In the next few minutes, the game suddenly entered a stalemate position. It wasn't like the two teams couldn't score, but more like the two teams couldn't stop their opponent's offense.
For Tsunemori High, with Hirano being rotated for Okamura as a libero, even though it strengthened their back row, it still couldn't make up for the loss of the middle blocker on the front. Riku had to step up there, and while the blonde boy himself was a decent blocker, he was the main setter who should've been protected from getting the first ball, so it still created a hole on the front line that their opponent kept taking advantage of for the entire game.
As for Kikugawa High, they only calculated for the combination between Yuki and Riku, never expecting that Ogawa could join the equation. They couldn't find an answer to Tsunemori's new combination as the addition of Ogawa managed to add more layers to their combination attack, making it impossible for the opponent to stop them.
