The two sat affectionately by the pool for a while, and only after hearing a call from the other side inviting them to play water volleyball did they swim over together.
"Let's get this straight, Nan, you're not allowed to cheat!"
Xiao Lan hugged the volleyball tightly and carefully set out the rules.
The scene was divided into two teams. The four beautiful girls, Ran, Kazuha, Sonoko, and Ai, formed one team, while the three older girls, Kusunoki, Ayako, and Akemi, formed the other team.
If the rules aren't set properly, what if someone cheats or uses magic? Wouldn't their girl group be doomed to a crushing defeat?
Yuzuru smiled and spread his hands, looking relaxed. "Don't worry, I promise I won't cheat."
To cheat while beating a group of young girls is an insult to his ability and dignity.
He, Yu Sheng, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, Nan, is going to fight ten of them.
As a net rose from the water, the match began. The girls' team won rock-paper-scissors and served first.
The ball arced through the air and flew rapidly toward the senior team.
Seeing this, Ayako jumped up to try and catch the ball.
However, the ball's speed and angle were tricky, and despite her best efforts to extend her arms, she was unable to catch it, and the senior team lost the first point.
"Oh no, I missed it!"
"It's okay, there's still a chance. It's our turn to serve next."
While comforting Ayako, Akemi quickly swam over, retrieved the ball, and handed it to Hanyu Nan beside her.
"Let me see..."
Yuzuru bounced the volleyball back and forth between his hands, watching the several beautiful girls on the other side who were eager to try, searching for the best candidate to serve.
He immediately realized something was wrong after they finished playing rock-paper-scissors.
Without cheating, the pretty girl team has Kazuha and Ran, two generals who are practically human tyrants, while the old man team, apart from themselves who are somewhat capable, consists of the maid and Ayako, who are both delicate girls.
After all, the battlefield isn't in bed now, and the situation is very unfavorable for him.
"Nan, hurry up!"
When he didn't serve for a long time, Sonoko, who was always impatient, couldn't help but shout loudly.
"A great opportunity!"
Yuzuru's expression hardened. Seizing the opportunity created by the shouting in the garden, he tossed the volleyball high into the air, making a stance as if he was about to unleash a powerful spike.
Ran and Kazuha reacted immediately, leaping nimbly from the water and rushing towards Sonoko.
But they were fooled.
In mid-air, Yuzuru suddenly and nimbly changed direction, and the volleyball, with lightning speed and great force, went straight for Ai, who was originally next to the two of them.
This feint caught the girls' team completely off guard.
"Huh?"
Ai Haibara, who was crossing her arms, was caught off guard as the volleyball flew straight toward her.
With her small frame, she was just there to get points and be a bystander, so how did she inexplicably become a key player?
However, before she could react, the volleyball had already flown to her face. With a "plop," Ai fell into the water along with the ball, splashing water everywhere.
"Yay, score!"
"Young Master Yuzuru is amazing!"
"No, no."
Ayako and Akemi ran over, and the three of them cheered and gave each other a high five.
"Yuzuru, you're too cunning!"
"That's right, Nan, you're cheating!"
Realizing they had been tricked, the girls shouted angrily in protest.
Mingmei excitedly retorted, "No, no, no, young people, this is called a diversionary tactic! You guys are still too green to understand the ingenuity of this."
Ayako chimed in, "That's right, you guys are still too young. You don't understand what 'all's fair in war' means. It's a very common strategy in competitions, so you should learn more about it."
Ai popped her head out of the water, her hair sticking wet to her face, and glared at Yuzuru with a resentful look: "You did that on purpose!"
"That's right, I did it on purpose!"
Yuzuru stood with his hands on his hips, looking smug and arrogant, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"
"Okay, okay, okay!!!"
The cunning little girl starts grinding her teeth.
Since you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unjust.
She had originally planned to just sit around and do nothing, but now it seems necessary to offer some advice.
We can't rely solely on these brave but reckless pretty girls in her family, otherwise they'll lose all their swimsuits.
The match restarted, this time with the girls' team serving.
Before serving, Ai quickly swam back to her team and huddled together with Ran and Kazuha, whispering a few words to each other.
Kazuha served, and she tossed the ball high into the air with all her might.
Just as Yuzuru was preparing to judge which direction the shuttlecock would fly so he could rush to its aid, Sonoko suddenly shouted, "Yuzuru, look here!"
"Um?"
Yuzuru glanced over instinctively, and instantly, his heart fluttered.
In the brief moment he was distracted, the volleyball flew past at an extremely fast speed, and the elderly Ayako and Akemi had no time to make a blocking move. The beautiful girls' team successfully scored.
"Haha, it worked!"
Sonoko laughed triumphantly, casually pulling the red string back from her wrist to her shoulder.
Yuzuru Hanyu snapped out of his daze and shook his head with amusement: "That was a really underhanded trick of yours."
Xiaolan smiled and repeated her earlier words: "All's fair in war."
Ai raised an eyebrow: "This is just the beginning."
Anyway, these are all his women, so they're not at a disadvantage.
In the following matches, the young girls' team used increasingly diverse tactics, leaving the older team overwhelmed.
One moment it was Ran and Kazuha's perfect teamwork, the next it was Sonoko's deliberate interference, plus Ai's scheming, and the older team gradually fell into a disadvantage.
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