There is a 3-minute break between each game of volleyball, so after the first game, everyone replenished water while listening to the coach's instructions. However, Karasuno, who won the previous game with a big score, did not have any major problems, and Coach Uyang also It's just that Hayato ends up being replaced by Asahi.
This is the confidence of having two aces in the team. They can preserve their physical strength for the next game.
Different from the relaxed atmosphere on Karasuno's side, Shannan's side was much quieter. The huge score gap made everyone depressed, and the team leader had no choice.
"More important than winning or losing is your hard work."
But this kind of words was not very convincing. At this time, a familiar voice came from the stands on the second floor. In the third grade when Shannan retired, former captain Noboru Akimiya came to watch their game.
"Hey, you are all too quiet! You are so powerful when fighting, why do you shrink when you hit the ball?"
Led by Towada and two other gangsters who provoked Tanaka, the three immediately glared at the former captain when they heard this.
"Who shrank!"
"I'm not afraid of you. This is the second floor. No matter how powerful you are, you can't beat me."
First he was startled, and then Qiu Gongsheng, who was on the second floor, grabbed the railing with both hands and said.
"What on earth did that person do?"
One of them asked curiously, looking at the former captain who was laughing on the second floor.
"Giving up immediately when you encounter a slight setback is called cowardice. I won't judge your competition. But there is one thing I have to say, there is no shame in being serious, working hard, and doing your best!"
Hayato, who was resting here, also heard those words. Looking at the captain's serious expression, Hayato nodded in agreement.
"That makes sense, but there is only one winner. Everyone, you must win from now on."
"oh!"
The current leader Towada, who was inspired by his captain, clenched his fists and shouted that he would defeat Karasuno, break through the first round of qualifying, and even defeat Shiratorizawa. When he heard him shouting, the players of Shannan were also inspired to fight. .
And here Tanaka also responded very seriously after hearing it.
"bring it on!"
After the start of the second game, Asahi, who came on the field, also used his performance to tell everyone present that he was also Karasuno's ace. He scored consecutively, and with his strong spiking in the front row, the score was quickly pulled away. open.
But once there is a comparison, the difference can be easily seen.
"The main attacker that Karasuno replaced is not bad, but... right?"
"Ah, obviously No. 13 just now is more powerful."
The players from other schools who were watching from the stands on the second floor looked at Xu who was working hard to score on the court and said with some sympathy.
"But with the current strength gap, the game will be over soon. Let's go. The next game is ours."
"I know. A game with a huge disparity in strength should be played quickly."
After watching the beginning of the game, I knew that Shannan had no hope. The two players onlookers were going to prepare to warm up. It was their turn to play after Karasuno's game.
Hearing what they said, the former general Qiu Gongsheng reluctantly cheered for Shan Nan.
"The game isn't over yet, don't give up!"
But the score at this time was not much different from the previous game, 23 to 13, a full 10-point gap. Karasuno, who got the right to serve, now had Kageyama's turn to serve. Under the sound of a good shot from his teammates, Kageyama decisively made a jump serve and scored directly. Karasuno took the lead in reaching the 24-point match point.
"Good shot, Kageyama's jump serve is getting sharper and sharper."
Yuanxia clenched his fist excitedly and said, Hayato on the side patted his shoulder.
"Kageyama made a hundred more jump serves with me every night during the second half of our stay. It's only natural that he's getting better and better."
The proud Hayato puffed out his chest, while Sugawara beside him couldn't stand it anymore.
"Okay, okay, you deserve half of the credit for this. Quickly put away this proud look."
"hey-hey."
After successfully winning the match point, everyone relaxed.
Another jump serve, this time was caught by Shannan's player, but the ball hit his arm and flew out. Watching the ball fly over his head, the captain Towada comforted himself in his heart.
"This ball is too late. We are only in the second grade anyway, and we still have the next year."
This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and the next second, Towada ran out chasing the last ball.
"It's because of this kind of thinking that I've always been so weak!"
Hitting the water bottle area, Towada saved the ball and shouted for the final ball! Save it! Hearing this, Shannan's libero passed the ball in a sliding gesture. The volleyball missed the net, but was saved by Nishitani with the back of his hand. Hinata passed the ball to Tanaka, who spiked the ball hard, but was picked up and hit hard. Shannan free man, who was adjusting his situation, picked up again.
"it's not finished yet!"
"Give me the ball!"
The main player Towada asked in the left half, and then jumped up to smash the ball, but Asahi firmly caught it.
At this moment, Hinata flew past his eyes. Looking at Hinata leaping high, Towada's heart was filled with regret.
"It turns out that the real fool is me."
Kageyama accurately passed the ball to Hinata's hands and spiked the ball directly to score.
Karasuno ended the match against Shannan High School with a two-game lead.
The two teams stood on the sideline again. As the whistle sounded, everyone shouted thank you for the advice. Karasuno had to rest to face the next opponent, and Shannan, their journey was over.
As he was resting dejectedly at the entrance of the stairs, Shannan's former captain came over.
"Thank you for your hard work. It's hard work, isn't it?"
Everyone stood up when they saw the former captain walking over.
"It's natural to be unwilling to accept it now. No matter what the game is, of course you will be sad if you lose. To put it more extreme, even people who don't practice seriously will be sad if they lose the game. Anyone can feel this unwillingness. , all from the heart.”
"But! Those who forget about this unwillingness after three days will always be weak! Don't look at the three years of high school. If you just muddle along, it will be over in the blink of an eye. If you are unwilling today, keep it in your heart!"
After saying these words, the former captain realized that he seemed to have said something, and hurriedly said goodbye to everyone with a smile.
"Then, that's it, I'll come to see it next year too, come on."
As soon as he turned around, the current commander Towada stopped him, then put his hands behind his back and bowed deeply.
"General! Thank you for your advice!"
The other team members also shouted together, seemingly encouraged by his words, and everyone was very grateful to the former captain.
Seeing everyone's reaction, former captain Akimiya Noboru laughed and waved to everyone.
On Karasuno's side, everyone was curious about who their opponent would be in the next match, so they arrived early to get ready. When they looked into the field at the door, they saw a giant.
"The murder weapon, that height is the murder weapon."
"Two meters tall. So scary."
Looking at the giant in the field, Xu and Renhua said in fear.
With his absolute height advantage, he could get rid of the opponent's blocker with just a little jump, and easily move the volleyball into the opposite court. The game was quickly decided, and Kadokawa Academy, the team where the giant belonged, won. Became Karasuno's opponent.
Standing in front of the duel table at the entrance of the gymnasium, Daichi looked at the scores of Kadokawa Academy, 25:21, 25:19.
"As long as we win one more game, we can break through the first round of preliminaries and advance to the representative selection in October. We must definitely break through the first round."
"yes!"
Renhua was nervously thinking that as long as she lost a game, she would really be eliminated, but at this time, the two-meter-tall giant walked past her.
"The opponent's player is two meters tall."
Hinata also watched the giant walk past him, trembling nervously.
"Two meters is so high."
Yamaguchi stood next to Hinata.
"2 meters 01 and 1 meters 62."
"Rounding up, I'm 1.63 meters tall."
Tsukishima also came over to hit him.
"2.01 meters and 1.62 meters, rounding off is a difference of 40 centimeters."
“That’s not how rounding works!”
Renhua also rushed to remedy the situation.
"40 centimeters, that's the same height as Caddy. It's not too different."
"Is this comfort?" Tsukishima was very curious.
"I remember that electric mice are also 40 centimeters." Yamaguchi also mentioned one.
"So is Fujiwhale," added the knowledgeable Tsukishima.
"Vine Whale?"
"what is that?"
"A type of shark."
"Ayue, you are so knowledgeable!"
A dejected Hinata walked to the preparation area.
"I want to merge with the Vine Whale."
Kageyama was a little confused when he heard Hinata's unclear words.
"ha?"
"Combined with the Vine Whale, I will be two meters tall."
At this time, Hayato came over and put his arm on Hinata's head out of habit.
"What's wrong? What's wrong? Is our little giant afraid of facing off against a real giant?"
"Hayato-senpai!"
Seeing Hayato, Hinata regained her energy.
"Well, relax, our little giant won't back down just because of this. Show him how powerful he is."
As he said that, Hayato looked at the giant in the field. Following his gaze, Hinata also saw that person. Then the two of them looked away, and Hayato looked into Hinata's eyes seriously.
"How's it going? Do you have confidence?"
"have!"
"Very well, let's go in then."
"oh!"
Daichi saw Hinata regaining her energy and led everyone into the venue.
"Kuroba-senpai restored Hinata's energy with just a few words!"
Renhua also became happy when she saw Hinata's appearance, and Jiezi on the side was also very happy to see this scene.
"Yes, after all, Hayato is our ace, so let's go, Nihua-chan."
After Jiezi put the water and towels into the rest area, Renhua returned to the stands on the second floor and prepared to continue cheering for everyone.
