Chapter 97 This fish looks exactly like you back there...

Later on, the cooperation was obviously much smoother, and many people discovered their own shortcomings in practice. Although the atmosphere in some groups was as weird as before, this experiment also demonstrated the benefits of occasionally integrating into a new group.

…At least Zenitsu didn’t get so scared on the third day when he saw Kenjo serving on the opposite side that he couldn’t even get his stance right.

The purpose of training camps is to help everyone grow together. However, although we would like to extend the duration during the national championships, the dates of the Spring High School qualifiers in different regions are not consistent, so this time the duration was finally confirmed to be one week.

Most of the qualifiers begin in October. For example, in Miyagi Prefecture, most of the qualifiers are completed in October, but in Kanagawa, the finals are held in late November. In Tokyo, the time between the national team qualifiers and the national team qualifiers is more separated, with the qualifiers in August and the national team qualifiers in November.

Therefore, everyone's free time is not the same, which is why the practice match between Xiaogu and Shiratorizawa was rescheduled to be after the school festival in September. (Note 1)

At that time, the national sports event had not yet begun and the school festival had already been held. It was the most leisurely time. It would not affect training if they could spare a day for a practice match. In addition, appropriate competitions could help maintain their touch. Coach Anlu had a good idea - coincidentally, Jing Tashan also thought so.

Coach Takumi's idea was to ask them to take two days to go to Miyagi, and after some discussion, the practice match was moved to September 20th and 21st.

However, the training camp has now reached its final stage. After the final game, the coach will treat everyone to grilled beef tongue - of course, he grilled it himself. After all, the coaches are not rich enough to rent out an entire restaurant, so the place is set up at Jiancheng's house.

If distance is not a concern, Jiancheng’s farm is actually a good choice. However, as the final training session, although the distance is not very far, it takes a long time to walk there, but taking a bus is not suitable. In the end, the group just ran there in a mighty manner.

The scene itself is quite spectacular.

The person who was most shocked when hearing the news was Midorikawa. Since they were going to the Kenjo family, the entire Shiratorizawa volleyball club simply went there first to prepare everything. Even though they had fulfilled their duties as hosts, Midorikawa was also invited.

"Kenjo, can your house really accommodate so many people?" The meeting place was at the gate of Shiratorizawa Academy. When Midorikawa arrived, he just saw Shirabu and Kawanishi waving at him. Yunohama arrived before him and was talking to Setami at the moment, with a bit of worry on his face. After all, there were people from six schools, and at least a gymnasium would be enough. Midorikawa imagined a group of people crowded together and couldn't help but worry.

Jian Cheng Xinyi in front of him thought for a few seconds: "Enough."

As if worried that the other party would not believe him, the blue-haired setter added: "It's in the yard."

...We can’t barbecue at home, Midorikawa thought with a twitch of his lips.

But it was clear that a few words were not enough to dispel everyone's doubts. When they followed Jiancheng and slowly ran to a slightly remote place, Luchuan stopped and looked a little confused. "Is there actually a bus stop here?"

There was a fierce-looking uncle standing there, holding a glass of beer in his hand, leaning against the bus while drinking and muttering something.

Is it really okay for bus drivers to drink alcohol?

Good or bad, Jian Cheng seemed to be adjusting well, not looking away. "It's Pam."

Midorikawa: ...

The uncle's name is surprisingly feminine, but this place is really desolate. It is even the most primitive land, without any trace of industrialization. It will be very troublesome if it rains. Midorikawa followed Jiancheng and thought to himself that there is such a rural-like place near Shiratorizawa.

It took half an hour to finally reach the entrance of Jiancheng's house from the school. After passing through some bushes, Midorikawa was about to say something, but the next moment he looked up, his mouth opened wide.

Wait, why are there torches around...? Is that a torch?

The lit flames in the wooden containers were lit one by one by Jian Cheng, who was walking in the front, and it looked quite dreamy.

It is not too late now, but these torches do increase the brightness of the farm. The ground is paved with a path that seems to be made of stones. It is not particularly exquisite, but you can see the care of the maker. The outermost layer is a layer of fruit trees, which are full of oranges. To be honest, it is a bit early for oranges to be harvested in this season, but Jiancheng's expression did not change when he passed by. He did not notice anything wrong. It was very normal.

If you walk further in, you can see a house with several beehives around it, but you can't see any bees. Instead, you can see a jar of honey on each hive.

There is also a pet's nest next to it - Jiancheng actually has pets.

A little further on, there are two other houses with fences around them and tall grass, and...

Shirabu smacked his lips. "Those are rabbits and chickens? Wait, are there ducks in the water?"

It was astonishing. This place really was a farm in the secular sense. But then again, Baibu pulled Jiancheng and said, "I remember you lived alone, right?"

The farmer gave a thumbs-up, his face showing a bit of relief: "That's right."

There is no need to worry about being harassed by unknown people, and because you have a mobile phone, although you can't call some inherent NPCs, at least you won't suddenly receive a fraud call from an unknown place in the middle of the night.

Days like this are so wonderful.

The farmer expressed his sincere emotion.

Tendou and Ushijima walked to the two connected buildings that looked like barns. Due to the distance, Tendou raised his voice and called out, "Shinichi-kun, can we come in here?"

After the farmer answered the parsnip, he replied, "Remember to close the door—!"

If the fence gate is not closed, the animals will run around everywhere, especially the rabbits, who seem a little unhappy recently, even though he has installed an automatic petting machine. Well, maybe it's because he didn't close the chicken coop door at night.

After getting the answer, Tendou pulled Ushijima along and started staring at the rabbits. After observing for a while, he said, "They look a bit like pixel art."

If you don't look carefully, it seems to change from furry to square, which is quite interesting.

Ohira and Senmi finally walked to the front of the fish pond and looked at it carefully for a while. Then Senmi was puzzled: "...There seems to be no fish in it?"

Ohira Shion: "...If you look closely, there is one."

It was a fish that looked particularly strange with a tuft of yellow hair on its head. For some reason, it reminded him of Inarizaki's setter.

The fish shrank back again when it saw them, and its expression… fish actually have expressions… looked very disdainful.

The farmer walked into the spot, squatted down and checked the space next to it. "No today?"

He was also looking forward to having fish roe... After all, caviar is very expensive and cannot be compared with the jams of today.

The summer fish king reacted by spitting out two circles of bubbles, as if cursing something.

Then Senmi and Ohira who were watching saw that Kenshiro seemed to be communicating with it using brain waves.

Finally, the conclusion was reached that there would be no fish roe without brothers.

Jian Cheng looked distressed when he said this: "Where can a fish be a brother?"

Ohira Shion strangely thought of Inarizaki's support again.

“…Miyaji?”

farmer:?

The farmer was puzzled as to why Sam was mentioned for no reason.

Meanwhile, Shirabu and Midorikawa began studying the fields in Jiancheng…was that a field? There was a sprinkler in the middle, and surrounding it were plants climbing on trellises, which the phone couldn't recognize.

The farmer went to Pierre to buy hops, but the quantity was not much, not enough to make him a millionaire. Thinking of this, the farmer showed a loving expression to the hops and said, "Grow quickly, the keg is ready."

Midorikawa and Shirabu both looked away—it was a bit disgusting for Kenjo to have that expression.

*

When Coach Saito drove over, he saw a group of people picking oranges.

Coach Saito: ...

It's normal to have fruit trees on a farm, but shouldn't those of you who arrived first be at Jiancheng's house? Why are you still helping out with the work? Wait, Saito noticed something was wrong when he came down.

The Jiancheng family’s farm seems a bit too big.

Aside from the slightly primitive area in the far west, the east has been fully developed, complete with fish ponds and livestock sheds, and neatly shaped fields with scarecrows placed beside them. Didn't the Eagle Craftsman say it was just a small farm? This is already considered super-large, and Jiancheng-kun lives alone.

Coach Saito's thoughts were in turmoil. He kept pushing his glasses up, trying to calm down. Finally, he asked a few people to come over and move the barbecue grill.

The same shocking scene was also performed when several other schools ran over. At first, they thought that he lived with his family, until they learned that Kenjo Shinichi lived alone, everyone's expressions became uneasy.

His eyes darted back and forth on Kenjo Shinichi, and finally his memory froze on the scene when the opponent was serving - no wonder this guy's serve was so powerful!

So it’s achieved through hard work?

Pupil tremors.

*

In addition to the beef tongue and barbecue kindly provided by the coaches, Jiancheng also seemed to have brought out a lot of supplies, including sashimi and the like, which tasted very good. Although this guy beat them badly on the court, he was still a good person after all.

All of a sudden, everyone's favorability increased.

Finally, he still had the mood to take a walk around the Kenjo family's farm. Miyaji seemed particularly interested in the small fish pond, while Miyayou held his head and watched Miyaji playing with the fish over there with boredom - he himself wanted to visit the animal shed more. Just now, the red-haired outside hitter from Shiratorizawa said that there were rabbits in it that ran very fast and were very friendly. Thinking of this, he yawned.

It's more interesting than fish.

As he was thinking this, he heard his twin brother's strange expression, looking at him and then at the fish.

Gong Yoo: I always have a bad feeling.

Miyaji had a complicated expression: "Yu, this fish..."

Gong You subconsciously covered his ears.

But Miyaji's voice still came through.

"This fish looks like you." Miyaji said in a tone of discovering a new world.

Gong You:.

Gong You also looked at the fish, but the fish obviously didn't want to pay attention to him. The words "I'm here because of your incompetence" seemed to be written on the pixelated fish's face.

Gong Youxin thought, maybe the fish from the Jiancheng family is a little strange.

It actually had an expression. He then looked at it carefully for a while and was also surprised. He patted Gong Zhi's shoulder and said, "Zhi, this fish looks so much like you!"

Miyaji: ...

The Summer Fish King who understood what they were saying: ...

This guy must be an idiot.

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Author's Note: Note 1: This is a search of the most recent Spring High School schedule. The Tokyo qualifiers are scheduled for August 20, 21, and September 14, with the representative match on November 24. (The ones found for Miyagi are concentrated on October 24-26, but the specific year is unclear.)

P.S. The farmer's farm is still pretty rough! The trees on the west side are all left, only half of them have been cut down [Namaste] The training camp arc is over, and the national sports will also end in a relatively simple manner (). The Spring High School qualifiers and the school festival are the main points! (But there won't be many school festivals)