August 28, Tijuana, Mexico.

The 14 hours they discussed earlier were just the flight time from Tokyo to Mexico City. In fact, there are two connections to get from Tokyo to Tijuana, i.e. a total of three flights.

After a total of 16 hours on two flights, Ryo Hoshino and his party rested in Mexico City for a night, and the next day they departed from Mexico City, and after nearly four hours of flight, they finally arrived at their destination, Tijuana.

By the time they arrived at their booked hotel, it had been almost 40 hours since they had set off from Tokyo. Despite a slight stop in Mexico City the night before, the long flight and jet lag still made all the players drowsy, and even the coaching staff was not in great shape.

It's just that at this time, Tijuana is still in the afternoon, the sun is shining, and it is not the time to sleep.

In order to reverse the jet lag, after putting away the luggage, the coaching staff forcibly carried a group of groggy players to the training hall. So, at the request of the coach, the boys fought with their upper and lower eyelids, while fighting their spirits, shouting slogans weakly, and running in circles in the volleyball court.

After barely five laps to wake up, they began the basic exercises. In this situation where you are not in good shape but want to maintain the practice state, basic practice is the safest choice.

Running back and forth, jumping on the spot, cushioning, ball support, ...... For them, these movements are already engraved in muscle memory. While completing one exercise after another, this muscle memory is gradually being awakened.

At the end of the practice, the spirit of the players is finally better than at the beginning. However, according to the plan, the first day of practice should not be too much, just keep the state of exercise.

Therefore, when the time came to nearly six o'clock, the coach immediately ended the training. After urging all the team members to finish eating the selected meals, they were finally let go back to rest.

In the case of extreme exhaustion, even the bath, which was supposed to be relaxing, turned into an ordeal. After taking a hasty bath, Ryo Hoshino casually pulled a few liters of hair, and didn't even bother to pay attention to the water droplets at the ends of his hair, so he fell directly on the bed and began to sleep.

When Gong Yu came out of the shower, the silver-haired boy on the bed was already sleeping deeply. He himself was already sleepy, and he was not surprised to see this scene, but the movements of his hands couldn't help but speed up.

Within five minutes, the lights in the room clicked off, and darkness fell completely.

……

The fatigue brought by the journey of a few l and ten hours was enveloped, coupled with the morning training that was dismissed by the coach early, and the two fell asleep in the dark. When I woke up, it was already noon the next day.

The curtains were drawn tightly, and the room was still as dark as night.

Hoshino Ryo lay on the bed for a while before reaching out from the quilt and touching the pillow. It's just that after touching it for a while, he realized that he didn't look at the phone at all last night because he was too tired, and now it should be in the bag.

He frowned and tried to roll over and sit up, but his body was completely exhausted by the long sleep. No, he could only lie back obediently.

There was a sudden sneer from the side. Ryo Hoshino turned his head helplessly: "...... The predecessors are both fallen people at the end of the world, so why hurt each other? His voice was also hoarse from not speaking for too long, but not so inaudible.

Gong Yu snorted

Voice: "I'm different from you, I have a mobile phone." ”()

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"Half past eleven."

"I've slept for 16 hours, no wonder I feel like my bones are loose......" Ryo Hoshino sighed, and his limbs slowly gained strength after slowing down for a while. He propped up his upper body on his elbows and sat up with difficulty.

"You don't want to think about how long we've been bumpy on the road." Gong Yu rolled over wrapped in the quilt and looked at him faintly, "I don't want to fly again in my life." ”

"If my predecessors don't play international tournaments in the future, maybe I can realize this dream."

Gong Yoo: "......"

"Besides, we'll have to sit again when we go back to Tokyo." Ryo Hoshino reminded him kindly.

Gong Yoo: "...... You're really annoying! ”

Ryo Hoshino smiled, stood up and walked to the window, and opened the curtains.

Bright sunlight suddenly invaded the room, stinging both of them.

After a long pause, Ryo Hoshino turned around: "Can't afford it?" There will be no food in the restaurant later. ”

If the other party asks him to get up for another reason, he will not be obedient, but the other party is talking about eating...... Gong Yu paused for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and sat up.

He definitely didn't get out of bed because he was too hungry! Definitely not!!

Why did they become roommates......

According to the coach, it was because he saw that they had been together from training camp to formal training, and they must have had a good relationship, so with a big wave of his hand, it "fulfilled" their deep friendship.

At that time, Ryo Hoshino and Gong Yo, who got the same room card: "......" Who has a deep friendship with this person?!

Back to the present, the two dragged their "tattered" bodies to wash, during which they experienced several small wars. By the time they were finally done and ready to go downstairs, nearly twenty minutes had passed.

"Hey, what are you procrastinating? Didn't you say you were worried about running out of food? Really, how long do you have to wait......" Gong Yu stood at the door, crossed his arms and snorted coldly.

Ryo Hoshino pressed the phone he had taken out of his bag. I saw that the screen was pitch black and there was no response. Only then did he realize that he had forgotten to recharge his batteries last night.

But the training itself doesn't use mobile phones very much.

He didn't pay much attention to it, put the phone back in his bag, and stood up: "It's here - you know how to urge me all day ......"

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When the two arrived at the restaurant, they found that half of their teammates were already sitting in it eating. And as they took their meals to sit down, the other teammates also walked in in twos and threes.

"Looks like everyone slept until this point." Gu Senyuan also sighed.

Xinghai Guanglai was the first to get up among a few people, and now he has finished eating: "After sitting on the plane for so long and crossing so many time zones, it is normal to sleep at this point." ”

"Don't be a vegetarian!!" Kotaro Kito's mouth took a little space out of his busy schedule and responded positively.

"How were you two resting last night? Didn't quarrel, did you? ”

Hoshino Ryo and Gong Yoo, who had just sat down, were eating with their heads buried in their heads, and they all sneered when they heard the words: "Who has time to care about him?" ”

Gu Senyuan also nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that I slept well." "It's a mouthful

() is still so energetic.

“…… In the afternoon, we should start adapting to the training, in short, let's do it together. ”

Acclimatization, as the name suggests, is about getting players to adapt to the Tijuana environment.

Coming to a very different city, whether it is the climate or the diet and rest, can have a negative impact on the player's state of play, and the adaptation training is to reduce this effect so that the player can perform as well as he should. Therefore, pre-competition acclimatization training is essential for every player who goes abroad to compete in international competitions.

After lunch, the players of the national youth team were led by the coaching staff to the stadium yesterday for training. The content of the exercises is roughly the same as in China, with only some minor adjustments.

Not surprisingly, the players have seen a more or less dip in form. But to the surprise of the coaches, the decline was much less than they initially expected!

After another set of exercises, the coach looked at the data in his hand and sighed: "Obviously, it is basically the first time to go abroad and play international competitions, but this mentality is no worse than those veterans." ”

Another agreed: "If they can maintain this form, they have a good chance of moving up the rankings this year." ”

……

The intensity of the training on this day is also not as great as before, but the training content and duration have begun to gradually get closer to the previous one. There are still two days to go until the start of the group stage, and although it may not be possible to adjust to the best condition, it should not be too much of a problem to play normally.

The coaching staff was quite satisfied with the results of today's training and let them dismiss after the review.

Ryo Hoshino and Miyako return to the room. Although they had just slept for more than ten hours the day before, the adjustment of the jet lag was not so easy, and they both felt a little tired after playing another afternoon and night, so they unanimously decided to rest early.

"I'm going to wash it today." Gong Yu raised his chin and carried his clothes into the bathroom.

Ryo Hoshino didn't want to fight with him, but after sitting on the bed for a while, he suddenly remembered the mobile phone that he threw back into his bag during the day. After plugging in the charger, the phone still does not respond.

Hoshino Ryo realized: "Oh, it seems that it will take a while to turn on the machine...... so he sat back on the bed and continued to be in a daze.

The sound of crackling water came from the bathroom. After about two or three minutes, the mobile phone on the side finally vibrated twice and the screen lit up.

Ryo Hoshino, who had nothing to do, picked it up and looked at it, and when the screen loaded into the lock screen, the vibration sounds suddenly sounded one after another.

Messages from LINE appeared one after another, crowded on the screen one after another. After a cursory glance, some of the players from Shiratorizawa were from Shiratorizawa, some were from Yumi Hanano and Katsunori Shibasaki, and several L were from his top chat.

Ryo Hoshino had just clicked on the software to take a look at the specific information, when the phone suddenly vibrated again - someone called.

Looking at the word [Captain] on the screen, Ryo Hoshino's heart jumped, and he immediately connected the phone.

"Hey, Captain?"

He heard his breath on the other end of the phone rise and fall, and then a phrase came out, "...... Well. ”

"Why did you call at this time? It should be ...... over there. It's past six in the morning, right? You just got up? ”

"I woke up early today." The young man paused, "Have you arrived in Tijuana?" ”

"It's here, it's been there yesterday."

The phone was quiet for several seconds before the young man replied, "That's good." ”

Ryo Hoshino felt that his tone was a little strange and asked, "What's wrong, Captain?" Did something go wrong with your training there? ”

"Nope. It is...... Your phone keeps turning off, I thought ......"

Only then did Ryo Hoshino react: "Ah! This one!! We were so tired after we got back to the hotel yesterday that we went straight to sleep after taking a shower and forgot to charge our phone......"

"I see." Ushijima lowered his eyes, "It's good that it's safe." It shouldn't be early for you to get there, rest early, I'll first-"

"Huh!" The bathroom door suddenly opened, and Gong Yoo poked his head out of it, "Help me get my bath towel, I forgot to bring it in." ”

Ryo Hoshino put down his phone: "Where?" ”

"Look at the closet, I looked like I hung there last night."

Ryo Hoshino walked to the closet, took off the bath towel that was hanging inside, and gave it to him.

"Thank you."

Ryo Hoshino walked back to the bed and picked up his phone: "I'm sorry, Captain, you just said-"

On the other end of the phone, the young man's slightly deep voice interrupted him: "...... You live with Gong Yoo? ”！