As for the people in Qingcheng who defeated them, except for a small celebration at the beginning, after exiting the players' channel, deep exhaustion immediately appeared on everyone's faces.
Defeating Senran High School may seem easy, but in fact, Qingcheng players were under tremendous pressure throughout the game, especially at the mental level.
This pressure not only comes from the opponents, the audience, the venue, the competition system, but also the constantly moving cameras above the stadium. All of these remind everyone all the time that this is a national competition. Once a mistake is made, not only will it be embarrassing in front of the national audience, but it will even
Eliminate directly.
Under such high pressure, players expend at least three or four times more energy and physical energy during the competition than in regular competitions.
"Everyone will go back to the hotel to have a rest first, and we will gather here later." Nobuteru Irihata said.
"yes!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Although Qingcheng's game today has ended, it does not mean that they can relax.
This is a national competition. Under this cruel single-game elimination system, maybe just a little bit of slack will lead to a complete loss. This kind of case is not uncommon in previous national competitions.
Although Qingcheng's own game today has ended, their opponent for the next game has not yet been determined, so now is the best time to observe the enemy's situation.
After returning to the hotel and changing clothes, the spirits of everyone in Qingcheng also recovered a little.
"Let's go! Let's gather at the venue and see who has the honor to be our opponent in the next match."
On the way back to the venue.
Akashi Asuka, Oikawa Toru and others bought some snacks on the way. After all, Qingcheng was the first game in the morning. Although they were hungry after the game, there was still some time before lunch.
Of course.
The money to buy snacks was paid by Oikawa Toru and several third-year students. After all, this is a blessing as a senior.
Mikata Ryuhei came to sit next to Akashi Asuka, and Akashi Asuka handed over a box of octopus balls.
"Oh! Thank you very much."
"Has the game started yet?"
"It has just begun. The two teams are still testing each other, but..."
Snap!
Before Akashi Asuka could finish his words, he saw something unexpected happened on the court.
Immediately, the surrounding auditorium suddenly became extremely lively.
"Tome! Tome! Tome!"
【Oh~~Tomi Gakuen once again blocked the opponent's attack.】
[It’s still a straight line. The leader of Tobimi Academy and the number one player, Yu Shogun, seems to be able to see through people’s hearts, blocking and scoring continuously! 】
······
"Oh~~ Such an accurate prediction of the block, it's as if the opponent deliberately smashed the ball into their block." Hanamaki Takata took a deep breath when he saw the scene on the court, and felt that his teeth had turned sour.
As a main attacker, seeing such a block, Hanamaki Takata felt terrible just by imagining it for a little bit.
Seeing this, Yatomo Hide on the side took out a piece of information. These were all collected by Nobuteru Irimata in advance. The teams in it were all teams that had participated in the national competition at least once.
Searched for a while.
Yatomo's eyes lit up and he said: "I found it, let me take a look... Tomomi Gakuen, Tokyo's No. 3 representative team, is a long-established powerhouse in Tokyo. The volleyball club's slogan is 'upright',
Therefore, the style of play at Tobimi Gakuen in previous years has always been centered on steady and solid defense.”
"It turns out they are a defensive team, so no wonder they have such strong blocks."
After seeing the description in the information, the others suddenly realized.
Only Oikawa Tooru couldn't help but be stunned: "Are you upright?"
He lowered his head and looked in the direction of Tobimi Academy, touched his chin and thought for a while, and suddenly said: "It doesn't look like it!"
Akashi Asuka's eyes moved and he turned to look at Oikawa Tooru. He originally wanted to say: You are a good judge of people.
However, after moving his lips, Akashi Asuka still did not say this sentence. Instead, he turned to say: "It's really not like that. The style of Tobimi Academy in the past was indeed 'upright', but in the past year, this school in Tokyo has
But there is another nickname in the competition - Viper!"
"Venomous snake? What do you mean?"
"Have you seen that number one at Tobimi Academy?"
Akashi Asuka pointed to the No. 1 player at Tobi Gakuen: "That person is the current leader of Tobi Gakuin, 'Daishō Yu'. This person likes to use some rules on the court to do some dirty things."
"Including: deliberately targeting the opponent's defensive player's physical attack when spiking the ball, or disrupting the opponent's mentality by maliciously provoking the opponent..."
"It's like a venomous snake catching its prey. It first injects poison into the prey, then quietly watches the prey escape, until the poison kicks in and causes chaos, and finally comes out and swallows the prey."
"Eh~~~"
Everyone couldn't help but shudder when Akashi Asuka said: "Wow, this guy is too insidious!"
"Insidious? Actually, it can't be called that, because Tobimi Academy's approach itself is also a reasonable use of the rules of the game. As you can see, there are still many people in the auditorium outside the stadium who are willing to support them?"
"Besides, if you think that Tomi Gong only knows these machinations, you are wrong. Their style has changed now, but the core of the team itself has not changed. Their team's solid defense is what supports the team to break into
The key to the national competition..."
At this point, Akashi Asuka changed the topic and continued: "But the main object we are here to observe today is not Tobimi Academy, but their opponents."
"——Owl Valley Academy!"
"Compared to Tomomi Gakuen, Ougaya Gakuen has entered the national competition for the 27th time in seven consecutive years. It is not only the strongest team in Tokyo, but also one of the top teams nationwide."
"And their main attacker, like Ushiwaka, is one of the top five super "aces" in the country."
"So although Tobimi Academy is currently leading, Ougaya Academy is more likely to be our opponent in the next game."
"Gudong~"
As Akashi Asuka finished speaking, several sounds of swallowing saliva suddenly sounded in the surroundings.
For seven consecutive years, he has entered the national competition 27 times.
Ranked among the top five "aces" in the country.
"Are we going to play against such a formidable opponent in the next round?"
"No way!"
"I don't want to fight the second Ushiwaka!"
It’s no wonder that Qingcheng players want to be rich. It’s really that the record of Xiaogu Academy is too terrible. Just one of these data is scary enough, but now they are all put together.
Just when everyone else was feeling uneasy because of Xiaodani Academy, suddenly, Iwaizumi said in a slightly weird tone:
"Um~~~Akashi, is the top five "ace" you mentioned in the country the man with the owl-like hair?"
"right······"
Akashi Asuka's mouth stopped abruptly before he could even say the word 'right'.
Because at the moment Akashi Asuka turned his head, he saw the owl on the court of Owlaya Academy, and suddenly his whole body shriveled up, as if he had been attacked by a 'negative ghost'.
There was even more cheerful laughter in the audience.
"Ah this~~"
Akashi Asuka was immediately embarrassed.
Owl, you don't give me face! If you do this, it will be difficult for me to brag for you!
"The 'ace' of Owlaya Academy is indeed a very magical player." At this moment, Nobuteru Irihata came over and said: "Among the top five "aces" in the country, the "ace" of Owlaya Academy is
Among them, the player with the highest fluctuations in form."
"During the trough period, his performance was extremely unstable, and sometimes he even caused the team to lose points consecutively."
"But once the situation recovers..."
Having said this, Irihata Nobuteru paused and suddenly turned his head to look at the central court. Seeing this, everyone subconsciously followed his gaze.
Then, they saw it.
I saw that extremely shocking smash that I had never seen before.