"Kana, look, look! It's a camera and a reporter from the TV station."
Mizuta Koiko stood in the auditorium specially prepared for them by the organizer, like an excited little sparrow, chirping non-stop.
Akashi Kana said helplessly beside him: "Calm down, Riko, you are too excited."
"The opening ceremony of the All-Island High School Volleyball Players Rights Competition has officially begun..."
The broadcast in the stadium sounded, and Akashi Kana quickly patted Mizuta Koiko on the shoulder and reminded: "Hurry up and stand up, the game is about to start."
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Players enter!
"Saitama Prefecture Representative Team - Moriran High School."
"Miyagi Prefecture Representative Team—Aoba Jonishi Private High School."
Accompanied by the music of the opening ceremony, members of the Qingcheng Volleyball Club officially entered the gymnasium.
The huge stadium and the flashing camera flashes all around made the movements of many Qingcheng players freeze, and their excitement and nervousness were palpable.
"Look, look, people from our school are here!"
"It's Oikawa-san and Akashi-san, they're so handsome!"
As Qingcheng entered, other members of the vocal group in the audience also began to commotion. It was the first time for Akashi Kana to see Akashi Asuka on such an occasion. Until now, Akashi Kana still felt a little unreal.
Because she found that the younger brother in her memory and the Akashi Asuka in front of her could not overlap.
The opening ceremony of the national competition went very quickly. After a short opening declaration, the fifty-two teams across the country that had qualified for the ticket exited one by one according to the instructions, leaving only a few teams that were about to start the first round.
The team stays in the stadium.
Qingcheng is one of these teams.
[The first round of the National High School Comprehensive Sports Volleyball Competition men's competition is about to take place. The first two sides to face off on court No. 2 are Saitama Prefecture's representative team - Moriran High School and Miyagi Prefecture's representative team - Aoba Jonishi Private High School
.]
[Senran High School has now entered the national competition for the fourth time, and is considered one of the regulars in the national competition. Their opponent, Aoba Jonishi Private High School, has entered the national competition for the first time in history. 】
[But if you underestimate Qingcheng High School because of this, you will suffer a big loss, because in this year’s qualifiers, Qingcheng High School defeated last year’s top eight team in the national competition, Shiratorizawa High School, and successfully won the national championship.
Tickets for the competition······】
Different from the qualifiers, the official national competition will be equipped with professional commentators, so that people who do not know volleyball can understand the game situation during the live broadcast to the national audience.
As the commentator finished speaking, there was an uproar around the venue.
Because although Qingcheng is not well-known nationwide, Shiratorizawa High School... or Ushijima Wakali's reputation is very famous nationwide.
So when the commentator announced the news that Qingcheng defeated Shiratorizawa, within a few seconds, at least a dozen teams watching the game in the auditorium turned their attention to everyone in Qingcheng.
"Wow~ It's scary. Is Shiratorizawa actually so famous across the country?"
Being stared at by so many people all of a sudden, many players in the Qingcheng team felt even more stressed. However, there were people who were even more stressed than them at this time.
Those are Qingcheng's opponents, the members of Senran High School.
"Hey, hey, are you kidding me? Our luck is too bad. We actually encountered such an opponent in the first round?"
When the players from Senran University first found out that their opponent was a team they had never heard of, they were secretly happy and felt that their luck in the draw was really good.
As a result, someone suddenly told them that Senran's opponent once defeated Shiratorizawa. This joke is not funny at all!
The two teams were under different pressures and each began to warm up.
Ten minutes later.
The referee announced the end of the warm-up.
[Okay, now the warm-up is over and the game officially begins. Let’s watch the game together. Qingcheng High School versus Senran High School, Qingcheng took the lead in choosing the right to serve. 】
[Qingcheng’s first server is No. 1 player Oikawa Toru. As the team’s setter and captain, let’s first take a look at the result of Oikawa’s first serve... Oops! Unfortunately, Oikawa’s first serve
The first attack was very sharp, but unfortunately the serve went out of bounds and failed to score the first point for Qingcheng.】
Oikawa Toru failed to make any contribution in the first start, and the volleyball flew far off the court.
0:1.
Senran University is temporarily in the lead.
“What luck!”
Senran colleges and universities celebrate each other.
On the other side, everyone in Qingcheng was also cheering each other on.
"Sorry, I didn't control the ball well!" Oikawa Tooru took the initiative to apologize.
"Don't worry!"
"It doesn't matter, serve a good ball next time!"
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"Coach, what was the goal just now?"
In the rest area, Qingcheng team leader Mizoguchi Sadyuki looked at Oikawa Toru's missed goal just now, and his brows suddenly furrowed.
The coach on the side, Nobuteru Irihata, nodded and confirmed Mizoguchi Saduki's idea: "Yes, Oikawa was really nervous about the ball just now."
Although volleyball serving errors are very common, for coaches like Nobuyu Irihata, even errors have different explanations. The goal like the one just now was entirely caused by Oikawa Tooru himself being too nervous and his body too stiff.
"Although Oikawa is usually calm, it is his first time to participate in a national competition. The audience, venue, cameras... and other factors will inevitably affect the players, so it is normal for the players to be a little nervous.
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"Then what should we do? Do we want to call a timeout first?"
Mizoguchi Sadyuki obviously did not have as good a mentality as Iriyata Nobuteru. After hearing Iriyata Nobuteru's words, he couldn't help but become anxious.
"Don't worry." Nobuteru Irihata said with a calm expression: "Although this is the first time Qingcheng has entered the national competition, not all of our players will be nervous!"
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[Next is Senran High School’s serve. The landing point is between Qingcheng’s backcourt libero and Oikawa-san. It is also a sharp serve, but it is picked up by Qingcheng’s libero Watanaji, but the angle of the first pass is not the same.
In place, it seems that the Qingcheng players are still a little stiff in their movements. Is it because they are participating in the national competition for the first time? 】
[We can see that after Oikawa Toru received the volleyball, he decisively passed the ball to the No. 8 Akashi Asuka player. However, the passing speed seemed to be a little slower. At this time, Senran High School had teamed up to set up a ball directly in front of the Akashi Asuka player.
Double block, Akashi Asuka seems to be in some danger...]
Bang!
Snap!
Before the commentator finished speaking, a thunderous sound of hitting the ball suddenly came from the sky above the stadium.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Akashi Asuka leaped up like an eagle spreading its wings, and then faced the two people blocking the net directly in front of him, without dodging or avoiding, he suddenly waved his arms.
The next second.
Everyone then saw a volleyball flying out like a cannonball, carrying an unstoppable momentum, instantly blasting through Senran High School's double blocker, and then unabated, landing straight on the arm of the free man defending in the backcourt, a huge
The force once again bounced off the arm of the libero from Senran High School, and the volleyball flew high into the sky, and finally landed on the floor more than ten meters behind.
In an instant, the entire Court No. 2 fell silent.