The Birth of A Volleyball Legend-Chapter 378: Duel between Two Aces! (I)

"Holy shit! That serve is so messed up!" Riku jumped on the spot and stared at the screen in front of him in disbelief while the others had a similar reaction. As for Yuki, the glasses boy rubbed his forearms unconsciously, somehow remembering how Nitta took him out of the game with just one spike. That shit hurt a lot, for that he could tell.

"Now that his offense is finally getting activated, Kyoei Gauen will have a chance to fight back, and the next play will determine how this second set goes. If Konan High could cut Kyoei’s momentum, the game would enter a stalemate situation where those two had to fight hard to gain the momentum back, but if Kyoei managed to break Konan’s defense, they would just go crazy and push Konan onto the edge. This is a dangerous situation for the home team." Akira commented.

Everyone nodded solemnly, agreeing with his words. Even though it was crazy to give the edge to Konan High’s opponent, all of the Tsunemori players had experienced the craziness of Kyoei Gakuen players. Once they had the momentum, they were like a bunch of sharks smelling a drop of blood, ready to go frenzy and wreak havoc on Konan’s defense.

"Now, let’s see how the best team in the country deal with this shit."

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"Good job, Nitta! That is what we are waiting for!"

"Hell yeah, Senpai! You finally don’t suck anymore!"

"Hey, who the fuck is saying that?! Come here and repeat it again in front of me, I dare you!"

"It is Haruo, Nitta! Get him!"

"Hey, snitching is not cool, Senpai!"

While all the Kyoei Gakuen players were celebrating crazily, their opponents gathered around one player who was the victim of Nitta’s last serve. They looked at their defensive specialist with concerned eyes before Matsumoto finally asked, "You okay, Shimada?"

"Hah! Don’t underestimate me, Matsumoto! I am not that fragile!" Shimada snorted, eliciting a sigh of relief from his teammates. Then, he scowled, unhappy as he recalled how the last play went. "I didn’t expect that he could use so much strength in that serve, sorry. That is my mistake, and I will repay it later."

"Eh, don’t fret over it, Shimada! We all are getting caught off guard by the last serve." Matsumoto waved the apology nonchalantly.

Even though they all knew Nitta packed power inside him, since they didn’t see this kind of performance in the first set, they somehow forgot about that. Well, at least they were reminded that Nitta was a heavy hitter when they were still on the lead, not in a more critical situation, so that was a plus here.

"Okay, since Shimada said he is okay, let’s go back to our position again! Also, be careful when receiving his attack. Make sure you are in the best stance so that you won’t get blown away again!" Akihiro and Shimada grimaced as they were the victims of Nitta’s berserk attack in the last two attacks.

A moment later, the game was restarted once again, still with Nitta on the service line. With the new confidence in him, the boy changed his target decisively, going for the best player on the court. While he knew Lucas would be able to receive it, he wanted to see how much trouble he could create for the best player in the country.

BAM!

Lucas himself didn’t even flinch, just planting both of his feet on the ground while trying his best to maintain his stance and reduce the impact of the serve. As a result, even though he was blown away a few feet to the back, the ball he saved went perfectly to the middle of Konan’s side, straight to the area where Sawada was. Find your next adventure on novelbuddy

"Oh! Nice save, Lucas!"

"Yeah! Show them we are not just a paper tiger!"

"But he is out of the equation now! Matsumoto, this is your time to shi – EH?"

BAM!

Everyone was in shock and awe when they saw it was Lucas who was just getting blown away a few seconds ago who completed the attack. They didn’t know how he did that, but when everything sunk in, they all still celebrated it crazily.

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"Oh, hell yeah!"

"As expected of Lucas!"

"But, do you know how he does that?"

"I don’t know and I don’t care! I just know that Lucas is a beast!"

"Yes! He is the best player in the country!"

Meanwhile, back in Tsunemori gymnasium, since they had the privilege to rewind the stream, they asked – or even demanded forcefully – for Riku to do so, which the boy complied instantly without hesitation. There, they put their eyes on Lucas and saw how the blonde boy used a backflip to recover from the fall like he was some sort of a martial artist, which blew everyone’s mind.

"He can do that?!" Riku asked, dumbfounded. Hell, even Akira was flabbergasted by what he just watched.

"Well, this changes a lot of things." Akira recovered from his daze and said solemnly. All the members of the Tsunemori team turned around, waiting silently for the coach’s assessment. "Before this, he is already a dangerous player who can do everything on the court. But the knowledge of him being able to recover this quickly after doing a crazy acrobatic save and joining the next counterattack instantly makes his threat level increase astronomically. Now, targeting him won’t do anything since he could just do that crazy backflip to recover."

Back to the court, as Lucas was surrounded by his teammates, he took a glance at Nitta who was still dumbfounded and couldn’t help but let out a small, smug smirk. The opponent’s ace saw that, and a thick vein popped on his forehead. It was a blatant provocation, returning the favor after what he said to Konan’s supporters a few minutes ago. However, even if it was infuriating, this kind of battle was his favorite.

’Well, it is not often to see an opponent who has the guts to return my provocation like this. As expected of the best player in the country, he is really an amazing player. I cannot wait to kill him next time…’