Since the players of Inarizaki began to train according to the training plan given by the coaches, everyone seems to be full of energy, and they are reluctant to leave until their legs are weak and their hands are sore.

Coach Kurosu and Kobayashi assisted them several times to no avail, so in order to ensure that most of the players can get enough rest, the previous rule of who leaves last to clean up was simply canceled and replaced with three people on duty every day.

Coach Blackbeard: You're embarrassed to wait until you're gone before you can start cleaning, right?!

Although most of the players were dissatisfied when this rule was first introduced, Coach Kurosu and Kobayashi were very adamant, and for high school students who were still in a critical period of growth and development, it was necessary to press their heads to let them understand what it means to exercise moderately and arrange rest time reasonably.

"Good work—" "Go first, see you tomorrow!" ”

The clock on the wall had pointed to eight o'clock in the evening, although reluctantly, but for the sake of the comrades on duty, the players who were still sweating on the court had to stop, carry their bags in twos and threes, and say hello to their companions on duty, ending today's club activities.

Tianyuan Shuo also waved his hand to the twins, signaling that he would see him tomorrow, and then took the mop and prepared to start mopping the floor.

Today's duty is in charge of three people, Kita Shinsuke, Kawana and Tenin, Kita Shinsuke is cleaning up the volleyballs scattered on the court, and Kakuna follows him with a rag to wipe the volleyball clean and throw it into the cart.

The three of them are quick with their hands and feet, and after a while, most of the cleaning has been done, Kakuna finished wiping the volleyball and discussed it with Kita Shinsuke, Kita Shinsuke went to clean the storage room, and Kakuna also took a mop out of the utility room and prepared to mop the floor together.

As a result, it had just dragged on for two moments, and Tianyuan Shuo heard Kakuna's sigh.

Tenin Shuoya: ?

I saw that Kakuna's face was a little dark, staring at the mop for a while, and asked, "Yesterday was Ah Yu's cleaning, right?" ”

Tianyuan Shuo also nodded.

“... Forget it, I'll go outside and wash the mop and I'll be right back. ”

Tianyuan Shuo also asked curiously: "Is the mop dirty?" ”

"It's not just dirty, this bastard of Gong Yu must have fought with Gong Ji, this mop has not been washed at all," Kakuna walked outside, "I'll drag it on the other side, you can go in later and see if the northern seniors need help." ”

"Got it—"

Holding back a smile in his heart and watching Jiao Ming leave, Tianyuan Shuo also continued to drag the ground diligently, but suddenly heard a faint sound from outside the door, accompanied by the cold wind blowing through the crack in the door, and it reached Tianyuan Shuoya's ears.

Tenin Shuoya: !!

Tianyuan Shuo also swallowed a mouthful of saliva, isn't it, at this point in time, the lights in the whole school except for the gymnasium are still on, and the other students should have gone home, and Kakunashi has just gone out to wash rags, how can he come back so soon.

Tianyuan Shuo also hugged the handle of the mop tightly, and hypnotized himself in his heart that it was just an auditory hallucination, an auditory hallucination, an auditory hallucination... Damn, how come the voice is getting closer and closer, and it's still coming in this direction!

“... Don't follow me, don't bother... I know it myself..."

“... Do you think... Bastard, if only it were possible... I'm just..."

"Bang!" Similar to the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and then there was a rush of footsteps, Tianyuan Shuo also grabbed his golden retriever, Mom, it turns out that Japanese ghosts are also going to quarrel, but why do you think these two voices are a little familiar?

Just when Tianyuan Shuoya was thinking wildly, the door of the gymnasium was pushed open, and a figure with a height of more than one meter nine appeared in Tianyuan Shuoya's sight.

"Ah," Tianyuan Shuo also looked at the visitor, but instead breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and prepared to say hello, "Kimura-senpai, late..."

Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Kimura, and the ace of the Inarizaki men's volleyball club had a gloomy and terrible face: "Why are you here?" ”

Tianyuan Shuo was really frightened at this moment, and he stumbled back: "Kimura senior..."

"What are you still doing in the gym at this point in time?"

"That," Tianyuan Shuo also explained a little incoherently, "It's my turn to be on duty today, I'm just cleaning up in the gymnasium." ”

"Shuoya, what's going on?" Kita Shinsuke, who was cleaning the storage room, heard the voice and walked out, and paused when his eyes swept over Kimura, "Kimura-senpai, good evening." ”

Where could Kimura hear what others were saying now, his eyes staring straight at the blonde boy in front of him, looking like he was on the verge of exploding.

Kita Shinsuke frowned rarely, he stepped forward in two or three steps, protecting Tianyuan Shuo with one hand and signaling Kimura to calm down, "Kimura senior, please calm down, the amount of training has been relatively large recently, so we have only cleaned up until this time." ”

Kimura then turned his gaze to focus on Kita Shinsuke, he watched Kita Shinsuke's movements, and smiled sarcastically: "What, Kita Shinsuke, you fell to this group of geniuses so quickly, I can't see that your kung fu with your thighs is the most powerful." ”

Kita Shinsuke was not easily provoked by him, and Kimura's tone sank when he saw this: "Get out of the way, don't let me say it a second time." ”

Bei Shinsuke didn't even change his expression, he just raised his head and looked indifferently at the ace in front of him who was a full 20cm taller than himself: "Kimura-senpai, if there is anything you can talk about after you calm down, now like this, you will only scare the junior." ”

"He's your junior, am I not your senior?"

Kimura roared, his brain burned by anger was a little unconscious, and several times he stretched out his hand to grab Tenin Shuoya's shoulder, but he was skillfully pushed away by Kita Shinsuke, his eyes were red, and he actually used all his strength to push forward.

He is originally a power player, and he is older than Kita Shinsuke and Tenin Shuoya, if this push is confirmed by him, Kita Shinsuke will definitely be injured.

Of course, Nobusuke Kita, who stood in the middle of the two, was not the type to be bullied, but he couldn't help but hesitate for a few seconds when he thought that there was Anamea Amain behind him, who was frightened by Kimura's senpai's rough attitude, and if the friction between the two selected players escalated on the eve of the spring high school match, it could bring disaster to Inarisaki.

But it was these few seconds of hesitation that turned the situation on the scene upside down.

Kita Shinsuke only felt that his elbow was grabbed and dragged back, and the blonde boy behind him stepped forward to block him tightly, obviously his own voice couldn't suppress the trembling, but he still stood there firmly: "Kimura-senpai, please don't do this, if there is anything or I do something wrong, you can tell me directly, it's not about Kita-senpai." ”

"Shuoya..."

"Soya-" At this time, Tajima also rushed over, he reached out and hugged Kimura and pulled him away, "Are you crazy?" Do you want to be kicked out of the team by Coach Blackbeard for a private brawl? ”

Tajima, who is always smiling on weekdays, has messy hair and a red face: "You have the ability to find a coach theory, why are you bothering your juniors here?" ”

Kimura's chest rose and fell exaggeratedly, and he finally unloaded his strength, and was pulled back by Tajima for a distance, don't turn his head and don't speak.

For a while, the four of them were frozen there, not knowing what to say.

Kakuna, who came back with a cleaned mop, felt the tense atmosphere in front of the gymnasium at a glance, and he walked past Kimura Tajima and stood in front of Tenin Shuoya: "What happened?" ”

Tianyuan Shuo also opened his mouth, but in the end he just looked away, lowering his head so that people could not see his expression clearly.

Tajima gritted his teeth, but still stood up and wanted to play a round: "It's nothing, it's just a little conflict, Kimura has been under a lot of academic pressure recently..."

The partial corner name didn't eat him at all, and unceremoniously interrupted him: "I'm sorry, I'm asking Shuo Ye, or maybe it's okay to ask the northern seniors, what is going on here?" ”

Kimura sneered, look, he knew that he just said that he respected his predecessors, and this group of damn madmen actually didn't take them seriously at all.

Kakuna also heard Kimura's provocative laughter, he tilted his head, his golden brown eyes showed an inorganic coldness, obviously still slightly hunched back and looked a little lazy, but it just made people feel that his scalp was numb when his eyes swept him.

Tajima was silent, although he was a little embarrassed, but he was actually a little afraid of the junior in front of him, so the only thing he could do was to slap Kimura on the back and signal him to be less demonic.

Kita Shinsuke looked at Kakuna: "Kakuna, you come over and look at Shuoya, I have something I want to talk to Kimura-senpai." ”

Kimura pursed his lips and dismissed: "Who wants to talk to you?" ”

"Kimura-senpai...""Soya!"

"What? We don't have much to say, I just can't get used to seeing you," Kimura seemed to be stimulated by the eyes of Shinsuke Kita and Koji Tajima, and his emotions that had just calmed down began to fluctuate violently again, "Obviously, we have put in a lot of energy in the past two years, right?" ”

"Although this year's IH did not qualify, it can be regarded as the best result in the history of Inarizaki, but behind your surface smiling and grinning, you trampled on our hard work on the ground at will, not to mention myself, the previous setter Otani, he played so many games with the team, and as a result, Miyaji Miyaji directly pressed him on the bench, and he quit the team directly at the beginning of this semester."

"And you," Kimura pointed to Kakuna and Tenin, "special admissions, huh?" Very good, did Kurosu ever think about Tajima and Sakai? This is their last chance to participate in the competition, and as a result, the place in the spring high school selection was easily taken away by you, why are you so arrogant? ”

"Are you geniuses? Why do you casually step on us ordinary people and do nonsense? Don't we work hard? Can't the hard work we put in be seen by everyone? ”

"If you two junior brothers are really so kind," Kimura sneered, "just look back at your Hokishunsuke Kita seniors?" Look at his practice day after day, cleaning and cleaning up the mess for you, don't you feel guilty at all? ”

Kimura finished venting, and without waiting for the others to react, he pushed away Tajima, who was holding his arm, and turned around and walked outside the gymnasium.

"Hey, Soya!"

Although Tajima knew that this incident was a no-nonsense disaster for the three juniors present, he and Kimura had been together for two and a half years, and had already changed from teammates to friends, he hurriedly apologized to the juniors and said that he would definitely pull Kimura to apologize in the future, so he chased after Kimura's footsteps, and he was really relieved that Kimura was walking outside alone.

Kimura and Tajima walked simply, leaving the three people he targeted to stand in the night and passively digest his accusations.

In the end, it was Kita Shinsuke who came back to his senses first, and he patted the two juniors one by one: "It's not too early, let's clean it first." ”

"As for what Kimura-senpai said," Nobusuke Kita said calmly, "don't think about it, most of what he said is just his own speculation. ”

The three of them finished their duties in silence, and Kita Shinsuke carried his bag and walked in different directions with them: "Good night, see you tomorrow." ”

"Goodbye to the North seniors." "Goodbye to the North seniors."

Kakuna and Tenin Shuo are also walking on the way home, and the two of them, who always walk side by side on weekdays, walk one after the other rarely today.

Kakuna looked at his back, his gaze sweeping over his hands hanging at his side.

The ten fingers of those hands are slender, the bones are distinct, and the skin is white, watching him play in the sun on weekdays, and even the pale blue blood vessels under the skin can be seen, healthy and beautiful. Not only that, but the power of these hands should not be underestimated, and the offensive players who want to come to Shiratorizawa and Otokoma have also been well taught.

Although Tianyuan Shuo always looks a little natural on weekdays, even the most picky Gong Yu has to admit his attitude towards competition training, even if the knuckles of the previous training camp are red and swollen, and now he has to be bandaged because of the heavy training task, but Tianyuan Shuo has never treated any training of blocking the net perfunctorily because of this.

But now, Kawana thought, the hands that could seal the smash of that Ushijima Wakari were shaking uncontrollably.

Kakuna asked him softly, "Are you okay?" ”

The blonde teenager who walked in front did not look back.

Half-ringing, he just put his hands that were still nervously shaking into his pockets, and replied briskly: "It's okay, don't worry." ”