[Black Basket] Warm Mist

After the game entered the second quarter, Luoshan's offensive method had a new adjustment.The starting point of the offense is still captain Akashi, but the path of passing the ball has changed a lot, and the players responsible for scoring are no longer limited to Mibuchi on the outside and Netakeya on the inside.

Once the passing path in the hands of Akashi develops towards diversification, Seirin's defense becomes more and more stretched.

In fact, Seirin's defensive power is weaker than his offensive power. In addition, the height of Seirin's players is a fatal injury. The inside line lacks enough powerful players to threaten Netakeya.Mitobe was accidentally injured and needed to recuperate. Fukuda, who is also a center, played on his behalf.Even Mitobu couldn't get half of the benefits from Nebuya, and Fukuda wouldn't be too strong.Vulcan is not only responsible for scoring, but also responsible for mitigating the threat Akashi brings to Seirin, so it is difficult to take care of the defense at the basket.

The current situation where rebounds are difficult to grab makes Seirin have to temporarily give up the path of inside offense.

At this time, the existence of outside marksman Hyuga is particularly important.

However, there is also a famous sharpshooter in Luoshan, that is Lingyang Shibuchi, one of the five generals without a crown, nicknamed "Yasha".Shibuki has three nirvana named "Heaven", "Earth" and "Void", any of which can make people overwhelmed, and Shibuchi who has mastered the three at the same time is very capable of responding on the spot. High, making it impossible to accurately predict which nirvana he will use in the next second to kill Seirin's basket.

Hinata had cracked Mibuchi's three nirvana skills in the last Winter Cup final, but as time passed, Mibuchi's skills became more refined than before.

As a result, Seirin and Naksan's shooting guard joined forces for a three-pointer, neither of them to be outdone.

Vulcan, who once again entered the ZONE state, took the initiative to take on the important task of fighting against Akashi.In order to prevent Akashi from passing the ball to Luoshan's No. 5, Vulcan's spirit is highly concentrated on Akashi, expanding the defensive circle to the maximum, guarding his own territory like a wild tiger.

Akashi thought for two seconds outside Vulcan's defensive circle, and then passed the ball to Mibuchi outside the three-point line.

Hinata took off decisively to intercept.

Seeing that Hinata was about to successfully intercept, Mibuchi actually shot a feint, the hand holding the ball turned in mid-air, and passed the basketball back to Akashi: "Xiaozheng, opportunity."

"Vulcan!" Hinata shouted the name of Vulcan loudly, reminding Vulcan to pay attention to Akashi's next actions, "Hold on!"

Kagami stared at Akashi without blinking.

Under the gaze of Vulcan, Akashi couldn't find the most convenient attack route for a while.Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Luoshan No. 5 was already in position, so he threw the basketball casually and passed it to No. 5 who seemed to be unmarked.

This time it was Vulcan calling someone: "Heizi——!"

Heizi came out in response, and crossed obliquely from an incredible angle. Before the opponent had time to react and protect the ball in time, he rushed to Luoshan No. 5's side with a stride, and dropped the ball from the opponent's shoulder.

Akashi was a little surprised, but he didn't take any action, just watched Kuroko complete the steal.

After Kuroko succeeded in stealing, the offense and defense between Seirin and Luoshan immediately changed. He used the improved version of "disappearing dribble" to easily dodge Hayama who was defending first, and then cooperated with Hinata, and the two quickly broke in a straight line. , and ran to the frontcourt in an instant.

Shibuchi returned to defense, blocking Hinata's way.

However, Heizi continued to move towards the basket unmoved.Mibuchi was caught by Hinata and couldn't spare any energy to defend Kuroko, so he could only score and call Hayama: "Be careful of his phantom shots!"

There is no need to say anything, Ye Shan also knows what he should do.He and Luoshan No. 5 adopted a double team, intending to cut off Heizi's chance to score.Unexpectedly, Heizi turned his hand and pushed the basketball towards Huoshen who cut into Luoshan's basket at some point.

Kagami roared and scored a slam dunk, and the point difference between Seirin and Luoshan narrowed again, almost within ten points.

——The counterattack is achieved!

Hasegawa Shiho waved his fist silently, then put his hands around his mouth in a trumpet shape, and happily shouted to Kuroko and Kagami who ran past her: "Come on, senior!"

Aida Reiko and other bench players are also very excited.

But Luo Shan's counterattack came even faster. In less than half a minute, they organized another attack. Ye Shan shot a three-pointer from outside the three-point line, and quickly made up for the shot that Vulcan had just cut. Two points, and one point for the excess.

The score reopened.

The smiles on Seirin's faces gradually disappeared, but Akashi, who was responsible for the assist, had an extremely indifferent expression, as if he was not the one who extinguished Seirin's enthusiasm for counterattack.

Outside the court, Kise, who witnessed what Akashi did with his own eyes, sighed: "Basketball or something, shouldn't it be a sport that can make everyone happy? Why can Akashi always turn a relaxed and happy thing into What about scary things? I really like playing with Kuroko more than Akashi."

Haichang, who has successfully advanced to the finals of the national competition, said in their hearts: You like it, we don't!Didn't Kaichang lose to Seirin enough times last year?Every time you lose a game, the coach is almost going to have a heart attack, you idiot!

The exact opposite of Kise is Midorima, who thinks he can't get along with Kuroko at all: "Compared with Kuroko, I'd rather be one-on-one with Akashi."

Since Xiude lost to Haichang in the semi-finals in the morning, the result of the game between Seirin and Naksan in the afternoon will directly determine which team Xiude will compete for third place next.

The Xiude Watch Team sat in the auditorium behind Luoshan, and when they looked up, they could see Seirin's bench area on the opposite side.Every time Midorima raised his head, there was an extra coach Seirin in his eyes that he hated so much, and in the end he just stared at the players on the field and stopped moving his eyes around.

Hearing Midorima's resentful chanting, Takao who was sitting next to him laughed and asked: "It's rare to hear Xiaozhen praise someone so heartfeltly! I said Xiaozhen, you made us lose in the Winter Cup last year. Have you forgotten the hatred for Luoshan? That Akashi refused your 'hand of friendship'!"

"Takao, shut up." Midorima pushed his glasses, concealing his inner depression with an impatient expression, "I never extended a 'hand of friendship' to that guy Akashi, don't talk nonsense!"

Takao said perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, you didn't..." He turned his head inadvertently, and found that Midorima's ears were completely red, "...Pfft! Xiao Zhen, that's what makes you the cutest. Obviously Life and death refused to admit that I admired them, but I bought tickets on purpose; I came here to watch the game between Luoshan and Seirin, but what did you say to me, "I just walked here on the way to watch a boring game with you. '? Hahahaha, you big tsundere!"

Luma became angry from embarrassment: "Shut up! Let's watch your game!"

Takao made another "Puchi Puchi" several times before putting away his smile and refocusing his attention on the court.

It didn't matter after seeing it, Takao was shocked: "What? It's only been a while, and Seirin is [-] points behind?! What's going on? What happened just now?!"

Although Heizi's freely changing passing routes did bring a lot of trouble to Luoshan, and the ban on Luoshan's No. 5 player, the new "Phantom Sixth Man", was quite in place, but Luoshan's overall level was higher than that of Seirin. This is the truth.

Last year, Seirin had Muji, and he was able to fight to the death with Luoshan in the final of the Winter Cup; this year, Seirin was unable to play, and Seirin lost a general.Even if Seirin's team members have made great progress, how come Luoshan's team members have not strengthened their training in the past six months?Rapid progress is not Seirin's patent, Luoshan can do it too.

After the end of the second quarter, the game entered the intermission stage.

Seirin's lounge was in a slump, the sweaty team members all lowered their heads, and no one wanted to say anything.

Aida Reiko said to everyone: "We have to give it a go, no matter whether we win or lose, we can't leave the game with regrets. Well, in the second half, Kuroko-kun will rest first, and Koganei-kun will play. Fire God-kun, remember what I warned you before? You can't work so hard anymore, your physical strength is too exhausted, you can't continue to support it, right?"

Vulcan strengthened his spirit: "Coach, I can persevere until the end!"

Aida Reiko couldn't hold back Vulcan, so she had to agree.

Unlike Aida Reiko, Hasegawa Shiho didn't say anything, just sat on a chair and flipped through the documents silently.Although her expression looks calm, as if Seirin is already in sight of victory, it can be seen from her behavior of constantly flipping through the information she just collected, trying to find out Luo Shan's weakness, that the level of anxiety in her heart has already increased. It's about to explode.

The 15-minute intermission time seems to be very long, which makes every Seirin player feel oppressed and tormented.These 15 minutes seem to be very short. When the second half of the game is about to start, they haven't even figured out the best response.

Seeing that the morale of the whole team was low, Hinata patted his face and said loudly: "Don't worry about the future! Fight with Luoshan!"

Seirin's team members responded at the same time: "Yes!"

Influenced by Hinata, Seirin performed very well in the second half of the game.

Vulcan bravely used his ZONE throughout the third quarter, and his state was surprisingly good.Heizi also joined the battle in the second half of the third quarter, cooperating tacitly with his teammates several times, even gradually tying the score.

It's a pity that starting from the fourth quarter, Vulcan's speed and strength dropped significantly.

Koganei looked worriedly at Kagami who had just been intercepted by Akashi: "What's the matter, Kagami-kun?"

Hasegawa Shiho said in an unsteady voice: "He... Vulcan-senpai has been in ZONE for too long. To be honest, I am surprised that the previous physical training can play such a big role in him. ...But it is still far from enough. ZONE is a skill that consumes a lot of physical strength and willpower of the players. Now, Vulcan-senpai..." She looked at Aida Reiko with struggling eyes, "Sister Reiko, do we want to Replace Vulcan senior? He has already exceeded his limit!"

Aida Reiko closed her eyes and said with a heartbeat, "Xiao Shiho, prepare to change."

After a while, Vulcan was replaced by Hasegawa Shiho tearfully.

At the critical moment with only half a minute left in the game, Heizi's phantom shot missed and missed the basket.Tsuchida, who was in charge of rebounding, put all his eggs in one basket and tried his best to overwhelm Nebuya.After capturing the basketball, he passed the ball inside to Itsuki.

Itsuki caught the ball, but Akashi immediately followed him.Seeing that it was too late to rely on the cover of his teammates, Itsuki passed the basketball to Hinata who was fighting with Mibuchi in a hurry.

Mibuchi's defense was too tight, and Hinata tried his best to find a breakthrough. When he finally caught Mibuchi's negligence and got up to shoot a jumper, the heavy basketball hadn't had time to make a full shot, and the final whistle was blown by the referee.

Seirin narrowly lost by two points, and his dream of reaching the top of the national competition was shattered.

Blaming himself, Hinata beat the ground angrily: "If I can make a shot...if that ball can make a shot..."

--we lose.

This realization brought tears to Aida Reiko's cheeks.

Every Seirin player had a bad expression on the scene, and some boys even started blowing their noses and wiping their tears, completely forgetting the saying "men don't cry easily".

Hasegawa Shiho's complexion was always very bad. After holding it in for a long time, he finally couldn't hold it anymore, and burst into tears with a "wow".She cried sadly and pitifully like a child, causing many boys from other schools beside her to feel sympathetic and want to hold her in their arms to comfort her.

Heizi quietly walked off the arena, his eyes moist.

He unfolded the team uniform jacket he had put on the bench, and gently covered Hasegawa Shiho's head, covering her face, and at the same time blocked all pity or covetous sight for her.

Then, Kuroko said to Hasegawa Shiho in a hoarse voice: "Don't let others see your tears, it's a defeat of the heart."

The author has something to say: This chapter is over.

The phrase "Tears are the defeat of the heart" is the epilogue of the seventh volume of the "Reaper" manga.