[Black Basket] Star Trail

"It seems that there is no danger to life."

At that time, Kanzawa Norie was sipping from a drink can.Sure enough, the hot chocolate was still too hot for October, and the girl with a cat tongue had to take her time. "……Um?"

Kanzawa Jizheng inexplicably felt that she looked a little silly, so he poked her cheek with his finger. "In, said, Chi, Si, er, thing, situation. Didn't the supervisor of the basketball department fall ill? It seems that his life is not in danger."

"I didn't ask you."

"That's right, you didn't ask me, but who is it that finally doesn't frown after hearing the news?" Kanzawa Jizheng leaned back in his chair, "Everyone can see that you are worried, okay?"

The brown-haired girl gave him a blank look.

"There is no such thing."

In the cafeteria, the atmosphere at the table in the Generation of Miracles was obviously quieter than the surrounding ones. Although Akashi still looked expressionless, a person's emotional expression was never limited by facial expressions.Kanzawa Norie is not yet familiar with him enough to guess what he is thinking based on body language alone, but she observes carefully and studies patiently.

"Although the basketball team will not become a mess, it does have some influence." Kanzawa Jizheng, who was sitting opposite the girl, exhaled and blew his bangs, "...just as the swimming team coach suddenly resigned, It will cause us a lot of trouble."

Every team needs a coach because they have the "vision" and "experience" that the players themselves don't have.Supervisor Platinum is one of the winning factors of the Diguang basketball team. Without him, although the strength will not be greatly reduced, the uneasiness caused to the team alone is already an immeasurable loss.

Kanzawa Norie looked down at the lid on the aluminum can.

It is not a matter of a day or two for the Diguang men's basketball team to grow.It is indeed an advantage to have a large number of people, but now, it has become a problem.As the captain, Akashi Seijuro has to deal with not only the emotions of the starting players, but also the mentality of the newly promoted players, in short: to stabilize the morale of the army.

This task may seem easy, but it is actually very abstract.

Akashi Seijuro's road to becoming the captain went very smoothly. Although as the "Miracle Generation" who became the first army in the first year of junior high school, his strength is beyond doubt, but it is unavoidable for a second-year junior high school student to appease other people's emotions. Too harsh.

What Akashi could have given people was not a sense of security—it was more of a sense of awe, or a sense of oppression.

Even a layman like her can see the negative impact of the supervisor's departure on the basketball team.

The black-haired boy saw her worry, thought for a while, and said, "Don't worry, Akashi can handle it. He has never been troubled by anything, and he won't be this time either. It's just a matter of time." .”

Kanazawa Norie sighed. "I hope so."

Teiko Middle School Basketball Hall, Hall [-].

The sound of sneakers rubbing against the ground sounded frequently, so sharp that it seemed to pierce the eardrums.Akashi Seijuro sat on the bench, wiped his sweat with a towel on his head, and took a sip of water.

He glanced at the red phone beside him.Kanzawa Norie has not sent an email to him for a long time.The daily greetings and conversations are still there, and the attitude is considered relaxed and ordinary, except that the private contact is suddenly interrupted by her.Akashi guessed that she probably heard something from elsewhere, and judged that she didn't want to be disturbed at this moment.

At such times, Kanzawa Norie has always distinguished public and private affairs very clearly.If she decides that it is better for his situation to stop contacting, the girl will do so without hesitation, just like once she decides that the conversation with Akashi will affect the matter in her hand, she can disappear without saying a word until Things work out.

She gives enough freedom and respect to others while demanding the same.

In essence, like Akashi, she is a person who puts reason above emotion.

Aomine Daiki held the ball and faced another first army wearing the No. [-] vest.

He didn't even use his gorgeous skills, and he easily passed number seven with a simple dribble.No. [-] standing on his way quickly opened his hands to intercept, Qingfeng passed the ball to Ziyuan next to him, with "so boring" written brightly on his face.

"Oh! But the rescue is also very fast!" No. [-] immediately entangled him again, and Ziyuan gave him a sideways look.

"Huh?" Kise Ryota slightly opened his eyes wide.

Atsushi Ziyuan spun back and swung from No. [-]'s left and right to the right. The next thing he did was extremely proficient—the boy bent his knees and jumped slightly, and easily threw the ball into the basket.

"Whoa! Good shot!!"

"Such a tall body has such a speed!"

"Wait..." Kise hadn't recovered completely, "Xiao Ziyuan's turnaround just now was too fast, right?"

Ziyuan half-closed her eyes, still looking like she was going to sleep or not, but the sharpness in her eyes was sharp, as if she wanted to stab someone, even though she didn't have the intention, "...Eh, is it?"

"I just hit it casually... But I always feel that the power has been gushing out uncontrollably..." Ziyuan raised his right hand in front of him, his tone seemed to be a little joking, and it seemed to be a serious declaration, " If I get serious, maybe even my teammates will be crushed by accident──”

Akashi pulled off the towel from his head and looked in this direction.

Sure enough, as he expected, the generation of miracles began to grow rapidly.They have been stuck in the bottleneck of "the strongest among middle school students" for too long, but once they break through this difficulty, their growth rate is amazing, just like a Maserati that takes a long time to start, breaks through After the pass called "start", the speed can be increased from zero to one hundred kilometers per hour in a short time.The road from "the strongest middle school student" to "genius" starts from the beginning.

Akashi sighed inwardly.

But in this eventful autumn...

"Hey!" It was Aomine Daiki who broke the subtle silence. "No matter what you say, let him live too easily! Give me some motivation!"

"No! I'm working hard, and I'm doing my best!" Seventh justified, "But Qingfeng-kun, you are too fast!"

"Ah?" Qingfeng's temper immediately exploded, "So... tsk!"

"Mr. Qingfeng." Heizi called out, and then shut up again.

──I also think there is nothing wrong with what you said.

──But it still doesn’t work.

──What I want... is absolutely impossible to find.

What Aomine said on the court is still vivid in my memory.Hei Zizhe also couldn't understand Qingfeng's mentality, but the negative energy brought by his mentality did not only make Qingfeng feel down.

The ace's shining territory has never been more than 420 square meters, and they can also affect the morale of the team itself.That's why the coach once wanted to demote him—the self-abandonment exuded by Aomine Daiki has already made the team's atmosphere very bad——Aomine has done more harm than good to the team.

Knowing that the gear is about to derail, your choice is to let it work until the last moment, or to take out a new top first, so that its collapse will not hurt other gears?

"...I don't have anything special to say today. Disband."

"You have worked hard!"

Kanzawa Norie took the letter and walked to the chairman's office.

The high school I want to take is very famous, and it is a private school that has everything from high school to elementary school. It is not easy to get in.In addition to having a beautiful report card, a letter of recommendation from the school is also required—and the director of Diguang has a lot of contacts, and the girl knows that he has a good personal relationship with the management of that high school.

Considering the relationship between my father and the chairman, it shouldn't be difficult to ask him for a favor, not to mention that she had a reason for the incident.At the end of the corridor is the office. The girl walked to the door and raised her hand to knock, but a faint voice came from inside.

"The five students in the basketball team who are called the 'Generation of Miracles'... No matter what, you must let them play in the game."

The girl's ears quickly picked up the key words.

Generation of Miracles.

Akashi Seijuro.

Kanzawa Norie had never dealt directly with the chairman before, so he didn't know what the other party's voice was like, but his tone had already betrayed him.As she said before, the Diguang Basketball Club has always been strong, and the principal, who is also an employee, would never speak to the coach like this.The only one who can "order" the coach is the chairman of the board who is the boss.

"what?"

"The Teiko Basketball Club has dominated the academic world for a long time. Even so, those five people are special existences. In society, it can be said that... they have been regarded as heroes."

"The hero's active performance is also a good publicity for Diguang. And I heard that they have never lost a game since joining the club, so let them continue to win for the school."

The girl moved two steps and walked to a place where the conversation was louder to listen. Her footsteps were light enough that the people inside did not notice her.The coach seemed to get excited, "But! They are still just children, if you treat them this way, it might have a bad influence on them..."

However, his speech was cut off by the chairman. "I just said it—I'm asking you to treat them specially now."

Kanzawa Norie patted the letter in his palm, and waited for a while, but there was no movement inside, even sighs and breathing were inaudible.It was almost time to go, and if the coach slammed the door out at this moment, he would run right into her.

The brown-haired girl took one last look at the "Director's Office" on the door plate, and suddenly felt that the man sitting behind the desk was really not worthy of this title.

whoosh

The dark orange ball passed through the needle smoothly.

Midorima Shintaro, who had just shot a standard three-pointer, took a deep breath.After practice, there was no one in the basketball hall, and he was the only one doing shooting practice here.He bent down to pick up a basketball and slapped the ball a few times. The sound of the ball hitting the ground lingered here, as if it was the heartbeat of the basketball hall.

another one.

He jumped up, raised his wrist back, and sent his fingertips forward, and the basketball broke away from his five fingers.

whoosh

At that moment, Midorima did hear something.

It was as if the shell had been pecked open by chicks, and the underground water flow had been dug through. The power broke through the ground at that moment, and the power that was transported all the way to the whole body along with the blood made the green-haired boy tremble.He looked back at the halfway line on the basketball court.

──From this distance...

Midorima Shintaro picked up a ball, with his legs spread a little wider than his shoulders, and his body's center of gravity sank, in a standard throwing posture.He has done the throwing action countless times, and even his muscles have memory, and he can judge whether the basketball can go in when it leaves his palm.This ball...!

The boy's eyes tracked the orange parabola, the basketball fell into the net from a narrow angle, and also passed through the needle.Midorima Shintaro opened his eyes slightly, shooting from the center line is beyond the scope of middle school students.

He raised his hand.

Unlike what he had imagined, his palm didn't tremble at all, it was as steady as if he had shot an ordinary three-pointer.

In the empty basketball arena, there is only the sound of the ball bouncing off the net.The evening sun shines through the first blooming flowers.