In fact, this serve was the most perfect serve of Ryo Hoshino in the whole game, and even he was a little surprised after the serve was scored. But these two waves of people are seeing him serve for the first time, so naturally they don't know this. So, under the indescribable gaze of several people, this warm-up game ended with a score of 25:22.

Although it was a warm-up match, the people of both teams did not relax, so their physical strength was consumed to a certain extent. Ryo Hoshino took out his water bottle when he heard someone calling him.

"Hoshino-kun."

Ryo Hoshino looked up and saw that it was the No. 2 of Miyagi University. He looked stunned, and before he could say anything, the other party stretched out his hand with a smile: "I didn't introduce it last time, my name is Kazuhiko Kimura, and I'm in the third year of the environmental system." ”

"Kimura-senpai is good."

"I haven't seen you for half a year, your serve is a lot better, it seems that you have been practicing seriously for a long time."

"No, no, I'm still far away."

Kazuhiko Kimura held his chin: "However, your serve doesn't seem to be the same as the last time, did you learn it from your seniors?" ”

"Count...... Right. ”

"I see, no wonder."

Hoshino was stunned: "Do you think there is something wrong?" ”

"Absolutely." It wasn't Kazuhiko Kimura who answered him, but-

Ryo Hoshino looked at the person who was walking slowly, and his gaze swept over the [1] on the other's chest.

"You guy, you suddenly appeared and scared me, and finished talking to your junior brother?" Kazuhiko Kimura put his hand on his shoulder, "Come, Hoshino-kun, let me introduce you, this is our captain, Mizushimahara, a third-year nurse. Speaking of which, you should call him a senior, this one is also from Shiratorizawa! ”

Hearing this, Ryo Hoshino looked a little surprised, but quickly reacted: "Hello Mizushima-senpai! Sorry, I didn't know ...... before."

Mizushimahara said calmly: "It's okay, it's been a long time, and it's normal to not know how many sessions have passed." ”

"You didn't go to refueling last time IH, right? I'll let you go. ”

Hoshino Ryo watched the two chat for a while, Mizushimahara quickly remembered the purpose of his walk, and said, "You just asked if there was a problem with your serve, and my answer is yes." Of course, I'm not saying that your serve is bad, your serve is strong, everyone can see it, but I don't think it's a perfect, perfect serve. ”

Imperfect?

Ryo Hoshino was stunned for a moment, and then as if he had thought of something, his brows furrowed slightly. And Kazuhiko Kimura looked abrupt: "Oh! I'll just say......"

Seeing the doubt in Ryo Hoshino's eyes, Mizushimahara said, "I haven't seen your previous serve, but your jump height when smashing the ball is enough for me to see your jumping ability, which makes me question." Why does your serve make me feel constrained? ”

"Later I found out that your serve height, power, angle, didn't seem to be in the most comfortable state. I think this serve is probably imitating a player's serve, right? ”

Ryo Hoshino was silent for a while, as if recalling some scenes.

"You're right." He replied, his voice a little muffled.

Mizushimahara nodded at this time: "Imitating the serve of the predecessors, this kind of thing is actually very common, and it is also a good learning method." But after imitation, it must be carefully polished,

in order to form the most suitable serve for yourself. And you don't, that is, it's not something that's completely yours yet. That's why I said, your serve is not perfect. ”

Seeing that Ryo Hoshino was a little silent, Kazuhiko Kimura gently slapped him and whispered in his ear: "It's okay to speak softly, people are only freshmen in high school, and they are not freshmen, don't use your attitude towards those stinky boys in the first grade!" ”

Mizushimahara's expression stiffened slightly, and he tried to ease his tone: "Actually, this question is not big, but it is not small either. The player you're imitating is really strong, and his serve is enough to get you points on the court. I'm just saying what I think, and as for what you want to do, that's not up to me. ”

Kazuhiko Kimura: "......" is hopeless, so let's carry it down.

"I'm sorry, but he's never had a lot of brains when he spoke." The main attacker tried to save some face for his captain, "Actually, he wanted to say-"

"It's okay, Mizushima-senpai is right." Ryo Hoshino shook his head slightly, "It's really the same as what my predecessors said, it's that I didn't do a good job, thank you seniors, I will work hard to improve." ”

"Huh?"

"Hey! Mizushima, Kimura, what are you doing? Come and assemble! In the distance, the Miyagi University team shouted at this side.

Seeing this, Ryo Hoshino bowed slightly: "Thank you for the guidance of the two seniors, then I will also go to the gathering first." ”

"Oh? Oh, it's okay......"

The two watched him leave.

Kazuhiko Kimura slapped an elbow: "Hey, listen to what you said at the end, what is [As for what you want to do, it's not up to me]?? Is there anyone as senior as you? ”

Mizushimahara turned around calmly: "Anyway, he just understands, let's go, go and gather." ”

"Hey, hey!" How could Kazuhiko Kimura not know the other party's personality and helplessly hold his forehead.

Forget it, looking at Hoshino-kun's appearance, he shouldn't care too much.

Ryo Hoshino really didn't care about the tone of Mizushimahara's words, he only cared about what the other party said. This serve was originally a practice in order to score points in the national competition, imitating Yumeri and Toru Kawa. Not to mention the rest period after the national competition, it has been more than a month since the start of school and training has been resumed, and he has not perfected this serve.

He pressed the center of his brow.

Ryo Hoshino, what the hell are you doing? Do you want to repeat the ending of IH? Do you want to let your team lose the game again because of you? difficult

You really, like in your dreams—

One bizarre picture after another flashed before his eyes.

During this time, he had a lot of dreams, unlike before, after he finished his dream of being a volleyball player, he would fall into dreams again, sometimes he was standing on the court, sometimes he was sitting off the court. One dream after another is strung together, and when he gets to the back, he can't tell which dreams are volleyball and which dreams are people, he seems to just experience the feeling of powerlessness over and over again, and even hates his powerlessness.

Only then did he realize that he was still haunted by the last goal of the game against Inarisaki. One day, he even dreamed that he was back to the time when he practiced before, and this time, he didn't let go of this loophole easily, but practiced it desperately.

But even if he practices this, can he win? Will he be caught in other loopholes?

If that game in the dream really happened, he was on the field

Will there be a change in the results? Does he really have what it takes to help Shiratorizawa win this match? Is he strong enough to face an opponent who can defeat Shiratorizawa?

He...... Can he really win?

"—Hoshino, Hoshino! Are you okay? The coach called the gathering. ”

Hoshino Ryo closed his eyes, and when he raised his eyes again, his expression was no longer unusual.

"I'm fine, let's go."

*

"In addition to Miyagi University, Sendai University, and Tohoku Institute of Technology, which you just saw, there are also Tohoku Medical University and Miyagi University of Education, which came here in the afternoon. The five-day camping arrangement has come out, and first of all, practice matches are essential. Of course, there is a penalty for losing, and the losing team in each game has to run a lap around the school track. Because we have a lot of time, we have at least three matches with each team, and the specific match schedule is in my hands. You must remember that no matter who your opponent is, you must not lose the style of our Shiratorizawa! ”

"Yes!"

"In addition to the practice match, there will be training on the morning of the 2nd and the morning of the 4th, which is also for the combination of work and rest!"

A combination of work and rest?

The team members listening below were speechless. Which is the labor and which is the Yiyi in long-distance running and practice races?

Of course, these words can only be thought of in the heart, and they dare not show it at all.

After the coaches finished talking, in order not to waste time, before lunch, they arranged the first practice match of the dormitory.

Ryo Hoshino looked at the team wearing red and black uniforms on the other side.

【Northeast University of Technology】......

"Their height is too exaggerated, isn't it?" The cold river Jiang Yong who was standing next door muttered.

Ryo Hoshino didn't reply to his words this time, because it was.

"Northeast University of Technology, a team that focuses on height advantage. All of their starters were above 185 tall, and both of the assistant attackers and aces were close to 190cm tall. One minute before the game, Washatori said, "You all know the advantages of height in volleyball, and against such a team, you must pay close attention to both offense and defense. ”

"Left left, left, left!"

"Takekawa!"

"Ho!!" The tall ace kicked up and down a pretty nice midfield ball.

"Good smash!!"

Ryo Hoshino looked at the Northeast workers who were cheering together on the other side with some solemnity. The strength and height of this No. 5 are impeccable, although he can reach such a blocking height, but if it is not just on the way of the ball, a slight deviation, the opponent's strength can completely break through the block.

If it's Tiantong's seniors to stop him, maybe he can also-

No, no, you can't always rely on seniors.

Focused, focused, and observe calmly.

"Gu Jiang, this way!"

"Kondo!"

Ryo Hoshino stared at the secondary attacker who ran forward. Then, the two secondary attackers jumped at the same time, almost to the same height.

Ooh! With such a little running distance, the jumping ability of this No. 7 is really good!

Shinji Kondo raised his eyebrows.

However, it is still a little bit worse.

"Ugh!"

The volleyball smashed on Ryo Hoshino's fingers, and his cheeks twitched: "ONETOUCH!" ”

"I'm coming!" After Yamagata Hayato picked up a pass, Kenjiro Hakubu passed the ball to Ushijima Wakari on the left, and the attacker jumped up and smashed the ball.

“——ONETOUCH！”

After Kondo Shinji landed, he shook his hand: "This strength can be compared to Takekawa." ”

The touch of the ball was successful, and the first and second passes were naturally not bad, and seeing the ball fly to No. 5 again, the three people in the front row of Shiratorizawa immediately converged and stood in front of the opponent's running route.

Then, all four of them jumped at the same time.

But in the next second, Ryo Hoshino's pupils were shocked.

I saw that the ace player on the opposite side kicked the ground and jumped, and his body flew a short distance to the right in the air in the direction of the run.

Yes, [Fly].

At this moment, Ryo Hoshino only thought of this word to describe the scene in front of him.

And this small section is enough to shake off their block.

"Bang!!"

The ball hit the ground with a bang.

Outside the field, Tiantongjue's eyes sank when he saw this ball.

"—It's the space difference."!