Volleyball: The Time of Resonance

It is important to understand that human joys and sorrows are not the same. The older students had bloodshot eyes, filled with regret for their past neglect of training, and even more so with resentment for making them look bad.

"Let's go." If they stayed any longer, they would lose all face. They glared at the person in front of them with murderous intent.

"Kuroo Tetsuro! You just wait!"

"Don't talk to your seniors like that. If you want to fight again, you're welcome anytime, as long as you're still capable."

Yinchuan Mianye: How strange, that sounds very odd.

The group watched the senior high school students leave.

"Mianye," Kuroo Tetsuro said softly, "you're very good."

Kuroo Tetsuro tried to coax Mianya, whom he had pulled down.

"?" Yinchuan Mian was sitting next to Kozume Grinding, munching on a banana. Hearing this, she tilted her head, her eyes sparkling, and then hummed in agreement.

"What an obedient junior!" the petite free agent exclaimed softly.

Yoruichiro was excited. The days of being dominated by his individualistic junior classmates in middle school were over! He felt that his future was full of hope.

He was still unaware of the cats' true personalities, and was only temporarily deceived by the little sheep's appearance.

"However... all the seniors have left. If they all quit the club, it won't be easy for us." Ye Jiuwei coughed and then continued chatting with Hisense next to him.

"If the other side of the net isn't your teammate, you won't have a chance of winning, right?" Hisense patted Ye Jiu on the shoulder.

"That's true."

Kuro stood with his hands on his hips and looked around the area.

Suddenly, I felt that this place was very clean, not just physically.

"By the way, let's choose a captain." Kuroo Tetsurou clapped his hands twice, looking pleased.

It's a foregone conclusion that the senior students will leave; even if they don't quit the club, they will be ostracized.

"You!" Yoru Eisuke punched Kuroo Tetsuro in the shoulder.

"Little Black".

"Little Black".

The two sitting on the ground said in unison.

"Kuroo." Hisense had no particular thoughts; Kuroo Tetsurou was the most suitable person.

"Of course it's Kuroo-senpai!" Yamamoto Taketora responded loudly.

"Boss," Fukunaga Shohei said, giving an unexpected answer.

"Huh?" Yinchuan Mianye asked, puzzled.

Sitting next to him, Kouzume said in a low voice, "It means treating Kuro as a rebel leader."

"So cool."

Kuroo Tetsuro laughed heartily, "It's my honor."

It seems we need to put more effort into finding a solution.

Daily training is not difficult to arrange, but practicing teamwork, coordinating with other schools for practice matches, and organizing training camps are all challenging tasks.

"So what do we do now?" Yamamoto Taketora, the most restless of them all, asked impatiently, stretching his body on the spot.

"We definitely can't do our regular training today. Let's get our physical stats checked. We've been meaning to do it for a while now."

The daily training schedule needs to be rescheduled; the previous training for freshmen was a complete waste of time.

After searching around, Kuroo Tetsuro pushed out the portable basketball hoop that was kept in the storage room. He heard that this basketball hoop was a discarded item that Coach Nekomata had asked the basketball club for back then.

Today's main focus was on measuring vertical reach, weight, and height.

As for physical fitness, we'll know by recording the training content tomorrow afternoon.

Yoru Eisuke is a free agent and doesn't have high requirements for vertical jump, so he chose to sit on the ladder to help everyone measure.

The results came out quickly. Except for Kozaki Grinding, whose reach was below 300, the reach of everyone else was above 320.

Since a match had been played this afternoon, everyone knew that Yinchuan Mianye's vertical jump wouldn't be low, but the results still shocked everyone.

He is the only one who has reached 330 centimeters, but he is only 1.75 meters tall and is still growing.

After measuring the vertical reach, Kuroo Tetsurou dismissed the group and allowed everyone to train on their own.

Kozakura, who had already had a lot of training today, was still resting when he was invited to play ball.

The shriveled mushroom, thinking that it would be spending a long time with the other party in the future, entrusted five balls to it. After realizing that it was really tired, it immediately disappeared on the spot.

Yinchuan Mian waited for a while and, realizing that her friend was really exhausted, went to the side to practice serving.

Yinchuan Mian also uses dual swords, and can both jump and launch attacks, but her jump attack is not powerful enough, so she shifts her focus to jumping attacks.

It's a big sheep with the power of three ▼_▼

Ye Jiuwei and Hisense stood on opposite sides of the net, one practicing jump serve and the other practicing receiving.

Tetsuro Kuroo was practicing passing with the two first-year students.

......

The two-hour club activity ended quickly, and Kuroo Tetsuro, back home, lay on his bed reflecting on everything that had happened that day.

He admitted that he was a bit impulsive, but he was willing to bear the consequences and was happy to see that there was no senior year of high school.

Still far from sleepy, Kozume Kenmo finished his shower and called his gaming partner, Mianye.

The call connects—a little figure with the name "Green Grass" above its head appears on the game console.

"Grinding! I just finished showering, sorry to keep you waiting!"

"no."

Kozume, seemingly unconcerned, manipulated his little figure, whose head was adorned with an apple pie, and the figure bounced twice in place.

The two successfully passed the next test, and Yinchuan Mian leaned against the headboard and yawned.

"We feel so amazing, we easily drove away our seniors!"

Kozume Kenji looked through the reward information. "Not yet."

"What?! They didn't chase them away...?" With a little free time in the evening, the sheep, who had lost her mind, said in a reading-aloud tone with intonation.

"They probably like volleyball, so they won't give up easily."

"!! Ah, so we're the villains after all?" The brown-haired boy covered his head with his hands and shook his head as he spoke.

"We are the guardians." The golden eyes glanced down, and he thought for two seconds.

In the evening, Mian also plays the role of a stage actor.

"Huh?" Is there something to protect? Yinchuan Mianye's brain began to think.

"Guardians who drive away darkness."

"?? That seems to be the case." A bad senior is equivalent to darkness!

Yinchuan Mian also had a flash of inspiration: "Protect Xiao Hei's true love for volleyball!"

"Cough cough—" Kozume Grinding was choked by saliva, his hair bouncing with each cough.

"Grinding!! Are you alright? What happened? Did you choke on your water?!" The boy blinked his blue eyes blankly and asked worriedly.

"No! I think you've misunderstood..." After a long pause, Kozume Kenma pressed the phone screen onto the bed.

"Okay, will they come back tomorrow?" Shaking her head to get rid of the previous topic, Yinchuan Mian started another one.

In the game, the characters, now equipped with new gear, enter another level one after the other.

"Thirty percent," Kozume said, swiftly slicing down a small monster. "Being defeated and driven away by my junior is embarrassing. The chances of it reappearing in the near future are slim."

"Oh, that's good. Otherwise, if tomorrow is also chaotic, this week will be too tiring." The sheep expressed its resistance to such unpleasant things.

The little character from <Green Grass> slid down and landed right under the boss's ultimate attack—

"!! Grinding! My hand slipped! Help me, help me, help me!"

Just a second ago, Kozume Kenma, who had just emerged from the brink of death, thought the opponent's incredibly precise healing and buffs were really cool.

It's limited...

"Stupid sheep."

"Why???"

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

As Kozume Kenshin had said, the second-year students who arrived at the volleyball club's morning training session the next day did not see those people.

Although they often don't come in the morning either.

noon--

After telling his two regular dining buddies, Kuroo Tetsuro went to Miyano-sensei's office alone.

Jiro Miyano – Volleyball team coach.

The middle-aged man with glasses, whose face wasn't exactly harmonious, was very patient... I suppose.

The man, grumbling and cursing as he corrected the homework, listened with astonishment to the whole story.

He didn't comment on the matter, but after a few seconds of contemplation, he gave his answer.

"The internal affairs of volleyball are something you need to handle yourselves. Since you have seven players and they have six, and you won, then you should make the decisions."

He put down the assignment he had been revising non-stop and looked up, staring intently into Kuroo Tetsuro's eyes.

"If they submit my resignation application, I will sign it, and the team leader will be changed to your name in the report submitted to the school afterwards."

The list of signatories you provided already represents the wishes of others, and I will not have any prejudice against you because of Japanese customs.

While Mr. Miyano doesn't really manage the volleyball club's affairs, he doesn't show favoritism towards anyone.

Before the end of yesterday's departmental activity, Kuroo Tetsuro wrote a letter of intent. It was only a little over 200 words long and simply requested a change of team leader. Everyone else cooperated by signing their names below.

"Thank you, Ms. Miyano."

Kuroo Tetsuro held a piece of paper tightly in his hand and bowed deeply.

That was a form that Jiro Miyano handed to him for his regular members to fill out.

As soon as Kuroo Tetsuro stepped out of the office and closed the door, he ran into Murakamori and his group.

The refreshed young man raised an eyebrow, a smug and arrogant smile returning to his face. "Are you seniors here to resign from the club?"

"You!" Yamada Ichiro said, his face contorted with embarrassment. He pointed his finger forcefully at Kuroo Tetsuro, but before he could vent his anger, Muranaka Mori stopped him in time.

"The teacher is here!" Muraka Mori whispered.

"Pfft—" Kuroo Tetsurou walked straight past them.

Footsteps came from the ground ahead, and Yinchuan Mian also looked away from the game console screen.

"Little Black! Over here!"

Yinchuan Mianye and Guzhao Moyan sat side by side on the flower bed.

With no one around, Yinchuan Mianye raised her hand high and shook it vigorously from side to side.

"What are you doing here?" Kuroo Tetsuro asked in surprise. He had already decided where to have lunch by himself today, but he didn't expect there to be a hidden surprise.

"We came because Mojin said you might come alone."

Mianye has very straight teeth, and when she smiles, she opens her mouth slightly, which is very cute.

"Hmm." Kozume Kenma, who was engrossed in playing the game, nodded slightly.

So, you came here without even knowing if you could wait for me here?

Kuroo Tetsurou laughed out loud, quickly patted the mushroom-shaped head that was playing games, and then ruffled the fluffy little curly hair.

"This is so awkward, grinding away!" Kuroo Tetsuro thought to himself, completely unconcerned after being glared at.

In my mind, the chibi mushroom kitten and the chibi wool kitten are stacked together, while a big black cat with an evil smile is rubbing my head.

Yinchuan Mian also wrinkled her nose, and Xiao Hei's smile was so wicked.

"Let's go, haven't you had lunch yet?"

"Okay."

"Um."

The 1.75-meter-tall lamb and the 1.67-meter-tall mushroom walked side by side (the lamb took the initiative unilaterally), while the poor long black cat was chased to the front to lead the way because it offended the mushroom.

During the meal, Moyan asked about the situation in the office.

"Miyano-sensei told us to handle it ourselves. I was confirmed as the team captain, and I was given the list of starters to fill out."

Kuroo Tetsurou, who eats quickly, swallowed the last mouthful of rice in his bowl and looked at Mushroom Cat, who still had a little more rice left in his bowl, poking at it with his chopsticks, clearly not wanting to eat any more.

"I guessed it." Seeing that Black Cat didn't look at him with disapproval, Kozume Kenma breathed a sigh of relief and started packing up his lunchbox.

I really can't eat any more...

"They might spread some bad rumors. Do you want to spread them first?"

Rumors are difficult to deal with, and Kuroo Tetsuro, as the main culprit from their perspective, will inevitably be targeted.

The most direct impact is the deterioration of relationships within the class; if not handled properly, even the teacher will have a problem with him.

"That's certainly possible, but now almost everyone in the second year of high school knows about it."

"for......"!!!

The large sheep, who eats slowly, was about to speak! However, a piece of meat was placed in its mouth the instant it raised its head, and before it could utter a single word, it immediately shut up!

His sapphire-like eyes were wide open, innocent yet resistant. The boy shook his head vigorously, his mouth tightly shut.

Kuroo Tetsuro sighed dramatically and placed the meat back in the corner of Ginchuan Mianye's lunchbox.

A lone claw grinds in its heart, mourning the poor sheep.

"It was Yoru and Kai," Kuroo Tetsuro said, propping his chin up with his hand as he watched Mianya chew his rice. "They also thought of striking first, so they spread the word that 'the lower-grade volleyball team beat the upper-grade students to a pulp.'"

"It spreads incredibly fast."

"Hmm." Moyan indicated that he understood and took out the game console.

It's good that you're alright.

Mianye's eating habits are adorable. He likes to take a big bite each time and then chew slowly, like a herbivore worried that the food will be eaten by someone else if it's not in his mouth.

No, the boy with the rooster-like hair narrowed his eyes as the image of a bleating sheep in his mind was shattered by an invisible hand.

Cotton can only be a cat! This is Otoko!

"Mianye, you're an omnivorous Persian cat."

"?" Chewing...

"?" Kozume Kenma looked up at him in confusion.

<Game Over>

"!" The golden cat's eyes widened!

The culprit craned its neck to peek at the game console screen, "Pfft—"