Chapter 76 Volleyball 36

When the brown-haired boy hugged her tightly, Kurikawa Sana stood there in a daze.

Because she heard the other party's favorability sound at the same time.

[Oikawa Toru, Favorability +7. ]

The boy's embrace was hot and warm, making people feel extremely safe.

Just like his refreshing mint green team uniform and the short-sleeved jacket he is wearing now, Toru Oikawa also exudes a fresh scent, and Kurikawa Sana is completely wrapped in the other's breath.

Even without help, she could have easily dealt with that ball, dodging it or hitting it back. But when her dynamic vision caught the anxious movements of the person next to her, Kurikawa Sana paused.

But she didn't expect that the person who helped her block the ball would be Toru Oikawa.

"Are you okay?"

The young man lowered his eyes to look at her, his brown eyes were clear and transparent. At such a close distance, the impact of his handsome face, which could even be called exquisite, was even stronger.

"I, I'm fine, thank you, Oikawa-senpai..." Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "Where's Senpai? Your back was hit, are you okay?"

Oikawa Tooru: "No big deal, it doesn't hurt at all, not even one tenth as much as Iwa-chan's usual punch."

Iwaizumi: "..."

Then when you were hit just now, you made a muffled groan. What was that groaning about?

Gong You, who was a step behind, responded: "!!!"

"Damn it! You actually hugged Sana-chan in her swimsuit!" A certain golden fox's face was visibly red. "I've only hugged Sana-chan in her casual clothes! You actually——"

Kita Shinsuke and Kakuna Rintaro on the side: "…"

Wait, when did Yuu ever hug Sana?!

"Thank you, Oikawa-san, for helping Sana block the ball, but maybe you can let go now?" Kita Shinsuke's eyes were calm, but a sense of oppression spread silently.

"Of course, Kita-san." Oikawa Tooru smiled and let go of his hand.

But the moment he loosened his arms, the girl's overly soft touch suddenly disappeared. He was slightly stunned, but quickly came to his senses.

"I'm sorry, Senior! I'm sorry, Great King..." Hinata Shoyo ran over with a sad face, his tone full of anxiety and guilt, "It's all my fault that I didn't catch the ball well. The ball flew out and hit Great King, and almost hit Senior's face..."

The senior sister is a model and an actress, an entertainer who has to appear on camera. If he hit her face, the consequences would be unimaginable... Fortunately, the king blocked it!

Thank you, my king—Hinata Shoyo silently shed kelp tears in his heart.

Most of the other people present shared Hinata Shoyo's sentiment. Getting hit while playing volleyball was perfectly normal. But when the person being hit was Kurikawa Sana, and the part of her body that could have been hit was her face, it became a dangerous situation, and everyone couldn't help but tense up. Fortunately, everything was fine in the end.

Kageyama Tobio growled, "Hinata, you idiot! I told you to practice catching the ball more often!"

"I will!"

"It's really okay, I can dodge that ball." Kurikawa Sana said quickly: "I'm not that weak, don't worry."

Suddenly remembering his senior's amazing volleyball skills, Hinata Shoyo was stunned for a moment, "Indeed, that seems to be the case..."

"Okay, okay, continue the game, don't worry~"

"I understand, thank you, Senior!"

After listening to the conversation between the two, Kita Shinsuke carefully observed the orange-haired boy in front of him for the first time, and then said, "Then let's continue the game."

"Yes! Senior Bei!"

In the following games, although the monster fast break of Kageyama Tobio and Hinata Shoyo was still visually shocking, the seniors Kita Shinsuke and Oshiro Alan were ultimately more experienced, and the first beach volleyball game ended with the latter's victory.

But the former was not discouraged. He didn't seem to be affected at all. On the contrary, he became more excited. They both bowed to Kita Shinsuke and Oshiro Alan and said, "Thank you for your guidance, seniors!"

The next draw was between Iwaizumi Hajime and Oikawa Toru against the Palace Twins. Both teams were very strong, and everyone was amazed when this lineup came out. It was obvious that an exciting duel was going to take place.

Coupled with the fact that a certain golden fox was still in the red temperature, it seemed that a beach volleyball game that was just for entertainment had become a Shura game.

Miya Yuu sneered with a devilish, arrogant smile and scored with a tricky jump floater. Not to be outdone, Oikawa Tooru also scored with a powerful jump serve, leaving Miyaji and Iwaizumi staring at each other expressionlessly.

Iwaizumi: "?"

Miyaji: “?”

Are these two still allowed to participate in the competition?

In the end, the match between the Miya brothers and the Aoba Jonisi Yojinran combination ended with Miya You returning the favor with a powerful jump serve that broke the volleyball.

Miya You still wanted to continue the game to decide the winner, but Kita Shinsuke calmly refused with the reason that "there are no more balls for you, and they have to be left for others to play."

Although he was very unwilling, he always listened to the North Team. Gong You raised his chin and said provocatively, "It seems that my powerful jump serve is better. It actually broke the ball directly."

Oikawa Tooru smiled and said, "It must be because of the wear and tear from my previous serves that the ball cracked, right?"

"Ha, obviously we should only look at the final result. In the end, I was the one who broke the ball."

Ah, why are they fighting again? Kurikawa Sana, who was watching the fight, looked away... If I remember correctly, Oikawa Toru's strength value was the highest, 5, and Miya Yu's strength was 3.

It seems that Gong You's powerful jump serve just now caused the ball to break where it hit a small piece of gravel. She picked it up immediately to prevent the barefoot people from stepping on it and getting hurt.

Miyaji and Iwaizumi shook hands in a friendly manner. Miyaji said, "It was a very exciting match, Iwaizumi-senpai, although you and I didn't feel much of a part in it."

Iwaizumi Kazuya commented, "You seem quite steady, which is nice."

Kurikawa Sana: "..."

No, Zhijun just looks steady :D

The last match was between Hotaru Tsukishima and Tadashi Yamaguchi vs. Rintaro Kakuna and Ren Otsuka.

The wind on the beach seemed to be particularly favorable to Karasuno today. Yamaguchi Tadashi's floater was very effective. Kakuna Rintaro and Ootaru Ren, who were not specialized in defense, only got into the game after losing two points in a row.

After the switch from offense to defense, Kakuna Rintaro's wide range of spiking with his waist arch shocked everyone. His waist and abdomen core strength was strong, and he was able to perform difficult waist turns in the air, thus freely choosing a wider spiking range.

In a 2v2 beach volleyball match, there are only two people blocking at most, which makes Kakuna Rintaro's spiking more free, and there are gaps everywhere he looks.

Kita Shinsuke was also a bit surprised. Given Rintaro's personality, even in important official matches, he'd be the type to slack off and avoid the hard work if he felt he had a clear victory. He hadn't expected Rintaro to actually take this recreational beach volleyball seriously.

Did something happen?

Suddenly remembering something, Kita Shinsuke's eyes subconsciously looked for someone - from a distance, the girl watching the game attentively on the sidelines looked like a beautiful pink and blue cake.

After scoring another steady and accurate spike, Kakuna Ryutaro landed steadily and raised an eyebrow at the blond-haired boy on the other side of the net. "That's surprising! Your blocking doesn't match your height at all."

“……!”

Tsukishima Hotaru's face was cold, and she began to recall how she had offended this senior, the Kotobuki Kakuname Rintaro.

The last time he played with Inarizaki and the others in Miyagi Prefecture, this senior Kakuname was apparently quite silent, but today he was completely different.

But Tsukishima Hotaru wasn't one to just accept things as they came. He smiled and rubbed the back of his head, his voice rising at the end: "Ah la la, sorry~ Being too tall is really a problem."

"Although I'm only a first-year, I'm estimated to be 5cm taller than you. I can continue to improve my blocking, but not necessarily my height... But thank you for your concern, Kakuna-senpai." Tsukishima Hotaru, who is 190.1cm tall, said with a smile.

Kakuna Rintaro, who is 185.7cm tall: “…”

"If it were Yu, he'd probably have jumped up in anger, but provoking me doesn't work on me." Kakuna Rintaro curled his lips, "My height isn't bad, it's enough, but your blocking and attacking are both solid..."

Kakuna Rintaro did not say the following words out loud, but simply made a simple mouth shape.

Tsukishima Hotaru: “……!”

...This guy!

After understanding his lip movements, Tsukishima Hotaru clenched her fists. For the first time, she realized that there was someone who could rival her in the matter of getting angry.

After several more rounds of confrontation, Kakuna Rintaro and Oobi Ren's team finally won.

When they finished shaking hands, Kakuna Rintaro said again, "If you're not too interested in pure offense, perhaps you could learn some adaptive blocking. That would make the game more interesting."

Should we use emergency blocking...?

Tsukishima Hotaru frowned, "Thank you for your advice."

After the pleasantries, Tsukishima Hotaru soon saw Kakuna Rintaro walking towards the girl at the sidelines, looking down at her.

From a distance, Kakuna Rintaro had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with strong abdominal muscles, creating a very striking difference in body shape compared to the fair and slender girl in front of him.

It was just as he said, the height was enough.

Although Tsukishima Hotaru couldn't hear their conversation at all due to the distance, judging from Kakuna Rintaro's softened expression and eyes, his tone now was definitely completely different from when he was trash talking across the net just now.

The black-haired girl who was talking to him seemed to be amused by what he said. Her blue eyes curved up and her smile was sweet and beautiful.

“………”

Tsukishima Hotaru was silent for a moment and squeezed the water bottle in her hand tightly.

Really angry.

It's normal to feel annoyed after losing a game and being provoked, right?

It's definitely not for any other reason.

*

Kakuna Rintaro walked up to the black-haired girl and called her softly, "Sana."

"Hmm?" Kurikawa Sana looked up.

The young man with brown hair parted in the middle chatted casually, "I later searched online for pictures of Tibetan foxes."

Kurikawa Sana: "..."

As soon as she said this, she immediately thought of the Tibetan fox emoticon package that was widely circulated on the Internet. It was extremely magical and no one could help but laugh out loud after seeing it.

Kakuna Rintaro: "Do you think I really look like a Tibetan fox?"

Kurikawa Sana: “Pfft…”

She quickly patched it up: "No, Jiao Mingjun is the most handsome among the Tibetan foxes! He is also the best at spiking the ball among the Tibetan foxes!"

Hearing this, Kakuna Rintaro was stunned for a moment, then he smiled. His smiling green eyes were narrow and raised, with an inexplicable sense of bewitching, and his stern face suddenly became lively.

Now it was Kurikawa Sana's turn to be stunned.

This seemed to be the first time she saw Jiao Ming laugh.

Jiao Ming didn't smile much, and his sense of humor was much higher than that of ordinary people, but he was not difficult to get along with, and no one had ever said that he was unapproachable because he didn't smile often. Therefore, even though she had never seen him smile in the past, she didn't think it was strange.

Perhaps it was because his smile was so rare that it even created a sense of amazement at this moment.

Kurikawa Sana was dumbfounded. What was going on today? First, she was struck by Oikawa Toru's beauty, and now she was amazed by Kakuna's smile. And they both had the same brown hair!

"Kakuna-kun...you look so beautiful when you smile." Kurikawa Sana said her inner thoughts blankly, "I wish you could smile more often."

Kakuna Rintaro was stunned for a moment.

[Kadona Rintaro, Favorability +3. ]

"Really?"

The boy's voice was clear and pleasant, "If that's what you want...okay."

"I can, try to smile more."