Chapter 82 Volleyball 42

In the volleyball hall of the training camp, under the curious onlookers of other schools, the training match between Inarizaki High School and Owl Valley Academy is about to begin.

Inarizaki, the Tokyo area representative, and Owl Valley from Hyogo Prefecture in Kansai, both schools are among the strongest in their respective regions.

Moreover, both teams have main attackers Alan Oshiro and Kotaro Kido, who are recognized as being among the top five in the country. From the very beginning, it was a tough showdown between these two strong schools. Teams from other schools that were originally doing warm-up exercises in the gym stopped to watch the game.

"Is the match about to start? It's so fast," Sawamura Daichi exclaimed. "To be able to see two such strong teams competing at the training camp, it feels like I've already arrived at the Spring High School semifinals."

Sugawara Takashi couldn't help but pat his two first-year juniors on the back, "Explain quickly, how did you know the beautiful female artist and the regular candidate of Inarizaki? You're so familiar with her that you even went to the Inarizaki school festival!"

Tsukishima Hotaru: “…”

"Actually, it was all thanks to Hinata and Kageyama. When Inarizaki came to Miyagi Prefecture to play an exchange match with Shiratorizawa, Hinata and Kageyama rushed over and asked Inarizaki's seniors if they could play a game..."

Yamaguchi Tadashi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Sana-chan agreed, and we played a 4v4 match. Later, the senior invited us to the school festival. She's really nice!"

"I see. They're just like that. They just start playing ball with anyone they catch on the street." Sugawara Takashi was amazed.

Yamaguchi Tadashi: “…That’s right.”

"But this is really too beautiful, isn't it? It's hard to imagine a debuted artist showing up at a training camp..." Karasuno's teammate, Riki Yushita, said in amazement, "It feels like the training camp has turned into a fan meeting."

"That Yamamoto guy is so lucky, he can even successfully chase idols just by staying at the dormitory." Tanaka Ryunosuke clenched his fists. "Although Inarizaki's manager is indeed very beautiful, my heart is undoubtedly firmly with my goddess, Kiyoko-senpai! Kiyoko-senpai is so awesome!"

Karasuno's free man Nishitani Yu also burned with anger: "That's right! Goddess Jiezi is so cool!"

Tsukishima Hotaru finally spoke calmly, "Tanaka-senpai, Nishitani-senpai, it seems your goddess has gone to talk to her."

“…?!!”

Not far away, the female managers from various schools had gathered, apparently discussing the managerial work and related matters during the week-long training camp. The slender girls stood out particularly well when standing together.

Among them, Kiyoko Shimizu and Sana Kurikawa, who had just met each other, seemed to be having a great conversation, and Kiyoko Shimizu, who was usually rather aloof, was also amused and smiled.

When beauties stand together, their beauty appears doubly great. Just standing there is a beautiful landscape that attracts everyone's attention.

Tanaka Ryunosuke and Nishitani Yu: "!!!"

Senior Jie Zi looks so happy smiling!

…

*

Not far away, female managers from various schools gathered.

"Finally, I see you again, Sana-chan." Shirofuku Yukie came closer and nuzzled Kurikawa Sana. "Xiaoxun and I are both looking forward to the training camp because we get to see you again."

Kurikawa Sana also looked at each other with starry eyes, "Me too~ Xuehui and Xiaoxun, long time no see~"

Kaoru Suwada smiled and said, "If we were to say who's looking forward to the training camp the most, it would have to be Kuroo. He keeps muttering things like 'Why hasn't the summer training camp started yet?' every day, and we're almost getting calluses from his constant chatter."

Baifu Xuehui nodded. "He still gets into negative mode from time to time because of this, and even Akaashi is having a headache. It's strange, I haven't seen Kuroo this excited for the training camp in previous years."

"That's right. It feels like Akaashi is about to be dragged into negative mode along with him." Kaoru Suwada pondered, "But Akaashi knows he can't fall down, so he still holds on firmly. As expected, we in Owl Valley can't do without Akaashi."

Kurikawa Sana: “Pfft…”

No, I can't help laughing.

After catching up with the two Owl Valleys who she already knew, Kurikawa Sana continued to greet the other managers, "Hello everyone, I'm Inarizaki's manager, my name is Kurikawa Sana~"

"Hello, Sana-chan! I'm Miyanoshita Eri, the manager of Ikukawa High School..." The girl with black twintails was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly realized something, "Sorry, I called you by your name! I'm used to hearing Sana-chan say that..."

"It's okay to just call me by my name~ Can I call you Eri-chan?"

Miyanoshita Eri's face instantly turned red, "Of course!"

"I'm Kiyoko Shimizu, the manager of Karasuno. Nice to meet you, Sana-chan." The black-haired, black-eyed girl with glasses looked at Kurikawa Sana. She had a beautiful face and a distinctive mole at the corner of her mouth. "If you don't mind, you can just call me by my name."

The petite and cute girl with short golden hair also quickly said, "I, I'm also the manager of Karasuno! My name is Tanichi Jinka!"

"Kyoko and Hitoshi, nice to meet you~" Kurikawa Sana exuded a max aura of affinity and smiled brightly.

"The beauty smiled at me! So, so bright!" Tani Hitoka covered her chest and fell backwards, but Kiyomizu Kiyoko quickly reached out to support her. The latter couldn't help laughing at the same time. The atmosphere where the young female managers were was harmonious and happy.

"This time, our job is to provide logistical support for the team, similar to what we usually do on the school team," Miyanoshita Eri said. "The only difference might be that the time and number of people are more concentrated, so we have to record training matches more frequently than usual."

Kaoru Suwata nodded. "As for accommodations tonight, each school team will have their own dorm room, with bunk beds. We'll shower in the public bathhouse, and the female managers from each school will share a room."

Gudi Renhua asked, "Should we go and make the bed in the room first?"

"Let's go later." Bai Fuxuehui said, "Let's watch a training match between Xiaogu and Inarizaki first."

"OK!"

Upon hearing this, the girls all turned their eyes towards the direction of the court. The Owl Valley and Inarizaki teams had already done their warm-up exercises, and the game was about to begin.

Bai Fuxuehui read in a cool tone: "Ah, that fellow Bokuto is showing off again."

Kaoru Suwata held his forehead helplessly. What should he do if his ace player wants to show off? There is nothing he can do, he can only spoil him.

The young female managers followed her gaze and saw Koutarou Koutarou entering with his arms outstretched.

The young man, with his black and white gradient upturned hair, was handsome. He was tall and muscular, with a formidable arm span and particularly well-developed chest and back muscles. The moment he spread his arms, the volleyball hall where they were training seemed transformed into the setting for a national tournament, with countless spectators cheering him on.

Not only that, Koutarou Koutarou also threw the white Owlnut jacket draped over his shoulders behind him with a dashing and handsome movement. Kyoji Akaashi caught the senior's jacket very familiarly from behind and entered the venue with the same calm expression.

Everyone: “…”

Gudi Renhua was so surprised that she opened her mouth wide and exclaimed, "Wow, so cool!"

Kurikawa Sana was also stunned for a second, and couldn't help but recall the day when her last trip to Tokyo ended. She saw Kuroo jumping and spiking the ball at Owl Valley Academy. He was indeed so handsome that it was hard to look away.

On the other side, in the boys' area, Koutarou Kousa appeared handsomely and stylishly by throwing away his jacket, which made Inarizaki also excited.

Gong You took a deep breath and sneered, "Fortunately, since the last beach volleyball game, I have brought a coat with me every day, just in case."

Looking at the three coats stacked on top of each other covering his brother's shoulders, Miyaji was silent for a moment.

He had complained about You in the morning, saying that wearing so many coats in the summer vacation with the temperature over 30 degrees Celsius was of no use other than getting heatstroke. He didn't expect that they would actually come in handy now.

Yuu, he must be trying to replicate Kuroo's cool coat-throwing scene, Miyaji thought.

Sure enough, he soon saw Gong You also walked towards the court with his arms open, and threw the Inarizaki team uniform jacket draped over his shoulders behind him in the same handsome manner.

Then, the next second.

The maroon team uniform jacket was precisely placed on the head of their captain, Kita Shinsuke.

Miyaji: “…”

Rintaro Kakuname: "..."

Other people in Inarizaki: “…”

You're going to die, Yu.

"Huh? Why aren't you reacting?" Gong You turned around in confusion, and after seeing Kita Shinsuke pulling down his coat with an expressionless face—

Gong You: “…”

Ah, is it too late to evacuate back to Hyogo Prefecture right now?

"Senior Bei, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to—you bastard! Why didn't you help me catch it?!"

"Huh? You want me to catch your coat like the setter in Owl Valley? Impossible."

"I'm so mad!"

Kita Shinsuke closed his eyes and shouted in a deep voice: "Enough - be quiet!"

“……!”

The majesty from the North Team instantly shut down the twins and made them stand at attention.

"Focus on the game first," Kita Shinsuke ordered.

Their opponents were already standing on the other side of the net. Koutarou Kutei had a smile on his face, and his brown eyes, like those of a Strix bird, were burning with flames.

Kyoji Akaashi stood next to him, with a handsome face and a calm temperament, and both of them exuded an extraordinary aura.

Like a silent declaration of war.

…

The whistle sounded.

The match began with Miyaji's powerful jump serve. With a bang, the ball landed on Xiaogu's court, scoring without a single touch, without going out of bounds.

Seeing this scene, Coach Kurosu Homune smiled with satisfaction. It seemed that the 100 extra serves that Miyaji had practiced every day after the last exchange match with Shiratorizawa had worked, making up for his shortcoming of being prone to errors in serving.

After two more balls, Owl's tactical skills were adapted to Miyaji's attack. He received the pass perfectly. Akaashi Kyoji directly dribbled the ball, "Kuroo-senpai!"

"Leave it to me!" Koutarou Koutarou jumped up hard, and a tricky diagonal smash hit the line with a "bang" and hit Inarizaki's court, returning the serve to the opponent, finally breaking Miyaji's serve.

When it landed, a certain owl was extremely excited, "Hey hey hey—it's me after all!!"

The other starting players in Xiaogu were also very fond of their ace. They took turns coming up and patting him on the back with a smile. The team atmosphere was very warm. "Yes, yes, you are worthy of it!"

"As expected of our Xiaogu's ace!"

"You're in great shape today, Kuroo. Keep it up until the end!"

Obai Alan pointed across and turned around with a questioning look on his face, "We're both ace players, so why don't I get this treatment when I score a spike?"

Everyone in Inarizaki: “…”

Gong You: "We beat Bokuto today, you can let me praise you however you want!"

Immediately afterwards, Gong You lowered his body with extremely strong core strength and delivered a fast and accurate back pass in a difficult posture. The tricky ball path tore through the opponent's blocking defense for Alan Oshiro, and Alan Oshiro directly smashed the ball to score!

Not only did Oshiro Alan display the vitality of a main attacker, but Kakuna Rintaro also seemed to be in exceptional form today, no worse than the day when he played beach volleyball against Karasuno Tsukishima Hotaru at the beach. He frequently scored with his waist arch and high-range spikes, making it difficult for Otaketani's block to defend.

Outside the court, all the starting players, whether Ikukawa, Moriran, Karasuno or Otokoma, had serious expressions, and without exception, they were watching the match between Inarizaki and Okitani attentively. It was clearly a practice match, but every ball was of such high quality that it was a feast for the eyes.

"Is this the strength of a national-level team..."

"It's true, the Gong brothers, Oshiro, and Kuroo are all so strong!"

After a straight spike was once again caught by Inarizaki's captain Kita Shinsuke, Koutarou Kutei's eyes turned dull again in an instant.

Almost immediately, Akaashi Kyoji frowned.

Oh no, this is the third time that Kuroo-senpai’s spike has been caught by the opposing captain. If this continues, we’re going to enter a passive mode.

There is no other way, let’s adopt plan A.

Akaashi Kyoji dribbled the ball over and said, "Kuroo-senpai, Sana-san is watching you."

Bokuto Kotaro: "!!!"

Kotaro Katsuta looked in the direction of the female managers and saw Sana looking at him.

The girl's jewel-like blue eyes were clear and beautiful, even bluer than the clear sky in Tokyo in summer.

“……!”

As if instantly empowered, his passive mode lifted, Koutarou Kousabu jumped up again, smashing the ball out of bounds with unstoppable force, and scored! Then, he raised his arms and shouted to the crowd outside the court, "Hey hey hey—Sanana, did you see that spike I just made?"

Kurikawa Sana was a little surprised by the sudden cue, but still nodded, "I saw it."

Kakuna Rintaro and Miyaji whose block went out of bounds: “…”

Gong You, whose fighting spirit was also aroused, said: "..."

Sanana?! They actually called her Sanana?! And that black-haired setter from Xiaogu also called her Miss Sanana—these guys, how could they be so intimate with each other!

Gong You clicked his tongue and frowned at Xiaogu's setter. The black-haired boy noticed his gaze and gave him a faint smile. It was not provocative, but still made people quite angry.

The score is now tied at 22, we must win no matter what——

The atmosphere on the field was so heated that it seemed as if fire was flying out, but on the manager's side, everything was peaceful and quiet.

Miyanoshita Eri glanced at the message on her phone and said, "Ah, Senran Middle School has notified us to pick up our respective team supplies. We have to go over there."

Bai Fuxuehui nodded, "Xiaoxun and I will go get the bed and bedding."

Kiyoko Shimizu also spoke up, "Hinka and I will go to the equipment room to get the volleyball and scoreboard."

Kurikawa Sana understood, "Then I'll go get the remaining daily necessities."

…

On the other side, the stadium where Inarizaki and Owl Valley are playing.

After scoring another super small diagonal shot, Koutarou looked towards the outside of the court excitedly, "Sanana, my diagonal shot just now——"

Before the word "ball" was uttered, the owl boy's expression turned into small eyes full of wisdom.

Where is Sanana?

Kyoji Akaashi's eyebrows jumped. Oh no, Miss Sana left, and he had to start guarding against Kuroo-senpai's negative mode again.

Gong You almost couldn't help laughing, and said to Akaashi Kyoji across the net: "I've never seen a setter like you before. You feel more like a nanny than a setter."

This setter named Akaashi Kyoji can bring out the strength of his ace to 100%, or even 120%, which is a remarkable ability.

Gong You asked himself, if it were him, it would be hard to imagine what would happen if he were on the same team with a player like Kuroo.

Akawe Kyoji: "......"

"Really? I actually think Kuroo-senpai is very reliable." The black-haired boy smiled slightly, "We are one point ahead now."

Gong You twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Why rush? We will return the favor soon."

"When Sana comes back, she will definitely see the victory of our Inarizaki."

…

*

At this moment, Kurikawa Sana was walking back with a large box of daily necessities such as shower gel, shampoo, and toothpaste. The box was too full, and a small bottle of shampoo fell out with a "gurgling" sound.

Just as she was about to put the box down and pick it up, she saw a pair of pure white sneakers appear in front of her.

The other person bent down first and helped her pick it up, and his gradient golden and black hair passed through her sight.

"Give."

The boy's voice was cool and pleasant, with a slightly elongated ending that carried a hint of laziness, like a calico cat gently scratching his heart.

This sound is...

Kurikawa Sana stood there in a daze, looking up at the other person.

The boy with a black and gold gradient pudding haircut has a handsome face, slender brown pupils exuding an amber color, and the red uniform of the Otokoma team sets off his fair skin. He is one of the possible targets of Tokyo Otokoma High School that I saw in the first "dream".

...It's the solitary claw grinding!

Finally! I finally met him!! It was so hard TAT!!

I'm so cute! Like a calico cat!

Kurikawa Sana tried hard to suppress her inner excitement, "Thank you."

While thanking him, she took the small bottle of shampoo handed to her and gently touched the boy's fingertips.

Almost immediately, an attribute bar that only Kurikawa Sana could see appeared in front of her.

[Lone Claw Grinding]

Position: S (Setter)

Back number: No. 5

School: Otokoma High School (Class 3, Grade 2)

Height: 169.2cm

Weight: 58.3KG

Birthday: October 16

Zodiac sign: Libra

Five-dimensional abilities: Technique 5, Speed ​​3, Strength 1, Jump 2, Physical Strength 2, Brain 5

Siblings: Only child

Recent troubles: Summer is too hot, winter is too cold

Favorite food: Apple pie

Special Skills: Full of brains and skills, no less than a coach's tactical strategy preparation, the brain of the Yinju Blood Cult

With a "ding" sound.

[Lone Claw Grinding, current favorability: 55. ]

…

Kurikawa Sana: "!!!"

What happened? Such a high initial favorability! And what is the Yinju Blood Cult? It sounds so mysterious!

Wow, but it's great. A high initial favorability is a good thing. It's better than a low one. TVT

"Are you going to take these to everyone's dormitories?" Lone Claw Mo Mo asked softly, "Let me help you carry them over."

"Eh? Ok, thank you..."

"You're welcome." Guzhua Moshi took the box from her hand. When he got closer, he smelled a fresh and sweet fragrance, and the boy paused slightly.

Unlike the fragrance emitted by this big box of daily necessities, he had been here for so many training sessions that he was already very familiar with the brands of shower gel and shampoo distributed by the logistics department of Senran Middle School.

…Then it can only be the scent of the person holding this box.

"Are you Inarizaki's manager?" the blond boy asked casually, "I don't think I've seen you before."

Kurikawa Sana nodded, "Yes, my name is Kurikawa Sana, and you? Are you from Otokoma High School?"

"Well, my name is Lone Claw Grinding."

The all-seeing system fell silent: [………]

These two people are really...

Just act, who can act better than you two?

Under the gentle summer breeze, the bright sunlight shone through the shade of the trees onto the blond boy and the black-haired girl. The two walked quietly for a long distance, and time passed slowly.

"Sorry, I think I remembered the wrong way." Lone Claw Grinding said softly, "We should go that way."

Kurikawa Sana shook her head, "It's okay, it's okay. I should thank Guzhua-kun for taking me with me~"

"Really?"

Almost imperceptibly, from an angle she couldn't see, the blond boy curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

In the game, she used the same tone to thank him for taking her to the boss dungeon.

The person I have cared about for more than a month is now by my side, walking side by side with me.

You no longer have to watch the girl’s avatar in the friend list every day to see if it lights up, and you no longer have to worry about whether she will be online in the game again.

Half an hour ago, when Lev excitedly rushed back to the dormitory and said that a Kansai school he had never met before was also coming to participate in the training, and that Inarizaki's manager was a model like his sister... At that time, Guzhua Lami tightened his grip on the game console, and suddenly felt that hiding in the room with air conditioning didn't seem so good.

The summer wind blew the long hair of the girl beside me, bringing a sweet and pleasant fragrance.

It was the height of summer, but for the first time, Guzhua Momo felt that the weather was not that hot.

…

After walking for another fifteen minutes, they found the last room. Lone Claw Grinding put down the box and looked up at her. "Next, do you want to go back to the training ground?"

"It's time to go back..." Kurikawa Sana wanted to find her cell phone to check the time, but found that her cell phone was left in the training hall and she didn't bring it out.

"Do you want to check the time?" Guzhua Momo took out his cell phone, unlocked the screen and handed it to her.

"Ah, thank you, Guzhua-kun." After Kurikawa Sana took it and saw the time on the screen, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Has it actually been this long? Inarizaki and Owl's training match was a best-of-three series, so it might have already been completed by now.

Ah, I didn't get to watch their entire game, woo woo.

But soon, Kurikawa Sana's attention was attracted by something else——

In the center of Guzhuamo's phone home screen is the icon of the game app she has endorsed and played in advertisements.

That game can be accessed on both PC and mobile devices, so it can also be downloaded and played on mobile phones.

Kozume, Kozume... In other words, Kozume Grinding might really be the Kozume-kun she met in the game!

Coupled with the sound of Kozume grinding, which was exactly the same as Kozume's in the game, Kurikawa Sana became even more certain.

When she handed the phone back, she couldn't hide her excitement and asked, "What a coincidence, does Lone Claw also play this game?"

Hearing this, the blond boy smiled gently, his face was handsome.

He reached out to take the phone, and his slender fingers quickly typed on the screen -

Then the boy put his phone back into her palm.

"Um……?"

Kurikawa Sana didn't understand what was going on, but when she looked down and saw the picture on her phone screen, her eyes widened in surprise.

On the screen was the Line chat interface. His avatar was a calico cat, and opposite the chat interface was her Line avatar.

He sent two messages.

[Unfortunately.]

[The Kozume in the game is me.]