My Soulmate is a Libero
Lao Niu who was proficient in Japanese had never been so grateful that his deputy captain Qin Chunxiao was a Japanese idiot, and he could only understand Ya da, Kawaii, and Sayounara, but he couldn’t understand others.
Qin Chunxiao needed to understand Japanese. So today, there was a high probability that everyone would hear the libero Mizushima-san shouting “Tasukete kudasai”
As soon as the ceremony was over, Old Niu quickly led the people away, saying, “Let’s go do some post-match stretching.”
Originally, a team could have one head coach, two assistant coaches, one data analyst (the accompanying player), and one team doctor.
After discovering that Kong Duojin’s drug test report could be problematic, Lao Niu became more cautious and brought only trustworthy people. In addition to Jiang Xiaohai and team doctor Wang Yan, the accompanying player was Chang Xiaole, a retired beach volleyball player born in the 1980s. He had a head of golden hair and a bronze complexion, and was a tall and big guy.
They prepared ice cubes early on, specifically for the players’ post-game muscle cooling, and Lao Niu and Jiang Xiaohai also helped by using the fascia gun to massage the athletes’ muscles.
When Qin Chunxiao was substituted in the third game, he began to apply ice water to his neck and joints. Sometimes he felt like he was cold by the water.
There was also a teammate shouting “Ouch, ouch” in his ear, and when he turned his head to look, he happened to see Newton skillfully scraping Min Yaoyang with a fascia knife.
Then they went back to replay the game. Newton believes that a game was not enough. As a coach, he had the obligation to cultivate the habit of replaying games for the students, reflect on his mistakes in the game, and analyze how he played. To be better is the quality that an athlete should have.
However, before the review began, Jiang Xiaohai stood up and scolded everyone: “It’s true that shouting to boost morale during the game is effective, but listen to what you all were shouting today!”
The usually mild-mannered assistant coach slammed the table and roared, “Aren’t you guys always saying ‘f***’ and ‘I’m leaving’ and all that? How come everyone’s saying ‘wo ri’ today? I’m talking to you, Qiao Mingming, you’re the captain! How can you lead by example and say that?”
Qiao Mingming, who is usually honest and straightforward, retorted confidently, “Coach Jiang, we’re just not directly insulting anyone.”
Jiang Xiaohai: “Do you still dare to have thoughts about someone else’s ancestors? Qiao Mingming, I should have been prepared for today since you and Qin Chunxiao played Landlord together!”
Qin Chunxiao opened his blue eyes and made a pitiful puppy expression, “Why is this my problem again?”
Jiang Xiaohai pointed at him again and said, “Qin Chunxiao, I’m calling you out too. Play properly and don’t shout ‘I’ll cover you’ when you’re serving or spiking. That ‘eat shit’ is even more outrageous. You’re here to play ball, aren’t you?”
Qin Chunxiao defended himself: “I didn’t shout ‘eat shit’.”
Li Ling shyly said, “It was me. When I was dribbling the ball, I almost sprained my ankle and shouted out loud.” Despite being from S province, he had been playing on the G province team for a long time and had learned Cantonese swear words early on.
Other people laughed and pushed Li Ling, asking if he had been watching the small videos of the Song God frequently lately.
Jiang Xiaohai found that his reprimand had no deterrent effect on these young guys. They not only were not ashamed, but also laughed cheekily, with a thick skin.
He was deeply puzzled. When they first met, everyone was reserved and polite, but how come he couldn’t control them more as they got to know each other?
Newton coughed, Qiao Mingming sat upright with a worried expression, Qin Chunxiao turned his head and glanced at everyone in the room, and immediately the room became quiet as everyone lowered their heads.
Qin Chunxiao laughed again and said, “Coach Jiang, I was wrong. I will use less wild language when playing ball in the future.”
Most players don’t take it seriously. Volleyball is the noisiest sport, and athletes often shout a few words while playing. As long as it doesn’t involve the opponent’s family and ancestors, even the opponent doesn’t care because they also shout. Shouting like this can boost morale, otherwise the players would have to keep jumping and moving during the game, which makes their bodies and minds tired.
Xiao Jiang let out a long sigh and said, “I hope you understand that this game is against the Japanese team.”
Everyone: “Well, so?”
Isn’t it just a small game? They were taking it very seriously.
Jiang Xiaohai said, “Not only does H Province TV come to record and broadcast, but also Japanese TV comes to film live. The filming in Japan has always been world-famous for its high-definition and good sound effects. Some fans will sneak out to watch the Japanese TV’s high-definition live broadcast. I even saw related videos reposted on the Chinese volleyball superchat.”
In other words, their words were full of fragrance, and domestic fans had already known it.
Everyone: “…”
Jiang Xiaohai: “That’s why I asked you to pay attention!”
At this point, a group of people finally began to reflect. Newton stood up and said, “Xiaohai has finished scolding, now it’s my turn.”
The players were confused again, what happened? They were playing quite well in the game.
Newton: “You don’t really think you play well, do you? And that you deserve my praise?”
What a bunch of rough men were thinking about.
“I know it’s nerve-wracking to compete in an international tournament for the first time, but you also need to pay attention to tactical coordination. Look at how you’re playing in the game! Mao Xunfeng, Li Ling, you two are setters, but you keep sending the ball high and expecting the hitters to do all the work. What kind of tactics is that?”
As the best setter in all of Asia in the 1990s, Newton was deeply pained and frustrated: “At least fake out your opponents when you pass the ball, otherwise a serving machine on the court would be better than you two! Why are you both so stiff? If you keep playing like this, you will suffer a crushing defeat tomorrow.”
Newton pressed a piece of paper onto the table and said, “Not only did you win against Japan today, but Brazil also won against Egypt with a big score, and they won even faster than you! A complete sweep!”
In fact, Egypt was originally the weakest team in this year’s Youth World Championship. They could be defeated by any team. However, Brazil’s volleyball was indeed strong. Even the Chinese team acknowledged that Brazil was a solid candidate for the top four.
The men’s volleyball team looked at each other, and Qin Chunxiao sat cross-legged on the ground and asked, “So, boss, have you got any information?”
Newton: “What’s boss? Call me Coach Newton! As for the information, watch a video first.”
He opened his laptop and pulled up a video that looked a bit blurry, then played it at 0.5x speed.
In the shaky footage, a basketball game was unfolding, with someone shooting the ball. A tall, black-skinned player in a blue jersey jumped up and blocked the basketball directly.
The scary thing was that the tall guy clearly jumped from a stationary position, but his palm was almost level with the rim of the basket, only a palm’s distance away.
The room was quiet.
The standard height of a basketball hoop is 3.05 meters, which means that as long as one can jump and touch above 3.05 meters with a running start, there is a chance to complete a dunk. This is not difficult, even a group of young men sitting in a room, including Newton, have this ability.
The backboard that the basketball hoop relies on has a maximum height of 3.95 meters.
This height was a legend. For a long time, even in the NBA where talented monsters were running around, not many had left a video of touching the top of the backboard. Only heard that a few of the most talented ones can do it at their peak.
At present, the one with the highest touch height in the men’s volleyball team is Russia’s main attacker August, whose highest touch height record is 3.92 meters.
Newton opened his small notebook: “Dominique, a multi-national mixed-race, can be identified as East African, Caribbean, and French. His mother is a black-American mixed-race model. His grandfather is a very famous superstar athlete in the NBA in the last century. Born in Salvador, Brazil in 1999, he is 2.18 meters tall and weighs 115 kilograms. By the way, his wingspan is 2.33 meters. Standing still, he can touch more than 2.9 meters by just raising his arms.”
A group of people on the scene gasped in shock. What kind of static talent is this!
Fu Biyang, Min Yaoyang, and You Ziyu were the best players in the team in terms of static talent. They were born with impressive height, with a wing span at least 8 centimeters longer than their height, a broad frame, and good strength. However, when compared to Dominique, they, as top talents in the Asian volleyball world, feel extremely mediocre.
Newton continued, “Dominique has been exposed to sports since he was young and has shown exceptional talent. He initially trained in track and field, playing short and long-distance running and high jump. He had enough physical fitness to run a marathon, and as for high jump, he won medals in Brazilian national competitions.”
“By the way, his sprint time last year was exactly 11 seconds,” said Lao Niu, looking at Qin Chunxiao.
Qin Chunxiao was also shocked, muttering to himself, “It’s only 0.2 seconds slower than me.”
When he played in the Brazilian league before, he had played against the team where Dominique was on, or in other words, the reason why Coach Mars was eager to train UR-level free players was to deal with beast-level attackers like Dominique. However, at that time, Qin Chunxiao only knew that Dominique had trained in short-distance running and didn’t know that he was so good at it!
No wonder he felt at least five times harder to deal with when he received the ball from Dominique than from Joshua.
Note: Joshua was a teammate of Qin Chunxiao when he played at the Campinas Club, a quasi-beast-level main attacker.
Min Yaoyang was also dumbfounded: “Why can someone who is more than ten centimeters taller than me run so fast? This kind of agility is unscientific!”
You Ziyu was stunned: “My 100-meter record is 11.2 seconds. I thought I was the fastest in the group of people over two meters tall. How can someone be more exaggerated than me? Isn’t that Dominique over 115 kilograms?”
Lao Niu’s heart was even more surprised.
Isn’t Dundun’s 100-meter score 10.92 seconds? Then he should be only 0.08 seconds faster than Dominique. When did the speed gap between the two widen to 0.2 seconds? When can you run to 10 seconds 8? Dear Coach Niu, why doesn’t he know!
And You Ziyu, when you did the 100-meter test, it took 12 seconds, why did it suddenly become 0.8 seconds faster? Did you catch fish when cooperating with your kid in the test? Your nickname is squid, not fish!
Considering that Qin Chunxiao was in the developmental stage and all aspects of his attributes were soaring, Lao Niu finally suppressed all the question marks in his mind.
He continued, “Dominique can touch near the rim just by jumping from a standstill. If he takes a running start, he can definitely touch over 3.95 meters. Do you understand what I mean? This kid is a beast!”
“This year, the average strength of the Brazilian team players is only at the level of a normal top four team, but with a dominant attacker like Dominque, they are a team capable of winning the championship. Boys, you were unlucky to meet the almost champion team in the preliminaries!”
A beast-level fortress like Dominique, let alone an Asian team, even a strong European and American team couldn’t stand it, and people didn’t know what kind of shit luck Elliott of the Brazilian team had, even this kind of treasure was picked up by him!
At this moment, Newton felt like he had worked hard and spent a lot of effort to accumulate a strong team consisting of R-grade, SR, and SSR characters in the game. He had also struggled in the game guild to earn the opportunity to participate in the league. Just when he was about to show off his skills in the game, his neighbor not only drew many SSR characters, but also obtained a UR with full attack attributes.
Even Lao Niu couldn’t help but envy this luck, but the game still had to be played. He sighed and said, “I’m not joking with you, but if you don’t want to lose to Brazil, you must arrange tactics!”
At this moment, the team doctor Wang Yan scratched his head in confusion and said, “But coach, we only need to win against Japan and Egypt to advance, do we really need to compete head-on with such a strong team in the preliminary round?”
In fact, there were several people on the scene who shared the same ideas as Wang Yan. They were not originally the championship team, but they were able to win the Japanese team. In their hearts, this World Youth Championship was already worth half, and the rest was just trying to go further.
Upon hearing this, Lao Niu sighed and observed the expressions of the players. Indeed, he knew the strength of the Brazilian team. The time for the Chinese team to form was too short, and the physical fitness of the players could not compare with that of the divine beasts. It was normal for them to feel a sense of retreat.
They have been losing for too long, and their courage and fighting spirit are not as strong as they were in their earlier years.
Just at this moment, Lao Niu stood up.
Qin Chunxiao directly threw the volleyball onto the hesitant body of Liu Yuelou and said, “What are you afraid of? Isn’t he just a Dominique? He’s just a few tens of centimeters taller and a few tens of pounds heavier than us. He doesn’t have three heads and six arms, and he can’t come running over to breathe fire at us. We can just fight with him!”
His wronged partner couldn’t help but complain at this point, “Xiao Zai, he’s only a few dozen of centimeters taller than you.”
Apart from Qin Chunxiao and Wu Xiong, the rest of the team is only about 20 centimeters shorter than Dominique, with players like You Ziyu being only 7 centimeters shorter than others.
Qin Chunxiao raised his hand, and Li Ling dodged while covering her head. Qin Chunxiao said, “That’s not important. We’ll still play the game tomorrow. I’ll catch Dominique’s ball. Let’s see how I can defend against that kid.”
My Soulmate is a Libero
Lao Niu who was proficient in Japanese had never been so grateful that his deputy captain Qin Chunxiao was a Japanese idiot, and he could only understand Ya da, Kawaii, and Sayounara, but he couldn’t understand others.
Qin Chunxiao needed to understand Japanese. So today, there was a high probability that everyone would hear the libero Mizushima-san shouting “Tasukete kudasai”
As soon as the ceremony was over, Old Niu quickly led the people away, saying, “Let’s go do some post-match stretching.”
Originally, a team could have one head coach, two assistant coaches, one data analyst (the accompanying player), and one team doctor.
After discovering that Kong Duojin’s drug test report could be problematic, Lao Niu became more cautious and brought only trustworthy people. In addition to Jiang Xiaohai and team doctor Wang Yan, the accompanying player was Chang Xiaole, a retired beach volleyball player born in the 1980s. He had a head of golden hair and a bronze complexion, and was a tall and big guy.
They prepared ice cubes early on, specifically for the players’ post-game muscle cooling, and Lao Niu and Jiang Xiaohai also helped by using the fascia gun to massage the athletes’ muscles.
When Qin Chunxiao was substituted in the third game, he began to apply ice water to his neck and joints. Sometimes he felt like he was cold by the water.
There was also a teammate shouting “Ouch, ouch” in his ear, and when he turned his head to look, he happened to see Newton skillfully scraping Min Yaoyang with a fascia knife.
Then they went back to replay the game. Newton believes that a game was not enough. As a coach, he had the obligation to cultivate the habit of replaying games for the students, reflect on his mistakes in the game, and analyze how he played. To be better is the quality that an athlete should have.
However, before the review began, Jiang Xiaohai stood up and scolded everyone: “It’s true that shouting to boost morale during the game is effective, but listen to what you all were shouting today!”
The usually mild-mannered assistant coach slammed the table and roared, “Aren’t you guys always saying ‘f***’ and ‘I’m leaving’ and all that? How come everyone’s saying ‘wo ri’ today? I’m talking to you, Qiao Mingming, you’re the captain! How can you lead by example and say that?”
Qiao Mingming, who is usually honest and straightforward, retorted confidently, “Coach Jiang, we’re just not directly insulting anyone.”
Jiang Xiaohai: “Do you still dare to have thoughts about someone else’s ancestors? Qiao Mingming, I should have been prepared for today since you and Qin Chunxiao played Landlord together!”
Qin Chunxiao opened his blue eyes and made a pitiful puppy expression, “Why is this my problem again?”
Jiang Xiaohai pointed at him again and said, “Qin Chunxiao, I’m calling you out too. Play properly and don’t shout ‘I’ll cover you’ when you’re serving or spiking. That ‘eat shit’ is even more outrageous. You’re here to play ball, aren’t you?”
Qin Chunxiao defended himself: “I didn’t shout ‘eat shit’.”
Li Ling shyly said, “It was me. When I was dribbling the ball, I almost sprained my ankle and shouted out loud.” Despite being from S province, he had been playing on the G province team for a long time and had learned Cantonese swear words early on.
Other people laughed and pushed Li Ling, asking if he had been watching the small videos of the Song God frequently lately.
Jiang Xiaohai found that his reprimand had no deterrent effect on these young guys. They not only were not ashamed, but also laughed cheekily, with a thick skin.
He was deeply puzzled. When they first met, everyone was reserved and polite, but how come he couldn’t control them more as they got to know each other?
Newton coughed, Qiao Mingming sat upright with a worried expression, Qin Chunxiao turned his head and glanced at everyone in the room, and immediately the room became quiet as everyone lowered their heads.
Qin Chunxiao laughed again and said, “Coach Jiang, I was wrong. I will use less wild language when playing ball in the future.”
Most players don’t take it seriously. Volleyball is the noisiest sport, and athletes often shout a few words while playing. As long as it doesn’t involve the opponent’s family and ancestors, even the opponent doesn’t care because they also shout. Shouting like this can boost morale, otherwise the players would have to keep jumping and moving during the game, which makes their bodies and minds tired.
Xiao Jiang let out a long sigh and said, “I hope you understand that this game is against the Japanese team.”
Everyone: “Well, so?”
Isn’t it just a small game? They were taking it very seriously.
Jiang Xiaohai said, “Not only does H Province TV come to record and broadcast, but also Japanese TV comes to film live. The filming in Japan has always been world-famous for its high-definition and good sound effects. Some fans will sneak out to watch the Japanese TV’s high-definition live broadcast. I even saw related videos reposted on the Chinese volleyball superchat.”
In other words, their words were full of fragrance, and domestic fans had already known it.
Everyone: “…”
Jiang Xiaohai: “That’s why I asked you to pay attention!”
At this point, a group of people finally began to reflect. Newton stood up and said, “Xiaohai has finished scolding, now it’s my turn.”
The players were confused again, what happened? They were playing quite well in the game.
Newton: “You don’t really think you play well, do you? And that you deserve my praise?”
What a bunch of rough men were thinking about.
“I know it’s nerve-wracking to compete in an international tournament for the first time, but you also need to pay attention to tactical coordination. Look at how you’re playing in the game! Mao Xunfeng, Li Ling, you two are setters, but you keep sending the ball high and expecting the hitters to do all the work. What kind of tactics is that?”
As the best setter in all of Asia in the 1990s, Newton was deeply pained and frustrated: “At least fake out your opponents when you pass the ball, otherwise a serving machine on the court would be better than you two! Why are you both so stiff? If you keep playing like this, you will suffer a crushing defeat tomorrow.”
Newton pressed a piece of paper onto the table and said, “Not only did you win against Japan today, but Brazil also won against Egypt with a big score, and they won even faster than you! A complete sweep!”
In fact, Egypt was originally the weakest team in this year’s Youth World Championship. They could be defeated by any team. However, Brazil’s volleyball was indeed strong. Even the Chinese team acknowledged that Brazil was a solid candidate for the top four.
The men’s volleyball team looked at each other, and Qin Chunxiao sat cross-legged on the ground and asked, “So, boss, have you got any information?”
Newton: “What’s boss? Call me Coach Newton! As for the information, watch a video first.”
He opened his laptop and pulled up a video that looked a bit blurry, then played it at 0.5x speed.
In the shaky footage, a basketball game was unfolding, with someone shooting the ball. A tall, black-skinned player in a blue jersey jumped up and blocked the basketball directly.
The scary thing was that the tall guy clearly jumped from a stationary position, but his palm was almost level with the rim of the basket, only a palm’s distance away.
The room was quiet.
The standard height of a basketball hoop is 3.05 meters, which means that as long as one can jump and touch above 3.05 meters with a running start, there is a chance to complete a dunk. This is not difficult, even a group of young men sitting in a room, including Newton, have this ability.
The backboard that the basketball hoop relies on has a maximum height of 3.95 meters.
This height was a legend. For a long time, even in the NBA where talented monsters were running around, not many had left a video of touching the top of the backboard. Only heard that a few of the most talented ones can do it at their peak.
At present, the one with the highest touch height in the men’s volleyball team is Russia’s main attacker August, whose highest touch height record is 3.92 meters.
Newton opened his small notebook: “Dominique, a multi-national mixed-race, can be identified as East African, Caribbean, and French. His mother is a black-American mixed-race model. His grandfather is a very famous superstar athlete in the NBA in the last century. Born in Salvador, Brazil in 1999, he is 2.18 meters tall and weighs 115 kilograms. By the way, his wingspan is 2.33 meters. Standing still, he can touch more than 2.9 meters by just raising his arms.”
A group of people on the scene gasped in shock. What kind of static talent is this!
Fu Biyang, Min Yaoyang, and You Ziyu were the best players in the team in terms of static talent. They were born with impressive height, with a wing span at least 8 centimeters longer than their height, a broad frame, and good strength. However, when compared to Dominique, they, as top talents in the Asian volleyball world, feel extremely mediocre.
Newton continued, “Dominique has been exposed to sports since he was young and has shown exceptional talent. He initially trained in track and field, playing short and long-distance running and high jump. He had enough physical fitness to run a marathon, and as for high jump, he won medals in Brazilian national competitions.”
“By the way, his sprint time last year was exactly 11 seconds,” said Lao Niu, looking at Qin Chunxiao.
Qin Chunxiao was also shocked, muttering to himself, “It’s only 0.2 seconds slower than me.”
When he played in the Brazilian league before, he had played against the team where Dominique was on, or in other words, the reason why Coach Mars was eager to train UR-level free players was to deal with beast-level attackers like Dominique. However, at that time, Qin Chunxiao only knew that Dominique had trained in short-distance running and didn’t know that he was so good at it!
No wonder he felt at least five times harder to deal with when he received the ball from Dominique than from Joshua.
Note: Joshua was a teammate of Qin Chunxiao when he played at the Campinas Club, a quasi-beast-level main attacker.
Min Yaoyang was also dumbfounded: “Why can someone who is more than ten centimeters taller than me run so fast? This kind of agility is unscientific!”
You Ziyu was stunned: “My 100-meter record is 11.2 seconds. I thought I was the fastest in the group of people over two meters tall. How can someone be more exaggerated than me? Isn’t that Dominique over 115 kilograms?”
Lao Niu’s heart was even more surprised.
Isn’t Dundun’s 100-meter score 10.92 seconds? Then he should be only 0.08 seconds faster than Dominique. When did the speed gap between the two widen to 0.2 seconds? When can you run to 10 seconds 8? Dear Coach Niu, why doesn’t he know!
And You Ziyu, when you did the 100-meter test, it took 12 seconds, why did it suddenly become 0.8 seconds faster? Did you catch fish when cooperating with your kid in the test? Your nickname is squid, not fish!
Considering that Qin Chunxiao was in the developmental stage and all aspects of his attributes were soaring, Lao Niu finally suppressed all the question marks in his mind.
He continued, “Dominique can touch near the rim just by jumping from a standstill. If he takes a running start, he can definitely touch over 3.95 meters. Do you understand what I mean? This kid is a beast!”
“This year, the average strength of the Brazilian team players is only at the level of a normal top four team, but with a dominant attacker like Dominque, they are a team capable of winning the championship. Boys, you were unlucky to meet the almost champion team in the preliminaries!”
A beast-level fortress like Dominique, let alone an Asian team, even a strong European and American team couldn’t stand it, and people didn’t know what kind of shit luck Elliott of the Brazilian team had, even this kind of treasure was picked up by him!
At this moment, Newton felt like he had worked hard and spent a lot of effort to accumulate a strong team consisting of R-grade, SR, and SSR characters in the game. He had also struggled in the game guild to earn the opportunity to participate in the league. Just when he was about to show off his skills in the game, his neighbor not only drew many SSR characters, but also obtained a UR with full attack attributes.
Even Lao Niu couldn’t help but envy this luck, but the game still had to be played. He sighed and said, “I’m not joking with you, but if you don’t want to lose to Brazil, you must arrange tactics!”
At this moment, the team doctor Wang Yan scratched his head in confusion and said, “But coach, we only need to win against Japan and Egypt to advance, do we really need to compete head-on with such a strong team in the preliminary round?”
In fact, there were several people on the scene who shared the same ideas as Wang Yan. They were not originally the championship team, but they were able to win the Japanese team. In their hearts, this World Youth Championship was already worth half, and the rest was just trying to go further.
Upon hearing this, Lao Niu sighed and observed the expressions of the players. Indeed, he knew the strength of the Brazilian team. The time for the Chinese team to form was too short, and the physical fitness of the players could not compare with that of the divine beasts. It was normal for them to feel a sense of retreat.
They have been losing for too long, and their courage and fighting spirit are not as strong as they were in their earlier years.
Just at this moment, Lao Niu stood up.
Qin Chunxiao directly threw the volleyball onto the hesitant body of Liu Yuelou and said, “What are you afraid of? Isn’t he just a Dominique? He’s just a few tens of centimeters taller and a few tens of pounds heavier than us. He doesn’t have three heads and six arms, and he can’t come running over to breathe fire at us. We can just fight with him!”
His wronged partner couldn’t help but complain at this point, “Xiao Zai, he’s only a few dozen of centimeters taller than you.”
Apart from Qin Chunxiao and Wu Xiong, the rest of the team is only about 20 centimeters shorter than Dominique, with players like You Ziyu being only 7 centimeters shorter than others.
Qin Chunxiao raised his hand, and Li Ling dodged while covering her head. Qin Chunxiao said, “That’s not important. We’ll still play the game tomorrow. I’ll catch Dominique’s ball. Let’s see how I can defend against that kid.”
