The key point is that this person beat him twice, and both times he acted like he didn't care and was being pretentious!

Damn it, don't they know how to respect their elders?!

"That guy, Sato Tsuyoshi, who said our Nekoma team was a weak one?" Kuroo Tetsuro suddenly remembered this and asked.

"Mm." Yinchuan Mian also nodded.

With a height difference of nearly 10 centimeters and a significant difference in body size, Yinchuan Mianye initially thought the other party wanted to fight her when she was first stopped.

People who play volleyball should have very well-proportioned bodies, right? How does he manage to look simple-minded but physically strong?

The damp hair by her ears was grabbed by hand, and Kuroo Tetsuro pulled out a hair tie from his backpack and tied it up as well.

"Grind it!" After finishing with one, Kuroo Tetsuro turned around to find the other.

The mushroom cat, which was just nearby, shrank to the back of the line.

"Grind your hair, it'll be cooler if you comb it up." Kuroo Tetsuro smiled and shook the pink hair tie.

Kuzume grinded its golden cat eyes wide open, shaking its head vigorously like a rattle drum, causing its hair to stand on end with each shake.

"Well~ Mian has already combed her hair up, come on~ let's grind it!"

Yoru Eisuke twitched his lips, walked up to Kuroo Tetsuro, patted him on the shoulder, and then, with lightning speed, gave the unreliable captain an elbow strike!

"Don't block the way!"

"Pfft—" Kuroo Tetsurou exhaled a breath and bent over in pain.

"With a junior like me here, at least give me some face!" Kuroo Tetsuro protested, raising one hand.

"You should at least act like a senior!!"

"People-friendly!" exclaimed Shohei Fukunaga in an aria.

"???"

As soon as the words were spoken, countless question marks appeared inside the Sound Horse Cat.

"Take a break while you can, there's another round of 16 match this afternoon, and the opponent has already been decided."

Naoki Manabu reminded him.

Yinju's cats are very easy to manage; they all quieted down after the coach spoke.

......

Is it really a good thing to keep winning so easily?

During the same match, Tomi faced off against Fukutani and unfortunately had to leave the stage.

Otokoma High School defeated Okawa High School 2-0, advancing to the Tokyo Prefecture quarterfinals.

That evening, after taking a shower, Kuroo Tetsuro found his phone ringing incessantly.

[The nation's top spiker: Ahhh, congratulations! That's awesome! Tomorrow I'm definitely going to give you guys a good match!! I'll make you swoon over my handsome figure!!]

[100% Pure Dog Faction: Otokoma's opponent tomorrow isn't Fukutani, so even if they were to fight, it would have to wait until the day after tomorrow.]

[100% Pure Dog Faction: You used the wrong word! Poor Wooden Rabbit will be looked down upon as illiterate!]

[100% Pure Dog Love: Bad Cat Laughing JPG.]