Everyone turned their heads and saw the group from Fukurōdani slowly walking over.
Bokuto Kōtarō walked at the front, waving his hands excitedly.
"Long ti no see! Bokuto Senpai !!"
"Long ti no see! Shōyō!!"
"Morning! Bokuto!"
"Morning!"
"Long ti no see! Akaashi!"
…
"Hey, hey! I just knew you guys would show up early!"
"See? I was right to wait here for you!"
"Haha! We're not even early—most of the teams are already here!"
As they chatted, more and more people nearby began to notice the commotion.
After all, Bokuto's voice was incredibly loud.
"Whoa! Isn't that…"
"Tokyo's No. 2 representative team—Fukurōdani!"
"I heard they made it to the quarterfinals at Interhigh last ti!"
"That's amazing!"
"Huh? Across from them, orange and black uniforms—isn't that…"
"Karasuno! That's Karasuno!!"
"What?! The Interhigh champions? They're here too??"
"This is wild, everyone looks so intimidating!"
"What about the player on their team who's rumored to be the top ace of the new generation? I heard he wears No. 7!"
"Yeah, and Volleyball Monthly is planning to select the top three aces in the country soon. I heard he's definitely one of them!"
"Of course! He's already gone up against two of the three national aces and ca out on top both tis!!"
"And what about their setter? I heard he also got invited to the National Youth Intensive Training Camp with their ace!"
"Seriously? Karasuno actually has two players who made it into the national youth training camp?!"
…
Before anyone realized it, Karasuno's na had beco well-known—and revered—by more and more teams.
And it wasn't without reason. Their achievents spoke volus.
Still, none of the Karasuno players seed to care about the buzz around them.
Back in Miyagi Prefecture, they were already used to hearing whispers like these.
By now, it had beco a norm.
This kind of attention cos when you're the strongest.
But if you let yourself bask in outside praise, you stop improving—and when that happens, you're no longer the strongest.
And those complints? You'll lose them.
"If I'm not wrong, Inarizaki's in Group B this ti, right?"
"Yeah," Bokuto nodded, sounding a bit fired up.
"This ti we finally get the chance to go head-to-head with that Kiryu guy. We're in the sa group!"
"Well, only if we make it to the match," Akaashi interjected coolly.
"If you lose to Mujinazaka before then, you won't even get the chance to et them."
"No way!"
Bokuto was nearly losing it.
"That won't happen!"
At that mont, Kageyama, sharp-eyed as always, suddenly raised his hand and waved.
"Komori-senpai! Long ti no see!"
"Long ti no see, Kageyama! Akira!"
Motoya Komori jogged over from behind the crowd, the rest of the Itachiyama team following close behind.
"Oh? That guy... Sakusa!" Bokuto's eyes narrowed as he spotted soone.
"Hmph! I'm getting payback for the last match this ti!"
"Wait up! Sakusa!!"
Everyone was montarily stunned by Bokuto's outburst.
But when they thought about it, it made perfect sense.
Fukurōdani was the No. 2 representative in Tokyo, while Itachiyama held the No. 1 representative .
Which ant—Fukurōdani had lost to Itachiyama in the Tokyo regional prelims.
"I'm looking forward to our next match, Bokuto-senpai."
Even off the court, Sakusa still wore his mask, as always.
But his eyes—cool and focused—held a clear fighting spirit.
At that mont, the large gym doors in front of them slowly began to open.
It was ti.
Without delay, the many teams waiting outside in the square began to file in.
…
The opening ceremony of the Spring High Volleyball Tournant was solemn and dignified. After all the regional representatives had entered the arena, the host and staff began reading out the general rules of the tournant.
Then, without delay—it was ga ti.
Inside the main stadium, four large courts began their matches in sequence.
"This is insane!"
"These two teams are crazy strong!"
"Wait—is this one of our group's matches?"
"Looks like Nekoma's playing in the next round!"
…
Since Karasuno didn't have a match scheduled for today, everyone watched from the stands with a relatively relaxed mindset.
Of course, they weren't the only ones—many of the seeded teams who weren't playing on Day One were also seated in the audience, watching the ongoing matches intently.
Being a seeded team doesn't automatically make you the strongest in your group.
There are plenty of unseeded teams who are still incredibly powerful.
Which ans—if you let your guard down during the group stage, even a strong team can make a fatal mistake
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