Chapter 129: Genius-level Fool Level National Youth Training Day 1...
The farce finally died down a bit when the coach entered the arena. Gong You breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Alan, who had been watching the show, with dissatisfaction on his face: "Hey, you didn't even think of helping me just now--!"
Alan said seriously: "How could that be?"
"I'm trying."
Alan added in his heart that he was trying hard to take pictures of Aji and Rintaro.
Gong You: "...Do you think I would believe such nonsense?"
You were obviously smiling all the time!
Alan: "Haha."
Inarizaki only invited the two of them. Although he had considered the secondary attacker, the focus this time was still on the second-year students. For example, the ones from Owl Valley in Tokyo were Washio and Kurosabu, Iizuna from Itoyama, and the three second-year students from Shutoku and Hyotei.
Although Komori has good skills, for some reasons, the liberos invited for this training camp are Yoku from Otokoma and Tokito from Kanagawa No. 1. The other party had rejected the national youth team once before, saying that he had no plans to play volleyball in the future. However, people always change for various reasons. In short, seeing this result, Hibari was of course very happy.
Since they hadn't been told where to stay, and the only information they received was that they were waiting in Hall B, Building E, their bags were placed against the wall. Although Hibari Tabuki was the head coach for this training camp, the actual person in charge of their daily training was the youth team's head coach, Hibiki Kotaro. He clapped his hands and said, "Please, everyone, form up first."
By the way, the assistant coach is Tachibana Ukyo from Idayama.
At this moment, he was standing behind Hibari and Huoshao, and winked at Iizuna in the team.
“…”
How worried was Coach Fujiwara about them that he asked Assistant Coach Ukyo to come along? Iizuna felt helpless.
The training camp was held in Tokyo. Initially, we wanted to hold it at Akabane Commercial High School, after all, the venue there is also professional level. However, considering the equipment and the fact that the national team players were on vacation recently, we ended up using the Volleyball Association's venue.
That is, the National Training Center.
At this moment, Coach Yun Quetian spoke up. He looked around at the players who had already taken their positions. "Besides selecting players who will join the National Youth U19 team, the purpose of this training camp is also to help everyone grow."
"For a long time, the world believed that we would be defeated due to our height and strength, but now this idea is outdated."
"All efforts are not used for 'preparation', but for 'performance'" (Note 1)
"Here, I hope you will take the world as your opponent, be brave and show yourselves, and use yourselves to prove to the world that volleyball will be even more fun in the future."
After saying this, he smiled and said, "Now, let's start drawing lots."
“…”
Eh?
Why are we just talking about this passionate thing and now we're drawing lots? Anyway, what exactly are we drawing?
Suddenly feeling restless, Gong You whispered to Alan beside him, "Is it because of the dormitory draw? I don't want to live with Jiancheng..."
After he finished speaking, he shuddered, as if he had already thought of the miserable future of living with Kenjo Shinichi - he had heard during the training camp in Shiratorizawa that he would get up at six o'clock and go to bed at two o'clock every morning without fail.
He's simply an iron man.
Before Alan, who was standing next to him, could speak, Kiryuhachi answered subconsciously, "It shouldn't be...it seems to say location."
Gong You: ...
Wait a minute, why are all the people around him serious except Alan? Why does he want to hear the sharp complaints?
The tragic future imagined in my mind seems to be a little closer.
Tachibana Ukyo watched as Coach Huoshao pulled out a pile of slips of paper and began selecting people one by one, starting with the closest person. After everyone was assigned a position, the national youth team coach said solemnly, "Over the next two days, we'll be switching positions a lot. Some might be familiar, others completely unfamiliar. We want to see more possibilities."
"Of course, we'll give each other a very detailed report in the end. Analysts are professionals, right, Mr. Tachibana?"
Tachibana Ukyo: "That's right."
*
There are 28 people in this training camp, mainly sophomores. On the first day, they were temporarily divided into four teams, each with 7 people. Oikawa was unfortunately in the same group with Kenshiro, but his mood was a little complicated.
"……for you."
When handing over the numbered vest with "L" written on it, Ikawa raised an eyebrow. Although there was no problem with him playing as a main attacker, but Kenjo Shinichi playing as a libero? Really?
Two-meter free man...
After imagining Kenjo Shinichi flapping his arms on the ground to save the ball, Ikawa was silent for a few seconds, thinking to himself, what's the difference between that and a flapping bluefin tuna.
They are all very big, and their eyes are dull. They look like idiots when they are caught. But speaking of fish, that kid Kageyama should be the kind that can fly. Kageyama, Kageyama flying fish?
Oikawa:…
How could his thoughts be led astray? Damn it, it’s all Jiancheng’s fault——!
After seeing who would be their opponents in the first round, Oikawa wondered if Shiratorizawa was truly up to no good. How could both of them have drawn the libero lottery? Ushijima and Kenjo nodded across the net, and Oikawa had to hold back from running off to the side to take a picture.
Such a wonderful sight.
Their setter, Yakumo Eisuke, was a member of Otokoma High School who had qualified for Spring High School by placing third this year. Standing in front of Kenjo Shinichi with his hands on his hips, he sighed, "Have you grown taller again, Kenjo-kun?"
The farmer nodded, remembering what Parsnip had said earlier, "It's grown about three centimeters."
Ye Jiu said "eh" with a little envy, "That's great." Then he was a little eager to try, "Have you ever played against a libero before?"
He and Kenshiro Shinichi weren't too familiar with each other, but in the national youth team, they could barely be considered acquaintances. He had previously met Kenshiro Shinichi because he had played as a main attacker in a practice match with Onoma, and only later did he learn that his position was setter. Now that he thought about it, Kenshiro Shinichi should be very adaptable to position changes, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed to play as a main attacker so easily. It was just that with his height... playing as a libero was a bit of a disadvantage.
Jiancheng was putting on the vest that Ikawa had just handed him. After hearing this, he tilted his head and remembered the scene when Lewis asked him to practice catching the ball when he just joined the club.
“…I think he did.”
Although in his eyes there was no difference, except that he could not use technological means to blast the ore, at the same time, the method of finding the stairs became simpler.
——When you concentrate on catching the ball, the sound of water dripping in your ears will become louder.
Ye Jiu's expression changed, "It's nice to be a free man!"
The feeling of catching all the opponent's balls and seeing the shocked expressions on the standing people's faces.
The farmer gave a thumbs-up: "Very good."
The mining speed has become very fast.
They looked at each other, started shaking hands, and were very satisfied with each other.
Oikawa looked from one to the other, "...Although you two had a pleasant conversation, I don't think you were thinking about the same thing."
The two of them turned to look at him at the same time, the confusion in their eyes not seeming fake.
Oikawa:…
Oikawa facepalmed: "Forget it, just pretend I didn't say anything."
*
"...Speaking of which," Washio said, standing at position 5, his expression revealing a hint of curiosity, "I was just about to ask, Kenjo-kun."
Oikawa was now at the serving point. They had been drawn to serve first. The others held the back of their heads and waited. Washio took advantage of the referee's whistle before he blew the serve whistle to raise his doubts, "Why are you speaking so loudly to Oikawa-kun?"
She spoke at a normal volume when talking to other people, but when it was her turn to talk to Ishikawa, she became very loud. And judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be dissatisfied with him, so the reason was a bit intriguing.
The farmer tilted his head, his confusion evident. "Because mages don't have very good hearing...?"
Washio: ...
When we were discussing tactics just now, Oikawa-kun was clearly acting like a normal person, and when you spoke loudly, he even had a look on his face that said "I want to die", but it seemed like he was used to it so he didn't stop you. Did you two really communicate...
Suddenly something hit Washio, and an idea flashed in his mind.
"Did someone tell you that?"
The farmer thought about the parsnips, then nodded seriously.
Washio: ...
Now there are two choices in front of him. One is that Kenjo-kun is being targeted at school (this can be ruled out for the time being, judging from how Ushijima gets along with him, there should not be this reason). The second is, Washio thought, could it be that this guy is as stupid as Kyuuba?
Kyoto is the type of person who believes whatever others say - if Washio closes his eyes, he will even believe Konoha's random rumor that the stone lions at the school gate can talk in the middle of the night, and run over to see it!
Washio took a deep breath and was about to say something when he was interrupted by a sharp gust of wind above his head.
“Bang!”
The sound of the volleyball hitting the ground was a bit harsh in the slightly empty room.
"Out of bounds."
Ushijima on the opposite side announced the result with a calm expression - in stark contrast to the others.
"What happened to that ball just now?" Someone from another team asked quietly, "Was it Jiancheng who served?"
"No way, it seems to be the other setter from Miyagi Prefecture. Isn't Kenshiro the libero in this game? He can't serve the ball."
"horrible……"
Xinghai, who was standing in the front row as a deputy attacker, looked back with an unhappy expression, looked at Ikawa with a look of regret, and then looked at Kenjo Shinichi who had no expression.
Xinghai uttered a "ha" and said in an unclear tone: "Do you guys in Miyagi Prefecture specialize in producing players who serve this kind of shells?"
The farmer, Doudouyan, looked at him in confusion.
Xinghai: ...
The farmer realized it later and remembered that Abby had asked him to be more polite, so he nodded and showed the smile he had learned from the wizard before, "Long time no see, Frost Melon."
There are vegetables on Xinghai noodles.
He wanted to say something but stopped himself when he saw Jiancheng's expectant eyes. Finally, he slowly turned back.
After seeing everything, Washio also fell silent.
Kenjo-kun might be even more difficult to deal with than Kuroo.
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Author's Note: Note 1: Lines from manga chapter 209 (maybe due to different translations)
I was going to write an extra chapter but I'm stuck (lying down). Actually, it's very close to the end. After the training arc, it's Spring High, and then it's time for the Jojaif extra chapter. If you have any bonus extra chapters you'd like to see, feel free to think about them. I've only thought of two right now (thinking).
Second edit: I couldn't resist uploading a photo of the farmer's ID card (...) It's his JOJA-era youth form (but since JOJA's clothes look too much like a supermarket employee, I'll just wear the Shiratorizawa uniform). (Eyes shifted) Anyway, he was so cute in his childhood (probably middle school age). How could he be so adored if he wasn't? (Someone who's inexplicably burning with love)
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