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You know, usually this kind of situation only happens occasionally, but it's very rare to see it like this!
Sugawara and Daichi pushed open the door and walked in.
"Oh!"
"It's Akira!"
They weren't surprised to see it was Akira.
Because during these days of training, aside from the two of them, he was always the first to arrive!
Soon after, two other figures caught Sugawara and Daichi's attention.
"Kageyama? Hinata?"
"You two came this early?"
Hinata's home is very far from school, and every morning he has to ride his bicycle across several mountains just to get here.
Even so, he still manages to arrive earlier than most others.
And today, he came even earlier than usual!
"Haha! There are two matches today, so we just wanted to get in some extra practice!"
The two were still tirelessly working on perfecting their quick attack!
On the other side, Akira was doing repetitive push-up exercises.
This kind of thing had long become routine.
Unlike the others, Akira seemed to place a lot of importance on his basic physical training.
Stamina, strength, speed, jumping...
Most players focus their training around volleyball and improve their fitness through endless receive drills and spikes.
But Akira always completed his physical training first before starting volleyball drills.
Even so, his volleyball skills were never far behind the others!
In the end, what set Akira apart from the rest of Karasuno could only be attributed to...
Talent, perhaps.
But while talent definitely played a part, the bigger factor was his training!
Akira's volleyball practice only seemed like it was less than the others'!
In reality, it wasn't less at all!
It was just that he spent more time on foundational training, which made it look like he trained less in volleyball.
And during the time between the end of the Inter-High Tournament and now...
Akira had especially focused on improving his ball control—particularly his receive skills.
Just as Sugawara and Daichi were in the middle of their training, the rest of the team gradually began arriving for this short morning session.
...
"Alright! Good!"
Just as everyone's training was hitting a rhythm, Ukai and Takeda walked in from outside.
"Everyone, be careful not to overtrain!"
"We have two matches today!"
"If you run out of stamina, you won't be able to play at your best!"
"Yes!"
Hearing this, everyone stopped what they were doing.
It was almost time to board the bus!
This morning's match at the Miyagi Prefectural Gymnasium was scheduled earlier than yesterday's, so they had to head out sooner.
...
"Let's go!!"
"Don't freeze up on the court today!"
"Haha! Nakashima, you always say that—how could we still be nervous?"
Inside the Miyagi Prefectural Gymnasium, the players of Wakutani Minami were walking in slowly.
"Hey! Did you know?"
"Karasuno's match is on Court C this morning."
"Really? You mean the same Karasuno that won the national title at Inter-High?"
"Yeah! I watched them play yesterday! It was a total domination!"
"They're incredible. I definitely want to watch them again today!"
...
All around the Wakutani Minami team, similar conversations buzzed in the air.
"Man..."
Setter Kazumasa Hanayama sighed.
"Back then, everyone used to talk about Shiratorizawa the most."
"But ever since Karasuno won the championship, all the attention has shifted to them."
"Isn't that only natural?"
Takeru Nakashima laughed and said:
"If people don't focus on the strong, would they focus on the weak?"
"Being under the spotlight is a privilege that comes with being strong!"
"But it's also the burden of the strong," said Yūki Shiroishi with a faint smile.
"The moment they fall from the top, every eye will be watching."
"There won't be a second chance."
Nakashima chuckled again.
"Like walking on thin ice, or standing at the edge of a cliff."
"In that sense, being the strongest is actually thrilling."
"I hope we can reach that point too someday."
...
As they were talking, an excited exclamation came from nearby.
"They're here! They're here!!"
"It's Karasuno!"
"Let's go take a look!"
...
The players of Wakutani Minami looked at each other and smiled.
"Looks like our opponents are already here."
"Let's hurry and start warming up!"
Since the Karasuno team had already done a full round of morning training before coming here...
Their warm-up was brief.
The Wakutani Minami players seemed to follow suit.
Then, after a sharp whistle from the referee, the match officially began!
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