Chapter 7: The practice match against Shonan is scheduled for Thursday...
The match against Shonan is scheduled for Thursday afternoon, accompanied by more intense attack, passing and defense training over the next two days.
Because of the competition, Yuihara Xiangcheng didn't dare to continue immersing herself in the game for the past two days, for fear that she would forget the time as soon as she opened the game.
As expected, after getting enough sleep, I was full of energy when I saw the Shonan players walking into the volleyball hall.
The players from both teams shook hands and saluted. Shonan's captain, the 185cm main attacker known as the "turret", fixed his eyes on Yuihara Kaoru.
As the captain shook hands, she quietly asked Matsumoto Genon: "That Jieyuan... will play?"
Her tone was full of eagerness to challenge, which made Matsumoto Genyin look in the direction she was looking. She saw Yuihara Kaoru putting on protective gear seriously.
"Yes," Matsumoto Genon smiled, "With a sword that has never been unsheathed, I should try to see if it is sharp enough." Can I... cut down Shonan, who has enough advantages in height and attack?
Third-year student Hayami Asuka, who had agreed not to play today, sat next to Yuihara Kaoru and reminded her, "The captain of Shonan is known as the 'heavy artillery' and he especially likes to target the fourth position. You have to be careful."
"I understand, Senior."
Hayami's eyelids twitched at Yuihara Kaoki's serious tone. It felt very different from her usual gentle and reserved demeanor...
Rikkai University's formation is arranged with setter Matsumoto Gensune serving at position 1, and positions 2-6 are main attacker, secondary attacker, setter, main attacker, and libero respectively.
Yuihara Kaoru was arranged to start at the fifth position, and Hayami Asuka gave the opportunity to the first-year student. At this time, she was explaining to Sakurai Rika on the bench about the grievances between them and the Shonan team.
It's simple. In last year's Spring High School qualifiers, they entered the third round with a score of 1:1, but were defeated by this "heavy artillery". This caused the libero Abe to be depressed for a long time, and she spent the entire holiday practicing every day in the club.
Seeing that the IH preliminaries were about to begin, Shonan took the initiative to contact them and wanted to have a practice match. Matsumoto Genon agreed without thinking.
Who doesn’t feel a breath in their heart?
Soon, the referee from the men's volleyball team blew the starting whistle, and Shonan's "heavy artillery" served the ball. As she retreated to the sideline, the three players in the back row of Rikkai University became more prepared.
This posture must be a jump serve - that's right, she jumped up with her strong physical strength, swung her arms, and with a "bang", the volleyball came flying at her with a heavy force. Abe Makoto shouted "I'll do it!" and when the volleyball was about to hit the ground, she dove forward and saved the ball with a somersault.
Matsumoto Gensune ran a few steps, stopped the volleyball, which had not yet stopped spinning, steadily between his raised hands and then passed it.
Following her pass, Shonan's front row rushed to the left, trying to block the spike from number two Masuda Aiko.
But—there wasn't a ball in Masuda Aiko's hands as she jumped, so...
Yuihara Kaoru, who jumped from the back row, observed the route in the air. She just waited for the volleyball to reach the right height, swung her right arm, and attacked with a "pop". Before the opponent's blocker could realize that they had been deceived, the volleyball had already been firmly nailed to their backcourt where there was no defense.
"Yes!" After scoring, Yuihara Kaoru seemed to have broken free from some shackles and clapped hands with every team member happily.
Asuka Hayami looked at her and finally understood the difference she had felt just now - as soon as Yuihara jumped off the field, all her disguises of being "obedient and stubborn" fell off, leaving behind an ambitious person with her sharp edge.
Hayami Asuka burst into laughter. Yes, this kind of aggressiveness is what a attacker should be like!
In the offense-defense transition, Matsumoto Gensune hit a handball on the spot. The opponent's libero and setter cooperated well and successfully passed the ball to their tall and strong captain. The "heavy artillery" jumped from the No. 1 position to attack and went straight to the No. 5 position, which was the position of Yuhara Kaoru.
In a flash, Yuihara Kaoru's center of gravity shifted downward, and the moment the ball touched her arm, the enormous force forced her to roll to the ground.
Fortunately, the volleyball flew high after the force was released, and Matsumoto Genkyou had time to adjust, but she could not pass the ball to Yuihara Kaoru who had just gotten up.
Quickly judging the situation, Matsumoto Gensune chose to pass the ball to the front row deputy attacker Kobayashi Kei, but unfortunately Kobayashi Kei's attack was seen through by the blocker, and the blocked ball fell close to the net, and several people were unable to save it.
1:1, the opponent's serve went out of bounds, and Yuihara Kaoru rotated to the excellent fourth position of the main attacker.
Masuda Aiko jump-served, and the opponent set up an attack. Kobayashi Megumi immediately identified the attack point and swung her palm to the right. The three front row players understood the situation and quickly blocked the opponent's attack from the fourth position. The opponent's smash allowed Kobayashi Megumi to touch the ball with her fingertips. She shouted "one" to alert the back row. Abe Makoto immediately chased the ball, which was about to fly out of the court, and successfully recovered it from the baseline. Matsumoto Genon then passed it to Yuihara Kaori.
The opponent's block was already in place, but Yuihara Xiangcheng still made a standard retreat, stepped forward and jumped up, raised the right side of her body, and let her right arm attack to the extreme - the three-person block seemed to block the ball, but she was not afraid at all. Facing three high towers, she suddenly changed her ball-wrapping posture and rubbed the ball with a method that the opponent did not expect. The volleyball passed over the top of the high tower and landed gently on the ground.
Fake buckle, real dick.
The few people watching closely outside the venue applauded excitedly. This sudden mid-air adjustment was so brilliant!
The ultimate transformation...
Matsumoto Genon suddenly understood why the Yuihara Junior High School team revolved around her.
Just two balls will make the setter willingly feed her the ball and see how many miracles she can create.
The remaining sanity brought Matsumoto back to her thoughts, and she clapped her hands, reminding everyone to continue the game.
Shonan's players stared at Yuihara Kaoru across the net.
Oops, she's already starting to glow.
…
The game continued. The level of both sides was not much different, and the game was very difficult. They only finished the first game by the end of the game.
26:24, Rikkai University narrowly won.
Manager Xiaolin Xing thoughtfully offered towels and drinks to everyone, saying, "Thank you for your hard work!"
Matsumoto warned, "The opponent's defense isn't strong. We need to speed up the tempo in the next game and try to avoid the blockers. Yuihara, you've already attracted the blockers' attention in the first game. In the second game, try to keep them on your side."
Yuihara Kaoru, who was used to attracting fire, said, "No problem!"
Shortly after the second set began, a few boys entered the volleyball hall. Kobayashi An immediately spotted them and went over to greet them, "Hello, Yukimura-kun. Ah, Yuhara and the others' match isn't over yet."
Yukimura realized that Yukihara Kaoru might not have expected the fight to last this long, and looked at the others: "Do you want to go back first?"
Niou Masaharu, who hadn't paid much attention to volleyball matches, looked at the field curiously. "Can I come and see?"
Xiaolin An smiled and said, "Of course! Today is our practice match with Shonan. It's very exciting. Yuihara is so handsome."
The other two boys, Sanada and Yanagi, had no objection, so they sat down in the stands under the guidance of An Kobayashi.
At this time, the score was 10:8, Rikkai University was leading, and Yuihara Kaoru just reached the serving position.
The opponent judged that the way she stepped back and jumped was a jump serve, so they focused their attention on the backcourt. What followed was a ball that just touched the net and then playfully fell under the net.
The stadium was eerily quiet for a while.
Even her teammates couldn't help but look at her, wanting to confirm how she had done it. Yuihara Kaoru chuckled and returned to her serving position.
It's just basic exercise - but it will be a risky shot that the coach would never allow in the past.
The Shonan players stood back in their original positions. They were not sure where Yuihara Kaoru, who had been serving from the backcourt in the first game, would serve next.
The whistle blew, and Yuihara Xiangcheng used the same trick again. He felt something was wrong the moment he shot. He saw the ball rushing straight towards the gate and brushing against the ball belt. The opponent's number three position was ready to wait for it to fall, but the volleyball turned around and fell to his side.
Ah, it really got out of hand.
"I'm sorry!" Yuihara Kaoru immediately bowed and admitted her mistake with a good attitude.
What else can we do? Everyone sighed, it was just a small mistake.
Moving to the back row can effectively avoid the opponent's block, but if the hitting point is too high, it may go directly out of bounds.
Yuihara Kaoru carefully grasped this point and no longer dared to waste time - she had already seen her friends sitting in the stands waiting for her to go home.
At 23:19, Yuihara Kaoru came to the net again and cooperated with Kobayashi Kei in the third position to block. The opponent adjusted their position before the start of this game, and they would face the "heavy artillery" head-on at this time.
The ambition in his bones burst out with the idea of "trying to block such a powerful spike". When the Shonan captain jumped, he also jumped according to Kobayashi Kei's gesture, and secretly pressed to the left at the moment the opponent waved his hand.
Their mission was to block the straight line, but what if she could stop it directly?
In an instant, the volleyball hit her left hand. It was only a moment of contact, but her competitive spirit made her try her best to block it back.
Unfortunately... the volleyball still brushed past her fingers and ran towards the backcourt. Yuihara Kaoru frowned and looked at her red and swollen left hand, and the base of her ring finger began to ache.
Still couldn't stop it.
The game continued with a little regret, and finally Rikkai University ended the practice match with a perfect record of two wins.
The Shonan captain held Yuihara Kaoru's right hand tightly, stared at her, and said, "See you at IH."
"See you in IH." Next time, I will definitely be on guard against you!
After disbanding and packing up, Xiangcheng quickly reunited with Yukimura and the others: "I'm so sorry, I should have told you in advance that you were leaving first."
"Pfft, it's worth seeing Yuihara compete."
Yuihara Kaoru: "It's just a practice match!"
Liu put away his notebook and said, "I collected good data. Don't feel sorry."
Relieved, Yuihara Kaoru pinched her left ring finger, thinking that maybe the ligament was strained.
"Are you hurt?" Yukimura, who usually walked on her right side, quickly noticed her little movement and asked.
Jieyuan opened his palm and turned it over and over to observe it. He said, "It's not swollen or black. It's okay. It just hurts a little."
"Next time I see her, I will definitely stop her!"
Niou clicked his tongue, "It's rare to see you so emotional, Yuihara." The last time Aoto's emotions got stronger was when she and Yukimura were playing games.
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