Chapter 28: The player sadly admits the reality: "It can actually be considered...
"It was actually a good match," Tanaka said suddenly during Karasuno's silence as the players on the court began to line up to thank each other. "That little guy in Yuki no Oka who jumped so high was quite impressive."
"That serve of his is quite interesting," Nishitani said with a sigh. "Also, that King Kitagawa No. 1 played really well, but I really want to ask him if he can cooperate."
"Well," Sugawara said, "you'll be a tough target from now on."
Dongfeng Xu, for some reason, also began to hold his stomach, his face pale. "I think I'm more worried about Shiratorizawa now than in the future."
Junior high students still have a long time to go before they enter higher education! They're about to compete, and before the competition, they even ran into that terrifying demon king, Ushijima Wakari, in the annex... Is this some kind of horror movie omen? Dongfeng Xu felt a stomachache.
Karasuno: ...
That's true, but then again, Shiratorizawa is in Division D, while Karasuno is in Division A diagonally across from them. The prerequisite for a meeting between the two is that Karasuno must defeat Jozenji High School, which is also in the same division, and then overcome all obstacles before finally bringing down the remaining Aoki, who has Oikawa Tooru, into the fray. Finally, they can encounter Shiratorizawa, who is like the final boss. (Note 1)
Sawamura was stunned at first, then he patted Dongfeng Xu's shoulder vigorously, "It's really great that you have such ambition!"
"Let's defeat the Demon King in one fell swoop!"
Nishitani and Tanaka started to get excited again, "Ohhhh! Down with the Demon King!"
Under the circumstances: ...
Yuanxia covered his forehead and said, "... Stop waving the clothes around, you two."
Why on earth did he want to get so involved in a place where others would look at him in surprise?
Dong Fengxu, who was slapped twice, started to mumble: "Toilet, I need to go to the toilet..."
At this moment, Demon King Ushijima and Kenjo were applauding both teams. After the match, people were already starting to leave. Ushijima Wakari glanced at Kenjo Shinichi, who stood expressionless, and said, "Hinata lost."
Jiancheng looked as if he hadn't reacted, his eyes staring straight ahead, as if he had seen something incredible.
“Lost…?”
Ushijima was silent.
The score is so obvious, why are you still so shocked? Come to think of it, you looked heartbroken every time we lost a point at Snow Hill, okay? Why are you so incredulous now?
The farmer was also silent.
Of course he knew that Snow Hill had lost miserably, and he had already thought of how to comfort the orange tree when the time came. He was even willing to give out ripe Iridium strawberries, but the prompt from the Star Valley system made the farmer doubt his own eyes.
Orange Tree's Challenge: In June, Orange Tree will be participating in his first tiered mining competition (unstable signal). Please help him! (Completed)
【Reward 20,000 yen】
Whether to receive: yes/no
The player opens and closes his eyes.
Player:!
Players' money has grown!
The farmer announced that the orange tree would be his bread and butter from now on. Speaking of which, he looked up and glanced around the venue, and found that except for the resident NPC Shiratorizawa who was sitting next to him, most people had left, and he didn't even see the orange tree.
"Ushiwaka," the player said, making a groaning sound, staring at Ushijima Woli, who was wondering what was going on. "Where is the orange tree?"
Ushijima: ...
The next game is about to start, and you are asking this question now.
Ushijima Wakari replied with a wooden face, "He must have left."
Player Doudouyan: "Which direction exactly?"
"have no idea."
The players and NPCs looked at each other, and finally sadly admitted that they had forgotten their bread and butter, the orange tree, because of their immersive payment collection.
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The first game in three years, the winning number is 0, the time is——
55 minutes. (Note 2)
This was the result of nearly half a month of special training. It would be too much to ask Hinata Shoyo to accept this outcome with a smile.
After the game, he refused to go with Quan and Xingzhi and went to the bathroom alone for a while. Finally, he calmed down under the flushing of water. His face was red from rubbing himself, and there were traces of crying around his eyes.
When I opened the toilet door, I saw someone I didn't expect.
Kenjo Shinichi had arrived at the doorway at some point. He was leaning against the wall, idly scrolling through his phone. His face was expressionless, revealing nothing of his inner thoughts. Only after seeing Hinata Shoyo come out did he show any sign of strangeness and called out his name, "Shoyo."
Hinata was stunned for a few seconds before responding softly.
The last time Kenjo Shinichi called him by his name was when he was teaching him how to serve from the roof. Most of the time he called him by the code name they used when they first met.
The air in the corridor was a little silent for a while, and finally it was Hinata who broke the stagnant atmosphere.
"Brother Jiancheng," he said bitterly, "I'm sorry, I still lost..."
Jian Cheng Xinyi put his phone in his pocket, a look of distress appearing on his face, but the words he said had nothing to do with comfort: "Isn't that normal?"
“…”
Hinata's expression went blank.
But the man in front of him, who was much taller than him, continued, "Orange Tree, you couldn't even hold a pickaxe at the beginning. It would be strange if you could beat the fish." He gestured in front of his chest twice, as if to emphasize.
Fish, fish? Who are you talking about? The best person in Beichuan?
Before Hinata Shoyo could react, he added, "And everyone in your team is just like you, I mean you at the beginning, always hitting the stone with the handle."
Kenjo Shinichi looked at Hinata with a matter-of-fact look in his eyes: "It's already hard to hit the stone with a copper pick, and you're still using wood."
Hinata:……
This conversation sounded very strange, but after going through special training, he already roughly understood what Jian Cheng meant:
How can a beginner possibly defeat the Demon King and advance? This isn't a Jump manga. (This is it.)
"But you're already great," Jiancheng Xinyi ruffled his hair, which was still a little wet from showering just now. Now it was combed up by the person in front of him, revealing his smooth forehead. Then Jiancheng flicked his head while speaking.
"Ah!" Hinata felt pain and covered his head in confusion, but the blue-haired boy in front of him actually laughed.
Then Jiancheng Xinyi pursed his lips, his eyes curved, and there was even a hint of tenderness in his expression, "So I should say congratulations to you."
"..." Hinata was silent for a moment, "Brother Jiancheng," he took a deep breath.
"Your consolation sucks!"
If I didn't understand what he meant, the previous series of words would be enough to make me think that Kenjo Shinichi was deliberately looking for trouble!
But he smiled.
After laughing, Hinata realized that there seemed to be someone missing from Kenjo Shinichi's side. Hesitant for a few seconds, he slowly spoke: "Um... Kenjo-san, where did Ushijima-senpai go?"
Kenjo Shinichi:.
Damn it, the farmer thought, he lost the NPC.
The player's single-core processor can only think about one thing at a time. The consequence of finally discovering the orange tree is that he forgot about the NPC Ushiwaka from Shiratorizawa who has always been with him.
Now the question is, the farmer put on the pose of a thinker. Should he talk to the orange tree again or go find Niu Ruo?
——Ushijima Wakari is on the phone.
"So now," he said with a bit of confusion in his tone, "should I wait here or go out and look for him?"
Kenjo Shinichi suddenly disappeared when he turned his head. He ran faster than anyone else. He had never seen him so diligent during normal training. In addition, he did not have Kenjo's contact information, so after staring at the second round of the competition venue for a while, Ushijima chose to walk to a position above the back row where he would not affect others and call Tendou Jue for help.
What if the younger generation gives up?
Tendou on the other side listened to the whole process, and finally thought for a moment before giving an example: "In that case, Ruoli, you can just treat the letter as Wang-chan."
Ushijima: ...
Ushijima's expression went blank for a moment: "Wang-chan, a dog?"
Is it okay to treat younger generations as creatures like puppies?
Tiantong: "Yeah, isn't it just like asking you to walk your dog on a leash when the coach asks you to watch this? Because some breeds of dogs just tend to run around, like beagles and the like."
There seemed to be someone in the background shouting at him not to be cheated or something like that, but it was hard to make out clearly, and it seemed to be Eita's voice.
Ushijima: “…like this.”
After a while, Ushijima asked again, "Are you okay over there?"
"No," Tendo said, "It seems like Eita is playing around with the first years."
Ushijima believed it, so the topic changed again. He asked sincerely, "Then what should I do?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was cheerful: "Just wander around. The dog will get anxious if it can't find its owner."
So after hanging up, Ushijima Wakari thought about it and decided to go to the main hall first. The high school group competition was about to start at this time. If she remembered correctly today, the competition of the Karasuno group should be around now.
*
The farmer squatted on the ground and drew circles.
Hinata Shoyo was holding his volleyball bag beside him, not knowing how to start the conversation. Just now, many passers-by asked if the squatting man was feeling unwell. The infirmary was just in front, so the little orange-haired boy blushed and politely declined.
Now Hinata had no sadness at all about losing the game, because after showing off, Kenjo seemed to have become stupid - after returning to the auxiliary hall and not seeing Ushijima, he completely fell into a strange state of self-destruction.
The specific manifestation is that it lies on the ground and turns into a mushroom.
The situation seemed to be getting worse, and Kenjo Shinichi seemed to be about to pick up something from the ground and put it in his mouth again.
At that moment, Hinata Shoyo felt like his brain cells had never been used up so quickly. He quickly came up with an idea: "Maybe Ushijima-senpai is in the main hall?"
Mushroom looked up: "Really?" There seemed to be a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
Hinata:……
Hinata Shoyo laughed, "I think so."
But what I was thinking in my heart was - no matter where Ushijima-senpai is, please be in the main hall now!
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Author's Note: Note 1: I arranged this match randomly...
Note 2: The animation is 31 minutes long
By the way, I did some research on the lottery. I gave out 20 small red envelopes (pen refills) in the last chapter, so I'll give out 20 in this chapter as well, to bring good luck to the adults who didn't get any in the last chapter (praying). Because of my mistake, the random red envelopes in the last chapter, and some adults giving out duplicate red envelopes (eye shift), I actually gave out 27 in the last chapter (……) (Why are you getting into trouble all day, Yami) So I'll give out random red envelopes again in the morning, so the reply to comments may be a little late! (Posting to everyone)
P.S.: No update tomorrow, but the clip will be posted the day after tomorrow XD (I hope I didn’t get the time wrong)
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