Chapter 84: Sawada Tsunayoshi ultimately still held onto that hairband...

Sawada Tsunayoshi eventually carried the headband to the arena. Under Reborn's teasing gaze, he was awkward even while eating breakfast, while Hyuga casually put it on his head. Only Tsunayoshi held it in his hand for a long time.

Sweat was practically overflowing from his brow, but he still couldn't complete the action.

Moreover, his subconscious told him that if he took out the headband embroidered with "reborn" and wore it at home, something bad might happen.

He thought it over and over, but decided he still couldn't wear it. He kept putting it off until right before the competition.

Hinata Shoyo has had a habit since childhood of going to the toilet before a match, and nine times out of ten, this will bring a new opponent to their team.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was worried, and since he needed to wear a headband anyway, he decided to go to the restroom with his childhood friend.

In the mirror, the boy's brown hair was tied up high, and it seemed to have grown quite a bit longer than when he first returned to the country. Lambo loved to play with his hair, and he had accidentally stuck some sugar water on it before.

While washing his hair, the young leader also had the urge to get a haircut.

However, no guardian has objected this time, because he hasn't had a chance to say so yet; he's been busy with training lately and hasn't been able to find the time.

As Tsuna thought this through, he put his hair into the headband.

Hmm, it's a bit tight. Her bangs are tied up, revealing her fair forehead. The window is open, and below are bright eyes.

He adjusted his headband, finally tucking the strands of hair in front of his forehead into it. He breathed a sigh of relief, then moved the headband around. After thinking for a moment, he decided against hiding the words in his hair or sticking them to his forehead.

"Oh, I knew it was you." A flippant voice rang out from behind.

Sawada Tsunayoshi lowered his hand, turned around, and wasn't surprised by who had come.

"Hello, Oikawa-senpai."

The tall young man, dressed in a green and white team uniform, held up his hand and compared it to the top of Tsuna's head. After a moment, his expression turned to horror.

"Tsuna, you've grown so tall all of a sudden, you've gone from being such a shorty!"

Ah, it seems like everyone I used to know makes this comment when they see me.

The young leader, who felt he would soon surpass 1.8 meters in height, looked helpless. "It won't happen all at once," he said.

He complained, "We haven't seen each other for almost a year, isn't it normal for me to have grown taller?"

"Don't talk like I've mutated, senior!"

Just then, Hinata came out of the restroom and asked curiously,

"Iwaizumi-senpai! And Tetsu-senpai! What are you talking about?"

Having found a point of comparison, Oikawa Tetsu grabbed Hinata Shoyo and shook him up and down in front of him.

"Aren't you twins? You should be the same height, or at least similar to the little one. But looking at you two like this, you don't look like twins at all!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi: "? But Sho and I weren't twins to begin with!"

Hinata raised his hand and asked, "Why is it that Tsuna looks like me, instead of me looking like Tsuna in height?"

Oikawa Tetsu said with a deep expression, "Because the little one is the older brother, isn't it normal for the younger brother to resemble the older brother?"

“Yes, I’m Tsuna’s older brother!” Hinata’s eyes slowly gleamed.

Tsunayoshi: "Why do you look so shocked, even Sho-chan?!"

"Hey, Tsuna, call me 'brother'! Hurry up and say it!"

"Ugh! No way!"

Although Oikawa Tetsu, who was stirring things up, felt the topic of height had already gone off track, he was still not satisfied and chimed in.

"You two should both call me brother," he said smugly.

Sawada Tsunayoshi was shocked. "Are you two children?!"

Iwaizumi's face darkened. "This guy is definitely..."

"Ouch—it hurts!"

Oikawa Tetsu covered his head and became quiet.

They could finally begin a serious conversation. The captain of Qingcheng composed himself and continued with the words he had spoken upon their first meeting.

"I recently heard that Karasuno has a super strong opposite hitter. Not only is he strong, but he also catches the ball accurately every time. I knew it was you, Tsunayoshi. Heh heh, I knew I was right."

"I just didn't expect you to have grown so tall." This guy was still thinking about his twins.

This was the first time Sawada Tsunayoshi had heard this. "So this is how strangers talk about me?"

Iwaizumi nodded. "That's right. Not only that, I also heard that you beat a two-meter-tall guy."

"Ah, this is indeed true."

Oikawa Tetsu poked his head out, "I told you long ago that two-meter guy couldn't beat the little guy. The little guy has received the true teachings of King Oikawa, how could he be defeated so easily, hahaha. But King Oikawa is the most powerful, that is to say—"

A bead of cold sweat trickled down their foreheads. Sawada Tsunayoshi wiped it away and chuckled dryly, "Oikawa-senpai is still exactly the same as before."

"Same arrogant attitude, huh?" Iwazumi gave his setter no chance to save face.

Tsuna waved his hands repeatedly, "That's not what I meant! I just think Oikawa-senpai is still very lively."

A reliable national team coach in the future will be impartial and incorruptible; "If you can't find the right adjective, you don't need to say it."

Despite Oikawa Tetsu's displeased expression, Hinata genuinely felt that his senior was very capable.

"Teru-senpai is really amazing! He's incredibly strong to have beaten Shiratorizawa, but I won't give up either!"

Oikawa Tetsu's resentful and accusatory expression was halfway through when he heard the first half of the sentence, his tail practically wagging in the air, before he was forced back down by the second half, while Hinata was still in his grasp.

He frantically rubbed Hinata's head. "Alright, then you can try. I won't hold back this time either. You little brat, just wait to be sent home by me!"

It's hard not to say that there might be some lingering resentment from someone because Hyuga was focused on going to Karasuno and didn't go to Aojo.

Hyuga was completely disoriented by the machinations. "Oh, I'm so dizzy."

The response was an even louder, eerie laugh from Oikawa Tetsu.

Iwazumi's lips twitched. "Two childish devils."

His gaze fell on Sawada Tsunayoshi beside him. Iwaizumi wasn't actually very familiar with the other two. Back in junior high, Oikawa Tetsu liked to go watch games and got to know them at some point. During breaks, he would sneak off to the public sports field to play.

At the time, Oikawa Tetsu only said that he had met two very interesting juniors, and he didn't know how they got in touch. Later, they went out to play volleyball together a few more times, but Iwaizumi didn't go.

At that time, they did not know Kageyama. Iwaizumi was surprised that this guy could be such a good senior.

When Kageyama appeared, he realized he was completely wrong. How could this guy be considered a senior when he hadn't even grown up yet? Haha.

He chuckled expressionlessly.

However, after Hinata entered junior high school, although he wondered why Oikawa's juniors didn't come to Aoki, they made plans to play volleyball together in private. Iwaizumi would occasionally agree, because he really wanted to see if the junior that Oikawa liked looked similar to a volleyball.

When they met again, Hinata wasn't like the volleyball captain, but both of them were definitely volleyball enthusiasts.

It's no wonder these two get along so well; friendships between kids are always so simple. Hinata unconsciously adds a few more compliments, and Oikawa smugly follows suit. The two kids are having a great time together.

So when he heard the other "kid" mentioned by the two, Sawada Tsunayoshi, he assumed he was also a volleyball idiot.

Sawada Tsunayoshi rarely came to Miyagi. They had met a few times during their first year of high school and even played ball together. Iwaizumi felt that the opponent's basic skills were indeed good, but that was all.

After all, Oikawa himself said that Tsunayoshi didn't like volleyball as much as they did.

After that, Hyuga saw Sawada Tsunayoshi less and less, let alone Iwaizumi himself. Now that they met again, memories buried deep in his heart surfaced, and he thought to himself that Sawada was probably not a "little kid".

She should be a kindergarten teacher.

The childish argument between the two kids stopped when Ushijima Wakatoshi appeared in the restroom, and Sawada Tsunayoshi's vision went black as he looked at Shiratorizawa's team uniform.

The toilet is indeed a place where hidden talents reside.

Qingcheng Yexi was riding high after defeating Shiratorizawa, but Ushijima didn't think he would lose a second time.

"Qingcheng is strong, but I won't fall twice in the same place."

"ha?"

Sawada Tsunayoshi's gaze turned ferocious the moment his previously reliable senior appeared.

"They're just defeated opponents. If we can beat you once, we can beat you a second time!"

Perhaps due to the tense atmosphere created by the exchange of harsh words, the mood in the restroom shifted abruptly. After Shiratorizawa and Aoki Yoshi finished speaking, Hyuga Shoyo hesitated for a moment, then, before Sawada Tsunayoshi could reach out, he followed suit.

"We, Karasuno, will not admit defeat!"

The little leader covered his face. Sure enough, it turned into this exciting scene. But why did you guys have to say those tough words at the toilet entrance?!

Doesn't that seem really weird?

Oikawa Tetsu: Even though I beat this guy, I still can't help but get angry.

After Ushijima left, Oikawa Tetsu patted Hinata's head and then said to Sawada Tsunayoshi,

"Well then, good luck to you guys, although you definitely can't beat our Qingcheng team."

Iwaizumi couldn't stand by and watch Oikawa continue to fight with Hyuga Elementary School kids here, so he pulled Oikawa aside and said goodbye to Sawada Tsunayoshi.

Hyuga turned around and bumped into a player from another team.

Sawada Tsunayoshi quickly pulled them apart, and Hyuga apologized as he left. Only after they exited the restroom did the other party breathe a sigh of relief.

"That was a contestant from Date Kogyo..."

Sawada Tsunayoshi's mind was in a daze. Once he got on the field, Reborn would be able to see the headband on his head, but from this distance, the others probably wouldn't be able to see it.

If only Reborn sees it, there shouldn't be too much of a problem?

He hesitated, not even noticing when Chrome left, until he came to his senses upon meeting his opponent.

"Hey," he whispered to Hinata, pulling her along.

Pointing to the opponent who was targeted by Nishiya-senpai and Tanaka-senpai,

"Isn't that the guy who got beaten up by Chrome before? He's actually a member of Jozenji's team."

Hinata wore a mischievous but admiring expression. "They actually dared to harass our Shimizu-senpai! We'll show them what Karasuno is all about on the field right now!"

How dare these guys bully Chrome? Sawada Tsunayoshi extracted the information and his mouth flattened as he stood next to Hyuga.

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Author's Note: Actually, I also really like the route where Little Sun goes to Chidori Mountain [cat emoji]