Song of Light and Shadow

In the early morning of the next day, Akashi woke up very early. Although he didn't call Uedanaka to go to the park right away, he still seriously started running and exercising.

After the personal trainer he invited to teach basketball for a few hours last night, he also had some preliminary understanding of basketball.Although I used to think that basketball is not as elegant as tennis or golf, and more like a civilian sport, but it was only after I started practicing that I realized the fun of it.

Sweaty fun.

Is that why he likes this sport?Akashi thought while running.When I came back yesterday, Heizi said that before school started, he would play basketball in the small park every day, so I will definitely see him today.

Thinking of being able to talk to Kuroko again, Akashi couldn't help but secretly laughed.

After running two kilometers, he was sweating, and Akashi was breathing heavily.Although it is not too tired to get down on the ground, the body is still very uncomfortable after running so much for the first time. It is like a person who only eats one bun per meal suddenly let him eat 5 buns. It will be uncomfortable.

While wiping his sweat, he walked back to the mansion, Akashi struggled to adjust his breathing.He has always maintained the first result in various competitions, even long-distance running is no problem, but once he receives professional training, that little result is far from enough.Although it's not that I haven't run a marathon in elementary school, it's probably because of the timing, which is far more tiring than running a marathon.

"Master, breakfast is ready, and the professor of imperial studies has also arrived." Tanaka looked at the itinerary one by one and sorted it out to Akashi.

"Tell that one that he can go back, and just stay with the exercises. I said yesterday that today I will be in the park before boarding the plane." Akashi said and walked into the bathroom, and simply washed off the sweat on his body before going to the bathroom. Breakfast was finished elegantly at the table as always.

"Yes." After what happened yesterday, Tanaka understood that there was no need to ask Mr. Akashi about it now.Since Akashi dared to say that, he was fully prepared.

After cleaning up, Akashi grabbed the basketball and jumped into the car with great enthusiasm, urging Tanaka to drive quickly.

Because he had a destination, Tanaka drove very fast this time, and arrived at the park that Akashi mentioned in a short while.

"Wait here, don't call me unless father has something to do." Before the car was stable, Akashi opened the door and jumped out of the car. Without turning his head, he ran directly to the park with the ball in his arms.

Walking along yesterday's path, the sound of thumping basketballs getting closer and closer.Akashi felt his palms start to sweat and his heart beat faster.Be sure to become friends with Heizi today.

In this case, he will have his first friend!

However, just after turning the corner, Akashi froze there.

The basketball court in front of him does have a picture of the basketball touching the ground, but the person who controls this picture is a junior high school student he doesn't know wearing a white school uniform, and there are more than one.

In front of the group of junior high school students, the short, almost invisible Heizi stood there, holding his arms, with bruises on the corners of his mouth, but his expression was calm.

"Hey, I said, you're just a brat, why are you putting on airs? We can play as we like, it's none of your business?" One of the junior high school students kicked Heizi with his foot, looking like a little ruffian, laughing People are disgusting.

"You can't even throw a ball and you want to teach us? Do you know who we are?" Another junior high school student pointed to his chest, "Did you see the school badge? Diguang Middle School! We are Diguang Basketball Club You come to play in this kind of crappy small court to save face, what the hell do you have to preach to us? After all, it is more appropriate for you scumbags to play in the mud. Hahaha, basketball is not It suits you."

"You are the ones who are not suitable for basketball." Heizi wiped off the blood from the corner of his mouth, and struggled to get up, while the other kid beside him took a step back with some shrunkenness.

"Did I say you're an idiot? You just like being beaten that much?" The junior high school student with the ball in his hand snorted and smashed the ball at Heizi's body. Seeing Heizi fall to the ground again, his smile became even more joyful. "I just said why does it look so familiar. I suddenly remembered that my younger brother was taken care of by you. But in the end it seems that you ended up worse hahaha. What's your name? Black Wood? Black Mountain? Anyway, it's just an unrelated Important guy. Hey, do you know? I heard from my brother that this guy didn't dare to go to class after being bullied at school for a month. Hahahaha, it's too low."

Accompanied by the roar of laughter, Heizi lowered his head and gritted his teeth desperately, but he didn't dare to move any more.It's not that I don't want to, but the rejection of my body.

For the first time, Akashi felt angry and wanted to kill someone.

He didn't care who those people were, but what they said to Heizi was too much!However, he didn't move.Just be there and watch.Although he desperately told himself that he should go up to help, his body seemed to be bound by an invisible rope.

"Don't touch things that you can't win. I don't allow you to damage the reputation of the Akashi family!"

The sound echoed in the brain as if it was implanted, completely controlling the circuits in all parts of the body, and the scars on the body once again felt hot pain.

Can't win, can't win so can't save.

Backing away slowly, step by step, Akashi knew what he was doing, but couldn't control it.Such an ugly and cowardly behavior, but he can only do this.

Turning his head, even throwing the basketball on the ground, he turned around like crazy and ran towards the way he came from, tears rolled in his eyes, and his chest was holding back like it was about to explode.

Tanaka, who was sitting in the car waiting for Akashi, saw Akashi running out of the park at a glance. He didn't understand why it was so fast this time, and the basketball was gone. He got out of the car and saw Akashi jumping directly on him. , choked with tears and said: "Tanaka, what should I do..."

Seeing his young master crying like this for the first time, Tanaka was also a little stunned for a moment, but he was middle-aged after all, and soon began to comfort Akashi and asked what happened.

"I, I didn't save them... I didn't save Kuroko..." While wiping away his tears, Akashi said sobbing, and Akashi felt that he was really terrible.

"That's because the young master is not strong enough yet." Tanaka took out a handkerchief, and gently wiped Akashi's face, "The young master is still young, so naturally there are many things that he can't do. When the young master grows up a bit, he will be stronger again." Some, when they are so strong that no one will be afraid anymore, they will be able to help him."

"When it's so strong that no one will be afraid anymore..." Akashi murmured and repeated, but raised his head as if uncertain, stared at Tanaka with red eyes and asked seriously Once again, "Is it enough to be strong? Like my father said, no matter what you get first?"

"Yes, master." Tanaka nodded.

After a long silence, Akashi slowly lowered his head, but raised his left arm abruptly, wiped his eyes with his sleeve, took a deep breath, and said to Tanaka, "Tanaka, now I need your strength, follow me come over."

"Your order, master." Tanaka said with a loving smile, and followed Akashi to the basketball court in the park.