[Kuroko's Basketball] Our age

Fear arises out of autonomy.

Haizaki whistled gloatingly: "It's the fifth ball."

Sweat dyed that beautiful blond hair completely, Kise didn't stay for long, stood up quickly, and prepared to attack again.

From a distance, I saw the fearsome smile that belonged to the king spread from the corner of Akashi's mouth. He moved his lips and said something.

"Kose, aren't you scared?"

The blond boy seemed to pause for a moment, the time was so short that it was almost negligible, and then, an urgent movement as if about to tear something apart hit Akashi's defense.

However, no success.

"Sixth goal."

Akashi himself predicted, and he started to shoot from the outside, and hit steadily.

Recalling Akashi in previous games, I can't help but think of the evaluation of a well-known NBA point guard that I saw. That sentence can almost be said to be a perfect interpretation of Akashi - if he is more selfish, he can easily take The next scorer.

Seventh ball.

Eighth ball.

Ninth ball.

Every attack was fruitless, and I don't know how many times Kise fell on the field.

"Hey, Kise! Give me some courage!"

Qingfeng couldn't bear his temper anymore, and shouted at Huang Lai who was half kneeling with his head bowed: "I can't spare you if you lose like this! Do you understand!"

"It's very noisy, Xiao Qingfeng."

Slowly, the boy raised his head, and the intertwined eyes shocked me.

Kise, he hasn't given up yet.

"Hey, little Akashi just asked me, are you afraid or not? Actually, I was thinking, there is no such thing as being afraid or not at all."

He stood up, swaying a little from exhaustion.

"Because I have already made up my mind and made up my mind. Now, I have no right to be afraid at all!"

Like a roaring lion, Kise quickly dribbled and broke through, and behind him, Akashi followed closely.

—Are you going to be robbed again?

The heartbeat has been out of the control of my chest, and there is sweat flowing from my forehead and hanging on my eyelashes, but I don't even bother to wipe it off.

"Come on, Kise-kun."

The vocal cords vibrated and made a certain sound, which shocked me. In the next second, the lungs, vocal cords, and mouth all screamed louder as if they didn't belong to me.

"Come on, Kise-kun!"

There are two shadows, one gold and one red, the red is chasing the gold closely, but the gold does not waver at all.

"Come on, Kise!"

This time it wasn't me, but another voice, deeper but more powerful, and then the voice seemed to be contagious, and everyone started shouting.

"Come on, Kise!"

thump—

Perhaps because the dribbling speed was too fast, the boy landed on one knee, and the ball in his hand fell out of control and rolled to the side.

Oops, why did such a mistake occur!

Akashi had seized the opportunity to change direction, and that ball, the last ball, was about to lose.

But in the next second, our eyes couldn't believe it. Kise pulled the ball back as if desperately, and then his body broke away from inertial control and stood up, and he started to shoot almost before he could stand still.

An arc, shaking slightly.

As if playing with the participants and the audience, the ball stayed in the air for an unexpectedly long time.

Youyouran spun around the basket, and the ball slowly, slowly... fell into the basket.

"The tenth ball!"

I don't know who yelled this, because Kise, who lost his balance and fell just now, raised his head and looked at the basket in disbelief.

"Come in!"

"Kise actually got the ball from Akashi!"

Everyone cheered, as if they had done it themselves.In the center of the field, Akashi smiled, as if he had expected such a result, and extended his hand to Kise.

"Good job, Kise."

"Training, don't relax until the full league."

In the entire gymnasium, everyone was happy for Kise, and the reverberating sound shook the walls of the gymnasium and shook every corner.

However, only one person did not blend in.

Inadvertently glancing at the crowd, the place where Haizaki was standing just now is now empty.

43 It's just hope

Although few people would agree, I have always felt that Kise Ryota and Haizaki Shougo are two very similar people, with similar skills and similar self-esteem, and then, when they meet at a certain bifurcation point, the two Individuals have taken completely opposite paths.

Haizaki, who couldn't bring himself to face basketball properly because of failure, and Kise, who was finally able to face basketball well because of failure... exist in a contradictory manner, similar but opposite.

I didn't see Haizaki again that day until the end of training in the evening.

When I left the gymnasium, almost all the members were gone. When I packed up my things and left, I saw a few big boys guarding the school gate.

"Yo, slow death, Shiraishi."

"Aomine-kun? And Lvjian-kun, Ziyuan-kun, Kise-kun... why are you all here?"

A few tall boys stood out under the light, and the leading dark-skinned boy was waving at me impatiently.

"Go to the celebration party for Huang Lai, the celebration party, I've been waiting for you for a long time, it's really slow to death."

"That's right, Xiaobai, hurry up and go." The pink-haired girl emerged from behind several boys, and pushed me hard as she said.

"Don't, don't push me, Momoi-san. You blame others for being slow without notifying in advance... It's too much, and there is a celebration party, what is it in the name of?"

Embarrassed by my staring, Huang Lai immediately looked away: "I don't know, Xiao Baishi, it was Xiao Qingfeng who dragged me here so don't stare at me! Hey, Xiao Qingfeng, say something too."

"Tsk." Impatiently poked by Kise's elbow, Qingfeng frowned as if thinking, "In name...into the First Army?"

"Isn't that the reason for the celebration last time?"

"Then heal the injury?"

"It was just a minor injury and it healed four days ago!"

"Then... kill the Great Demon King Akashi?"

"That's not right, the rules of the game are already made by Akashi...Wait, what is the big devil?! Xiao Qingfeng, don't pull me if you want to die!"

"I'm so annoying Kise! No matter what the name is! Please, you are so nagging after the celebration party, are you a woman? You are still talking about waiting for Shiraishi. Now that everyone is here, let's go quickly." !"

"Huh? I just think it's better for everyone to be together, Xiao Qingfeng really is."

The tall and burly teenagers were about to leave while talking, but Momoi pushed me behind me to make me take a step forward in a habitual way.

"Wait a minute, um, if we're all together, won't we wait for Akashi-kun and... won't we wait for Akashi-kun?"

Ziyuan turned around and responded to me: "Xiaochi said that he will clean up the garbage and go back to the gymnasium."

"Trash removal? What do you mean?"

"If you want to ask Haizaki, I seem to have met him when I came out."

Midorima, who was walking at the back, seemed to have seen through my thoughts, and deliberately lowered his voice: "Akashi means that no one needs to intervene, you should understand, Shiraishi?"

Haizaki, Akashi...the two names are connected together, and then recalling what happened in the morning, a bad feeling creeps into my heart.

Shouldn't, shouldn't...

"Sorry, I have something to go back, don't wait for me."

I bowed as farewell, and I didn't have time to pay attention to the expressions of the people behind me, so I hurried back towards the stadium.

The matter of the morning is not over yet, Akashi, Akashi has other plans...

Out of breath, I ran back to the No. [-] Gymnasium where the lights had been turned off when I left, but who turned on the lights again.

"I said, leave the basketball club."

A certain voice came out, and I quickly held my breath before I could take a breath.

Sure enough, it was Akashi.

Through the crack of the door, the red-haired boy with his back to me couldn't see his expression, but Haizaki, who was facing him and was a head taller than him, had an expression distorted by anger, and grabbed Akashi's collar unceremoniously: " Akashi, if you have the guts, say it again!"

"Leave the basketball department, this is an order."

There was no emotion in Akashi's voice, he didn't pull Haizaki's hand away, but just repeated what he said just now.

"Haha...hahahahaha, you are joking, Akashi! Even if Teiko is stronger than before, without me, without me in the starting lineup, do you still want to achieve what you said at the beginning, becoming the champion of the All-China League? ?!"

"The absence of you does not mean that there is no replacement."

Akashi's cold words made Huizaki's expression immediately turn violent, but he didn't take into account the other party's changes, and a certain name still blurted out.

"Huise, he can take your place."

Kise, the name seemed to have slapped Haizaki hard, his hand gripping Akashi's collar was getting stronger, and he had already swung his fist in the next second.

"I did this for your own good, Haizaki."

Akashi didn't resist, but just said lightly: "Although his character is not very good, at least he led Teiko to victory until now. I can see it. But Haizaki, you can't win against Kise."

"……what?"

"Your starting position will be taken away in a short time, so your self-esteem can't stand it? You will leave sooner or later. Letting you leave now is for your own good, understand?"

"Kose, Kise? Hahahahaha!!"

Haizaki's hand slowly moved away from Akashi's collar, he raised his head and laughed, as if he was laughing at himself, as if he had already guessed the ending, and in the next second, his face showed a fierce look: "You think I will let go like this?" Ever passed him?"

"Is it just this level of you now?"

There was a hint of sadness in Akashi's voice, he turned his head and looked in another direction: "Don't hide, come out."

Found out?

I quickly withdrew behind the door, not daring to let out the air, I could almost feel Akashi's cold gaze