The first game between Nekoma and Inarizaki ended with 25-27, and Inarizaki won with difficulty.
As soon as the players came off the field, they all picked up towels to wipe their sweat. It was obviously only the first game, but Nekoma refused to let go of Inarizaki. The ball that usually could be finished in dozens of seconds was dragged out by both sides to minutes. the point.
Assistant Xiaolin stood beside them and urged them to replenish water quickly. After all, the rest time between the first and second games in a volleyball match is usually only three minutes, and each player needs to take the time to adjust and replenish their physical strength.
Coach Kurosu walked up to the players: "Well, how do you feel?"
Gong You snorted softly. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he had to admit Yinju's strength: "It's not bad, the little dwarf opposite."
Alan sighed: "Huh? It's so rare to hear good words of praise for others from Ayou's mouth."
Ginjima and Akagi nodded in agreement.
"Huh——?" Gong Yoo jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, "I just said it's okay, it's okay, you know? Of course compared to me, the gap is as wide as the Sea of Japan, okay? ?”
Yin Dao, who was in the same class as Gong Yoo, was a little surprised: "Did A Yu just use metaphorical rhetoric?"
"Hello!"
"Okay, okay, you can say whatever you want to say when the game is over. Now," Coach Heishu crossed his arms and said something quite rude with a smile, "Ayu, a whole round has already passed. Have you figured out a way to fight back?"
"The title of being the number one setter in high school is not something that a kitten from Tokyo can just step on and play with without restraint."
"Ah, of course I know," Gong Yoo's eyes darkened for a moment, "I will not allow this to happen."
Gong Yoo threw the towel on the bench coolly, with a smile on his face that looked like the villain of the devil, and gave instructions gloomily: "Isn't it aimed at my secondary attacker? Who doesn't know this trick? ?”
"Let's do this in the next game..." Gong Yoo lowered his voice and explained the tactics to Alan and Yin Dao: "Remember to watch my gestures."
After Gong Yoo explained to them, he walked to Kakuna and Tenwon in a few steps. Assistant Kobayashi had just been dealing with the redness and swelling on Tenwon Sakuya's arm, so the two of them were a little away from Gong Yoo and the others.
Gong Yoo: "Hey, Shuoye."
"You played badly today," Gong Yoo accused unceremoniously, "Weren't you very tough when you faced seniors and Shiratorizawa's Ushijima before? Why are you so weak today?"
Tianyuan Shuo also put his left hand on his knees and instantly turned it into a fist.
Gong Yoo rolled his eyes: "What are you doing? Want to fight?"
"...No," Tianyuan Shuo also looked away, "Yinju's setter is very good. I've played against him several times before and he guessed it, so..."
When Gong Yu heard the words "The setter on the opposite side is very good" coming from Tenwon Sakuya's mouth, he couldn't hold back for a moment: "Let's see clearly who is the most powerful setter in high school, okay? I'll Standing in front of you and you praise the little dwarf opposite you, are you really lying?! Are you kidding me?!!"
Tianyuan Shuoye;...
"Listen to me," Gong Yoo poked Tianyuan Sakuya's chest with a ferocious look, "How to push the opposite setter down is something I have to consider, do you understand?"
"Before, I let you, just forget it if you don't want to spike the ball. Blocking can also bring us victory, but today, it's not possible."
"From now on, all you have to do is look at me and trust me 100%. I don't want to lose and I hate losing, so just entrust your back to me. Anyway, the ball that I, Gong Yoo, throws out, It will definitely make you remember that you made a lot of money in high school for the rest of your life!”
"If you continue to be such a grinder, go to the reserve team. Inarizaki doesn't need such a forward-thinking player!"
These words of Miyazaki may sound excessive to outsiders, but in fact, Miyazaki’s thoughts as the brains of the team also perfectly represent the characteristics of the Inarizaki team: there is no need to recall yesterday, and moving forward courageously is the attitude of Inarizaki. .
Although this young team is still in the process of painful adjustment, they know that in the cruel laws of team sports, survival of the fittest is the eternal truth.
Everyone is waiting with bated breath for Tenwon Sakuya's answer. You have been hurt before. It doesn't matter. We will help you dig out the abscess and lick the wound until it heals. We can take ninety-nine steps towards you, but you, We must also be brave enough to take that final step towards us.
For a moment, silence gradually spread in Inarizaki's rest area.
Assistant Xiaolin frowned and looked at Coach Kurosu behind him. Heishu made a few gestures to him and silently shook his head to signal him not to interfere in this matter.
"...I see."
Finally, the blond boy sitting on the bench raised his head. His voice was a little hoarse, his face was not shy and flustered as usual, and a touch of blue in his eyes shone brightly under the light.
Tianyuan Shuo also licked his lips: "I won't let you down."
**
The two sides exchanged venues, and the right to serve in the second game came to Inarizaki.
Contrary to the expectations of everyone in Yinju, the blond boy opposite them who had been targeted in the previous game stood at the service point.
Yamamoto, Fukunaga and others looked at Momo involuntarily, Momo frowned and decided to observe Inarizaki's situation first.
"Beep——" the referee blew the whistle and raised his hand to signal the start of the serve time.
"Serve the ball well!" "Serve the ball well, Sakuya."
Tianyuan Shuo, who was standing at the service point, also moved his wrist slightly, throwing the ball, running up, and taking off as he had practiced thousands of times.
"Bang!"
Tianyuan Shuo could already feel the difference when he hit this ball. This faster than usual serve hit the front of the baseline accurately. The speed was so fast that Yinju's free agent Ye Jiu didn't even react. .
"Beep, inbounds, Nekoma vs. Inarizaki, 0-1."
"ha?"
Yejiu shouted in disbelief: "What? What is this? How is his serving speed possible? No, don't tell me that this kid deliberately hides his strength to disgust me, right?"
Hai Xinxing came over immediately and patted Yejiu on the shoulder, telling him not to be too nervous: "Relax, Yejiu, you are too nervous. This is just the first ball of the game."
The three-year seniors watching the game were also shouting calm down.
This serve caused a certain degree of confusion on Nekoma's side, but Inarizaki, apart from the routine encouragement before Tenwon Sakuya served, acted as if he was accustomed to this serve.
This is natural, the foxes of Inarizaki thought.
Tianyuan Shuo also took the volleyball thrown by the referee, and the annoyance and anxiety in his heart completely disappeared. He touched his wrist and suddenly realized clearly that his condition seemed to be terrible.
The referee raised his hand to signal for silence, and Inarizaki continued to serve.
"Bang!"
"Serve score, Nekoma vs. Inarizaki, 0-2."
"Bang - bang!" This was the muffled sound of the volleyball hitting Ye Jiu's arm. The force was so strong that even the well-trained libero's arm was numb. It was this small mistake that caused the volleyball to fly out diagonally. of the stadium.
"Bang!"
This was Tenwon Sakuya's third serve. Although Yajiu barely caught the serve, he rolled over on the ground in an extremely embarrassed manner to relieve his efforts.
"Grind!"
In the stadium, everyone's eyes were fixed on the volleyball flying in the air. Everyone knew that if this ball allowed Inarizaki to score again, the rhythm of the game would inevitably return to Inarizaki. In the hands of the ground.
Therefore, no matter what, this ball must be captured!
Nekoma's blood boiled under the command of his heart. Except for Yaku, everyone participated in the attack under the hint of the grinding gesture. They pressed the Inarizaki defense line with unprecedented courage. They must win this crucial point. Take it.
attack! attack!
The wild cat's sharp claws swung towards the fox's weak point. On this silent battlefield, no one would bow their head easily.
This time, Kuroo and Yamamoto acted as bait in the attack. The grinding pass accurately found Hi Nobuyuki who was hiding behind the two of them. Hi Nobuyuki took off from a deep squat. The muscles in his whole body tightened, followed by a sudden force in the waist and abdomen. Swing your right hand to hit the volleyball.
"Hey!"
Under Hisense's powerful blow, the volleyball rushed towards Inarizaki's half at a speed of over 100 kilometers per hour, rushing towards the blond boy whom Nekoma considered a weakness.
Come on, let's see, what reason does the famous Inarizaki have to dominate Hyogo Prefecture?
Tianyuan Shuo could also clearly feel the eager gaze of the wild cats on the opposite side, but surprisingly, the blond boy was still squatting on the spot, neither intending to dodge nor catch the ball.
Alan, the main attacker standing in the back row, acted as the first passer of this attack. He and Hisin Xing are also heavy artillery main attackers. In terms of physical fitness, the mixed-race Alan can steadily suppress Hisin Xing.
When Alan lifted the ball and gave it to Gong Yu, Tianyuan Shuo, who was standing in the back row, also suddenly started playing.
"Wait a minute, he can't participate in the front-row attack in the back row," Yamamoto on the opposite side yelled, "This is a foul!"
Would the foxes of Inarizaki make such a stupid mistake?
the answer is negative.
Gong Yoo stared closely at the volleyball, stepped forward with his legs and lowered his center of gravity, spread his fingers naturally, and slightly bent them into a hemisphere: "Shuo Ye——!!"
Tianyuan Shuo also kicked off his left foot and started to jump at the three-meter line. He jumped too high, too high, so that everyone's eyes involuntarily followed his figure. The young man had golden hair and a black uniform. Flying wantonly in the air, he showed everyone his terrifying ability to reach heights and stay in the air arrogantly and unreasonably.
The sound in his ears seemed to disappear, leaving only the beating heart in his chest that kept trembling. Tianyuan Shuo also looked up at the volleyball in the air.
"Bang!"
The volleyball rushed towards Yinju's half of the court at an even faster speed than before, with the biting wind brushing past Mian Mo's ears. It hit the ground with a heart-stopping roar. Mang Mo looked towards the other side. Go, two pairs of cat eyes, one gold and one blue, faced each other through the net again, but this time, Tianyuan Shuo did not look away.
"Beep, inbounds, Nekoma vs. Inarizaki, 0-4."
After hearing the referee's signal that the smash was valid, Gong Yu jumped onto Tianyuan Sakuya's back with a quick stride, smiling wildly: "Let me just say, this move is super-- super cool!"
The smile that had just been raised was stuck on his face, and the unprepared Tianyuan Shuo was staggered by him.
Alan rushed forward in horror: "Wait a minute, Ayou, come down first, Shuoye seems like he can't hold it anymore, he really can't hold it anymore ahhhhh!"
Off the court, Yindao couldn't bear to look at her and covered his face: "I'm going to fall, I'm going to fall, hiss——"
On the other side, everyone from Yinju also rushed over: "Hey, Momo, are you okay? I called you several times and you didn't respond? You weren't hit by the volleyball, were you?"
"Ah..." Grinding shifted his gaze back to his companion, "It's okay."
Although Mian Mo said this, Ye Jiu and Hisin were still not at ease. They pulled him up and down to check, and then they reassured him and told him not to be in a daze and to reply in time when asking him questions in the future.
Both of them lowered their heads and came down, but when everyone dispersed, they grabbed the back of Kuroo's jersey.
"Xiao Hei," Momo paused, then raised his head and looked at Kuroo: "Is this volleyball?"
The tacit understanding they had grown up with made Kuroo easily understand the meaning of grinding. He smiled and raised his hand to rub the top of Yoo Tumori's head: "Ah, this is volleyball. How about it? Isn't it interesting?"
