After the weekend training, Akashi Asuka added the newly obtained [Volume King Value] to the jumping attribute. With the advantages brought by his physical development during this period, Akashi Asuka's current reach height has increased from 340cm to 343cm.
It may not seem like a huge increase, but for a high school student, this is already quite an astonishing level of growth.
After this period of training and competition, Akashi Asuka's various attributes have improved slightly. Volleyball Monthly praised Akashi Asuka as Miyagi Prefecture's new "national ace" in this report, although it was said that it was used
The island country always makes exaggerated claims.
For example: the most ferocious tiger of the empire, the strongest man on the face of the earth, etc.
But actually speaking, it's not a problem for Asuka Akashi to be called the "national ace" now.
The top three attackers in the country may be a little bit behind, but the top ten attackers in the country are definitely stable.
But this false reputation may seem important to others, but to Akashi Asuka himself, the so-called "national ace" has no meaning at all.
Because since the battle with Shiratorizawa, Asuka Akashi has found that his volleyball level seems to be in a very embarrassing situation.
Junior high school period.
When Akashi Asuka first traveled through time, because the basic quality of his body was very poor, he spent a lot of time training his weak attributes in order to make up for his own weaknesses.
And this kind of training continued until the high school stage. Finally, before the start of the qualifiers, Akashi Asuka successfully eliminated all his weaknesses.
Nowadays, except for [passing], a skill that is rarely used by the main attacker, other aspects are not said to be very strong, but they are still quite satisfactory.
However, the problem arises here.
At first, Akashi Asuka also thought that his training method could help him develop into a hexagonal warrior.
But after a battle with Ushijima Wakali, he suddenly discovered that not only was he no longer a hexagonal fighter, but he had become an extremely mediocre player in all attributes.
He lost his advantage.
At the beginning of the qualifiers, these problems were not exposed, because even when facing Karasuno and other seed schools, Qingcheng almost won with a crushing advantage. Akashi Asuka's own strength was even
Didn't get much use.
Until Ushijima Wakali appeared.
In the battle with Shiratorizawa, it seemed that Aoki had won, and at the last moment, Akashi Asuka fought head-on with Ushijima Wakali for six rounds without losing.
But Akashi Asuka knew very well that the biggest contributor to the victory in this battle was not himself, but Oikawa Toru.
Because Oikawa Toru was plotting against Shiratorizawa from the beginning, which greatly consumed Ushijima Wakatoshi's physical energy. Coupled with Oikawa Tooru's own superb setter skills, Akashi Asuka could barely compete with Ushijima Wakatoshi.
If it was really one-on-one at that time, Akashi Asuka would have been defeated without a doubt, and there would not even be a chance for a comeback.
Because he doesn't have strong enough breakthrough attributes.
"What a careless move! We focused too much on 'avoiding shortcomings' and forgot about 'strengthening'. And although the foundation is strong enough, the offensive methods are not diverse enough and lack changes..." Akashi Asuka sighed as he looked at the data panel.
Actually speaking, Akashi Asuka is not careless. The main reason is actually because of the lack of training time in high school. After all, he is not a professional player. Even if Akashi Asuka has plug-in bonuses, excluding classes and rest in a day, he can only train for three hours.
Four hours were overwhelming.
In this case, it is normal for players to have flaws in their own volleyball skills.
"The national competition is less than a week away. Shiratorizawa's best result in the national competition is the quarterfinals. That means there are at least seven more opponents like Shiratorizawa nationwide. It's really
It’s scary enough, it seems we need to think of a solution.”
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After the morning training.
Akashi Asuka met with publisher editor Wakayama Kika in the afternoon to submit the manuscript.
Because Akashi Asuka will leave for Tokyo to participate in the competition in the middle of the month, so in order to prevent him from being late to come back, Akashi Asuka stayed up late the past few days to finish writing the new volume of the novel.
Recently, other contracted authors of the publishing house have been under great pressure, and the source of that pressure is Asuka Akashi.
Under normal circumstances, the interval between the publication of each volume of a novel is almost one month. Generally, if the manuscript can be successfully submitted within one month, it is considered a very diligent author.
But Akashi Asuka directly doubled the standard of diligence.
Including the fourth volume of the novel that is about to be handed over to Wakayama Kika, on average, the time interval between Akashi Asuka publishing novels is exactly one volume every half month.
Because the time between Akashi Asuka's novels was published was very short, the number of readers continued to read was very high, so the sales of "The Cautious Hero" also continued to rise during this period.
Yesterday, the publishing house just called Akashi Asuka the royalties for last month, and the after-tax income was 4.36 million yen.
This royalties are already an income that most migrant workers in island countries can hardly earn in a year.
As a result, Akashi Asuka's status in the publishing house suddenly became that of "someone else's child."
In recent weeks.
The most common words heard by many contracted authors of the publishing house are: "Teacher xx, look at the update speed of Teacher Feiniao. Look at yourself. You are no longer a child. There are some things that I don't need to do."
Just remind me!"
Or: "Teacher xx, Teacher Feiniao has updated again, why hasn't your draft been sent over yet?"
Or: "Teacher xx, I beg you, even if you don't consider your own royalties, you should pity me as a little editor! I am responsible for the new editor of Teacher Feiniao. This month, because of Teacher Feiniao's update,
Already got the bonus.”
It is estimated that these old authors in their thirties, even forties and fifties, never imagined that their sons had already gone to college, and some of them were even grandparents.
During this period, I once had the fear of being dominated by "other people's children".
In the end, these authors, under the urging of countless editors, had to put on masks of pain and were forced to revolve.
As the culprit, Asuka Akashi still knows nothing about this at this moment.
"Teacher Asuka, long time no see!"
"Long time no see, Editor Wakayama, you've been in good spirits lately!" In the cafe, Akashi Asuka looked at Wakayama Kika with a smile on his face and said with a smile.
"Everywhere, it's all under Teacher Asuka's care." Wakayama Kika had just received a bonus recently, so she was naturally in a good mood.
Akashi Asuka directly reached out and handed the manuscript paper over without being polite. Wakayama Kika took it with both hands and glanced at it briefly, and then the smile on his face suddenly became brighter.
"It's really wonderful. Mr. Asuka's works are still as good as ever. Not only are they updated quickly, but they are also very interesting!"
Wakayama Kika's face was full of admiration. As Wakayama Kika signed several new authors recently, she became more and more aware of the terrifying nature of Akashi Asuka.
At the same time, I feel more and more grateful for my bad luck in signing with Akashi Asuka.
After all, the results of the new authors are generally not mentioned, and the updates are slower than the last. Every time at the end of the month, just to urge the manuscript, Wakayama Kika has to run back and forth at least dozens of kilometers.
Only now did he realize why the senior editors at the publishing house were so surprised that Mr. Asuka would submit the manuscript in advance.
Because it's really incredible.
"Since there is no problem with the manuscript paper, I will take my leave first. I will trouble Editor Ruoshan to make an extra trip this time. Will Editor Ruoshan still have work to do next?" Akashi Asuka stood up and asked.
"No, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Asuka."
Wakayama Kika stood up in a hurry and said: "Actually, I am just about to go out next time. Because the original rent has expired, I am planning to change to a house closer to the company."
"Really! Then I wish Editor Ruoshan again to find his favorite place to live."
When Wakayama Kika mentioned renting a house, Akashi Asuka subconsciously thought of Sanhezhuang where he lived, but after thinking about it, Akashi Asuka did not speak rashly.
After all, he is still in the inspection period of the landlord, and he is not qualified to invite others.
After settling the matter in the novel, Akashi Asuka bought some ingredients and then returned to Sanhe Village.
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the next day.
Qingcheng did not invite teams from outside the school today, but held a practice match within the team.
"Iwaizumi-chan!"
Oikawa Tooru shouted, and Iwaizumi jumped decisively as soon as he received the instruction. The two of them cooperated to hit an A-style fast break and successfully scored points.
"Nice, that's a great dunk, Iwaizumi-chan!" Oikawa Tooru excitedly wanted to high-five Iwaizumi. However, he never expected that this time, Iwaizumi not only did not high-five Oikawa Toru in celebration, but instead silently stepped back after his arrival.
A small step.
"(д；)······"
Oikawa Toru's expression froze instantly. Iwaizumi-chan, are you serious about taking a step back?
As soon as Iwaizumi looked at Oikawa Toru, he struggled for a long time, and finally couldn't help but said: "Oikawa, can you... stop laughing so disgustingly?"
The others nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes..."
Oikawa Tetsu was stunned: "Huh? What do you mean?"
Iwaizumi: "Don't you realize that you've been too excited recently? It's so unnatural to have such a sincere smile on your face."
Oikawa Teru was struck by lightning: "(Д)ノ!! Iwaizumi-chan, you are going too far! My smile has always been so innocent and innocent, it has never changed!"
Everyone looked at Oikawa Tooru who didn't care about him at all, and looked helpless on their faces.
After defeating Shiratorizawa.
The smile on Oikawa Tooru's face never stopped. Although Oikawa Tooru used to smile a lot, it was just a "professional smile" at that time, but now this guy actually smiled.
It stands to reason that a person's sincere smile can often move people's hearts more than a fake smile.
But Oikawa Toru is an exception.
Perhaps it was because he himself was too dark-hearted. When Oikawa Tooru gave out his "sincere smile," it not only failed to impress his teammates, but instead made people feel chilled.
It was okay in the first few days, but now that time has passed, not only have everyone failed to adapt, but the feeling of discomfort has become stronger and stronger...
To this day, these people just can't stand it anymore.
However, Oikawa Toru had no self-awareness about this matter at all, so when Iwaizumi told the truth, Oikawa Toru was immediately shocked, and his whole style seemed to become darker: "It's too much~~嘤嘤,
It’s too much! How can you treat your teammates like this? Yingying~~”
"Uh~~"
Looking at Oikawa Tooru's pitiful appearance, Iwaizumi felt a little unbearable for a while.
Just when he was about to comfort Oikawa Toru without conscience, Akashi Asuka suddenly said through the blocker: "By the way, Oikawa-senpai, did you know? Ushijima-senpai seems to have been selected for the U19 World Youth Team.
.So even though we defeated Shiratorizawa, to be precise, we still lost to Ushijima-senpai.”
Oikawa Tooru's sad expression suddenly froze.
The next second.
He stood up slowly, his smile faded, and he said seriously: "You're right, we haven't completely defeated that bastard Ushiwaka yet, and now is not the time to relax."
Seeing that Oikawa Toru finally returned to "normal", teammates Iwaizumi and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly gave Akashi Asuka a thumbs up.