Chapter 33: Shiratorizawa vs. Date Industry (1) (20 Leijiachang) ^……
"What a powerful serve, isn't it, Mr. Nandu?" the commentator quipped, "It's like Shiratorizawa's new weapon."
"Yeah," the called person adjusted their earpiece, "The expressions of the liberos from Shirato Academy have all gotten a lot uglier."
"We can see the wonderful cooperation between Shiratorizawa's two setters and the main attacker, especially the first-year student Jiancheng..."
The sound suddenly stopped and the video was paused here.
The score between Shiratorizawa and Shirato was announced this morning, but the result surprised many people.
To be fair, Shirato Gakuen is definitely not a weak team in Miyagi Prefecture. In the past, they even had a fairly close battle with Date Industries. So even if they have fallen behind in recent years, they shouldn't have been beaten by Shiratorizawa by such a shocking score difference.
But things still happened so dramatically.
25:17, 25:9
After winning both games with a large margin, Shirato Gakuen seemed to have lost their defensive mentality in the second game, making several extremely low-level mistakes in a row.
After seeing this scene, everyone at Date Industry fell into an extremely strange silence in their own volleyball hall.
In the end, I don't know who broke the silence first -
"That ball was really fake," said Haruka Koganei, the second-year libero at Date Industrial, as if searching for it twice before finding her voice. "...How could anyone possibly catch it?"
He could totally empathize with the Shirato libero, who was sobbing and hyperventilating at the end of the match. And wasn't Miyagi TV a bit overdoing it? Why did they only film Shirato's plight? Oh no, it seemed they also got a close-up shot of Shiratorizawa's terrifying setter... Damn, Ikemen was really annoying, and he was so strong. He was distracted for a moment.
In the video, the player who scored seven points in a row with his serve, but whose serve was finally interrupted due to his own mistakes, was Shiratorizawa's freshman setter this year. Judging from the information currently available, the opponent seems to have been active in the youth volleyball league in the United States, but time is limited and the information that can be sent back is pitifully small. In the end, the only thing that can be analyzed is the match between Shirato Gakuen and Shiratorizawa that was just released this morning.
There is absolutely no reference value to be seen. After all, Shirato Gakuen's tactics completely collapsed in the end. In addition, at the end of the last game, the blue-haired setter on the opposite side was replaced by Coach Ji Takumi and did not participate in the second round of serving. Therefore, we can only watch his serve at the beginning of the first game over and over again.
This is the third time that Date Industry has repeated this after obtaining the video.
"That kind of power would kill me if I caught the ball," main attacker Onagawa Taro said, his face expressionless as he blew bubbles. "I don't want my hand to be broken."
Didn't you see that Shirato Gakuen's No. 11 player, who tried to catch the ball at the start, ended up injured in his finger and had to leave the court? While that was partly due to the opponent's flustered and incorrect form, the speed and power alone were incredible.
Only a fool would answer it.
Aone Takanobu: "...and that second attack."
Yes, what's even more disgusting is that after receiving the first pass from the libero, this guy pretended to pass the ball but ended up pressing the ball in front of the net. The funny thing is that Ohira Shion in the front row and Ushijima in the back row both thought that the other side was going to pass the ball to them, so they actually jumped at the same time, and then their expressions when they landed with empty hands were very funny.
Futakuchi Kenji dragged the video progress bar again to the part where Shiratorizawa Ai was about to dribble the ball to the second pass, and looked up: "Coach, what do you think?"
Takuran, who had been listening to the members sighing, said:
To be honest, he was just heartbroken that such a promising young player didn't come to Date Industry. This was the high school setter position he had always dreamed of!
"If we can't break the serve, forget about it for now," the chasing coach coughed twice and looked at Koganei. "Haruka, if we can get one of the five balls, we'll win. That setter's serve wasn't without its mistakes, so let's focus on that for now."
Koganei: "...What if I can't catch a single ball, coach?" he asked seriously.
The others looked away, and Coach Zhuifen directly started the next topic, "Aone, you and Nikuchi should pay attention to the direction of his fingers when you are in the front row. Second attacks are predictable."
Upon hearing this, both of them nodded in agreement.
Koganei:……
Koganei, who was directly ignored, asked: "Is there anyone who cares about my life or death?"
"Come on, Haruka." Finally, the commander, Shigeto, who was sitting next to Koganei Haruka with his knees hugged, patted his shoulder as if to comfort him, his eyes firm, "You are the pillar of our Date Industry!"
Koganei:……
Koganei: "Don't you dare talk to my face, Captain."
Mao Tingyao pretended not to hear.
I get it. This is what it means that teammates are birds of the same forest, but they fly away when disaster strikes.
Koganei silently shed tears of noodles.
There are less than three hours left before the game starts in the afternoon. In addition to the necessary warm-up exercises, Date Industries is trying their best to formulate tactics against the new setter Shiratorizawa.
As for Shiratorizawa——
Shiratorizawa is intervening violently against the farmer.
"I'll count to 123, Jiancheng, put that hat away." Shirabu Kenjiro showed a ferocious smile, "Otherwise, don't blame Taichi and I for being rude."
Taichi Kawanishi cooperated by pulling up the sleeves of Shiratorizawa's sportswear twice, revealing his forearms with smooth muscular lines.
farmer:……
Why not just Lewis, but other NPCs also have to point fingers at the player's trash hat?
It's just a poor hat it did something wrong!
The player is very confused and rejects Parsnip's threat with a blank expression.
When it comes to fashion, we farmers are the leaders.
Senmi Eita, who was watching, sighed and looked at Ohira Shion next to him: "Why does he have to wear that hat...?"
Kenjo Shinichi seemed to have been wearing this hat that looked like a trash can lid when he came to Shiratorizawa this morning. If it wasn't early enough, he couldn't imagine how many rumors would spread about the volleyball team. In the end, he reluctantly put it away after Coach Washi Takumi told him not to get on the bus.
The result of forcing Jiancheng to do so was that the opponent seemed to be venting his emotions by serving when facing Baihu, not to mention that the coach was the first to serve today in order to let Jiancheng Xinyi maintain his touch. The first ball went straight to the opponent's libero, and even after scaring the opponent's face pale, he continued without restraint.
Not to mention that it indirectly led to the death of the opposing deputy captain. Although it was not his fault, the opposing No. 11 was only simply injured and even returned to the court after bandaging, but Jiancheng still received the angry stare of the Baihu cheerleaders.
Senmi Eita thought about the tragic scene in the morning and sighed again.
He continued with a slight headache: "I'm afraid he'll be beaten."
Whether it's his teammates or people from other schools, can Jiancheng be more careful?
Ohira Shion's expression remained unchanged: "After Midorikawa, the second mother has appeared."
You worry so much, are you a mama-san, Yingtai?
Senmi: “Huh?”
They had just arrived at the gymnasium's annex to prepare for warm-up exercises. There was still some time before the afternoon's game against Date Industries. The coach was not there, and the assistant coach treated everyone with a doting attitude.
This also made the seniors and other people join in watching the show, especially the cheerleaders. No one knew where they got the armbands with "Shin Ichi-mi" embroidered on them, as if they were sworn to follow to the death after watching a volleyball game. Now they were shouting "Run to the right, Shin Ichi-san!" This nonsense was giving Jiancheng Shin a hint as he was running around. If they didn't have some common sense, they might have gone up to stop Shirabu and Taichi.
So it is because of the existence of such people that the guy in Jiancheng will become even more lawless!
After complaining in his heart, Ohira Shion glanced at the direction of several first-year students, and finally sighed: "If Jiancheng doesn't play volleyball, he can still go for sprinting."
He runs so fast...! Is he a rabbit?
Yamagata Hayato, who had been standing next to the two of them without saying a word, said: ...
Yamagata Hayato: "Isn't your focus wrong?"
He expressed sincere doubts from the bottom of his heart.
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The player is dodging.
Behind him was the Iridium Parsnip that had entered a frenzied state, and to his left was a chestnut-haired NPC who was an accomplice to the evil. In line with the fact that Star Valley did not have a combat mode for everyday NPCs, the farmer could only flee in a timid manner.
When I ran to the front, I found another green-haired NPC.
farmer:……
The farmer made a beautiful sideways pass and thunderous applause broke out from the surroundings.
Parsnip's frantic voice came from behind him—
"Stop trying to be cool with that garbage hat on your head, okay Jiancheng!!!"
The player took advantage of the chaos to make a face at him.
The green-haired NPC seemed to have given up on helping Parsnip. He took the initiative to block the farmer's way and said helplessly, "Just let him wear it, Kenjiro. We'll talk about it after the coach comes back."
When Coach Washi Takumi comes back, he will teach Kenjo Shinichi a lesson, because he is the only tough guy in Shiratorizawa who has the ability to counter special attacks.
The brown-chestnut-haired NPC paused: "...There's black smoke coming out of your back, Xing..."
"Besides... Coach probably won't be back until we enter the stadium."
Farmers alert: What Lewis?
He grabbed the garbage hat and began to back away—the honest farmer hadn't stolen Lewis's purple shorts yet! And this wasn't in Lewis's basement, so there was no chance of a purple shorts monster attacking! (Note 1) The player thought as he backed away, then stopped.
To be precise, the player was forced to stop and bumped into someone.
The farmer's HP decreased by 1, he turned his head, then looked up.
This person is actually taller than the farmer.
Before he could react, another voice came from the side.
"...No way," his tone was filled with disbelief, "No one said Shiratorizawa was warming up in the annex."
——It’s Date Industry.
Shirabu finally grabbed the stunned Kenjo Shinichi and apologized skillfully, "Sorry, this guy didn't mean it..." He paused for a few seconds, then realized that he had met his next opponent in advance, so he changed his words, "Hello."
The one who was bumped into was Aone Takanobu, and Futakuchi Kenji was the one who spoke at the beginning. Before either of them could reply, they heard the blue-haired setter Shiratorizawa, whom they had seen in the video, being grabbed by the collar in a strange posture in front of them.
Pointing at the two of them, the next second——
"Hops and poppies are traveling together!" His eyes were full of shock.
Shirabu Kenjiro, who didn't have time to cover Kenjo Shinichi's mouth, said: ...
Don't create hatred before the game!
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Author's Note: Note 1: Lewis's purple shorts have quite a few Easter eggs. One of the quests is to find the lost one. Giving it to Mani in the game will trigger a special dialogue; putting it in the soup at the Hawaiian party will also trigger a special dialogue; if you display it at the Stardew Valley Expo, Lewis will give you 750 star coins as hush money; it can also be used as fish tank decoration, fishing gear, etc.; if you take a ladder to Lewis's basement, you will be attacked by a purple shorts monster. This monster is immune to all attacks and will cause damage to the player, but you can repeatedly obtain purple shorts (...) However, in this article, the purple shorts should be replaced with something else (...I haven't thought about it yet)
P.S.: Koganei Haruka is an original character. When I was looking through the information of Date Industries, I found that their free man was in the same grade as Hinata (but it may be that I didn't notice it). Anyway, I'll just treat it as a private setting... (kneeling down)
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