In the later stages of the game, Qingcheng's difficulty level continued to increase. Even though he had just been successfully scored by Hayato, Hinata, and Kageyama's combined attacks, it did not affect Oikawa and the others.
After receiving Tsukishima's serve, Qingcheng once again put the chips on Kyotani. 'Rabid Dog' did not let down Oikawa's trust. He once again blocked Karasuno's double block. Tanaka broke through and Kyotani regained a point for Qingcheng. .
This allowed Tsukishima in the back row to notice the tense atmosphere between Tanaka and Kyotani, who were competing with each other.
"Hayato-senpai."
Stopping Hayato who was about to take a stand, Tsukishima told Hayato the information he had just discovered.
"After you said it, it is indeed the case."
Hayato, who was focused on the game and thinking about scoring, discovered this situation after Tsukishima reminded him. Before the ball was served, Hayato called Daichi, and Karasuno's back row trio began to plan how to use this situation. A little to improve the defense.
After catching Aojo's serve, Karasuno counterattacked and Tanaka's attack was caught. Aojo readjusted his formation and Oikawa passed the ball to Kyotani. Kyotani was planning to hit a straight ball from Tanaka in the left half again. When he buckled down, he found that Dadi, who was also in the left half, had been waiting there early.
The ball hit Dadi's wrist straight.
"Chance ball!"
After arranging defense, everyone in Karasuno shouted, everyone stepped forward, and multiple people attacked at the same time. However, they had already figured out that when multiple people in Karasuno attacked at the same time, Daichi in the back row would hardly attack. Just bait. Aoki resolves Karasuno's attack with a diving save from Iwaizumi.
"Ah, what a pity!"
"Qingcheng's response is amazing."
On Karasuno's side of the stands, Nika clenched her fists and shouted pity when she saw the ball was caught, while Saeko praised Aoki's skills.
Just like this, the score continued to go back and forth, and the score reached the match point again, 24:23, Karasuno's match point. After getting exactly 24 points, Kageyama also rotated to the serving position. In exchange with Tsukishima, Nishitani also came to the field again
As the jump serve player in the team whose serving power is second only to Hayato, everyone on Karasuno's side looked forward to Kageyama, hoping to score directly with the serve and win the game just like that.
"Now is the critical moment. If we are dragged into a draw again, things may not go well for Karasuno."
Shimada, who was wearing glasses, said with a solemn expression.
"Huh? Why do you say that, even if we lose this round, there will still be another round, right?"
In the worst case, the two teams would only draw 1:1, and there was still a third game that could be bigger. Saeko couldn't figure out why Shimada said this.
"After being caught up with match point in the last game, although it seems that everyone is fine now, this thorn has already been pierced. Even if you don't think about it, it is still there, so the one who is under the greatest pressure now On the contrary, it’s not Qingcheng but us.”
"Are you saying that if we are tied again, this thorn will grow exponentially, affecting the mentality of all members?"
Takinoue on the side seemed to understand a little bit, and asked after Shimada finished speaking. Shimada nodded seriously.
"Yes, and more importantly, No. 16. After one and a half games, he has almost integrated into Qingcheng's rhythm. In fact, he scored the last few goals Qingcheng recovered. Yes, isn't it? Although it loses a lot of points, it's like a double-edged sword, but now, Oikawa has put his hand on the hilt of this double-edged sword."
After Shimada said this, several other people also fell silent, because everyone knew in their hearts that Shimada was right.
"Then what we can do now is to work harder to cheer them on. We have no other choice other than this."
Xiaoyu, who had always been carefree, stood up at this time. Her face with teeth was filled with firmness that she had never seen before. Infected by Xiaoyu, Saeko also smiled and hugged her shoulders.
"That's right. All we can do now is cheer for everyone."
"Karuno~! Come on~!"
With everyone shouting in unison, Kageyama started to run up, and the goal that decided the fate of the two teams began.
"Why, it will end here!!"
It's Iwaizumi again, Aojo's ace appears handsomely and catches Kageyama's jump serve. Aojo's side shouts for a chance ball and launches an attack.
"Stop it!"
The bench area, the coaching area, Sugawara and the others, Coach Wuyang and the others, all tensed up and loudly reminded several people on the court.
"Who could it be? 'Rabid Dog'? Iwaizumi, or someone else, damn it."
Hinata thought at a super speed, and Qingcheng's many offensive options were too much for him to handle. At this time, Hinata saw the hedgehog running past Kyotani.
"is it you!?"
In this distracted moment, the ball was still passed to Kyoutani, but at this time the jumper could no longer catch up, and Hinata regretfully shouted for cover.
"give it to me!"
The patron saint lived up to his reputation. Nishitani lunged to receive the killer smash.
"Chance ball!"
After getting the opportunity to attack again, the girls in the stands shouted almost to the point of breaking their voices. No one could not be excited in this situation. It was a goal that determined the life and death of both teams.
The ball opportunity Nishitani received could not be missed, and multiple people attacked at the same time. Karasuno chose his best tactic in the end.
"Senior Dadi!"
No one expected that Kageyama would pass the ball to Daichi in the left half of the court. Daichi jumped and dunked it down without hesitation. However, in front of the net where there was no one just now, a pair of hands stretched out. It was Kyotani. , the moment the spike was picked up by Nishitani, Kyotani in the front row relied on his own intuition, gave up on Tanaka, gave up on Hayato, and went straight to the earth.
It was this wild intuition that allowed him to successfully seize the opportunity.
The ball hit Kyotani's hand and bounced back to Karasuno's side, and then hit Nishitani's wrist who came to save the ball. This time, Karasuno's patron saint failed to save the ball.
The thug went out of bounds, and Qingcheng once again dragged Karasuno, who had the lead and the match point, into a draw in the second game.
There was no need for Shimada and Takigami to explain anything. Saeko and the others saw the Karasuno crowd in the stadium, and the atmosphere instantly fell silent. Even if it was just a draw, even if Karasuno hadn't lost yet, they were dragged into draws in two consecutive games.
As mentioned just now, Karasuno's momentum was interrupted immediately, and the thorn buried in the previous round also burst out at this moment.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, Coach Uyang called a timeout urgently. Tanaka and Nishitani, who were usually active, fell silent at this time. Everyone walked off the field silently. The atmosphere as if the game had been lost made Coach Uyang follow suit. Get worried.
"We haven't lost yet."
Hayato's words reached everyone's ears. Everyone looked at Hayato and saw that his eyes had not lost their light. After he finished speaking, Hinata also added.
"Yeah, we haven't lost yet!"
Like the rays of the sun, the double encouragement revived Karasuno, who had been lifeless just a moment ago.
"Yes, it's just a draw. We just played in the last game. What are you afraid of?"
"Yes, if we can win the first game, we can win the second game."
Infected by Hayato and Hinata's momentum, Tanaka and Nishitani were the first to recover, and then everyone's eyes regained their vitality.
"Cheer up and start again!"
"It's just two points, we can definitely win it!"
Seeing Hayato and Hinata bringing back the morale of the whole team, Coach Wu Yang wiped the cold sweat from his face and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. To be honest, the atmosphere just now was really dangerous. If he really didn't adjust back, Then they are in danger.
Fortunately, there are still people who are full of fighting spirit in the face of difficulties.
Everyone in Karasuno formed a circle at this time.
"Hayato, I'll let you shout this time." Daichi gave all the shouting power to Hayato. Just when he was tied again, Daichi's head went blank. Fortunately, there were still Hayato and Hinata. So it shouldn't be him this time.
"Yes! Then everyone, let's shout, Karasuno!"
"come on!"
