Chapter 40: Shiratorizawa vs. Qingcheng (1) June 4th, ...
June 4th, Miyagi District IH Qualifying Finals.
Xiaoshan and Mori Xinggao arrived relatively early today, but upon entering the venue, they were still taken aback by the atmosphere inside. The libero from Shangda University had a complicated expression: "Was there this many people during the finals?"
It's no wonder he felt it was magical. After all, there was still nearly an hour before the finals began, and almost half of the people in the venue were already seated. It was completely impossible to tell that it was just the regional finals.
Mori Yukitaka was silent for a few seconds. "Probably not." To be honest, he wasn't entirely sure about the finals between Shiratorizawa and Aoki last year, but it was still a bit exaggerated. It seemed like there were a lot of people from other schools. Furthermore, he turned around and saw the people sitting in the front few rows of Shiratorizawa. His mouth opened and closed, and he finally managed a few words: "Why are Date Industries and Karasuno here?"
The people from Date Industries and Karasuno were wearing casual clothes when they came over, and they didn't disguise themselves specially. However, Mori Yukinoka had watched their game and of course many of them looked familiar to him. At this moment, he just wanted to ask them if they really didn't feel embarrassed sitting in the front row with such openness?
Furthermore, Xiaoshan seemed to have seen something strange and was silent for a few seconds: "...that little orange-haired guy, is he a fool?"
His hands are almost leaving shadows! And it's so dangerous! He's almost jumping higher than the guardrail in front, right?!
Moriyuki Gao:......
Mori Xinggao looked at the little orange-haired girl sitting in the middle of the first row, waving something that looked like an armband. He was a little confused for a moment, but finally, he noticed the words on it and curled his lips. "It seems to be one of the support items you received last time?"
There are three big words "Believe in One Life" on it.
Xiaoshan:.
He would not admit that he actually put the fan in his bag when he went out today.
At this moment, the cheering fan was in his bag. Xiaoshan pushed the bag he had been holding onto his legs in an attempt to hide his guilt, as if it were burning. After a moment of silence, he held his forehead and looked speechlessly at Qingcheng on the other side. There was also a cheering group there that was no less powerful than Shiratorizawa's. It seemed that in order to compete with them, many people made emergency modifications on the spot, scribbling over the "Oikawa-sama" on the prepared note to "Oikawa-no-Mikoto" and adding a few of their own drawings to make it look quite harmonious.
Anyway, after the Shangda duo found a random seat and sat down, Xiaoshan looked from one to the other, then folded his arms and sneered, "What is this? A fight over the pool?"
If I win the match, I can get the title of Miyagi Prefecture's top pool noodle setter. Xiaoshan said nothing, only feeling that the setter was noisy.
Mori Yukitaka: "...You really have a lot of opinions about them."
And when it comes to moments like this, the criticism is always particularly sharp. It seems that Mori Yukinaka's gaze is too material. This time, Xiaoshan responds quickly: "Illusion."
The players on the field entered the field at this time and began to warm up.
——One day ago.
"Oikawa is the heart of Qingcheng. He's very strong. The second years have all competed against him and should be quite aware of his strength." Twenty minutes after Jiancheng's return, Washi Takuji gathered the entire team for final pre-match instructions. He glanced around and, with his hands behind his back, said, "With an excellent conductor, even a second-rate band like Qingcheng can flourish under his guidance."
Hayato Yamagata, standing off the court, shuddered at the words. He thought to himself, "The coach's description is still so unkind. Qingcheng's strength is obviously not bad, but he actually uses the word "second-rate band"? Isn't he afraid that Coach Irihata will find out and come over to play offline Mortal Kombat with him... No, if that's the case, wouldn't Coach Takumi just lie down on the ground and say the other team is bullying the old man?" He almost couldn't keep his expression steady because of what he was thinking. He calmed down.
"Oikawa's serving prowess is obvious to all. Yamagata..." Washi Takuji paused, "You've been receiving balls from Kenjo and Ushijima these past few days, right? You're pretty confident now."
Yamagata Hayato:......
He suddenly stopped laughing.
Well, by now everyone knows the torment he's endured lately. Just moments after being tormented by Kenjo's dual-wielding style, he was forced to team up with Ushijima to receive serves from the ace's left-handed opponent. Just imagining it was a grueling fate! While third-year senior Ayasegawa was there for him, ultimately, he was the starting player, and Hayato Yamagata silently shed tears.
But on the surface, he still looked serious: "Seventy percent!"
He'd been exaggerating a bit, but under the constant torture of Ushijima and Kenjo, Yamagata Hayato was at least able to almost catch Oikawa's jump serve on the third ball. It was just that looking at the expression on Coach Washi Takumi's face, he still wasn't entirely satisfied...
The devil coach lives up to his reputation.
"Aoba Johsai's ace is a sophomore named Iwaizumi," Coach Saito added, holding a tactical board nearby. "For a main attacker, his hits are incredibly powerful, and if you're not careful, the ball will just bounce off the target. However, his technique is quite crude—of course, that's only relative. If we exploit any weaknesses, he could be a potential breakthrough."
"Next," he circled back to surround Qingcheng's outside hitters, Matsukawa and Kaito, "Qingcheng's blocking height is relatively weak. Matsukawa Ichishige and Kaito Yuma have good speed, but their jumping ability is relatively not that outstanding. Shiine, you and Ushijima, try to shake off your opponents on the block."
"The other main attacker, Hanamaki Takahiro, doesn't have an advantage in terms of speed. Tendo and Taichi should be careful to see his preparatory movements." (Note 1)
After saying these points, Coach Saito took a step back and left the front position to Kaji Washitake again.
"As for the offense, leave it to Jiancheng Xinyi to command wholeheartedly. He will be your external brain when on the court. I believe that after these few months of cooperation, you should also be familiar with Jiancheng's capabilities."
No matter what kind of attacker you encounter, you can always serve the ball that best suits the opponent's current state. No matter what happens on the volleyball court, you can calmly deal with it and find the way to victory.
He is as accurate as a human computer. Even his teammates on the court sometimes find Jiancheng Xinyi scary, not to mention his opponents... At the beginning, they couldn't even get used to it. If someone has a more sensitive personality, they might doubt whether Jiancheng has the ability to see through people's hearts. This is both his talent and his scary side.
But off the field...
When talking about Jiancheng, almost everyone couldn't help but look in the direction of the first-year setter, and then looked away.
Forget about the off-field stuff.
At this moment, the farmer took out a potato and stuffed it into his mouth because he saw his physical strength decreasing:?
Why are you looking at him again? NPCs don't usually behave this strangely.
The farmer was puzzled.
Because he was so focused on giving a lecture that he didn't have time to react, the eagle master Kaji who only saw this scene said:...
"Sword City Shinichi!"
The roar once again resounded throughout the Shiratorizawa Volleyball Hall.
The player pointed at himself blankly, not knowing whether to chew the potato in his mouth or not, and his finger slowly pointed at himself.
And him?
What a huge injustice! The player didn't do anything!
Time returns to the present again——
The farmer did not take the lecture from the previous day to heart, and was even excited when he saw the mage NPC.
He finished his ghost-clearing quest yesterday, and wondered if there was anything else he could offer the farmer today. After all, the mage was the only NPC in Star Valley who lived in a tower, and he could also use magic. Sounded like he was incredibly valuable! The farmer wanted one, too!
The player gave him a sparkling look.
*
Oikawa Tooru felt a chill.
When he turned around, he found that it was Shiratorizawa, the silly setter, who was staring at him. There was no expression on his face, but Toru Oikawa always felt that something was wrong, as if the other person would rush over and shake his hand as long as their eyes met.
Oikawa Toru shuddered and rubbed the goose bumps on his arms that had appeared at some point in his life. He felt a disgusting sensation as if something was sticking to him.
Shiratorizawa, the setter, was too weird. Oikawa silently hid behind Iwaizumi for two seconds, but was quickly pulled out.
Iwaizumi frowned. "...Why are you playing the ostrich now? Weren't you chatting happily with me yesterday?"
Oikawa was surprised and surprised: "Xiaoyan, you actually call that a pleasant conversation?"
He always felt like he was talking to a cow yesterday, and that guy named Jiancheng didn't understand anything he was saying!
Iwaizumi:……
What else could he do? Did he have to point out that it was Oikawa who was fooling around with someone? But the mention of this reminded him of yesterday. Iwaizumi twirled the volleyball in his hands, his lips set tight. “If you run off to meet fans without even saying hello again, you’re done.”
At other times, he wouldn't want to bother with Oikawa Toru at all, but if he continued to act like this when the competition was approaching, don't blame him for being rude.
Oikawa felt very wronged: "I told you I was thinking about Qingcheng! Lord Oikawa foiled Shiratorizawa's evil plan yesterday!"
The more the Qingcheng setter thought about it, the more he felt he was completely justified. "Besides, I even sent a message to the coach. I didn't just run out without saying hello. Xiaoyan, stop slandering me!"
"You sent a text?" Iwaizumi said with a strange look on his face. "Where?"
Oikawa happened to still have his coat in his hand, and when he heard this, he wanted to take out his cell phone to prove his innocence. But when he turned to the chat page between himself and Nobuaki Irihata, he realized that he had not sent the message yesterday.
Oikawa:…
Oikawa turned to look at Iwaizumi, "Actually, I typed it."
Iwaizumi:.
Can you be more reliable? You are the current captain!
Really? Iwaizumi touched his head, looking helpless. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Oikawa Toru in front of him speak again.
"Also, Xiaoyan, can you understand how some cute fans feel when they give you desserts?" Oikawa Tooru said, "They just want to take a photo with you."
Iwaizumi:......
Hanamaki and Matsukawa who were watching: ...
Sometimes it’s really no wonder that Ishikawa always gets beaten. Listen to what a human being says.
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The author has something to say: Note 1: Most of this is written based on the five-dimensional diagram, so I am nitpicking and looking for weaknesses (……) Please don’t quarrel over this,
Finally: This chapter was actually written at 23:00 yesterday, but you don’t know what terrible thing Yami-san encountered. It was my first time staying in a B&B and I was half asleep (I was about to write it when I woke up) when my friend A woke me up and said there was a cockroach in the room. After I woke up in a daze, I found an extremely large cockroach (about half the size of my palm) flying around (fainted). Then my friend A and I started to check out urgently in our pajamas and started to look for other hotels. When I finally came to my senses, it was already past eleven o’clock in the evening (…) It was so scary. There were actually cockroaches that big in Zhejiang (died peacefully). I still had to catch a bus in the morning, and I probably wouldn’t have time to finish writing it by noon (kneel down)
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