[Comprehensive] When the green room is crossed

When the whistle sounded to represent the end of the game, many people didn't react at all, including the players who were still on the court.

They stood there sweating profusely, with a dazed look completely unresponsive, looking straight through the crowd to reach the huge scoreboard above. The time was zero and the score was [-]:[-]. Can't help but feel like a world away.

After a short period of silence, there was an extreme uproar. The audience may have just lost their minds because of the sudden end of the game, or they couldn't believe the result of the game, but at this moment, they sincerely The winning team cheers.

——"The ones from Xiangbei! Good job!"

——"It's really great! Xiangbei! It's indeed my favorite team!"

——"Rukawa Kaede! Rukawa Kaede! I love you!"

——"Number [-] in Xiangbei also performed very well this time! The last moment was really exciting!"

——"Xiangbei is really a strong team! Everyone performed so well!"

This kind of grand scene can be said to be full of voices.

The people on the field gradually began to come back to their senses, and this result naturally made some people happy and others sad.The alternate players in Xiangbei couldn't help but swarmed up and surrounded these people who brought them the final victory, and many of them were even so excited that they burst into tears.

On Mingpeng's side, there was a depressive atmosphere. The few people headed by Mori Shigehiro stood there like logs, as if they hadn't accepted the fact that they lost the game.Mori Shigekan lowered his head and stared at his hands—these hands just now lost to the No. [-] from Xiangbei in the wrestling in front of the basket. This was unimaginable before today, because that uncle used to fight He said that no one in the current high school basketball world can stop him... But now, just today, he was blocked by two people from Xiangbei. Although the No. [-] did not completely stop him, but He did it very successfully, but the person who really shocked him was the No. [-] from Xiangbei...

He slowly walked back to their bench, and said to Heishi who had a very pale face: "Uncle, I lost." There was obvious frustration in his tone.

Coach Heishi couldn't say anything more when he saw him like this. After all, no one would have thought that Sakuragi would actually become the guy who could restrain Hiroshi, even if that guy only managed to stop Hiro once at the end of the game. But this is definitely not a small blow to Hiroshi.

So in the end he could only sigh, looking at the gloomy atmosphere of the players around him, he said: "Are you depressed because of this failure? It seems that you are still too young! The previous journey along the way The smooth wind and the current really make you slack off? Proud soldiers must be defeated! This defeat can just make you clear your minds, no one can always win, and the only ones who are always undefeated are the strong with the highest strength!" He said His brows stretched out, even though his brows were still a bit gloomy, but this did not affect his solemn tone, "If we lose this time, we will have a next time! We will definitely win next year!"

"Yes!" The famous friends who had been listening to his lectures replied sonorously with tears in their eyes.

As for Xiangbei, the main candidates are generally not as excited as the alternates, and the most important reason is undoubtedly that they are too tired.

Of course, what I'm talking about here is that except for Sakuragi, his monster with overwhelming physical strength can be completely excluded from the scope of normal people.

Rukawa stood on the side gasping for breath. The intense man-marking in the last few minutes was definitely a big challenge for him. After all, his physical strength was indeed his long-standing flaw. Now the tense nerves suddenly eased and let him Some weird discomfort.

Both Miyagi and Sakuragi ran to get excited with a group of people, and the rest of them stood still and didn't move much.

Akagi hadn't reacted yet, just like when he was qualified to participate in the national competition in the summer before. After exerting all his strength and no regrets, he suddenly obtained the result he had always dreamed of all along. For a long time he didn't have the consciousness to make the next move.

Noticing his strangeness, Sakuragi came over and put his arms around his shoulders, and said in a low voice: "Gorilla, is your wish finally fulfilled now? Are you happy?" He has never Since he joined the basketball team, he has been listening to Akagi talk about his goals, and over time this has become the goal of all the people in their basketball team.

Akagi murmured in a low voice: "My wish..."

Sakuragi grinned and said, "Yes! We have now dominated the country! This is your ultimate goal!"

Akagi was a little stunned, and repeated what he said: "Dominate the country——"

"Yes, yes! Gorilla, this is thanks to my genius! Are you grateful to me~~" Sakuragi gave a thumbs up and boasted.

At this time, Akagi finally recovered from the unreal feeling that his long-term dream had finally come true. He slapped the smug Sakuragi hard with his black hair, and roared: "You don't want to get carried away, Sakura!" Wood! You put in the least amount of effort! Don’t put gold on your own face!" He, a junior, always has the ability to make people angry.

When Sakuragi heard this, he reluctantly started arguing with the other party, and Midorima couldn't help but look sideways at their noisy noise.

He looked around the extremely lively stadium, just about to reach out to help his glasses habitually, but the weak left hand made him realize that his strength has long been exhausted, and his physical strength has reached its limit .

He squinted his eyes expressionlessly to look at the scoreboard, the score on it was still shining brightly, reminding him of the result of the game, and at the same time, this was the result he wanted to achieve after all his efforts.

——It’s really been a long time since I’ve been so tired after trying. This is probably the most intense and difficult game he has experienced in such a long time, right?

——Scores that are not much different, opponents who are always pressing at every step, nerves that are extremely tense, physical strength that is rapidly depleted, time that suddenly becomes extremely slow... everything marks the unsatisfactory nature of this game easy.

In a trance, he was dragged towards their team by Sakuragi who came over, and then mechanically bowed to the famous friends, and finally followed the Xiangbei group to the venue to present the awards.

When the general assembly announced that Midorima became one of the MVPs of the winter competition, the warm applause and cheers from the audience brought him back to his senses. With the medal in his hand, he turned his eyes to Akagi who also held the championship medal in his hand. , suddenly realized what all this represented——

They're already national champions, they've managed to dominate the country.

His final mission is done, and he can go back.

………………

"What's the matter with your expression?" After the awards ceremony, Xiandao went against the crowd and went to the lounge to look for them, but saw Midorima's unusual expression, which was incompatible with the joy and excitement on the faces of the people around him. , "Won the game and became the MVP, don't you feel happy?" He was a little puzzled.

Midorima pursed her lips and replied a few words: "I'm very happy."

Xiandao looked at his unchanged expression dumbfoundedly, "I can't see it at all."

Sakuragi next to him came over, "Oh, don't worry about Hedgehog, he's always been like this, and he's no different from usual." Anyway, he didn't see any difference.

Coach Anxi helped Midorima with the words, "Hehehe, maybe it's because I didn't react for a while? Didn't Midorima say before that he would aim for the national championship? Now that the goal is completed, it will naturally be a little bit uncomfortable. Can you believe it?" He was not surprised by this, after all, in his eyes, it was also the first time for Luma to win the national championship, and it was inevitable that he would be so excited that he would lose his mind.

Xiandao smiled and nodded to him to show that he understood, but he didn't agree with the other party's point of view, because in his opinion, Midorima is not the kind of person who will change his face because of winning a game, maybe Losing the game is more likely to make him like this.

So now he is a little concerned about the entanglement that inadvertently appeared on Midorima's face - what happened to the other party?Shouldn't you be happy when you win the game?And it's a national competition!Still won the championship!How can you be unhappy? !

However, he thought in his heart that with so many people now, even if Midorima really had something on his mind, he might not confess it, so he planned to find another opportunity to ask about it later.

But before that, a celebration banquet is indispensable no matter what. As a friend of Midorima who came to watch the game specially, Xiandao was honored to be invited. Besides him, the Sakuragi Legion also joined in the fun up.

Coach Anxi generously decided to go to barbecue together, and he paid for the expenses. The players humbly said, "What a shame" while drooling. A good meal is indeed a good way to soothe their tired body and mind.

Midorima and Xiandao sat at the only two-person table in the store, and the two of them watched the group of chattering people making noises, almost attracting the attention of all the customers in the store. Also without knowing it.

Xiandao took a bite of the barbecue, and exclaimed in admiration, "Well—this tastes good, you should eat more to replenish your energy——" He quickly turned over the barbecue on the iron plate while talking.

Lvma, who was not interested in drinking tea, also picked up a piece of meat, and responded casually: "En." It seemed very perfunctory.

Seeing that he didn't seem to have much appetite, Xiandao knew that the other party probably didn't want to eat greasy food after the strenuous exercise, so he didn't force it, so he had to try to give him sliced ​​meat and fresh vegetables that didn't have so much oil.

After hesitating for a while, Luma took the meat and vegetables that the other party kindly handed him, and began to eat slowly, and then when he was eating, he suddenly heard the curious and hesitant sentence from the other party, "Luma, you—— Are you unhappy that you won the game today?"

He raised his eyes to look at Xiandao on the opposite side, and found that the other person's face was just pure concern. After hesitating for a while, he shook his head and said, "I'm not unhappy." He was just a little confused.

——After working so hard for so long, he finally got the desired result, but what he felt at the first moment was not pure joy, but a little overwhelmed.

Xiandao was sprinkling seasoning on the meat with his hands, and he continued without raising his eyes: "But your expression doesn't mean that, is there something bothering you? The game is over, what else can cause trouble?" What's your trouble?" He didn't even have a clue.

Midorima was surprised by his straightforwardness, but then he thought that he had always been so undisguised in front of him, so he didn't care anymore. He squeezed the teacup and felt the warmth from his fingers, "It's because the game is over .”

Xiandao looked at him in confusion, "Could it be that you are dissatisfied with the result of the game? Do you feel that you or Sakuragi haven't performed well enough?" He really couldn't think of any other places where the other party was entangled.

Hearing his question, Midorima couldn't help turning his gaze to a group of noisy people not far away, among them were his teammates from today's game, and he didn't know what he was thinking of, the corners of his eyes drooped slightly, with a gentle look on his face Look, "No, they are fine today." It has far exceeded what he expected.

Xiandao was surprised that he admitted other people in Xiangbei so frankly, um, or this level should be regarded as a compliment, right?

He couldn't help joking: "Eh? Midorima, you actually praised others so honestly-I believe they will be very surprised to hear it."

Midorima glanced at him, without any fluctuations in his tone: "I'm just talking about the facts."

Xiandao took the opportunity to ask him: "Then Midorima, how do you feel about today's game?"

Midorima flipped over the grilled meat on the iron plate, and after hearing the "sizzling" sound from the iron plate, he thought for a while before replying: "This competition... should be regarded as satisfying my wish to some extent. "After all, before he came to this world, he stopped before the finals, with regret and strong unwillingness, and now his regret has been made up to some extent, and the other is——

"Other people in Xiangbei, they are indeed very good. Although they each have their own shortcomings, and they always have problems at ordinary times, but——During the competition, I can trust them, there is no doubt about it." He has now Can be able to give them the ball without reservation and without hesitation, and can go forward and take the initiative to share their pressure in order to give them a chance... This was almost unimaginable before.

——He used to think that only Xiude's teammates could make him so unscrupulous, but now... Obviously, everyone in Xiangbei has also achieved this.

He raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showing an inconspicuous smile, and frankly expressed his thoughts: "I am very happy playing with them." It is different from the one when playing with everyone in Xiude. An Xin, when he played with everyone in Xiangbei, he felt more of a kind of joy that could arouse little fighting spirit in his heart, but all in all, it was an unforgettable experience.

Xiandao also smiled, smiling more happily than Midorima, his eyes narrowed, and he said in a brisk tone: "Ah, that's really great~~ I believe that as your teammate, They'll feel the same way you do, after all it's luck to play together~~"

Midorima lowered her eyelids and answered, "Ah."

——As Sendo said, being able to play with those few people... can be considered a kind of luck.

——If possible, I really want to play with them again.

Thinking that he might leave this world soon, Midorima suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of loss.