"The Nationals start in July, and before that—"

The day after the final of the prefectural qualifiers, in the gymnasium of Shiratorizawa Junior High School.

Tamura stood in front of the volleyball team members with a heavy heart.

They had just broken through the qualifiers and became the only representative team of Miyagi Prefecture, but they didn't even have the extra energy to celebrate.

"—Before then, we not only have to hurry up on training, but also have final exams..."

"Ah!" Kinoshita clutched his heart.

"Uh——!" Mase collapsed backwards, and Kobayashi grabbed his collar by the collar just before touching the ground, causing his stomach to be exposed.

These two overreacting first-year and second-year main attackers are notoriously difficult to learn in the team, and it is thankful that they can pass.

"Ahem! So everyone, especially you—Kinoshita and Mase!" Tamura pretended to be calm, and glanced at the two corpses, "Passing the final exam must be the top priority!"

"Woo..." The two corpses had completely lost consciousness and were calmly dragged away by Xiao Lin.

Chiho glanced worriedly at the second-year trio over there, then shook her head slightly.

Don't look at these teenagers playing heartily on the field, God will also close a door while opening a window for them.For Kinoshita and Mase, it was learning.

Chiho came back to her senses and looked in the direction of Ushido—fortunately, the ace players in the team never made people worry about their studies. The wheel is gg.

Um……?You ask which door did God close on Udo?

Chiho will answer you without even thinking about it: it’s EQ, EQ~

"...It shouldn't be a problem for Kobayashi to tutor the two of them, right?" Tamura asked worriedly after the dissolution.

Ozaki did a stretch to relieve his sore body: "Let's see fate."

"Isn't that... a big problem!" Tamura said that he was even more disturbed.

"Well~ Well~ Cheerleader Anxin, I think they will do their best to participate in the competition~"

"But the result can't be guaranteed." Bei Dao spoke in a rare way and added a knife.

"Qiu Ren, it's better if you don't speak..."

The atmosphere in the school is very tense these days. The usual chatter in the corridors has disappeared, replaced by the sound of flipping books from the classroom.

All club activities are stopped, tomorrow is the final exam, and today is a whole day of self-study time.

"Ha..." Chiho twirled her pen leisurely, and there was an exercise booklet on the desk. Exams were usually not a big problem for her, and her grades were always in the upper middle, neither high nor low.

It was the afternoon when the sun was shining directly, and the warm beams shone into the classroom, making her doze off a little.

So he looked at it and fell asleep on the table.

This sleep lasted until the afternoon school time.

Even the bell after school couldn't wake her up.

After the bell rang, the other students packed up their things and went home one after another. Xiao Miyamoto wanted to wake Chiho up, but seeing her sleeping so soundly, she was too embarrassed to do so.

When Ushishima walked to the door of Chiho's classroom, Komiya was coming out. She jumped in front of him as if seeing a savior, pointed to Chiho over there and said, "Ushishima-san, Yasuhara seems to be sleeping. I'm sorry to wake her up all afternoon, so I'll trouble you!" After speaking, he dodged to his side and ran away quickly, ignoring the school's prohibition against running in the corridor.

"Oh..." Before Ushijima could reply, Komiya disappeared from his sight.

He looked in the direction that Komiya pointed, Chiho was facing away from him, with her head resting on her arms, her body undulating slightly, breathing steadily.

Tomorrow is the exam, and he can still sleep so carelessly, Ushido thinks he can't find another person in the whole school.

However, it may also be because I was too tired some time ago.

There was no one in the classroom except the two of them, and he could even hear Chiho's even breathing very clearly.

The warm red light of the setting sun dyed this picture with an ambiguous color.

Ushido walked towards her seat.

Standing still by Chiho's table, he reached out and stroked her hair.

It is a soft touch with the fragrance of shampoo, which makes the palms itchy.

Patting Chiho's head lightly, Ushijima bent down, leaned close to her ear and said, "It's time to go back, Chiho."

"Hmm...?" Chiho opened her eyes with difficulty when she heard his deep voice, her whole body was sore from the posture of lying on the table for a long time.

Too bad I can't even move.

"I can't get up... Ruoli." The sticky voice was like honey, "I can't move...".

Ushishima had no choice but put his hands on her arms and lifted them up.

This sudden movement made Chiho feel that his bones were about to fall apart, and his waist hurt like being pricked by needles.

"Ah!" She yelled in pain, and now she was completely awake.

"Take it easy~ Do you want me to take the exam tomorrow in a wheelchair?" Subconsciously complained.

"You still know that there is an exam tomorrow." He replied calmly.

"Uh... It seems that I haven't finished reviewing today, Ruoli, save me!" Chiho realized that the matter was serious. This realization delayed a lot of reviewing time, and she still hadn't finished the last half of the exercises.

"My house is after dinner, and you are not allowed to go back until you are done."

"Yes……"

Chiho felt that when it was time to admit cowardice, she would admit cowardice, and she wanted to hug Ushijima Xueba's thigh tightly!

"Let's go." Niu Dao urged.

Qiansui packed up the books obediently, and the two walked out of the classroom one after the other.

"Excuse me—" Chiho took off her shoes at the entrance of Ushijima's house with her schoolbag in one hand and two cans of coffee bought from a convenience store and rice balls for supper in the other.

"My mother is not here today, please feel free." Udo's voice sounded above her head.

"Eh? Isn't Auntie here? It's really rare..." Chiho changed into her slippers and stepped up the steps, crossed Udo Island, and walked towards his room with ease.

"Well, my mother and grandpa and grandma went back to their hometown for a few days, and they said they were going to attend a festival there." Ushimada walked behind her and explained, "I'm alone at home during this time."

"Then your dinner...?"

"I solved it myself."

"Okay~" Chiho put the things on the tea table, then dug out two cushions from a corner of the room, sat cross-legged on them, opened a can of coffee, took out the exercise book and pencil case from her schoolbag, and prepared to start work.

As expected of the young master, Niu Dao, his room alone is quite large, and two people won't feel crowded in it.Ushishima's house is a traditional Japanese-style old-school building with tatami mats on the floor, so the coffee table for entertaining guests is also short, and Chiho always sits on the floor like this every time she comes.

Niu Dao sat down on his knees opposite her in a respectful manner, without putting anything in front of him.

"Hey, isn't Ruori going to review?" Chiho raised her head and asked him curiously.

For her who is used to cramming, the night before the exam is the golden review time!

"It's all done." He said calmly.

"Huo Da..." Qiansui muttered, and buried her head in her book again.

The way the girl in front of him lowered his head and studied earnestly made Ushido very useful. He narrowed his eyes and smiled in relief.

"Hey, how do you do this question, Ruoli?" Chiho pointed at the book with a pen and handed it to him, "Ah! What kind of expression do you have..."

Even she seldom saw Uu Dao showing such a smile, and when she saw it so suddenly, it startled her.

"It's nothing, this question is..." Ushijima explained to her gently, Chiho stopped thinking about that smile and listened carefully.

"Oh~ I see! Thank you~"

The two were discussing like this, and the time passed by nine o'clock before they knew it.

Chiho also finally finished the booklet, she drank the last sip of coffee, and lay back contentedly.

The feeling of the tatami is completely different from that of the bed in the bedroom. It is slightly harder than the mattress, but it is elastic. It is still very cool in summer, so she does not want to get up when she lies on it.

"Long live~ Let's work hard for the exam tomorrow!" She shouted: "National competition-Tokyo-!"

In Tokyo, is it possible to meet Xiao Ling?Chiho suddenly thought.

So I added another sentence: "Zero sauce——!"

"Enough, are you going to sleep at my house tonight?"

The air suddenly fell into silence, only the intermittent chirping of cicadas outside the window.

Realizing that he seemed to have said something serious just now, Ushishima felt his face heat up.

"No, I'll take my leave now." Chiho straightened up, quickly got up, put away her things, and ran to the door.

She didn't dare to stay overnight at Niu Dao's house. There was going to be mother's gossip before and then there would be the stressful final exam, no matter which one she couldn't bear.

After seeing off Chiho, Ushijima returned to the room, and saw that there was still a can of coffee left on the coffee table, and the rice balls had not been touched.

- really.he thought.

Always, taking care of me so awkwardly.

As a result, before her mother came back, Chiho invited Ushido to her house for dinner every day.

On the day when the final exam results came out, everyone in the volleyball club got together and exchanged exam results.

Without any risk, Kinoshita and Mase passed the passing marks in all subjects.

"Qing Zhi, thank you—!" The two hugged their savior Xiao Lin and refused to let go, and the others surrounded them to watch the fun.

Tamura thinks this is a good omen, and the goddess of luck is on their side.

"Yosie! Everyone!" he yelled. "Training! Goal—National Championship!"

The teenagers here are training in full swing, and Chiho is relatively busy these days. Even if she leaves the daily affairs to Ayane, she still needs to contact the organizer of the event in Tokyo to finalize the itinerary, venue, accommodation and other issues. , when she took over these tasks for the first time, she was very cautious and recorded all the details in a notebook.

There is one more thing to consider.

——It would be great if we could arrange another training match before then.

And preferably a school in Tokyo.

But it always feels hopeless.

Back home at night, Chiho dug out the magazine she bought earlier from the bookshelf, and searched for it at a strong volleyball school in the Tokyo area.

A name caught her attention.

——Teiguang Middle School?

This, she knew, was the school for the colorful people on the cover known as "Generation of Miracles."

It turns out that the volleyball club of this school is also very strong, although it did not become the Tokyo representative team this time.

After taking a sip of milk, she decided to call tomorrow to ask.

Unexpectedly, the instructor of Teiguang Volleyball Club was very enthusiastic and readily agreed.

The reason is "I have seen Shiratorizawa's performance on TV, and I really want my team to compete with them."

"...That's it, so, everyone, cherish this only chance for a training match~" Chiho explained the situation to the members.

"It's really hard work for you, Yasuhara." Tamura nodded, glanced at her gratefully, then turned to the team in front of him and said, "We're leaving for Tokyo tomorrow, are you ready?"

"Yes!"

With a good momentum, Chiho nodded.

She inexplicably remembered the "good luck" lottery drawn by Udo during New Year's visits.

—God, please bless us.

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The final exam is a hurdle that sports teenagers will always have to pass~

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