Chapter 94 Volleyball 54

——I will take back your serve for you.

In one sentence, he was so handsome that Kurikawa Sana opened her mouth into an O shape.

In fact, Tsukishima Hotaru did it. When it was about to be Sana Kurikawa's turn to serve again, the opponent's attack was a powerful spike by Kotaro Kido, and Tsukishima Hotaru successfully blocked the ball.

He successfully predicted the direction of Koutarou Katsuki's diagonal spike and arranged for his teammate Daichi Sawamura to jump at the same time to block the path of the straight ball.

At the same time, he quickly used his superior arm span to block the diagonal ball, pressed his fingers down, and sent the ball directly back to the opponent's court to score.

"What?!!" Koutarou Katsuta widened his eyes in surprise, unable to believe that his superb diagonal spike was blocked so cleanly.

He turned to Kuroo Tetsuro who was standing beside him and shouted, "Old Black, how many blocks have you taught A-Yue?"

Kuroo Tetsuro was also stunned for a moment, "It's just teaching you how to react and block..."

Ayuki is calm and intelligent, with both height and brains. Kuroo Tetsuro knows that he has a lot of room for improvement, but he didn't expect the progress to be so fast.

Although Kuroo didn't jump high enough on that shot just now and didn't reach his highest hitting point, it was still quite surprising that it was blocked.

"How should I put it, it feels like I'm starving myself by teaching my apprentice, Ayue." Kuroo Tetsuro raised his eyebrows at Tsukishima Hotaru across the net.

Tsukishima Hotaru immediately responded with her signature smile, touching the back of her head, and saying, "Thank you for the compliment~"

Kuroo Tetsuro: “……!”

He couldn't help but twitch his lips, thinking that this kid really knows how to make people angry.

But no matter what, Kuroo is still the top ace player in the country. A Yue was able to stop Kuroo so quickly, and it was not just a simple defense, but a direct blocking and scoring - no matter how you look at it, it is really too exaggerated, it is simply an above-average performance.

Kuroo Tetsuro felt a strong sense of disharmony.

What happened? Ah Yue, who usually stopped serving and blocking once they were just above the passing line, was surprisingly working so hard today. What was so special about this ordinary practice match?

But when he saw the look Tsukishima Hotaru gave the black-haired girl, Kuroo Tetsuro understood why his blocking performance was above average today.

It was a very gentle look, one could even call it tender.

It is hard to imagine that such a look would appear on Tsukishima Hotaru, who usually looks like she is about to fly to the sky.

…So that’s how it is.

Kurooo Tetsuro understood instantly, and felt that he was almost evolving into a human observation log in this stay.

But when Kurikawa Sana looked at her with surprise, Tsukishima Hotaru would immediately shift her gaze away from her.

The boy calmly pushed the black glasses frame on his nose with his fingers wrapped in white bandages, and turned his head with a nonchalant look.

Kuroo Tetsuro, who saw all of this, said: "…"

Seriously, is Ah Yue bound to some kind of system? The kind that gives him electric shocks if he doesn't act tsundere for a day?

But I really didn't expect that this guy A Yue also... Kuroo Tetsuro sighed inaudibly.

Forget it, let’s just play the game in front of us first.

He turned to Koutarou and asked, "Hey Koutarou, you're not going into negative mode just because that shot was blocked, are you?"

Koutarou Bokuto asked in confusion, "Negative mode? How could that be? I won't go into negative mode today no matter what!"

Kuroo Tetsuro was surprised: "Why?"

Koutarou's eyes lit up instantly. "Because Sanana is so strong! I'm happy every minute of playing against her! And just watching her spike the ball makes me so excited. How could I be negative?!"

Kuroo Tetsuro: “…”

I almost forgot that, like Ayuki, Kuroo is also one of those people who is deeply involved in this.

Wait, so how many people are there on this court during this practice match?!

After his thoughts drifted to this point, Kuroo Tetsuro couldn't help but pause for a moment. His gaze shifted subtly between the fast-paced first-year team of Kuroo, the Miya brothers, Otsuki, and Karasuno.

Coupled with the faint gaze from his own young son, Ran Mamoru, on the sidelines... Kuroo Tetsuro fell silent.

...Should I say she is worthy of it?

There are so many talented people in just one practice match.

"Sana-chan's serve is coming again!" Yaku Eisuke's voice brought back Kuroo Tetsuro's thoughts that had drifted too far away.

"...Got it." His expression returned to seriousness and he turned his attention back to the game.

Thanks to Tsukishima Hotaru's block, the serving opportunity returned to Kurikawa Sana.

This time, it was Koutarou's turn to play in the back row. After Kurikawa Sana's amazing sonic boom of a serve, this time the serve came straight towards Koutarou.

With a loud "bang", even the 1.85-meter-tall, muscular owl was knocked back after catching the ball!

The terrifying force caused the ball to fly high across the sky and return directly to Kurikawa Sana's court at an astonishing speed.

Then Kageyama Tobio made a precise pass, and Kurikawa Sana scored directly with a dunk, which almost fell vertically along the net!

With this point, the game was won by Kurikawa Sana's team. As the only main attacker in the team, she scored nearly two-thirds of the points alone.

There were sounds of people gasping for breath all around.

"Wow, that's amazing. Sana-chan can score as soon as the ball reaches her. If Kageyama passes all the balls to her, he should be able to get a 100% scoring rate..."

"Sana-chan is like a mobile turret, with a few windshield wipers in front to help block the ball..."

Hearing herself being called a windshield wiper, Tsukishima Hotaru: "…"

Hinata Shoyo who was also in the front row: “…”

Xiaogu was also sweating profusely. Konoha Akiji wiped his sweat off and said, "I finally know what the sound I just heard was. It turned out that it wasn't a gunshot, it was Sana-chan serving!"

"Both Ushijima and Kurosabu fell back when they received the serve... the force was unimaginable." Owl Valley's libero Haruki Komi sighed, "Sana-chan's serve gave me the feeling that it wasn't so much a test of her opponent's skills as it was a test of their physical fitness."

"That's right. Normally, you play basketball where you hit the ball where there's no one. Sana-chan seems to be trying to hit the ball where there's no one." Oonaga Wataru shuddered. "Every time I hit the ball, it feels like my arm will break if I try to catch it. It's just like the professional leagues you see on TV."

"But it's okay. Both Kuroo and Ushijima seem to be fine. After all, their muscle mass is there."

"Especially that fellow Kuroo. After being hit by Sana-chan's ball, he seemed to be even more excited. Does Kuroo have this kind of attribute?!"

Akaashi Kyoji, who was silently listening to the complaints of his seniors, said: “…”

It was the first time he saw Kuroo-san lose a game in a row, but instead of entering a negative mode, he became visibly more and more excited. This was a phenomenon that could not be explained in the ecological manual of Kuroo-san that he studied.

No, or rather, it can actually be explained, Akaashi Kyoji thought.

In fact, he knows the reason better than anyone else, but he just doesn't want to admit it.

Because, following Kuroo-senpai's excited gaze, Akaashi Kyoji clearly saw the black-haired girl shining in the center of the court.

Moreover, like Kuroo-senpai, he couldn't look away.

…

As for Yinju, the situation was completely different.

"It's hard to imagine how a delicate and pretty girl like Sana-chan can hit a ball like that!" Haiba Lev said in disbelief. "Even I, the future ace of Nekoma, can't hit a ball like that!"

Lone Claw was silent for a moment, "...Lev, you haven't even mastered the ball yet, and you're already Neko's future ace?"

Haiba Lev grinned and tried to convince his senior, "Rather than catching the ball, the most important thing for an ace is scoring! Just like Sana-chan is already super good, but she seems to have never caught the ball before?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the black-haired girl on the court caught a powerful spike from the top three main attackers in the country, Ushijima Wakari, with a perfect and standard posture, and made a pleasing arc pass.

Kageyama Tobio then quickly passed the ball to Hinata Shoyo, and the Karasuno first-year weirdo fast break combination scored directly.

Gray Feather Lev: “…”

No, it turns out she can also connect the ball and make the first pass!

Lone Claw grinded and said quietly, "That's the first pass a human should give. It's the first pass every setter dreams of having."

Hui Yu Lev laughed dryly and scratched his head. "Well, then I still have the height advantage and can block the ball. Sana-chan doesn't seem to have ever blocked it..."

Before he finished saying the word "net", he saw Kurikawa Sana jump high, jump to an astonishing height, block Miyaji's spike and score again.

Gray Feather Lev: “…”

No, how can she be so omnipotent and know everything?

And is Sana-chan connected to this place? Why is it that every time he says something, he is immediately contradicted!

But this time, Huiyu Lev saw Senior Mo Mo curl the corners of his mouth and smiled gently.

……Um?

Huiyu Lev was stunned for a moment.

Is this an illusion? I have a feeling that Grinding Senior looks very happy.

And Mo Li senior’s eyes were always on Sana-chan. It was really surprising. Is Mo Li senior also a fan of stars?

Yamamoto Taketo, a fellow teammate, was already stunned. "Sana-chan is so beautiful... She's so beautiful even when she plays!"

Hai Xinxing, who was also on the Otokoma team, nodded. "No wonder Sana-chan, despite being a celebrity, became the manager of the volleyball club. It turns out she's such a great player herself..."

"If this goes on, Sana-chan will win." Fukunaga Zhaoping said.

…

Time passed slowly, and the situation on the field had reached the last ball of the second inning.

"Kurikawa-senpai--!" Kageyama Tobio shouted the girl's name. The talented setter's slender ten fingers were like a conductor on the court, lifting the yellow and blue volleyball into a beautiful curve in the air.

When she saw the trajectory of the ball, Kurikawa Sana opened her eyes wide in surprise.

This arc... The ball passed by Kageyama-kun was a little higher than the previous one, and it would completely coincide with the highest reach she could reach, 360cm.

As expected, Kageyama-kun could really see the highest point she could reach.

Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but smile.

Well then, let me respond to your trust and pressure, Kageyama-kun.

There was a "bang" sound, which was the sound of the girl jumping hard. Her pink and white sneakers pressed down on the ground, and then bounced back - sending her high up, as if she was flying.

With this jump, all the noisy sounds in the venue stopped and there was silence.

Only the sound of quiet appreciative breathing remains.

The practice match was a best-of-three series, and the match had reached match point in the second set. To defend this point, Kuroo Tetsuro, Miyaji, and Kitagi Kotaro, all three standing over 1.8 meters tall, leaped simultaneously at the net, forming an ironclad three-man block.

At the same time, with the keen sense of a top libero, Yoshisuke Yakumo had already positioned himself in advance to block the route of Sana Kurikawa's diagonal ball, and the entire area was within his defensive range.

The airtight defense seemed to leave no room for attack.

But this time, Kurikawa Sana jumped higher than ever before.

"What?!"

"You must be kidding..."

"What kind of air retention force is this..."

The three people who had raised their arms high to block the net had already begun to fall, but the black-haired girl remained in the air. With one last powerful swing of her arms, she fiercely tore through the net, as if she had smashed a high wall.

There was a loud "bang" sound!

A straight ball hit the ground with tremendous force, and the edge of the ball touched the line and scored, which was a magical skill.

Just like the serve that shocked the whole audience at the beginning, it ended with an amazing spike from the girl.

"2-0, game over - Team Sana wins!"