Chapter 150 Sound Horse 2 Hunting
Kozume Kenma has known Hinata for many years. Originally, this guy had Akaashi Kyoji and Sawada Tsunayoshi to mess with, but one of them suddenly lost interest in volleyball in middle school and only rekindled his passion after seeing the Bokuto match. The other inherited the family business halfway through his life and only recently returned to Japan.
During those years when there was no one in power, besides Chidoriyama, the setter who doted on Hinata, the first person to be framed was Kozume Kenma himself.
Hinata's weekends were packed during middle school. One week a month, he would go back to Namimori to see if his friend was still alive. Occasionally, he would spend two weeks going to his old elementary school club to visit his former coach and meet up with Kuroo and Kenma. The group would play volleyball together.
I'll be staying home for another week, because I think relationships with family are also very important.
Sometimes, Miyako would hook her with a ball and arrange to go to Hyogo Prefecture with the others to find two foxes.
It's worth mentioning that wherever this guy goes, he always has friends willing to provide him with food and lodging; his popularity is so great that Kozume Kenpaku marvels at it.
As this guy's longtime friend and setter, Kozume Kenma was worn down by the fact that he had to set several more balls. What was supposed to be a five-ball game often ended up being at least ten. Kuroo Tetsurou was happy to see this happen and wished that Hyuga could be on their team every day.
Therefore, Kozume Kenma is very familiar with Hyuga, from his spiking to his behavior. He used a separate USB drive to record, organize, and analyze everything, and that USB drive, named Shoyo, is still being updated to this day.
Hinata Shoyo did indeed provide Kozume Kenma with a lot of fun in volleyball, a fact he couldn't deny.
Kuroo Tetsuro tried to subtly undermine him countless times, but Kozume Kenma thought about their senior-junior system and wondered if Shoyo would be happy here. Then he thought that with Kuroo around, the things he was worried about probably wouldn't happen. Finally, he felt that no matter what environment Shoyo was in, he could play volleyball without any gloom.
Even with a barrage of sweet talk, Hinata still rushed into Karasuno's arms without hesitation, leaving Kenma slightly disappointed but also relieved.
Although he can't experience a formal match with Shoyo, if Shoyo really comes, Nekoma will probably be the one who suffers the most. At that time, even slacking off will be discovered immediately.
"Hyuga, if you dare forget to spike during the match..."
Kageyama gave a sly look, and Hinata took a step back, then realized she shouldn't have been so cowardly.
"No way!"
You'd better do that!
Sawada Tsunayoshi rubbed his ears, which hadn't stopped moving since he arrived at Karasuno. He knew that Kuroo wanted to pull Hinata to Otokoma. After all, when they were entering junior high school, the frequency with which they communicated with each other via messages reached an all-time high, making it easy to tell what the other was thinking.
What's this? Those who wanted to be teammates became opponents, and those who were clearly opponents ended up becoming teammates?
The young leader sighed softly, "Fate is truly a wondrous thing."
The look in Kenma's eyes when he looked at Hinata before the match replayed in Tsuna's mind. His undisguised hunting desire still made him tremble with fear. Although Karasuno was not a point of attack for Hinata, as the core of the offensive induction, if Hinata was restricted, Karasuno would become a bird with broken wings, struggling but unable to fly.
But feeling good as the prey being hunted, he remained nonchalant about his childhood friend's puzzled expression, saying that he used to get excited during small competitions, it was just a little more obvious today, so there was no need to worry too much.
“You’re not much better than him either,” Sawada Tsunayoshi said with a complicated tone.
"Although Karasuno and Nekoma have a good personal relationship, they didn't hold back at all during the match. If they hadn't been on good terms before the match, I would have thought they were enemies!"
"We've always been competitors with those Tokyo Cats, haven't we?" Yunai Ten thought to himself, "What is this all about? How could crows and cats possibly get along?"
Tsukishima Akimitsu pointed at his younger brother and Hinata, the short guy, and said, "We didn't say it back then, but now they're like this, you're my teacher and I'm your childhood friend, going back and forth. The two teams have gone from rivals to sister teams, haven't they?"
“That’s true.” Although Tenma and the others trained with Nekoma back then, they got heated during the matches. They were very familiar with each other, but to say they had a good relationship, they would have been like Daichi Sawamura and Tetsurou Kuroo before their match, with a forced smile.
However, the competition was quite normal. He said, "How can a crow and a cat play together?"
"Otokoma played really hard today," Shimada said with a smile.
On the opposite side of the stands, some fans had brought their families to cheer on their idols, but in this respect, no player could compare to Sawada Tsunayoshi, whose family alone could fill a small area.
"Hmm, this is different from the previous matches of Yinju. They usually try to save the setter's energy."
"Their tactics are always the same, but they changed their strategy against Karasuno."
Many of the spectators who came to watch the game were familiar with these teams. For example, Otoko's style is defensive, while Karasuno, a veteran rising star, is known for its flexible tactics.
"But it seems like Karasuno is on the defensive side today?"
What the audience could see, Karasuno and the others could also see. Hinata looked at the ball that grazed his shoulder and landed, squinted at the opposite side, and Kuroo smiled at him, without any regard for their years of friendship.
"I've never seen you guys use this before, Xiao Hei."
Hinata was referring to the previous training matches, where everyone had both wins and losses and was fairly familiar with each other's styles, but Nekoma had never used this move before.
The smile on Kuroo's face hadn't faded yet, and it seemed to deepen upon hearing Hinata's words.
"To deal with you, we need to come up with something new. Besides, we're not the only ones hiding something. Little crows, show us what you've been hiding."
But Hyuga didn't take the bait. Sawada Tsunayoshi reassured his childhood friend and said with a faint smile to the smiling cat opposite him,
"How could that be?"
The two laughed and turned around at the same time, exchanging a blow from behind. Tsuna then pushed his childhood friend and the others from Karasuno together.
“They’re targeting Sho,” Sawada Tsunayoshi said with some concern.
Although it's not very obvious yet, the tendency and subtle movements when spiking are indeed limiting Hyuga's spikes.
Hyuga waved his hand, "It's not like it's the first time I've been targeted, so don't worry too much, Tsuna."
This is true. Not to mention other teams like Inarizaki and Otoko, even in Karasuno, they weren't exactly teammates in middle school. Hinata was targeted by Kageyama and Tsukishima, and he was used to being targeted. Some people thought he was easy to bully because he was small and wanted to break through him, while others knew he was skilled and wanted to limit him.
But whatever the reason, Hyuga has always been one to respond to any move and accept everything without question.
Tsuna ruffled his childhood friend's hair. "Have you figured out how to solve this?"
Hyuga waved his hand and said, "Let's change the defensive formation. Since they don't want me to spike, I'll take the ball and let Tsuna spike more today."
Kageyama nodded. "Okay, but I'll find opportunities to pass the ball to you again."
While Nekoma was celebrating his score, Karasuno was also planning his next move. When the opponent served again, Hyuga bent over and stared at them.
Tsuna trusted his childhood friend, and as the ball spiked towards him, he focused on preparing to attack. Hearing the crisp sound of the racket hitting his arm from behind, Sawada Tsuna raised his hand, indicating that it was time for him to attack.
Kageyama was also very helpful, easily passing the ball over. Tsuna looked at the opposing team's follow-up block and suddenly remembered that when he was training together in Tokyo, he had heard Kuroo Tetsurou explain to the Hyuga and the others how to block.
So now he's using the other side's well-intentioned explanation to deal with them?
The idea only flashed through Tsuna's mind for a moment before he focused his energy. Kuro's blocking was indeed very good, but it wasn't without any flaws.
But he didn't think he could hit a super short cross-court shot like Bokuto-senpai, so Tsunayoshi smiled, which was rare for him.
Let's do it one more time.
With perfect control, the ball flew high back into Karasuno's court through his palm. Hinata had been waiting for this moment and jumped directly from the backcourt, giving Nekoma no time to react.
Hinata really loves spiking. When she was playing volleyball, she always thought that one day she would become an ace.
But that doesn’t mean he’s bad at catching the ball. Over the years, the only thing Hyuga is clear about is that if he wants to stay on the court, he has to be better than everyone else.
At first, he practiced receiving the ball in order to defend Tsuna's serve. Later, he realized the importance of receiving the ball. His former coach, Nakajima, had always wanted to recruit him as a libero, saying that he would definitely achieve great things if he were a libero.
But Hinata didn't go; he knew why he practiced catching the ball.
Because only by catching the ball can he stay on the court, and only by staying on the court will he have another chance to spike.
That's all.
"Sho!" Sawada Tsunayoshi actually knew that Hyuga would definitely be there. This trust was ultimately based on his confidence that Hyuga would not miss any opportunity to spike the ball.
But he still shouted it out, not as a reminder, but more as an excited testimony.
Hinata, brimming with energy, exclaimed, "I'll do it!"
He responded with a point for this spike opportunity.
Tanaka ruffled the hair of his two juniors and said, "You two playing basketball is so dangerous it's easy for people to get high blood pressure."
Sawada Tsunayoshi didn't move, while Hyuga puffed out his chest, "Because Tsuna and I work well together!"
Deceiving your opponent will only make him more smug.
He stared at the back row fast break that couldn't be connected, without saying anything.
The USB drive named Shoyo contains not only Hyuga Shoyo, but also other interfering factors.
The setter, Kageyama, who can bring out the full potential of Shohoku, as well as the other teammates, have all been taken into consideration in their development.
And the most unstable factor, Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Tsuna is someone you need to be wary of. Kozume Kenma has done research on everyone in Karasuno, and because he is too familiar with Hyuga, he simply chose Hyuga as his breakthrough point.
Xiangyang loves to spike so much. Although he says he can receive the ball even if he doesn't spike, as long as he scores, he still craves to spike. Not being able to spike can severely erode his confidence.
Tsunayoshi, this unexpected variable, is someone that Kenma dislikes as he dislikes unstable factors. Although he is interesting, he also increases the amount of calculation required.
For example, right now, he has to consider how effective his ability to limit Shoyo would be if Tsunayoshi were present.
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