Song of Light and Shadow

But things are far from going as smoothly as expected.When a series of rumors and scandals swarmed, coupled with Akashi's temperament after he was admitted to the hospital, the entire Teikoku Park moved towards the finals of the All-China League in such a precarious time.

"Kise-kun?" Heizi, who packed his schoolbag and was about to leave, saw Kise leaning against the wall as if he was thinking about something as soon as he walked out of the teacher's door. When he saw him, he greeted him with a smile. As bright as usual, but it's hard to hide the exhaustion and helplessness under that gentle expression.

"Are you still going to the hospital today?" Straightened up, Kise rubbed his hair, although sleepiness could not be seen on his sleep-deprived face, but the dark circles under his eyes could be seen very clearly, making Kise's originally handsome face Some unspeakable violations.

Heizi shook his head.He said softly: "Akashi-kun won't allow me to go again..."

Kise froze for a moment, this was something he hadn't thought of at all, did Akashi actually start to alienate Kuroko... Although it's not that he doesn't understand his feelings, but isn't this too much for Kuroko? ?

"Then... let's go play." Kise pinched Heizi's face with his hands, pretended to be sad, and cried, "Seeing Xiao Heizi unhappy, I feel so sad too. Today Xiao Hei You can do whatever you want, anyway, you don’t have a job today, so you can stay with Xiao Heizi all the time.”

Heizi hesitated for a moment, then said: "Then, let's go play... I want to play basketball..."

Seeing Heizi's slight frown, Huang La felt sad again.

Heizi still can't let go of Qingfeng's matter... He doesn't understand what's so good about that idiot. He has a bad temper, dark skin, and self-centeredness at every turn. There is nothing good about his whole body.Why would Heizi fall in love with that kind of guy.What made him even more unacceptable was that, every time he mentioned Qingfeng, Heizi's first sentence was "Mr. Qingfeng is not that kind of person", and he always wondered if Heizi was brainwashed by Qingfeng!

And after that game, Qingfeng basically didn't come to practice very much, but it seemed to be able to grow automatically. He obviously rarely touched basketball, but every time he played, he scored more points than the previous game. It's unstoppable.

Followed by Murasakihara.Perhaps infected by Aomine's attitude, Murasakihara, who was not very interested in basketball, used this as an excuse to start doing his own thing. In the end, he couldn't even get out of the penalty area as long as the ball couldn't come. Winning or losing the game seemed to have nothing to do with him.

Then there's Akashi...

Glancing at Kuroko, Kise knew that Akashi's incident hit Kuroko more severely than Aomine's in a sense.However, it is difficult to change what has happened.

From Kise's point of view, Akashi seems to have found an interesting toy for Kuroko.But it seems that it is not that simple...Although Akashi is a gentle person, he never cares too much about specific people, nor does he alienate anyone, just like a very mature old man who can always put things in order It is very, very thorough to see, so that people unconsciously follow the lead.But it seems that only in the matter of Kuroko, he has seen Akashi's face change... once in the match between him and Huizaki, once in the practice school that taught the group of black hands after the incident, and once in Aomine After being threatened... But now, it's the first time he knows that Akashi told Kuroko to leave in front of Kuroko...

But there's nothing wrong with that, the fewer opponents the better, just in time for him to seize the opportunity to catch Heizi.

"Don't think too much. Take it easy. Everything will be fine." Kise comforted Kuroko with a smile and said, "Little Akashi is just in a bad mood for a while, no matter who becomes the eyes of a Persian cat. You'll be happy. So, little Kuroko, don't worry too much, maybe it's just little Akashi who is shy."

Hearing Kise's unnutritious comforting words, Kuroko fell silent for a moment, and said, "I'll tell Akashi-kun exactly what I said."

"Eh?! Really?! No, little blackie! The captain is so scary when he gets angry! Don't, don't~" I don't really feel particularly scared, but I just use such a cheerful tone every time. When talking to Heizi, he could feel that Heizi would relax.Although he would say "Kase-kun, it's noisy", "Kise-kun, please stop talking", "Kise-kun, please stay away from me", but he never really left him once.

This is probably the unique character of Heizi.Thinking in his heart, Kise secretly smiled.Even this is a favorite.

When they walked to Hall [-], there was the sound of sneakers rubbing against the ground from the court. Kise and Heizi looked at each other, curious as to who would play in Hall [-].

Now Hall [-] has almost become a special intensive training hall for six of them, no, five of them, and the only person who doesn't fit in is Midorima.Although it seems that he just doesn't like it, Midorima refuses to play in Hall [-] anyway.

But when the two walked in, what they saw was a green room where a person was throwing a ball.

"Hey, little Luma, it's really going to rain red. Could it be that Luma took the wrong medicine today?" Kise stepped forward with a laugh, and said with a smile to Luma.

Midorima stopped, holding the ball in his hand, looked at Kise indifferently, and said in a deep voice, "It's better to practice than to have time to talk, now only you and I have been left behind."

Huang Lai froze for a moment, frowned, looked at Lujian and asked, "What's wrong? Is even Xiaolujian abnormal?"

Midorima turned his head to look at the basket, his eyes filled with unspeakable unwillingness and anxiety.

"Don't you understand? We are also the starters, except for Kuroko, the two of us are the weakest now. Besides, Akashi is hospitalized, you should understand what this means."

Kise blinked, he knew very well that he was the weakest.There is no doubt about it.He has only been in contact with basketball for a year, so it is impossible for him to have a very good touch and technique.So every morning he would get up very early to strengthen his training, and even if he had to work at night, he would sacrifice his sleep time to practice after the end.

His goal has always been clear, that is to surpass Qingfeng.As long as he can surpass Qingfeng, Heizi might be able to turn his attention to him.Therefore, in terms of training volume, he dared to say that he came more than anyone else.But it doesn't make sense to say these things, so he rarely mentions them.

As for Akashi's hospitalization, he knew very well that this was indeed a crisis for Teiko.

Once Akashi, who exists like a command tower, is unable to play, this will be an excellent opportunity for opponents, and it will be a fatal blow for them.Because the attack will be difficult to organize...

"I know." Kise lowered his eyes slightly.

"Since there is no way to organize the offense, the only thing we can do is to strengthen our individual abilities. As long as we can make the ball even if we are alone, we will not lose." Midorima said, put on a good posture, and jumped up lightly. Throwing the ball, looking at the high arc, with a serious expression, "You must not lose."

Kise understands Midorima's meaning, if Teiko loses during Akashi's operation, not only will the goal of the three-in-a-row hegemony fail, but Kuroko will suffer a bigger blow...

It was Kuroko who replaced Akashi.

But everyone knows that Heizi's shooting percentage is too low.It should be said that he has basically never practiced shooting.And physical strength is also a problem.If you really want to play point guard, good physical strength is a must.What is even more deadly is dribbling. No matter how accurate the pass is, it is impossible to pass every ball with a super long distance. In that case, it will take less than 5 minutes for the sunspot to fall on the court.

So, if he really loses, then it will not only drive Akashi crazy, but even Kuroko will lose confidence.What's more, he didn't understand that even girls can play with boys, and even play quite well.But Heizi's condition is obviously better than that of girls, why is he so weak in certain aspects?

"By the way, why don't you let Kuroko practice shooting? If Kuroko's shooting percentage increases, it will be more helpful to the team's victory?" Kise chatted with Midorima who was practicing shooting while warming up.

Teiko's training does not have a rule that no talking is allowed, and even makes a lot of noise specially to simulate the emotions of the audience on the field.Therefore, it is a necessary condition for Diguang players to have a certain resistance to the interference of external sounds.

Midorima listened to Kise's chirping, and continued to throw the ball calmly, while further increasing the distance from the three-point line.

"Akashi's order." After throwing a ball, Midorima didn't make it, squinted his eyes a little unhappy, and continued to practice with the ball.Three of the six large basketball baskets placed beside him were empty, and about three hundred balls had been thrown by visual inspection.

"Hmm... I really don't understand what little Akashi is thinking." Kise sighed.

"Kise-kun, can you start the machine for me?" Heizi came over after changing his clothes.

"Understood~" Kise stood up from the leg press posture, walked to the server, watched Heizi stand still in the center of the circular track, and raised his voice and asked, "Are you ready?"

"It's time to start." Heizi tugged the black wristband on his wrist, his eyes became serious.

"Ok!" Kise immediately pressed the switch while speaking.

This pitching machine was bought by Heizi's part-time job and the sponsorship of several of them, while the moving target on the other side was made by everyone.Although it looks complicated, it is actually much simpler than imagined.Finally, people from the computer department were invited to help design the automatic program, so this simple passing training device was born.

When Akashi proposed it, Aomine was still saying that it was absolutely impossible to do it, and finally worked together to get it done.Although it is possible to use this machine for less than a year, but thanks to it, the accuracy of Heizi's reaction speed has been greatly improved.

Watching Heizi hit the ball thrown by the machine towards the moving target that simulates the running speed of different people and rotates around the body, Kise has to admire this kind of training that only Heizi can stand.

In a sense, Heizi tortured himself even more than he did.

Every time he looked at the blood blisters on Heizi's hands, Kise felt that he needed to work harder.

Although all kinds of things happened, Diguang still made it to the quarter-finals.

The opponent is last year's runner-up.That is, the team that almost made Diguang lose.The strength is very strong.And now that Akashi is not there, the opponent must have boosted their morale now.

"Through the analysis of various materials, I have probably simulated three to four copies of the progress of the game. The first quarter is the same as when Akashi-kun was there. Observe the opponent's changes first. Kuroko-kun, is there any problem?" Momoi said in front of everyone. I still call everyone by their names seriously, instead of Zhejun, Ada, and Xiaohuang.

"I'll do my best." Heizi's expression was very calm. It should be said that basically it was impossible to tell what he was thinking from Heizi's expression.

"Aomine-kun, please do whatever you want in the first quarter." Momoi said, looking at Aomine who was breathing heavily.

"Huh? When is it your turn to tell me what to do. How I want to fight is my freedom. If I win, it's fine." Qingfeng said indifferently, completely ignoring Heizi's slightly discolored face.

Even though he already knew that it was not Aomine's original intention to say this, Kise felt that he wanted to step forward and beat Aomine violently.

Let Xiao Heizi show a sad expression and deserve death!

"If you want Akashi-kun to ban you from participating in the finals after you come back, you can try." Momoi said with a smile, but his expression was quite ugly.

"Hey, I said..." At this time, Ziyuan spoke, and everyone in the locker room looked sideways, not knowing what he wanted to say, "Who of you still bring snacks, I'm hungry."

Everyone was silent, sorry for Zi Yuan's expectation.If it weren't for the fear of Akashi's anger, Murasakihara probably wouldn't even want to play.Huang Lai looked at Heizi's flickering eyes, and didn't know how to comfort him.

The match was really difficult as Momoi had predicted, and even though the opponent made the corresponding moves as Momoi said, he hesitated and couldn't keep up, so there was no way to stop it.

In addition, except for him and Heizi who cooperated a little bit, the remaining three were fighting each other.

As long as Qingfeng gets the ball, even if it is intercepted by the opponent, he will never pass it again. Although such cases are rare, he almost takes it all the way to the end and lays up.Murasakihara just rebounds and passes and runs back and doesn't move much.Midorima started to make three-pointers as soon as he got the ball. At the beginning of the game, his shooting percentage was indeed [-]%, but by the end of the last quarter, it had dropped to more than ten percent.But even so, he never made a two-point shot.

After receiving the pass from Heizi, Kise dodged one person and went straight into the penalty area. At the same time, he glanced at the scoreboard. With ten seconds left, Teiguang was still two points behind.If the shot doesn't go in, then Diguang will lose.

However, the opponent in front of him probably decided to stick to this point, blocking Kise's route to death.

Huang Lai frowned, and wanted to pass it back to Hei Zi, but was startled for a moment, and a line of words quickly flashed in his mind,

Is he a little too dependent on Heizi?

In fact, such a situation is not very difficult for him to break through.Just like everyone is struggling without Akashi, if there is no Kuroko, will they lose?

I don't want to lose, I don't want to lose no matter what.I don't want to see Heizi's sad expression after losing.So, to become stronger, you must be able to throw the ball into the basket even if there is no sunspot pass.

Gritting his teeth, Huang Lai's eyes turned sharp, recalling the unique turnaround and ghost step of the opponent he saw just now, then cutting into the emergency stop to shoot. If he can do that, he will definitely be able to make a shot.

It took less than ten seconds to move around at will, and seeing the surprised and almost desperate look of the defender, Kise successfully threw the ball into the basket.

Three points at the buzzer!

Diguang won.

"Little Heizi! We won!" Kise ran towards Heizi with a smile, but seeing Heizi's blank expression, he asked a little strangely, "What's wrong with Heizi? We won."

"Ah... I'm hungry. Hey, in May, I won't participate in the reflection meeting. In return, just find someone to replace me." Qingfeng didn't even bother to attend the final salute, so he walked back to the lounge.

Heizi stood there in a daze, and after Qingfeng had left for a while, he whispered, "Why didn't Huang Lai-kun pass the last ball to me? If it was passed to me, the chance of making the shot would be greater. Is it?"

Hearing what Heizi was talking about, Huang Lai said with a relieved smile, "It's nothing, anyway, I can make that goal anyway, so I don't want to bother Xiao Heizi. After four quarters in a row, Xiao Heizi Heizi must be very tired. After returning the gift, let's skip the reflection meeting, and I'll treat little Heizi to eat ice~"

Heizi lowered his head, clenched his fists, and interrupted Kise, "No need."

Startled by Heizi's tone, Kise didn't know what he said wrong, which made Heizi angry.

"Little Heizi...what's the matter?" Kise felt a little scared, this was the first time he had seen such a Heizi.

"...So Kise-kun is the same..." Kuroko suddenly raised his head, looked into Kise's eyes, and smiled softly, "...Akashi-kun said that my basketball can't beat Aomine-kun's basketball , Kise-kun must agree, right?"

Well?What's happening here?He had never heard Akashi say that before!

"No, no, little Heizi!" Seeing Heizi silently turning around and ignoring himself, walking towards the queue to salute, then quickly walking back to the locker room to pick up the bag and leave, no matter what Kise said, Heizi would just silence.

Seeing the back of Heizi disappearing at the corner of the street, Kise froze in place, regretting his decision for the first time...

If only the pass... would be nice...