Junior High School
Regarding the fact that Hinata Aoi was mute, some in the queue were surprised, some understood, and three were particularly shocked—
Kindaichi, who had heard classmates gossiping but had no specific connection to anyone, said: She is actually mute?
Guo Jianying, who was catching up on sleep and didn't hear the gossip of his classmates, was so suspicious that he scared himself all the way: She turned out to be mute?
Kageyama Tobio, who had been practicing tactics with pen and paper during recess and ignored the gossip, was still mentally reviewing the lifts. "Huh? Who? Can't speak?"
There was no time for them to feel surprised. The coach shouted "Disband!" and asked everyone to return to their respective positions.
No matter how many doubts they have in their minds, it cannot stop them from moving their bodies and continuing training.
"Sato, come over and show us the new manager."
The coach raised his hand and called over a slightly plump boy wearing black-framed glasses.
"If you don't understand anything, just ask him."
He patted the boy's shoulder, glanced at Goujuanji who had not left yet, and left without saying much because he had something to do.
"Ah, hello, my name is Sato Daichi... Just call me Sato like everyone else."
Sato didn't act like a senior at all, and he pushed his glasses down a little stiffly.
He seldom communicated with girls, and this was his first time leading a newcomer. He was even more so, being stared at by Inumaki Satoru from behind Hinata Aoi, causing him to break out in a sweat.
I felt ridiculously like a gangster wandering the street trying to chat up a girl, but when I walked over I found the girl's brother standing next to her. I was frightened by his look and didn't know which direction to run away.
Hinata Aoi also noticed Sato's discomfort. She didn't need to look back to know that it must be Gojuan who scared him from his evasive eyes.
I don’t know what’s wrong with this girl. She has been particularly unfriendly to men who get close to her recently, and even her classmates are not immune.
As a result, whenever the two of them get together, people's eyes will be glued to them, whispering to the people next to them and smiling ambiguously, with expressions as if they were hurt. Hinata Aoi was speechless and didn't bother to pay attention.
An pushed Goumaki Ji a few times to indicate that it was time for him to leave. Goumaki also understood what Hinata Aoi meant, but he could just hear the work content of the volleyball club manager, so he was not in a hurry to leave now. He stretched out his index finger and stroked the girl's palm.
"Again"
It means wait a moment.
Like the gentle brush of a feather, an itch penetrated through the palm of her hand and into the heart. Hinata Aoi waited for Gojumaki to finish writing, then immediately closed her palm and scratched it twice with her fingernails to relieve the itch. She stood right in front of Gojumaki Ji to block him, so that the senior's attention would be focused on her.
"Sato-senpai, what is my mission?"
"...Just follow me today and get used to it."
Sato really had no experience, and when asked this question, he didn't know where to start. He just took Hinata Aoi and the others around the gymnasium and talked about whatever he thought of.
A manager's job is quite diverse, mostly involving logistical work.
The daily routine is to pick up and wipe the balls, open and close doors, clean, keep keys in various places, help the players fill their water bottles, record scores and physical test data, watch the players train, and care about their physical and mental state.
Going a step further means paying attention to the registration inquiries for various competitions, organizing the game videos of other schools to study the opponents, analyzing the data to compare the strengths and weaknesses and put forward suggestions for improvement, and assisting the coach to arrange practice games with other schools.
When it comes to holiday training, you have to book food and accommodation, book venues, and keep an eye on the players to prevent them from wandering around. In addition, the training expenses are high, so detailed income and expenditure details need to be recorded in the club's financial accounts.
At first glance, it seems very cumbersome to put all the work of a manager on the table. In fact, it is not that busy because there are team members and other managers working together... but it can't be said to be idle either.
In particular, the men's volleyball team originally had three managers. The two third-year managers submitted applications to leave the club at the beginning of the school year in preparation for further studies. Now all the work falls on Sato's shoulders.
He was the happiest person to hire an extra manager, but he didn't expect that the new manager was not only a junior but also physically disabled. He felt embarrassed to ask Hinata Aoi to do any more work.
"This is not a place to slack off. You might want to think about it again."
Sato emphasized this point earnestly, not because he doubted Hinata Aoi's motive for joining the men's volleyball team, but because this was his original purpose in joining the men's volleyball team.
His mother wanted him to join a sports club to lose weight, but he didn't like sports, so he took a roundabout way to join the men's volleyball club after being recommended by a friend and interviewed the manager.
It turned out that being a manager was not much easier than being a team member. At the beginning, he was not used to it and was very busy, so he really lost several pounds.
Seeing how busy he was, his mother stopped nagging him and instead made a lot of delicious food out of pity for him, saying that she wanted to nourish him. I don't know if she wanted him to lose weight or simply couldn't bear to see him idle.
Inujuan Ji was dizzy after listening to it. He felt confused, as if he was listening to a lecture but the knowledge points just couldn't enter his head. He also couldn't remember so many messy tasks at once. He strongly agreed with Sato's suggestion of "thinking about it again".
However, even though her application to join the company has been submitted and approved, Hinata Aoi still wants to experience it first before deciding whether to continue.
She once again turned her head and asked Gou Juanji:
"Do you understand?"
Inumaki Ji understood the subtext, and this was the third time that Hinata Aoi let him go.
Even though he felt that he had only learned the basics, Goujuan's courage was almost exhausted. He didn't dare to challenge the girl's patience anymore and said quietly that he could leave.
Before leaving, Gojumaki Satoru walked up to Sato and put his arm around his shoulders, leading him a little further away. He forcefully added Sato's contact information and sent a message on the spot to see if he could get in touch with him.
The content of the text message is: If anything happens in the future, please send me a message.
Sato looked at the message on his phone in confusion.
...No, what could be the problem?
What's the use of contacting you?
Sato didn't understand... but he respected him. His soft personality made him timid in front of his seniors and juniors, and he would just do whatever they said.
After finishing all this, Gojumaki Satoru returned to Hinata Aoi and waved his hand obediently. He waited for the other party to say "goodbye" before leaving the gymnasium.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I met Miki Fushiguro who was looking into the theater stealthily.
Tsu Miki made an excuse to get Sakurai away and asked her to go home first, then she ran to the men's volleyball gymnasium and wandered around.
I'm not here to peek, I'm just here to wait for Goujuanji to come out.
She knew that Hinata Aoi had joined the men's volleyball club, and she also knew that Goju would definitely follow Hinata Aoi to the men's volleyball club, so she only needed to ask Goju to find out about Hinata Aoi's status in the club.
There is no need to say anything about the previous situation. When she saw Gojuan coming out, Tsumiki went straight to meet him:
"What's it like in here?"
Gojuan didn't need Tsumiki's explanation. He understood in seconds that Tsumiki was not curious about what the men's volleyball team was like, but was concerned about whether Hinata Aoi felt comfortable in the men's volleyball team.
"It's alright."
It's hard to tell whether it's good or bad just by having this brief contact.
I haven't seen anyone with malicious intent...it's hard to imagine such a person existing, right?
It is rare to find people like those in the sorcery family whose eyes are on top of their heads - this is what Goujuan discovered when he returned to ordinary life.
Time reveals a person's true character, and Hinata Aoi is much more astute than him in this regard. It still depends on her own feelings.
Goujuan showed up at the gym just to let others know that Hinata Aoi had a friend like him, that they would care about her and accompany her, and also to make himself familiar to this group of people.
If something happens in the future and I can't contact the head coach, I can still remember to run to the classroom to find him.
This is an extremely low-probability event, but he doesn't want to miss this chance, and for this reason he can't just come to the men's volleyball team this time, he has to come and help more often in the future and show himself in front of this group of people.
When Tsumeki saw what Goumaki said, she understood but felt helpless. She wished she was the one to accompany Hinata Aoi in, worried that Goumaki Ji was slow-witted and couldn't understand people's hearts.
"Want to go together?"
The car to pick up Goujuanji has arrived.
I thought that since I was training with Megumi Fushiguro anyway, and I didn't have to go to exorcise the cursed spirit today, I could take Tsumiki with me and wait for Megumi Fushiguro to finish training and go home together.
Tsu Miki waved her hands and said, "No, he doesn't like that."
This was the tacit understanding she and her brother had formed over the years, and they never openly brought things like spells and curses into their daily lives.
Especially since Megumi Fushiguro was unwilling to share relevant matters with her, Tsumiki would not take the initiative to ask about it.
"Okay, I'll be leaving now."
"Bon Voyage."
*
In the gymnasium, Hinata Aoi was first assigned the task of picking up and wiping the balls.
There are many players in the venue and the demand for volleyballs is also great. If the volleyballs rolling on the ground are not cleaned up in time, firstly, the balls will be useless and secondly, people's movements will be affected.
The used volleyball also needs to be wiped with a clean towel to keep the surface clean for the next use.
At the beginning, Hinata Aoi was picking up the ball and putting it down, picking up the ball, picking up the ball, putting it down, picking up the ball, picking up the ball, putting it down... Then she picked up one and threw it down, picking up one and throwing it down. No matter what tricky angle she stood at, she could avoid the teammates and throw the volleyball into the volleyball storage basket accurately.
It won’t work if the basket is half full, as the volleyball will easily bounce out if it flies in.
Hinata Aoi was pushing a basket around the periphery, picking up each item as she passed by, just like an old lady collecting waste.
This job makes her feel comfortable after retirement.
The venue was filled with the sound of volleyballs hitting each other, some lightly and some heavily, either hitting wrists or hitting the floor. The intense sound made her feel soothed.
It's like white noise that belongs only to passers-by. As soon as you hear it, you know that no one is paying attention to her, so she just needs to be a background board.
"careful!"
Before she could relax for long, a shout broke through the "silence" and rushed into Hinata Aoi's ears.
It was impossible to tell who she was shouting at, but her years of trained conditioned reflexes and sixth sense kicked in. Hinata Aoi, who had just squatted down to pick up the ball and stood up, used her right hand to grab the edge of the basket for leverage and instantly made a 180-degree turn, just in time to avoid the flying volleyball.
"Bang! Bang! Boom..."
The volleyball hit the ground behind the storage basket and bounced off the wall. Finally, under the triple influence of gravity, rotational force and friction, it flew diagonally upward for a short distance and landed in front of the storage basket, then jumped and rolled to the side of the storage basket.
The boy who hit the ball ran towards this side in panic, reaching out his hand. His brain was frozen in fear, afraid that the new girl would be shot in the head by him.
Hinata Aoi was very calm. After the crisis was resolved, she did not forget to pick up the volleyball and raised the ball to signal to the boy.
The boy, who looked more like a survivor than Hinata Aoi, felt that he understood. His eyes became firm and he pointed to his head:
"Throw it here!"
He was reckless and almost hurt the schoolmate.
Should be punished!
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