Hinata froze for a moment, but his confusion soon turned into contemplation.
He rubbed his chin, repeatedly pondering Oikawa Tooru's words.
After a long time, his eyes lit up.
He looked up, gazing at Oikawa Tooru with a strange look in his eyes. "Oikawa-senpai.."
If he remembered correctly, after their match tomorrow morning, they would face the winners of the upper half of Block D in the afternoon quarterfinals, Aobajohsai happened to be in that bracket.
If Aobajohsai can also keep on winning, they will face each other tomorrow afternoon.
Therefore, there was only one possible reason for Oikawa Tooru's sudden, out-of-context remark.
“You're not here to.. um.." Hinata paused, seemingly recalling something.
Finally, he continued, "You're here to stir up trouble, aren't you?"
When Oikawa Tooru's expression froze, Miya Atsumu, who had been exchanging sarcastic banter with Kuroo on the other side, finally realized something was wrong.
He scanned around him in confusion, then looked at the Nekoma members.
Kenma averted his gaze to avoid eye contact with him, Haibane was completely out of it, Yaku also seemed quite guilty and wouldn't look at him, leaving only Kuroo to let out a sneer.
Miya Atsumu felt like the sky was falling.
.. Where is Shoyo?
Chapter 175: The One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Fox
Staring at Hinata Shoyo for a long time, Oikawa Tooru seemed to lift his chin in disbelief.
Does this little brat really not know, or is he just pretending? Does he truly not feel that certain people are being far too clingy?
A senior in a normal club, no matter how responsible or how much they like a certain junior, wouldn't be clinging to them all the time, right?
Anyone who isn't foolish, anyone even slightly familiar with Inarizaki, could sense Miya Atsumu's abnormal possessiveness.
Rather than being worried about his junior, he only came along to..
A certain fox seemed more like he was asserting his own sovereignty.
Every time he went out with Hinata and encountered others, his face clearly screamed—I am the setter Hinata trusts most.
Looking at Hinata Shoyo's innocent and naive expression, Oikawa Tooru felt a pang of heartache.
Such a good kid, how could he be targeted by such a big, bad fox!
He acknowledged Miya Atsumu's technique, but.. when it comes to things like this, character is what matters most!
And Miya Atsumu is widely known for having a bad temper; he'll definitely bully Hinata.
Suddenly, Oikawa Tooru and Hoshiumi felt a certain resonance.
Regardless of whether Miya Atsumu has that side to him for the moment, they must completely nip it in the bud before it gains any momentum.
They absolutely cannot let Hinata be deceived by Miya Atsumu!
But before Oikawa Tooru could say anything else, Miya Atsumu's figure had already appeared at the entrance of the Players' Tunnel.
Hinata was still waiting for Oikawa Tooru's next words when he felt someone grab the back of his jacket collar.
Oikawa-senpai, could you please stop harassing our Spiker?
He locked eyes with Miya Atsumu, a faint look of disgust appeared on Oikawa Tooru's face.
Without even a half-second's pause, he turned and walked away.
Before leaving, Oikawa Tooru still added one more thing: "Shorty, don't forget what I said."
Watching Oikawa Tooru leave with an unhappy expression, Miya Atsumu looked down at Hinata Shoyo. "You, seriously.."
“How many times have I told you to stay away from these people? They are all bad people.”
He could no longer remember how many times he had said such things, but Hinata still managed to continuously attract a steady stream of "bizarre" new friends.
Hinata turned his head and looked innocently at Miya Atsumu, "But Oikawa-senpai said Atsumu-senpai is a bad person."
Orange hair brushed against Miya Atsumu's hand, hearing Hinata's words, Miya Atsumu, holding his jacket, pulled him up a little.
His beautiful eyes narrowed slightly: "Then do you trust him or do you trust me?"
Hinata blinked and answered very decisively, "Of course I believe in Atsumu-senpai."
Miya Atsumu was very satisfied with Hinata's answer, so he casually released his grip.
He spoke earnestly, "If you trust me, then talk less to Oikawa-senpai and the others; their hearts are filthy."
Hinata shrunk his neck and didn't dare speak.
—Atsumu-senpai is clearly the one with the blackest heart.
The Nekoma members had already left the gymnasium after resting, after watching the rest of the Aobajohsai match, Hinata and Miya Atsumu-kun also left ahead of the others.
Unlike the various guesthouses scattered in different locations, the hotels arranged by the event officials were adjacent to the gymnasium, Coach Kurosu did not call for everyone to assemble.
Suna, who had absolutely no interest in watching the match on-site, had long since returned to the hotel, while Miya Atsumu and Hinata Shoyo returned much later.
Miya Atsumu followed Hinata Shoyo, discussing Nekoma's match today with him.
As they walked all the way to the door of Hinata's room, neither of them noticed anything was wrong, Hinata, who was leading the way, had already taken out his room card to open the door.
Miya Atsumu followed behind into the room and began to undress. "To be honest, that gray-haired tall guy is almost useless, aside from being tall.."
Before he could finish speaking, with his clothes only halfway off, he realized Hinata had turned to look at him.
Atsumu followed Hinata's gaze and saw a small figure standing on the bed by the window, hands on hips, staring at the two of them angrily.
The entire room fell silent for a while.
Miya Atsumu silently put on his clothes, then turned and walked out, reaching out to close the door.
The moment he closed the door, Xiaoxia's voice rang out: "You promised that big brother would come back earlier to open the door for Xiaoxia!"
In the end, it was Uncle Kurosu who opened the door for me!
Hinata immediately admitted his mistake: "I was wrong, I was wrong! I'm sorry!"
In the room next to the one next door, Miya Osamu opened the door from the inside.
Miya Osamu, coming out with a bowl of rice, stared at Miya Atsumu for a long time before suddenly sneering, "What kind of daydream are you having in broad daylight?"
Just because he had stayed over a few times, does that mean they are automatically living together?
".." Miya Atsumu remained silent.
After a long time, he slowly crouched down and raised his hand to cover his face. "I forgot."
Miya Osamu took a mouthful of rice: "You're really funny."
As expected, this guy's entertainment is watching him, especially when he's being humiliated by a junior like this.
Miya Atsumu glared at him: "Shut up, don't you dare laugh."
He just wanted to escape the Twins, who were sick of each other, live with his close juniors!
What did he do wrong!
Miya Osamu let out a sneer and slammed the door shut.
This time it was Miya Atsumu's turn to be stunned: "No, wait! Open the door! I don't have a room card!"
Damn it! Why can't hotels give two key cards for every double room! Why do we have to go out of our way to get them!
In the room across the hall, Komori Motoya let out a deep sigh: "Here we go again."
Why.
Why do they have to have close contact with the people from Inarizaki every single time?
The twins are really too noisy..
Sakusa tended to his nails, offering no comment.
There was only a hint of imperceptible dissatisfaction in his gradually deepening gaze.
Under the pressure of the Kita Team, Miya Atsumu finally managed to return to his room, while Hinata Shoyo also managed to coax Xiaoxia.
Now, whenever Coach Himegomiya doesn't have a match, she takes Xiaoxia with her, so the time she spends with him is indeed not very long.
So.. he decided that starting tomorrow, he would watch the matches with Coach Himegomiya after the games were over!
Moreover, Coach Himegomiya would certainly know much more and could answer any questions he had.
The more Hinata thought about it, the more he felt his idea was great, he even gave himself a thumbs-up in his heart.
The match between Inarizaki and Nekoma was the third match of the morning, held at the same time as the first half of the Karasuno match.
However, while waiting for the match to begin, some unexpected events occurred during the second match in C Block.
In Hinata's field of vision, the scoreboard at the side of the Center Court jumped to Fukuda General 28:30 Ichibayashi.
With a large score of 1:2, Ichibayashi won.
"Huh?" Having just arrived, Miya Atsumu was also stunned by this score.
The side of the court where Fukuda General was located was very quiet. Shiratori Natsume, drenched in sweat, kept his head down, lost in thought, until the referee signaled for both teams to line up, at which point he straightened his back again.
When he turned his head, he met Hinata's gaze by the sidelines, which was somewhat shocked, but mostly filled with sadness.
Giving a comforting look, Shiratori walked to Kuroo's side.
The whistle blew, everyone bowed simultaneously.
Thank you for the guidance!!
Miya Atsumu was still completely stunned: "How did we lose?"
Although Fukuda General had lost to them before, it didn't mean they were some weak team.
On the contrary, they were a team capable of taking second place in the nationals.
Moreover, Fukuda General's overall strength is top-tier even when looking at the entire high school level, their solid fundamentals are even superior to those of Inarizaki.
At this stage of the round of sixteen, Miya Atsumu couldn't quite fathom how the opponent had lost.