"Sure enough, I guessed you were here?" Next to the vending machine, Iwaizumi had just bought a can of drink when Oikawa Toru's voice suddenly came from the side.
"What are you doing here?"
"Of course I'm here to see if our dear "ace" is crying?" Oikawa Toru poked his head out and said with a "cute" look on his face.
Iwaizumi glanced at him with disgust and said, "Don't think I'm the same as you, you bastard Oikawa! And I'm no longer the "ace" in the team."
"Alas~~ But in my heart, you have always been the best "ace"!"
In the first half of the sentence, Oikawa Toru said it was a bit "coquettish", but when it came to the second half of the sentence, Oikawa Toru's expression became serious.
Not to mention, if you are so disgusting, Iwaizumi will be put to death in one fell swoop.
After a while.
Only then did Iwaizumi speak again: "If you are here specifically to comfort me, there is no need. I am different from you, and I will not be jealous of a junior's talent."
"Really? But in my opinion, Iwaizumi-chan, you are not someone who gives up easily?"
Iwaizumi: "·······"
"Gan! Since you know everything, why do you come here to remind me specifically? Do you want to laugh at me?"
With a bang, Iwaizumi suddenly threw the drink can on the ground. His original calm expression disappeared and was replaced by an unspeakable anger.
Oikawa Toru's eyes were calm: "Ridicule? Of course not, I just... understand your current mood very well."
Iwaizumi was silent for a moment.
The atmosphere fell into dead silence.
After a while.
Iwaizumi Ichi: "Sorry..."
Oikawa Tetsu smiled: "It doesn't matter! If you haven't finished venting now, Iwaizumi-chan, you can actually throw two more bottles of drinks, no problem, I'll pay for it."
Iwaizumi pursed his lips, covered his forehead and said: "No, you misunderstood! I was apologizing to myself just now, because I didn't expect that I would react the same way as you. It was really embarrassing.
"
Oikawa Tooru: "ヽ(；Д｀)ah????"
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"Please take good care of me in the future, Akashi-chan."
"Please take good care of me, Oikawa-senpai."
When he returned to school for training the next day, Oikawa Toru took the initiative to say hello to Akashi Asuka.
Because for the next long period of training, Oikawa Toru's main partner will be Akashi Asuka, so it is inevitable for the two to communicate more.
Becoming the "ace" actually doesn't change much for Asuka Akashi. The main problem with replacing the "ace" is the change in the core of the tactics and the increase in the number of offensive balls.
In fact, most of these aspects are the work of the setter.
Therefore, after changing the "ace", the busiest person is not Akashi Asuka, the "ace", but Oikawa Toru as the setter.
Another change is the combination of teammates in regular training.
In the past, as a first-year student, Akashi Asuka's training teammates were basically Mige Ryuhei, but now, his training teammate has been Oikawa Toru. Mishita Ryuhei formed a team with Iwaizumi.
This change of "ace" can be said to have exhausted Oikawa Toru.
Although before this, Oikawa Tooru deeply loved Iwaizumi's 'wooden stick'. But after actually using it, Oikawa Tooru had to admit that Akashi Asuka's 'steel spear' was really great.
After all, no matter how many tricks Oikawa Toru has in mind, there are only so many positions that a 'little wooden stick' can play.
But the 'steel spear' is different.
With Akashi Asuka becoming the "ace" and his explosive physical fitness, Akashi Asuka can basically satisfy him with all the tricks that Oikawa Toru can think of.
For this reason, Oikawa Tetsu could be called an inspiration burst during this period.
During this period, Oikawa Tetsu fought continuously during the day and spent all night forgetting to eat and sleep. The purpose was to gain a deep understanding of Akashi Asuka's limits as soon as possible so that he could develop Akashi Asuka's various offensive techniques one by one.
Therefore, it only lasts a week or two.
Not only Oikawa Tooru, but Akashi Asuka also seemed to have opened up a new world.
After all, in the past, Ryuhei Mitsuga's ability was limited, and most of the time his offensive method was to pass the ball to Asuka Akashi, and then... nothing more happened.
So even Akashi Asuka himself discovered for the first time that his body could actually play so many tricks.
And every time at this time, Iwaizumi Iwaizumi and Mishita Ryuhei, who were training on another court, would always feel as if there was something extra on their heads.
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Saturday of the third week of May.
When Akashi Asuka was training alone, editor Wakayama Kika sent the novel sales results for the second week.
Since the publication of the novel, "The Cautious Brave" has sold 5,024 copies in the first week and 5,347 copies in the second week. Both sales ranked fourth within the publishing house this month.
to be honest.
This result is a bit beyond Akashi Asuka's expectation. Although it is still the era of paper media publishing in island countries, such results are already very good.
Let’s take the simplest example.
The royalties for the novels signed by Akashi Asuka are 10%, and the royalties are not calculated based on pure sales, but based on the amount printed by the printing house.
The initial print run of the novel was 5,000, but later the publisher saw a surge in sales and urgently issued an additional 15,000 copies.
The book "The Cautious Brave" is priced at 820 yen.
Calculated based on 10% royalty.
In other words, just based on the current printing number, Akashi Asuka has earned 1.64 million yen.
"Good guy, this is a fucking volleyball game! If this continues, I feel like I can eat this novel for the rest of my life." Even if he didn't know, Akashi Asuka himself was shocked.
However, compared to Akashi Asuka, Wakayama Kika seems to be more excited about the success of "The Cautious Brave".
After all, as an editor, the first writer in charge has achieved such results when he just debuted. Not to mention anything else, the bonus given by the publishing house alone is a large sum of money.
As long as it can maintain such results, Akashi Asuka's first novel will basically not have to worry about being cut in half.
The second email was sent by Wakayama Kika to congratulate her.
The third email invited Akashi Asuka to meet again to discuss the details of the next novel.
Although Shi Feiniao felt that there was no need to discuss it, after all, he had already finished writing the second volume, and even the third volume was nearing the end.
But after thinking about it, Akashi Asuka finally agreed to Wakayama Kika's request. The two agreed on a meeting place, and Akashi Asuka returned to training.
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