One Special Meeting

Chapter 18

Shiratorizawa's service. #4 Oohira. Malinis na naipataas ni Daichi ang bola kay Kageyama. Mula dito sa second floor kitang kita ang fake glare ni Kageyama kay Azumane. He made the opposite blockers think na kay Azumane mapupunta ang toss pero mukhang hindi nahulog si Tendou sa fake na'yon. Tinoss ni Kageyama ang bola kay Hinata. Mabilis pa sa alas kwatrong nakapwesto na si Tendou para hulihin ang fast attack nila Hinata.

'So totoo nga ang guess monster?'

Ginamit niya ang buong first set para alamin ang galaw ni Kageyama! Napaka annoying ng tactic. Inis naman kaming lima habang pinapanood ang current play sa court. Gulat naman ako nung sumigaw si Tendou ng "I'm playing 120% today!"

"How is he able to react like that?" Kinakabahang tanong ni Saeko-neesan. Hawig pa naman ni Tendou si Hisoka ng Hunter x Hunter. Magkaugali pa!

"It's not just his reaction." Boses ni Sir Shimada. "In that moment, there were 3 possibilities. First, Kageyama's in the front row currently, so it was possible for him to do a setter dump. So he had to consider that. If he wasn't going to do a jump, he could've set to Tanaka or Hinata in the front row and Azumane and Sawamura in the back row. And in this case, he picked Hinata diba? There were also few places Hinata could've spiked it. You can see quite a bit from up here but when you're on the court, you can get lost in the chaos easily. So even if you know which way you want to go, your body may not move right. But his body can do it." Mahaba nitong paliwanag.

Tinignan ko ang Shiratorizawa na nagpupulong sandal sa gitna ng court. Hindi naman sinasadyang nagtama ang mga tingin namin ni Ushijima. Parang nagkaroon ng kuryente sa malayong pagitan namin. Madrama naman akong napahawak sa dibdib nung bigla akong inirapan nito! Ang kapal kapal ng apog!

Tumawag ng time-out ang Karasuno. I guess it's no surprise that they took a timeout. Nagsipuntahan na ulit sa mga bench nila ang bawat team. Matalim kong tinignan si Tendou.

"Sana hindi masarap hapunan mo"
"Sana hindi masarap hapunan mo"
"Sana hindi masarap hapunan mo"

Glances, footwork and ball handling. I guess if Tendou figured that out, luto na ang team na makakalaban nila. They need to stop them! Fighting Karasuno!

Curious akong napalingon sa baba kung nasaan ang team. Hindi kasi maipinta ang mukha ni Kageyma. I can't balme him. It's one thing when his spike gets blocked pero ang mas nakakainis e' yung mga toss niya naboblock at nashushutdown ni Tendou!

'Sinong hindi mababadtrip?'

"How is their number 5 able to keep blocking like that?" Tanong ni Saeko-neesan.

"He is planning to stop all of them... by himself" Sagot ng kuya ni Tsukishima. "Isa pang special sa kaniya is his reading and intuition. Guess block 120%"

Guess means to presume something. He'll read the attack before the set goes up and then jump pretty much on intuition. Ganiyan kagaling si Tendou. Of course, nobody is perfect there will be time where his intuition is off o di kaya e' napipigilan siya ng kabilang team na basahin ang mga atake nila.

"This is definitely a style of blocking that doesn't work for everyone. That said, I think he's so accurate with his guesses that it's scary.."

Isa pang malupit, 'yung katawan niya kayang magkeep up sa intuition at guesses niya! Iba ka talaga Shiratorizawa! Kung tutuusin pipigilan nila si Tendou na mabasa ang atake nila. Alam kong kaya ni Kageyama 'yon at isa pa kapag nakakaharap ka ng ganitong klaseng kalaban. Mas magandang dalhin siya hanggang sa pinaka edge ng court kung saan ito ang specialty ni Hinata.