[Black Basket] Sakura's Basketball

The Diguang women's basketball team won the second national competition, and the team's emotions were also stabilized.

But it was me who was unstable.

That night, after Ichikawa Asahi and I had extra training together, she went back to sleep first, and I casually walked around the Teiko campus with a basketball in tow.Looking up in a blink of an eye, I saw that the lights of the men's basketball tri-service gymnasium were still on at this time.But this is not the territory of the first army that Hongcun is used to, is it?And—I lowered my eyes—Hongcun didn't have any more training after his father entered the hospital.Akashi Seijuro, who was still a year old, was promoted exceptionally at this time and became another vice-captain outside Hongcun.

I stepped forward and saw that it was Aomine Daiki playing basketball with Kuroko Tetsuya.Although Heizi played badly and couldn't keep up with Qingfeng's footsteps at all, both of them laughed happily.

I vaguely remember that Qingfeng never played basketball with a smile because he was so strong that he had no opponent.

"Knock knock," I knocked on the door, smiled, "add me, okay?"

"Yeah? You're the senior from the women's basketball team?" Qingfeng scratched his head, "Ah, I don't know your name yet." But there was no embarrassment, Qingfeng smiled until he showed his white teeth.

I laughed out loud, and put the ball in my waist, "Takahashi. I'm the vice-captain of the women's basketball team, Takahashi Sakura from class one of the second year."

"...Senior sister's name is really more common than imagined."

"..." This is the first time I've heard this kind of complaint, what did you imagine? "It's better than Aristina [-]th. Sunflower. Rainbow Squadron. Invincible beautiful girl."

"...What's that name..." Qingfeng had a dead expression on his face.

"Takahashi-senpai, hello, I'm Kuroko Tetsuya." Kuroko Tetsuya's voice suddenly sounded, which startled me.

Heizi's sense of existence is really not covered up. I forgot his existence for a moment just now.I swallowed my saliva, twitched the corner of my mouth slightly and said, "...Hello."

"Wuhahahaha!" Qingfeng laughed while clutching his stomach, "Azhe, you're scaring me again! Hahahaha!"

Hei Zizhe also complained expressionlessly: "Student Qingfeng, you are too much."

I also bowed my head and laughed a few times, then bent over, patted the basketball, waved to them, and raised my eyebrows.bring it on.Qingfeng wiped his nose, and immediately rushed over sensitively.Student Heizi walked around, walked around, and couldn't get his hands in at all, but he still walked around, walked around, and walked around.

Qingfeng and I switched offense and defense, his smile was always full.

I, too, laughed.

During the morning training the next day, the leader Kaori Matsumoto was nowhere to be seen.The coach asked us to continue training, and I waved to let the second and third armies train as usual, but the first army stopped first.We surrounded the First Army Gymnasium. Senior sister Ikeda Haru kept calling the captain's cell phone, and the managers were also calling the captain's family.The atmosphere on the team became more and more heavy as everyone was unable to contact the captain.

"Takahashi." Harada Mayo of the Second Army opened the door and walked in, ignoring the coach's roar, "Have you found the captain?"

I stood by the window, looked at her and the soldiers of the Second Army behind her, and shook my head, "Not yet. Sit down."

Even Kaori Matsumoto's family couldn't find her.

After a while, people from the three armies timidly pushed open the door of the gymnasium of the first army and poked their heads in.I beckoned them to come in and sit down, then turned my head and said coldly to the coaches who were still arguing, "Shut up."

After waiting all morning, there was still no news from Kaori Matsumoto, so I asked the team members to go to lunch first.I turned my back to them and sighed softly.Kaori Matsumoto always took all the responsibilities on her body, damn it, she said she won.I stood alone in the gymnasium in silence for a while, and then slowly moved my numb legs to the dining hall.

"... Has the supervisor gone to find her?" At the corner of the aisle, the coach of the Second Army said so.

The coach of the first army said: "Of course, Matsumoto Kaori is just a waste now. With Takahashi Sakura and Ichikawa Asahi around, she is not needed at all, and she has old injuries, which is simply a hindrance. I still think about taking it this year." Champion, you can get more prize money and go on a trip with my son."

I was stunned, stopped, opened my eyes wide, and when I came back to my senses, I rushed forward and grabbed the coach's collar, "Where are they?" That scumbag went to find Kaori Matsumoto?

"Takahashi! You, you let me go!"

"I ask you," I asked coldly, "where are they?"

After hearing the answer, I grabbed the coach's wallet, rushed out of the school gate and jumped into a taxi, "Tokyo Seventh Hospital, hurry up." When I got off the bus, I threw my wallet to the driver, jumped out of the car, and ran straight to the hospital .He ran to the ward, but Matsumoto Kaori was nowhere to be seen.I pulled the passing nurse, pointed to the hospital bed, and asked, "Where is the patient? I asked you where the patient went?" She said she didn't know.

I rushed to the lobby and snatched the microphone at the information desk, told Kaori Matsumoto to go back to the ward three times, then threw off the staff who were questioning me, and ran non-stop in the hospital looking for someone.The door was pushed open again and again, but no one was found.I gasped, blinking the sweat that had slipped into my eyes.

The bridge of the nose suddenly became sore.

calm.

intuition.

It is the rooftop.

I suddenly started running again, pressing the button of the elevator repeatedly, but I couldn't wait for the elevator.As I was about to run up the stairs, there was a commotion in the hospital.

They said that a girl died in the grass and seemed to have committed suicide by jumping from the roof.

I froze for a moment, goosebumps all over my body in an instant.I took a deep breath, strode out of the hospital, pushed aside the crowd and stepped forward. The staff were surrounding the scene of the crime. I could only see the girl with long hair facing down, with brains and blood flowing all over the place.I rushed forward and was stopped.

"Give me a look, my friend may be dead."

After promising not to touch anything, they accompanied me forward.The staff turned the body over for me to see. Although it was already bloody, I could see her face.

"Student? Classmate? Are you okay? Classmate?"

"No," I stood up straight, "I know her, please inform her family." I said blankly, "She is an orthopedic patient, Kaori Matsumoto, 15 years old this year."

After providing information to the staff and the police, I sat in the hospital lobby with my elbows on my knees, my hands clasped, bent down, and kept looking at the floor.Suddenly, the phone rang.

Forgot to tell them.

I answered the phone, "I'm Takahashi."

"Takahashi? Hey," said Ichikawa Asahi dissatisfied, "Is there a mistake, you are not here? Come back quickly, where are you? We haven't found the captain yet. Don't even bother you at this time." In this way, you are not such a non-committal person on weekdays. Do you cheer me up and think that I don’t know that you are in a bad mood because the captain is injured? Remember to me, now you are our pillar! A little enlightenment!"

I paused, and then calmly said: "I'm very sorry." I paused again, and then said: "I found the captain."

Fifteen minutes later, the 15 members of the women's basketball team without me and the captain rushed to the hospital at once, filling the lobby with water.Kaori Matsumoto's parents also came. They only found out about the accident after being notified by the manager. They didn't know about Kaori Matsumoto's admission to the hospital at all, thinking that their daughter was still in school and working hard for the summer of middle school.

After receiving the news of Kaori Matsumoto's death, the two couldn't help shouting, fell to the ground and howled.

The women's basketball team also cried.

I stood up and said, "Get aside first, don't obstruct the emergency room."

They moved away in a very disciplined manner. Although there were still many people, they did not hinder the staff anymore.

The police found three suicide notes on the rooftop, one was for Matsumoto Kaori's parents, one was for the third-year student of the women's basketball team, and one was for me.Because this is evidence, we can't take it away for the time being, but we can still see it through a plastic bag.I picked up the bag, stepped aside, leaned my back against the corridor wall, and looked down.The letter paper is so rigorous that it makes people want to complain about it, with blue lines on a white background, without even a cute pattern.On it, my name, Sakura, is neatly and familiarly written.

"Sakura:

Sorry, just once, please let me throw away my responsibilities.Please forgive my wayward.The next thing is up to you, come on, if you say it, it will be fine.

When I was a first-year student, I met a girl who was already my rival in elementary school. She was Eto Sanae.On the day she joined the club, she was also late, but just like you, she was not afraid at all, instead she justly asked the senior sister to let her join the club.To be honest, I hate such people very much, they are too unruly, obviously it is my fault.Compared with her, your words are actually much more polite.But anyway, I don't hate her at all.I knew that she would be my biggest competitor in the department, but I liked her very much, and I liked seeing her not afraid of anything, always holding a basketball and wanting to run.Give her the wind and she dares to ask you for rain.I get annoyed when I see her break the rules, but I've never really been able to get mad at her once.

I believe you have already guessed that she is the senior you are looking for.Sorry, what I couldn't tell you, and what I couldn't tell my seniors, is that Sanae committed suicide and passed away a week after leaving the country.She can no longer play basketball.

What we've been through is not good at all.

If I were stronger, would I not have to compete with her, and she wouldn't be forced to get hurt?Or, I should realize that I am not as good as her and quit early in the morning.If you say it, you will definitely say that the fault is not on me.However, this kind of thinking cannot be stopped.

I should be able to do more, really.

It is my cowardice.

Sorry, there is no way to see when you lift the trophy.It doesn't matter if there are prizes or not, but we are Regal, so I guess there will be prizes, right?We are, Regina.Thank God for allowing me to meet you, Sakura, I also like watching you swear and taunt people──but I have to quit swearing──what I like more is your single tendon.I think you and Sanae are different, although, they are definitely the one-sided type.

Thank you for letting me see the Teiko women's basketball team that I like and want to see the most.

Come on, you can do it, Sakura, you must come on.

Sorry, just once, please forgive me.Even though I know this is a very shameless request, please forgive this incompetent senior.

bless you forever

Kaori Matsumoto"

I lowered my hands and looked up at the ceiling of the hospital.

what.The women's basketball team has a good atmosphere of caring for the younger generation and solidarity and friendship. Isn't it all the credit of the seniors?

There is a game tomorrow.

With some strength in my waist, I straightened up from the wall, straightened my back, returned the suicide note to the police, and then walked in front of the women's basketball players who were still stranded in the lobby.Said: "Go back."

"Takahashi." Ichikawa Asahi frowned at me.

"Go back." I said again.

She wiped her eyes and said loudly, "Yes!"

I ran back to school with them to warm up, and then played for a while, so that they were all tired, so they went to wash and sleep.Otherwise, I'm afraid they won't be able to sleep.

The next day, I put on the No. [-] jersey that was prepared for me in the locker room and planned to be given to me after this summer.Before leaving for the game, I stood in the First Army Gymnasium, in front of all the women's basketball players standing at attention.

"Everyone is very clear about what happened yesterday. Captain Matsumoto is the person I respect the most in the team. I believe everyone knows about what happened in the first army. In any case, we will play today first. Make everything clear. Whether it is the first army, the second army or the third army, they are all part of the Diguang women's basketball team and have the right to know everything. If you have any ideas, you can speak out tonight. Today, for us Diguang It’s a very important day for the women’s basketball team alone. The second and third armies stop practicing and go to the field together. Starting today, I will be the main player, and then, please continue to work hard.”

"..." The third-year student cried until he didn't even have the energy to be dissatisfied.

"Everyone is not in good shape, but today I will play with this lineup. Captain Matsumoto's vacant starting position is temporarily vacant. In addition to replacing Ichikawa Asahi, I will not change the starting list that has already been decided. Whether you win or lose, I, Sakura Takahashi, am honored to be here with you all in this arena."

"I," Ichikawa Asahi said loudly, "I don't want to lose today!"

"That's right," I smiled, "I don't even want to lose. I don't want to lose to scum. So it doesn't matter if I lose, but I definitely want to win." I looked at them and called out their names one by one." ... With so many people, I think I have made my meaning very clear. Everyone, let's go."

"Yes!"

I pushed open the door of the gymnasium, and the sun outside the door hit me all of a sudden.I paused, "What is the goal?"

"No. [-] in the country!"

"I can not hear!"

"No. [-] in the country!"

I said again: "The winner is!"

"Diguang!!"

I glanced at the coaching staff standing next to me, then turned around, folded my hips and said loudly: "We are!"

"Diguang!!!!"

Kaori Matsumoto's career stopped on this day in midsummer, and the summer of the Teiko women's basketball team is not over yet.

Today, we won.

It’s not what I did, I believe it’s the strength Kaori Matsumoto left us that allowed us to do this.The Diguang women's basketball team has entered the national semi-finals for No. 20 consecutive years and will appear in the semi-finals.

And that scum, and that bunch of scum, I didn't want to bear it any longer.

Kaori Matsumoto's parents complained to the school and asked the school to give an explanation, but they were all turned back by the school, and even the supervisor Miyoshi Lairen did not show up.Kaori Matsumoto's parents had no proof, and they couldn't make any other more definite accusations except that the school was not strictly supervised, and they couldn't say why Kaori, who had no guardian, was admitted to the hospital.In the hospital's records, the column of Kaori's admission guardian is that she herself signed her parents' names, and the school can completely shift the responsibility to Kaori.

The school finally wanted to lose money, and then signed a non-disclosure agreement with them.Kaori's parents wanted to sue in court, but their lawyer persuaded them that there was only circumstantial evidence and no real evidence. Instead, the school lawyer would bite back and be slandered. Emperor Guang was buried with him in honor of him.They also wanted to tell the media about the matter, but after careful consideration, they didn't want their daughter to be in the newspapers either.In terms of police investigation, Kaori committed suicide and the case was not suspicious; she complained to the Ministry of Education, but nothing came of it.

The Matsumotos finally decided to give up. After signing a non-disclosure agreement and getting the money, they donated all the money in the name of Kaori.

There is no way to do anything more.

A girl who was in her prime was forced to die, but she couldn't do anything.

The Matsumotos wanted to leave Tokyo with Matsumoto Kaori quietly.

A gentleman is always oppressed by a villain.

The day Matsumoto and his wife came to school to pick up Kaori Matsumoto’s belongings, I stopped them at the school gate.After getting their consent, I accepted Kaori Matsumoto's jersey.

"Kaori-senpai is a very good person," I bowed to them, "so please accept a sentence for her. Stand at attention!" I straightened up, raised my hand, and let the women's basketball players behind me stand up. Okay, loudly said: "One, two, three!"

"Thank you for your advice, Captain Matsumoto!" We said together and bowed together.

The third-year senior also stood silently aside.

Thank you for your advice.

Sending away this gentle couple who can't do anything even if they are angry, I let the three armies go back to practice and continue to ignore the coach.We have already decided internally that it is everyone's consensus to continue to operate.

I can't take it any longer.

I turned and walked to the principal's office alone, and walked in without knocking.

There are many things I can't do, but there are things I can do.

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