[Kuroko's Basketball] Our age

In front of Haizaki, a person who hadn't appeared for a month appeared in front of him as if descended from the sky.

Momoi, me, and Haizaki all seemed to be dumb, and froze in place.

Heizi walked up to that person, lowered his head and bowed: "I'm sorry, Akashi-kun, this happened when you were not here."

27 things you want to convey

The author has something to say: I finished writing this chapter last night and posted it this morning. I am a day late for Simi Marseille!Tomorrow's chapter is still the same, see you at 7 o'clock tomorrow night

It feels a bit hard to write the second volume. Although the general structure has been thought out long ago, the connection between the plot and the plot is still too blunt. I am really sorry. The next plot will sort out the clues and try to reverse it. , Thank you for your support all the time [Bow "I'm sorry, Akashi-kun, this happened when you were not here."

"Don't worry, Heizi, it's not your problem."

Akashi raised his hand, and I noticed that there was a bandage wrapped around his wrist, which seemed to be injured during the past few days of practice.

"Akashi, why are you here?"

Haizaki's eyes widened, and Akashi was the same as usual, even when he smiled lightly, the pressure didn't lessen.

"I've been here for Kuroko's special training for the past few days, can't I? It's you, Haizaki, I heard you've been absent from training recently?"

"I……"

"Put yours aside first, then Inoue-kun," Akashi turned to the broom-headed boy on the other side, "Sorry, Inoue-kun, there is a rule on our side that players are not allowed to compete with players from other schools in private."

"Huh? How do you know me... Ah, I remembered, you are the captain of Diguang! I saw you at school a few days ago!"

Inoue pointed at Akashi, and then at Haizaki: "This is Haizaki from your school? Don't be so stingy, it's rare to meet such a strong opponent."

"If you want to compete, don't be too anxious, Inoue-kun, I have already agreed with your school's Sato-kun for a practice match, and the time is coming soon."

"What?! Ahhh, the captain didn't tell me!!"

Inoue, who hugged his head and complained about his captain, suddenly regained his spirits: "Then follow what you said, see you at the game, and get ready for me!"

The boy was as frizzy as when he came, he said hello carelessly and left.

Momoi and I looked at Akashi silently: "A practice match?"

Invited by captain Akashi, the Teiko-Uesaki practice match at Teiko Middle School will start three days later—this is the news brought by Akashi who returned to the basketball club with his injured hand.

Uesaki Middle School in Saitama Prefecture, the champion of the National League last year, is also a favorite team to win this year's competition. Unfortunately, due to the injury of the captain Sato Nozomi, they lost to Kitazaki Middle School.And this practice match is the first match of Sato Nozomi's comeback.

This means that even if it is just a practice match, Diguang must go all out.

"That is to say, it's rare that several of us can play at the same time?" Qingfeng's voice sounded excited, "It's really good."

"But Akashi-kun, your hand..." Momoi's eyes hesitated.

"I won't play, Akashi nodded slightly, but someone can replace me."

"Replace you? Hey, stop kidding, someone can replace Akashi?"

"Come out, Heizi."

In the queue, Heizi stood up in response.

"This... this guy?! Don't be kidding Akashi, have you lost your mind? This guy is not from the Three Armies?" Haizaki pointed at Kuroko, with a resentful expression on his face as if he had been mocked, "This guy... this guy This kind of guy...are you kidding me?!"

"Huisaki, shut up." Aomine stepped forward to block Kuroko, although he called Haizaki's name, but kept his eyes fixed on Akashi, "What are you thinking, why did you make Tetsu...do you do it on purpose?"

"I have my reasons, believe it or not, it's up to you, but I warn you in advance, if you don't have me and there is no sunspot, you will definitely lose this game."

The sharp sword to kill the enemy has been given to you, how to use it is your problem.

As if leaving these words behind, Akashi no longer interfered in anything, and left all the preparations before the game to us.

Kuroko Tetsuya, what secret is there in him that Akashi values ​​so much?

Akashi throws us a question without answering it.I had a headache after digging out Heizi’s previous training data. From joining the club to now, Heizi’s performance can only be described as mediocre. I simulated the situation of the game over and over again in my brain, but no matter what, I couldn’t find a suitable position for Heizi.

So, it really has something to do with Akashi's special training these days, right?

Midorima obviously had the same idea as me. In the tactical discussion after the training that day, Kuroko was also left behind.

"Let me see how you play."

"Sorry, if it's that kind of request, I'm afraid it won't be easy to fulfill." Heizi replied lightly.

"What do you mean?" Midorima frowned, "What is Akashi's special training for you? If you don't understand this, we won't be able to play normally tomorrow. You should know?"

"This... is a little difficult to describe."

The blue-haired boy lowered his head and scratched his ears in embarrassment, as if he was considering the appropriate wording, then raised his head and slowly narrated each word.

Following the boy's voice as calm as water, the three of us, Midorima, Momoi, and I, slowly opened our eyes wide.

A term I have never heard of, a style of play I have never touched, and the feeling of messing around. At first it sounds impossible to believe that this is a method that can be used in a tense game, but if it is feasible, it will be a weapon.

PG's requirements for players are, first, excellent observation and passing skills, and second, the shooting percentage at critical moments.Kuroko Tetsu, who was trained by Akashi, also completely abandoned the latter and trained the former to the extreme. What kind of impact will such a person participate in the competition?

"...Can it really be done, such a thing? What have you done to practice this skill?"

"Well... there are indeed a lot. At the beginning, Akashi-kun took me to watch a lot of on-site practice in wealthy middle schools, observing the usual playing style of each player, and what would happen if they were my opponents on the court? And what about the partner, he's done a lot of physical work for practice, and basic passing .

The boy rubbed the thin calluses on his palm, and said in a slightly regretful tone.

"Five basketballs?"

We gasped, it was hard to imagine what kind of willpower this boy had practiced to this point.

"Well, Midorima-kun, if it's really inconvenient for me to play, please don't worry about Akashi-kun's words and choose other players, but if it's possible, even if it's only for 1 minute, I want to stand on the court and try."

Heizi said, bent down and bowed heavily to Midorima: "When Akashi-kun found me, I was going to give up basketball, but sure enough, I couldn't give up no matter what. I know I'm not like Midorima in this aspect. You guys are so talented, but I don’t want to lose to each of you in terms of the determination to like basketball. I have nothing now, only the style of play that Akashi-kun taught me, so please, even if it’s just playing One minute is fine, I also want to try what I can do on the court."

There was no change in the expression on the boy's face, but the speed of his speech was getting faster and faster. This boy, who seemed to be quiet and reticent, seemed to be talking so much for the first time. In the end, he was so short of breath that he coughed out.

"Tsk, I see, there's no need to go to this point, Heizi?"

Midorima interrupted Heizi's words: "Since you have said such things, stand uprightly for me. If you have the will, then keep it well and let us see it on the field!"

After repeating these few words, Midorima picked up the coat and the hourglass that were thrown aside, turned and left without looking back.

"It's not easy to deal with an opponent like Uezaki, so be aware."

As if being hit in the chest by something, Kuroko stared straight at Midorima, stunned for a few seconds, and then, a heartfelt smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

"Yes."

Saturday, 3pm, on the bus.

The busy days in succession made me drowsy while sitting in the car.Although nominally this was just a practice match, the strength of the opponent made us all understand that there was no room for relaxation.But on the other hand, my preparations were not as sufficient as usual - Kuroko replaced Akashi, his special ability made our tactics uncertain for a while, and on the other hand, because Uezaki's captain Sato did not play in the All-Central League This led to a loophole in Momoi's data collection.

In other words, the outcome can only be seen on the field.

"Hey, have you heard of it? There are colors in the selected names of Diguang, and the hair is the same color as the name!"

"What? Team Rainbow? This is it? No, Kawada-senpai, can't we discuss tactics properly!"

"What? Inoue, you first said that Teiko has a beautiful manager!"

"Senior... Captain, can't you say something?"

"Ahahaha, it's okay, it's okay, compared to those Inoues, what's the matter with the beautiful manager?"

"What, why are you even the captain... ahhh!"

The broom-haired boy who looked like he was about to cry suddenly opened his mouth wide and pointed at me.

"You, you, you...you were the one that day..."

i i i...

"Well, good afternoon... Inoue-kun?"

My eyes turned to those boys who were like comedians for a week, and my brain automatically made the choice to give up complaining.

"Everyone in Uesaki... first meeting, I am Mitsuyo Shiraishi, the manager of the Teiko Basketball Club."