June 2, Sendai Gymnasium.

The two boys stood in front of the game arrangement at the door, looking at the score written on it in amazement.

"This year's quarterfinals have come out, let me see, Shiratorizawa, Qingcheng, Date Industries...... Sure enough, it's about the same as last year. - Wait, wow! The left half of the field is a hellish field, right? ”

"What?"

"You see, in the quarterfinals waiting, Date Industries vs. Seokhiro, and Shiratorizawa vs. Jozenji, all of them are at the level of the semifinals. And in the right half, after Minami Kutani's ace left, I felt that their IH this year was a little tired. This year's newcomers in the White Water Pavilion are also relatively average, and only one Wuye is more prominent in comparison. In this case, it is not surprising that the school that entered the final in the right half will be Karano. ”

"You have a point! And Shiratorizawa is without Ushijima Wakari again, so it seems that this year's champion is really hard to say......"

The two walked to the stands as they spoke.

The quarterfinals and semi-finals on the second day of the IH qualifiers are only about an hour apart, just like the previous national matches. That is, after the quarterfinals are decided, the winning team needs to immediately start warming up and preparing for the quarterfinals, and this is certainly the case for Shiratorizawa.

The stadiums on the left and right sides are different, so now they only use the two courts in the middle gate, and the four teams on the field are spreading out at both ends to warm up.

Ryo Hoshino adjusted his breathing while pressing the lunge.

Only two games were played in the last game, and Shiratorizawa had a relatively large advantage, so the consumption of the players was not as great as expected. However, rest is still very important, both the starters and the substitutes are stretching seriously, and the whole team seems to be a little quiet.

In stark contrast to them is the team on the opposite side.

-- Tiaozenji High School.

Takaaki Anahara, the coach in charge of the intensive training camp at the end of last year, is the new coach of this school. Now it can't be said that he is a new coach, after all, this is the third year of the other party's coaching.

Coach Anabara is a very thoughtful person, and before he coached Jozenji, Jozenji's volleyball team was only at a mediocre level in Miyagi Prefecture. And just a few months later, Jozenji rushed to the top four in the prefecture and became a seeded team capable of competing for a national quota.

Ryo Hoshino withdrew his gaze from the noisy team on the opposite side, changed his leg and continued to press the lunge.

He'd seen the footage of last year's Jozenji Harutaka fight, especially the one against Karano. Good ball sense and unrestrained style of play are his first impressions of this team. What he noticed afterwards was the ability of the players of this team to bloom, which can be called a chaotic offense, which contains the ability of each player to defend and attack.

To be honest, in his opinion, the level of threat to them from Tiaoshan Temple was even greater than that of Qingcheng. In addition, their starting players this time are exactly the same as in the high school qualifiers last spring. In other words, the weakness of their lack of teamwork is likely to have been washed away.

But—

Ryo Hoshino stood up and began to stretch his shoulders and arms, his expression not fluctuating.

He has said that no matter what kind of opponent he faces, he will never stop there.

The rest time passed quickly, and fifteen minutes before the game, the teams on both sides began to take turns playing

Warm up. After the pre-match meeting, the referees also dispersed to various positions to prepare for the game.

All the team members of Shiratorizawa formed a circle, and after Ryo Hoshino looked around, he said in a deep voice, "I believe everyone remembers our goal. In order to go to the whole country, we have to get the only one spot. ”

"Shiratorizawa won't stop here, we won't stop here! Shiratorizawa, FIGHT-"

“——OH！”

IH Miyagi Prefecture representative decisive match quarterfinals, Shiratorizawa Gakuen vs. Jozenji High School.

- The game begins.

In the first round, Jozenji served the ball, and standing in the No. 1 position was the main player of Jozenji Temple, Yuji Terujima. The yellow-haired boy played with the ball in his hand and threw it into the air without hesitation after the service whistle blew.

Jump vigorously! And it's a serve for setters!

"Hmm!" The five-color worker in charge of covering the setter received the ball steadily, and during this time, Kenjiro Hakubu, who ran into place from the side, raised his arm and passed the ball without hesitation.

For the first goal, Shiratorizawa's attacker fell on Ryo Hoshino in the front row on the left!

And the silver-haired boy seems to have expected this result a long time ago, and almost at the moment of the setter's pass, he has already run in place.

Jump, smash the ball!

"Beep!" The sound of the ball landing and the whistle sounded at the same time, and Shiratorizawa's cheerleaders immediately cheered loudly:

"Hoshino - Hoshino - good smash!!"

"Sure enough, it's No. 1." In the stands, a spectator breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair.

The audience at the front asked curiously, "What does this mean?" I think it seems that the Jozenji Temple is also subconsciously guarding against No. 1 just now, is there anything important? ”

"You probably didn't watch the first few games." The former smiled, "The first goal of every game in front of Shiratorizawa will be passed to No. 1, just like [good start], win this goal, and the game will go smoothly." ”

"Is it so amazing?"

"Hahaha, it's just speculation from the audience."

"-Good serve!!" As he was talking, the cheerleaders next to him suddenly burst into cheering voices: "One more ball-one more ball-"

The two immediately turned their attention back to the field.

"Wow, Shiratorizawa has scored on the serve!"

On the field, the five-color worker rotated the ball in his hand and adjusted his breathing. All other sounds are in the background at this point

Music, only that whistle sounds—

"Beep!"

The boy's eyes were sharp, and the ball in his hand was thrown diagonally upward.

Run-ups, jumps, arm throws!

"Bang!!"

"The ball came straight back!"

"Chance Ball!" Akakura ran forward and took a pass. And Ryo Hoshino and Yumeto Nagamatsu looked at each other slightly, and started to run at the same time.

Cover the attack!

Nobuyoshi Iisaka, the assistant attacker of Jozenji, was in a daze, and only jumped towards the attacker's position after Kenjiro Hakubu passed the ball, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, and the ball flew backwards grazing his fingertips.

"-Ho!!" Shine on the island and swim to save the ball.

One pass is not in place, but it doesn't matter! As long as you take a pass, you can attack!

The brains of all the people of Jozenji Temple

At the same time, this sentence flashed. I saw that Terushima You'er, who had just caught the ball and fell to the ground, held his right hand, quickly turned over and jumped up, and ran forward.

And after the setter Erqi Zhangchun adjusted his position, he also passed the ball out without hesitation!

"Bang!!"

Seeing the ball hit the ground, the spectators in the stands "ho"

sighed: "This fast attack is okay!" ”

"Oh yes!" On the field, the attackers after scoring also jumped up excitedly and high-fived the setters.

The serve is replaced, and the Jozenji rotates the position to serve.

"I'm coming!"

"Hoshino!"

"Hey!"

"This way!"

After a few balls, the serve returned to Shiratorizawa after several rotations. Taiichi Kawanishi took the ball thrown by the pick-up player and sent it over after the service whistle blew.

Jozenji's libero Tsuchiyu-shin pads the ball towards the setter, who looks up at the ball flying towards him, takes two steps back, and then runs forward, jumping into the air as if to smash the ball.

He's trying to make a setter!

Changsong Mengren gritted his teeth and jumped along. Don't want to deduct it!

Who knows, in the next second, the arm of the setter swinging towards the ball suddenly retracted, and then slapped it to the side.

One-handed passing!

Nagamatsu Mengren's pupils shook.

And where the ball was passing, there was already a figure jumping high. Terushima Yu'er grinned and twisted to dunk the ball!

"Bang!"

The ball slammed into a pair of arms that appeared in time and bounced back into the air, and the person who received the ball propped himself on the ground to stabilize his body, and raised his head suddenly, his amber eyes shining with a piercing light.

Terushima Yu'er sighed.

And Kenjiro Hakubu had already followed the setter, and the ball flew to the left side of the court, close to the position of the marker pole. This is the favorite and most convenient smash position for the five-color worker.

My sister's head attack slammed the ball towards the opposite side!

The ball shot straight towards the baseline, and just as it was about to hit the ground, another pair of arms stopped it. Despite this, the ball with no weakened spin flew diagonally again, and landed on a-

Upper?!

Everyone was stunned, of course, not including the members of the Jozenji Temple.

Although the position of the ball that is kicked up is not correct, the height is completely sufficient, as long as the height is enough, you can attack!

Rintaro Numajiri jumped on the spot, waved his arm hard, and slammed a thug out of bounds.

When the whistle sounded, everyone in Jozenji Temple jumped up excitedly. Only then did Changsong Mengren have time to say this: "Can this be ......?" ”

Ryo Hoshino looked at the group of people who were jumping up and down with excitement on the other side, and slowly hooked the corners of his mouth.

Playground...... Looks like you're having a lot of fun.

The whistle blew again, and the ball was served by Jozenji, who had just scored. After Yasuo Ohara, who was in the back row, picked up a pass, Kenjiro Shirabu cooperated with Yumeto Nagamatsu for a fast attack. However, Jozenji's pass has always been quick to react, and although it may not be in place, as soon as they catch the ball, they will start a fierce counterattack.

Nagamatsu Mengren looked at the two attackers who crossed and ran forward on the opposite side, and was just about to take precautions, but saw the setter's gesture of passing the ball change, and directly dunked the ball!

This time it's a real setter attack!

Changsong Mengren gritted his teeth, and before the setter had time to be happy, he saw another figure appear on the ball road.

"Wow! The response of this No. 1 is so fast! The audience, who took everything in his eyes, sighed.

On the field, Ryo Hoshino, who received the next pass, rolled to the side, and then squatted down, his calves exerted force, and the reaction force from the ground began to run.

With a bang, the boy jumped into the air from behind the three-meter line, and his body bent into a perfect arc in the air.

Terushima You'er tilted his head, and in his field of vision, the boy's body covered the ceiling lamp entirely, haloing the other party's surroundings, as if adding a filter to him.

Then, the boy swung his muscular arm and slammed it into the ball in front of him.

"Whoosh"

The sound of the wind brushed the ears of Zhaodao You'er, and the next second, there was a violent explosion.

And the attacker on the opposite side also landed at this time.

Ryo Hoshino looked at the yellow-haired boy who was a little stunned and smiled slightly.

Isn't it just playing, who wouldn't?!