Chapter 132 Where is the Magical Parrot? "Over there is the mother hen with...
"Is that a mother hen over there with her chicks?" Gong You twirled the volleyball in his hand and quipped, "Wow, they're following closely."
The current venue is used for warm-up. In addition to some necessary personal auxiliary equipment, there is also an exaggerated moving machine block. According to Coach Yun Quetian, it is the latest investment and is still in the experimental stage. It is also borrowed this time. Of course, the original words should be more grandiose, something like "I hope that you can use the machine's assistance to find out not only your own defects but also the defects of the machine."
But after looking at the flexibly operating machine over there, Alan thought that apart from the ugly face painting, he couldn't see anything that needed improvement.
After hearing what Miya Yu said, he stopped spiking the ball and made a "pause" gesture to Kiryu who was passing the ball to him. "If Sakuhaya knew you were calling him 'chicken mom,' he'd probably throw the volleyball at you."
Gong You narrowed his eyes and smiled, then stretched out his voice: "Hey, is it that bad?"
Alan: ...
I think you are the bad one.
On the other side, Ichikawa was training with Xinghai and Ichiro. The three of them formed a circulation system. The automated volleyball playing was very clever. The first pass, second pass, spiking and receiving were all in place. The whole process was pleasing to the eye. At the end, Hakuba finished stretching and wanted to join in, but was resolutely rejected by Xinghai.
"Go away, rookie from 1m9. He can't even find the right time to block the ball." Xinghai said with his head held high.
White Horse: ...
I see. This is referring to the failed block during the national team match against Fukuda General. It's been so long, and Xinghai still remembers it. But didn't he succeed later? Thinking of what Hirugami said to him before he left, Hakuba fell silent. He smiled, "It's been so long, let's not talk about it anymore, okay?"
Xinghai's reaction to this was to drop the ball, looking extremely shocked. "Who are you? Why are you taking over Yasheng's body?"
White Horse: ...
This is the result of talking to Xinghai nicely. The vein on his forehead jumped twice, and then he couldn't stand it anymore and revealed his true nature: "Are you trying to get small animals to gather together, Guanglai?"
Xinghai didn't react at all. Instead, he gave her an expression that said, "That's right." "No," Xinghai said, "I just don't want you to join."
White Horse: ...
The white horse left angrily.
Oikawa, who witnessed everything: ...
Oikawa was silent, and Xinghai's face lit up. Seeing that Oikawa didn't move, he looked at him strangely: "What's wrong?"
Oikawa: “Nothing.”
I have a feeling that Oikawa went from thinking to himself, "This guy jumps really high," to "Is there something wrong with the national competitors?" and then recalled Iwaizumi's face in his mind.
He still thinks the word "nationwide" is too simple, Xiaoyan...
Iwaizumi's face gradually faded away, and Ichiro and Hoshimi turned around with an expression that said, "Your expression just now was so disgusting."
Oikawa:…
Damn these people.
*
After confirming that there was no turning back, Sakuhaya sighed, gaining a new understanding of the unreliability of his assistants and seniors.
Jian Cheng beside him was holding a ball with a silly expression as if he was wandering in the sky.
Sakuhaya:......
He thought about it and decided to take the initiative.
"First, don't talk to me casually," the first-year spiker said, laying down the rules for Jian Cheng, who had picked up the volleyball. "Second, stay 10 meters away from me."
"At least for..." Sakuhaya glanced at the electronic clock above the venue and continued, "You have to follow this rule for at least 30 minutes."
After he finished speaking, he quietly looked at Jiancheng who was holding the volleyball. Normally, most people would automatically give up after hearing this rule, but Jiancheng was obviously not one of them.
The other person's reaction was to tilt his head and then nod to indicate that he understood.
"Okay."
Jiancheng pursed his lips, then showed a somewhat pensive expression, then suddenly realized and took a few steps in the other direction.
Sakuhaya:......
What? Can't he understand what people say?
But the next second he realized that he was thinking too much, because although Jiancheng abided by the first rule, he ignored the second rule.
In short, Kenjo Shinichi dropped the volleyball almost the next second after taking those steps.
——Then trotted over to the opposite side of him.
Sakuhaya:......
Why do you look so eager to try?
*
After giving space to Sakuhaya and Kenjo, Iizuna patrolled the venue and finally chose the lone Ushijima. It must be said that the cooperation with Ushijima was different from the usual way of passing the ball to team members.
This is also the benefit of training, allowing them to adapt to new combinations under different conditions. After a while, the venue suddenly became quiet for some reason. Ushijima didn't care much about it, but looking at the expressions of the people around him, Iizuna always had a strange premonition.
It couldn't be that Jiancheng and Shengchen had a quarrel over something. No, according to their personalities, they shouldn't have quarreled. Thinking of this, Iizuna first restrained his passing action, and then subconsciously turned around.
Iigatsuna: ...
Iiganusa's mouth twitched: "What are you doing..."
He accidentally glanced at it with the corner of his eye, and just this one glance made the height of the ball he was about to pass to Ushijima lower. Ushijima missed the hit and was obviously stunned for a moment. Then he followed Iizuna's gaze and saw him playing with Sakuhaya. Can that be called playing?
It's a bit like taking the dog out for a walk. Speaking of which, Sakuhaya is basically throwing the ball for Kensho to pick up. Wouldn't Ushijima be angry if his junior was treated like this?
As he thought this, he looked at Ushijima beside him.
Seeing Iizuna staring at him, Ushijima thought for a moment and explained, "Coaches do this sometimes."
Let Jiancheng be the picker, but that was because Jiancheng killed his new succulents with water, etc.
It can be considered a punishment... But most of the time, it's the coach who gets tired in the end, so later on, Jiancheng does something wrong and he has to pick up the ball for the whole team.
Although Jiancheng was very enthusiastic about it, the punishment in the end turned into a time for his own entertainment. Rather than a punishment... it was more like a reward?
Hearing this, Iizuna fell silent.
Are you guys in Shiratorizawa a little weird?
So, is Jian Cheng actually this kind of character in school? It sounds a bit magical.
Iizuna hesitated: "...Is your school's volleyball club a little..."
Ushijima blinked.
Iigatsuna:.
“The people are simple and honest.”
He paused for a moment and finally said.
Ushijima's reaction to this was a look of visibly confused expression.
*
Until the coach came to inform them that they could go to Venue B for competition training, Sakuzai still didn't realize how things had turned out this way.
He was even grouped with Kenjo. Of course, although Kenjo Shinichi was extremely unreliable off the court, Sakuhaya did not deny that he was a tough opponent on the court.
Because of the change in grouping, Sakuhaya plays the receiving position this time, Xinghai is responsible for the second pass, and Jiancheng becomes the secondary attacker.
Xinghai had no complaints about this position. He took a look at the staffing and was finally satisfied. He stood in front of the other six people like a general commanding his subordinates. If Hirugami saw this scene, he would definitely complain that Xinghai was addicted to being a superstar - when Hirugami praised Xinghai, he really praised him, and when he mocked him, he really mocked him. It was he who gave Xinghai the title of little superstar.
But these are not important. Xinghai raised one hand with a serious expression on his face, "We must teach the other team a lesson."
I don't know what grudge he had with the other team, but just after he finished speaking, the coach who always smiled kindly came over and told them that because the emphasis was on teamwork, consecutive scoring during the serve phase was prohibited.
Xinghai: ...
Xinghai then swallowed the words "On Jiancheng".
The Outai ace player uttered a low "tsk" and then deflated, "Alright, Jiancheng, you're responsible for stopping the opponent."
"Okay."
Kenjo Shinichi was very obedient to him. No, Saku thought to himself, Kenjo probably put all his emotional intelligence into being obedient.
"The rest of us must attack!" Xinghai's hand was finally released by his master. "Defeat them completely."
Kenjo Shinichi applauded him and seemed to be the one listening most attentively.
Sakuhaya, who was standing aside, heard the other teammates' murmurs with an expressionless face.
"What a strange scene," said Hyotei's secondary attacker, Qingyuan. He was wearing an L vest and whispered to the people from Shutoku on the other side, "It's a bit like that comic book, you know?"
Xiude's people: ...
Xiude's men imitated him, covering their mouths, giving the impression of trying to cover their ears and steal the bell: "What comics?"
Qingyuan: "Popko and Pipimi are beautiful."
The sound of suppressed laughter came from beside me, and then it seemed to be contagious, each sound became louder and louder, but the two people at the center of the topic were still inexplicably excited.
(To be precise, only Xinghai is passionate, Jiancheng is the one who is cheering)
Sakuhaya:......
The corners of Sakuhaya's mouth curled up slightly, and in the words of Igarashi, who knew him well, it was -
"Occasionally, the Holy Minister has a cunning smile," Igarashi said to Yaotome, trying to describe it. "It's that kind of smile that's sarcastic, even though it's just a smile on the surface. Do you understand, Yaotome-senpai?"
"I don't think so," Yaotome said honestly, "but do you really have to follow the main character in this regard?"
"What's with the poor Chinese language skills?"
But usually Sakuhaya would just punch him.
*
The farmer received a new task.
Professor Snail: The Jiangdao Office needs skeletal remains. Please bring complete skeletons. (Note 1)
【Reward: 10,000 yen】
farmer:?
What is this?
When the farmer was pushed by Frost Melon to the field to start training, he still didn't understand why Jiang Island had Professor Snail but no parrot and golden walnut.
Could it be that his first question when he came to Jiang Island was actually where the magical parrot was?
The farmer was genuinely confused.
But it was obvious that Shuanggua did not accept his distracted behavior on the volleyball court, and Xinghai patted him on the back heavily.
The voice was loud enough for the entire arena to hear, "Jiancheng! Stop making an idiot face while blocking!"
“…”
At the same time, someone in the team next to them paused for a few seconds while holding the ball.
Nakagawa looked at the people around him and said "I'm sorry"
Turning around, I couldn't help but recall what just happened...
That Oudai guy just called me an idiot, didn't he? Nakagawa Meita, a sophomore secondary attacker at Yangquan High School, was bewildered after being told off by a junior like, "Shiratorizawa's setter is a monster, don't mess with him." (Note 2)
Is this the whole country?
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Author's words: Note 1: To unlock Jiangdao Office, Professor Snail (Doctor) needs to sacrifice snake bones, frogs, and bats (you can receive an ostrich incubator)
Note 2: Nakagawa Meita, the current teammate of Dobson (an old version character in Stardew Valley, with brown hair and a middle part)
【Small Theater】
[The premise is that Mr. Rengoku went to Owl Valley Academy in Tokyo for an exchange activity to give a history lecture, and then met Bokuto.]
[Another long premise, but a relatively short mini-theater w]
"That teacher with the weird hair color has been standing there for a long time..." Konoha said, looking at the man staring at the shelves in the school supermarket. "By the way, is he the first one from Kanagawa here to communicate?"
Xiaogu has been organizing teacher exchange activities between schools recently. The ones that have come recently should be from local schools in Kanagawa and Tokyo. Due to the strong teaching staff, Xiaogu is still confident in terms of academic advancement.
But this wasn't the reason why Konoha wanted to meddle. He stared for a while, then hesitantly looked at Washio, who also came to buy fried bread, "...and doesn't he look a bit like, uh, Bokuto?"
When Washio heard this, an exaggerated "?" appeared above his head, like a cartoon. Then he used Konoha's eye signals to find the teacher who was said to look like Konaka.
Washio: ...
After seeing the person clearly, he couldn't help but gasp.
It actually looks a bit like him! He actually thought that Konoha was recently pissed off by Kuroo and had lost his sight (……)
There weren't many people around at the moment, and of course, Kyuuba was also a member of the volleyball club's team-building activity (actually, he just came here to buy something to eat during the break because he was hungry), but he ran very fast and was now on another shelf. Akagi followed him slowly.
("Could he have gotten lost in the supermarket?" Xiao Jian was confused.)
(Ochigami disagrees: "Maybe.")
In short, putting aside Kuroo's unreliable sense of direction, they are still very happy to go shopping in the supermarket with Kuroo.
Without getting off topic, the main goal now is how to make Kuroo avoid his doppelganger - what if it disappears?
"No," Xiao Jian objected, "That kind of thing is impossible no matter how you look at it, right? We're not a horror comic."
"But hot-blooded shonen manga also have so-called superpower incidents," Ogonaga said, "For example, this one is actually very likely an adult Bokuto after dyeing his hair."
"I think you're overthinking it," Washio said. "We're a traditional manga."
"Why are you suddenly starting to talk about turtle soup?"
Xiaojian asked.
But no one paid any attention to him, because while traveling, Kyuuba bumped into Kanagawa's best history teacher, who might be his doppelganger.
"An epic meeting of owls..." Konoha sighed inexplicably.
The two looked at each other, and finally the older Purgatory spoke first to break the silence.
"Are you okay, boy?"
The noise was so loud that the onlookers sighed. Fortunately, there were not many students at the moment, and no one would think it was a nuisance.
For some reason, Kuroo also started shouting, "It's okay!"
"You look troubled! Why?"
(Akashi: He actually uses honorifics with strangers. What an incredible improvement.)
Purgatory crossed his arms, his eyes looking off in the distance. "It's like this! My students are going to the principal's villa soon, but it's been uninhabited for a long time. Although it's being cleaned, it's still there!"
He paused and said, "Hmm! It turns out it's still not very suitable for living!"
Kuroo expressed interest, "It's indeed a very troubling thing!"
(Konoha: Why so many exclamation marks?)
(Washio: They're both very passionate, aren't they...)
Purgatory laughed out loud, his eyes wide. "So I was struggling with what kind of insecticide to give them—I didn't even pick one!"
"Oh, I see!" Kyoto understood. "Then please allow me to recommend it to you!"
(Konoha: He used "please"? That sounds weird, the coach will definitely be touched.)
(At this moment, Xiao Jian is wiping his tears. He seems to be the most moved.)
Kuroo was unexpectedly reliable, and Akaashi found that the insecticide he recommended was indeed a very useful one. In short, Mr. Purgatory (he introduced himself later) treated all the members of the Owl Valley volleyball club to fried noodles and bread to express his gratitude.
Konoha concluded: "Unlike Bokuto, he is a reliable adult."
Another thing worth mentioning is that before the end of the national era, Kuroo maintained the habit of saying eight "Hehehe!" and one "Umu!", and it was only corrected recently.
ps: Tanjiro and Zenitsu were very surprised when they received the gifts, although Zenitsu forgot about it after a while (fish memory!)
[The following mini-drama will still describe some of the events surrounding the National Sports Festival and the Kanagawa First School Festival. Although I don't plan to go into detail in the main text due to space constraints, I still wanted to share a little bit about this part of the story for everyone to see. XD]
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