There was a long silence fell on the court as everyone stared at the ball rolling gently on the floor. So of them still had their jaws dropped, not expecting for Tsubasa to pull a dump out of nowhere. However, after realization sunk in, the first one to react was Hideo, Shimo's captain, who shouted, "Ezaki! Are you okay?!"
That was when everyone finally noticed Ezaki was still on the ground, holding his shoulder a little while wincing after the awkward fall while trying to save the last ball.
"Hey, Ezaki, are you okay?!"
"Damn, you are too crazy! I know that this is your playing style, but mind your body a little, will you?!"
"Fuck, should we call a dic?!"
Seeing his anxious teammates, Ezaki couldn't help but smile, feeling warm inside. Half a year ago, he would never have imagined that soone from the team would be concerned about him, and now, here he was, being surrounded by the worried teammates after the bad fall before. Hell, even so of the opponent's players were also concerned about him, whether it was unconscious or a real action.
"Don't worry, Senpai. It is okay." He rotated his shoulder casually, showing that he wasn't hurt at all. "The impact is a bit awkward, but other than the bruise, there is nothing wrong here." His words made all of the players there sigh in relief.
"Damn, you scare the shit of us, Ezaki! Don't do that again!"
"Yeah, the ga has just started! No need to risk yourself just for one ball!"
"We still need you, okay?! Just rember that!"
After the tension dissipated and everyone could joke around, that was when all the players there realized that Shirayuki High had just scored one point here. Then, everyone turned around, just to find Tsubasa, the main protagonist of the last play, clicking his tongue, showing his dissatisfaction.
"I get that the opponents are about their player, but what about all of you? Instead of celebrating with , you are more concerned about the opponent's ace? What is wrong with you guys?!"
All of the Shirayuki High players could only scratch the back of their heads awkwardly, knowing that they were at fault here. Hell, even so of the Shimo players also felt guilty for stealing Tsubasa's lilight. However, they all admitted that the last play earlier caught them off guard, which showed their respect toward the setter.
anwhile, Riku, who watched what happened on the court, also clicked his tongue in annoyance, feeling pity that no one paid attention to the player who deserved it. As one setter to another, he really appreciated how Tsubasa managed to fool the entire building with his dump, sohow feeling pissed off that nobody was talking about him.
Yuki, who noticed that, just rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Wipe away that frown, Riku. It is just a play. If he could do it once, he could do it again later. Don't worry, he would get the lilight he deserved later."
"Ah?!" Riku was taken aback when he heard that, and then his face flushed in embarrassnt when he realized what his friend was talking about. "Am I really that obvious?"
"For , yeah." Yuki nodded with no hesitation.
However, even Yuki himself felt that Tsubasa's dump before was a fine play. He stared at the setter on the court in a new light, feeling that this ga wouldn't be as one-sided as he initially thought.
'Oh, well, they are the top eight teams for a reason here. There is no way they would let themselves get beaten by the opponent so easily. It would be interesting to see who would grab the montum first today…'
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After the commotion was over and the referee checked whether Ezaki's condition was okay to continue the ga or not, everyone was finally ready to resu the ga. This ti, it was Haruichi Takumi, the team's captain, who stepped forward to the service line.
"Co on, Captain! Get it done!"
"Just blow everything away!"
"Yeah, Captain! Don't worry about everything, just kill them all!"
Facing the encouragent from his teammates, Takumi took a deep breath before starting his routine to serve. Just like Hideo from Shimo High, he threw a powerful serve that would make everyone wince unconsciously. However, just exactly the sa as how Hideo's serve went, this ti, Wakamatsu, Shimo High's defensive specialist reacted quickly enough to save the day.
BAM!
"Oh, shit! Nice receive, Wakamatsu!"
"Ueno, bring it to !"
After glancing sideways for a split second, Ueno, the setter, moved quickly and picked up the ball, sending it straight to the left where his teammate, Senki, was there. However, as Senki jumped, Ryusei, Shirayuki High's middle blocker with the jersey number 14 also followed the boy's movent, blocking his way to attack Shirayuki's area.
BAM!
"One touch!" He shouted after feeling the impact of the ball.
"Shit!" Senki cursed when he saw this. "Sorry, everyone! My bad!"
"Don't worry, just go back!"
"Get ready to jump again! The next attack is coming!"
True enough, right after Senki landed on the ground, he saw three of Shirayuki's players move together, rushing forward to overwhelm him. Seeing this, Genta, Shimo's middle blocker, reacted, moving to the left side to help his kouhai. So of the players on Shimo's side also shifted their position toward that side too, sohow thinking that the ball would go there.
However, as if falling into the sa hole twice, they didn't even notice that Tsubasa was alone without anyone watching him there. Not just that, since the position shifted onto the left side, there was a big hole on the right side of Shimo's defense that would be hard to cover. This was definitely heaven for a setter like Tsubasa.
So, without even blinking or turning around, he sent the ball behind as if he had eyes on the back of his head. There, Takumi was rushing for the ball already, taking off imdiately before anyone from Shimo High could recover.
"Ha! Nice pass, Tsubasa!"
"Shit!" Seeing this, the closest Shimo player to him, Ezaki, also reacted. "Don't think you can score easily in front of !" He took off from the ground, both hands soaring to the sky while also getting ready to move them to block the opponent's attack. Even though he wasn't the best middle blocker, the boy was confident in his ability on the front line.
Unfortunately, this ti, he t a smart attacker as Takumi suddenly let out a small smirk before doing exactly the sa as Tsubasa did in the play before, tapping it gently to get the ball passed the wall from above. This ti, Ezaki couldn't do anything besides watch as the ball just flew gently above the tip of his head, and without even looking back, he knew the result of this play.
"Shit!"
Thud!
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