[Volleyball] Black and White

This week is the last match of Group B. Due to the number of entries, the number of teams drawn into Group B is more than that of other groups. Therefore, the matches of other groups have been decided last week. win or lose.After the five groups determine the first and second in the group, ten teams will have a cross-competition. The competition adopts the points competition system (Note 1), which is an advantage for the current ice emperor.

Because the game is not over yet, the rest of the original Saturday was also cancelled. The last match of Group B was Owl Valley Diagonal River. Secretary Sakakihara deliberately checked the schedule on the official website one day in advance. The match was in the morning, so he took the team directly to the arena for the match after the morning physical training.

Newcomer Ayuu Shimizu entered the Ice Emperor's school team as the last person, and Kitamura, who returned to the reserve team, did not feel lost, but felt more relaxed.

Bingdi has always advocated the supremacy of strength, so it is normal to quit the school team because of inferior skills.

Sakakihara was afraid that this senior would feel uncomfortable, so he specially found a time to talk to Kitamura.

Of course, after the talk, Beicun also secretly complained to a few seniors in the third grade that his little minister became more and more like an old lady.

Several unscrupulous seniors in the third grade said: Fortunately, Asi didn't know you said that about him.

Twelve people wearing the same team uniforms seemed to be halfway from school training, and Sakakihara Tsukasa was at the front of the team, and he saw the Hyotei who didn't know how to write low-key at a glance.

The last match of Ice Emperor in Group A before, Yiqingyao, was not at the scene. He just heard from his juniors that Icedi played well in that game. Yiqingyao, who was warming up, stood up straight and looked at Si Sakakihara who was sitting in the stands. When Si looked over, he smiled and waved.

Although Sakakihara Division didn't understand why Ichi Qingyao greeted him, he still nodded in response.You still want him to salute the younger generation at such a long distance?Sakakihara said that he didn't understand what it was.

"Ashi, are you familiar with No. [-] of Xiaogu?" Comet Sato was looking at what he was looking at while holding his mobile phone. Just now, when he looked up a little, he saw the way Sakakihara was greeting the captain of Xiaogu. After thinking about it, he still didn't know about Sakakihara. How did you know each other.

Secretary Sakakihara withdrew his gaze, and turned his gaze to the warming-up team on the other side: "Ah, we had a chat during the lottery draw."

"But it seems that there are many first graders in Xiaogu." Sato Hui looked at the people on the other side of Xiaogu, "but the first graders should not be allowed to play, right?"

Irijiang Ze raised his head from the small notebook he was carrying, and pushed his glasses habitually: "The little guy who is smashing the ball with Yi Qingyao should be a first-year student."

"A freshman...then Asi should know him?" Sato Kei touched Sakakihara's shoulder, "Asi, do you know that little guy over there?"

Tsukasa Sakakihara looked in the direction that Kotaro Sato pointed, and then turned around blankly: "How did the seniors say such a small thing to this 181 wooden rabbit Kotaro? Irie-senpai, you are not even 180. Bar?"

Comet Sato at 182 puffed out his chest as if he had a sense of superiority.

Then Sakakihara Division mercilessly complained: "Senior, even if you sit up straight, you can't change the fact that the wooden rabbit is only 1cm shorter than you."

"...A Si, you should continue to watch Kadokawa." Irijiang Ze choked for a long time and choked out such a sentence.

In Hyotei, Sakakibara seldom sat with the first and second graders. Whether it was a dinner party or a meeting, he always sat in a row with the third graders, and the seniors of the third graders would always sandwich him in the middle.He used to be able to drink cold milk while doing other things, but now under the supervision of Senior Xiao Lin, all the milk has been replaced with room temperature.

Thinking of this, Sakakihara was a little annoyed, perhaps because it had been a long time since seniors cared about him like this.Shiki Sakakihara would only get a little angry when he thought of this matter in his heart, but Kobayashi Yuan always had a way to stop him from being entangled in this matter.

Kobayashi held a can of milk and stuck it on Sakakihara's face to bring the latter back to his senses: "After the physical training in the morning, I saw that you didn't drink milk. When you came out, I picked up a can from the agency office for you."

The milk that Sakakihara put in the agency office is the same brand as the milk he usually drinks, but occasionally someone buys him boxed milk from the vending machine and he still drinks it.

"Thank you, senior." Mr. Sakakihara has already experienced how this usually gentle senior gets angry, so he will be careful not to step on the other party's anger.

But from the current point of view, the other party's anger is not paying attention to his own health, so Sakakihara has slowly corrected his habit of occasionally drinking iced milk.

The two first-year students behind them had already had a heated chat with the second-year students, and sports are always the best way to bring the two sides closer together.Shimizu Yousheng, who just joined the club because Ice Emperor had much better results than before, was a little reserved, but after playing with them for training and practice games these days, he has gradually become familiar with everyone. stand up.

"I'm not late, am I?" Koizumi Hui, carrying a dv and a tripod, appeared beside them.

Looking at Koizumi's appearance, Kobayashi frowned slightly: "Isn't Beicun with you? Why did you come here with a tripod alone?"

Koizumi set up the dv, and then sat on the seat that Kobayashi was far away from: "Senior Beicun is training with ten seniors in the school and the reserve team. I didn't bother him. I can do it by myself."

Not long after Koizumi sat down, the game started.Get up and press the dv recording button, sit back next to Xiao Linyuan, take out a notebook and pen from the bag, and prepare to record useful information at any time.

Sakakihara leaned on the back of the chair with his arms folded and looked at the stadium where the game had already started. His eyes, which usually show no emotion, were full of seriousness at this time.

He already knew that Xiaogu would be the winner of Group B, but he still felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of Bingdi facing Xiaogu later.The current Ice Emperor and Xiaogu have no winning rate at all.

"nice shot!"

Comet Sato couldn't help but yelled, and the entire arena was filled with applause and cheers from Xiaogu students.

Ji Sakakihara still had that unshakable expression, which seemed particularly abrupt among the group of people applauding for the beautiful attack.It is not the first time that other people have seen Sakakihara like this. In the projection room, they have seen Sakakihara watch the game videos of other schools with a blank face more than once.At first, I was not used to it, but then I got used to it.

——When Sakakihara is serious, his aura always looks a little scary.

Yi Qingyao is worthy of his status as a member of the U19 national team. In Sakakihara's view, all of Yi Qingyao's attacks are aimed at the opponent's weaknesses.The moment of preparing to smash the ball in the air is very short. In that short moment, knowing where the ball should be hit not only requires strong physical fitness for support, but more importantly, ball feel and experience.

He has only known Ichi Qingyao for a long time, but has never really seen his game with his own eyes. At this time, Sakakihara Division cautiously raised his evaluation of Ichi Qingyao to a higher level.

Xiaogu not only has Yi Qingyao, but also a free agent Hoshino Eiichi who also entered the U19 national team.

With the cooperation of his teammates, Eiichi Hoshino made a short tie on the field, pulling the score to 15:10.

Qingyao, Eiichi Hoshino, and Shosuke Shinagawa who was selected for the u19 training camp.Sakakihara stared closely at the movements of these three people, and slowly clenched his fingers covered by the team uniform jacket.

The failure that you know is the most unreconciled.

Sakakibara pursed her lips and said nothing.

It's rare to see Asi showing such emotion.

Kobayashi turned his head and watched Sakakihara quietly. When he got the game point at 24:19 in the first round of Xiaogu, he sensitively felt the change in Sakakihara's mood.

The whole person tensed up, as if under some huge pressure.

Kobayashi looked at the stadium from a distance, he was very glad that Sakakihara had come to Hyotei, it was for this reason.Pressure from powerful opponents, pressure from the school, and pressure from myself.If he had come to be the minister, he would have been crushed long ago.

That's why he doesn't care about Sakakihara's occasional disrespect for his seniors, and he cares about Sakakihara as his younger brother.If it wasn't for his flinching, there would have been no need for Sakakihara to bear these burdens.

After more than two months of getting along, the whole team has Sakakihara as the core. If Sakakara is unable to play for some reason in any game, it may really be a complete collapse.

Kobayashi looked at Kadokawa opposite Xiaogu, thinking in a daze.

The long whistle sounded and the game was over.

Xiaogu's strength is higher than Kadokawa's, but the score was 3:2 before Xiaogu won.What Kadokawa is best at is defending. He will try his best to catch the ball no matter what kind of ball it is, and will tacitly save it if it flies.

Sakakibara couldn't help but think about how Heidei would fight if he met Kadokawa. He was already training as much as possible to make up for Heidei's shortcomings, but if he faced Kadokawa, he couldn't tell who would win. .

Watching the two sides salute after the match, Sakakihara stood up and walked into the passage marked with the safe exit without saying a word.Yuta Todo helped Keizumi put away the tripod. Todo Kobayashi looked at Kohei Namae and Kei Sato.

"We must let Asi see our efforts, right?" Xiao Linyuan smiled, "Asi is very worried about our future competitions."

Sato Hui put his hands on Kobayashi Yuan's shoulders carelessly: "Seniors are still working hard."

Two first graders who didn't quite understand what the seniors were talking about: "...Huh?"

Lunch is still eaten in Bingdi's cafeteria, because all the sports clubs are preparing for the ih competition and training, so the school restaurant menu is simply fully open.

Sakakihara, who ate faster than the others, took the dv on the table and started watching a few balls that he was more concerned about. While watching, he unconsciously began to tear the thin skin on his lips.

Kobayashi sighed, reached out his hand to stop Sakakihara's hand: "Ah Si."

Tsukasa Sakakihara stretched out his tongue to lick off the blood that had just oozed out, and put down his hand.

During the lunch break, Sakakihara was not in the mood to rest, and watched the video of Owl Valley facing Kadokawa just now on the big screen in the projection room.When he was on the scene, he focused on Xiaogu, but their opponent in the next game was Kadokawa, so Sakakihara Division carefully watched Kadokawa's scoring goals several times in the projection room.

When Yuji Ninata walked in, he saw the figure of Sakakihara Si sitting in front of the big screen.

Shinozu came here to get relevant materials from the tennis club. Taki Oginosuke said that he had put the game materials from other schools in the projection room, and planned to hold a brief meeting during the lunch break, so he was called by the Atobu Sent over to get the information.

When Sakakihara heard the movement, he looked back, nodded slightly at Shinobu as a greeting, and then turned his attention to the big screen.

"Which school's game is this?" Renzu watched for a long time but couldn't tell which school's uniform was on the screen.

"Owl Valley and Kadokawa."

Shinobu stood behind Sakakihara and looked at a few balls. Although he didn't know how to play volleyball, he could still understand: "Which one of them will you play against in the next match?"

Secretary Sakakihara closed the notebook in his hand, and the scene of blowing the whistle at the end of the game was played on the big screen. He sat on the chair and stretched his long body a little: "I'm with Kadokawa, but I will still face Owl Valley."

Yushi Ninzu felt a little strange looking at Sakakihara like this: "I feel a lot of pressure on you."

"It's very big," Sakakibara pulled out the memory card from the computer and put it back into the box, "It would be great if the games were like the pure love novels you read."

"Well, pure love novels also have twists and turns." Yushi Ninzu joked appropriately, "For example, the hero and heroine have a misunderstanding and quarrel, break up or something."

Sitting on the chair in the projection room for nearly two hours, even the soft chair Sakakibara was a little too much.Standing on the spot and moving his neck, he continued following Yushi Ninzu's words: "Then where do you think Ice Empress is now?"

Finding the document that Atobe said from the cabinet, Yushi Ninata locked the cabinet door and thought for a while: "Maybe it was a misunderstanding and arguing?"

Sakakihara thought about it seriously: "That's right."

If it's a breakup, then it should be a match with Xiaogu.