The scoreboard flickered: Karasuno 12–9 Johzenji.
Ukai barked from the bench, "Don't kill their chaos — ride it!"
Johzenji's serve came screaming over.THWUMP! — Nishinoya dug it clean.Kageyama's eyes tracked Hinata — set fired — FWAP! Hinata's palm connected……only for Johzenji's libero to soccer slide it up, the ball spinning like a UFO.Their spiker slammed it back. BOOM!12–10.
The Johzenji bench erupted like a festival, yelling random words — "CHAIR! PIZZA! FLIP-FLOP!"Tanaka blinked. "What the heck are they—?""Don't try to understand them," Akira said calmly. "That's where they get you."
Next serve — float. Akira stepped in, receive perfect.Kageyama's quick to Hinata — FWAAAM! A clean kill.13–10.
From the stands, Izumi cupped her hands: "Good job, Nii-chan number TWO!"Oikawa twitched. "Stop ranking us!!""I didn't! You just assumed!" she shot back with an innocent smile.
Johzenji retaliated with a double feint — their setter faked a set to the middle, tossed it to the far wing. Karasuno's block was late.13–11.
Tsukishima stepped in next rally — read the set perfectly — BAP! Roofed.14–11.
Johzenji's serve again — they yelled "CAT JUMP!" midair for no reason.Nishinoya's dig found Kageyama — Akira soared — THUNDERCLAP! The spike hit so hard the sound lagged behind the impact.15–11.
Oikawa muttered to himself, "Show-off…" but his knee bounced nervously.
The chaos raged on —Johzenji tipped off the block. 15–12.Hinata quicked through a block. 16–12.Their ace answered with a sharp cross. 16–13.
Ukai clapped sharply. "They're starting to read us. Mix it!"
Next rally — Karasuno faked a triple quick. Kageyama set back to Asahi instead.BANG! 17–13.
Izumi jumped up. "ASAHI-SENPAI YOU'RE SO COOL!"Asahi immediately blushed and looked away, nearly tripping over the bench water bottle.
Johzenji wouldn't die easy. Their libero did a midair kick save — ball popped to their captain, CRASH! point.17–14.
Akira whispered to Kageyama, "Next ball — double feint."Serve came, perfect receive. Kageyama set wide, Hinata jumped as bait, Akira swept in behind him — THWAP! into empty court.18–14.
Crowd roared. Oikawa was on his feet before realizing it and sat back down instantly, face red.
Nishinoya dug the next serve from his knees, Tsukishima poked the ball over the block.19–14.
Johzenji threw in another random sky ball — it dropped untouched.19–15.
Hinata quick — SMASH! — blocked, but Akira covered and slammed the rebound.20–15.
The Johzenji bench yelled in unison: "CHAOS MODE!!!"Their middle blocker jump-served like a sprinter, ball clipped the tape and dribbled over.20–16.
Ukai called, "Stay steady — 5 to go!"
Akira blocked the next rally single-handedly — the BOOM echoing so hard Izumi yelled, "HOLY WALL!!"21–16.
Nishinoya dig, Hinata kill — 22–16.Johzenji rolled the ball off the block — 22–17.
Match point looming — Kageyama set Akira again.Akira spun midair, twisting the spike into a lethal curve. THUMP!23–17.
Hinata dove for the next receive, popped it up to Kageyama — Asahi crushed it.24–17.
Final serve — Akira's jump serve boomed across the net. Johzenji's receive went too high — Kageyama leapt, slammed it back down.
25–17 — Karasuno takes Set One.
The gym roared.Ukai smirked. "Alright… let's get ready to become chaos."