The Birth of A Volleyball Legend-Chapter 390 : Kyoei Gakuen’s Last Effort

After the point Sawada earned from the dump, the game went south for Kyoei Gakuen. They were struggling to keep their eyes on their opponent as all of the Konan players could pose the same threat to them. It was so unfair how overpowered Konan High was.

Wanting to suppress their opponent? They had Lucas as a heavy hitter. Wanting to do a blitz attack? They had Matsumoto. Wanting to do a synchronization attack? Akihiro and Kenta Maeda were ready at any time to join the attack. In a stalemate situation? Trust Sawada to do something unconventional to break the opponent's defense. If it wasn't enough, even Shimada as the team's defensive specialist could also participate in the offense as the emergency setter, adding more players on the front to overwhelm their opponent with numbers.

Everyone on the court had such a unique way to threat their opponent that Kyoei Gakuen had a headache facing the offensive waves from the best country in the team.

Of course, they also tried to fight back. Poor Haruo, he was rushing back and forth from one wing to another just to interfere with Konan's offense. He didn't even care about the laughter from the stand that mocked him for being toyed all the time by Sawada. Right now, the only thing the blonde boy had in mind was stopping Konan's attack at all costs.

Unfortunately, unlike him who was still energetic, most of Kyoei players were already in front of their death door. Nitta was on the verge of collapse, and the amount of sweat coming out of Ito's body looked unhealthy. As for the other players, most of them had already slowed down their pace, having a great difficulty pushing their body harder for the team.

"I… I can… I cannot do it anymore… Captain…" Aki panted heavily as he kneeled on the court, letting his body rest for a while. "This is… This… This is too much…" No one blamed him for saying that. As the team's defensive specialist, he was the one who worked the hardest, doing all the dirty jobs like jumping, diving, and even chasing the wild ball crazily to save the play. It was a no-brainer for him to fall first among Kyoei's players.

Ito could only smile wryly as he watched his teammates fell one after another. Usually, he would be the first one who encouraged his teammates to keep going. However, in this situation, after playing for more than one hour, he had no right to complain to his teammates right now.

'What to do now, Sensei?' He turned his head to Saito, asking for instruction from the head coach.

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'Ask Yamada to slow down. We are one rotation away from putting our libero back on the game, ask Aki to keep holding on.' Saito pushed both hands down in the air, signaling the team to slow the tempo down. 'Don't rush and don't get caught in their tempo. Let's start earning back the point slowly.'

Unfortunately, Konan High didn't have any intention to let their opponent slow down the tempo. Instead, they did the opposite, upping the tempo by one factor to torture Kyoei Gakuen more.

"Come on, Sawada! Send it quickly! Left!"

BAM!

"Fuck! Sorry, I cannot control the ball!"

"Another chance! Sawada!"

"I got it!"

BAM!

"HELL YEAH!"

Cheers exploded as once again, Lucas scored with a cross spike piercing Kyoei's wall. Even Haruo was dumbfounded when he saw how sharp the angle of his spike was. Once again, Lucas really showed why he was the best player in the country.

"Is this really the end?" Some of the Kyoei players sighed, staring at the ceiling with a defeated look.

With the score of 12 – 4, even though Konan was still halfway through the final score, it was still like a mission impossible for Kyoei Gakuen to chase the score. Hell, some of them even accepted that this game was over, having already satisfied, with breaking the record as the first team to steal a set from Konan High.

However, there were still two players who hadn't given up yet.

"Oi, Haruo, don't tell me that you agree with those losers?" Nitta scowled.

"Senpai, can you be a little bit more polite?" Haruo shook his head helplessly. "They have already been shedding sweat and blood for this game, you know? It is not fair to judge them in their lowest point."

"You know that I don't care about that!" Nitta snapped. "Just answer me, do you think that this is over too?"

Then, Haruo's playful expression changed 180 degrees as he growled. "Not a single bit."

"Good." Nitta nodded, satisfied. "After this, let's take over the game."

A moment later, the game was about to restart again, and Kenta Maeda was ready to serve the ball. The opposite hitter walked through the service line calmly, ready to start the play. Right after the referee blew the whistle, he tossed the ball slightly in the air, leaping forward before slamming it toward the left side of Kyoei's court.

BAM!

"Fuck!" Aki who received the ball cursed as he realized that the ball didn't fall into the best spot.

"Oh! Another one from Kenta!" The crowd cheered when the ball flew back to Konan's side yet went to the outside of the court. For a moment, everyone believed that it was another point for Konan High. However, some of them widened their eyes in shock and cried, "No! Look at him!" As they saw Haruo rushed to get the ball.

Yeah, seeing the ball go back to Konan's side, Haruo slipped through that side from below the net, tracking the ball thoroughly while waiting for the ball to fall within his reach. When it finally arrived, Haruo glanced to the back for a second before punching the ball as hard as he could, sending it back to Kyoei's side.

"SHIT! It goes behind the antenna! The play is not over yet!"

"FUCK IT, HARUO! This is insane!"

Ito who was still shocked at his kouhai's fabulous play didn't realize that the ball was going in his direction. He didn't even notice until it was too late that he was just getting pushed away, and when he regained consciousness, Nitta was already jumping, hanging in the air while waiting for the ball to come. "Ha! That is what I am waiting for, Haruo!"

BAM!

Even though Akihiro tried his best to soften the blow, Nitta's spike was powerful enough to blow it up, and the next thing they knew, everyone could see the ball flying far even to the stand where the supporters sat.

"HELL YEAH!"