A silence full of tension fell on Kikugawa High's bench as all the players there either bowed their heads deep or covered them with a piece of towel. No one dared to stare at their coach as the older man on their bench was just looking at him with a blank face. Hell, even the jolliness that usually was heard coming from Riku was nowhere to be heard right now as the boy himself was also entangled with his own mind.
They all fell into a great depression, knowing full well that the defeat in the second set was purely because of them. In terms of quality, they all knew that except for Yuki – and probably Riku – Tsunemori High was just one or even two levels below them. However, during their last set, not only they were beaten back and blue, but they also exposed themselves to the eyes of all their future competitors that they didn't do well playing under pressure from outside of the court.
