Song of Light and Shadow

"Xiaozhen, what do you think?" Takao looked at the opponent in front of him, heard the cheers from the field A next door, and looked at the Kirisaki Daiichi High School facing him, feeling a little unhappy.

Obviously, they are all schools that entered the top eight, but Kirisaki Daiichi actually only sent the second army to compete with them. The attitude towards basketball is so not serious, even he has begun to hate such schools.

"It's annoying from the bottom of my heart." Midorima expressed his point of view very clearly for the first time, "I probably understand what they think, and it was like this in the past. At that time, Akashi gave him a hard lesson, but it didn't seem like that. Didn't learn the lesson... As one of the five uncrowned people who are as famous as Muji, the genius, villain, Hua Gongzhen."

Takao threw the ball into the basket to widen the score to double digits. When he turned around and ran back to his own half, he looked thoughtfully at the small piece of black on the auditorium in Field A. Teru said: "Hey... I didn't fight him because I wasn't in Tokyo when I was in junior high school. Is he very strong?"

Midorima pushed his glasses, recalled the injury Aomine had suffered in the first year of junior high school, closed his eyes and let out a breath, and said calmly: "It's a different kind of strong, I definitely don't want to fight against this kind of person for the second time, because it's too despicable Yes. As far as playing skills are concerned, Huamiya is not bad, but she always likes to use some bad means to win the game. Even Teiko, whose slogan is to win every battle, never does such a thing for victory. Bad behaviour."

Takao opened his eyes wide, looked worriedly at the Seirin crowd who were about to go back in venue a, frowned and said, "Should I remind them, so that they don't get hurt anyway... I still want to avenge my shame."

"It's okay." Midori passed the ball from the captain and easily threw it into the basket to end the game. "You should take a good look at the schedule, idiot. The second game is us against Seirin."

"Uh?! Really?!" Takao scratched his cheek in embarrassment, he really didn't look at the schedule carefully.

"This time..."

"Eh? Makoto, what did you just say?" Takao didn't hear Midorima's words clearly.

"It's nothing." Midorima picked up her bag and walked to the lounge.

This time, even if it is death, he must win.He wants to let Heizi understand that he now has the qualifications to be the light.

a few days later.

"Wow! It's raining again." Xiao Jinjing shook his wet hair, took the towel handed over by Yiyue, and sighed while wiping his head, "It rained last time when we played against Xiude. It’s still raining, so it’s going to rain as long as we play against Xiu De in the future? It’s not so evil.”

"I always feel a little unlucky, Xiaojinjing, don't say any more." Lizi sighed, then clapped her hands, and raised her voice, "Are you all ready? This battle will be the most since the match with Tonghuang. It's a difficult battle. Let's not talk about Midorima-kun's super long-range three-pointer, Takao-kun's Eagle Eye is a sharp weapon that can seal Kuroko's. Besides, we were lucky to win last time because the opponent underestimated the enemy. So from the very beginning we were at a disadvantage, but even so we couldn’t lose, or even more so! In order to advance towards a more distant goal! Even if we got down on the ground, we couldn’t admit defeat! Are you clear?! We are very I'm weak, so in order to win, give me [-]% of my strength!"

"Oh!" All Seirin's team members gave a loud reply as if to encourage themselves again.

That's right, they are weak, so they can't succumb to a strong enemy.Acknowledge your own weakness, and then keep working hard, keep accumulating, keep fighting, and walk steadily towards the distant victory step by step, without any luck.This is what they learned in the loss to Tonghuang.

Never admit defeat.

The time is almost up, the players of both teams have arrived at the field, and the starting players have finished warming up and sat back in the rest area.Heizi re-laced his shoelaces. When he entered the arena just now, the shoelaces were loose and he accidentally stepped on and almost fell to the ground. Thanks to Vulcan, he was not injured, so it is better to check again before the game.

"Mr. Vulcan, just now did you see the expression of Mr. Lujian when he entered the arena..." Heizi said calmly while undoing his shoelaces.

It was the first time he had seen such a green room.

After knowing each other for three years, I thought I knew each other very well, but now it seems that they have become strange again.But such strangeness made him unable to tell whether it was good or bad.Because the aura emanating from Midorima's body is the belief called 'fighting'.This kind of green room, compared to the original one with the idea of ​​"it doesn't matter" and "he will definitely win anyway", he likes it much more.

Heizi understands that although Midorima will always say some troublesome things in a haughty tone, once such Midorima no longer conceals anything with his attitude, it proves that he has become completely serious. Heizi felt that as a teammate, he would be very trustworthy, but as an enemy, he would be very terrifying.

"Ah..." Vulcan's deep voice should reach, and he also felt the difference in Midorima, especially when he was warming up, he looked at him with that kind of angry eyes that seemed to want to tear him apart with sharp claws. Generally cracked.It wasn't just the hostility of being an opponent in basketball... Kagami glanced at Kuroko who was thinking beside him, and clenched his fists.

But he is the same, no matter what, he will never lose to the Generation of Miracles, in various senses.

On the other side, Lu Jian, who was sitting in the rest area, seemed to be trembling silently.Takao, who was sitting on the side, glanced at Midorima suspiciously, thinking that Midorima was a little nervous, and wanted to say something joking to make Midorima relax, but the answer he got was real anger.

"...Before I said it, I'm really angry now... so I don't have time to joke with you." Midorima didn't hide his anger, staring at the ground with eyes that almost burned holes in the floor.

Damn Vulcan, who does he think he is?How dare he do such a thing to Kuroko... Thinking of the moment when the Kagami who happened to catch a glimpse of Kuroko before entering the arena hugged Kuroko, Midorima could hardly restrain himself from wanting to get angry.In front of everyone, Heizi is making a fuss... Why is Heizi so infuriatingly slow in this regard!

"Now I just want to beat those guys, I must win..."

Only victory can let Heizi understand that there is no future at all by Vulcan's side.

Takao's eyebrows trembled, thinking in his heart, "Xiaozhen, how jealous of Vulcan are you?", but he replied seriously "ah, me too", although he probably has no chance to develop anything with Heizi, but as a A good opponent, Takao still admires Heizi very much, so he will not take it lightly.

"Both sides enter the field." The referee issued an order.

Heizi, who walked into the venue calmly, saw Takao walking towards him before he could take his place.

"Oh, long time no see, Xiao Zhe." Takao said with a smile, but then his eyes suddenly became sharper, "Well, although I'm a little embarrassed, that guy probably won't let you interfere again this time. Now He completely regards Vulcan as an opponent. Of course, all of us will not take you lightly again."

Heizi blinked first, then slightly curled the corners of his mouth, looked at Takao seriously and said, "...I'm very happy, but we can't lose even more in this way."

"Well, let's wait and see." Takao shrugged.

The referee stood on the center line, and this time the two teams jumped the ball to Daping and Muji, who are both centers.

As a center who is also super strong, it is still unknown who will jump the ball first.

"Vulcan-kun." Heizi glanced at Takao next to him, moved a little closer to the Vulcan-kun on the right, and said, "This time, you and Midori-kun are probably one-on-one, and I think that other than Vulcan-kun, he can be his opponent." There is no one else, so, although I'm sorry, but the task of stopping Midori-kun is completely entrusted to you?"

Vulcan froze for a moment, his heartbeat became faster and faster, and the sound of excitement could almost be heard in both ears.Heizi trusted him, that's why he said such a thing.

"Ha... what are you talking about." Vulcan took a deep breath, calmed himself down, looked directly at Midorima with eyes full of fighting spirit, and said unabashedly: "Do you still need to talk about that kind of thing?" , that guy will be handed over to me to defeat."

"...Vulcan!" Midorima also heard the conversation between Vulcan and Heizi, but at the moment it was more unacceptable than anger.The original purpose has been achieved, so there is no need to deliberately alienate Heizi in order to make Heizi change his mind. Now it is up to him to prove to Heizi that the shelter for Heizi is definitely not something Vulcan can create.

"Game start!"

As a result of the jump ball, Yiyue caught the falling ball first, but was knocked off by the sudden high tail and passed to his teammate.Just when everyone thought that Xiude was about to win the first ball, Heizi's quick interception made everyone in Xiude break into a cold sweat.

Midorima, on the other hand, kept a close eye on Kuroko's movements at the beginning of the game, fully understanding that if Kuroko took the first shot, it would definitely be passed to Vulcan, so he went directly into Kuroko's passing route to intercept the ball, and immediately turned around and shot a jumper.

"Don't even think about it!" Vulcan jumped up high in two steps, and kicked the ball that Midorima had just dropped out of bounds.

The game had just started less than a minute, and the sparks of the collision between the two teams completely ignited the atmosphere of the audience.

"No matter how many shots you make, I can stop them. The shortcomings are obvious." Vulcan snorted, "The preparation time is too long. With me here, you don't even think about making easy shots."

However, Midorima returned to his position without saying a word. After receiving the pass from Takao, he shot again. It seemed that even if he knew that he would be stopped by Vulcan, he did not hesitate.

Similarly, it was taken for granted that it was broken by Vulcan.

At this moment, even Vulcan, who has no brains, feels a little weird.As smart as Midorima, he should not make such a meaningless shot, but there is no expression of giving up on Midorima's face.

However, when Muji jumped up to stop Midorima's nth attack, Kuroko saw Takao, who was defending himself, suddenly rushed out, and then Midorima threw the ball to the left, which had never left his hand during pitching, and passed In the hands of Takao.

Green passed the ball!

Heizi stared blankly at Takao throwing the ball from Midorima into the basket, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Midorima is finally willing to give up individual battles and join the team. He feels very uncomfortable when the things he has always wanted to see happen in front of his eyes.Now Midorima is in Xiude, his enemy...

"Hey, hey, it's a matter of course, why do you all look like you can swallow eggs." Just when everyone started to panic because Midorima gave up the personal battle and let Hidetoku's strength go further, Muji gasped He scolded, "Basketball is played by five people. On the contrary, it is now considered to be a real basketball game with the opponent. Okay, let me continue happily. This is just a small situation."

The original situation of self-disorder was easily resolved in Muji's words, and the other four people on the field also calmed down.

Hinata sighed, looked at Muji and asked, "That kind of thing is natural...but, what should we do now?"

"I don't know." Muji said seriously, "So, from now on, let's think together."

"Hey!" Hinata slapped Muji on the back of the head, and said unhappily, "You said something so serious, I thought you had come up with a good idea."

Muji rubbed the back of his head and muttered, "It hurts so much, can't you take it easy?" At the same time, he turned his head to look at Heizi and said, "But there is one thing that needs to be done now. All in all, Heizi, you get off first."

"Eh?!" Heizi was a little startled.

"The effect of " will disappear soon. If you stay on the field like this, you will get in the way. Although you have been working hard, the effect will still be negative in the end. So, in a word, there is no point for you to stay on the field. Go on and do well." Let's rest." Muji said mercilessly, hitting Heizi to the point where his body was bruised, and his San value was instantly reset to zero.

However, at this time Reiko also called a timeout and replaced Kuroko with Mitobe.

After high-fiving Kuroko and Mitobe, he returned to the rest area, took the towel from Koganei, sat on the stool, and let out a sigh of relief.

"We have to play later, don't relax." Lizi said with a serious expression, "Don't take what that guy Muji said to heart."

"It's okay." Heizi put the towel on his head and calmed down, "There is nothing wrong with what Senior Muji said. Compared with meaningless detours, I prefer being straightforward. Moreover, in order to use new skills, Being able to rest now is actually a great help. And..." Heizi paused, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he looked at his teammates on the field with trusting eyes, "I believe in everyone."

Yes, he believes that the current teammates, the current Seirin, are very united.

"Ah, really, it really has already started." When Momoi rushed to the arena, Heizi happened to be off, "Huh?! Zhejun is off?! I hate it!" I blame that idiot Aomine for refusing to come in the end. Not to mention whether he is willing to face Zhejun, even if he is willing to give her sister a ride, he is really unreliable... Sure enough, Zhejun should not forgive Qingfeng.

"Oh, Momoi is here too."

At this moment, Momoi suddenly heard a long-lost voice sounding beside her, so she looked up.I saw Kise, who was wearing Haichang's school uniform in front of her, looking at her with somewhat surprised eyes.

"Did you also come to watch the match between Xiao Heizi and Xiao Lu?"

"Yellow?!"

"...Can't that kind of address be changed..." Kise said with shame, Momoi really gave people goosebumps when he called everyone in private.

"But Huang Huang is Huang Huang. You also came alone?" Momoi said nonchalantly.

"Yes...Although everyone in the team was asked to come together, they were all rejected. What an unreliable group of guys." Kise sighed.

Momoi was ashamed, it always felt weird for Kise to say what he said about Aomine in his heart just now.

"Well, how's the game going?"

"It's starting to get interesting." Kise watched Midorima's confrontation with Kagami and Kiyoshi, and said with a smile, "It seems that Midorima also changed his mind because of Xiao Heizi."

"Huh?" Momoi didn't understand Kise's meaning for a while, but after seeing Midorima pass the ball to his teammate, his eyes widened in surprise, "Lulu..."

"And now Seirin is also starting to make super-fast passes to grab points, so it's interesting." Kise said with a chuckle.

Interesting... Momoi is ashamed, can this situation be called interesting... Both teams will be opponents in the winter trials, so it can't be called interesting anyway.

The first half ended with a long three-pointer from Midorima.

Hearing the cheers of the audience around, Momoi was a little surprised, this was the cheers and expectations Tonghuang had never had during the competition.

"Huang Huang, what do you think will happen? The future trend." Because he didn't see the previous game, Momoi couldn't make a judgment.

"Hmm..." After thinking hard and seriously, Kise looked at Momoi with a handsome face and said, "I don't know at all!!"

"...You are hopeless." Momoi was speechless.

"Well... But I think we should still grab points in the second half, but Seirin is at a disadvantage. Although he is leading by two points now, the little Vulcan's physical strength has dropped very badly, and the consumption of Xiaolujian is much less. Besides, let alone blocking Xiude, Xiude has completely controlled the situation. So Seirin must be the first to go wrong."

Isn't that very clear?Momoi glanced at Kise, pursed her lips in displeasure, "According to what you're saying, Seirin will lose?"

"Haha, who knows." Kise stared at the back of Heizi who was sitting on the stool talking with his teammates, his eyes suddenly softened, full of love and trust that could melt an iceberg, "The premise is If Little Heizi doesn't play..."

"Eh?" Momoi didn't react.

"Little Heizi can't just watch the situation deteriorating silently." Kise clenched his hands in his trouser pockets, suppressed the inexplicable trembling, and said with a smile: "However, Xiao Heizi is also a miracle." The Sixth Man of Illusion, this is not a title given casually. And..."

Moreover, Heizi, whom he loves, is more persistent in basketball than anyone else.

Kise closed his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened.