[Black Basket] And Tsukihara Atsushi's Cookies

After school, the students file out.

Rina, who is the team leader on duty today, said goodbye to her friends in the class one by one.

"Naxi, I'm leaving first, see you the day after tomorrow."

"Cornelia, see you the day after tomorrow."

"Orange Garden, thank you for your hard work, I'm leaving first."

"Goodbye, Kuriyama-kun."

"Pear Jam, see you the day after tomorrow."

"See you the day after tomorrow, Xiao Qi."

……

After the students left one after another, there were only a few students left in the class.

Like Rina, they are all on-duty students today. Tomorrow, "Showa no Hi" school will have a day off, and the students in the class are very happy. After all, most of Yangquan colleges and universities are boarding students, and only a few of them are day students like Rina.

"The classroom is very clean today, let's work harder and try to finish work early!"

"it is good!"

In this way, the cleaning work officially began.

Just when everyone was working in full swing, a thin voice sounded:

"Chairman..."

Rina who was mopping the floor looked up and saw a short and thin boy standing not far away.

Rina smiled friendly: "Iwaki-kun, what's the matter?"

The boy in front of him is named Iwashiji Osamu. Because of his short stature and introverted personality, he has no sense of presence in the class.

In order to avoid bullying incidents that may occur in the future, Rina suggested that the health committee divide the duty group according to the working time of the department, and transferred Ji Yancheng to his own health team.

"Chairman," under Rina's gaze, the boy said awkwardly, "I have something to do today, can I leave early?"

"Yes, yes, but is it convenient for Mr. Yancheng to explain the reason?"

Ji Yancheng blushed and said embarrassedly: "Today is the day for the selection of members of the second army of the basketball club. I want to try..."

Rina was taken aback: "Is Iwashiro-kun from the basketball club?"

She clearly remembered that the boy did not join any regiment.

"No, I'm not," Yancheng shook his head vigorously, "The basketball club stipulates that only after submitting an application for membership can one pass the selection process to become an official member of the basketball club. Now I don't count."

Unlike Diguang, the Yangquan High School basketball club only has the first and second teams. Except for the practice games in the school, members of the second team rarely have the opportunity to play games, which is equivalent to the third team of Diguang.

Because of the large number of people and many opportunities to be promoted to the first army, the competition within the second army is fierce.

"So that's how it is," Rina nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly felt that the boy was a bit like a friend of hers, "Since it's such an important matter, Iwasaki-kun, don't waste time, go quickly, cheers for the trials."

"Thank you Chairman! I will work hard!"

After Iwashiro finished speaking, he left happily.

He looked full of energy, and disappeared from Rina's sight in the blink of an eye.

After the cleaning work was over, Rina carried her backpack to the activity room of the mathematics department.

Compared with the spacious Teiko science department room, the Yangquan mathematics department activity room is very small, only half of the ordinary classroom. According to the seniors in the department, this was originally the utility room of the drama department, and the drama department has moved to a new place. In a large place, the school allocated this small classroom to the mathematics department with fewer members.

【This truth sounds so miserable...】

【Poverty, weak, helpless and pitiful→_→】

Since today is not the activity time of the mathematics department.

There were only three third-year seniors chatting while eating snacks in the club room.

"Shimoo-senpai, Tashiro-senpai, Kumagai-senpai, good afternoon."

"Xiaoju came just in time. We are discussing the 'Golden Week' co-camp, so Xiaoju should come and listen."

"'Golden Week' sleepover?"

"Yeah, every year the Golden Week Department holds a joint camp. The main purpose... ah, there is no purpose, just to find an excuse for everyone to get together. You may not know that your home is in Tokyo. The snow in Akita starts from November and has been going on for a long time. In March of the following year, it is common for roads to be blocked by heavy snow in winter, and if you are unlucky, water and electricity will be cut off, so we cherish the opportunity to travel when the weather is warm.”

"So this is ah."

Rina nodded and sat next to the senior.

After Rina was seated, Vice Minister Mayumi Shimoo continued:

"... This year we have two options for co-sleeping, one is Senbei City next door, and the other is Oga City, both places are not far away—"

"The astronomy department next door is going to Okinawa, and the physics department is going to Kanagawa. Why do we have to go around the county when it's our turn? Let's go further to Hokkaido..."

Tashiro-senpai next to Rina complained.

Shimoo-senpai smiled slightly: "It's good enough that I didn't ask you to go to Qianqiu Park to pitch a tent. If you can generate funds, I want to go abroad even more."

Qianqiu Park is a very famous scenic spot in Akita City, and the apartment that Rina rents is near this park.

Sister Tashiro sighed: "I heard that the school allocated a large amount of funds to the basketball team this year. When will we be valued so much by the school."

"In a dream."

Kumagai-senpai said with a smile.

At this moment, Shimoo Mayumi looked at Rina: "What do you think, Tachibana, which one do you think is better, Senbei City or Oga City?"

The three looked at Rina in unison.

"Me? I have no objection, it's fine for the seniors to decide."

Rina said kindly.

"Really, do you have any objection to our going to Oga City?"

Mayumi Shimoo said meaningfully.

"What opinion?"

Rina was confused.

"You don't know?" Shimoo asked in surprise.

"what?"

Rina looked blankly at Shimoo-senpai.

Xiawei smiled: "It seems that you really don't know, then it must be that there hasn't been any notice..."

"there?"

Rina was even more puzzled.

She had no idea what the deputy minister was playing.

Tashiro-senpai at the side seemed to understand something: "Could it be—"

Mayumi Shimoo nodded.

"So it is!"

Tashiro-senpai glanced at Rina excitedly, then turned her head and whispered something into Kumagai-senpai's ear.

Immediately afterwards, the two said in unison:

"Xianbei City!"

After finishing speaking, the two looked at Rina with smiles, like two wolves with big tails.

"You'll appreciate us."

"This is love from seniors!"

Rina: ...

Shimoo patted Rina's shoulder and said with a smirk: "Be nice to seniors, Junior Tachibana~~~"

Rina: ...

Until dark, the seniors did not reveal the secret of the camp in Xianbei City.

But Rina has already guessed all about it.

The smiles of the seniors are too weird.

That gossiping look in Rina's eyes is very familiar, she has seen the exact same expression with her friend Nagasawa Keiko countless times.

[Probably related to Dun Jun. 】

After all, it was Dunjun who accompanied her to submit the application for admission on the day the freshman entered school.

The seniors all know the relationship between Dun Jun and her.

Thinking about it, Rina glanced at the First Army Gymnasium, which was still lit.

He strode towards the school gate.

Although Akita City is the most populous place in Akita Prefecture, it is still a quiet city compared to the bustling Tokyo.

The cherry blossoms in Tokyo have long since faded this season, but the cherry blossoms in Akita City are still in full bloom.

Right now is the cherry blossom viewing season in Akita Prefecture. On the way home, Rina passed by Senshu Park. There are lights on in the park, and many tourists are taking pictures under the cherry trees.

The cherry blossoms at night are very beautiful, and Rina couldn't help taking out her phone and taking pictures while walking.

She picked out the best-looking photo and sent it to Atsushi Murasaki, who was probably still training:

["I want to kiss you under such a cherry blossom tree~"]

Knowing that Murasakihara could not reply immediately, Rina put the phone back in her backpack and walked out of the park.

As May approaches, the night air in Akita City is still cool.

Rina passed by the dessert shop and bought two milk puddings, ready to taste them at home.

at this time.

Out of the corner of Rina's eye, she spotted a lonely figure in the uniform of Yangquan High School on the steps of the store.

That is……

After hesitating for a while, Rina stepped forward:

"Yancheng-kun?"

Yes, Rina saw her classmate and told herself happily three hours ago that he was preparing to participate in the selection of the basketball club.

Hearing his name, the thin boy raised his head, and there seemed to be traces of crying on his face: "...Chairman?"

Rina smiled: "Isn't Yancheng-kun living in a dormitory, why are you here?"

Although it is also located near the school, it is not in the same direction as the student dormitory provided by Yangquan, and it is not easy to go to the wrong place.

The boy's voice was a little frustrated: "I don't really want to go back to the dormitory..."

"Why," Rina said gently, "I didn't mean to pry into Yan Cheng-kun's privacy, but as the chairman of the class, if I see a student who is unwilling to go back to the dormitory, I should at least ask why. This is also my duty."

Ji Yancheng lowered his head, feeling extremely frustrated: "It's the basketball club. I lost the selection. I was the last one in the trials... Senior Fukui, the deputy head of the basketball club, said that I am not suitable for the basketball club. Can't adapt to the training in the ministry."

"Then what did Iwaki-kun think?"

"I don't know, I've done a lot of homework, I've been exercising, I've done my best, and it still doesn't work..."

The boy's voice choked.

"Homework," Rina asked curiously, "Can you show me the homework?"

"Well," the boy pulled out a file bag from his backpack and handed it to Rina, "This is it. I collected a lot of information. I like collecting these since I was a child..."

Rina took out the information in the file bag, and after flipping through two pages, she was surprised to find that it was actually the information of Mr. Araki, no, more precisely, it was the information of Mr. Araki's "arranging troops".

It records in detail what tactics Mr. Araki is good at, what kind of players he admires, and the personal characteristics of these players.

Rina thought Iwaki was like Kuroko before, with the same thin body, thin presence, and supreme love for basketball...

Now she realizes that she has misjudged, this is not Kuroko Tetsuya, it is clearly the male version of Momoi Itsuki.

Rina quickly finished reading the information in her hand, and looked up at the boy who was much shorter than herself: "Yancheng-kun, if your information is true, I have [-]% chance to let you enter the basketball team, but it is not based on the player's qualifications." Identity, does Yancheng-kun agree?"

"Chairman?!"

The boy looked up at Rina in disbelief.

There were still tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Do you want to?"

"Of course I do, as long as I'm in the basketball club, I can do anything!" the boy said impatiently.

"Yeah, before that, let me see Iwaki-kun's basketball ability."

Rina stared fixedly at the boy, saying one sentence at a time:

"No matter what your status is, isn't the ultimate goal of Yan Cheng-kun to play in the game, let me see the distance between you and your dream."