Chapter 56: Secret Weapon "Xinghai-kun," Baibu paused...
"Xinghai-kun," Shirabu paused, finding his voice, "that's truly remarkable."
The match between Outai and Yangquan was unexpectedly tense. Yangquan Gao was indeed startled by Xinghai Guang's smash at the beginning, but the two-meter-tall man with glasses was not a person who relied on his height to completely fail to use his brain. On the contrary, he quickly adjusted his strategy and successfully made Xinghai unhappy - restricting the ball path and suppressing him highly.
The average height of Yangquan players is over 185cm, and even the libero's height is close to 180cm. From Outai's perspective, this concentrated style of play is a bit disgusting.
However, it must be said that it was very effective. Xinghai's chances of getting the ball were visibly reduced, but Oudai was not the type who would not fight back, not to mention that they also had Hirugami and Hakuba, so the match went straight to the third game.
Everyone's physical energy consumption is visible to the naked eye.
But the person Baibu admired the most was Xinghai Guanglai, so he said those words at the beginning, and was completely shocked - being short is indeed a disadvantage in playing volleyball, but it is definitely not a reason to play volleyball poorly.
Jian Cheng, standing beside him, stared intently at the two teams on the field, though his words were difficult to understand: "I hate the monster floor."
Shirabu: "Okay, stop."
Shirabu sighed. He really didn't want to hear Kenjo Shinichi's strange gaming metaphor, but after checking his phone, he changed his original words to, "Let's go."
Seeing Jian Cheng turned to look at him, "Our opponent has come out."
Not surprisingly, Kanagawa is still number one.
However, the progress this year seems to be faster than last year. Futian Comprehensive is not a weak school, so how could it end earlier than Outai?
"... Let's go check out the annex." Shirabu thought for a moment and said, "Senior Tokito and the others shouldn't have left yet."
The match between Kanagawa Daiichi and Fukuda Soso was scheduled at the annex hall, so they could just stop by and take a look when they were leaving, so they should still have time.
Jian Cheng looked back at Xing Hai, then revealed a somewhat conflicted expression, "...I want to wait for Shuang Gua."
The farmer wants to exchange gifts with him!
Kenjo Shinichi was still somewhat deceptive when he looked at people with his eyes lowered. His green eyes were wet, his eyelashes were very long, and he was as focused as a puppy.
But Shirabu was clearly immune to this. After all, Jian Cheng had this look whenever he did something bad, and this almost pitiful expression when he felt guilty. If he hadn't been around him for so long, he might have been shaken. Shirabu, also a setter, seemed particularly hard-hearted at this moment. "Otherwise, tell the coach you brought that potted plant hat."
farmer:……
The farmer complained: "Parsnip, how could you do this!"
Besides, a "living hat" isn't a bonsai at all! This is a super rare hat!
Baibu said expressionlessly: "Yeah, let's go."
He didn't care whether it was rare or not, he just felt that Jiancheng was noisy.
The two people's brain waves finally matched for the first time.
*
Sub-library——
Kanagawa's number one is indeed still there, but it's not quite the same as Shirabu imagined.
When they arrived, most of the audience had already left, and the only ones left were Kanagawa's No. 1 cheerleaders and players to clean up the mess.
Tokito Ichiro was collecting towels and water cups with the red-haired manager. When he looked up, he was obviously stunned. It seemed that he did not expect to see Kenjo Shinichi and Shirabu at the end of the game. After all, they were going to face each other in the next game, and they probably didn't come here to congratulate him. He thought for a few seconds and then said a few words to Tanjiro before jogging over.
When he got in front of Jian Cheng, he deliberately revealed a hint of hostility, "Isn't it too late now to spy on the enemy?"
"Senior," Bai Bu said helplessly, "this joke is not funny."
Tokito Yuichiro restrained his expression and said, "Okay, then what are you guys doing here?"
"Let's see the secret weapon." Jian Cheng interrupted at this time, pretending to search for it, and put his fingers together in front of his eyebrows: "Where is it?"
“…”
Is it chuunibyou?
White cloth:.
What on earth was he imagining?
Tokito Ichiro was also silent. He looked at the equally speechless Shirabu and took a deep breath. "Are you really here to scout the enemy?"
Shirabu: "...No, actually, I'm curious about why Fukuda Soso lost so quickly."
The score has just come out, Kanagawa won the game with a big score of 2:0 in the first two games.
Ichiro understood and said with some resignation, "Their ace player injured his ankle in the final round of the qualifiers and was not even selected for the national team this year."
Although we are not familiar with each other, I still feel that it is a bit of fate when I hear this news.
"If I remember correctly, the ace player of Futian Comprehensive should be in his senior year this year." He thought for a moment and added.
Shirabu: "...like this."
Most people's club activities only lasted until high school. If they didn't participate in the spring high school, this ace's club career would be over. Thinking of this, Shirabu suddenly felt a little melancholy. It was almost time, so he nodded and said, "See you this afternoon."
"Thank you for the explanation, senior. I am looking forward to the match against Kanagawa No. 1." said Shirabu.
Yuichiro looked up: "Me too."
After the two finished talking, they found that Kencheng had run to Tanjiro and was being ordered by him to pick up the towel on the ground.
Judging from the shape of Tanjiro's mouth, he seems to be saying something like "good boy".
Shirabu and Ichiro: ...
Wait a minute, you two are in the same grade, right? And this scene really is like a dog picking up something for its owner, and then the owner smiles, pats its head, and says, "Good dog, good dog!"
Looks super weird,
Shirabu tried to smile: "We'll go first, Ichiro-senpai." He pushed up his sleeves and revealed a somewhat ferocious expression: "Kenjo Shinichi!"
The speed of the facial expression change amazed Youichiro.
The farmer was offering a coconut to the cabbage, but was then angrily pulled away by the parsnip.
The farmer always felt that the windweed had become very irritable since it arrived in the desert. Is it because of lack of water?
*
In the afternoon, Group A match, Shiratorizawa vs. Kanagawa Daiichi, there is still an hour before the start of the match.
During the warm-up session, Coach Beimingyu was talking to Supervisor Jijiang, while Assistant Coach Saito was correcting their movements.
Meanwhile, Kawanishi Taichi finally gave in to Kenjo Shinichi's gaze: "...Okay, stop looking at me like that. I'll ask Fang, no, Kenjiro for you."
It was a close call. I almost got led astray.
Taichi Kawanishi rubbed his eyebrows vigorously and walked behind Shirabu who was passing the ball to Shion Ohira.
"Why did you start avoiding him?"
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have happened that they have endured for so long, or was there something that happened this morning that they didn't know about?
Speaking of this Baibu, he had something to say. He nodded to Ohira Shion first, then began to complain bitterly -
"That idiot Jiancheng kept giving me water as soon as we got to the hotel." Baibu's face was indifferent and detached. "Ten minutes, five glasses of water."
"Of course I didn't finish it."
Bai Bu couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end when he thought about the scene at that time: "Then he kept staring at me, with worry in his eyes, as if I would die of dehydration in the next second."
“…I see.”
But it would be strange if you drank it!
Kawanishi Taichi quickly changed his words: "It's better to ignore him."
Shiratorizawa's first-year outside hitter betrayed him on the spot. Yes, his friendship with Jiancheng was so fragile, but fortunately, Jiancheng seemed to have forgotten what was happening here and was concentrating on passing the ball to Ushijima.
His demeanor has changed,
It seems that he suddenly became serious.
"I won't even make eye contact until we go on stage," Baibu said, holding his forehead. "But then again, sometimes I really don't understand him."
"After all, this is Jiancheng. Can we practice catching the ball next?" Kawanishi Taichi said, looking away.
Baibu nodded: "Yeah."
After Ushijima exchanged positions with Ohira Shion, he was stopped by someone on the side. He paused for a moment and then walked over.
The woman in charge of the interview had neat short hair and was holding a recorder. "Excuse me, Ushijima, I'm Umi Ozaki from Professional Volleyball Monthly. Could you please give me an interview?"
Ushijima's expression remained calm: "Okay."
"This is Shiratorizawa's first match. How are you doing?"
This question is a common one, and Ushijima has been through many such interviews before, so he answered it with ease: "We have made sufficient preparations, and our opponent, Kanagawa Daiichi, is also a very good team. I believe both of us will give our all for this match."
Ozaki: "Then may I ask about Shiratorizawa's goals for this year?"
Ushijima glanced at Jiancheng who was warming up on the court, and then said simply: "Champion."
Hearing this, Ozaki sighed, "I'm looking forward to Shiratorizawa's performance this year, but Ushijima seems particularly confident. Could I ask if there's any additional reason for that?"
Ushijima Jori paused, and then Kenjo's serious face, telling him not to waste the pass, appeared in his mind: "...Probably..."
He thought about his words for a few seconds and said, "You have a secret weapon, right?"
"Huh? I see."
The interview is still going on here, but the secret weapon that Ushijima mentioned is in trouble.
——Why doesn’t the parsnip want to be watered more?
*
"I think we should pay more attention to Shiratorizawa," Kamiyabe (a first-year second-year secondary attacker in Kanagawa) rubbed his chin, his face grim. "I always feel completely ignored."
Kanagawa's No. 1 is not weak on paper, but Shiratorizawa is stronger.
Although Tokito Ichiro is also a well-known libero player, the overall strength of Kanagawa No. 1 is still a certain distance away from Shiratorizawa, so this situation is not unexpected.
They have already changed their clothes, the cheerleaders are ready, and the game is about to begin.
"Don't overthink it," Ichiro said. "That's the way it should be, and it should surprise them."
"Let's go."
Now it's time to assemble the team. Shiratorizawa has already entered the field and is just waiting for the referee's instructions.
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The author has something to say: Ahhhh, I had written most of this chapter, but I found that what I wrote conflicted with the previous settings, so I revised it frantically and finally caught up.
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