"Hurry up!! I don't know how long it's been since the race! ”

"Who knew there would be a traffic jam on the road today, it's a weekday!" Shibasaki Katsu looked annoyed. Originally, they planned to come to Tokyo early in the morning, but it was nearly eight o'clock after Yumi Hakino settled down in the welfare home, and Miyagi's journey to Tokyo was about 5 hours, and he was supposed to be able to arrive before the finals, but he didn't expect to encounter a traffic jam caused by a car accident on the road, so it was delayed until this time.

After a little distraction, Shibasaki Katsunori saw the person in front of him stumbling on the steps, and he hurriedly shouted: "Hey, you run slower, be careful of falling!" Kumiko Shibasaki ignored him at all, stepped on his high heels and continued to run up.

"Huh!" Shibasaki Katsu choked, and at the moment he was stunned, a person behind him quickly overtook him and threw down a sentence: "Shibasaki, you go faster." ”

"Dean Yumi! You ...... too. Wait for me! ”

Shibasaki Katsuno strode behind the woman, and as soon as he stepped into the stands, before he could find Shibasaki Kumiko's figure, the warm atmosphere swept towards him first. He froze for a moment, looking at the sea of people in front of him: "Wow, this ......"

A slightly impassioned voice on the radio interrupted him: "Beautiful!! Hoshino's back-row smash equalizes the score again! ”

The familiar word "Hoshino" woke him up, and he immediately listened to the second half of the broadcast: "-Now the score is 26:26!" ”

*

On the center court, less than 3 minutes have passed since Kenjiro Hakubu's smash just now, and the four goals have already fallen, and the scores of the two teams are still the same.

Ryo Hoshino took a deep breath, bent down with the breath he exhaled, and stared at the other side. Behind him, the server raises his hand to send the ball out.

"Long pine serve! Gusen took the next pass, and the ball was passed to Kasan on the right! - Shiratorizawa successfully touches the ball! Hoshino one passes, white cloth two passes, fast attack in the middle! - Goosen got it again!! ”

Ryo Hoshino snorted softly. Motoya Gumori, a free man, almost defended most of the floor of Mt. Imin, and single-handedly played the effect of the entire back row of Otokoma, and the strength of the pass was amazingly high.

"This ball is attacking Sakuza in the back row!"

Hoshino came back to his senses coolly, only to see the curly-haired attacker jumping from the three-meter line in the back row, and his slender figure jumped to the top with great oppression.

Ryo Hoshino narrowed his eyes slightly.

330？ 340？ - No, even higher!

Although Sakuhaya is not known for his jumping ability, in fact, this man's jumping ability is not much inferior to him, plus this is similar to his height......

“！”

The man in the air suddenly looked straight over. Hoshino Ryo's heart jumped, as if he was instantly locked by some poisonous beast, and the air pressure around him dropped in an instant.

In the next second, the curly-haired attacker's right arm twisted like a snake and swung down vigorously at an extremely tricky angle.

"Huh"

A strong gust of air swept past his face and slammed into his back.

"Beep!" The whistle blew.

"Saku scored in the back row early! Mt. Jing has come to the match point again!! ”

The curly-haired attacker only landed at this point. The eyes of the two met in the air, and this scene made Ryo Hoshino very familiar.

Once when the two schools played a practice match,

At that time, the level of passing was extremely bad, and he was targeted by the opponent and lost a lot of points. And now......

Ryo Hoshino twrenched his faintly painful cheek with his thumb, rubbed it lightly with his index finger, and suddenly smiled.

Good, good.

"Shimokawa serves! Hoshino received a pass, a white cloth pass, and it was also Hoshino in the back row! ”

The silver-haired attacker also jumped from the back row, taller and more imposing than before. He didn't even hide his intention to attack. When he reached the apex, he took a deep breath and bent his upper body back a little more under the tug of his right arm.

- Charge, then erupt!

The three people in the front row of Jing Minshan converged and jumped hard to block the net, but they still failed to intercept the menacing ball.

Sakuza's eyes froze, his body twisted quickly, and the ball slammed heavily on the outside of his arm, flying diagonally to the outside of the court.

In just a dozen seconds, the ball fell again, and the two numbers on the scoreboard were tied again.

Ryo Hoshino smiled slightly under the dark gaze of the curly-haired attacker.

Look at it, he is very vindictive! At the beginning, the dozen or so serves and smashes haven't been settled with you!

Receiving a fierce look, Sakuhaya Saint: "? He then forgot about it.

He was thinking about something more important now.

At one point, he was very hopeful of meeting Shiratorizawa on the national stage, because it meant that he could have a hearty match with Ushijima Wakari, but Shiratorizawa was stopped in the prefecture by a little-known school in the spring high school last year. Although he later found out that Karano's strength was also good, he still regretted that he missed the last spring high with Ushijima Wori.

What he didn't expect was that Shiratorizawa, who lost Ushijima Wakari, actually came back in this IH, and defeated the three strong schools of Ichiri Rong, Inarizaki and Outai one after another, and came to the finals and stood in front of him.

What he saw in the semi-finals dispelled the doubts in his heart, and he was sure that Ryo Hoshino would definitely be his strongest opponent in this IH. And he's going to be like every time before—

Defeat him!

Black eyes

Suddenly it lit up, and there was a strong fighting intent burning inside.

Come on!

“…… The thug is out of bounds! Kayama scores this point for Jing Minshan! ”

"Cross-cover offense! Five-color smash, beautiful extreme straight ball! Shiratorizawa scores this point! ”

Game point, equalizer. Game point, and another equalizer.

The more late it gets, the more intense the stalemate between the two teams becomes. But what the audience loves to watch the most is such a close confrontation, so they don't spare their voices at all and cheer for every player who makes a wonderful performance.

At this moment, it is no longer about who plays better, but who can stabilize and not make mistakes. The boys on the field are constantly attacking and defending. No one will let anyone, no one will regress. The score went all the way to 30:30.

"The ball just now Changsong feintmed, Hoshino was clamped, and the two cooperated quite tacitly! Now the ball is served by a white cloth. Good! Good ball path! Kushima first pass, Nagatani second pass, smash the ball is Sakuza! - Akakura receives a pass, and the ball is a little off! ”

No, it's not so much that it's wrong, it's just right. Because the person the ball flew towards was Yura Shota who was standing on the left side of the front row!

Other team members

Retracting their gaze, they each began to run.

It's another multiplayer position difference to cover the attack! However, this time there were only three people who helped the run.

Shimokawa Mao's eyes sharpened. Be sure to stop it this time!

The first-grade setter jumps on the spot, raises his arms, and leans forward slightly. The moment the ball fell, his right hand slapped violently and sent the ball straight over!

The audience was in an uproar.

"Setter offense!! Yura directly used the other attackers as bait, chose to attack by himself, and won this point directly! Got a game point for Shiratorizawa! ”

"Good ——!!" Masahiro Imai jumped up excitedly and shouted for his classmate.

"Well done!" Ryo Hoshino patted him with a smile as well.

Yura Shota just nodded with a calm expression, not at all like a first-year player who was competing in a national tournament for the first time.

"The white cloth continues to serve! In the face of this crucial ball at the game point, Bai Bu's play was still very stable, and the ball fell between the libero and the other setter! ”

Fortunately, Gu Senyuan also reacted quickly enough and shouted directly: "I'm coming!" "It avoided a collision between the two.

"Jing Minshan's pass is a little slow, and it's not in place! Nagatani adjusts the position of the second setter, this ball is a fast attack in the middle! - Akakura received it beautifully! Hakubu passes the ball to Hoshino, and Hoshino attacks quickly on the right! ——Mt. Inotsuyama ONETOUCH!! ”

Chio Kushima pads the ball to the setter, who passes the ball decisively.

"It's Sakuza!"

The curly-haired attacker flicks his arms neatly.

"-Bang!"

The ball spun at high speed and hit the barricade, and the spin that was not completely weakened caused the ball to fly diagonally out again, straight towards the billboard with a large diagonal line.

"This ball is going out of bounds!" A spectator's eyes widened.

Even ordinary viewers can see it outside the boundary, and the people of Shiratorizawa can naturally see it.

For a moment, two people in the back row rushed out, and the purple figure was much faster.

"Shiratorizawa didn't give up the save!"

Fight hard, fight hard, fight to the death! Never give up, can't give up!

Akakura gritted his teeth hard, his legs quickly exchanged, and he kicked hard and flew out, his expression almost splitting.

"Bang knock!"

This is the sound of flesh hitting the billboard, and half a second before the sound appears, the ball that had been flying diagonally flew back again in a beautiful parabola!

"Good save!!"

"Good!!"

All the spectators shouted, which was the highest praise they could give to the players who did well in the competition.

On the field, the ball still hasn't landed. Yura Masata stared at his face, raised his arms, and pushed his wrists upwards hard!

The speed of the ball instantly increased and flew to the right side of the net!

There was a figure there that had been waiting for a long time. He ran quickly, and the Jingmin Mountain on the opposite side blocked the net and rushed into an encirclement and suppression.

But he still kicked the ground without hesitation, his body swept diagonally upward, and the palm he swung right on the flying ball.

The ball with a new force immediately changes direction and shoots out towards the opposite side of the net before the net can be closed.

Sakuzao Shengchen jumped out and stretched out his arms.

The ball slammed into his clenched fist knuckles and bounced off the court at a faster pace to hit the billboard.

The ball touches an off-field item, out of bounds!

"Beep! Beep-"

"Good !!"

Along with the long whistle sounded the joyful shouts of everyone on the sidelines.

The narrator's eyes were like torches, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Quite a beautiful counterattack!" Akakura faithfully fulfilled his duties as a free man and vowed not to give up saving the ball; Yuliang is calm on the spot, and passes the ball accurately; Hoshino quickly cooperated, seized the opportunity and hit it with one blow! ”

"Shiratorizawa tells us with facts that even if we are at the most disadvantaged, we must still move forward bravely and not be afraid of challenges!"

"In the third game of the IH finals, Shiratorizawa won!!"!