Holding the nozzle of the energy jelly and shaking it up and down, Hayato leaned on the back of his chair and watched the game on the field. Since Karasuno won the game directly in two games, they came to visit the game between Aoki and Dateko just in time. Just started.
Because he retired in the third grade, Dategong sent a new setter to this representative selection. He was a tall setter with short blond hair, three black bangs, and a strange hairstyle.
"Kanagawa Kanji, a first-year student at Date Technical High School, height 191.5 cm."
Kisuko, who was sitting on Hayato's right hand side, spread out her notebook on her legs, gently pushed her long hair behind her ears, and began to educate everyone about Date Gong's newcomers.
"Really? Isn't that as tall as Date Gong's green roots?"
Sugawara was very shocked when he heard the newcomer's information. You must know that Karasuno only had a player above 190 after Hayato came. This is how Date Gong found so many tall players.
"Hey, it's over 190 again. I'm so envious."
Hinata was talking while chewing the food in her mouth. Kageyama next to her was very disgusted and asked him to finish eating before talking.
"It has nothing to do with height. I care more about the skill of the setter."
He handed the finished energy jelly package to Ninhua. Ninhua brought a garbage bag. Everyone put the packages in it after eating so that they could be thrown away together. After thanking Ninhua, Kageyama turned around and stared at it carefully. The setter Huang Jinchuan on the court.
After Kageyama said this, everyone looked at the venue together.
Qingcheng served first, and Oikawa's serve was still so sharp. Cooperating with Qingcheng's support, and with their encouragement, Oikawa scored directly with a jump serve.
"The king's serve is still so powerful."
"Ah, but that's just one of the good things about Oikawa-senpai."
The first-year duo started discussing after seeing Oikawa's beautiful jump serve. After hearing this, Hayato took over the topic with a smile.
"Hey, you two, don't forget Hayato-senpai."
"Indeed, Hayato, your serve is not inferior to Oikawa's either."
Daichi said with a smile. The atmosphere in Karasuno, who had been a little serious because of Oikawa's serve, relaxed a lot. With reliable players, he can give others confidence.
Next to the cheerleading trio who came with them, Xiaoyu chirped and said that Qingcheng's No. 1 was a handsome guy. Yuxi also nodded in agreement, and Tanaka cut his ears in displeasure when he heard this.
You must know that as the strong enemy who defeated Karasuno, Oikawa from Qingcheng has always been the object of Tanaka's hatred. No, as soon as Oikawa served a ball, the beautifully dressed girls in the stands who specially cheered for Oikawa shouted "Oikawa" name.
Because everyone is sitting in different seats, Yunxia can only remind Tanaka to restrain himself. The second-year students are sitting in the same row with Coach Wu Yang, Takeda-sensei, and Jiezi, and the third-year students are sitting in the second row with Yamaguchi Tsukishima. , Hinata Kageyama, Tanaka Nishitani, Nika and Xiaoyu were sitting in the row closest to the guardrail.
"Don't be jealous, Long. The girls on the cheerleading team cheered for you just now, and you didn't lose either."
Tanaka's sister Saeko, who was sitting next to Tanaka, put her arms around Tanaka's neck and poked his cheek with her finger.
"Sister, don't do this. It's embarrassing."
Tanaka, who was comforted like a child, wanted to resist, but was pushed back by Saeko. Xiaoyu covered her mouth and laughed secretly when she saw the appearance of her siblings. Her smile made Tanaka resist even more fiercely. It was not easy. Thanks to his sister's clutches, Oikawa was already serving the second ball off the court.
After scoring consecutively, Qingcheng's momentum was high, and then Oikawa's serve went out of bounds on the third ball. He was very embarrassed and apologized to the players. The right to serve was transferred to Dateko's side.
The opportunity ball passed and allowed Qingcheng to attack, but Datego chose to counterattack.
Datego, who formed an iron wall with his height advantage, tried to block the ball. Iwaizumi thought that the hitter would go out of bounds, but the ball was caught by the libero. The rookie setter Kanegawa sent a high ball to the leader Futakuchi.
"It's really, really high. I'm not good at playing this kind of ball."
He barely hit the ball, and the ball hit the Qingcheng player and scored unexpectedly.
"Well done, senior!"
Huang Jinchuan shouted loudly without any awareness that he had made a mistake, and Futakuchi covered his eyes helplessly.
"Jin Huangchuan, I'm not good at hitting lobs. Remember to lower the ball next time."
"Yes, senior!"
It's a very spirited answer, but it's not certain whether it can be done.
Karasuno was also surprised when he saw his ball.
"Hey, Kageyama, that setter, is he a newbie?"
Even Hinata could see that there was something wrong with Huang Huanggawa's ball support, which was enough to see what kind of skills the new setter had.
"Well, he obviously didn't pass the ball well. It was lucky that the main attacker was able to score by smashing the ball."
Because of his height advantage, Huang Jinchuan was able to get rid of the single blocker when he made the second attack, but his intention was too obvious, and he was discovered by Qingcheng's players. After receiving the ball steadily, Oikawa handed it over to attack and jumped up Oikawa, who was smashing the ball, did not panic in the face of Datego's iron wall, and planned to use a diagonal ball to decide the winner.
Unexpectedly, at the moment of smashing the ball, another iron wall stood in front of him, it was Dateko's setter Huang Huanggawa.
Datego, who formed three iron walls, blocked Oikawa's attack and scored.
"We ran into a difficult team again."
Oikawa said unhappily after the ball was blocked, and Iwaizumi, who was on the same team, did not miss this opportunity to complain.
"To be honest, I was quite happy when I was stopped just now."
"Same as above."
The teammates' complaints made Oikawa even more unhappy.
"I'm listening, you guys."
The atmosphere in Qingcheng is like this. Everyone complains about their setter all the time, but they believe in him immensely.
"Oh oh oh, three people blocked the net, and the iron wall came back to life."
After retiring in the third grade, Datego lacked tall players to form an iron wall blockade. As a result, the newly added Kanegawa filled the gap, which made Hinata's eyes shine. After all, he wanted to fight against a strong opponent.
"Well, you have to win Qingcheng before you can fight us."
When Hayato heard Hinata's words, he thought to himself, even if he didn't know what was going to happen, just looking at it now, the gap between the two teams was already huge. That was Oikawa, the best setter, and Ushijima was trying hard to recruit him. People under his command.
Sure enough, although Datego could also score in the next game, Qingcheng was always in the lead. After the score reached 20 points, although the score had not yet opened, Qingcheng was destined to get the match point.
After a beautiful combo attack, Qingcheng successfully got the match point.
"Your Majesty, they have got the match point."
"Yeah, and Qingcheng seems to be doing it with ease."
Although Dateko was also trying to regain points, Qingcheng, who got the match point, firmly won the first game.
With the intermission, Karasuno also discussed how to face Qingcheng next. It's not that they looked down on others, but the gap in strength was there. Qingcheng was probably their next opponent.
Facing their old rivals, except for Hayato, everyone else looked eager to try. The crow that has evolved again will spread its wings and fly high this time. Qingcheng and Karasuno are coming, are you ready?
