The Birth of A Volleyball Legend-Chapter 427: Kikugawa High’s Strategy to Win the Game! (II)

"OOOOH!" Kaito roared wildly as he just pulled two consecutive blocks in a row. The first was to Asahi – which even though Asahi aimed for a rebound, he still counted it as a block – and the second one was to Koji on the other side of the wing. He really showcased his amazing mobility as a top-tier front-court player. "COME ON! WHERE ARE YOUR VOICES?!" He waved his hands excitedly toward Kikugawa's supporters on the stand.

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Even though at first, they were a bit timid facing Tsunemori's fierce crowd, now that their ace took the initiative to ignite the atmosphere, of course, they would react.

"Hell, yeah!"

"Come on, Kaito! We have your back! Just do your best!"

"It is a tie! We finally tie the game!"

Meanwhile, Arisawa Junya just smirked on the bench, knowing full well that the plan he crafted carefully finally worked. This was something he noticed way earlier before this game happened. Other than the combination attack of Yuki and Riku, Tsunemori High didn't have any other outstanding attacker on their roster.

Sure, Koji could do a blockout trick here and there, and Ogawa might be able to come out of nowhere for a blitz attack with Riku. However, other than that, they had nothing else. To make it worse, their attackers really weighted the two freshmen down with their lack of offensive methods.

For example, Koji always relied on a slow, high pass to exert as much force as he could, Hirano always waited on the front for a middle attack, Kaede waited for a back attack, and Asahi's most used attacking method was rebound. Everything was so monotonous that Arisawa Junya didn't know how could Tsunemori go for this long without any other team noticing this habit. However, he was also grateful that the tick wasn't revealed until the game against his team or he wouldn't be able to take advantage of it.

The strategy itself was pretty simple. Just make sure that it wasn't Yuki or Riku who executed the attack, and as long as they were careful, they would be able to stop any attack from the opponent. There was a tricky part in it, in which they had to do so in a way that they wouldn't reveal that they knew the opponent's habit, or their opponent would also notice that and adapt to this situation accordingly. That was the last thing the team wanted right now.

However, Arisawa Junya didn't expect this strategy to work so seamlessly.

He rose from his bench and sent a signal to tell the team to keep doing this, to which Kaito just sent a thumb-up, indicating that he and the team understood the assignment. He let out a deep sigh, relieved that his players were still reliable in a crucial moment like this. Inwardly, he also suppressed the guilty feeling he had for Kaito deep inside his heart.

He knew that this was not Kaito's favorite strategy. The boy was always fank and explosive, loving to challenge everyone head-on. Moreover, the boy also liked to spike, so for him to hold back his impulsiveness to join the attack so that the strategy could work, Arisawa Junya knew this was a big sacrifice from the boy.

He couldn't help it, though. Kaito's mobility was his biggest asset in this strategy. However, the boy didn't have unlimited energy. The team simulated this strategy a few times before the game today, and they concluded that Kaito could only play this exhausting role for one hour or even less, about one set and a half if it was translated to the game.

This made Arisawa Junya decide to sacrifice Kaito's offensive right for this, and fortunately, the boy followed the plan along and it worked perfectly up until now.

'Now, let's see if Akira-sensei could see through it or not.'

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The next few minutes were a complete nightmare for the Tsunemori High team. They didn't know what happened, but slowly yet surely, the opponent started pushing them back and put them in a dangerous position where they had been losing momentum for a long time with the opponent five points away to win this set.

They didn't even know how the opponent did it. In their mind, it was just a moment ago that Yuki managed to dominate the game with his serve and gave the team a six-point lead earlier. They didn't understand how the opponent dominated them while they could still feel that the two teams were on the same level.

It was Yuki who first noticed that there was something wrong with the team's offense before he called his best friend, "Oi, Riku! Come here!"

Riku who was still trying to console his senpai looked at him confusedly, yet still approaching him quickly. "What's wrong, Yuki?" He asked.

"Have you noticed that our – no, your offensive style is different today?" Yuki decided to go straight to the point.

"Eh? Really?!" Riku was startled, then pondering for about a few seconds before his eyes widened in realization. "Yeah! You are right!"

Yuki was glad that his instinct was not wrong. He was right. In today's game, Riku hadn't pulled something crazy like their usual combination attack or the dump. All he had done today was an ordinary attack on the other players, which was unbecoming for a trickster like him. Yuki didn't know if this was a coincidence or not, but he was intending to rectify this.

"Come on! Let's try it again!"

"Sure!"

In the next turn, Riku tried to observe the play carefully, and true enough, he found the reason why he didn't go for any other crazier trick in his arsenal. 'Shit! Their defense is so open and full of holes, giving me a false sense of security! That is why I always gave an easy ball because deep down, I thought it would be an easy point for us, just for them to shut us down immediately! They have me under their palm! Fuck!'

Realizing that, Riku scowled angrily and passed the ball quickly to the front line. Of course, his target was none other than Yuki who woke him up from the opponent's control. Just like they both expected, their opponent was startled to see the ball was going to Yuki, and in the next second, the glasses boy slammed it far to the area close to Kikugawa High's baseline.

BAM!

"YOSSHAAA!" Yuki roared, high-fiving Riku excitedly. "Good job, Riku! That's it!"

Meanwhile, Arisawa Junya on the sideline just nodded his head thoughtfully as he mused, 'So, they finally notice our trick to prevent their combination attack, huh? Unfortunately, that would be useless. Sorry, Akira-sensei, but it seems the game is mine today.'