volleyball!volleyball!

"Morning, Morikawa."

"Morning, senior Xinkai, morning senior Terashima."

"Morikawa, did you sleep well last night?" Xin Kaiya patted Morikawa Yuu's shoulder with his strong arm, "Thinking about today's game, I didn't sleep well yesterday, I fell asleep after getting up and touching the ball. "

"I slept well." Morikawa stretched his waist, "So I have a hunch that I will perform exceptionally well today."

"Ambition." Qian Shibuki came over and patted him, "As expected of the most reliable junior from Morikawa Elementary School."

It was still early, the weather was fine, and there was a warm smell in the breeze.Morikawa Yu checked the backpack again to make sure that he hadn't forgotten anything, and then slowly got into the car with the big team.

Today is the day when they are fighting bj, and everyone knows that this will be a difficult battle, at least in Morikawa Yu's view, the moment they got into the car, everyone's expressions were a little tense.

But this is inevitable, bj is already the strongest team they have encountered so far.

Mutu and Gongyou seniors, they must be many, many times stronger than they were in high school.

As soon as he got in the car, Morikawa Yu received a message from his friends.

——"Ayou, both you and Ayou must work harder!" Senior Yindao's kindness moved him deeply even at this time.

——"Ayoyo, I will definitely defeat you this time!"

——"Senior Wood Rabbit, be careful that I stop you from crying!"

Chi Wei also sent a message, saying that he would find time to watch their match with BJ.

Morikawa Yuu grinned, revealing a bright smile.

It's great, they are still the same as they were in high school, and it feels really great to be cared and loved by so many people.

……

Considering the attendance and ratings, the two semi-finals of the Black Eagle Flag Cup were not held on the same day, and the first match was between bj and Meiji University.

From the perspective of player configuration and team maturity, Meiji University is naturally far inferior to the Black Wolves. This can be clearly seen from the pre-match predictions of major media. Almost all media believe that Meiji University is the loser. The only difference is that Ming University lost a few rounds. The "Monthly Volleyball" magazine predicted that the game would end 3:1.

"No media is optimistic that we can win." Xin Kaiya also sighed, "There are also some media reports that we won the Green Rockets last game because of luck."

"Is this normal?" Terajima Ichiro sighed, "Compared with famous professional players, we are indeed small players."

"Don't talk about us, even Morikawa..."

Anyone who has been to the game knows that Morikawa Yuu's blocking contributed to Mingda's victory over the Green Rockets. However, there are still voices from the outside world who think that his future career will inevitably be rejected. Troubled by injuries, he thinks that his performance against the Green Rockets is just accidental, and he will definitely show his original shape when he meets a strong team like bj or ad.

They were very angry when they saw the remarks on the Internet, Xinkai Yaya, and they didn't know if Morikawa Yu saw it, so they could only pretend that they didn't know about it.

They can't understand the thoughts of those so-called netizens.

What will happen to the future career, that is the future, why can't they give some encouragement to Morikawa now?

"Don't worry, Morikawa is much stronger than we thought."

What they are upset about is that such a strong player should have received more trust and more praise, but unfortunately because of those two years, he still needs to work a lot more to get what he should have.

……

The bj team arrived one step earlier than them. Morikawa Yuu changed into his team uniform, and as soon as he set foot on the field, a voice called his name passionately from the opposite side, "Ayoyo!"

Morikawa smiled and waved at the other party, "Senior Mutu!"

After meeting again on the field after a few years, Mutu is still so energetic. He will no longer be inexplicably depressed like he was in high school. Chiwei and Morikawa Yuu said that Mutu thinks he has become an "ordinary boy". "'s trump card—although the two of them have always believed that Wood Rabbit's definition of the word ordinary is different from that of ordinary people.

"Senior Gong Yoo, this time we have to compare ourselves to the last one." Morikawa Yuu said fiercely to Gong Yoo.

But to his surprise, Gong Yoo didn't respond to his cruel words, instead, he stretched out his hand, facing Morikawa Yu with his palm——

Morikawa Yu suddenly widened his pupils.

Then, as if subconsciously, he patted it lightly.

Just like when I was still in Inarizaki.

The same.

It's just that he and Gong Yoo were teammates fighting together on one side of the net at that time, but this time, they became opponents of each other separated by a thin layer of net.

"It's useless to speak harshly." Sakuzao who was not far from him suddenly said, "The point is, you can really do it."

"I can't do it alone." Morikawa Yuu looked at Sakuzao, his eyes were full of seriousness, "Volleyball is a sport for six people. If you want to win this game, I need your help."

"Don't call me a servant!"

"Okay, Xiaochen." Morikawa said with a smile, "At least I rarely call you Xiaochen like Senior Mutu, you should be content."

Sakuya glanced at him in distaste.

Morikawa Yuu was unmoved at all, the longer he was on the same team as Sakuhaya, the more Morikawa Yuu could perceive this guy's awkward nature - this person's ability to express his thoughts frankly was about zero, the peak of emotional expression Probably when the bugs are seen.

……

"Is that Miya's junior?" Deputy attacker Adria Thomas glanced at Yu Morikawa, "As an assistant attacker like me, but his body seems a little thin, is he really a blocker? Or a first-class Japanese player? block?"

"Adria, you'll know it after you've compared it." Captain Mingan Xiuwu leaned over, "I really want to see his state on the court."

Although Gong Yoo and Mutu had reminded them first, bj players, especially foreign players, still didn't pay enough attention to Mingda's volleyball team. After all, Mingda was just a college team, and in their eyes, it couldn't compare to an ordinary v1 team.

The existence of Sakuzao may have aroused their vigilance, but Morikawa Yu...the excellent performance in one or two games is nothing to them.

There are too many shooting stars in the volleyball world. If you can't always maintain a high level of performance, it will only be a moment to be forgotten.

This is the cruelty of competitive sports, but it is also a reality.

"But I advise you." Gong Yoo narrowed his eyes, but the usual smile was no longer in his eyes, "Especially Barnes, there will be nothing wrong with being careful."

Barnes shrugged. "Okay, Gong, I remember your reminder, but are you sure he can stop me?"

As one of bj's most successful signings in recent years, Barnes' heavy dunks have always been as powerful as cannonballs. In addition, he does not participate in catching the ball, and his physical strength is concentrated on the matter of smashing the ball, which can be called bj vertical and horizontal The heavy weapon of the v1 league.

Although he has never confronted Morikawa Yu on the spot, Barnes does not think that Morikawa Yu is a player who can stop his ball face to face. After all, there are only a handful of players in the entire V League who can do this.

"Hey, Morikawa, that big guy is looking at you!"

"Stronger, or taller?" Morikawa Yu looked over suspiciously, "I feel very strong. Why doesn't our school have foreign students' foreign aid?"

"All the foreign students have gone to play basketball, and some are participating in Hakone Ekiden." Xin Kaiya also shrugged, "Maybe that would be cooler."

……

The game officially begins.

"Welcome to the first game of the semi-finals of this year's Black Eagle Flag Cup. Unlike previous v1 league teams, there are two teams from universities in this year's semi-finals. Today's game is v1 league runner-up bckjackal The Black Wolves' match against Meiji University will feature the spike duel between Tokyo-born talented striker Kotaro Kituta and Seiko Sakuhaya, as well as the duel between Inarizaki High School volleyball club setter Miyako and deputy attacker Yuu Morikawa. , Both players performed well in the previous semi-finals."

bj picks the serve.

Gong Yoo took position 1.

"what!"

In the audience, Katena and Oshiro let out a cry of surprise at the same time, because they noticed that Morikawa Yuu, who had been standing in the front row in every game from the preliminaries to the semi-finals, unexpectedly stood in the back row.

"Ayou is in charge of dealing with Ayou?" Yin Dao looked shocked, "Because Ayou knows Ayu best?"

Morikawa Yu was more used to Gong Yoo standing behind him in the No. 1 position, and he was not used to the opponent suddenly appearing on the opposite side of the net.

But today, he has a task.

The coach arranged for him to catch Gong Yoo's ball in the back row - as bj's main setter and server, Gong Yoo's serve can be regarded as one of bj's sharpest weapons in the game, if he can't beat Gong Yoo's serve, Mingda will It's hard to go any further.

"Isn't this kind of arrangement too bold?" Jiao Ming narrowed his eyes, "Obviously Ayou's deterrence as a blocker is greater."

"But Ah Yu's serve is very difficult to overcome." Bei looked calm, "If you can't catch Ah Yu's serve, BJ will not attack, let alone have a chance to block."

……

But at this moment, on the court, Morikawa Yu exhaled gently to relieve the tension at the moment.

After two years, how much Gong Yoo's serve has improved, he has never experienced it as an opponent.

but--

There was a light in Morikawa Yuu's eyes.

Standing here at the moment, he just wanted to experience it for himself.

Gong Yoo waved his arm, and the audience fell silent.

Morikawa Yu said softly "here we come" in his heart, and stared at the ball motionlessly.

With Gong Yoo's current strength, it is difficult to judge whether the ball is a jump serve or a jump ball just from the steps of his feet, so the key still depends on how he responds to the ball.

"Bang——" the moment the ball flew, Morikawa Yu subconsciously went to catch it, but obviously he still underestimated the power of the ball. The ball brushed past his ears and flew to the field behind him.

"The jump serve from bj's setter Gong Yu, Meiji University didn't block it!"

Gong Yoo clenched his fists and looked straight at Morikawa Yuu with sharp eyes.

"Morikawa, take the next ball!" "Don't worry, Morikawa!"

Yuu Morikawa nodded, exhaled again, and waited for Gong Yu's next ball.

The last goal was not an accident, it was just a manifestation of Gong Yoo's strength, it was meaningless to make excuses for himself.

What he has to do now is to block the next ball step by step.