The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

Chapter 371 Back to Training & Shocking News!

"Riku, watch your teammates first before taking an action! You are not a mind reader, stop doing something that could risk the play!"

"Asahi, don't forget to communicate with Hirano first before moving! You know he is not good in that aspect, right?!"

"Yes, Sensei!"

"Kai, do the drill together with Jimmy! He is good at getting into someone's skin, and you will need it soon."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Koji, two more laps together with Yuki! After that, go for another spike drill!"

"Yes, Sensei!"

It was a day after they watched the game between Matsukita High and Hibiya High, and after recovering from their shock, they bounced back and were ready for training again. Even though they just realized they were still far behind the second-best team in the country, let alone the best one, they didn't care about it. If anything, since they experienced the defeat against them both, they were pumped up for a revenge match at least against one of them.

Still, that was going to be for the future, though. For now, since they were still in the top sixteen, they still had to win two more rounds before they could face Matsukita High in the semifinal of the tournament.

"So, who is going to be our next opponent?" Ogawa asked when the coach gave them a few minutes break.

"Yuki?! What are you doing, dozing off in the middle of the training?! Get your ass off the bench and start running!" Akira's shout woke Yuki up from his thoughts as he realized he was still in the gymnasium, listening to the coach's arrangement.

Fortunately, since this was in the middle of the tournament, the training intensity was pretty low. Even a maverick coach like Akira won't dare to put the team in hardcore physical training or try to do a new strategy since it is either too risky for the players' health or the risk of disturbing the team's concentration by forcing them to learn new stuff out of nowhere. So, yeah, in the middle of a tournament like this, the training was pretty light, just to maintain the player's condition so that everyone could be in their best condition at all times.

In the middle of the training, though, when Riku asked for a quick break for himself since he wanted to check for something on his phone, the blonde boy suddenly gasped out loud, attracting everyone's attention. Everyone was worried for a second when they saw the boy froze on the spot, but the next words that came out of his mouth managed to shock them straight to the core.

"Kyoei Gakuen is on the lead! They won the first set against Konan High, and it is in Konan High's home court! Damn, this is crazy!"

It took them all a few seconds to proceed everything. But when the information finally sunk in, everyone – hell, even Akira also jumped to the blonde boy, wanting to confirm whether he was joking or not.

"Where is it?!"

"Come on, Riku! Don't joke around like that!"

"Hey, no need to push! Calm down, will you?!"

"Akira-sensei, are you okay?!"

After quarreling for another few seconds, all the people there finally calmed down, staring at the small screen in front of them intently. Yuki himself was lucky to get the front row, and after confirming that Riku was right that Kyoei Gakuen won the first set 27 – 25 against Konan High, he could feel his jaws drop when the cameraman turned the attention to one particular Kyoei Gakuen player who was announced as the MVP of the first set, and that person was none other than Haruo, the genius and the best middle blocker of his generation.