Shonan Coast.
A famous tourist spot in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, where you can see Mount Fuji from afar on a clear day.
It is summer vacation, and this famous tourist attraction is crowded with tourists.
At a barbecue stall on the beach, Mito Yohei was standing behind the roasted eucalyptus, fanning the charcoal fire with a small fan to make it burn more vigorously, while gazing into the distance in a daze.
"I don't know how Sakuragi is doing with his training."
"I really want to go and see Shohoku's training!"
Shohoku High School has already confirmed that it will attend the national competition. As Sakuragi's good friend, Mito Yohei must be planning to go to Tokyo to watch Shohoku's game.
However... all his pocket money had been borrowed by Gao Gongwang's bad friends to play marbles.
According to Takamiya and the others, Yohei's pocket money was considered his investment, and as long as he won playing pinball, the money would be returned to him with interest.
By then, let alone going to Tokyo to watch the game, we will have enough money to have sex in Shibuya.
But the fate of gamblers is well known. Not to mention making a profit, Yohei even lost all his capital to Takamiya and his friends.
Helplessly, the Sakuragi Army and the others could only meet up to work part-time at the barbecue stall on the Shonan Coast. Fortunately, Kamakura City itself is considered a major tourist city, and it happened to be summer vacation, so there were many tourists.
These barbecue stalls on the Shonan coast are basically too busy to handle the work. As long as Yohei and others are willing to work, there are plenty of opportunities for part-time jobs, and the pay is much higher than that of part-time jobs at gas stations and supermarkets.
Compared to those places, part-time work at a barbecue stall is much busier.
But for Yohei and his friends, being busy? That's not a big deal at all. As long as the money is in place, everything will be fine.
“Os!
”
"Boss, give me 20 skewers of mullet!
”
At this moment, a passionate shout pulled Yohei back from his thoughts. Looking closely, Yohei saw that there were more than a dozen people standing in front of his stall. He was so lost in thought that he didn't see so many customers coming. Judging from the faces of these customers, they should be students.
The one who greeted him was a short boy with orange hair and a bright smile. He was looking down excitedly at the fish on his grill.
"Oh! OK!"
"Please wait a moment. This batch will be ready for you in about seven or eight minutes."
Yohei came back to his senses and responded quickly. He hurriedly took out twenty skewers of fish from the safe plastic box and placed them next to the grill. In order not to make the customer wait anxiously, Yohei also started a conversation with the other party in an experienced manner.
"Brother, are you a junior high school student? Are you here to play with your classmates?"
"Which school are you from?"
As he spoke, Yohei skillfully turned the fish skewers in his hand, quickly sprinkled some seasoning on them, put them on the grill and smoked them for a while to let them absorb the flavor, and then set them aside.
In the distance, Daxiong Nan'er was chatting with the beautiful customer in front of the stall. Yohei couldn't help but call her out, and then he asked Daxiong to come and serve the customer.
The orange-haired boy looked at the skewers taken away by Danan with envy, but his face suddenly changed when he heard Yohei's words, and he seriously corrected him:
"No, no, no."
"Boss, I'm not a junior high school student."
“I’m a high school student!”
Hinata Shoyo corrected seriously. He seemed to care a lot about his identity as a high school student. His serious look made Yohei stunned.
The people with Hinata Shoyo also noticed the conversation between Hinata and Yohei. Kageyama Tobio walked to Hinata with a smile, and as if comforting a child, he grabbed Hinata Shoyo's head with one hand and teased:
"Hey, boss, this guy looks like a junior high school student, right?"
"But I think you still overestimate him. This guy is just an elementary school student!"
Kageyama grabbed Hinata's head and shook it back and forth. The elementary school student's comments made Hinata Shoyo a little angry. He angrily broke free from Kageyama's grip and murmured:
"Tsk, I'm just a little shorter, and you actually look down on me."
"Although I'm a little shorter, I'm still very useful on the court!"
Hinata Shoyo's whisper fell into Yohei's ears. Because of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Yohei is now quite sensitive to the word "court". When he heard the other party mention the court, the first thing he thought of was basketball and Sakuragi.
In order to make up for the slight mistake in his previous words, Yohei put some of the skewers he had taken out earlier on the grill and said:
"court?!"
"Do you play basketball too?"
"Yeah, I know a player on the high school basketball team who's not much taller than you, but he's very effective on the court."
Yohei said with a smile, but the boys in front of him all shook their heads when they heard this.
“We’re not a basketball team.”
“We are the volleyball team!”
"Hey, Boss, have you heard of the volleyball team of Karasuno High School in Miyagi Prefecture?"
Yohei had never paid attention to high school volleyball. He only had some knowledge of basketball because of Sakuragi. Not to mention the schools in Miyagi Prefecture, he didn't even know if the local schools in Kanagawa Prefecture had volleyball clubs.
After a short silence, Yohei suddenly burst into laughter:
"The volleyball club, Karasuno High School, I know! Of course I know!"
"A powerful man."
Mito Yohei said as a matter of course. After all, the boy in front of him was already reporting the name of his school, so the other party's high school must be famous in volleyball.
This is actually easy to understand. When someone asks you what your educational level is, most people will only say a bachelor's degree or a junior college degree, but some people will say they graduated from Tsinghua University.
When people ask you what your academic qualifications are, and you say you studied at Tsinghua University, you can't say that it's irrelevant, you can only say that it's related.
However, Yohei could sense this somewhat ostentatious mentality, and he was not lacking in social skills.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the high school students in front of him became gloomy. It was not directed at Mito Yohei, but because they thought of something bad.
Karasuno High School... A fallen power... A crow that cannot fly.
A series of comments flooded into the minds of the Karasuno players, and the atmosphere became cold for a moment.
"Why... did I say something wrong again?"
Yohei observed the expressions of the guests, then immediately lowered his head, stopped talking, and continued grilling skewers. The more he talked, the more mistakes he made. He was afraid that he would say something inappropriate and make the guests unhappy.
"Boss, you're right!"
"We, Karasuno, are powerful!"
Hinata Shoyang said this and burst into laughter. Yohei, who was originally feeling very embarrassed, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hinata Shoyang smiling brightly, and also laughed.
"Oh! Yohei, you really are working part-time here!"
At this moment, Hinata Shoyo and Kageyama Tobio were suddenly blocked by a huge shadow. They looked up and saw a handsome young man with red hair walking to the side of the stall, with his head slightly lowered, holding the top railing with one hand, and greeting Mito Yohei with a smile.
“So… so high!”
Hinata Shoyo and Kageyama Tobio both cried out in their hearts at the same time, looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi who suddenly appeared, a little dazed.
"Eh? Sakuragi, why are you here?"
"Doesn't Xiangbei have training today?"
"It's only afternoon. Is it over?"
Mito Yohei was a little surprised to see Sakuragi's sudden arrival and asked in confusion.
"No, there has been a change of plans."
"The school seems to be paying more attention to our basketball team and has allocated some funds to it."
"Dad has arranged a camp for us. The location is a seaside hotel not far from here."
"Some time ago, Gao Gong told me that you would be working part-time here, so I came here."
"Hey, Yohei, I've been looking for you guys for so long, so you should treat me. Bring me ten skewers of yu!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi was answering seriously one second ago, but the next second he lowered his head to look at the fish grilling on the grill and made a request with a smile.
“… … .”
Yohei was speechless for a while, and immediately cursed:
"Asshole, my salary is not that much to begin with!"
Having said that, Yohei did not refuse Sakuragi. He silently took out a dozen skewers of fish from the box beside him and placed them next to the grill.
At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have noticed the gazes of Hinata Shoyo and Kageyama Tobio. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the two of them.
Sakuragi's gaze scared Hinata Shoyo so much that he immediately withdrew his gaze and stood up straighter. Sakuragi's hair color was too eye-catching. People who didn't know him well would subconsciously think that Sakuragi was a bad guy.
Kageyama was better. He was not afraid and his eyes were full of curiosity towards Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Kanagawa Prefecture Shohoku High School Basketball Team!"
Kageyama had heard of this name. Unlike Hinata Shoyo, Kageyama often bought sports magazines and paid attention to the strong high school volleyball schools across the country.
However, the sports magazine is a combined issue, and the content reported in it is not just volleyball, but also other sports such as baseball, judo, basketball, etc.
When Kageyama Tobio saw Sakuragi's face, he felt familiar with it. Now that he thought about it, he had actually seen Sakuragi Hanamichi on the cover of a magazine.
The red hair left a deep impression on him.
"Hey, kid, what are you looking at me for?!"
Kageyama's gaze made Sakuragi frown slightly. The scrutiny in his gaze made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"ah?!"
"Oh, sorry!"
"Because you are so tall, I was a little distracted for a moment."
Kageyama realized it a little late and said casually. When Sakuragi Hanamichi heard this, the unhappiness on his face disappeared instantly, he touched his head and suddenly laughed out loud.
"Ah? Am I tall? Hahahaha!"
"Thank you very much, thank you very much."
"I'm just taller than the stinky fox and the wild monkey, hahahaha!"
Sakuragi smiled brightly. Although Kageyama didn't know who the stinky fox and wild monkey Sakuragi was talking about were, he roughly knew that he was probably talking about his teammates.
"Hey, Sakuragi, let's go. This training camp isn't for you to play around with."
“It’s time to train!”
At this time, there was a shout from a distance. Kageyama Tobio, Hinata Shoyo and others turned their heads and saw the group of people from Xiangbei High School. Looking around, the people headed by Xiangbei High School were much taller than Kageyama and Hinata. It was hard to imagine that they were high school students.
"Oh, here it comes!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi turned his head and saw Jinguji Budou and other teammates who were greeting him. He immediately responded and turned to Yohei and said:
"Yohei, I'm sorry, I have to go now."
"I'll come over in the evening, Yu Yu, please prepare it for me."
Before leaving, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not forget to give such instructions, waved his hand, and immediately ran towards where Jinguji Takeshi and the others were.
At this moment, Takeshi Jinguji, who was far away, also noticed Yohei and the Karasuno people in front of him, but Takeshi didn't care. He waved to Yohei, Ohkusu and others, and left with Sakuragi.
Their training plan for Xiangbei this afternoon is physical training. Sakuragi came over here just to say hello to Yohei and the others.
After the training is over in the evening, they can get together with their friends.
After Sakuragi followed Xiangbei and others away, Hinata Shoyo and Kageyama Yufei were still staring at the backs of those people in a daze.
After a long time, Yohei grilled the remaining fish. Seeing Hinata and Kageyama in a trance, he silently helped them pack the fish.
"Boss, those people just now are from the Xiangbei High School basketball team, right?"
"Uh.... Does Xiangbei High School have a volleyball club?"
Kageyama came back to his senses and turned to ask Yohei.
After meeting the group of people from Xiangbei High School, Kageyama Tobio finally had a clear understanding of the so-called "height". Among the group of people just now, there were probably six or seven people whose heights were close to or even exceeded 190cm, and judging by the muscle condition of those people, they were obviously in a state of long-term training.
Kageyama couldn't imagine what the effect would be if a group of people like this stood on the volleyball court.
If Xiangbei High School had a volleyball team, would it be like their basketball team... Horrible!
In Karasuno, the tallest person is Tsukishima Hotaru, who is 188cm tall. There are only three or four people who are over 180cm tall.
Such a height gives Tsukishima a huge advantage when blocking. It is hard to imagine what kind of terrifying strength that team would have if the group of people from the Xiangbei High School basketball team appeared on the volleyball court, or if the Xiangbei volleyball team also had such a height.
In fact, volleyball focuses much more on "height" than basketball.
"No, how can Xiangbei have a volleyball team?"
"Oh, that's not right. There is a women's volleyball team, but there is no men's volleyball team... uh, there really isn't one."
Yohei's words put Kageyama at ease, although it didn't matter to them whether there was a volleyball club in another county or not.
"Hey, Kageyama, Yuyu seems to be okay."
"let's go."
"After we finish eating, let's play beach volleyball!"
Hinata Shoyo didn't think as much as Kageyama did. He was just amazed at the height of the people before him. After coming to his senses, Hinata paid the money and then took the packaged fish from Yohei's hand.
"Um!"
Kageyama collected his thoughts, took a string of yu from the takeaway box, and returned to the group with Hinata. As Karasuno's group walked away, Yohei's stall welcomed the next wave of customers after a short break.
The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly.
Yohei grilled skewers while looking out at the sea.
The sea was sparkling, and where the beach met the sea, hotly dressed girls were laughing as they played in the water.
Yohei kept his hands busy, thinking to himself:
"Maybe it would be nice to come here and do part-time work during the holidays."
“Not only can you make money, but you won’t miss out on the summer scenery.”
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