"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA—"
"Actually... it's a barbecue!!"
"So happy~"
"We didn't even know before!"
The players from Fukurōdani Academy and Ubugawa High, who had just finished their penalty drills, returned to the gym only to find it completely empty.
Laughter echoed from the open space behind the gymnasium.
When they walked over, they saw that everyone else had already set up barbecue grills.
The tables were filled with a variety of mouthwatering ingredients!!
"Haha!"
"This is a surprise specially prepared for us by the coaches!"
"You guys almost missed it!"
Tetsurō Kuroo laughed mischievously.
"If you had taken any longer, we wouldn't have waited for you!"
But Bokuto and the others couldn't be bothered to argue with him now.
Masaki Gōra grabbed a slice of watermelon from the table and started chomping on it.
"Hey!"
When Daiki Ogano saw this, he couldn't help but complain:
"Can you be a little more polite?"
"Gora!"
"Didn't you see I'm still setting up the grill here?"
"Why don't you come help already?"
"Cauliflower head, you can't even handle a grill?"
"You need help with this?"
Gōra finally exhaled and replied lazily:
"You..."
"Damn fish mouth!"
"Cauliflower head!"
...
The two refused to back down. They always loved to trash talk like this on the court, and even after fifteen matches, they hadn't grown out of it.
"Hey!"
Kuroo stirred the charcoal in the grill with a spatula and sighed helplessly:
"You two… using those nicknames is the greatest disrespect to food!"
"You!"
...
A gentle summer breeze blew across the grassy field next to the gym.
Here, a lively barbecue party was underway.
"Barbecue..."
"So good..."
Shōyō Hinata's mouth was constantly chewing, packed full of food.
"Ah~~"
"You idiot!"
Tobio Kageyama was busy turning corn on the grill with a pair of tongs. When he turned around and saw the scene, he grabbed Hinata by the collar and shook him furiously.
"I just grilled that meat!!"
"Why don't I grill you instead!!"
Hinata was shaken so hard his face turned purple, nearly foaming at the mouth!
"Hmm..."
On the other side, Akira was flipping items on the grill with Kiyoko Shimizu.
Though their selection wasn't large, everything looked delicate and was cooked to perfection.
Akira wiped the sweat from his forehead with his arm and continued sprinkling spices over the food.
"Haha! Wouldn't have guessed!"
"You've got a knack for barbecuing!"
Shimizu fed him a slice of watermelon with a chuckle, then cut into a beautifully roasted steak.
"Here, here!"
"Try what you made yourself!"
...
"By the way, once we get back, there won't be much free time left, huh?"
Kōshi Sugawara, Morisuke Yaku, Keiji Akaashi, and others were also busy preparing food.
"Yeah."
"School, classes, training..."
Yaku picked up a few pieces of onion and laid them on the grill in front of him.
"Sugawara, if we want to meet again, it'll have to wait until Spring High."
"Right!"
Sugawara brushed a light coat of oil over the onions he'd just placed.
"And before that, we have to make it through the Spring Tournament qualifiers!"
"You shouldn't have to worry!"
Yaku added:
"After all, you guys are the Inter-High champions this year!"
"There's no precedent for an IH champion failing to qualify for Spring High!"
"That's exactly why we feel even more pressure!"
Sugawara sighed, somewhat helplessly:
"After all, Shiratorizawa isn't a team that can be easily beaten."
"And the other strong teams in Miyagi Prefecture aren't pushovers either!"
"Yeah."
Yaku scratched his head.
"Miyagi has always had strong volleyball teams."
"I almost forgot how powerful Shiratorizawa is!"
"Wakatoshi Ushijima's strength is top-tier in the country!"
Everyone around him nodded in agreement.
When it came to the country's top three aces, no one had any objections.
"Speaking of which, we've already seen Ushijima and Kiryū."
Sugawara seemed to suddenly remember something, looking a bit curious:
"Is Sakusa from Itachiyama really as strong as those two?"
"I heard he's only a second-year."
"He's really strong."
Kuroo appeared at some point, carrying his plate.
"To be ranked among the top three aces alongside those two monsters, it's definitely not just hype!"
"Is that so..."
Sugawara stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"But Akira isn't far behind those three!"
Kuroo chuckled.
"Not even close!" Akira said as he came over with some of the food he'd grilled.
On the other side, Shimizu was chatting with the female managers from Ubugawa, Fukurōdani, and a few other teams.
"Ushijima and those guys are really strong!"
"I still need to improve a lot to reach their level!"
Everyone ignored Akira's modesty, and Kuroo mused aloud:
"Come to think of it, some of you first- and second-years might get a chance to face Sakusa before Spring High?"
Hearing this, everyone's interest was piqued.
Even Kageyama pricked up his ears.
"Is there going to be another scrimmage?"
Sugawara asked, a bit excited.
Yaku answered thoughtfully:
"Kuroo, are you talking about..."
"The training camp hosted by the National Youth Team?"
"The training camp for the Youth National Team?"
Upon hearing this, the members of Karasuno looked at each other in surprise.
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