In the Qingcheng rest area, Nobuteru Irimata saw the morale of the Owlaya side quickly recovered under the influence of Kotaro Bokuto. He couldn't help but touched his chin and said slowly.
"The opponents in the national competition are really more difficult than the last! To have reached this point and still maintain such a high fighting spirit is beyond common sense!"
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Having said this, Irihata Nobuteru paused slightly, and then said to himself: "Just relying on fighting spirit, there is no way to solve the next problem!"
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After being encouraged by Kotaro Bokuto, the Freeman of Xiaogu finally regained his composure.
After Asuka Akashi scored three points in a row, the feel of his serve began to gradually decline, so the fourth serve was not in perfect condition. After the volleyball flew past the blocker, it was eventually picked up by the libero Kodani.
"Akawei, pass the ball to me!"
Although he was in the backcourt, Kotaro Bokuto still decisively reached out to Akao Keiji to ask for the ball. When the volleyball was passed over Kotaro Bokuto, Aoki's frontcourt blockers quickly followed up.
Kindaichi and Matsukawa Kazushi reacted the fastest, moving directly in front of Kotaro Bokuto in almost an instant, and jointly set up a blockade.
However, faced with four tall arms, Kotaro Bokuto did not hesitate to swing his arms and hit a diagonal smash.
Bang!
Snap!
Two voices sounded at the same time.
The first track is the sound of Kotaro Bokuto hitting the ball. The second track is the sound of the volleyball hitting the blocker.
Matsukawa Kazushige touched Kotaro Bokuto's smash, but did not completely intercept it. Because he touched the volleyball with the side of his arm, the volleyball flew directly out of bounds after blocking the ball.
18:17.
Xiaogu successfully recovered one point.
However, in the face of this score, except for Kotaro Bokuto who was still cheering heartlessly, the faces of the rest of the people in the Xiaogu Stadium not only showed no joy at all, but suddenly became solemn.
Something is wrong!
As an owl breeder, Kyōji Akao has the best understanding of Kotaro Bokuto.
So he was almost certain that this wooden rabbit was not aimed at the thugs, but was simply trying to avoid the blocker with a diagonal line to score.
But... Mutu made a mistake!
Originally, a spiking error was not a big deal. After all, even professional players cannot guarantee that every attack will go smoothly. Generally, encountering such a scoring ball is a kind of luck in itself.
However, for Kotaro Bokuto, this kind of mistake shouldn't exist, at least it shouldn't happen now.
Because everyone in Xiao Valley knows very well how powerful Mutu is with his fiery touch, and he should not make a mistake under any circumstances like the shot he just made.
So the only explanation is that Kotaro Bokuto's touch has cooled down.
"Oops, is it because of the continuous serving?"
Kyōji Akao understood in an instant. At first, he thought that the blond substitute No. 16 on the opposite side was just trying to disrupt Kotani's rhythm and morale with powerful consecutive serves.
But now it seems that the other party's purpose is obviously more than this. I am afraid that it will cool down Mutu-san's hand. At this time, the other party's real goal is revealed.
Looking back now, because both sides scored consecutive points (lost points), there was almost no offensive or defensive battle between the two sides for five or six consecutive rounds.
In this process, Bokuto-san, apart from serving one ball and receiving one ball, never participated in the spiking attack again.
Although based on Bokuto-san's personality, as long as the competition is fierce enough, he can maintain a high fighting spirit, but if he does not touch the ball for a long time, even Bokuto Kotaro's condition will inevitably decline.
Even if the decline is not much, under the current situation, this slight change is enough to plunge Xiaogu into a place of no return.
This is the thought.
A few drops of cold sweat suddenly broke out on Akawei Kyoji's forehead: "This time, it seems that we are really in trouble!"
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[Xiaogu scores again!]
[‘Ace’ Kotaro Bokuto lived up to his reputation. He used a superb line-pressing smash to once again break through Qingcheng’s double block, helping Xiaogu firmly grasp the score. 】
[However, the crisis in Xiaogu is still not over, because if Qingcheng scores points again on the next goal, then Qingcheng will officially enter the game point of this game. 】
[And once Xiaogu loses another game, it means that they will be completely eliminated from this national competition...]
The score of the game was 23:23.
It seems that the two sides are evenly divided, but Qingcheng is still one offensive right ahead of Xiaogu.
And this offensive right is enough to deal a fatal blow to Xiaogu in the current situation.
Everyone in Xiaogu was panting, and Kotaro Bokuto, who had withdrawn from the hot state, still maintained a strong offensive power, but could only barely tie the score with Qingcheng.
It is obviously impossible to show a crushing offensive power like at the beginning of the second game.
And because of this, the pressure on other people in Xiaogu suddenly increased a lot.
Xiao Gu continues to serve.
The volleyball was passed from Qingcheng Liberator to Oikawa Toru, and then from Oikawa Toru to Akashi Asuka.
At this time, Owlaya had already formed a targeted defense against Akashi Asuka, so even though Oikawa Toru and Akashi Asuka cooperated very quickly this time, Owlaya still formed a double block at the first time.
However, the moment Akashi Asuka dunked the volleyball, the two blockers in Otoya almost watched as the volleyball turned strangely in front of them, and then flew behind them while grazing their arms.
"Damn it!"
The two blockers were so jealous that they wished they could grow an extra arm and block the ball, but unfortunately, they didn't.
Boom!
The volleyball fell to the ground, making a dull impact.
24:23.
Qingcheng officially entered the game point.
"Beep~~~"
At this time, the referee's whistle sounded urgently, and Coach Xiaogu finally couldn't help it and used up the last timeout of the game.
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【Wonderful!】
【Qingcheng scores!】
[It’s the ‘ace’ Akashi Asuka again. This is already the 11th point Akashi Asuka has scored in this game. 】
[With such a performance, it’s hard to imagine that this is Akashi Asuka’s first time participating in a national competition, and it’s even harder to imagine that Akashi Asuka is only in his first year.]
[With this point won, Qingcheng also took the lead in winning the game point. So, can Xiaogu recover the score again and achieve a comeback? 】
[After our advertisement, we will reveal the answer!]
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