[Black Basket] Sakura's Basketball

Akashi handed me a handkerchief.

"Thank you. We played very well in the first half." I took it and wiped my freshly washed face.

"Is this what the senior sister thinks?"

"No. It's just that the game isn't over and I don't feel like this is the time for me to talk."

"But it doesn't matter."

I frowned.I myself am not the captain who would be so negligent before the end of the game, Akashi... Sure enough, he was not serious about the game.As I folded the handkerchief, I said, "You guys played it ugly."

"Yes, there is really no way to show our strength in this kind of game. Everyone is very unmotivated. I have taken some measures, and this is the only way to go. Twenty points per person, it seems, is still not enough."

"Twenty?" How many points did they stipulate for each person?

"Yes, senior sister also thinks there are too few."

"Akashi, let me tell you," I looked at him, "what do you play basketball for?"

"Sister, do you want to say that you play for fun? This is not like you. Didn't you propose another way of playing on the premise that the goal of the game is to win? You have never questioned this, and you have never thought about it. The victory of expanding the three armies and pulling down the next army did not mean to force other people to love basketball as much as you do. This is the basis for us to get along well before." Akashi folded his arms, "No, or better said this way. Victory is Of course, the game is just a way to embody victory."

"I'm not denying that the goal is victory. What I mean is that there are other more important things besides victory." I frowned. Individuals are not necessarily the same, but in any case, as long as you win and don’t care about other things, this must be wrong. If this is right, then even the rules of the game themselves are wrong. I think you can understand what I mean.”

Akashi smiled, "You prefer last year's team, right?"

I paused, "Honestly speaking, yes." The outstanding second-year students and solid third-year students, last year, the Diguang men's basketball team was almost [-]% complete.

"Is it because it is so strong that ordinary people can't match it, so the idea of ​​​​destroying it and preferring to stand still? Really, a rather boring idea."

"That's not what I mean." I stood up with my crutches and faced him, "But if the meaning of victory is deteriorated by being too strong, then I really hope not to be too strong. The starting point of deterioration is strength, so I said this , but don’t get the causal relationship wrong, I’m not blaming people with high strength, what I’m questioning is the degenerate attitude, or maybe it’s just that this set of rules of the game doesn’t suit you, but I don’t agree that this can distort it.” I Turning your face away and exhaling, "Sorry, I didn't mean to judge your team."

"No, senior sister, you are just unexpectedly simple." He sighed, "Is it even simpler than Daihui?" Before I could speak, Akashi continued: "Although I said before I also thought about this situation, but I really thought that senior sister would understand." Akashi looked at me, smiled slightly, but his eyes were very sharp, "Because, senior sister is under such thoughts. Was it destroyed?"

I stared at him in astonishment, my eyes widening slightly.

"Senior sister, you have already received an invitation from the National Youth Women's Basketball Team when you were in the second grade. The National Youth Team always sends out invitation letters when the players graduate from high school, but you have managed to make them make an exception. Take it in. The senior's personal basketball strength is top-notch in the academic world, but it is not so good that it makes an exception, and it is not particularly outstanding in scoring or defense. The most amazing thing about the senior is actually the all-round field commander. There is also the ability to lead the team without wavering at any time, calm and sharp. The personal characteristics of persistence and flexibility have brought you greater growth. I speculate that the National Youth originally wanted to use you as the national team The captain reserve to cultivate. And the position that suits you is still the point guard.”

I think about those three years, "... what a shameful statement." I'm okay... my hands tighten.If I could do better, Diguang wouldn't have been defeated by me for two consecutive years.That is my unshirkable responsibility.

"Although you made a good decision and didn't leak the news of your invitation, the matter is endless. What do you think your opponent will be thinking when you are victorious? It's intense jealousy. Why exactly? Being attacked, the senior sister is very clear in her heart. And," Akashi's voice sounded unhurriedly, bringing an invisible sense of oppression, "Why can't you say anything to your team. Until now, You don't want them to know that you have received an invitation from the National Youth League and hesitated about this invitation. You know this very well."

"..." Even if everyone knows that basketball is not the only one, but a captain who doesn't think about it, or even refuses to step into the profession, will shake the morale, especially in a team like Diguang Women's Basketball, especially me.It's one thing to know, it's another to show it.

"Don't you understand? It's impossible for a genius to be with ordinary people, let alone us, the "generation of miracles" who are higher than geniuses. It's just that the genius of senior sister brings you the jealousy of your opponents and teammates , but we are an overwhelming force that can't even arouse even a trace of resistance. It's really a pity. You don't understand, to walk ahead of everyone, of course, to leave everyone behind."

I lowered my eyes, Akashi didn't speak anymore, and the corridor was very quiet.

"Thank you for the handkerchief." I approached Akashi with two crutches, put the handkerchief in Akashi's hand, smiled, and then pulled up his collar abruptly, "Akashi Seijuro," said the crutch on the right Dropped to the ground, with a bang, "What are you talking about? I'm sorry for saying that to your team, and at the same time," I slammed his back against the wall, "I'm sorry, boy I'm so sorry for my team!" I approached his face fiercely, "Don't think that you can talk about them with a dead boy like you, fuck it! Interpreting other people's affairs without authorization, you really You must be sick in your head!"

Akashi wanted to struggle at first, but he didn't move after I started talking, so I grabbed his collar and looked at me unwaveringly, "Sister, you don't mean to say, you still believe in you?" Your companions don’t feel jealous at all? Besides, they molded you to perfection and put all the pressure on you, isn’t that why you’re so broken that you don’t even want to see your old classmates?”

"They...they didn't even graduate from junior high school at that time." I clutched the clothes under my hand tightly, "I'm fucking you bastard! My peers are also competitors, so what's wrong with jealousy? Take [-] points." It’s an idiot to wave your transcripts in front of unqualified friends. You don’t know how to behave and don’t think others are as stupid as you! Of course you have to use your brain to judge who can say what level. For girls You don’t even have a girlfriend, you better shut up with me. Damn, I don’t know,” I thought of Ichikawa’s red eyes, the expressions of other people, and the seniors, "I don't know what we've been through, you bastard just shut up!"

"Even if they don't even know you're collapsing, no," Akashi looked at me calmly, "are they unwilling to admit and accept the fact that their idol is collapsing?"

The hand holding his collar was so painful that I said in a deep voice: "I warn you, don't talk nonsense to them. Remember," I approached him again, so close that I almost touched his face The point, facing his gaze, "I am the one who won the No.20 and No.20 national semi-finals with the Teiko women's basketball team. Teiko captain Takahashi Sakura. Akashi Seijuro, dare you If you insult my team again, I don't care if you are a chubby or a chubby, I will never let you go."

Akashi and I looked at each other, and in his indifferent red eyes, I saw my own fierce eyes.

Then, I froze for a moment.

"Akashi."

"Yes?"

"Are you wearing contact lenses?" Akashi's pupils were red, but when he took a closer look, his eyes turned into one red and one orange pupils at some point.I frowned.

"...Sister." He gently pulled away my hand holding his collar, then bent down to pick up the crutch that fell off, stuffed it into my hand, and silently turned his back.

I twitched the corner of my mouth, "...Sorry, I didn't mean to spoil the atmosphere. Let me put the rest aside first, and I said you, do you want to go to the ophthalmologist?" Eye matters can be big or small.Akashi has helped me a lot during these days, even if he doesn't want my concern, I should at least persuade him not to hide his illness and avoid medical treatment.

"..."

"..." Akashi turned his back with a contemptuous expression.You are not good if you are obviously sick and don't see a doctor.I twitched the corner of my mouth again, no, because these are really just colored contact lenses, so Akashi must despise me.I just didn't go to school for a year, so is it popular for middle school students to wear colored contact lenses now?

──Am I getting old?

"Akashi, don't wear contact lenses if you are under 16 years old, the condition of your eyeballs is not stable yet."

"..."

"..." I'm serious.

"Sister, I will only say the following once." He turned his back to me and said, "If you think you still have the confidence to face basketball, you might as well become the manager of the basketball team. Your talent lies in the position of team manager. , can also be used. You should know the ability of Momoi Wuyue. She is good at analyzing opponents, and the senior sister also has her own talents. However, you can only play in the men's basketball team. You know very well that based on your past experience, you still want to follow The players get along well, and it's not appropriate to stay in the women's basketball team. The only place that can give you a new life without baggage is the men's basketball team."

"...you mean," I frowned, "that I be the manager of your team?"

"No, please don't get me wrong, that's not what I mean." He turned around and faced me, "It doesn't matter which team's manager you become. Next year, my sister will go to school again. We will all go to high school." His eyes were covered by the shadow of bangs, and his mouth curled up like a sarcasm and a sure winner, "In the foreseeable future, the only ones who can defeat us are ourselves. Find a way to make things other than victory less boring. I don’t think the five of us will be in the same school anymore, and senior sister, I have no problem with which school you choose, but I can give you a suggestion.”

I raised my eyebrows, "Go on." Pretentious, fuck.

Akashi stretched out a finger, "If you want to show your strength, choose the right companion." He turned around again, "Go to the school with miracles, I'm waiting for you in the college league."

I looked at his receding back and twitched the corners of my mouth.

──I seem to have done something weird just now.

I exhaled, looked down at my right foot, then slowly raised the corners of my mouth, raised my eyes again, and looked at the empty corridor.Angry, but I still like him.

Akashi was the only one who would call me back to the court, even though everyone could talk about basketball with me casually.Of course I don't agree with the speeches of those idiots in front of Akashi, but I want to go back to the court. I like basketball and I still don't want to give up.

I like basketball.

I squeezed hard on the crutches on both sides.

I took a deep breath, looked up at the ceiling, and exhaled slowly to calm down. Then I walked to the auditorium with a cane, and greeted Teiko siblings who recognized me with a smile along the way.

After that day, Akashi never came to visit me at my house. The only regular visitor at home was Ichikawa Asahi, and other friends occasionally came to visit me.I studied hard in a quiet environment and continued to do physical therapy.My parents thought about putting me back in school when I was finally able to get rid of my crutches.Due to my limited mobility, they no longer want me to study abroad. Of course, I don't have to think about the National Youth Women's Basketball Team.My parents wanted me to find a good high school nearby to enroll in.I thought about it myself, and also called Ichikawa.

"Ichikawa, which is the strongest men's basketball team in the college world?"

"...Huh? What does the men's basketball team have to do with us?"

"It's you, not us."

"...to say such a thing! It's super bad!"

"I can tell other people you bully me."

"...Don't be black! I surrender! The strongest middle school now? Let me think about it, there are four kings in Tokyo..."

"No, what I want to know is that the country is the strongest." The Four Great Kings in Tokyo will all be crushed in front of miracles.

"Well, it's impossible to be the strongest. There are winners and losers in the competition, but the only one who is strong enough to be emperor in the whole country for a long time is probably the Luoshan High School in Kyoto."

The game is to win or lose?I lowered my eyes and smiled.well said.

"I see, thank you." The school that Heizi chose, I remember... Anyway, it's not a famous school. If you use the famous school elimination method, you don't have to worry about bumping into him.Of course, it’s interesting not to go to the protagonist’s school.

After hanging up the phone, I went online to check the results of the basketball team and academic performance of Luoshan University, as well as the status of its other extracurricular activities.This is indeed a very good school, the only problem is that it is in Kyoto, and my family is in Tokyo, parents will worry.

I obeyed my parents' advice and went to several high schools with excellent academic performance in February.I didn't finish Teiko's studies, and I didn't plan to go back to study, so I applied to the high school for a special entrance examination.Without my parents' knowledge, I also faked my parents' names, and privately applied for several colleges and universities that are strong in basketball and academics, including Luoshan.

None of them are in Tokyo.

When the cherry blossoms bloomed in March, all these schools accepted me without exception.

"Dad, Mom," in the living room, I knelt down to my parents who were rarely at home at the same time, "I have one thing to ask for your forgiveness."

"Sakura? You get up first," Dad anxiously wanted to help me, "your feet..."

Mom frowned, but still stopped Dad, "What's the matter?"

I took out an acceptance letter and handed it over my head with my hands high, "I hope to study in Luoshan University."

Leave Tokyo, leave Kanto.

to Kyoto.

I raised my eyes and smiled at my parents.

"Please."

I don't want to give up yet.

The author has something to say: the whole first part was once completed.

The second part will start tomorrow: Little Red Riding Hood and the Pretty Girl of Light’s drastic change in painting style (false) A year to remember for a lifetime (true)