[Black Basket] On the Victory of the Emperor

130: Strange

After leaving the hospital, Bai Hu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Scared you?"

Akashi stopped and looked back at Shirato.

"A little bit."

Bai Hu said truthfully.

"Do you need to go back to the main house to rest?"

Akashi asked after thinking about it.

Shirato shook his head,

"No, I really want to watch your match, Akashi-kun, especially since the opponent is the ace of the previous final team, I always feel very looking forward to it."

"It's almost time, if you want to come, come together."

Akashi looked at the time on his phone and said.

"kindness."

Shirato followed Akashi into the car.

Arriving at the agreed place, Akashi had already changed into clothes for playing.

The sound of shots came from the court. Shirato looked over and saw that it was the Vulcan he had seen practicing in the finals.

Pulling open the iron mesh door, Vulcan immediately noticed their arrival.

"Hey, Akashi, let's warm up first!"

Kagami probably threw the basketball in his hand to Akashi.

After receiving it, Akashi spontaneously came to the basket and took turns shooting with Vulcan, while Shirato watched him and Vulcan in the rest area.

"Hey, Akashi, who is she?"

Vulcan said while casting again.

"girlfriend."

Akashi catches the ball and sends it up.

"Eh? Girlfriend?!! Yours?!"

After hearing this, Vulcan was so surprised that he almost missed the shot so close. Fortunately, the basketball hit the backboard and rolled a few times before falling into the net.

"Yes, her name is Shiori Shirato."

Akashi tapped the ball twice and took off to shoot.

"It was a bit of a surprise."

Vulcan said, looking at Shirato a few more times while not shooting.

Shirato noticed that Vulcan was a little nervous when he looked over frequently, because the few people she met before were unfortunately people who liked Akashi, but soon she realized that she was thinking too much, and Vulcan cast it The gaze was not as cold as those people before, it was just pure curiosity.

—Finally met a normal person.

Bai Hu thought silently in his heart.

After warming up for a while, Akashi and Vulcan plan to officially start a one-on-one match. Shirato will serve as a referee to help them score points. In view of the strength shown by Vulcan in the Winter Cup, Akashi made the rule that whoever scores ten goals first Even if who wins, the scope of the court used is the whole court, not the usual five-ball or ten-ball system.

As soon as the game started, Vulcan entered the zone. Although Akashi hadn't entered the zone yet, the Emperor's Eye was already guarding against Vulcan.

It was the first time for Shirato to see such a match up close, and she could almost feel the fighting spirit coming to her face.

Suddenly, she felt a chill down her back, as if someone was watching her.

She looked around while paying attention to the situation inside the arena. That line of sight did not come from Vulcan, but from outside the arena.

But she looked around for a long time and didn't see anyone around.

——Is it my illusion?

Bai Hu thought.

That line of sight didn't stay on Bai Hu for too long, so Bai Hu also thought it was a hallucination that appeared because of his overthinking.

In Baihu's eyes, the one-on-one match on the field was no less exciting than the five-on-five match. The speed of Vulcan after entering the zone even appeared some afterimages in Baihu's eyes, which made her eyes dazzled.

Ten to three, this is the score of the first round, and because of Vulcan's strong request to continue, the second round also started soon.

Shirato paid a little attention to the time and found that the second round was 1 minute longer than the first round, and Vulcan also scored one more goal than the first round.

In the fourth game of the third game, the game time was extended, and Vulcan was able to take six goals from Akashi.But six goals seemed to be his limit, and he didn't score more in the next few rounds.

After more than half an hour, another round ended.

"Ha-ho-come again!"

Vulcan wiped his sweat and said.

"not coming."

Akashi took his towel from Shiroto.

"Huh? Why?"

Vulcan felt very happy. Although he had never won a game against Akashi, the feeling of meeting his opponent so vividly made him feel very comfortable.

——One day I will definitely beat you!

"You are not in a good condition today, did you not rest?"

Akashi looked at Kagami who was pouring water into his mouth and asked.

"You saw it."

Vulcan scratched his head, "I was a little excited at the thought of being able to compete with you today, and I just fell asleep this morning."

A smile appeared on Shirato's face.

"But didn't you have a competition not long ago?"

"That's different."

Vulcan replied, "It feels different too."

Shirato vaguely understands that in regular matches, they bear the responsibility of the entire team, and they may not be able to let go like they did today.

Thinking of Vulcan's answer, Akashi also found it a little funny,

"If you want to compare next time, I will try my best to accompany you."

"Really? Don't go back on your word!"

Vulcan said hurriedly, as if Akashi would regret it.

"I won't regret it."

Akashi returned him.

"Hmm - you seem to be far away from here in Kyoto."

Vulcan, who grew up abroad, has never been to Kyoto, but he is not ignorant.

"well enough."

Akashi replied that the journey of more than two hours is actually not very long.

"Then once every two weeks!"

Vulcan thought for a while and said, it can be seen that he originally thought about once a week.

"I'm OK."

Akashi nodded in agreement with the agreement with Kagami.

After getting it and being able to play frequently in the future, Vulcan is not so obsessed with having another game.

"Hey, there's no water."

Vulcan stood upside down on the water bottle and said, "Akashi, do you still have it?"

Akashi picked up the water bottle on the side and shook it,

"I don't have any here either, I'll go buy some."

Akashi has been here many times, and he still remembers that there is a vending machine somewhere.

"I'll go, I have nothing to do anyway."

Bai Hu said.

Akashi originally wanted to agree, but then he remembered that the neighborhood was not very peaceful, and the vending machines were a little far away, so he rejected Shirato's proposal,

"No, I'm more familiar with this place."

Shirato was here for the first time and was not familiar with this place, so she didn't fight with Akashi, but only helped Akashi find a few coins.

Vulcan wanted to go by himself, but once he relaxed, his limbs felt as heavy as lead.

Shirato and Vulcan were not familiar with each other, so after Akashi left, there was basically no sound in the stadium.

Vulcan also felt a little uncomfortable being so quiet, so he asked Bai Hu,

"Is that... Shirato, Sang?"

I usually stay in the Ministry for a long time, and now I am not used to using the honorific Kagami.

"Yes!"

After Bai Hu heard this, he sat up silently.

Looking at Bai Hu's reaction, Vulcan knew that he might have scared her, so he quickly explained,

"I just wanted to ask you some questions."

"Vulcan Lord, please tell me."

"You can just call me Vulcan."

Vulcan tried to make Shirato not be so afraid of him.

In fact, this is not Shirato's original intention. It's just that Vulcan is tall and looks very dangerous. He doesn't seem to be used to speaking honorifics, and it seems that Vulcan is very scary. .

"I'm a little curious about how you and Akashi got along?"

This question is not only because Vulcan wants to find a topic to ease the atmosphere, but also because he wants to help the ice room for reference.A few days ago, he found out from Alex that Ice Room has someone he likes. Although no matter how much he asked Ice Room and Alex, they would not tell him who the other party was, but he heard that Ice Room didn’t seem to have any chase people.

"Eh?"

Shirato suddenly didn't know how to answer, because she couldn't tell the real reason for her relationship with Akashi.

But seeing Vulcan's curious expression, Shirato hesitated for a moment, and said slowly,

"We met a few times at the student council meeting, and I also went to Akashi-kun's game, and our family and Akashi's family have a little friendship, so we are together."

"Just like that?"

Vulcan asked.

Bai Hu thought for a while, and there seemed to be nothing more to make up. She was afraid that the more she made up, the more likely she would be exposed, so she nodded.

"This doesn't seem to be a good reference..."

Vulcan said in distress.

"refer to?"

Bai Hu asked suspiciously.

"correct."

Then Vulcan told Shirato about the ice room.

After hearing this, Bai Hu couldn't help twitching the corners of her mouth, and she asked tentatively,

"Vulcan-kun, do you really not know who Himuro-kun likes?"

"do not know."

Vulcan replied honestly, "Alex refused to tell me, and Tatsuya always said that I would know later."

"Is that so..."

Shirato felt a little embarrassed, Vulcan didn't know who Himuro liked, but Shirato knew!

——Ask Akashi-kun’s girlfriend how to catch up with Akashi-kun.

Fortunately, she didn't make up anything weird just now.

While the two were chatting, Akashi also found the vending machine.

"Akashi-kun."

When Akashi was about to insert a coin, Kuroko's voice came from behind.

"Heizi? You're here too."

Akashi turned around and said.

"Good afternoon, Akashi-kun."

Kuroko took a few steps, until there was only two steps between him and Akashi, "I saw the match between Akashi-kun and Vulcan-kun, it was very exciting."

"When did you come? I didn't hear what Vulcan said."

Akashi asked.

"No, I just happened to pass by, and when I saw Akashi-kun coming, I followed."

Heizi's words... Listen, it seems a bit like tailgating?After following Akashi to the basketball court, he followed Akashi to the vending machine.

But Akashi didn't think too much about it, he just wondered why Kuroko arrived early but didn't show up.

"By the way, I also saw Akashi-kun's girlfriend. The real person is the same as the one uploaded on the forum. She is a very beautiful girl. Congratulations to Akashi-kun."

Heizi said flatly, but he couldn't hear the sincerity of congratulations.

"Thank you."

Akashi looked at Kuroko, he felt that Kuroko was weird today.

"Does Akashi-kun like that girl?"

Kuroko stared into Akashi's eyes and asked.

"……certainly."

Akashi had a faint guess in his mind.

"But I can't see it at all."

Kuroko still stared at Akashi.

Seeing Kuroko's staring gaze, Akashi couldn't help dodging a bit.

"Sure enough, Akashi-kun is lying."

Kuroko took a step towards Akashi.

Looking at Kuroko who was only one step away from him, Akashi calmly said,

"Why should I lie to you?"

Heizi was taken aback for a moment, and he said in silence for a while,

"Because we bothered Akashi-kun?"

--really……

Akashi took a step back silently, sideways he threw the coins into the vending machine, and pressed a few bottles of sports drinks.

"Why didn't you answer? Is it really because of this?"

Akashi vaguely heard the trill in Kuroko's words.

He paused for a moment, but then smoothly took out three bottles of drinks from the delivery port.

"Three bottles..."

He heard Heizi talking.

Akashi didn't intend to answer Kuroko's words, because he knew that it might be the best choice to ignore him at this time.

Akashi intends to bypass Kuroko and go back, but Kuroko grabs him by the corner of his clothes.

Akashi lowered his head and glanced at Kuroko's hand, he just raised his head when he saw Kuroko approaching him suddenly.

Akashi looked at Kuroko's magnified face in shock, he pushed Kuroko away with one hand, and said angrily,

"Heizi, do you know what you're doing?!"

"I know."

Kuroko's expression remained unchanged from the beginning to the end, but at this moment the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "Is this Akashi-kun's first kiss?"

Akashi glared at Kuroko.