Chapter 39: Declaring War on Senior Kyoji, what a great person. ...
Tsuna hesitated, "Are there other teams inside?"
It's no wonder he thought that way, since those voices sounded quite young, probably not much older than them.
Hinata exclaimed, "Could it be the team we'll face in the finals tomorrow?!"
He excitedly opened the restaurant door, and the others followed suit, sticking their heads out to observe what was inside.
The scene was a bit chaotic; that was Sawada Tsunayoshi's first impression.
To summarize, it's about a pair of twins fighting while their teammates watch from the sidelines, with only one tall guy trying to break them up.
He noticed that one of the twins had a bulging mouth, which was probably the most delicious piece of pork chop on the plate, the one mentioned earlier, and the trigger for their argument.
However, this also confirmed the identities of these people.
"They're from Hyogo Prefecture," Hinata whispered in Tsunayoshi's ear.
The other teammates, including Kyoji Akaashi, were also a bit embarrassed. This unexpected accidental entry into someone else's home, only to find a domestic conflict unfolding there, made them feel that their arrival was really untimely.
But the Hyogo Prefecture team members showed no shame or resentment at airing their dirty laundry in public; they even invited them to sit down and eat, and to watch the battle together.
"Well, twins, don't mind them, that's just how they are," one of them explained while eating, seemingly treating the twins' battle as a side dish to their meal.
Seeing their incredibly relaxed and carefree attitude, Sawada Tsunayoshi couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. Was it really okay to ignore his teammates' lives like this?
Xiao Gu and his group carefully bypassed the two brothers who were fighting fiercely and found a place to sit down and eat.
But after a short while of fear, they quickly joined the Hyogo Prefecture club, taking a couple of bites, glancing at the two guys still fighting, and then taking a few more bites.
Even the frequency and magnitude of the head-raising of the Owl Valley side were surprisingly similar, which amazed the gossip-loving foxes. These guys are too much like owls!
When Tsunayoshi tried for the fourth time to smuggle the carrot from Akashi Kyōji's bowl into Hyuga's bowl right under his nose, the twins finally stopped fighting and temporarily called a truce.
They each snorted coldly. At this point, it didn't matter who started the conflict in the first place; the war was only about saving face for them.
After confirming several times that they wouldn't continue arguing, Wei Bai Alan felt relieved and ate his meal.
"You guys should at least be mindful of the occasion."
He was quite exhausted. Gong You, holding his rice bowl, sat down next to him, looking annoyed.
"It was Zhi who provoked me!"
Seeing that another argument was brewing, Wei Bai Alan immediately muted his microphone.
"Wow, this tastes pretty good too, Yu, you should try it, hahaha."
Sawada Tsunayoshi listened to the whole thing from behind and thought it was a really clumsy way to change the subject, but Miya Yu seemed to be tired of talking too much. He stuffed the food into his mouth and chewed it hard, as if it were someone's head.
This was the first time Tsuna had encountered a team he would be playing against the next day before a match. In this situation, it was probably best to just finish his meal and maintain a polite distance.
But those around him are unlikely to stay quiet.
Hinata wolfed down his meal, then glanced at the main attacker next to him with a look he thought was subtle but was actually quite obvious.
Sawada Tsunayoshi was regretting that Hyuga had finished eating, because he hadn't yet picked out the last few pieces of carrot, when a very cautious voice sounded from behind him. The voice nudged Tsunayoshi.
"Has he always been like this?"
He was referring to Hinata.
"Ah, sorry!" Sawada Tsunayoshi turned Hyuga's head back.
"He meant no harm!"
Ooshiro Aran didn't pay much attention. He didn't detect any malice in Hinata's eyes. Hinata was just excited and thrilled about the upcoming match. He had seen this expression on Miya Yu a few times before.
But Hinata's gaze was too intense, and he was almost roasted by the sun, so he couldn't take it and asked Sawada Tsunayoshi for help.
Gong You had been secretly observing them, and seeing that Wei Bai Alan had started, he immediately chimed in excitedly.
"Hey, we're definitely going to win tomorrow's match!"
Sawada Tsunayoshi was completely bewildered. "Eh, is it time to declare war?"
Hinata retorted, "We're the ones who should have won!"
"Huh?" Gong You raised his eyebrows and leaned forward across the chair.
"Eek!" Tsuna took several steps back, chair and all. How terrifying was the expression on this person's face!
But Hinata wasn't intimidated at all. He grabbed his friend, who looked like he was about to shrink into the floor, and loudly declared war on Miya Yu.
"Yes! Me, Tsuna, and the rest of the rest of the Fukudani team will definitely be the champions!"
Hinata straightened her chest, looking down at Miya Yu, who sat in the chair with a fierce expression. Seemingly annoyed by being looked down upon, Miya Yu stood up, watching Hinata reluctantly raise her head. He spoke in a harsh tone...
"It's good to be confident, but I won't lose to anyone."
Tsuna looked at this and that, feeling like he had stumbled into a fight scene between two wild beasts, but it was a childhood version of a fight, and his teammates were completely unaware of his predicament.
Kujou Hayate sat at another table and gave Hinata a thumbs up, "Well said, Shohoku! Our Akatsuki is unstoppable!"
Let's not stir things up now!
Then the atmosphere at the club in Hyogo Prefecture became a bit strange. The other twin finally finished eating and joined the fray.
"Yu, don't drag the rest of us into your boasting,"
Tsuna looked up, thinking this person would be reasonable, but then the other person changed the subject...
"Of course, I don't think we'll lose either."
So this is your custom? Stepping on each other's foot before even speaking!?
Kyoji Akaashi reluctantly put down his bowl and led Hinata back.
"Don't cause trouble before the match."
As soon as the setter spoke, Hyuga immediately became obedient. Tsunayoshi sat down with a sigh of relief, watching Hyuga running around Akaashi and saying that he was just having a friendly chat before the match.
Wei Bai also spoke up, "You two shouldn't let your guard down just because the coach isn't here."
A teammate chimed in, "Even with the coach around, they've never shown any restraint."
Wei Bai Alan choked, and thinking about it this way, she felt even more heartbroken!
Seeing that the person he had been arguing with had left, Gong You scoffed in boredom. His gaze swept over Hinata for a moment before finally turning away, uninterested.
Hinata Shoyo? The magazine praised him so highly, but now that I see him, he's even shorter than I imagined. And yet, the magazine praised him more than it did me!?
Gong You suppressed his displeasure. He was determined to show those reporters who the most powerful contestant was in tomorrow's competition!
Miyaji, who had guessed the twins' thoughts pretty accurately, stared with dead fish eyes, saying that this guy was clearly a setter, so why did he have to compare himself to an attacker?
They arrived early, and after finishing their meal, Xiao Gu was still in the restaurant. He stood up and left, and throughout the entire meal, none of them offered any apologies for what had just happened.
After all, tomorrow is the final, who would apologize to their opponent!
They reached a consensus. Gong You walked at the very back. As he stepped out of the restaurant, he heard Xiao Gu, the setter who lacked assertiveness, speak in a stern tone.
"Tsunayoshi, eat the food in your bowl."
A mournful sob immediately rose from behind, and he sneered.
"A picky eater."
Sawada Tsunayoshi was unaware that Miya Yu had offended almost half of their team verbally. Hyuga had already finished eating, so he couldn't continue his "Trick and Switch" act. Akaashi was sitting opposite him, watching him eat the dishes he didn't like. This scene was becoming a major spectacle in Furutani.
Matsukawa Saki shook his head and sighed, "Tsuna, you'd better eat it quickly, otherwise it won't disappear even if you stare at it for a year."
Hinata retorted, "If it were a year, the vegetables would have gone bad long ago, and Tsuna would have successfully achieved his goal of not eating vegetables."
As he spoke, he felt his thinking made a lot of sense, and seized the opportunity to join the persuasion team.
"Xiao Gang really needs to eat quickly, otherwise the food will spoil!"
Sawada Tsunayoshi forced a laugh out loud. "A normal person wouldn't wait for this food to spoil!"
Aoyama Kaede gave him advice, "Close your eyes, swallow it all at once, and do it quickly!"
They ate a simple dish as if it were bitter medicine, and Kujoike was laughing hysterically beside them.
"You're his mothers, hahaha!"
However, after initially being refuted by others, everyone has now become immune to this statement. Kojima seems to want nothing more than to pry open the rabbit's mouth, stuff it in, and then close it, and everything will be solved.
Seeing that the others were about to finish their meal, Sawada Tsunayoshi, not wanting to cause trouble for his teammates, closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and swallowed the food.
Damn it, he still can't stand the taste!
Hyuga swiftly handed Tsuna a glass of juice, clapping her hands excitedly, "You're great today, Tsuna."
"Ugh! Don't talk to me like that!" Sawada Tsunayoshi covered his ears, his face contorted in pain.
Hinata, who has a somewhat naive personality, grinned and said, "That's how I'm going to talk."
Finally, under the tight defense of Akaashi Kyoji, Aoyama Kaede and Kojima Shiro returned to their rooms with regret, allowing Sawada Tsunayoshi to have a peaceful sleep before the final.
Kyoji-senpai, what a great person.
"Today, I can finally watch their game from the very beginning!"
Having gotten up very early, Irie Shoichi stood by the stands yawning. Because he had been up at five o'clock and hadn't slept enough, he was feeling listless, but it was the final match after all, and he wanted to watch Tsuna's match from start to finish.
This is incredibly memorable! Irie raised his camera, aimed it at the passage where the Akatsuki group would be entering, and braced himself.
This can be shown to them many years later. Will they have become volleyball players by then? Will they think this video is a dark history of their struggles and hardships?
He couldn't help but fantasize that he could use the video to blackmail them both at that time, haha.
Of course, at that time none of them could predict the future, so they had no idea how much of a joke fate had played on them.
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Author's Note: I hope Miyayu-senpai can maintain his competitive spirit a little longer tomorrow [cat emoji]
A cruel joke of fate: Belike, the leader of the Mafia! Me?
By the way, although 69 seems to be the biggest winner right now, he is very good at being stubborn and making a counter-attack, so he will still have a match with 27 later.
27: A good beating will do the trick! [Sprinkling flowers]
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