Chapter 11: Practicing at the Orange Tree at Yuki-no-Oka Junior High School...

Yukinoka Junior High School.

Hinata Shoyo was humming a song while collecting his schoolbags today. Izumi Xinggao poked Sekimukai Koji beside him and said with his eyes: "Go ask."

Guan Xiangxingji:...

"Why me?" He replied in a whisper, his voice so low that if he hadn't been close to him, Quan Xinggao wouldn't have been able to hear what the other person was saying.

Finally, the two people's eyes met, and they raised their hands as if they had telepathy.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors!"*2

Guan Xiang Xingzhi's scissors were defeated by Izumi Xinggao's stone. He hesitated for a while and walked over. Then, under Hinata Xiangyang's puzzled eyes, Guan Xiang Xingzhi coughed twice: "Xiao Xiang, are you happy today?"

"Yeah!" Hinata Shoyo nodded, holding the strap of his messenger bag, his eyes shining, "Someone is practicing volleyball with me today."

Upon hearing this, Guan Xiang Xingzhi and Izumi Yukitaka both breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was worried something might have happened to you," Izumi Yukinaka explained, noting that Hinata Shoyo seemed puzzled. "After all, you were so happy all day, and you didn't even ask us to practice volleyball with you after the club activities."

"That's right," Guan Xiangxingzhi also said, "So you found someone to play volleyball with you. Then we feel relieved." There was some relief in his tone.

Hinata Shoyo sighed, "Indeed, I really didn't expect that Kenjo-san would agree, hehe," he said with a bright smile, "but I forgot to make an appointment, so I plan to wait for him at the entrance of Shiratorizawa."

Izumi Yukitaka also laughed: "So that's how it is, hahaha..." Suddenly he realized something was wrong, his expression changed, and he stared at Sekimukai Koji, who also suddenly became serious, for a few seconds, and his voice suddenly rose: "Wait?! Shiratorizawa?!"

A few birds outside the window were frightened by the sound and flew away from the tree they were sitting on, leaving only some fleeing feathers floating down from the sky.

Sekimukai Koji grabbed Hinata Shoyo's shoulders and shook him: "You want to run to Shiratori Town now???"

"Wait, stop shaking, Xingzhi is dizzy," Hinata Shoyo said dizzyly, "I feel like there are stars in the air..." weakly.

"Don't we have to ride over a mountain to Shiratorizawa by bike? And the one who wants to play volleyball with you is a high school student?" Izumi Yukitaka stroked his chin. "Your social skills are a bit scary, aren't they, Shoyo?"

Guan Xiang Xingzhi let go of Hinata Xiang Xiang Xiang, who was already seeing stars, and began to scratch his head, his tone rising: "Is it the time to think about this now! That's Shiratorizawa..."

Izumi Yukitaka: "But middle school finishes much earlier than high school, right? Besides, that guy is from the volleyball club, right, Shoyo?" After turning around and getting a positive response, Izumi Yukitaka clapped his hands, "The club activities end around the same time! Maybe I can actually catch him."

“…”

That's why the three junior high school students wearing Yukigaoka uniforms were standing at the gate of Shiratorizawa Academy with embarrassed looks on their faces.

Guan Xiang Xingzhi just felt that they were like three ink dots on a white paper, so conspicuous, especially Izumi Xinggao and Hinata Xiangyang, who were staring at every student passing by. When he heard the girls passing by saying with a smile, "Are you elementary school students waiting for your brother? So cute", they had already started digging their toes into the ground.

No matter who comes to rescue him.

"Orange tree." Just as he was about to faint from embarrassment, a somewhat deep boy's voice rang out, "...Why are you here?"

Orange tree? Suddenly, Hinata Shoyo's orange hair appeared in Guan Xiangxing's mind, and the next second, his friend's excited voice came: "Kenjo-nii! Since no one from our volleyball club stayed to train, I came directly here to wait for you!"

What caught Sekimukai Koji's eye was a young man with dark blue hair and very fair skin, but his first reaction, aside from knowing Ikemura, was—"So tall."

Is he almost 1.9 meters tall? Are all high school students this tall? Guan Xiang Xingzhi couldn't help but take a few steps back, while Hinata Xiangyang continued to introduce: "This is Aquan and Xingzhi. They are worried about me, so they came with me. I'll have to trouble you, Brother Jiancheng later..."

When Guan Xiangxingzhi reacted, he was holding a bun and lemon tea in his hands and was arranged to sit in the viewing area.

Izumi Yukitaka was sighing that Shiratorizawa was worthy of being a university, the gymnasium was so big. He was in the basketball club, and although the basketball club of Yuki no Oka was relatively well-established compared to the volleyball club which had no gymnasium, it was not as big as this one.

Sitting next to him was another green-haired high school student. It was he who bought them lemon tea. Incidentally, the buns were bought by Jian Cheng Xinyi. The green-haired high school student asked gently, "Don't you want to play volleyball with us?"

As if sighing, "This is the first time I've seen Kenjo-kun stay after the club event is over."

Guan Xiangxing shook his head and looked at the two people on the field who were preparing to start. "I'm from the football club."

Quan Xinggao interrupted with a smile, "By the way, I'm on the basketball team."

"There are only four people on our school's men's volleyball team right now... Excluding me and Izumi, the rest are all first-years. They have exams this past week, so Xiaoxiang has been practicing on his own for a long time." Guan Xiangxing added, "We were surprised to hear that someone was playing volleyball with him today."

"Usually the volleyball team should train with the women's volleyball team."

Midorikawa Yuki was stunned for a few seconds after hearing this before returning his gaze to the court. "He's a good kid who loves volleyball."

Inside the venue.

Hinata Shoyo yelled a few times, his eyes turning into stars, "So tall, so big, so new!" Then he gave Kenjo Shinichi a thumbs-up, "Superb!"

The farmer who didn’t understand what the orange tree was doing:?

He looked at the pickaxe in his hand and then at the surrounding rocks.

It’s just the first level of the mine, that’s right.

The farmer was puzzled.

Is mining so fun...?

*

Kita Shinsuke's home.

Gong You pulled out a piece of paper from somewhere. On it was a little figure that looked like a Picasso painting. He was very proud, ignoring the long silence in the air: "I have a perfect plan."

Rintaro Kakuname: "..."

He looked towards where Kita Shinsuke was standing: "Can I go first, Kita-senpai?"

He didn't want to participate in Miya You's plan at all. He was already very tired after the training, and now he was forced to play stupid games with Miya You. Kakuna Rintaro wanted to die.

If I had known that there were people like this in Inarizaki, I might as well have gone to Tokyo... Although it was just a thought, besides being able to record the embarrassing clip of Miya Yu, Kakuna Rintaro paused, his eyes widened a little, and before Kita Shinsuke could speak, he said in advance: "It's okay, I volunteer to stay."

Kita Shinsuke:.

"You are impressed by my great plan, right, hahaha!" Gong You put his hands on his hips, and if it were a comic, his nose would have been upturned to the extreme.

Alan, who was sitting on his right, raised his hand.

"Speak." Gong You said concisely.

Alan: "Which one am I?"

Gong You's paintings are too abstract and I can't understand them at all. Gong Zhi, the only one who can understand Gong You's thinking, doesn't seem to want to help explain.

Gong You: "Of course it's this." He pointed at what looked like a ball of yarn in the corner and said, "Isn't it obvious?"

Alan: ...

"Don't worry about him." Miyaji finally spoke, "According to my plan, we should go eat first."

"No, your plan isn't that good, is it?" Alan complained.

When Kita Shinsuke knew someone was coming to stay overnight, he vacated the one-bedroom apartment. Fortunately, tomorrow was the weekend, otherwise, based on his understanding of his juniors.

'Today will definitely be a very late night.'

Gong You didn't know if he was immersed in his own art, "Of course our plan will start in the evening."

"Have you ever seen a thief working during the day?" Gong You asked again, then turned to look at Kita Shinsuke: "So what are we eating for dinner, Kita-senpai?"

Alan held his forehead and sighed.

The corner name takes a photo.

Kita Shinsuke was very calm: "Omelette, parsnip soup and vegetable stew." He then added, "Grandma said she wanted some special dishes today, and I haven't tried them before."

“…”

I haven't heard of it. Gong Yoo calmed down and would definitely finish it if it didn't taste good.

After all, he is such a super invincible and outstanding young man who respects the elderly.

...But thankfully, it tasted good in the end, and I don't know if it was an illusion, but I felt like all the fatigue from training had been swept away. Was it an illusion? Gong You shook his head and continued to explain his plan before dinner. "Anyway, when the time comes, we'll all rush in. Isn't that big net ready?"

"What if it's a small animal that's caught?" Rintaro Kakuna had a reasonable suspicion.

Gong You:.

"...Then let it go," Gong You said, "but what kind of animal would steal garlic?"

"Garlic bird?" Alan told a cold joke.

Suddenly quiet.

Alan: ...

The atmosphere has completely cooled down.

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The farmer kept repeating the first level of the mine.

farmer:……

The farmer began to doubt his life.

I can clearly see the ladder going down, so why can’t I go down?

Does this mean that if two people go mining together, they can only go to the first floor?

The farmer walked around the orange tree twice with a confused look on his face. Or was there something wrong with the orange tree?

Hinata Shoyo who was being stared at:?

He showed his beady eyes: "What's wrong, Brother Jiancheng?"

Brother Jiancheng has a good touch when passing the ball. Although he couldn't touch the ball at first and didn't dare to open his eyes, after a while he was able to hit the ball. Moreover, he even hit the water bottle placed opposite once out of ten times. His accuracy is improving.

The farmer held up the orange tree and looked at it for two seconds.

Putting it down again, he pursed his lips and said, "Now let's practice serving."

Hinata Shoyo: "Oh, oh! Okay!"

It felt like Kenjo-kun wasn't happy. Hinata Shoyo was confused. Was it because playing with him was boring? But he had a hunch that he wasn't thinking that. Was it because he was just too stupid?

Hinata Shoyo was a little nervous: "I will try my best!"

The farmer nodded absentmindedly. He had just checked the time and sighed inwardly.

"It seems we won't be able to go to the Coal Mine Forest today."

*

Finally, under Miya Yu's command, the Inarizaki people really caught a rabbit: ...

There are actually rabbits in the world that steal garlic.

Useless knowledge increases.

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The masters suddenly discovered a problem. When reading the comics, I saw that when Mr. Xiaowu saw Nishitani coming back, he said, "Is this the guardian angel of Karasuno? He's really handsome." Does that mean that Mr. Xiaowu was appointed this year? (...) Although I saw it mentioned earlier that the second and third years received guidance from Coach Wuyang, I always thought that he only came occasionally (after all, he was not in good health). Anyway, let's assume that Mr. Xiaowu was the instructor when he was in the second or first year, and Mr. Wuyang only came to supervise occasionally (...) Kneel down, and I have read 20 chapters! And, and, there will probably be no update on the 5th. I will take a leave of absence and post again on the 7th (sticky post) (Please don't abandon me, OvO) (And then, masters, I made an appointment with a farmer, Datou, and it should be posted on the 7th. If it doesn't fail, applause) (I was still worried about the moonstone, but the boss told me that there is another way. Kneel down, I thought I could only get it by signing in, orz) (A person who talks a lot)