[43] Grade 11: National Youth Team Intensive Training Camp
As time went by, the stadium gradually became lively as outstanding high school students from all over the country arrived one after another.
After verifying the list of participants from each county, the staff distributed appropriately sized sportswear and pre-arranged dormitory lists to each athlete.
The moment he received the dormitory list, Mutu excitedly shouted to Weibai, "We're in the same dormitory!"
He patted Ooshiro on the back and said loudly, "Me, you, and Imaidekawa, the three of us are in the same dormitory!!!"
“Oh, right!” Wei Bai held up the dormitory list that the staff had sent him and the dormitory list that Mu Tu had sent him together.
The wooden rabbit spun around and faced Imadegawa, cheerfully waving the list in its hand: "Imadegawa!! The three of us are together!"
With expectant looks in their eyes, Imadegawa raised his hand and held up his list of participants for the training camp.
The three lists were arranged side by side in one place.
Aside from the different order of names—everyone received a list with the contestant's name first (which was very thoughtful for the contestants)—the other three roommates all had the same name.
Under the same dormitory number, there are Imadegawa Yuzuru from Tsurumeikan, Mokuto Kotaro from Fubuki, Oshiro Aran from Inarizaki, and Tendo Kaku from Shiratorizawa.
Upon seeing the list, Imadegawa was incredulous. He couldn't help but mentally ask the chubby little bird, "You didn't interfere with this dorm list, did you?"
Jin Chuchuan was already prepared for his dormitory to be full of strangers, after all, his luck was really not good.
It turned out that all three roommates were acquaintances.
—Two story characters who had previously competed against each other, and one story character I just met today.
Jin Chuchuan even suspected that Xiao Feijiu had secretly bribed the person in charge of the national youth team to compile this dormitory list.
"No way! I would never do such a thing!"
The little chubby bird flapped its wings and flew up and down. After landing on Imadegawa's shoulder, it deliberately flapped its wings against Imadegawa's neck.
Little Fatty was also satisfied with the dormitory assignments.
Who wouldn't love a positive boost to their fame?
After looking at his own dormitory list, Imadegawa then looked at the dormitory lists of Aoyagi and Saotome.
The two had fallen into an eerie silence long before the wooden rabbit started shouting.
As Ichikawa had expected, the three of them were separated into different dormitories.
Saotome's dormitory is mostly filled with players who play the free agent position.
Meanwhile, Aoyagi and Iitayama's Iizuna, Shiratorizawa's Ushijima, and Kazusa's Kiryu Hachi were grouped together.
Imadegawa:? ? ?
Imadegawa asked the chubby little bird again, "You really didn't interfere???"
"I didn't—" the little chubby bird said, drawing out the last syllable in a wronged tone.
Imide Sichuan was half doubtful and half convinced.
The glutinous rice ball speculated, "Could it be that your luck has finally turned around?"
Imadegawa: "..."
Jin Chuchuan: Great! Without a doubt!! It's his time to turn things around and his luck has finally turned for the better!!!
Jin Chuchuan firmly believes in this conjecture.
May good fortune continue to come from the east, and may you be blessed with good luck!
He's been blessed by fate again, and his next guaranteed draw will definitely pull a powerful main attacker!
Jin Chuchuan secretly clenched his fist.
After comparing several dormitory lists, Jin Chuchuan noticed that the relevant person in charge of the national youth team's joint dormitory had obviously made careful arrangements.
Players from the same school were deliberately separated, and each setter was specifically assigned to share a room with three attackers.
The purpose of this dormitory allocation method is self-evident: to allow setters and unfamiliar attackers to get to know each other better outside of training, and to naturally develop on-court chemistry through daily interaction and practice.
The liberos were grouped together – after all, they weren't the only ones passing the ball to the setter on the court. Rather than having them join the setter's dorms separately to practice with the setter, it was better for these key defensive players to spend time together and hone their receiving skills, which would undoubtedly improve the team's overall passing ability.
Jin Chuchuan folded the dormitory list and put it in his pocket.
He reminded the energetic Mokuto, Ooshiro, and the sullen Saotome, Aoyagi, and others standing nearby, "Go change your clothes first."
After changing into their sportswear, the group of outstanding high school students selected for the national youth team training camp began to line up.
Before lining up, Imadegawa and the others stood in a corner, so they were among the last to be distributed sportswear and a series of equipment by the staff.
So after they changed into their sportswear, most of the nimble athletes had already gathered.
But after the group re-entered the gymnasium, Coach Jinshan, the head of the national youth team training camp, noticed them out of the corner of his eye and greeted them warmly: "Imaeda! Saotome! Come and assemble!"
The high school students also made way for them.
Finally, under Coach Jinshan's intense gaze and with everyone's polite deference, the group walked to the front row.
—Ooshiro initially didn't plan to stand in the front row with Imadegawa and the others. His height was quite considerable among the contestants, so he wanted to stand in the back according to his height. However, Bokuto hurriedly pulled him to follow Imadegawa to the front row.
As the wooden rabbit walked, it peered around cautiously, saying, "There are so many people."
Only after everyone has arrived and started lining up can you see that there are really quite a few outstanding athletes from all over the country.
Before they lined up, the contestants were chatting in small groups, so it wasn't obvious that there were so many people (sQMl).
When they line up in formation, the sense of quantity immediately increases.
As the lively ace Owl Valley walked to the front row, he didn't forget to wave and greet a few people he knew.
As a nationally renowned contestant, Mu Tu had already competed against many people present during his junior high school years.
Some of them are his old rivals from his school—they have had many encounters, whether in group training camps or practice matches.
In stark contrast to him were the three people from the Crane Cry Pavilion.
Now, leaving the river, he walks with a calm and composed demeanor, while Saotome remains unperturbed, one hand in her pocket, and Aoyagi lowers his head and follows closely behind.
The three of them exuded their own aura, passing by the crowd without glancing to either side.
The volleyball club at Heming Hall is relatively new and has almost no interaction with other top schools.
—Except for a few schools I encountered on the field.
So there's not much to say hello to.
Many of the players present didn't really know Aoyagi and Saotome; they just thought they looked familiar—they had seen their images on the screen during the volleyball club's video analysis meeting.
Imadegawa was able to match the names and faces of these people. He had repeatedly studied the tactical styles of various high school volleyball schools and paid attention to the outstanding players. In addition, he had a good memory, so Imadegawa remembered them on his own.
However, this sense of unfamiliarity is by no means mutual.
Aoyagi and Saotome were very impressed with the unfamiliar contestants.
After Hemingguan emerged victorious from match after match, sweeping aside powerhouse volleyball schools to claim the IH National Championship, the coaches of top volleyball schools across the country immediately became highly wary of them. Immediately after the IH National Championship concluded, they gathered their volleyball team members to watch video recordings of Hemingguan's baseline play, repeatedly studying their tactical style.
In particular, the setter captain and libero of Heming Hall were thoroughly studied, and their tactical analysis notes were written in thick stacks.
So Aoyagi walked along, head bowed and back hunched, utterly dejected.
After Coach Jinshan called out, he clearly noticed the burning gazes coming from all directions.
The intensity of those gazes was far greater than when they first entered the venue.
The further he walked, the more he could feel those gazes, which felt like thorns piercing their backs.
This is the ultimate torture for someone with social anxiety.
......
After everyone had assembled and lined up, Coach Jinshan began to speak about the upcoming intensive training camp for the national youth team.
The speech was brief—the athletes were all eagerly anticipating the upcoming training sessions, so Coach Jinshan quickly finished.
Then came the team formation.
This announcement is a temporary team roster for that day.
"...The next contestant whose name is called, please step forward and line up again on my right."
Amid the expectant gazes of the players, Coach Jinshan read out the first name from this year's IH national champion team: "Team A, setter, Imaichi Yuzuru."
"yes."
Now, leaving Sichuan, I respond.
"Yay!" The chubby little bird jumped excitedly on Imadegawa's head. "You're number one!!!"
"Team A, main attacker, Ushijima Wakatoshi."
"yes."
A steady voice came from the right side behind Imadegawa.
"Team A, main attacker, Tail White Alan."
"yes!"
"Ooshiro, standing next to Aoyagi, responded loudly."
"Team A, middle blocker..."
After reading out Team A's roster, Mutu's radiant expression instantly turned somber.
He wasn't assigned to the same team as Ooshiro and Imadegawa...
His two roommates ran into the group and took flight together like two birds, while he was left behind...
Thinking of this, the wooden rabbit instantly solidified into an owl stone statue.
"We clearly agreed to play ball together... Liars... They're all liars..."
Izuna, standing next to him: This is just a temporary group assignment...
Meanwhile, Saotome and Aoyagi, on his other side, seemed to be shrouded in the same dark cloud, with thunder and rain rumbling down their heads.
"That's too much..." Saotome slumped her shoulders listlessly. "Forcibly splitting up the dormitories is one thing..."
Aoyagi clutched the hem of her clothes, dejected: "Now they even separate us for training..."
The three left behind watched in despair as Imadegawa and Oshiro stepped out of the ranks and walked to the other side of the group.
The three of them exuded a palpable sense of oppression, like a pair of star-crossed lovers separated by fate, drawing sidelong glances from the other members of Team A who were called out and stepped forward.
"..."
"Team B, main attacker, Kotaro Bokuto."
"yes!!"
"Team B, middle blocker, Tendo Satoru."
Yes~
"Team B, middle blocker, Aoyagi Mio."
"……yes,"
"Aoyagi!" Mokuto's expression brightened again: "We're in the same group!!!"
"And my roommate is in our group too!!!"
Qingliu:......
...I really don't want to be in a group with you two.
Aoyagi forced himself to ignore the gaze that seemed to pierce his back.
...It was definitely that flame-headed guy watching him.
"..."
"Team D, setter, Izuna."
"yes."
"Team D, main attacker, Kiryu Hachi."
"yes!"
"Team D, free agent, Saotome Chihaya."
"……yes."
Saotome stepped out of line with resentment and joined the others whose names were called.
He glanced at Aoyagi, who was separated from him by a row of people, and then at Imadekawa, who was separated from him by a group of people.
Saotome's eyebrows droop slightly at the ends.
……hateful.
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(Quickly starts rubbing paws) A particularly busy day—I'll reply to the comments tomorrow (and stick them on).
Xiaohe: Actually, it's not that I want to be superstitious, it's just that I'm out of options...
Today's writing seems a bit short, so let's add a little skit—
Aoyagi Mio's personal mini-theatre:
Regarding the impressions of the people:
Imaichi: (How am I supposed to rate Yuzuru?) (Let's enshrine her!)
Saotome: 8 points, a very reliable teammate.
Koizumi: 7 points, a somewhat frightening teammate.
Tail White: 6/10, not familiar, has a strong sense of boundaries, quite good-looking.
Ushijima: 5 points. Unfamiliar with him, lacks a sense of boundaries, spikes are heavy and off-target, difficult to block.
MuTu: 5/5, not familiar, lacks a sense of boundaries.
Character name: 3 points, unfamiliar, particularly lacking in boundaries.
Tendo: 1 point. Not familiar with him. Seeing him would make me want to run away. Both his net play and personality are intimidating.
...
(The above are all Xiaoxu's personal evaluations)
Xiaoxu: I'm not familiar with them, they're all not familiar with me, stay away from me.
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