Daichi-san handed us the new sports uniforms to put on. While Hinata continued his usual antics and amused himself, Kageyama, who never broke his silence, started waiting for us outside as soon as he put on his sports clothes.
My sports uniform had the number "10" written on it. As far as I knew, the number ten was considered a star number in many sports. Moreover, even the famous Argentine footballer Messi's jersey number was 10.
"Unfair! I wanted to have the number 10."
"Huhuu... Hinata-san, it seems like I'm better than you."
Lightning seemed to strike around Hinata's head. He clenched his teeth and started grinding them. In the meantime, Kageyama, who had been waiting for us to put on the sports uniforms, began speaking.
"Hurry up and get dressed, or we'll be late!"
"You're right." After changing into our uniforms, we returned to the gym. At this moment, a beautiful girl with glasses and black hair entered the gym.
"How beautiful." Tanaka-san couldn't help but compliment when he noticed the girl who had just entered with her sports clothes on.
"Tanaka-san, Tanaka-san... Who is this girl?"
"Huhh? Who is who is none of your business." At that moment, Daichi-san slapped Tanaka-san on the back of his head. Tanaka-san said, 'itai.'
"This is Kiyoko Shimizu, our team manager. She does her best to support our team in general."
When Kiyoko-san noticed us, she raised her hand to her face and waved with a smile.
"Daichi-kun, haven't the other two students arrived yet?"
"No, I think they'll be here soon. And what about Sensei?"
"Hm, Sensei said he'll be here after a short phone call. So, you can start with warm-up exercises."
Daichi-san, along with Kiyoko-san, asked us to form a circle before starting the warm-up exercises. When the circle was complete, Daichi-san began warming up with us. After about ten minutes of warming up, many of us were out of breath. However, thanks to my 'Conditioning' and 'Physical Skill' abilities, I didn't feel much pain.
"Hinata-kun, can you get the ball basket from the storage room of the gym?"
"Alright! Finally, we're going to start training with the ball." Hearing what Suguwara-san said, Hinata jumped for joy and quickly ran to the storage room of the gym.
Without wasting much time, Hinata quickly brought the ball basket to the side of the nets and left it there. He picked up a volleyball from the basket and began to hug it.
"Well, first we will evaluate you. We all know that Kageyama is the setter, so he'll continue as the setter. Therefore, Hinata and Finn, what I want from you is to respond to Kageyama's sets. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi will try to block your spikes."
Although I didn't fully understand what Daichi-san was saying, it seemed that all I needed to do was respond to Kageyama's sets and hit the ball hard, right?
We took our places on the court. Kageyama was in the middle of the net, near the bottom of the net. Hinata and I were waiting at the back of the court. If Kageyama sent the ball forward, I would run and hit it. If Kageyama sent the ball back, Hinata would run and hit it.
Tanaka-san tossed the ball to Kageyama to assist him, and after Kageyama set the ball in front of him, he made his first move and sent the ball back. However, he applied too much force to the ball. Hinata ran quickly, but the ball passed just above his fingers.
"Tch... If you had jumped a little earlier, you could have hit it!"
Kageyama responded with annoyance, even though we were in practice.
Tanaka-san took the ball again, tossed it in the same way, and dropped it in front of Kageyama. This time, instead of sending the ball back, Kageyama decided to test me by sending it forward.
Thanks to my 'Physical Skill' and 'Conditioning' abilities, I quickly ran and, with a powerful jump and a strong hit, I managed to respond to Kageyama's ball.
"It's as if the ball was sent directly into my palm." The ball in my hand hit the ground quickly and stuck to it for a while. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi couldn't manage to block the ball in time.
"Haaaaa?! Kageyama, you didn't set like this for me. If you had set like this for me, I could have hit it."
Despite the fact that I only missed three of Kageyama's sets, his reactions were exaggerated. Hinata, on the other hand, was only able to respond to a few of Kageyama's sets.
Our first practice continued for a few hours in this way. Meanwhile, Daichi-san and the others continued to observe us and discuss among themselves. At this point, Sensei entered the room and informed us that we needed to take a short break from training.
"Youngsters, I bring you good news!"