Just like any sport outside, half of the volleyball game was an intelligence battle. It wasn't just about a better team beating the worse one, but deeper behind that, both teams who played against each other would always try their best to figure out how to deal with their opponent, from searching the weak link, figuring out opponent's attacking pattern, to the point of noticing even the smallest detail of the opponent's body language, those were all the things any team usually tried to find as quickly as possible.
It was just like a miniature version of war. While a team that had better players had a better chance to win the game, that didn't mean they would win it easily. They could still be outsmarted by the opponent who grasped the intelligence about them and figured out how to deal with it. And that was exactly what happened in the game between Tsunemori High and Kyoei Gakuen right now.
