Chapter 151 Otoko 3 Shimada glanced at it a few times, ...
Shimada glanced at it a few times,
"Hyuga wasn't restricted too much by those cats."
Matsukawa Saki, standing next to him, patted a long-limbed person on the shoulder, saying, "After all, it's not like we have A-Feng in the team anymore. Back then, Otokoma always targeted our A-Feng."
Aoyama Kaede touched her nose. "Saki, stop teasing me," she added, seeing that Shimada and the others were curious.
"Back then, I was considered the most unstable member of the team. With such an obvious weakness like me, wouldn't Yinju target me relentlessly?"
Matsukawa Saki laughed mercilessly from the side, "You should thank us properly for protecting you. You even cried after being beaten up back then!"
"I wasn't crying because I was beaten!" Aoyama Kaede said angrily.
"What's the reason for that?" the others asked, amused.
Feeling embarrassed if someone asked, Aoyama Kaede sighed.
"What else could it be? Someone's got your back, right?" He nudged the unreliable Matsukawa Saki next to him, and the two of them burst into laughter, not taking the jokes to heart at all.
Otoko is still too familiar with Karasuno. To be honest, their two teams have played the most matches. Not to mention during joint training, this year with the addition of Sawada Tsunayoshi, the funding is guaranteed, and training matches have been arranged as well.
Tanaka said with a sullen face, "I knew they were up to no good as soon as I saw Kuroo-senpai's smile."
The space was only so big, and Kuroo Tetsuro heard everything clearly. "Oh dear, are you scared?"
Yu Nishitani couldn't stand this kind of behavior of first badmouthing oneself, and she loudly refuted it.
"Who's scared!"
Generally speaking, once a fight breaks out, the referee on the sidelines should blow a whistle to warn both teams. After all, they are all young people who are not yet adults, and when tempers flare, that flimsy net can't stop these hot-blooded teenagers' determination to fight.
Although these two teams are verbally abusive, they don't actually have much of a rivalry and are on good terms, like elementary school students arguing.
Before the referee could even speak, their own teammates couldn't stand the two's childish verbal sparring and quickly called for a stop.
Hyuga also has a knack for calming down liberos: "Ayumi, let's use that move next, I really want to hit Ayumi's pass!"
On the surface, Nishitani Yuu seemed to have been persuaded with some difficulty, if Sawada Tsunayoshi hadn't noticed the undisguised smugness on her face.
He sighed and reminded his two teammates, who also couldn't resist causing trouble on the spring high school field,
"Be careful, don't foul."
Actually, Tsuna really wanted to yell that if they came a few times, the psychological trauma they would cause him would be even greater than that of Otokoma.
The opponent's motives are traceable, but the teammates' tricks are hard to guard against.
Sawada Tsunayoshi thought to himself that he had never encountered many well-behaved teammates in volleyball. Perhaps from the moment Sho got him into volleyball, it was destined that he would never be able to stay calm and peaceful.
"But this time they didn't look for a loophole, but instead targeted Xiangyang, which surprised me quite a bit."
In Aoyama Kaede's eyes, Hyuga, Tsunayoshi, and Kazuki, although all three were short, were much more reliable than the taller players in their team back then, which led to him still having the stereotype that short players are more reliable than tall players.
This is probably because he thinks all setters are the gentle, patriarchal type like Kyōji.
Although Tsunayoshi is no longer considered short, just like how he selectively ignores setters like Kageyama and Miyako, Aoyama Kaede still finds it strange that Otokoma is targeting Shoyo.
"Then who is this aimed at?" Shimada joined the discussion.
"Kageyama? He's our undisputed rookie genius this year. Tsukishima? This guy even managed to scare his brother into secretly watching the game. As for Sawada, you guys know him better than I do, and he doesn't seem like someone who can be easily swayed by emotions, right?"
Aoyama Kaede and Matsukawa Saki exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves that Tsunayoshi was indeed the easiest one to stir up emotions, but the emotions he stirred up probably wouldn't be the kind of emotions his opponents wanted.
"That's true."
Looking at the court, Aoyama Kaede noticed that Otoko's spikes weren't too difficult to receive, but each time he managed to either get Hyuga to receive the ball or restrict Hyuga's offensive route.
This mastery of spiking precision is also very impressive. He heard the commentator praise this point as well. Although it doesn't look as exciting as a heavy cannon, controlling Karasuno is a success.
“The others are seniors with experience in major competitions, and Shoyo and his team are familiar with them. Otoko, the setter, has prepared countless moves for Shoyo. Looking at it this way, limiting Shoyo is indeed the best decision.”
Although Sawada Tsunayoshi was there to share the burden with Hyuga, it would still be difficult for him to escape Nekoma's pursuit. Hyuga watched as his childhood friend's training intensity doubled compared to the previous match and couldn't help but ponder what to do.
Even though he was being targeted so fiercely, he wasn't too panicked. Hyuga thought that this confidence probably came from Karasuno, just like with that last shot, they had the strength to do it again.
However, his friend Tsuna was in a terrible situation. Without Hyuga, he naturally had to share the main offensive burden, and at the same time, he had to think about creating opportunities for his childhood friend to spike the ball. His brain cells also died along with his physical strength.
"Are you alright?"
Hinata walked up to Sawada Tsunayoshi, both of them covered in sweat.
Tsuna shook his head to indicate that he was fine. It wasn't that he was being stubborn; he was just used to taking care of the mess his whole family was making. Putting in a little extra effort during the competition was nothing. It was just like how he and Takeshi Nakajima felt the same way during the prefectural qualifiers—they had developed their skills because of having too many family members.
"I still have enough stamina to play five more games."
He tried to comfort his childhood friend, telling Hyuga not to be too anxious. Sawada Tsunayoshi was thinking about yesterday's match. Although he had exhausted himself, he would have enough energy after a night's rest.
The two physically strong individuals didn't think there was anything wrong with wasting their energy like this.
Hyuga couldn't just stand by and watch himself drag everyone down, so he ran over to Kageyama and muttered something to himself. Tsuna didn't hear clearly, but his intuition told him it wasn't some serious tactic, and he stood there looking rather forlorn.
On the other side of the net, Kuroo Tetsuro was drawn to his expression and found it somewhat amusing.
"What, feeling like you're about to lose?"
Tsuna looked over, speechless, and said, "I just think volleyball matches are really exciting."
It was so exciting, that feeling of my heart pounding and my heart racing with warnings.
Hinata's original intention was that since he had already thoroughly studied the opponent, he might as well not play the normal way.
After hearing Hinata's words, Kageyama rubbed his wrist. Otoko might not have understood, but Karasuno's heart skipped a beat when he saw this action, knowing that there would be two setters next.
Coach Hibari, who also came to watch Karasuno's match today, sat up straight upon seeing Karasuno's condition.
"Two setters?"
When the ball was spiked towards Hyuga again, the guy who was supposed to be the middle blocker simply reached out his hand.
"That's a ball-handling motion!" the commentator exclaimed in surprise.
Karasuno's setter, Kageyama, stepped back a few steps and perfectly integrated into the attacking team. He was originally one of the more offensive setters of this generation, so what if he could spike the ball?
Kuroo Tetsurou's eyelids twitched. He realized that Tsuna's pitiful behavior earlier was actually because he had anticipated that his teammates were going to use a new technique.
However, his block is not easy to break through; his tall blocker is like a wall.
Kageyama glanced at him coldly, and just when everyone thought he was going to dunk the ball, he passed it away again.
"That's the move Inarisaki and his team used yesterday!" exclaimed a few children who came to watch the match with Coach Urayo.
The Miyako twins' perfect teamwork caused Karasuno a lot of trouble, and as a result, after yesterday's match, Karasuno copied their moves today!
Sawada Tsunayoshi was still thinking about this when he jumped from the back row. Feng often tells them that one should never stop learning, and his two teammates really live up to that. After the match yesterday, they even dragged him back to practice this move.
Just like how Miyako saw a monster and dared to attack on the spot, these two guys only succeeded once last night and dared to put it into the official competition today. It's hard to say which side is crazier.
Back row attacks test the coordination between the setter and the attacker, but Kageyama perfectly passed the ball to Sawada Tsunayoshi at the best spiking point. While spiking, Tsunayoshi sighed and said that it was so wonderful to have a good setter. It was much better than playing against a setter like Sho who used to take revenge on society.
Before Yinju could react, the free man slammed his fist on the ground to vent his anger.
Ukai almost did a sit-up on the sidelines, gripping Takeda-sensei's arm tightly, his voice strained.
"Teacher, have you seen them use this move in training before?"
Coach Takeda frantically recalled, "Absolutely not, at least not before yesterday's match against Inarisaki."
Then it's easy to explain how this move came about.
Not to mention that Otoko wanted to call a pause, even he himself wanted to call a pause.
Coach U, watching from the stands, took in his grandson's condition, shook his head, and then laughed when he touched Tsuna and the other two.
"Still too inexperienced."
A little child asked curiously, "Was Xiao Xiang and the others' move just now particularly powerful?"
Coach Wu nodded. In a team, having one good setter is already quite good. Setters are inherently prone to harming attackers, so being able to consistently provide a good setter is considered a good setter.
The tactic of using two setters requires at least two, or even three, players on the team to be proficient in setting.
But what team is this luxurious, with three players who can play setter?
The ability to replicate someone else's technique after seeing it only once demonstrates that their own skills are also quite solid.
The retired coach couldn't resist the urge to lead the team in a match again.
Karasuno's teammates were all wondering when their teammate had practiced this move, not to mention Otokoma, who hadn't prepared at all.
Caught off guard, Otoko lost the first game in a daze, and the prepared tactics could not be used to their full potential.
The commentator once again exclaimed, "Kanasano truly lives up to their reputation as a team with a flexible playing style. I wonder what surprises they have in store for us."
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