[Comprehensive main volleyball] long distance pass

Before all this became a fact, no one could have imagined that Shiratorozawa Middle School could break out of the encirclement and transform into a dark horse to reach the final.

The media put more focus on the absolute trump card in this team - Ushishima Wakari, and made a comprehensive introduction and report.

After reaching the finals, interviews with them also increased. All the media wanted to interview Ushishima alone, but Chiho asked the other team members to block them all.

Even though Ushijima said he didn't mind being interviewed, Chiho subconsciously wanted him not to be overexposed to the public.

One reason is that we do not want to expose more information to the opponent, and the other is that

——The best answer is to speak with the results of the competition.

At least she thought so.

On the contrary, Mr. Morita, who paddled all the way, became the person who appeared most frequently in interviews with his team.

I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing... Chiho sat on the sidelines and looked at Morita surrounded by reporters and cameras, thinking wearily.

The national competition has come to the last day, and it is now before the finals.

"Okay... a lot of people..." Fujii trembled, he didn't play in the previous few days' games, but Chiho told him that he had to be ready to play as a substitute today.

Like the finals of the county qualifiers, this time the finals also have five innings.

The stands were crowded with spectators from all over the country early on. There were also many students from the two schools participating in the finals, but most of them were from the opponents of the finals, Haneda Junior High School in Tokyo.As the last national champion, this school is different from Shironozawa Middle School, a strong school in the prefecture, who became a half-way monk. The strength of Haneda Middle School is [-]% "king on the court". From their support The momentum is evident.

Chiho stared at the page about the opponent's intelligence in the notebook, and the explosion-like sound of cheering in the hall was blocked by her. Cold sweat dripped from her forehead and dripped onto the paper, forming shallow water stains.

--do not know.

Now they want to defeat Haneda Middle School, and they don't know what sure countermeasures they can come up with.

This was the only conclusion Chiho had drawn from the moment she learned about her opponent yesterday.

They have the best free agents in the country at present, and all of them are good at catching the ball, so needless to say in terms of defense, they have also done very well in terms of offense. Their record in this competition has not lost a game so far, and In the winning rounds, they quickly ended their opponents with a big lead.Other schools commented on them as "nothing easy to score from Haneda Junior High".

In contrast, Shiratorizawa Middle School's promotion road is very bumpy. Except for the second round of zero opponents, the third round, top 8 and semi-finals are all won by a fierce 2-1, and more than half of the points All from Udo.

Having this absolute ace is their advantage, but Haneda Middle School, like them, has an ace free agent who is tit-for-tat with Ushijima.

Just like the sharpest spear against the strongest shield, no one knows whether the spear can pierce the shield or the shield can withstand the spear before the two meet.

So before the game, Chiho went uncharacteristically and didn't tell the players any tactics, just smiled and said: "How far this team can go will be determined by your final performance, so don't be polite to them, let's give it a go! "

—Ahhh, just like before the qualifiers, I said some incomprehensible things again.

I'm at my wit's end, sorry.

Lowering her head in frustration, Chiho closed her eyes.

"Senior Chiho, are you feeling well?" Ayane asked worriedly when she saw Chiho's appearance after going to the referee to register the information.

"No...I'm just a little...happy." Chiho twitched the corners of her mouth, revealing a wry smile.

"Happy?" Ayane asked back, looking very reluctant.

"Are you really okay? Shall I take you to the infirmary to rest?"

"No, I'm fine, Ayane." Chiho shook her head and returned her gaze to the center of the arena.

Players from both sides are already lining up to say hello to each other.

——The countdown to the final, 30 seconds.

"Hurry up, Kujo! The coach specially gave us a day off, why are you still staying in the toilet - don't use my towel to wipe your dirty face, hello!" Saito's living room, a rare rest day for the senior trio , There was a loud noise from the audience on the TV.

——The countdown to the final, 20 seconds.

"Xiaoyan~ I'll go buy another hamburger." Oikawa said.

"Let me go, you stay here, don't try to hook up with the female shop assistant." M notes, the setter and main attacker of Beichuan No. [-] Middle School. A live broadcast TV is placed across the table.

- 10 seconds.

Rei Kiriyama withdrew his gaze from the chessboard, and through his lens, looked across the empty balcony and the cloudless sky to the other side of the city.

——"Drip!" The whistle blew, and their final battle began on this hot summer day.

Haneda Middle School's defense is well-deserved, and almost all the attacks on Shiratorizawa's side were resolved by them one by one.

But, almost.

Except Udo's spike.

Even if you have heard about the left-handed offense before the game, it will take some time to get used to it.

Chiho confessed to them when the opponent called a timeout. This is the best opportunity to widen the gap in one go. They want to win the first game in one go.

"It's Chiho-chan's shot! But why are you talking to Niu Ruo-chan..." Oikawa bit his hamburger and looked at the picture on the TV indignantly.

Iwaizumi took a sip of Coke: "Although the score is temporarily ahead, the situation is still not good for them."

"After all, the opponent is the legendary Haneda~" Oikawa tilted his head, "Niu Waka-chan will suffer a lot soon."

As the two men expected, in the second half of the first game, Haneda's players gradually got used to Ushijima's spike and began to recover the score.However, the point difference at the beginning was too large, and the first game ended with Shiratorizawa's narrow victory.

It was a huge blow to morale after only experiencing the situation where the first game was about to run out.

Only Sensei Morita was still out of the situation: Why did everyone look so serious after winning the first round?

"We won. Don't you celebrate a little bit?" He asked cautiously.

The faces of the members became more and more ugly. This group of teenagers who were obviously junior high school students but taller than him scared him a lot.

"Mr. Morita~ I suggest you keep your words to a minimum." Ayane whispered in his ear, with Mr. Morita present, she would not be the youngest one.

Morita froze and immediately calmed down.

Chiho decided to observe the situation first, so she didn't say anything.

The second game started in the silence of Shiratorizawa.

The state of all members has fallen into a trough. Although they are still playing on the court, it looks like a machine, just doing it passively.

Passively receive serve, passively block, passively, attack.

There are even frequent proactive mistakes.

The power of Ushido's smash has not diminished, but the opponent can catch it without any pressure.

At this moment, Chiho understands that even if she puts on a substitute, it won't change the situation.It wasn't that there was a problem with someone, but that the fighting spirit of the whole team was gradually fading.Their style of play has always relied on the tactical system she arranged. Now that there is no clear strategy, the teenagers don't know what to do.

--It was my fault?

For the first time, Chiho initiated a daze in the middle of the game.

——I couldn't think of a way to deal with them.

In desperation, she tossed aside the notebook that had been resting on her lap.

Chiho stood up, feeling tears welling in her eyes.

Are you about to cry?

Not yet.

Amidst the resounding cheers of "Haneda!", she thought she should do something.

Doing the last thing she could do as a manager.

The value on the scoreboard came to 21-15, and Shiratorizawa would soon lose the second game.

Both the narrator and the audience had come to a conclusion and began to favor Haneda.

Chiho called a timeout.

"I'm sorry," she said to the gathered team members, her purple eyes were dull: "I dragged everyone down."

When everyone who was expecting the new tactics heard the unexpected words, their stiff expressions became shocked.

"It's just a small manager, it's just a little bit of luck to enter the finals..." She continued, "I just get carried away and think of myself as a coach..."

"I'm really sorry!" Bowing deeply, Chiho was sincerely apologizing.

"Senior?" Ayane asked quietly behind her.

"Yasuhara you?! Hey, don't shoot me!" Mr. Morita was at a loss.

The camera turned on her just in time to capture this scene.

"Hey, what is Yasuhara doing?" Saito was puzzled.

"Impossible, is it too early to give up now?" Chiba asked.

"No, look quickly—" Jiujou straightened up from the sofa, under the soft bangs, a pair of blue eyes shone brightly.

He could feel through the TV screen that something in those boys was about to wake up.

Chiho still maintained her posture of bowing and apologizing.

It was Ushido who made the first move.

He stepped forward to support her shoulders, made her stand up straight, patted his hands lightly, and said to her with firm eyes: "You are not wrong, Chiho."

Turning around again, he said to his teammates who were still surprised: "Pass the ball to me, and I will recover the score."

"Ushishima!" shouted Captain Tamura, "but your ball—"

"I said, pass me the ball," he repeated, "I can recover the score."

"Ruoli...?" Chiho looked up in panic.

Under the lighting of the volleyball hall, Niu Dao's figure looked extremely tall, and she could feel that the aura of Mr. Zhuma had undergone an earth-shaking change.

It reminded her of the promise she made with him after the training match against Beichuan No. [-] Middle School in the first grade.

——"What would it be like to let everyone throw the ball to him without hesitation...?"

Yes, she thought.

Even in desperation, he still maintains self-confidence, and can even break through his own existence again.

"Okay!" The teammates shouted in unison. At this moment, they can only trust him, their most trustworthy ace.

Fighting spirit was rekindled on the faces of the teenagers. This time, without Chiho behind them, they could continue to walk on the field by themselves.

At this moment, Kiriyama Rei also just finished his game on the chessboard.

The two sides facing each other, the king of one side will lead his soldiers to the final victory.

When they won the game 3-2, Chiho was in a trance.

The three first-year substitutes also took turns to play, and everyone's physical strength was being excessively exhausted.

Her eyes followed the leaping Niu Dao again and again, and his movements were as agile and ferocious as a soaring eagle.

——He finally completed his evolution in this final.

After the game, Ushido was surrounded by reporters. Although his physical strength could no longer support him, he accepted the interview calmly.

——Since then, the name of Ushido Ruori has been resounding all over the country.

After the interview, the award ceremony and the celebration banquet hosted by Mr. Morita, the team members of Shiratorizawa finally returned to their residence in the middle of the night holding the championship trophy.

"Huh—" Chiho fell to the ground as soon as she entered the room, she still has a sense of unreality.

"It's so hot..." The scorching temperature made her sweat.

She lay down for a while, then got up from the ground to look for toiletries in the cabinet, just wanting to take a good bath.

"Senior, are you going to take a bath?" Ayane asked.

"Well, do you want to come with Ayane?"

"Okay, wait for me a little~!"

On the way to the bathhouse together, the two met a few boys who were also going to take a bath.

"It's been a hard day today~" Chiho yawned with a soft tone, feeling like she was about to fall asleep.

"No...no! Senior Yasuhara is the one, thank you very much!" Fujii, a first-year student, blushed and looked around wildly.

She nodded, and greeted Tamura and Ozaki-senior who were walking in front of Fujii who had already lifted the curtain to enter the bathhouse, and walked into the women's bathroom with Ayane.

Chiho immersed herself in the bath, her body was wrapped in warm water, feeling the water flowing around her, soothing her tired body and mind.

Ayane sat down in the bathtub next to her and sighed contentedly.

"Senior Chiho," she called out, "Why did you say that in today's competition? Everyone knows it's not..."

"Ayane, I really thought so at the time." Chiho poured a cup of water on her hair and combed it lightly: "I blame myself, but I don't know what to do."

"But……"

"Ruoli once promised me that he would become a trump card that the whole team can trust." Chiho said to himself, "I still had a vague feeling at the time, but I didn't see until today that he did it."

"..." Ayane was silent for a moment.

There was only the sound of rustling water in the bathroom.

"Senior Chiho." She said suddenly, as if mustering up a lot of courage.

"Ok?"

"Senior, do you like Ushishima-kun?"

Fujii, who had just come out of the bathroom after washing, overheard this sentence.

He stayed where he was.

I screamed in my heart to leave quickly, but my feet didn't move.

"Fujii?" Ushishima, who was about to take a bath, came over, "What are you doing standing here?"

"Senior Ushishima...! I, I..." Fujii screamed, too nervous to speak.

"Yo, Ushishima~ We've finished washing, you can go in!" Ozaki walked out.

"Okay, Ozaki-senpai." Ushijima thought that Fujii was waiting for others outside, so he didn't think much about it.

It was quiet in the women's bathroom.

——The sound insulation here is too bad!This is a bad review!

Chiho complained wildly in her heart.

As for the answer to that question?

Ayane didn't ask, she just saw that after Fujii's cry, Chiho sank her head into the bottom of the water.

The author has something to say:

I continued to write 4000 words, and I finally finished writing the competition~

The following emotional lines will increase, and the volleyball team will also usher in a major change in the third year.