Akira also waved goodbye to them.
"Huh? Are you saying…"
"Akira, don't you have to do Study??"
"Hey, hey!"
Sugawara said with a grin from the side:
"I heard that there's one outstanding student among the first-years this time—Akira!"
"He apparently scored full marks in several subjects!"
"Full marks…"
Hearing this, Hinata and Kageyama couldn't help but tear up.
"What a distant concept!"
"Hey! Kageyama…"
After the others had left, Hinata quietly whispered to Kageyama.
"What!"
"No way!!"
"I don't want to!!"
He rejected Hinata's proposal outright!!
"Hey! Don't be so stubborn!"
"If we fail, we can't go to the training camp!"
...
Under Hinata's persuasion, Kageyama finally gave in with great reluctance.
Just as Akira and the others walked out the school gate together, voices suddenly called out from behind them.
"Akira! Tsukishima!"
"Oh?"
Everyone turned around to see Hinata pushing his bike, and a reluctant Kageyama trudging behind him.
"Teach us how to study!!"
"...Please!"
"The two of them… What's going on?"
Kiyoko gently tugged on Akira's sleeve and asked in a quiet voice.
"Maybe they really want to go to the Tokyo training camp."
Akira scratched the back of his head, slightly confused.
Before he could say anything, Tsukishima replied first.
"Nope! Absolutely not!"
"Just a few minutes a day is fine! Or at least show us some study techniques."
Hinata looked unusually desperate and helpless at this moment.
"Or maybe during club time, you can squeeze in some tutoring!"
Yamaguchi, seeing Hinata's pitiful expression, turned to Tsukishima and suggested.
After hearing this, Tsukishima gave a smug smirk and glanced back at Kageyama.
"I gotta say, letting the little guy grovel like this is pretty low."
"What about the big guy over there? Got nothing to say?"
As Tsukishima pointed toward him, Kageyama clenched his teeth, glaring silently.
"Hey! Kageyama! Beg him!!"
Hinata jabbed him with his elbow and whispered urgently.
"Don't you want to go to Tokyo for training?"
Kageyama's whole body tensed.
"Please… teach us!"
"What?"
"I couldn't quite hear you!"
Tsukishima cupped a hand to his ear, mockingly.
"ASK US!"
"Still didn't catch that! Speak up!"
"PLEASE TEACH US TO STUDY!!"
Kageyama's voice rang out across the courtyard, catching the attention of several nearby students.
Satisfied, Tsukishima finally waved his hand.
"Well, since our Lord King has begged so sincerely—"
"I'll generously offer my tutoring after practice."
Seeing this, Hinata nodded rapidly, glowing with excitement.
Then his eyes sparkled as he turned toward Akira.
"Ahh… haha!"
"I don't really have time after practice," Akira said, scratching his head with an apologetic smile. "But if you catch me during the lunch break, I can help out."
"YAAAY!!"
Hearing Akira's words, Hinata leapt into the air with joy and shouted to the heavens:
"Tokyo! Here we come!!"