Song of Light and Shadow

"Okay, that's it for today." After the assistant coach announced that the training was over, almost everyone in the first army sat on the ground gasping for breath.

However, Akashi just took a few deep breaths, then turned and walked towards the shower room.

When they came out of the cubicle, they just bumped into the green room that had also taken a shower, and they went to the locker room together.

Although it's only been half a year, they are probably both first-year students. In addition, the coach deliberately put several people together when arranging training, so even if they are not in the same class, they are relatively close.What's more, not long ago, I learned that the families of several people actually have some contacts, so they naturally formed a circle.

"I have something to do at Murasakihara's house, so I'm leaving today." Midorima said to Akashi after changing his clothes and putting on his glasses.

"It doesn't matter, it's the same for the two of us to go find it." Akashi dried his hair with a towel, but stopped speaking after finishing speaking.

Leaving the locker room, just walking to the corner on the right of Hall [-], Akashi noticed that one of the managers of the team not far away, Momoi Itsuki, was holding a large basket of clothes and was about to fall backwards, so he stepped forward to help him naturally. grabbed her shoulders.

"Please be careful. If these clothes are too heavy to move, you can ask people from the three services to help. Thank you for your contribution to the team, and please continue to support the team."

A gentle smile appeared naturally, making the three girls in front of them blush involuntarily.

"Let's go, Midorima." However, Akashi didn't stop much, and immediately called Midorima to walk forward.

"Recently, you've been silent for longer and longer, what are you thinking about?" Along the way, Akashi hardly spoke again, and Midorima, who felt strange, finally raised a question.

"Well, that's right, I'm more concerned about some things." Akashi didn't deny it.

"Did you win the qualifiers for all of them a while ago?" Midorima was keenly aware of what Akashi said 'more concerned'.

"Yeah, although we did win the game and get the all-time appearance in the region, there were a few games that were quite dangerous. We won it purely because the opponent let down our guard at the end so that we could take advantage of it. Considering the next We can’t say that we can keep winning and keep our current position, and the coach and captain are also very worried.”

"It's enough if we work hard to become stronger." Midorima didn't think it was a big problem. Recently, his three-point shooting percentage has reached more than 70.00%.

"Well, to be precise, there is nothing wrong with our combat power layout, but because it is too orthodox, it is easy to be figured out by the opponent. In addition, if the opponent adopts surprise attack tactics, we will not be able to deal with it freely. I What I want is a more flexible team...such as sending a sixth man who can affect the direction of the game when necessary..."

"The sixth person? Haizaki?" Midorima couldn't fully understand Akashi's thoughts.

"No, not a guy like him, but something more special, a little different... a guy with another talent different from the few of us." Akashi narrowed his eyes.

"Will there be such a person?" Midorima couldn't imagine the person Akashi described in his mind, so he could only draw a question mark in his heart.

Akashi didn't speak any more.

The two searched for some places, but found no trace of Qingfeng, and it was already very late, so they could only give up and go home.

When Qingfeng appeared in the team the next day, Hongcun took him to a corner and gave him a good lesson. After that, he never dared not to participate in group training, but he disappeared without a trace immediately after the group training.

"Qingfeng, he doesn't even come to a meeting." When the finals are approaching, the main players of the first army are often left behind for discussions, but Qingfeng never showed up. Rather, he didn't even know that he wanted to stay, and he was very troubled by this. Hongcun finally complained, "Where did you die?"

"Ah, what Aomine-kun said is in Building No. [-]." Momoi, who was packing up at the side, heard what Hongcun said, and answered it casually.

"Huh? Building No. [-]?" Hongcun was stunned for a moment, then seemed to understand something, clicked his tongue, and called Akashi who had already changed his clothes and was about to leave school with Murasakihara and Midorima, "Akashi, go to No. [-] Check to see if that kid Qingfeng is there."

"Okay, I see." Akashi nodded, changing the established route.

From Building No. [-], through a grove, we arrive at the location of Building No. [-]. Although you can get there through the corridor by turning around the teaching building from the main entrance, but because it will waste more time, Akashi decides to take a little trouble. The woods go by.

"Wow... the branches are so annoying. Why are these trees so short..." Murasakihara followed behind Akashi, pushing away the branches hanging in front of him from time to time, muttering dissatisfiedly while walking forward .

"It's just that you are too tall." Midorima pushed the glasses with her bandage-covered fingers, but after saying this, she had to stop because her hair was caught by a tree branch, and pulled her hair out of the way in embarrassment. untied from the branches.

Akashi sighed, and looked at Murasakihara and Midorima apologetically, but didn't say anything, just waiting for the two to follow him.

Leaving the woods, Hall No. [-] is not far away.

It doesn't have the magnificent painting and modeling like Halls 4 to [-], and it doesn't even have the word '[-]' marked with Hall [-].From the outside, it looks more like a large container warehouse on a pier than a stadium. The mottled walls and rusty doors all reveal the age of this venue.This venue, which is said to be haunted by ghosts, was not always No. [-], but was originally the Teiko Basketball Stadium.Before the rise of the basketball club of Diguang Middle School, the basketball club with less than ten members had been practicing in this kind of court. It wasn't until they won the National League Championship for the first time that the school paid enough attention to this club. Funds were allocated to build new venues.With the increasing number of games won, the number of members of the Teiko Basketball Club also increased rapidly, and the construction of the stadium followed closely. However, the old No. [-] Hall was gradually forgotten, and finally It was changed to Building No. [-], and it became an empty building that anyone can enter on weekdays.

"Luzi, do you think there are really ghosts here?" Sweeping the leaves off his shoulders, Ziyuan took out a delicious bar from the snack bag he was holding, and asked Midorima not very curiously.

"How could such a thing exist?" Midorima snorted, "If there is such a thing as a ghost, then it is impossible for Aomine to play in Hall [-]. And, fundamentally speaking, ghosts are only It's just a cognitive barrier caused by human beings' fear of not being able to recognize things in the dark, and it's not something that actually exists at all."

"Does Akashi want to eat?" However, Murasakibara completely ignored Midorima's answer and ran to Akashi instead.

Akashi shook his head, saying no.

As they approached Hall No. [-], the sound of basketball in the hall became more and more clear.

Akashi looked into the arena expressionlessly, only to see Aomine make a jump shot, and the ball entered the basket with a beautiful arc.

"Have you been practicing here recently? I said why I can't see you anymore, Aomine." Akashi said to the panting figure.

"Eh? Akashi?! Why are you here?" Hearing about Akashi's business, Aomine turned around in surprise.

"You haven't attended the meeting for the past few days. Captain Hongcun is already dissatisfied, so I want you to be called."

"Ah? Are you going to have a meeting? I'm sorry, but it's great here. It doesn't have as many rules and regulations as Hall No. [-], and there are not so many people. By the way. Do you want to come and play with us?" Qingfeng smiled, He threw the ball from his left hand to his right hand, threw it again, held it with his index finger, and spun the ball.

"No, it doesn't matter to me where you train, but it's better to attend the meeting." Akashi said indifferently, "It's about to be strengthened. Very troublesome."

"You know, I've been practicing all the time." Qingfeng shrugged, "I'll go back now."

"Mr. Qingfeng?"

At this time, a not-so-loud voice came from behind Aomine, but it made Akashi, who had been indifferent until now, tremble like an electric shock.

He remembered that clear voice, there was only one person in this world who had this voice...

"Ah, I almost forgot to introduce." Aomine looked towards the direction of the voice, then quickly looked at Akashi, turned sideways and took a few steps back to get out of sight, exposing the owner of the voice in front of Akashi, " This is Zhe, and I play basketball with him these days."

"Hello, my name is Tetsuya Kuroko." The thin boy with a clear voice nodded his ice-blue head at Akashi and the others as a greeting, without any other superfluous movements.

However, for Akashi, the moment he looked into those eyes that could not see any emotion, the world seemed to have lost the sound, and there were only the long-term memories buried deep in the brain.

[Hi, my name is Heizi Tetsuya. 】

Why Kuroko appeared in Hall [-] of the Teiko Basketball Club is completely unimportant to Akashi, what is important is that Kuroko is here now, right within his reach.

"Ale? Is there such a person in our team?" Ziyuan glanced at Heizi, and opened another bag of Pocky.

"He's not from the first army." Qingfeng explained.

"What is it, Chizai, let's go quickly, I want to go home early." Ziyuan yawned big as if he immediately ignored the existence of Heizi.

"Hey, hello, Ziyuan, what's your attitude, Zhe is very powerful!" Qingfeng glared at Ziyuan dissatisfied.

"No rush." ​​Akashi stared at Kuroko, and slowly walked towards him, "I'm a little concerned about him... This is the first time I've seen this type of person."

It seems that he really doesn't remember me... Seeing that Kuroko didn't show any surprise or joy on his face, Akashi was slightly disappointed, but he had already learned how to hide his emotions and thoughts, and only acted as if he was seeing me for the first time. It's the same with Kuroko Tetsuya.

"Akashi?" Midorima was a little surprised.

"Maybe, he has the same talent as us, or a completely different talent hidden in him."

"Eh?" Not only Midorima, everyone except Akashi was taken aback this time.

"Can you leave first? I want to talk to him alone."

Although they didn't know what Akashi wanted to do, the other three left Hall [-] quickly.

Only Akashi and Kuroko were left in the huge stadium.

"Well, may I ask, what did you mean just now?" Kuroko still couldn't understand what Akashi just said.

"Before that, can I ask you a few questions?" Akashi tried to keep a calm mind, "First of all, when did you start playing basketball?"

"Around the fifth grade of elementary school."

"Have you been practicing?"

"Well, basically practice every day."

"How long will you practice?"

"Now, after the training of the three armed forces, there will be another two or three hours of practice."

"What about the foundation?"

"Do it every day."

"What about your studies? What's your level in the exam?"

"Ranked in the top 100."

"As far as the three armies are concerned, I don't seem to have seen you before."

"I should have seen it before, but usually my sense of existence is very weak, so I probably didn't notice it."

Akashi smiled in his heart, sure enough, Kuroko was as serious and persistent as he expected, but the weak sense of existence was a bit beyond his expectations, after all, it is difficult for a person who was originally so strong to be discovered now. hard to imagine.However, this kind of Heizi also made him a little confused. If it is said that he couldn’t see the strength of Heizi because he didn’t know much about basketball when he was a child, then now he is very confident in his basketball, but he still can’t see Heizi’s end. What kind of state is it.Such a guy, even a stranger, would interest him, let alone Heizi.

"It's the first time I've seen someone like you who trains so hard but doesn't get the corresponding results." Akashi said truthfully.

"Sorry, I don't seem to be in the mental state to accept these words." Heizi was obviously shocked and lowered his head.

Akashi thought about it for a while and then understood what happened. From the perspective of the three-army coach today, Kuroko must have been persuaded to quit.What a blind guy...

"Sorry, I didn't mean that." Akashi quickly explained, "I just admire you. Although your physical fitness is not suitable for sports, your motor nerves are not bad. IQ can be said to be The level is too high, and the playing age and practice amount are enough, but I can’t feel any feeling for you. Generally speaking, no matter who it is, after a certain amount of practice, it will give people a strong or very strong feeling. The feeling of weakness is a bit like an aura. But for you, I can't feel anything. You look weak, but it's just a visual judgment of your muscles and bones, not your body. Basketball level. To put it bluntly, in addition to your daily life, you have almost zero sense of existence as an athlete. This phenomenon is very special. It may be a shortcoming, but it may not be a shortcoming but an advantage. If you use it flexibly If so, it will be a very powerful weapon."

Akashi said so, and at the same time roughly outlined Kuroko's information in his mind, and thought of some methods that were more suitable for him.

"Do you want to use my sense of non-existence? Can this kind of thing be done?" Heizi couldn't believe it.

Just as Akashi was about to speak, he suddenly fell silent again. He wasn't sure if it would be good to directly teach Kuroko the style of play he had come up with.Heizi likes basketball, and he knows this better than anyone else, so he probably doesn't want to be too passive in basketball...

Or try to guide it first.

"There is only so much I can say. My purpose is not to teach you any skills, but to let you create a new basketball posture. Compared with me telling you directly, it is better for you to learn from repeated experiments and explorations. It is more meaningful to draw conclusions. Persisting in a new style of play requires faith. Even if I teach you, it is useless if you cannot persist in the middle. And I also have my own training and the work of the vice captain to do, no matter what. I can't teach you by hand..."

Seeing Kuroko's slightly disappointed and lowered eyes, Akashi also softened his heart, maybe it's too early for Kuroko to have such strict requirements.What's more, he had just been hit.

"But I am really optimistic about you, so I will give you some tips. First, if you want to break through, you must abandon your inherent concepts. Second, although you have such advantages, your physical condition is not superior, so you Your ability is not for yourself, but for the team." Akashi said, walked to the door, pushed the door open, but stopped, looked back at Heizi, "There is one more thing, but this is not a reminder, even if you find the answer , I’m afraid ordinary tests can’t be tested, so when you come to me, I will convince the captain and coach to let you use other methods to test.”

Seeing the faint smile on Akashi's face, Kuroko froze for a moment, and shouted at the moment Akashi was about to close the door: "Please wait."

Akashi turned his head and looked at Kuroko with a questioning expression.

Heizi hesitated for a moment, then looked at Akashi, and asked suspiciously, "Have we met somewhere before?"

This time, it was Akashi's turn to be stunned, but he quickly turned his back to Heizi and said softly, "No."

After speaking, without waiting for Heizi to speak, he closed the door.

The night wind kicked up the dust, rolled it up in the open space, and soon scattered it all over the ground again.Standing at the door, Akashi stared at the scattered dust and was stunned for a while, only to recover when he heard the noise around him again.

"Lvjian?" Turning his head, he saw the green room which was much taller than himself, "Eavesdropping is a bad habit."

"I'm just curious about what kind of person you're looking at." Midorima walked to Akashi's side, and followed him to the school gate, "I still can't believe that such a guy can really become an official player?"

"Who knows." Akashi's tone suddenly turned cold, as if he was refusing something, "It's just the first time we meet, I don't have the obligation to care so much, I just gave him a rope, whether he can climb up, it's all up to him It's up to him."

A little cold sweat broke out on the palms of his hands, and Akashi relaxed after making sure that Midorima no longer thought he was interested in Kuroko personally.He almost forgot that the current him is not the same as he was two years ago or even earlier. He has already accepted the coming-of-age ceremony and has to bear the future of the Akashi family. Or hating nothing can be shown for anyone to notice.

He can only be a perfect being.