The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

Chapter 152: The End of the First Set

"Rano! Move along! Jump with me!"

"One! Two! Now!"

*BAM!*

"SHIT!"

"YOSSHAAA!"

Yuki started to get tired when he saw another one of Konan's attacks pierced the team's wall again. No matter how quick he and his teammates were, how many players joined in the front line to set a wall, or even how well he read the opponent's intention, the team couldn't stop Konan's wave of offense at all.

To make it worse, the combination attack of Yuki and Riku that managed to gain an advantage a while ago suddenly lost its effectiveness. It didn't matter what kind of combination they created impulsively, but Akihiro, the opponent's blocker always managed to read them like an open book. They still didn't know what flaw they revealed for Akihiro to read them perfectly like this.

What happened on the court was like a reminder to anyone there, that no matter how many tricks they had on their sleeves, it wouldn't matter in front of absolute strength.

"Man, this is pathetic." Riku scowled. "We got our asses whooped like it was nothing."

"Well, in our defense, our opponent is the best team in the whole country. Almost all the team playing against them would experience the same." Kaede chuckled, yet his eyes were blank.

Yuki could see that his teammates were exhausted already. Not physically, of course, since they were ready to play for all days against Konan High. If that was the case, he would be happy, considering that meant they were still able to match Konan's intensity.

Unfortunately, the exhaustion Yuki saw right now was mentally, as he could see the morale started to evaporate from the air as the game went on. Not being able to score even for once and getting dominated completely like this sure would demoralize the entire team.

"OH! BLOCK BY LUCAS!"

"Damn, as expected from the best players in the country! He is amazing!"

Yuki had his mouth gaped wide when he saw Lucas standing in front of him with a big grin on his face as if the block was nothing. Even though he had seen the same thing over and over again in the last couple of minutes, it still left him in awe of how fast Lucas could run from the back to cover the area in front of the net.

The block also ended the first set, with Konan finally emerging as the winner, even after a rough situation in the middle of the game.

"As expected, they are still the undisputed king here."

"But Tsunemori put up a decent fight in the first set! I hope they won't give up soon just like any other team when facing Konan in the past."

"Does that also include Matsukita?"

"Of course! Hahaha!"

Hearing someone mocking the team so openly like that, Amagi's ears felt hot all of a sudden, Gondo grabbed his shoulder tightly. "Sit down and don't do anything stupid again, Amagi!" The captain hissed. Amagi could also see his teammates glaring at him, signaling the setter to not do anything reckless like shouting from the stand as he did before.

"Don't you all hear what they said about us?" He hissed back.

"Yeah, we hear it too. We are not that deaf, you know? And yeah, we also feel insulted by what they are saying." One of the players said. "However, what is there to argue? Even though they are wrong and we have never given up in the middle of the game, we are still the losers at the end of the day. Arguing would only validate their argument here."

Amagi grumbled grumpily as he sat back in his seat, regaining his calm back. He knew his teammate was right. That didn't mean he had to like it, though. He glared intently at the Konan's bench to the point that if glares could kill, he would be arrested for manslaughtering the entire Konan team right now.

'If Tsunemori could trouble you like this, you will have no chance to win against us. Just wait in the final, Konan High... We will destroy you with all of our might!'