The stadium was full of people, cheering endlessly, the girls on the court were sweating one by one, and the warm breath seemed to raise the room temperature of the gymnasium by a few degrees.

Among them, there was only one girl who was shorter than anyone else, and she couldn't see any tiredness, as if she was an irrelevant person passing by, showing a sense of ease.

Throwing the ball high, the petite body ran slowly and jumped suddenly, condensed all the strength of the body into the arm, and swung it down.

Like lightning, it pierced the entire court, and together with the opposite side, the volleyball ruthlessly fell into the opponent's backcourt and touched the ground to score.

Such a quick jump serve score made the whole stadium quiet.

The silence was broken by the referee's whistle.

"At 25:7, the game is over."

……

……

Although she is a member of the volleyball club, she rarely appears in the club, and although she does physical training on her own in the morning, she is also the president of the student body, so she can rarely come to participate in club activities after school.

Even so, people still named her, the girl Yang Gongyao, as a trump card.

"Yao Carbon, we went to watch last week's game, it's really amazing."

"Competitions? Oh...... Volleyball, right? ”

"It sounds like it's going to be another game."

"Because we're still working as foreign players in the basketball club and the football club, babble...... Last week's football match was so thrilling that even we couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. ”

"Huh~~~ Is it okay to join so many clubs?"

"There's no need to join, as long as you can play during the game, we like to play with everyone the most."

"Playing?"

"Uh-huh! Anyway, I'm sure I'll win in the end, so just play for fun! ”

"Hahaha~~ Yao Carbon, such a powerful self-confidence!"

"Who told us to grow so big, we have never lost."

"Oh yes oh oh! It's really good to talk about this kind of thing, it's a flag in the comics~"

"You can't confuse comics with reality."

"Unexpected realism?!"

"Today's comic book protagonists, one by one, will lose non-stop, and from beginning to end, we won't, whether it's cultural classes or sports, we have never lost to anyone."

"Good...... It's so domineering. ”

"Humph! Praise us more! ”

Not only is the ace of the sports department, but Yang Gong Yao also serves as the president of the student union, and whenever he rushes to the student union room after school, he sends other members to carry out their daily work.

The members of the student council all respect her very much, although they often use her as a mascot, obviously they are senior sisters, and they will be touched by senior sisters.

But it's all harmless, because she's having a good time.

Although the family is very ordinary, her parents are very gentle, and her brothers and sisters love her very much, she grew up surrounded by "love" since she was a child, and she has not experienced great sorrow and pain, and she thinks that her personality is not distorted, and she is an ordinary junior high school girl.

No, it should be said that everyone loves a junior high school girl.

At this point, Yang Gongyao may be a little proud, but it is only pride, far from arrogance.

The exam score is always the first in the grade, as long as she plays in the competition, she is invincible, cute, enthusiastic and interesting.

Of course, she also has a lot of friends.

It stands to reason that no one should hate a girl like her.

But......

"The other side is too weak, why would you lose to that kind of person."

"Genius, it's really infuriating."

"I really want that guy to taste failure."

"yes, yes."

"Don't you deliberately lose next time, right?"

"I'll be scolded by the coach."

"That's true, but seeing that guy looks like an optimist stupid makes people angry, like laughing at us who keep trying to be stupid."

"There are really people in the world, geniuses, it's really unpleasant."

"Ah~ah, it's really boring to play, with that kind of guy around, we can't be in the limelight at all, let's go karaoke, we recently met a few handsome guys and seniors from the high school next door."

"True or false? We're going, we're going! ”

Why she has talent, why she doesn't work hard.

Why do we sweat so hard to get something that she can reach out and touch without much effort.

This world is not equal at all.

When she casually heard such a conversation, she had the idea of looking at herself objectively for the first time.

Unexpectedly, she felt such emotions from individuals other than herself, and she was not sad or angry, or even lost.

What lingered in her heart was only doubts and incomprehension.

Talent is this thing, talent is this thing, and she didn't choose it herself.

This is something that her parents gave her, something she was born with.

Even when her coach said, "If you are so talented, don't waste it, work hard, and you will definitely become a player who will change Japan in the future."

She didn't want to be a sports player, nor did she want to change Japan.

Because it's your own talent, it's your freedom to use it.

Volleyball can be fun, football can be fun and bring her joy.

But this happiness is not because of the sport itself, but simply because I feel not lonely when I play with my peers, and I think I am the center of the world.

But if she wants to win the championship, she will work as hard as them and sweat more than them.

Yang Gong Yao is really grateful for it.

Perhaps because of this, her heart is slightly different from ordinary people, and she can't understand the heaviness called "dream".

During this period, Yang Gongyao was curious about everything in this world and had expectations for many things that he had not experienced.

She can easily do what others can't do, and she can get what others dream of.

For her, there is no concept of "out of reach" in her world, as long as she wants to do it, she will definitely be able to do it.

And this talent seems to be a kind of cruelty to mortals.

So, I don't know when she started to play sports again.

She just wants to be praised by the people around her, surrounded by the people around her, to enjoy the moment happily, and to be a happy optimist.

As long as she can enjoy the pleasure, it is satisfying for her.

However, this seems to be an impermissible thing.

It seems that those who possess talent must bear the will of the weak, otherwise they will not be accommodated by the world.

Because you lost, I will win with you.

This is the kind of bridge in the shonen manga.

She didn't understand.

Obviously, she is just being herself ordinarily, enjoying life ordinarily, but unconsciously she has to live with the expectations of others.

If that's the price of talent.

Then Yang Gongyao would rather be an ordinary person.

(End of chapter)