บท 153: Intermission

Meanwhile, the atmosphere on Tsunemori's bench was gloomy. No one spoke anything there as they just bowed their head in a depressed manner. Even Megumi who usually took this time to talk and encourage the players had no words to raise the morale of the team. It was so gloomy that the only thing Yuki could think to top this situation was when he was in the evacuation camp during the earthquake disaster a few months ago, which told him how bad the problem was.

Akira stood still in silence while waiting for his players to drink the water and cool down their heads. It creeped out everyone how he didn't say anything, as all the players there were expecting him to scold or criticize them after the first set was over.

After a while, Akira finally took a deep sigh and spoke, "You did well in the first set."