The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

Chapter 104: Another Survival Battle! (I)

"You are cheating, Sensei," Megumi mumbled lowly, yet still loud enough to be heard by Akira next to her.

'Cheating?!' The coach was taken aback by the sudden accusation. However, after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help but smile wryly, knowing why the girl said that. 'She is not wrong. I shouldn't throw the decision back to Yuki.'

No matter how mature Yuki was, at the end of the day, he was still a teenager. In a heated moment like this, his emotion would definitely override any common sense inside his head, making it impossible for him to decide what was best for himself. After all, there was no way Yuki would be comfortable leaving the team alone, especially when he himself was still able to hold on for a little longer.

'Still, it should be me who takes a decision, and I should consider whether forcing him to play would hurt Yuki's body or not.' Akira thought inwardly. 'But we need his presence right now, and while it might be egoist and heartless, I cannot let him go. Sorry, Yuki. I will make it up for you after this game.'

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"Hey, Kobayashi is not on the court!"

"Yes! He sat on the bench!"

"Well, it is understandable. You heard how loud the spike was before, right? If it was me, I would be sent to the hospital immediately after getting hit by that."

"But that Kyoei's player is too much! It is not the first time he is targeting Kobayashi!"

"Hey, you are right! He has done the same in the first set!"

"Yes! He should have a malicious thought toward Kobayashi!"

"Damn! He is so vicious!"

"Die, you bastard!"

The curses and threats that seemed to die down since the second set suddenly rose once again, echoed all over the building. They started targeting Nitta who was the culprit behind all of this, cursing and insulting him in every way possible. Some even thought that the game didn't matter anymore, as long as Nitta couldn't walk away from the building in all pieces, they would be satisfied.

The intimidation tactic that the crowds unconsciously threw was able to shake off Kyoei's mentality.

"Nitta-senpai, they really hate you." One of them commented, wilted under the crowd's glare.

*BAM!*

Even though he was not running up to gain momentum, his spike was still powerful enough to make some people in the crowds flinched unknowingly. However, there was one player on the other side who wasn't fooled by the spike dumb and reacted quickly, and that was Haruo on the front line.

"FREE BALL!"

"Oh! Nice block, Haruo!"

"Tch!" Riku clicked his tongue once again in annoyance when he saw Haruo still eyeing him like a pest. "Hirano-senpai! Come on!" He joined the front line immediately, didn't want to dwell on it for too long.

Yamada, Kyoei's setter got the second ball quickly, and without hesitation, he passed the ball to Nitta. Riku and Hirano jumped immediately, trying to block Nitta's path to spike. However, it seemed like Kyoei's ace was in hot form. Seeing the wall in front of him, he exerted all the power inside his body for the spike, trying to tear it down with brute force.

*BAM!*

"SHIT!" Riku cursed, feeling a burning sensation on his hands. He gritted his teeth unknowingly, trying to ignore the pain while shouting, "COVER IT UP!"

"I GOT THIS!"

Koji rushed in an attempt to save the ball, bringing the next surprise to the audience. While it wasn't his first time receiving the ball, all the people in the building had never seen him hustling for the ball so hard like this.

Before this play, the hitter would always stand and do light jogging when a wild ball came in his direction before shrugging helplessly while saying it was out of his reach.

However, Koji didn't care about their surprised expression. Right now, his mind was filled with the ball that flew above him, and the moment it fell, he sprawled, hitting it to the back so the ball would go back to the court.

"OH! NICE DIG, KOJI!"

"CONCENTRATE! IT IS NOT OVER!"

Unfortunately, the last shout came late. Seeing the ball come back in his direction, Nitta didn't hesitate for a second before launching his second attack, not giving enough time for the Tsunemori players to recover. He didn't even step back and restart his run-up, just jumped immediately and spiked the ball hard to catch his opponent off guard.

'I got this!'

*BAM!*