Chapter 152: Shiratorizawa vs. Oudai (5) Match Alert
The first game for Shiratorizawa has just ended, and Orushima, who started later, has already started the second game. I guess it won't be long before we see Kuroo waving to the fans who come to see him.
But just thinking about that kind of scene made Kiryu feel a little sick to his stomach.
"But then again..." Usuri looked around and then sighed, "Kenjo-kun's popularity is truly terrifying."
During the intervals when the players on the field changed sides, the shouting around him did not let up at all. He felt that he could hardly understand the pronunciation of "Shinichi-sama". Even if it was a handsome guy, it was too exaggerated to be popular.
Uli muttered a few words and then stopped talking.
After hearing his sentiment, Kiryu nodded in agreement. It felt like the crowd cheering for Kenjo Shinichi was even larger than during his IH days. However, the opponents, Oudai, were the ones feeling the pressure more. They were suppressed on the court, but the cheers for their opponents were always there. If one's mentality was a little off, it would be difficult to gain a positive impact.
Furthermore, if we lose this game again, Outai’s competition this year will stop here.
The numbers on the scoreboard had returned to 0:0, but the score from the first game was still displayed below.
【25:22】
“Ding ding.”
The sound of the machine sounded and the game continued.
Kiryu pursed his lips and turned his attention to the entire Oudai team who were on high alert. The score difference between Shiratorizawa and Oudai in the first game remained at three points until the end. After the change of courts, it was Taichi Kawanishi who served.
"I'll do it!" / "Save the ball!"
Xinghai received the serve. After passing it to Sumo, he immediately noticed the secondary attacker returning to the front row, seemingly about to join the block. Was he doing this on purpose? However, if they were targeting him, this was a rather naive method. After returning to their position, Xinghai reached for the ball.
"Give me the ball!" he and Nozawa shouted at the same time.
The setter Suho saw his intention clearly, but at this moment there were two people in front of Xinghai, Taichi Kawanishi and Tendo, who seemed to have noticed this. Although they had not jumped yet, it was obvious that they were staring at him.
At this time, you can only make a quick choice, push lightly with your fingers, and stretch it out to the white horse who is currently in the fourth position.
Xinghai swung his shoe in the air, then froze, the sole of his shoe touching the ground.
"Good block! Kenjo! Taichi!" Senmi on the Shiratorizawa bench was trying hard to cheer for his juniors.
Bai Ma's apologetic voice came to his ears, "Sorry!"
"Don't mind, don't mind." The senior patted Bai Ma's shoulder, then said helplessly: "I made a mistake in judgment."
"Why not give it to Xinghai?" Someone in the cheering team sighed and reached his ears, "Xinghai can obviously get it out."
"In that situation, the first thing to consider is definitely two meters! Two meters! After all, there are three of us."
Xinghai retracted his gaze, "Don't worry!" He clapped his hands, "Next ball, continue!"
"Two meters is indeed much more impressive." This was Xinghai's response when Bai Ma used the "small creature" point to try to provoke him before the game. This was not irony, he had always felt so. Although it was unexpectedly comforting to see Bai Ma's frustrated look, to be honest, it would be a lie to say that he didn't envy such a height.
Shiratorizawa serves for the second time.
The opponent has been insisting on provoking him in this regard. While waiting for the serve, Xinghai thought calmly that height is indeed a disadvantage in playing volleyball.
“Why is everyone so tall?”
Just because his brother reached a height that he had worked hard to reach for a long time in his first volleyball game, he felt as if the whole world had betrayed him. His father and brother were much taller than him, and only he and his mother were small creatures in the family.
Talent can indeed easily defeat a certain result after hard work.
But,
The ball flew over the platform and headed straight for the libero's position.
"Tsk." It was crooked. Taichi Kawanishi smacked his lips in dissatisfaction, then quickly ran back to the court.
"Subo!" After receiving the ball, Shanglin passed it to the setter who was ready, and then the setter gave instructions for cross attack.
Nozawa rushed forward from the back row, and Xinghai also began to move.
"Defend the right side!" Tendo commanded, "Move!"
The moment he jumped high, when the ball touched his palm, Xinghai locked onto the gap of Shiratorizawa with his sharp eyes, and then exerted force to smash the ball!
“Bang!”
The volleyball hit the ground with a loud noise, exploding in my ears like thunder.
But,
He began to add to what he had been thinking before, without caring about other people's opinions.
"Short stature is certainly a disadvantage in volleyball," Xinghai said, "but it's not the reason why you're not a good volleyball player." (Note 1)
"A beautiful diagonal shot—!" The commentator brought the headset closer. "Odai's fifth main attacker! Hoshimi Hikaru! Shiratorizawa had no time to react to the block. No, even if he did react, it was a shot that couldn't be stopped!"
"It's like a real little giant!"
"So," Xinghai smiled at Jiancheng Xinyi who was staring at him, then turned around expressionlessly and walked towards the serving point: "Wash your neck for me and wait."
When Xinghai stood at the serving point and waited for the serve command, Kenjo Shinichi spoke as if waking from a dream, "Tendo-senpai."
This voice made Kawanishi Taichi shudder again. It was indeed strange to hear Jiancheng calling him "senior".
"Hmm?" Sure enough, there was a mistake in blocking just now, so is their setter planning to give any new instructions now? Tiantong rolled his eyes and thought casually.
"What do you mean by 'clean your neck'?" the younger generation said, sounding confused. "I'm quite clean."
"..." If he could move, Kawanishi Taichi would probably be half a step away from Jiancheng - what kind of idiot could say such a thing, but he actually wanted to say that after just playing a game, Jiancheng Shinichi was not very clean, so could the sweat he shed be clean water?
"Genius-level fool," Tendo said, "Shinichi-kun, you really passed Chinese this time, right?"
It was obvious that he was thinking of Jiancheng's previous terrible Chinese score. After all, he could get almost full marks in other difficult tests, so why did it become like this in Chinese?
The younger generation was honest: "No."
“…”
"?" Tiantong's smile froze on his face. Then how did you get to join the competition?
Seeing his senior becoming increasingly confused, Jiancheng Xinyi tried to add: "I didn't take the exam."
Oh, so there was no exam. Tiantong was a little choked by this sentence for a moment.
Then the blue-haired setter said with a slightly aggrieved tone, "Senior, you forgot."
"...I'm sorry." No, what was he apologizing for?
"Beep!" The serve whistle blew.
The ball spun towards Shiratorizawa's half. Tendou changed his position and said quickly, "You should study hard when you get home, Shinichi-kun." He said with deep sorrow, "Don't let others think that we in Shiratorizawa are illiterate."
"I'll do it!" After receiving the ball, Ohira Shion passed it to Kenjo Shinichi.
The speed of the volleyball was not very fast, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the setter with no expression on his face. Then, at the same moment when Oudai's block had not yet been organized, Kenjo Shinichi gently flicked the ball with his right hand.
"Bang."
The volleyball made a sound of falling to the ground, rolling twice and hitting the shoe of Xinghai who was rushing over from the back row.
When Oudai and the rest of Shiratorizawa were silent because of the sudden second pass attack, Kenjo Shinichi spoke softly.
Still facing Tiantong.
"I have good grades, senior." Kenjo Shinichi said slowly, as if he was worried that Tendou wouldn't believe him. He even tugged at the dazed white cloth, "Right, Kenjiro."
Shirabu: ...
Bai Bu was silent for a few seconds, nodded to confirm Jian Cheng's explanation of his good grades, and then reacted: "...Don't call me so intimately."
Something was wrong with Jiancheng. He expressionlessly ripped the hands of the No. 9 setter away from his shirt, wondering, "How could a normal person pass the ball and have such strange thoughts in their mind? They should be concentrating on volleyball right now, Jiancheng, what a bastard."
"Why?" A huge question mark appeared above the blue-haired setter's head. "Is it because your ears are red?"
As if he still felt his behavior wasn't outrageous enough, Kenjo Shinichi once again racked his brains, trying to find a word he absolutely didn't want to use with his limited vocabulary: "...shy?"
Shirabu: ...
Shirabu: …………
Shirabu took a deep breath.
He was angry, and he was in the mood to correct Jiancheng's words in his mind, but then his hand was grabbed by Chuanxi.
Kawanishi: "Calm down, calm down, the referee is looking over here." His expression was very distorted.
"It's not worth it now!" The familiar scene appeared again.
In the background, there is also the voice of Kenjo Shinichi saying, "What do you mean it's not worth it?"
Tian Tong put his hands on his hips and sighed, "Vitality, vitality."
"This is youth." He smiled.
Dahei Shiyin:......
Ohira Shion: "This is all your fault." It's not something normal in youth. The main attacker sighed silently and felt like he had aged a lot.
Ushijima said seriously, "It's time to serve."
As the only person who was fully committed to the game finished speaking, Coach Jiujiang gave the instructions for substitutions.
No. 3 replaces No. 10
Senmi replaced Shirabu and served.
At the same time, another team's broadcast sounded.
["Inarizaki vs. Gyokumine Junior High School. The match is over. Inarizaki High School wins."]
[“Both competitors salute.”]
After the post-match session, Gong You almost couldn't wait to start packing up, shoving his bag on his back and saying, "I'll be right back."
The back view has a funny and comical feel.
"...That guy has his coat on inside out." Akagi was a little helpless.
"Yuu is very energetic in this regard," Kita Shinsuke slowly picked up the towels scattered on the ground. Due to time constraints, their venue would not be reused later, so he was not in a hurry. "Shiratorizawa's game is not over yet."
"It seems to be almost time," Akagi thought for a while, "Yu should be able to watch the end if he goes over, but can't Zhi go over for you?" He looked at Miyaji who was slowly changing his shoes.
"No," Miyaji said without looking up, "I'm a little hungry."
*
Another advantage of the player channel is that you can watch up close. When Gong You finally got to the Shiratorizawa field, he found that someone had already taken the lead and occupied the most advantageous position, holding a cheering fan in his hand.
Gong You: ...
How did the fans get in?
But he didn't have time to care about that right now. He turned around and glanced at the score. "19:15...? Jiancheng's serve is over?"
"It just happened," someone said familiarly, "and scored three points."
"This guy's serve is terrible," Gong You said, then looked at the familiar man and found that he was still wearing Jingdashan's coat. After carefully identifying him for a few seconds, Gong You was stunned. "...Gu Sen?"
"Yu-kun," Gomori smiled, "your serve is also terrible."
"Your competition is over," Gong You relaxed a lot when he saw that it was an acquaintance, "Why don't I see Sakuhaya?"
When this was mentioned, Gu Sen was somewhat helpless and pointed to the place closest to the corner, "...over there."
I saw a figure emitting black energy in the direction of the finger. He was wearing a mask and there were no telling whether there were vengeful spirits or something else around him.
Gong You: ...
Gomori explained: "Seishin wanted to leave, but Minato really wanted to watch the game, so the coach said, 'Let's watch it,' and asked Seishin and me to come together."
Gong You retracted his gaze: "...That really is an unprovoked disaster..."
Then he looked around with some doubt, "Where's the other person?"
Didn't you say you were coming with three people? Why are there only two now? Did you go to the bathroom?
Speaking of this topic, Gu Sen's expression became even weirder. He covered his face and pointed at the person standing in front of him and said, "...That's it."
Gong You took a look and realized that this was the person he had just identified as the fan who had inexplicably sneaked in.
Gong You was silent.
Gong You slowly said, "Let's just watch the game."
Gu Sen nodded: "Okay."
The game on the field is still in a stalemate.
While they were talking, Outai blocked the ball and scored another point.
"Hirugami, with her calm demeanor, ignored the setter's trap and put on a stunning display of offense and defense against a powerful spike. The name 'Immovable Hirugami' lives up to its reputation!" Kurokawa exclaimed, unable to conceal his excitement. "The outstanding blocking helped narrow the gap and also put immense psychological pressure on the opponent."
"How will Shiratorizawa solve this?"
If he can't score points by spiking, the burden will fall on Ushijima, and the number of passes by the setter will also decrease. If this continues, Shiratorizawa's situation in the second game will be far worse than that in the first game.
Ushijima would not always spike the ball. In the second game, Odai adjusted his direction and made blocking preparations for another main attacker. Now it seems that the results are gratifying. This is the third ball that Ohira Shisin has been blocked. Although losing points is inevitable, the constrained mentality is also tormenting him.
This is also what Hirugami himself can understand best. The more he wants to score, the less he can score. Will volleyball still be fun in such an environment?
At least Hirugami didn't think so. He had fallen into such a dead end when he was in junior high school. If it weren't for Xinghai, he might not have been able to get out of it now. Was the reason for not trying hard enough that he played poorly? He slowly restrained the smile on his face. In addition to not trying hard enough, there were also psychological reasons for his poor performance.
Can a bird that feels its wings have been clipped still fly?
The answer is no.
He has been trapped in a cage.
"...Hirugami has become a bit more evil," Gong You said after watching for a while, "He's even more malicious than when he was in junior high."
At that time, Hirugami still had a flat head. He thought for a while and felt that Hirugami in junior high school was more honest than now. The smiling face now easily reminded him of Kurokami from Jingda Mountain. So Gong You added: "He looks a bit like your captain."
"That's probably called psychological warfare," Gu Sen chuckled. "At least from what we can see so far, Outai's tactics are being implemented quite successfully."
Shiratorizawa was indeed being overtaken by Odai little by little.
At this time, a [request for timeout] gesture appeared on Shiratorizawa's coaching seat.
"You're not calm, Shiyin," Coach Eagle said. "That's what I told you before we went on stage."
"Calm down and observe," Ohira replied quickly, then realized something, "Sorry!"
"That key blocker, Oudai, did a great job in that regard," Coach Takumi said. He didn't respond to his attacker's apology. Instead, he glanced around at everyone and said, "But that doesn't mean we can't break through."
"Jue, don't hesitate when blocking. It doesn't matter if you guess wrong. What's worse is not blocking at all."
"yes!!"
"Jiancheng, pay more attention and don't always focus on that main attacker running around everywhere."
"Okay."
The originally enthusiastic atmosphere changed as soon as it reached Jiancheng. Coach Jiujiang seemed to be about to say something but held back. Finally, he clapped his hands and said, "Forget about everything else. The focus is on this game. Don't let yourself down."
"Do you understand?!"
"clear!!"
Time was limited, and after a brief instruction, he went on the court again. The serve from Oudai's side reached Hirugami. At this moment, he took a deep breath, aimed in the direction of Ohira Shion, and hit a jump ball.
The volleyball flew through the air and landed at the position of the main attacker in the back row according to his predetermined trajectory. A smile appeared on Hirugami's lips. Come on, let him see what Shiratorizawa will do.
The posture for catching a floating ball is to catch it with the upper hand. Ohira Shion thought, to be honest, the effect on him is actually minimal. He remained calm and collected, slowly exhaled, and quickly adjusted himself.
"Kenjiro." Calling the first-year junior.
Since you can't win by yourself and can't score any points, just leave it to your teammates.
"Shiratorizawa! Invincible! Shiratorizawa!"
"Our opponent is! Oudai High School!!"
“Please give me some advice—!”
As he heard the cheers, his eyes gradually became firm.
after all,
Volleyball is a team sport
*
The farmer felt that this game was very tiring. His brain had to keep thinking about the next pass direction. He was very tired and sweat kept flowing down his forehead.
His teammates also kept saying that the conversation was encrypted and he couldn't understand it.
It’s okay when serving, but it’s a bit annoying when passing. When serving, you only need to consider scoring, but when passing, you also have to consider the situation of your opponent and teammates.
If life were like Stardew Valley, it would probably be much easier, the farmer thought, but his actions did not stop at all.
This is the path he chose, so no matter what the outcome, he will continue on it.
He quickly gave instructions for the back row attack from behind.
But let Fangfengcao pass the next ball, Jiancheng thought a little guiltily.
Parsnips have always done well here.
But the next second, another senior's voice rang out, "Sword City——!"
The ball flew towards him without stopping.
farmer:……
Farmer: Tsk
He felt subtly unhappy, so in full view of everyone, he directly passed the ball that was supposed to be passed to the second pass to a position higher than the net. The blue and yellow volleyball flew above the gull platform, but it was a little low.
"Chance ball!"
Everyone was thinking about attacking. Sumo was waiting for the libero's pass. Kamiya jumped to receive the ball, but found that the ball suddenly made a strange drop.
His eyes widened slightly, and the volleyball finally brushed past his palm and fell to the ground.
"Shiro-Shiratorizawa scored!" The commentator seemed incredulous. "A miraculous pass from the Sword City player!"
Shiratorizawa was the first to reach the twenty mark.
…
The game was over when Kuroo came over. Seeing Miya Yuu talking to Komori, he wanted to give him a hug, but was dodged. He looked around at the sidelines with regret, "Where's Shinichi? Why are there only players from Oudai left?"
Gu Sen: "...Inside, the purple clothes are quite obvious..."
It was also polite not to tell Kuroo directly that there was something wrong with his eyes. Xiao Jian, who was standing behind him, gave him a grateful look.
GOOSEN:?
Igarashi really wanted to join the conversation between Odai and Kensho, but unfortunately if he went over the billboard he might be warned by the staff, so he had to come back with his fan, with a regret expression on his face that was no different from that of Kyuuba.
"We can go now." Sakuhaya finally came out from the corner and pulled up his mask a little more. "The game is over."
By the way, he also avoided Kuroo's enthusiastic greeting of "Minister!", stood behind Komori, and deliberately avoided Miya You.
Gong You: ...
The damn Sakuhaya had a look on his face that said "this place is full of harmful germs", but he didn't have time to argue with these people. Senior Bei on the phone was already asking him to go back quickly. The interviews with the others were over, and his was pushed to tomorrow. If he didn't go back, he would have to leave on his own.
Gong You sighed, "Bye, I'm leaving now."
"Goodbye." Gu Sen nodded.
"Goodbye, Yuyu!" This is Kuroo.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, and a familiar voice sounded from behind: "Xiaochen?"
Sakuhaya:.
He knew that if he didn't leave, something bad would happen, and his eyes were dead for a moment.
Turning around, Jiancheng and Xinghai were standing side by side. The height difference was a bit funny, but their aura was very good. Xinghai put his hands on his hips and raised his head to greet him briefly: "Yo."
"Great game," Goosen said.
After hearing this, Kenjo Shinichi turned his gaze to Sakuhaya.
Sakuhaya:......
Sakuhaya said simply, "I didn't see it."
“…”
After a brief silence, Igarashi shouted in shock.
"Don't die, Shinichi-sama! Why is the color fading?"
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The author has something to say: The 16-to-8 match is over, (lying down) (writing about the match took all my energy)
Note 1: A cool statement from the original author Xing Hai! (Yeah!)
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