[Volleyball] Black and White

The lottery for the ih Tokyo Regional Qualifiers was held on Wednesday afternoon, and Sakakibara and Kobayashi Haru invited the class at [-]:[-] pm. After changing into the uniforms of the school team at the social office, they got into Sakaki's car and went to Dongdae .

This year, the lottery for the ih Tokyo area was arranged in an auditorium of the University of Tokyo. When Ji Sakakihara and Hiroshi Kobayashi stood at the entrance of the auditorium, they attracted the attention of many people.One is because of the face of Sakakibara who was often active in the national competitions when he was in junior high school, and the other is because of the word "Hyodi" on their team uniforms.

Ignoring the gaze cast over him, Sakakibara walked in after signing in at the entrance with no expression on his face.Kobayashi saw the location of Bingdi one step ahead of Sakakihara, and patted Sakakihara on the shoulder to signal him to look over: "Asi, over there."

"So after a while, will I go up or seniors go up to draw lots?" Sakakihara asked in a low voice while drinking Kobayashi Yuan and walking side by side.

Xiao Linyuan took out his mobile phone and clicked a dice rolling software: "You try it?"

Tsukasa Sakakihara took the phone and clicked start while walking down, and the dice stopped at six.

Xiao Linyuan took it and tapped it to start, and the dice stopped at one point.

Sakakihara Division: "..."

Xiao Linyuan: "..."

"So is it better to be six o'clock or one o'clock?" Sakakihara sat down and thought seriously with Kobayashi Yuan's cell phone.

Kobayashi Yuan went astray along with Sakakihara, "I think it's more difficult at six o'clock, right?"

"But it's not easy at all." Sakakihara turned his head and took a serious look at Kobayashi Yuan. This is the same as the lottery in the game.

Xiao Linyuan: "..." It makes sense, but I can't refute it!

"Pfft." There was a laugh from behind the two of them, and Sakakihara and Kobayashi turned their heads and saw a boy wearing Xiaogu's team uniform.

"So it's you, Sakaki-kun." The boy turned into a half-smile when he saw Sakakihara Tsukasa's face.

Sakakihara also mocked with a paralyzed face: "So it's you, the defeated general."

The boy was not angry, instead he leaned on the back of the chair and looked at Sakakihara and sneered: "I advise you to draw lots if you roll to one point, after all, elementary schools need to rely on a smaller number of points to avoid Owl Valley."

I don't understand the entanglement between Sakakihara Division and the boy in front of me, but Kobayashi Yuan is still angry because the other party said that Heidei is an elementary school.Xiao Linyuan put away the gentle smile that often hangs on his face: "This--junior, has no one taught you what is polite?"

"It turned out to be a senior, so what? A senior who can't even touch the threshold of the national competition, there is nothing worthy of respect—ah!" The boy was hit on the back of the head while talking, "Minister!"

Just now when I came here, I heard my juniors talking nonsense to the Ice Emperor's people. Xiaogu's minister Yi Qingyao directly raised his hand and hit the junior on the back of the head, and then looked at the two Ice Emperors: "I'm sorry, my staff was rude."

Because the other party directly mocked his senior, Sakakibara sneered and ignored Ichi Qingyao's apology, but stared straight at the boy just now: "It's okay for Konoha-kun to mock others with his senior's skills. Is it worthy of respect? Or do you simply forget how I beat you to the point where you didn't even dare to catch the ball when I was in Beichuan?"

It’s an exaggeration to say that. At that time, the mentality of the opponent had collapsed, and everyone had no motivation to catch the ball. Instead, it was Akiki Konoha who kept trying to save the ball again and again.

But Sakakihara Division didn't care what the opponent's performance was like at the beginning.

A defeated general is a defeated general.

The eyes of Sakakihara Division clearly conveyed this meaning.

Yi Qingyao interrupted the two people's staring, and also prevented his junior from saying anything that would make the atmosphere more embarrassing. In his opinion, Sakakihara's counterattack was reasonable: "You are... Sakakihara from Beichuan No. [-] Middle School Mr. Si?"

"Senior Ichiyo." It was not very polite for Sakakihara Si to sit sideways, so he simply stood up and called Ichiqing Yao's name.

Yi Qingyao was a little surprised, but then smiled: "It seems that Sakaki-kun knows our Xiaogu very well? I hope to meet Bingdi later." The latter sentence was very sincere, but it also brought a little provocation from the opponent , no matter who it is in the competition, as long as they have the opportunity to face Xiaogu's school, they are all opponents.

As if he didn't understand the provocation brought by the other party, Sakakibara replied calmly, "I would like to borrow your good words."

"Konoha, let's go, don't sit in someone else's seat." Kazuo nodded to Sakakihara and Kobayashi, and then called Konoha Akiki to leave.

Kobayashi Yuan sat down with Sakakihara again, looked at Sakakihara's calm expression and was worried: "Asi, what are you thinking?"

Sakakihara looked sideways at Kobayashi Yuan, his eyes full of seriousness: "I'm thinking whether six o'clock is better or one o'clock is better."

Xiao Linyuan: "..." I am probably mentally retarded for worrying about you.

Just when the two were joking with serious expressions, the auditorium was gradually full of people.Director Sakakihara cast his eyes on the stage, there were already several persons in charge standing on it, and the lottery box had been moved to the stage.

Xiao Linyuan put the phone back in his pocket and waited for the lottery in 5 minutes.

"Ashi, what do you think of Xiaogu?" Kobayashi never forgot that after returning from Miyagi Prefecture last week, Sakakihara was in a state of low pressure all the way. After thinking about it after meeting people from Xiaogu School just now, he still couldn't bear it Live to ask out.

"There is no chance of winning." At this time, Sakakibara was more straightforward than Kurobi.

Xiao Linyuan pursed his lips, "Is there really no chance of winning after such a long practice?"

Secretary Sakakihara nodded: "Senior Kobayashi also knows, just now WS19 Qingyao and Owl Valley's free agent Hoshino Eiichi have been selected for the U19 national team, plus MB Shinagawa who shined after the second grade Zhuang You was also selected for the u[-], but he didn't enter the national team, these three people alone are enough to represent Xiaogu's current level, the top three in the country."

"But what's so special about that first-year student named Konoha just now? He was brought to the lottery scene by Ichi Qingyao." Kobayashi Yuan remembered the boy who had spoken to Sakakihara just now, "What do you mean? Did they meet Beichuan No. [-] Middle School when they were in middle school?"

"Ah, that person..." Sakakihara's expression was not as arrogant as when he was provocative just now, but with a little appreciation, "When all the players gave up, he was the only one who was trying to catch the ball and save it. A very persevering person. But... at his level, he is probably the younger generation that Xiaogu is cultivating."

The sound of the microphone came from the stage, and everyone in the auditorium fell silent and looked at the stage, the lottery was about to start.

Everyone listened attentively to the name of the school being read, maybe the next opponent would be the person whose name was read.As usual, last year's top sixteen teams in the Tokyo Metropolitan Competition drew lots first. Kobayashi took a notebook and wrote down all the names that Tsukasa Sakakibara had called in a low voice. Only six of the sixteen teams were called.Kobayashi paused for a moment, and couldn't believe that Ice Emperor had already entered the top six in the capital competition in Sakakihara's heart: "Asi, are these six teams worth noting?"

Secretary Sakakihara lowered his eyes to look at the name of the school written on the notebook, then nodded casually: "You must have confidence in your training for so long, senior."

This is what he said, but Secretary Sakakihara was not at ease at all. Although the first game of the top [-] is a bye as usual, there are a total of five groups of games, and even if the average score is average, each group will have at least three team.If Ice Empress is unlucky and draws a group with all three strong teams, then the regional qualifiers alone will probably be extremely difficult.

"Ah, group e is really the group of death." Xiao Linyuan looked at the group e marked on the big screen, and there were actually six teams in it.

Sakakibara raised his head and looked at the big screen: "Senior, don't forget Group B, Xiaogu is in Group B, ah... Group B also has Kadokawa Gakuen."

"Didn't Xiaogu go up to draw lots?" Xiao Lin had never heard Xiaogu's name before, "Ah...the organizing committee put all the national-level teams in the finals of each group."

"So now pray, senior, I hope that I will avoid Group E and Group B when I draw lots. As long as the first representative match (regional qualifier) ​​enters the final and Xiaogu is in the final match, we will get tickets for the capital competition It's gone." Tsukasa Sakakihara glanced at Ryo Kobayashi with a half-smile, "Senior, don't be nervous, I'm not like this when I go to draw lots."

"Ice Emperor Academy, representatives of Ice Emperor Academy are invited to draw lots." The host on the stage looked at the list in his hand and said.

Sakakibara stood up from his seat, and his usually expressionless face when he was not speaking seemed a little cold. Those who were close to him had already seen Sakakihara's special eyes.

In just over two months since the third grade in middle school, Sakakihara has only grown a little taller, and nothing else has changed, so when someone recognizes Sakakihara, the audience is a little restless.

The ice emperor's silver-white and black uniforms are not neatly pulled up, but the black short-sleeved uniforms are often opened to reveal the inner black short-sleeved uniforms. Because of the reason that Sakakibara walked down the steps, the back swing is slightly raised, and it is already 1.8 meters faster. The height and the imposing manner of Sakakihara Division unconsciously letting go when facing the opponent attracted everyone's attention. Kobayashi Yuan smiled silently and watched him walk onto the stage.

Slightly nodding at the host, Sakakihara put his hand into the lottery box, and took out the first lottery without any hesitation.Without looking at it, he handed the lottery to the host, and Sakakihara turned around and walked back.

"Ice Emperor Academy, Group A."

Everyone saw the smile on the lips of Sakakihara, who had his back to the stage.

He didn't even bother to look at the results behind, and when there were two rows to Kobayashi's distance, Sakakihara stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers: "Senior Xiaolin, let's go."

Kobayashi Yuan's gentle smile returned to his face because he was drawn in Group A, and he got up with his notebook and followed Sakakihara to the exit of the auditorium.

Yi Qingyao, who was sitting in Xiaogu's seat, kept turning his head to watch Sakakihara's every move, and couldn't help laughing when he saw this scene: "Well, it's interesting."

"Sakaki."

Sakakihara, who walked out of the auditorium, was stopped by a tall boy with a short cut who was a few steps away from him.

Kobayashi Yuan didn't have much impression of this person's face, and the person who knew Sakakihara must be a first-year student.

Sakakihara stood there and looked at the 187-year-old man in front of him, and replied in a neutral tone: "Sakusa."

"Long time no see." Sasaku looked at the man in front of him who was wearing a silver-white jacket with a black short-sleeved team uniform, "I saw Niu Ruo in the monthly magazine that you went to Bingdi, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Secretary Sakakihara nodded, looked at the team uniform worn by the opponent, the logo on the chest made his pupils shrink slightly: "Jingdashan, it really is your choice."

Xiao Linyuan reacted belatedly after hearing Jing Dashan's name. The person in front of him was wearing Jing Dashan's official team uniform.Jing Dashan, the winner of the ih national competition for five consecutive years.

Sasaku's eyes were sharp, and because of his stature, he seemed a bit condescending: "It's you, who came to the Kanto side and chose—"

"It doesn't matter what school I chose, whether it's with you or Niu Ruo, right?" Tsukasa Sakakibara interrupted him bluntly, "It's you, this is the regional qualifier, you come to the East What are you doing?"

Sasaku doesn't care about being interrupted, anyway, he and Sakakihara have fought against each other for three years. They are both opponents and friends. Isn't there a saying that the one who knows you best is your opponent.The mailboxes have been exchanged, and occasionally text messages will be sent, but whenever he and Sakakihara face each other before the game, they will always confront each other unconsciously.

To be honest, he still really wants to partner with the best setter in the country...

"Let's take a look at our future opponents. Is there anything worth looking forward to?" Sasaku withdrew his attitude just now, and when he spoke again, it was a bit like chatting with old friends, "I will go to see the finals, and I hope to see them in the finals." You, otherwise you who can't even enter the competition, what qualifications do you have to be called a national player?"

Sakakihara put his hands in his trouser pockets, and his attitude became casual: "Then let's see you in the finals. Although Ice Emperor does not have the strength to enter the country now, but...wait for me in Haruka, Sakusa. Let's go, Kobayashi-senpai."

After finishing speaking, he walked past Saakusa with his long legs. Saku narrowed his slender eyes, and his eyes followed Sakakibara's movements. Then he turned his head and smiled at the back of the figure marked "Hyotei Volleyball Club" behind him. , the voice was low as if he was talking to himself: "See you in Spring...A Si."