[Volleyball Boys] Moonlit Night

Karasuno's opponent today is Qingcheng. Compared with Dateko, who was under the shadow of defeat yesterday, everyone was in a good state before the game.

When Lin Xingning went to pick up the ball, he saw Yajin.

"Yo, Lin-chan~" Yahaba enthusiastically picked up the rolling ball and returned it to her.

"Hello Yahaba-senpai, thank you." She took the ball.

"Yahoo~Little Xingxing~" Oi Chuan greeted her when he saw her, "I feel very energetic with my hair tied up today~"

Lin Xingning nodded slightly to Yajin holding the ball, then turned around and went back.

Oikawa thought with a sense of frustration: "...why do you just ignore me?"

"Haha~ Oikawa-senpai seems too frivolous, doesn't he?"

"It's fine for Yan-chan to say me, why does Xiu-chan say that?"

Iwaizumi looked at Oikawa who was not practicing well, and his anger almost became real: "Oikawa!"

After the warm-up practice before the game, the game officially started.

Lin Xingning was in the auditorium, looking down at the players from both sides standing in two rows on the edge of the field, with the youthful spirit, fearlessness, and anticipation for the game——

"Please advise me!!"

When Shimada and Takigami arrived, the game had just started, and they greeted Lin Xingning and began to watch the game seriously.

This time everyone is a little more familiar, and they will explain some parts that she doesn't understand.

"Kuno's rhythm is getting faster and faster." Shimada looked at the speed of Kageyama's pass with a little worry.

Lin Xingning was a little puzzled: "Is a fast pace a bad situation?"

"Team cooperation will have a higher error tolerance rate in the case of a slow pace, and it is easier to make mistakes and consume more energy in a fast pace." Shimada explained, "And this is only the first game, so if you play like this, you will have problems. .”

"Yes..." Lin Xingning theoretically knew that the setter is the commander of the team, but as the setter, Yingshan has always been called a "genius", and it doesn't feel like he would make a mistake. "Is there a problem with Mr. Yingshan?"

"Yes," Takigami replied, "Lin-chan has only been in volleyball for a while, and he hasn't played volleyball himself, has he?

"Only in theory, everyone knows that losing rhythm is very dangerous, but in actual games, really touching the ball, running, waiting for the opportunity, people will forget this.

"Kageyama has been affected, too impatient."

Lin Xingning nodded half-understanding, and heard the whistle on the field, and Yingshan was replaced.

Karasuno's setter was replaced by Sugawara, but the first game was still won by Qingcheng.

In the second round, Sugawara played very steadily, but he still lacked a bit of offensive power. In the end, Kageyama calmed down and played. Through the demonstration of his seniors, he also began to communicate with his teammates.

The rotation goes to the sun and the next field, and the moon island to the front row.

"That glasses gentleman and Kageyama don't get along well?" Shimada looked at it for a while and asked Lin Xingning uncertainly.

"Yes, Yue and Kageyama-kun usually get along... like elementary school students," she replied, "As long as they meet each other, their IQ will drop, and they will become very bad at talking."

She added in her heart, but it is me who is most likely to make Yue angry~

Shimada smiled helplessly: "Lin Jiang's description..."

"But it doesn't matter, Mr. Yingshan is very persistent in volleyball and won't be so emotional." She analyzed based on her personal experience, "For Yue, as long as the other party insists on communicating with him, he is not as difficult to get along with as he seems."

Sure enough, Yingshan and Yuedao quickly adjusted their status, and the two cooperated more smoothly.

"Oh! It's a lob!"

Lin Xingning couldn't help leaning forward while leaning on the railing. It was rare to see Yue with such a happy expression. She looked particularly energetic, like a crystal ball lit up in the dark, shining brightly.

She didn't know what was going on, but she also became happy.

Lin Xingning breathed a sigh of relief when Wu Ye won the second game.

The atmosphere at the beginning of the third round was extremely tense, and she unconsciously began to pinch her fingers, as if a big stone was pressed against her heart.

"It's not good, Qingcheng reached 20 points first," Shimada saw that Lin Xingning was a little confused, and explained simply, "Although the difference between the two sides is only one point, the side behind will have more pressure, and the situation of the game will also be more difficult. It's going to favor the leaders."

When Hinata on the court was about to serve, suddenly the whistle blew and a substitution was made.

"Ah! It's Yamaguchi-kun!" Lin Xingtan stepped out a little, "Yamaguchi-kun—come on!!!"

It was the first time Yamaguchi played on the court, and he was still serving as the tiebreaker in a critical moment, and he was still facing the situation where the opponent was ahead of him in the third game of the tiebreaker.

All the rest of the team's nervousness about the game was gone -- it was all about worrying about him.

Shimada, who was not on the court, was also so nervous that he collapsed, squatting down in despair: "Didn't I tell you what happened to the heart, and I'm not sure yet!"

The serve whistle blew, and Yamaguchi tossed and served the ball in a hurry.

In the position that everyone is looking forward to, on the court where the winner is decided, every pin will be noticed.

The sound of the ball hitting the net belt and falling to the floor is too loud.

"Yamaguchi-kun...it's okay..." Lin Xingning was a little worried when he saw that Yamaguchi was replaced.

"That little server is so pitiful, he was replaced if he failed."

Lin Xingning looked sideways slightly, the one who was speaking was one of the girls who were in the auditorium here at the beginning, they seemed to be Qingcheng's support team, right?After all, there was a scream of "Ji Chuan-sang!!!" from that direction before.

Takigami, Shimada and the three girls explained the function of a crisis server: "If you want to stay on the court all the time, you have to keep hitting strikes."

Although the goal was not scored, Karasuno inexplicably rescued it from the low atmosphere, and the score has been catching up in the subsequent games.

Qingcheng reached the match point first.

Match point split.

Qingcheng reached 30 points first.

In the last goal, there were no mistakes. Kageyama's back pass was clean and neat, and Hinata's cooperation was just right.

This is Karasuno's strongest weapon and the fastest attack.

However, the ball was stopped and landed on Karasuno's court.

Hearing the whistle for the end of the game, Lin Xingning closed his eyes forcefully: "Mr. Shimada, Mr. Takigami, I'm leaving first."

"Oh, bye."

The handshake between the two teams on the court ended, and Sawamura brought his teammates over to thank the audience.

Everyone applauded them very seriously, even the Qingcheng support team was full of admiration and emotion.

Lin Xingning had already run through the auditorium to the stadium twice, this time he found his seat smoothly, greeted Qing Shui, and silently packed his things.

Coach Wuyang clapped his hands: "Do stretching exercises outside, hurry up, the teams behind are about to enter the field."

Lin Xingning and Qing Shui moved the items out and found a place. Everyone began to stretch in silence, and the atmosphere was oppressive.

Coach Wuyang looked around: "Where are Hinata and Kageyama?"

Takeda-sensei took the initiative to say, "Let me go find it."

After finding Hinata and Kageyama back, after a brief meeting, Coach Wuyang brought a group of depressed kids to the store of the familiar proprietress.

Facing their lifeless appearance, coach Wuyang said: "Eat! Repair your muscles!"

Even if you lose, even if you feel down, you still think the food is delicious.

Probably because the body feels the unwillingness and struggle of the brain, and is preparing to become stronger, waiting for the opportunity to grow wildly.

Lin Xingning didn't eat much, so he got off the table early and walked to the edge of the store door to sit, looking up at the eaves of the opposite house, wondering what he was thinking.

After everyone finished eating, Coach Wu Yang went to pay the bill: "These brats really ate a lot."

After taking the bus back to school, I took my own things and went home.

Everyone looked sullen, and they only said "goodbye" when they parted, and there was no extra words.

The number of people gradually decreased, and finally bid farewell to Yamaguchi, Lin Xingning and Yue Dao walked on the way home.

"..." Tsukishima took off his earphones, took out a tissue from his pocket, "Here you are."

"Thank you." Lin Xingning took the tissue and wiped his nose.

"Do you have a long reflex arc?" It was almost four hours since the end of the game before he started to react, and he looked very calm before.

"If I cried before, I would be worried by the seniors," Lin Xingning replied, "If Yue said this, he would treat this situation as if he hadn't seen it, right? Why bother with me?"

Really wanted to quarrel at the slightest disagreement, Tsukishima said disgustedly: "The sound of sniffling is too loud."

"...Then I'm sorry?"

"By the way," he looked at the afterglow of the setting sun, "you're not the competitive type, are you?"

"Hmm..." She lowered her head and took another tissue, "I'm sorry to say that, although I'm the manager of the club, I don't feel reconciled to losing the game, but it's because everyone is sad that I feel sad and want to cry .”

She has strong empathy and is very easily infected by other people's emotions.

Tsukishima didn't comment on what she just said, and said in a flat tone: "But, it's normal to lose, right?"

Lin Xingning subconsciously looked up at his expression.

Reflecting the warm orange sunset, his expression was quiet and peaceful, his eyes were dyed brilliant golden by the light, and he looked straight ahead, but nothing seemed to enter his line of sight.

"Liar."

Yue Dao patiently explained: "Although Qingcheng is one of the top four in the county, it is actually considered to be except Shiratorizawa..."

"Liar!" Lin Xingning interrupted him, "When Yue was standing on the court, he obviously didn't think so!"

Tsukishima turned around in astonishment, stopped and did not continue walking.

The two stood silently for a long time.

Finally Tsukishima broke the stiff atmosphere: "Go home."

"……Oh."

Affected by the awkward atmosphere on the way home yesterday, Lin Xingning couldn't talk to Yue Dao well until he went to school the next day.

She rejected the invitation of the girls in the class to have dinner together at noon, and went to the rooftop to find a corner to eat by herself and sort out her emotions by the way.

When I was alone, I was still used to speaking in Chinese.

[It feels like I said something strange?Is it going to be so embarrassing?

[Suddenly it became the atmosphere of "tell your story and feel your mood" like a close sister...

［At that time, I just said, 'If you work hard, you don't have a chance', and it's fine to just say haha. ]

Lin Xingning chewed the sausage, and recalled yesterday's atmosphere that seemed to be full of tenderness and tenderness of "I know yourself better than you", and was numb by himself.

... really uncomfortable.

Shame! !

"Did Lin Sang go to another class for lunch?" Shankou didn't see Lin Xingning again.

"I don't know... other classes?"

"I saw her eating with girls from Class 2 before."

Yue Dao couldn't help complaining in his heart, and his circle of friends was too wide.

Affected by yesterday's loss in the game, Tsukishima was more silent than ever during this lunch, and Yamaguchi was dryly active, exhausted from the meal.

After lunch, Yamaguchi returned to his seat, and after a while, Lin Xingning came back.

She leaned in front of Yue Dao, hesitating to speak.

"...What?" Tsukishima added after asking, "Speak up if you have something to say, and don't stand in front of others if you don't say it."

"Yesterday..." Lin Xingning stopped after saying a word, saying don't you care about what happened yesterday?Sounds weird right?

So she changed her words, "Cheer up?"

"what?!"

Lin Xingning saw that his face was full of words "Am I depressed? Why should I cheer up? Besides, it's still your concern", weakly said: "Take it as if I didn't say it."

Then he quietly returned to his seat.

After class, it's time for club activities.

Yamaguchi looked different from usual, and immediately after the class meeting, he actively called them to go to the gym together.

Although there is no practice activity today, the team members all came here at the same time.

In the Second Gymnasium, when the seniors were talking, Lin Xingning looked at Qing Shui pitifully after learning that under normal circumstances, the third grade would withdraw after the college qualifiers.

Qing Shui quickly explained to her that all the third graders in Karasuno have stayed to participate in the spring high school this time.

Since there is still a chance to enter the national conference, we must seize it.

Need to get stronger.

Too strong to need to apologize for your mistakes.

Strong enough to escape the shadow of failure.

Strong enough to defeat all opponents.

The most touching thing is probably like this, even if you are frustrated, you still have the spirit of going forward, right?

Lin Xingning looked at everyone's eyes, felt the warmth in his heart, mixed with excitement, his eyes were hot, and he couldn't help but want to smile.

Sawamura led the team members to form a circle and stretched out their palms:

"Kuno—"

"come on!!!"