Hakuba Meisheng knelt down in front of Akashi Asuka.
[Odo~~What happened? Why did player Hakuba Meio from Odai High School suddenly kneel down towards player Asuka Akashi?]
Separated by a layer of blocking net, Hakuba Meisheng was sweating profusely. Even though he knelt on the ground, he still struggled to raise his hands upward, trying to stop Akashi Asuka's smash.
Unfortunately, his knees were so sore that even with all his strength, he could not stand up. He could only watch Asuka Akashi knock the ball down from above his head.
Boom!
The volleyball drew a diagonal line in mid-air, bypassed the backcourt defense, and hit the floor without any surprise.
24:22.
Qingcheng officially entered the third game.
"Beep~~~"
The referee blew the whistle and Oudai High School used the last timeout urgently.
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"Hakuba, are you okay? Can you continue playing?"
Hakuba Meisheng was sitting on a bench in the Oudai rest area. Although his legs were shaking uncontrollably, he still said firmly: "It's okay, I can continue to fight."
"Coach, what's going on?"
"Why did Hakuba suddenly become like this?"
Hakuba Meisheng suddenly fell to his knees on the field. Not to mention the audience and commentators, even his teammates from Oudai High School were shocked.
After all, they have played so many games and have never seen this scene before.
Coach Oudai sighed secretly, as expected, it was too reluctant to use Hakuba to deal with Akashi Asuka.
Height is not entirely a benefit for volleyball players. Height will bring height advantages to players, but at the same time, height will also bring greater physical burden.
Especially for high school students whose physical development is not yet fully mature, excessive height puts an unimaginable burden on the lower body.
Against opponents he faced in the past, Hakuba Meisei could defend successfully without jumping at full strength, so it wasn't a big problem.
But this time when facing Akashi Asuka, Hakuba Meiou needs to jump with all his strength in every attack to set up a block of sufficient height.
This confrontation lasted for three games, causing Hakuba Meisheng's knees to reach their limit.
to be honest.
Originally, the Odai coach thought that his team would be the libero Kamiichiro Kamibayashi who was exhausted first. After all, Oikawa Toru deliberately accelerated the pace of the game from the beginning of the third game. This placed a heavy burden on the libero who dominated the backcourt defense.
Originally, Kamibayashi Ichiro was already prepared to switch to a free agent in the fourth game.
But I didn't expect it.
There was no problem for the libero, but Hakuba Meio, who was guarding Akashi Asuka, collapsed first.
This can really be said to be unpredictable.
"Baima, you should leave the field and rest first!" With the decision made in his mind, Coach Outai said directly without hesitation.
"Coach, I..."
"Needless to say, what you have to do now is to regain your strength as soon as possible and trust your teammates."
When Hakuba Meisheng heard that the coach was going to send him off, he felt anxious. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by the coach before he could finish his words.
It would be fine if the opponent he faced this time was not Qingcheng, but facing an opponent like Akashi Asuka, a blocker who couldn't jump was no threat at all.
The pause ends.
Oudai replaced Hakuba Meisei with a substitute attacker who was also close to 190cm tall.
After seeing Hakuba Meisei's exit, Oikawa Toru looked at Akashi Asuka's expression, and something gradually became wrong.
"I really didn't expect that he would be the first to end up on the opposite side?"
As Toru Oikawa, who single-handedly dragged Odai into a "war of attrition", he naturally paid attention to the enemy's physical problems at all times. Among them, Odai's main attacker and libero were the key targets of his attention.
Because in this fast-paced game, the player who receives the pass and the attacker who launches the attack are the two types of people who move the most frequently on the entire court.
Originally, Toru Oikawa and Coach Odai thought that if there was a problem at Odai, it would definitely come from these two types of players.
However, I never expected...
"You guy, you have been transforming into a 'monster' form lately!"
Looking at Akashi Asuka who relied on his own physical strength to forcibly defeat Hakuba Meiao, Oikawa Toru's eyes became more and more strange.
Outai has lost one of its two pillars.
Qingcheng has entered the game point again.
So the third game was smoothly won by Qingcheng, and the big score became two to one.
After a while.
The game entered the fourth inning.
At the beginning of the fourth game, Qingcheng hit a fast break, still with a familiar rhythm.
1:0.
Odai setter, Suwa Aikichi's face looked a little ugly.
"Don't you, Qingcheng, have any other tricks besides this one?"
Oikawa Tetsu smiled slightly: "Of course, if you can keep up with our pace, I think you will have a chance to see it."
Suwa Aiji said with a stern face: "Don't underestimate others, Oudai doesn't give up so easily."
"Really? Then I'll wait and see. But..."
Having said this, the smile on Oikawa Tetsu's face faded, and a few rays of cold light bloomed in the narrow slits of his eyes, saying: "You'd better prepare to fight desperately. After all, although this fight was started by you, when will it end?
It’s up to us.”
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"It's already the fourth round! Let's see if Ootai can withstand this round. If they can, they still have a glimmer of hope."
Xiaogu, Jingdashan, Inarizaki... These teams have all had the experience of reaching the national competition finals in their team history, so they know very well that the key to most finals is not
The fifth game, but the fourth game.
The physical development of high school students is not enough to support them and truly play a full five-inning game.
Many times.
Often by the end of the third game, the physical fitness of the players on both teams has almost reached its limit.
Today's game was a little unexpected. Qingcheng still saved some physical strength for the time being, but Outai had already reached the physical limit first, so from the situation point of view, the fourth game was very unfavorable to Outai.
However, as long as it can survive this round, Outai's hopes of a comeback will be greatly increased.
It's not just about the score.
The more important point is that once Qingcheng fails to win Outai in the fourth game, the physical fitness of Qingcheng players will also reach its limit after entering the fifth game.
By that time, the chips of both parties will seemingly return to the same starting point.
In the fifth game, both sides fought for perseverance.
At that time, because of the victory in the fourth game, Outai will definitely have a surge in momentum. By then, their chips will become even bigger.
only.
Thinking of this, Akao Kyoji suddenly turned to look at the tall figure wearing the No. 8 jersey on the field, and whispered: "But before that, if we can't deal with that guy, everything will be in vain!"