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"Let's all open their eyes and see what kind of fame Karasuno's new ace really has!"
Outside the court, several players from Ubugawa sat watching the match.
Everyone was familiar with Nekoma and Fukurodani.
They were used to facing those teams.
But Karasuno, who was newly added to this training camp, was unfamiliar.
Even though they had a training match against Karasuno yesterday, three of Karasuno's regular starters had been absent.
Today, with Karasuno's mysterious ace finally here, it naturally sparked everyone's curiosity.
Especially after what Kuroo had said before the warm-up…
That made the Ubugawa players even more curious about Akira.
**Tweet!**
Under the sharp eyes of Ubugawa's team, the training match between Shinzen High and Karasuno officially began.
Just as the referee's whistle sounded, Shinzen's back row served the first ball!
Karasuno had no time to prepare!
**Smack!**
The ball was barely received by the back row!
But it was a poor reception—almost landed outside the line.
"Sorry!"
The receiver looked awkward—it was a tough ball stuck right with the whistle.
"I got it!"
**Thud!**
Tsukishima stepped in just in time to recover the off-course pass!
Seeing this, both Kageyama and Akira began their run at the same time!
"Here it comes!"
The players from Shinzen wore tense expressions.
They had seen the earlier match between Nekoma and Karasuno.
Half of Karasuno's 25 points had been taken by their ace!
Whether it was blocking, defending, or attacking the ball—
He was practically untouchable!
What confused Shinzen most was that when Akira spiked, Nekoma surprisingly didn't set up a block??
That left everyone puzzled!
But Nekoma was still Nekoma. They wouldn't make such a rookie mistake.
After all, blocking was the most reliable and critical line of defense.
Giving up the net was like laying bare your weak point to the enemy attacker!
Nekoma's approach had seemed insane!
"Left wing!"
Ogano shouted on the court.
The ball flew toward Akira!
Shinzen's front row scrambled to set up their block!
**Boom!**
With a heavy stomp, Akira planted and took off at the net!
At the same moment, all three of Shinzen's blockers jumped!
Block!
But… they had overestimated their capabilities.
**BOOM!!**
Akira's spike powered through directly above their block—Shinzen didn't even have time to react.
A clean point!
"Wha…"
Everyone on the sidelines was stunned!
"Shinzen's blockers didn't even touch that spike!!"
If Akira had simply bypassed their block with finesse, they might not have been so shocked.
After all, there are always stronger players out there.
And Karasuno did eliminate Shiratorizawa to reach Nationals.
Having an ace who could hit around blocks wouldn't be shocking.
But this…
This wasn't finesse—Akira just powered over the block with sheer vertical.
If a player relies on skill to beat a block, there's still hope for the defense.
At worst, you can position to catch the spike.
But when a player just jumps higher than the block and slams it down—
Simple. Brutal.
And totally unstoppable.
How do you defend against that?
Unless you sprout wings, jump several meters, and meet him mid-air.
Worse, when the spike is so high above the net, the back row has almost no way to predict its direction.
Akira could easily slam it right behind the block—where the defenders can't cover!
On the court, the Shinzen players stood stunned.
Watching from the sidelines hadn't prepared them for this.
When Akira blocked Lev earlier, they'd only thought his standing jump was incredible.
But now, facing him in a real match—
They truly felt how terrifying that height was.
A normal jump—just one ordinary takeoff—was already enough to bypass their block.
How do you even fight someone like that?
How do you dare?
Ogano suddenly had a realization—
So that's why Nekoma didn't block him at the net…
It wasn't that they didn't want to.
They simply couldn't.
"Damn it!"
Ogano swore under his breath, glancing over at Kuroo and Bokuto, who were playing on another court.
"What a bunch of shady bastards for not telling us something this important!"
"Those jerks from Nekoma… I hope Fukurodani blows them away!"
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No matter how Shinzen reacted, the game had to go on!
But under Akira's dominance, Shinzen's usual tactics were rendered completely useless.
It was like watching two fighters in the ring.
If their strength and speed are equal, but one has decades of martial arts experience…
And the other is just a physically fit novice—
We all know how that would end.
The novice would be thoroughly defeated.
But what if the novice's raw power far surpassed the martial artist?
Then suddenly, all the technique in the world wouldn't matter.
The martial artist's hits wouldn't even leave a bruise—
While one punch from the novice could shatter bones.
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That's the situation Shinzen found themselves in now.
And Karasuno wasn't just some physically gifted team with no idea how to play.
Ever since their Golden Week practice match with Nekoma, they had begun refining their offensive coordination.
They practiced simultaneous attacks, delayed attacks… more and more tactics.
They weren't perfect yet, but they were more than enough to be lethal in a match.
With this momentum, Karasuno's score shot up like a rocket, leaving Shinzen in the dust.
Their defensive coverage wasn't even as solid as Nekoma's in the last match…
And their blockers were wasting time trying to stop the unstoppable.
Shinzen was getting stomped even worse than Nekoma earlier!
"Shinzen's completely locked down…"
Watching the one-sided match unfold, even the players from Ubugawa felt a pang of sympathy.
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