Creak!!
As the game continues, the team's positions rotate.
Akira has now rotated to the back row of Karasuno!
Meanwhile, the one who moved to the front row is Shōyō Hinata!!
At this moment, Karasuno's score has successfully climbed to 17 points!
On the other side, Kakugawa has only just earned their third point!
Bang!
Akira's jump serve sent the ball flying toward Kakugawa's side!
Despite their intense focus on receiving the ball, the unpredictable float serve eludes them!
The serve lands cleanly!
Another point!!
Creak!
Akira walks off to the side of the court again.
By now, most people watching already have the outcome of the match in mind.
With such a wide point gap, and the visible difference in team strength...
It's obvious to everyone!
Karasuno will win this match without suspense!!
But that's just what everyone assumes.
Before the final whistle, Karasuno still shows no signs of letting their guard down.
They remain fully focused, playing each point with complete attention!
On the other side of the net, even with such a massive deficit, the players of Kakugawa aren't giving up either!
Their eyes are locked on every ball!
Because they understand, too—
Even the most ordinary rally could turn into a point for them!
When facing a powerhouse like Karasuno, every single point is invaluable!!
...
Bang!
With Akira's jump, another fluttering serve flew across the net!!
In Kakugawa's back row, Taishi Minamida's eyes stayed locked on the ball!!
Left side!!
Seeing the direction of Akira's serve, the thought popped into his head instinctively!!
But—
Akira's serve was fast!
Even though he managed to anticipate it slightly, he was still a bit too late to catch it!!
Still, Taishi gritted his teeth!
He turned his head sharply to the left!
Bang!
Akira's jump serve slammed directly into his forehead!!
Taishi Minamida, who had received the ball with his forehead, was knocked backward by the force of the impact and fell straight to the floor!
The rest of Kakugawa's players, seeing this, looked ready to rush over to check on him.
"I'm fine!!"
Taishi clutched his forehead with one hand and shouted to Yuzuru Komaki at the front:
"Go after the ball!!"
"R-Right!!"
Komaki froze for a second.
But after seeing Taishi's expression, he figured it wasn't too serious!
The most important thing now was to fully set up the attack from that receive!
Score this point!!
They couldn't let Taishi's effort go to waste!!
On the other side of the net, Akira let out a helpless sigh of relief.
He really hadn't expected Kakugawa's libero to receive his serve like that.
Though Akira's jump serve looked fast, he hadn't hit it with full power just now.
Fortunately, it wasn't a hard jump serve, or else...
Things might have ended badly.
...
Swish!
Facing Karasuno's blockers, Komaki sent the ball straight to Yūdai Hyakuzawa's position!
He had a hunch—Karasuno's current front row formation couldn't stop Hyakuzawa's spike!
Akira was now in the back row!
And the tallest blocker on Karasuno, Kei Tsukishima, had been subbed out for Yū Nishinoya in the back row!
That meant now was the best chance for Hyakuzawa to strike!!
Gritting his teeth, Hyakuzawa saw Komaki's set and sprang into action!
Let's go!!
After all the times he'd been blocked earlier, he was finally starting to realize just how naïve he'd been before.
His spike had been repeatedly shut down by Karasuno's No. 7!
He couldn't get past his block no matter what!!
That ten-centimeter gap had felt nonexistent!
And whenever he tried to spike past Akira, he had felt like a clueless child!
That empty but tightly guarded net—before him, it had become a wall!
Even facing someone over two meters tall like Hyakuzawa, Akira didn't need to out-jump him!
He could adjust the timing of his takeoff, redirect his spike midair, or even hang the ball lightly over the block...
Akira had countless ways to bypass a one-dimensional blocker like Hyakuzawa!
Because Hyakuzawa didn't know how to adapt—he just thrust his hands straight up!
Even left a gap between his arms!
Ridiculous!
If Akira were to be stopped by a block like that, that would be the most unbelievable thing!
Hyakuzawa knew Akira was just a first-year, same as him!
But the gap between them felt like night and day!!
A player just over 180 centimeters tall, completely dominating someone over two meters...
Hyakuzawa had no choice but to admit—he was utterly captivated by Karasuno's style of volleyball!!
But now wasn't the time to be lost in thought on the court!
He had already decided—once this match was over, he'd go back and train even harder at volleyball!
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