Chapter 17 Tyrant of the Court

In the afternoon, inside Miyagi Gymnasium.

Ikawa Toru was half-lying on his seat in the audience with his legs crossed, as if he had no bones. Ikawa Haruka turned his face away and waited patiently for the game to start.

"Kitagawa No.1! Kitagawa No.1!"

Ikawa Haruka listened to the noise of Kitagawa No.1's cheerleaders. She reached out and pushed Ikawa Toru, who was about to fall asleep: "Tetsu, the game is about to start."

Ikawa Toru was drowsy. He sat up straight and stretched his body: "Okay."

Ikawa Haruka saw the curve of his mouth and teased: "Do you feel nostalgic?"

Ikawa Toru turned his head to one side stubbornly: "No way!"

Ikawa Haruka supported his chin and smiled lazily without continuing. She began to pay attention to the dynamics on the court.

With the cheers and applause of the cheerleaders, a boy with black hair and a No. 2 jersey slowly came out.

Ikawa Haruka and the others were sitting behind the Kitagawa No.1 players, so she didn't know what the boy's expression was at the moment.

However, she could clearly feel that the atmosphere on the court had taken a sharp turn for the worse since Kageyama Tobio came on the court.

Iikawa Haruka's watery eyes reflected the black-haired boy running on the court. Kageyama Tobio quickly caught the ball and dribbled it, and Kindaichi and Kunimi could only barely catch up. The boy's dribbling was as accurate as ever, but his requirements were too strict.

"You should be faster!"

"Why can't you reach the ball!"

Iikawa Haruka looked up at the ceiling, and Kageyama seemed to be playing volleyball by himself. The child maintained his formation with the players on the court, but in fact, what she saw was that the boy and his teammates were getting farther and farther away... until the gap between them developed from a small gap to a crack and then to a bottomless chasm.

After witnessing it with her own eyes, Iikawa Haruka probably knew the origin of the title of "King of the Court", which was indeed very appropriate.

Haruka Ikawa looked at him sideways and asked softly: "Tetsu, do you know Wang-sama?"

Toru Ikawa closed his eyes and replied indifferently: "Little Tobio, Kunimi and Kindaichi sent me a message before."

Haruka Ikawa retracted his gaze: "Really?"

Toru Ikawa opened one eye and peeked at her: "Nothing else?"

Haruka Ikawa reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear: "What do you want to do next?"

Toru Ikawa grabbed her hair randomly: "I thought you would say let me adjust it or something..."

Haruka Ikawa made a long sound from his throat: "Well... It's your freedom to do what you want, and I have no right to ask you to do something." However, I can ask myself to do something for that little boy.

Although everyone thinks that Kageyama Tobio is a domineering and dictatorial king, in her opinion, this is his cry for help. Behind his sharp and tough words, there is a lonely boy who is silently crying for help. 

Kageyama Tobio's words are not pleasant to hear, but he naturally thinks that his teammates should be able to keep up with his pace. That's why he said it so bluntly. 

Kunimi is probably the type of person who uses brains to preserve his strength, while Kindaichi probably tried his best but still couldn't keep up with Kageyama. Neither side did anything wrong, they just had their own stances. 

She wanted to do something, and this boy made her want to reach out to him again and again. 

Oikawa Haruka poked a person beside him who was watching the game with a frown and gritted teeth: "Tōru, can you teach me how to play volleyball and pass the ball to me when you go back?" 

Oikawa Toru put away his unrecognizable look of disappointment and covered his face: "Ah?" 

"Just tell me if it's possible." 

"Sure! I tell you, after my teaching, I guarantee that you will become an excellent attacker! Then you can call on Xiaoyan..." 

Oikawa Haruka covered the chattering Oikawa Toru: "Okay, okay, thank you. Now, let's concentrate on watching the game!" 

Oikawa Toru looked contemptuous: "Tsk, what's so good about this kind of game!" If the level difference was not so huge, how could such a scattered team have played until now! They would have lost long ago! 

The corners of Haruka Ishikawa's forehead jumped. This person just looked like he didn't care, but now he behaved like this. She knew that after all, the people on the court were all his juniors, so he couldn't really not care at all! 

"Okay, Toru. Keep quiet now." 

The game was won with great difficulty by Kitagawa's first effort, and the expressions of everyone on the court were very ugly. 

Kageyama Tobio was breathing rapidly, wiping the sweat from his forehead with a cold face. 

Kindaichi was panting, and he thanked the audience with the support of Kunimi. In order to keep up with Kageyama, who dribbled the ball very fast and did not cooperate with the attackers at all, he was exhausted. 

When they all had gloomy expressions and were about to leave the court, Toru Ishikawa pulled Haruka Ishikawa and raised his hand to greet them: "Yahou, Tobio, Kunimi, Kindaichi, long time no see~" 

The three people whose names were called raised their heads: "Oikawa-senpai! And senior sister!" 

Oikawa Toru was looking up at them and smiled happily. When he turned his gaze to Kageyama, his eyes were cold and condescending, and the corners of his mouth pulled out a very contemptuous and provocative smile. 

Ishikawa Haruka was helpless: "Long time no see, please do your best in the next game." After saying that, he pulled Ishikawa Toru and everyone else to say goodbye and disappeared in front of the passage. 

Kageyama was silent from beginning to end, and his only action was to bow and say hello. His hands hanging on both sides of his body were clenched into fists, and the frost in his eyes instantly condensed into a storm. He was looked down upon by Ishikawa senior! 

Ishikawa senior's eyes seemed to see through him, as if telling him: Tobio is useless, no matter what, he can't surpass him! 

Kageyama Tobio thought of this and suddenly raised his head, and his clenched fists loosened silently. 

Indeed, he couldn't gather everyone's strength like Ishikawa senior, and he could direct everyone by dribbling the ball like threading a needle. 

But he also has his own methods, and what he can do, that is, to keep getting stronger! 

He didn't expect that the Ishikawa brothers and sisters would come to watch the game. The way he yelled on the court was definitely seen by Ishikawa senior! 

He turned around to take one last look at Kunimi and Kindaichi who were packing their backpacks, then he pulled up his backpack with an expressionless face and walked out of the gym. 

He was not wrong, he had to keep getting stronger, but they chose to stay where they were! 

He was originally thinking about what the coach said, that the setter should cooperate with the attacker. But the number one on Snow Hill told him with practical actions that he was not wrong. 

During the game that day, the setter made a mistake, but the number one was still able to catch up with the ball in the opposite direction. That day was the first time he couldn't catch up with someone. 

Even if he ran towards him with all his strength, his palm could only barely touch the ball. 

On the other side, the Iikawa siblings who had just returned home, Iikawa Haruka sat in front of the chessboard with his eyes flickering. Really, she just wanted to watch the game quietly, but Toru rushed out like a wild horse when she wasn't paying attention! 

According to Iwaizumi-san, he is a jerk! He approached just to provoke Kageyama, what a childish guy! 

Iikawa Toru didn't know his sister was still angry, he approached heartlessly: "Haruka, how about starting practice tomorrow?" 

Iikawa Haruka looked at Iikawa Toru with an innocent expression and sighed: "Sure." What can he do, he is just like that. 

Iikawa Toru opened his arms and said happily: "Yeah yeah yeah! I'll go tell Xiaoyan!"

The sight of Toru Oikawa being so happy reminded her of her childhood.

Oikawa's mother originally signed up for a volleyball teacher for both Oikawa and his sister, but Haruka Oikawa said he was not interested after one day.

Later, Toru Oikawa wanted to pass the ball to Haruka at home, but Haruka refused mercilessly.

So this time when Haruka Oikawa took the initiative to say he wanted to learn volleyball, he was so happy that he almost flew to the sky!