The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

Chapter 264 Bait

"HELL YEAH!" Yuki roared, clenching his fist tightly as he saw his spike landed on the opponent's side perfectly. When everything finally sunk in, all of his teammates ran onto him with full excitement as they joined the celebration.

"What the hell is that, Kobayashi?!" Uehara asked in awe.

"Yeah, Kobayashi! I know that my spike is blocked by that blondie, but how could you cover it so easily?" Shou added, shaking his head in wonder.

"Well, I will not say that it is easy." After the emotion wore off, Yuki rubbed the back of his neck, trying to contain his excitement better. "I mean, Kawaki-sensei asked me to keep my eyes on him, and when I realized Haruo-kun figured out where the ball would go, I knew he would be able to stop the attack, so what I have to do is protect the ball if it was about to go down on our side. As for the rest... Well, I have been playing with Riku for a while, so this is just our regular attack."

Riku nodded in agreement, not thinking that Yuki had just done anything special. However, for those who were not familiar with Yuki's playing style, they all had their mouth gaped wide in awe. Just like Yuki's service game, no matter how much the glasses boy wanted to downplay it, that wouldn't hide the impressiveness behind the play.

Even if they didn't count how quickly Yuki recovered after digging up the ball to get ready for another attack, the fact that he could read the game so well to the point he knew where Riku would send the ball and that Haruo would know about it too told everyone a lot about his observational skill. Sometimes, hearing how Yuki broke down his thoughts after doing an amazing play like this made them all wonder what was inside his head.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the court, Ojiro Senta couldn't help but frown, not liking how the last play ended. He was given the task of pressuring the pinch server, but if he couldn't get away from the Thunder's middle blocker, how could he do so?

Goro who saw Ojiro Senta's ashen face did his role as the captain to reassure the ace. "Don't worry, Jiro. You will have the chance again later."

The ace nodded, but not without turning his eyes from Yuki. The glasses boy was just a pinch server, there shouldn't be anything special about him. So, how could he somehow feel that something bad would happen if he kept targeting the boy?

'No, this should be an illusion. I don't need to worry about him.' Ojiro Senta shook his head quickly. 'Just wait, after this, I will be the one who breaks you!'

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A few seconds later, the game continued again, with Tachibana still on the service line. The boy still served the ball ordinarily, which was easy for one of the Giant Bear's players to pick it up.

"Good receive!"

"Zuki! Send it to me!" Ojiro Senta who hadn't given up on his mission raised his hand, asking for the ball.

All the Thunder's players tensed for a moment, realizing that this was the moment. They had to expose their defense a little without making it too obvious, luring Ojiro Senta into the bait. Tondo – God bless him and his terrible acting skill – seemed to hesitate about what he should do, which coincidentally was the best action he could do for the new strategy.

Seeing that the blocker in front of him jumped late and there was no one covering Yuki, Ojiro Senta didn't hesitate to unleash his stronger spike. However, what he didn't expect though, for Yuki to step back a little to plant his feet on the ground before bending his knee to adjust his stance and let the ball fall onto his forearms.

BAM!

"Oh! We got this!"

"Nice receive, Yuki!"

Not only Ojiro Senta, but all the Giant Bear players were confused at what happened. They were led to believe that Yuki was the weakest link on the team, so how could he receive their ace's attack perfectly like that?

Unfortunately, they didn't have too much time to think about it, since Riku had already taken action. He took advantage of their moment of confusion to launch an attack, and Uehara as the team's ace didn't disappoint in returning the favor with a similar powerful spike as Ojiro Senta did before.

BAM!