[Kuroko's Basketball] The winner is king

I didn't slow down until the way back.

When I realized it, I seemed to have screwed up everything.

I don't know what went wrong, it's just a feeling that all the things I've been enduring up until then have exploded in one go.

Walked up to him and asked, "Does it hurt? Is it okay?"

Akashi-kun stared at the lamp in a daze, and stretched out his hands to grab her shoulders. This action startled the girl, and she swallowed her saliva and calmly waited for the boy's next words.

"No...Maybe I'm afraid too, maybe."

"Eh?"

"I was afraid that I would go the wrong way and cause the team to lose. Even if I can maintain invincibility, I can't fully control the victory."

At that moment, the boy really revealed the side that he has been forbearing in his heart.

It seemed a little different from the usual feeling, and he expressed his thoughts well.

However, there was only a sense of peace of mind in the lamp that saw that scene.

【"Ah...that's it, it's great."】

That's a lie.

It didn't feel good in the light at all.

It is the first time that the young man in front of him is so fragile, why can he still express his emotions lightly.

wrong--

It's not right at all--

The reason why the five-watch lamp was relieved was not at all because Akashi Seijuro did what he wanted, did not go wrong, and did not get into the horns.

It's pure, just looking at the problem from one's own point of view, and never thinking about the other party's thoughts will lead to such a result.

Ego-centered emotions.

"Is that so..."

"That's great... Seijuro, you're also... an ordinary person."

The long-standing sense of distance seems to have disappeared, so Wu Gendeng will feel fortunate that no matter how close the contact has been, no matter how close the distance is, the other party seems to be far away in the sky, and the bottom of the iceberg that can never be touched is finally gradually getting closer. emerge.

After breaking the glass completely, reaching out to the world inside, that's the feeling.

Akashi Seijuro who is "invincible" is not "invincible".

This person is an ordinary human being, saying that he "cannot understand the desire of normal people to win", but he is also afraid of failure, of wrestling, and of human beings who cannot win.

Because of the recognition of this point, Wu Gendeng Li will feel lucky.

But in fact, they did not look at the problem from the ideal angle of Kuroko Tetsuya and the others, not at all.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because Akashi... Seijuro has always given me the feeling that he is very far away. Even if I tell you to be equal, I will show you all my thoughts, and you will not tell me your hidden thoughts. This kind of mood It's the first time."

"I'm very glad—Seijuro is just like me, just a coward who is afraid of failure... But it's also because of this that we are 'human'."

As a result, opinions were divided.

"—You, do you think so?"

"Hmm... ah, maybe it's a bit too much to say."

"Do not……"

The weight on the shoulders is gone.

Akashi Seijuro took a step back, because of this step, his face at that moment was completely seen in the Five Watch Lantern.

One eye is red and the other is golden.

"Sure enough, no."

"—It's not that I'm afraid of losing, but that I can't lose."

He smiled and denied his own words, just that one sentence.

The lamp instantly felt the mood of Heizi before.

"...What, is that all?"

"It seems that the light I have been longing for before is nothing more than this."

He said something he didn't understand at all.

The brain suddenly became chaotic and unable to think, and the girl froze in place, not knowing how to answer.

Forget words, forget actions.Looking at the other party's golden pupils in a daze.

"You go back first."

"……okay."

Turning around in a daze, he couldn't help but stop when he reached the door.

"...Hey, who are you...?"

The boy answered in the affirmative.

"Why do you and Kuroko both ask such questions...---Of course I am Akashi Seijuro."

Deng Li couldn't remember how he got back to class, and seeing her expression after Heizi asked her about the situation, the boy couldn't say anything in the end, he just bowed his head to thank her.

Before leaving, Deng Li finally came back to his senses.

"...That, Heizi-kun."

"Yes……"

"I may... touched a part of Akashi-kun's heart, but it was completely pushed away. As far as the result is concerned... nothing changed. I'm sorry."

"...It's all right. Thank you."

After that, Dengli managed to clear his head, and ran to Asakura Ruriko to ask for countermeasures, but was rejected by the other party.

Liu Lizi just handed her the previous class notes, and then said nothing, avoiding her questions, no matter how much Deng Li wanted to ask her for help.

"Hey, Liu Lizi... Please help me... I really don't know what to do."

While constantly asking, the girl saw her friend showing a very irritable expression for the first time.

"Enough is enough."

"...W-what?"

Ryuko Asakura rejected her without hesitation, and drew a boundary without mercy.

"I said you are enough, isn't Akashi Seijuro your boyfriend? Why do you need to ask me about him!? I don't know what you and Kuroko are doing, but it has nothing to do with me, you have a stable Just because I can go to high school doesn't mean I have it!"

Deng Li didn't know where he touched the opponent's Nilin, but the same aggrieved mood was aroused in one breath, and the girl also yelled out in dissatisfaction.

"I came to ask for your help because I didn't know what to do! Why is this inexplicable anger? Did I do something wrong? Did I rely on my own efforts to decide what happened to my future? Or because of something, because I discussed Akashi-kun with Kuroko, so are you dissatisfied?! We are obviously friends, why do you even bother with me about such trivial matters!?"

Liu Lizi was silent for a few seconds, then dropped the notebook on the table.

"It's just because I'm a friend that I can't accept it. What... How many days have passed? I can bear it by leaving me alone. Why come to me at this time? Do you want other people to suppress me? How about telling me before you go to sign up? When I ran all the way to cry alone, I called you and asked for help. Did any of you take care of me? Yes, I have a glass heart——I just don’t want to accompany you to deal with those broken things What's the matter? I just don't want to care about things related to Heizi, can't I?"

In a few seconds, the rhythm that was going to be completely pinched was finally cut off by Chihiro, Amamiya Chihiro desperately grabbed the lamp to prevent her from continuing to talk, while she looked at Liu Lizi.

"Calm down, both of you—Liu Lizi, I also sent you an invitation the day I went to the training center, and I went to Dengli because you rejected it. You also know our grades, you have your culture There is no guarantee, but we don’t have it. I won’t say much about other things, but I can’t accept it. You should calm down a little bit. If you want to train the lamp, I’ll help you train it. But if you want others to understand you, please be considerate first. Be considerate of others."

Chihiro's voice did not tremble, it was very sharp.Liu Lizi was stunned for a while with a blue face, then nodded.

"Sorry, I went too far."

Chihiro didn't hesitate to pull the lamp and turned around, and in the morning he wanted to stop it, but he shut up under Chihiro's eyes, and when the two left Fujikawa, they immediately came forward to stabilize the discipline.

"Dengli." The place where Chihiro and Dengli arrived was the stairwell, and Dengli couldn't help but think of the time when he and Akashi came here together before. At that time, his mood was also unstable, but at that time it was to stand up for Liu Lizi, and instead Today it was because of a quarrel with these two people.Unavoidable waves in my heart.

"I know I was wrong." Deng Li immediately admitted his mistake obediently.

"Impossible, you don't even know why I'm angry, do you?"

"Isn't it because I quarreled with Liu Lizi?"

"It's more than that, besides, I think the essential reason for the dispute just now was Liu Lizi. Although it is true that we have neglected her for a long time."

Lantern couldn't help but startled.

"Then why?"

She really couldn't think of a reason.

"Do you know what I'm thinking every time I look at you?"

"what……?"

"Why is it not me who has such a good voice?"

Chihiro answered bluntly, Deng Li was stunned in place and was suddenly speechless.

She seemed to see herself when she was facing Akashi, whether it was envy or jealousy, that kind of emotion would often erupt.

But he knows more clearly than anyone else how much effort Akashi has put in that ordinary people can't put in, so he can only talk about envy.

People are the result of real hard work.

"I know that you practice a lot every day in Dengli, and you work harder than anyone else, but there is one thing that I just can't accept."

Chihiro put her hands on her hips, staring directly into the lamp with her eyes frowning.

"What's the point of having such a good voice but not being able to take care of it yourself? You've already said that it's best not to quarrel with others. Haven't you thought about what will happen if your voice becomes hoarse?"

"You obviously have such a good condition, why don't you maintain it well? If it were me, I could do better than you, much better than you, why is it not me who has it? Every time I hear myself The sound can only produce a sweet and greasy feeling, and it is even more unbearable when it is sharp. In order to adjust the sound better, I take good care of it every day-but there are still so many unsatisfactory places-you obviously can take care of it Reflect on the relationship between yourself and your friends, why not pay attention to yourself."

Chihiro frowned, and patted Dengli on the shoulder.

The strength was a bit heavy, and the girl grinned when she was photographed.

"I've finished what I want to say, and I'm going up. Where's the lamp?"

The girl sighed, "It hurts (いたい)..."

"Really? Then you can stay here for a while, I'll go up first."

It wasn't until that moment that I realized the source of the distortion in my mind.

At that moment, I might have embarked on a fork in the road.

"Wait, wait, what did you just say, Chihiro?"

"What... I'll go up first."

"No no no...いたい——what do you understand it to mean?"

"No...do you want to stay here for a while...?"

【"...いたい." The boy said that sentence. 】

"I'm only expressing such emotion because my shoulder hurts too much from your beating!... But that's it... So it's so..."

It was almost like an epiphany, and he opened his eyes wide while covering his painful shoulder, and gradually even showed a pale smile.

"At that time, Akashi-kun...wasn't telling me that his eyes were hurting...but simply, he wanted to stay with me in that place."

If I had noticed it earlier, maybe it would not have become like this.

"He has been trying to ask me for help until that moment...but I..."

"...I don't understand."

The author has something to say: the next chapter, The Truth 3, can I finish writing it?

Tomorrow, school will be closed, and I will save the manuscript quickly, but I feel that I can't finish writing today, and I feel like dying.