Chapter 86

"This year we are playing against Date Kogyo..."

It is exactly the opposite of last year's semi-finals. This year's opponent of Aoba Jonishi is Date Kogyo, and last year's opponent Kutanan and Shiratorizawa Battle.

The August day was a bit scorching hot. Especially when they are about to sweat on the court, the players warming up are almost unnoticeable. Especially after hearing that Date Industries' defense has strengthened again this year.

"It's so hot, coach! I want to eat popsicles. I want strawberry flavor!"

Zhonghe stretched on the ground, not forgetting to act coquettishly towards Tianhai.

"It's almost the game and you still want to eat popsicles. You look like a popsicle to me." Coach Mizoguchi's glare soon turned to Nakakuru.

After saying that, he quietly glanced at Tianhai, who was frowning and looking at his phone, and spoke to Zhonghe in a low voice.

"Fortunately, Tianhai didn't hear it. If he did, you would be in trouble."

Tianhai rarely lets his players eat cold things before the game, especially popsicles.

Acute gastroenteritis is no joke.

How come Zhonghe didn't know these truths? He was just too hot and was being nagged by Coach Mizoguchi. He turned his face to the other side, unable to get up from the cold ground.

There were no popsicles, so he had to find a substitute.

"Hey... you, get up! The reporters will be here soon. I can tell them that Captain Qingcheng is lying on the ground and can't get up."

Coach Mizoguchi consciously took care of the child.

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As for why Tianhai on the other side is frowning and looking at his phone?

——This has to mention the coaching group that Coach Washiji added to him yesterday.

Tianhai once said in his previous life that there are at most six relationships between a person and a stranger. In the past, Tianhai hardly left the gymnasium all day long and had never experienced it personally, but this time he had experienced it.

"In less than a day, almost all the high school volleyball coaches who had participated in the national competition were in the group."

Ignoring the tests of various coaches in the group at this time, Tianhai climbed to the top and found out how the group was established.

Coach Nekomata, Coach Washi Takumi, and Coach Uyasu established a group, which was supposed to be a place to stay together after the qualifiers. The Xiaogu Alliance then joined in.

It happened that one of the coaches in the Xiaogu League was in Tokyo. The qualifying formats for Tokyo and Miyagi are different. They will compete on the weekend half a month later. At this time, they are playing a practice match at a school in Kansai.

It happens to be one of the Inarizaki High School Alliance.

Strong schools from the Tohoku, Kansai and Kanto regions have joined, and schools in Hokkaido, mainly Morikawa, have also joined the group chat one after another.

"It's so complicated..."

Tianhai tied his long hair into a small braid and covered his face, wanting to escape.

What's even more frightening is that because the group was created using Tianhai's mobile phone, he became the group leader. The coaches are still chatting animatedly, but when they react...

Tianhai quickly shakes his head to get the bad thoughts out of his mind. He hesitated for two seconds and changed the comment in his group to "Group Management Assistant".

This way no one can recognize him!

Mizoguchi, who was also in the group and witnessed all of Tianhai's operations: "Where have you ever seen a robot establish a group..."

Because he couldn't hear the voice of coach Mizoguchi, he missed the best opportunity to hide. Walking towards Coach Iriyata.

——Tianhai, who had regained his mood, continued to prepare to discuss the students who would appear today.

He had some special ideas.

"You mean, in addition to using a strong attacker to break through the opponent's defense, you also indirectly break through the blocker?"

Coach Irihata felt incredible. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it can really be done.

"Well, their block is difficult to break through at first glance. But Iwaizumi and Kyoutani should be fine." It's

just that breaking the block requires a lot of tacit cooperation, but Aoba Jonishi, who has been working hard for more than half a year, is indeed capable of it.

After all, Date Industrial blocked three people, and even if only one of them made a mistake, Qingcheng would be able to find an opportunity.

"Okay, then it's decided."

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As Miyagi Prefecture's Harutaka winner and IH winner, before the game starts The support groups of Aojo and Shiratorizawa are ready.

"Ahhhh! Come on, Aojo!"

"One more time, win the championship!" "Aoba Jōnishi, dominate the court!"

Chisato Kurome, who successfully took over as student council president, led the Oikawa support group to hold up the custom-made flag.

Thanks to the large number of people in the support club, otherwise the flag with a height of more than ten meters would not be unfurled in the auditorium.

"Hey, Oikawa. You have so many fans."

Hanamaki looked at many beautiful high school students cheering Oikawa full of energy, and suddenly felt that competing with the winner in life was really complicated.

Before Oikawa said anything, Tenkai rolled the paper in his hand into a paper tube and touched Hanamaki's shoulder.

"Hanamaki, if you don't behave better, you will be completely thrown away! Look at Iwaizumi, he also has his own fans."

Hearing this, everyone in Qingcheng looked up.

Among the group of young boys and girls, middle-aged men with completely different painting styles suddenly appeared.

They held the flag of [Aesthetics of Violence] in their hands, and when Iwaizumi looked over, they let out a powerful roar.

"Extreme violence, extreme aesthetics!"

Iwaizumi's face went blank.

Realizing that he seemed to have accidentally stabbed the student, Tianhai scratched his head and laughed twice.

Machii looked calm, but he learned to complain in his heart.

"Does anyone really like this kind of support?"

Yes! ——Kyotani Kentaro and Nakazuru Taiyang’s eyes are bright, and they wish they could have them too.

"Okay, get ready to play!"

As the game time approached, coach Irihata, the point-chasing coach and the referee all returned to their positions.

Coach Irihata called everyone to come on stage.

"Come on! Qingcheng!"

A familiar voice came from the seat closest to the audience.

"Ueda-senpai! Maebashi-senpai!" Touji shouted in surprise.

They actually came to watch the game!

Tianhai looked a little dazed as he looked at the student who had been getting along with him for more than half a year and had participated in the national competition together.

"Have a good competition! Maebashi and I specially recommended the experiment."

After graduation, they went to the same university - Miyagi Institute of Technology. One studied physics and the other studied chemistry.

It's not far from Aoba Town, but I'm usually busy with my studies, and even my summer vacation is occupied by experiments, so I don't have time to see each other.

"We will work hard!"

Oikawa saw a familiar senior, and the experience of fighting together last year was still vivid in his mind. He took a breath, turned his back to his current teammates and said the words he always said before every game.

——"Everyone, I also believe in you today!"

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Date Kogyo's players are all old friends

-S Shigeba Kaname, WS Mitsuki Kijima, Kase Takasaya Takehito, LI Naoya Kunigaoka, MB Shinichi Konda.

Apart from this, the only first-year candidates are Takanobu Aone and Kenji Futguchi.

"Hey, this guy is really tall when you look at it."

Touji, who also had an advantage due to his height, felt a little bit in need of a beating. However, the blocking in this game mainly depends on him and Songchuan, and everyone in Qingcheng did not harm him.

"Remember, the flexion of the thumb and middle finger is for strong attack, and the flexion of the index finger is for defense."

After checking the gestures again, Zhonghe came to the coach to guess the punch and decided to make the first move.

"Dudu."

The referee signaled Date Industrial to serve first.

The point-chasing coach breathed a sigh of relief, but he was afraid that Qingcheng would get the upper hand and beat his own players into confusion - at least this would cost him a chance for a tactical timeout, and at worst, he would be in bad shape throughout the game.

"Come on, captain! Score a goal!"

"Come on!"

Mitsuki Kijima, who was promoted to third grade and served as captain, stood at the service point and prayed silently. He didn't ask for much, hoping to score two points from Qingcheng.

"Please," he looked at his palm,

"just two points."

Qingcheng was fully prepared. Iwaizumi had specially practiced catching the ball in the Netherlands. In addition to offense, he has to provide more protection for the team.

——The ball roared in, carrying the hot wind, and it was in front of Oikawa in an instant.

"Damn it, when did he learn such an accurate jump serve?" Oikawa gritted his teeth and continued, his plan was disrupted and he could only pass the ball to Iwaizumi.

Obviously, in the last training match, I was just barely able to fire! Did he really hide his strength?

It's a pity that Mitsuki Kijima underestimated Aojo after all...

Iwaizumi was ready when he saw the direction of the ball, and he changed his response method from "strong attack" to "fast attack". Nakakaku, who is diagonal to him on the field, is the best choice.

"Senior Zhonghe!"

Under the gaze of the Qingcheng audience who did not dare to look away at all, the ball flew in front of Zhonghe

- and the iron wall in front of him was none other than Qinggen.

"Hmm!"

The ball wasn't as powerful as Iwaizumi or Ushijima, but the arc of rotation was enough to make it pop out of the court.

"Dudu——"

Aoba Jonishi scored one point first!

Ueda and Maebashi on the viewing platform laughed, "They have become stronger again." They

were a little unwilling to be surpassed by their juniors, but more of it was...

"You are so proud!"

Kijima's The first ball was caught, and his expression darkened. His rapid breathing showed that he was somewhat unstable.

The next player in Qingcheng's No. 1 position...

The spectators on both sides of the game stared closely at the referee's hand signaling at any time, "It's Iwaizumi!"

Tianhai still remembered the routine that he accidentally remembered before, and took advantage of the fact that there was no team before. After using it, I took this opportunity to take it out.

"It's here! Xiaoyan's intimidation flow!"

Oikawa lowered his voice, a little excited - what would the other person's reaction be?

So, after four or five seconds of silence, Iwaizumi took action.

Tianhai's advice to him was to hit 120% of the force on the first ball, but not to hit the opponent's body. Make the other party confused. For the next few shots, 80% of the effort was enough.

After several experiments, Iwaizumi found that this would have better battery life than using full power, and he could also continue to score points!

"Bang! Bang! -" Two explosive sounds sounded in succession, and the ball bounced to the second floor.

I don't know if it hit a sharp object, but the ball exploded violently. This was the second "bang!"

The scene did not explode as expected, but instead fell silent. Even next door, Shiratorizawa and Wakutanami were much quieter.

Ushijima glanced towards Iwaizumi. Recently, he has been busy training and has not returned home. He finally knows what his mother has always said about the construction.

"Ball, the ball exploded? Is this really a ball that a human can hit?" Date Industry's new manager Mai Utsuzu couldn't help but tremble. She just saw it!

Let’s hit that ball at Kase-senpai’s feet!

The scoreboard turned to 2-0, and the entire stadium finally reacted to the shock of that goal.

"Killing serve!!"

"Ahhhh Iwaizumi!! Extreme violence! Ultimate aesthetics!"