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IN THE END, both teams reached a consensus.

It was roughly decided that the two teams would play a practice match, with Kobayashi Aotori playing for Karasuno in one game and then switching to Johzenji in the next.

Kobayashi Aotori didn't know if they were schizophrenic, but he did know that these people were not quite right in the head. Of course, the fact that he always carried his sneakers around, ready to train alone at an empty court, probably meant he was also not quite right in the head.

However, Karasuno didn't actually have any intention of joining in at the beginning, but things escalated when Terushima Yuuji and Hinata started imagining things at odds with each other, leading to a conversation about who could play with Kobayashi Aotori.

Thus, they ended up with this result, and both teams were quite satisfied.

Kobayashi Aotori: I am not satisfied!!

He didn't know what was so special about him that made so many people so eager to play volleyball with him.

Standing among the Karasuno team, he replaced the eager Tsukishima Kei, who gave him an inexplicable smile from the sidelines, making him feel like a loser.

...So strange.

Asahi Azumane scratched his head and smiled, "This is... the first time playing on the same team as Aotori-san."

Kobayashi Aotori showed no expression, crouching slightly in a muscle memory reaction, "It's just a practice match."

Without looking at Asahi's face, he raised his eyes to look at Kageyama, raising an eyebrow and brushing back his hair, with his usual habitual smile:

"By the way, I don't have Hinata's speed, so tossing for me might be quite tough."

Kageyama, suddenly mentioned, turned his head in confusion. When he heard what Kobayashi Aotoshi said, he paused for two seconds, then glared and let out a displeased "Hah?", turning his head back with a huff.

Kobayashi Aotori was bewildered by Kageyama's reaction, not understanding why he was upset.

Are you unhappy because you have to get used to the "new members" again and it increases the level of thinking?


—KAGEYAMA'S MIND:

"My speed isn't as fast as Hinata's" is a lie, meaning Kobayashi Aotori was just talking nonsense again, being ridiculous.

So, "tossing for me might be quite tough" wasn't a friendly reminder to change the pace, but had another meaning—

He imagined Kobayashi Aotori's disdainful look, smiling condescendingly, saying, "Make sure to toss properly~."

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