Chapter 164: Shiratorizawa vs. Owl Valley (3) Match Alert
"Ushijima! Jump and spike the ball from the back row—!"
The score on the field reached [9:5] and the first technical timeout had just ended. Otaketani's long serve was caught by Shiratorizawa's libero Yamagata, and then the ball flew through the air over Kenshiro Shinichi who was about to reach the front row. After thinking for a few seconds, Kenshiro gave instructions for the back row attack from behind.
[“Hold on! Jump! A national-level ace spiker!”]
[“Ignore the high wall built by the Owl Valley before you—!”]
His arm cut through the air like a sharp blade, and the spike was almost intimidating.
Oguchi and Washio, the front-row blockers of Oshitani, fell at the same time, their expressions not looking very good. Although they had noticed the setter's move to pass the ball to Ushijima early on, the timing was still wrong. Moreover, the force of Ushijima's shot was probably not light. Komi, who squatted down to receive the ball, was still kneeling on one knee on the ground, looking back at the ball that had already flown out of the court.
'horrible. '
For a moment, this was the only thought that came to mind among the people in Xiaogu.
"It's not a good habit to be too concerned about the setter." Tiantong said with a smile to the two people in the front row, "We also have an ace."
“…”
Is this a provocation? A drop of sweat dripped down Akagi's forehead. This person really has bad intentions.
"Ushijima's spike is terrifying," Akagi said, bringing in Komi's perspective. The libero was quite sympathetic, and now his expression was slightly solemn. "Is he the turret firing the cannonballs?"
"...That's about right," Big Ear Lian said, "It's that Ushio Island, after all."
And there's also the saying about the three biggest attackers in the country, Big Ear muttered to himself. Sakuhaya from Ichiyama, Ushijima from Shiratorizawa, and Kiryu from Kojizaka, all of them are the kind of people who would be ranked as "someone you absolutely don't want to meet" when defending.
Anyway, if he had a choice, he definitely didn't want to face it head-on.
I don't know what nerve this remark touched in the setter, but after a brief silence, Gong You's face showed an expression of almost righteous indignation. He turned to Alan and said, "Go and drag Ushijima into this."
Wait, him?
Alan's expression was blank for two seconds.
"..."What's the difference between this and asking the catfish demon to capture Tang Monk and his disciples alive?
Alan was heartbroken and said, "Don't bully foreign friends!!"
"Where are our foreign friends?" Akagi asked.
"It's me," Alan said expressionlessly, "I just became like this."
Can such an existence be achieved casually...?
He still condemned himself a little in his heart, but it was obvious that he had to sacrifice his conscience when dealing with the unreasonable Gong Yoo.
"This is what it means to be able to bend and stretch." Miyaji suddenly sighed.
Alan, thank you for your hard work!
Only Gong You couldn't read the air and still insisted: "Huh? Why can't you do it?"
However, despite saying this, in fact, if Alan is not in good shape, he will be at a disadvantage when facing Ushijima. Compared with most main attackers who need to pick their shape, Ushijima's personality is not as flamboyant as Kurosabu, and is also different from Sakuhaya's almost introverted indifference.
Although Kiryu, one of the three main attackers, has the title of "bad ball terminator", his ability to "dunk any ball" is countered by the opponent's sensitive heart. Kiryu can easily fall into the dilemma of psychological warfare on the court. Fukuda Soso relied on such means to defeat Kojizaka before, but it is obvious that this set has almost no effect on Shiratorizawa.
Ushijima is sandwiched between the two extremes, and what stands out is his terrifyingly stable spiking level. If I had to describe it, he is probably the same type as Jiancheng, who doesn't need to choose a quiet environment to serve.
This is also why Shiratorizawa is difficult to deal with in various senses.
A perfect main attacker who doesn't need to be in good shape, coupled with a setter whose passing is so accurate that it's almost harsh, are terrifying opponents that no one wants to face on the court, no matter from what level.
"Good shot from Jolly! Good shot from Jolly!"
"Good dunk by Ushijima Ushijima! Another one by Ushijima Ushijima!!"
The cheers from Shiratorizawa came to his ears, which reminded Miyaji of the scene in junior high school when Ushijima, wearing Shiratorizawa's school uniform, passed by calmly after spiking the ball. At that time, they were still sighing, "Left-handed people are so handsome." But it was obvious that Miyayoshi, who had already started arguing with Alan, had forgotten this.
He is now very satisfied with his toughness and wants to cheer up the team's main attacker and bring down the previously "very handsome" Ushijima.
Miyaji did not get involved in this scene. He looked quietly at the game. At this moment, Shiratorizawa replaced the next server, Shirabu, with the second-year student Senmi as the key server.
The other twin let out a slow breath.
Thank you to these teammates, Yu.
He thought.
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"Shiratorizawa—! Invincible—Shiratorizawa!"
Intensive, enthusiastic shouting.
"Shiratorizawa—! Victory in every battle—Shiratorizawa!"
Cheers and applause flooded into my ears like a tide.
"Nice shot Senami!!!"
On the contrary, he was calm inside. He took a deep breath, spun the ball in his hand twice, and then stood on the serving side near the corner.
From his perspective, he could see the backs of the heads of all the players standing in front of him. Kenjo Shinichi was now in the fourth position, with his hands crossed behind his head. He always looked a bit foolish in this regard, and his movements were very stiff, with no trace of the devilish temperament he had when serving before.
Can a fool manifest himself out of thin air?
Senmi pursed his lips, and then saw Kyuuba who seemed to be winking at Kenshiro Shinichi in the front row.
——His expression was so exaggerated that even the referee couldn't help but look sideways.
Senmi: ...
Senmi paused with the ball. What on earth was Kenjo communicating with Bokuto about? Was this the right time to talk?
But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't cross the field to punch each of them. Semi closed his eyes and took a deep breath again.
“Beep!”
The referee blew the whistle for the serve.
Semi took a step forward subconsciously, and then served the ball as if he was forced to do something, directly towards the libero.
"It's crooked!" The second-year setter gritted his teeth after noticing the poor serve. He should have known better than to focus on Jian Cheng. Sure enough, nothing good happened.
On the side of Xiaogu, the libero was stunned when he saw the ball flying towards him, then he showed his professionalism and squatted down.
"Chance ball——!"
Komi caught the ball incredibly smoothly and handed it to Akaashi who was waiting in the front row.
"Great pass!" / "Great pass!"
"Be careful with the block!"
Shiratorizawa now has Tendo and Kenjo in the front row, plus Kawanishi who is rotating, the three of them can form a three-man block at any time.
"left--!"
Although he couldn't see the movements of the second passer Oshitani clearly, Tendo chose to trust his prediction. Then Kawanishi followed him. Kenjo didn't rush to fill in the position, but waited patiently for Akagi to pass the ball.
"Senior Oonaga!" Akaashi shouted.
As expected, after seeing the double block on the left, Akaashi immediately turned around and passed the ball to the tail player in the back row. The superiority of Gao's second pass was fully demonstrated. Although he jumped a step late, Kenjo Shinichi still successfully adjusted the direction of the ball at an almost harsh angle.
"One touch!"
"Good touch, Kenjo--!" Semi received the ball, and his previous helplessness towards Kenjo's unreliability turned into praise. Kenjo's reaction to this was to turn his wrist in a good mood.
"Yeah, yeah." The nodding look made Tiantong beside him feel a little funny.
After receiving the ball, Ushijima took three steps to run up and then jumped to spike the ball.
"Ignore the block!" the commentator yelled. "Ushijima once again took on the scoring responsibility, leaving Xiaogu's block far behind!"
However, this was only the first line of defense. Kuroo took a few steps back, but the moment the ball flew over, he realized something was wrong.
'Too far forward.'
He thought to himself, then took two steps, straightened his chest, and caught the ball in a strange posture.
"Great catch!" Kuroo hummed and praised. His proud look was very similar to Kenjo's when he touched the ball before.
“…”
"Praising yourself..."
Seeing this, Hitachi wrinkled his nose, wondering what kind of team Owl Valley was. Xinghai didn't react much. After Kuroo successfully caught the ball, he condescended to say, "If it were me, I would have handled it more beautifully."
Although he knew that Xinghai had worked hard on catching the ball, saying such words still made Richao hold his forehead. Moreover, he was still the kind of brother with a bit of a bad heart. Richao nodded and said, "But you are here now."
Xinghai: ...
Xinghai didn't get anxious like Richao expected. Instead, he was very confident: "Next time, I will be the one standing in front of them!"
“…”
This little guy is too proud, Ri Chao thought to himself, but the smile on his face widened a little.
"Is this the second time he's caught the ball with his chest?" Kyuuba's unique way of catching the ball also sparked discussion in the Tokyo venue. The staff member in charge of filming whispered to himself, and the volunteers who heard him echoed him.
"Xiaogu's trump card is very different." To say different is an understatement. In fact, he wanted to say strange.
Then one of them nodded as if suddenly remembering something, "The chest can be broken into pieces."
“…”
"C-Cold joke?"
However, the ball that Kuroo caught with great effort did not allow Oshigetani to score successfully. Instead, Tendo, who had been paying attention to his movements, intercepted the ball that Akaashi passed to Oonaga.
"Good job stopping you, Senior Tendou."
Kawanishi Taichi and Tendou Jue clapped their hands.
"Nice block."
Tendou curved his eyes and looked at Akaashi across from him. "How's it going?" he asked softly, his tone rising a bit. "The anticipatory block was pretty good, wasn't it?"
Jiancheng is not the only one who knows psychological warfare. Akagi suddenly thought that in his perspective, Jiancheng and Tiantong, who were standing opposite the net in front of him, both had their eyes lit up like animals, staring at the Xiaogu field, which was chilling.
In addition to the now famous "Devil King", he remembered the nickname of the red-haired deputy attacker at this moment,
——The intuitive "guess monster"
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