[Slam Dunk] Undefended heart

Tick, tick...

The second hand is walking at a constant rhythm, and every sound seems to be beating on the heart.

Rukawa looked up at the clock on the wall from time to time, and the time was passing by every minute and every second. Rukawa felt that he had never been so nervous before, and everything had nothing to do with the upcoming finals.

Everyone who had known about it for a long time naturally understood Rukawa's distraught appearance, and even Sakuragi, who had always been noisy, calmed down a lot today.

"It's almost time, let's get out!"

Miyagi's words broke the somewhat depressing atmosphere in the lounge. Looking at Rukawa who was walking at the back of the crowd, Miyagi couldn't help being a little worried about his state today.

"Rukawa..." Miyagi wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it. Under such circumstances, it seemed difficult for him to let Rukawa devote himself to the game, but he knew very well in his heart that this game could not be played without Rukawa.

"I understand." Rukawa gave him a reassuring look as if he had seen through Miyagi's worries.

Looking at Rukawa's back, Miyagi shook his head with a grin. He had always thought that Rukawa was a piece of wood before, but he didn't expect him to be very thoughtful. He really underestimated him.

When Xiangbei entered the stadium, the whole gymnasium erupted into enthusiastic cheers, and then another wave of cheers swept over. On the other side of the stadium, the champion of Group B—Lingnan High School also entered the stadium up.

In the group final three days ago, after Xiangbei defeated Wuli, Lingnan also defeated Xiangyang High School with an absolute advantage of "102-89" and advanced to the finals.

After the warm-up practice, coach Anxi began to give the final guidance before the game, "I don't think you are unfamiliar with Lingnan. Last year, four of their main picks stayed in the team. Although they lacked Yuzhu, they also got In terms of overall strength, Lingnan is much stronger than last year."

Seeing the serious expressions on everyone's faces, Coach Anxi continued, "Today's game, we also mainly use man-to-man tactics." After deploying everyone's defense, Coach Anxi suddenly called Rukawa's name alone.

Rukawa looked up at Coach Anxi, only to hear Coach Anxi ask, "Xiandao, can I leave it to you?"

"I will defeat him." Rukawa replied firmly.

Coach Anxi nodded in satisfaction, but someone was obviously dissatisfied...

"Father, aren't you being unfair? Why are you handing over Xiandao to that fellow Rukawa? I'm the one who wants to defeat Xiandao!" Sakuragi rushed forward, hooking Coach Anzai's neck with one hand, and pulling it desperately with the other. He raised his double chin to express his displeasure.

"Hanagi, what are you doing?! Stop!" Miyagi immediately stepped forward to dissuade him, but unfortunately the effect was minimal.

"Sakuragi," coach Anxi pointed to the side of the Lingnan player area, looking at Futian here, and said, "Futian doesn't seem to take you seriously, you have to let him know that he is no longer you. opponent."

Stinky Fu!

Sakuragi immediately glared back at Futian, it's okay, clean up Futian first, and then deal with Xiandao, killing two birds with one stone!

Obviously, after a year of getting along, Coach Anxi has already figured out Sakuragi's temper...

"By the way, I'm really not used to Kaoru's absence..." Sakuragi took out a black photo frame out of nowhere, and inside it was Kaoru's photo. Putting the palms together and praying, "Xun, remember to bless us with a big victory! PS, by the way, bless me to show off and get more points than Rukawa!"

"I'm dizzy, why don't you learn, learn from Mitsui-senpai's move!" Caizi couldn't help her forehead, if Kaoru was here, Sakuragi would have a good fruit to eat.

"This photo frame was given to me by Xiaosan." Sakuragi looked nostalgic.

"..." Everyone silently lit a candle for Sakuragi in their hearts. They could already imagine the tragedy of Sakuragi when he was raped. It was a tragedy in the world~~

"Okay, let's play!"

Rukawa quietly glanced at Kaoru who was smiling brightly in the photo, then turned and stepped into the court.

Lingnan's starting lineup is Sendo, Fukuda, Off-Road, Vegetable, and Ishida, while Shonhoku's starting lineup is Miyagi, Rukawa, Sakuragi, Yamazaki, and Mizusawa.

"Kanagawa Summer High School Basketball Finals, Shonhoku High School vs. Lingnan High School, the match has officially begun!"

In order to preemptively attack, Xiangbei sent Sakuragi with the strongest jumping ability to compete for the jump ball, and Sakuragi lived up to expectations and grabbed the jump ball and passed the ball to Miyagi who had been waiting by the side as planned.

As soon as Miyagi received the ball, he launched a fast break. Before the off-road could react, he bypassed him and went straight to Lingnan's basket. In front of him, Rukawa was ready.

Miyagi passed the ball to Rukawa at the right time, and when Rukawa was about to catch the ball, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from halfway and intercepted the ball.

That man is Lingnan's trump card, Xian Daozhang!

"Let's attack!" Xiandao had already guessed that Xiangbei would launch a surprise attack at the beginning of the game, and he also guessed that the ball would be passed to Rukawa at the end, so he was prepared early in the morning.

Rukawa turned around and went after Immortal Dao without any hesitation. He really couldn't be careless about this person!

While avoiding Rukawa's interception, Xiandao keenly observed the situation on the court. In a year, Xiandao has grown into the top point guard in the county, bar none.

Xiandao's sudden acceleration of the offensive rhythm forced Rukawa to lower his body's center of gravity, and when Rukawa just lowered his body, Xiandao passed the ball to Uekusa who just ran up from behind. Speed ​​up and bypass Rukawa.

Want to run? !

Rukawa didn't care about Uemica who got the ball, and ran after Xiandao in front of him. Sure enough, the ball was passed to Xiandao again.

Pass?Shoot?

Rukawa was thinking about Xiandao's next move, but when Xiandao suddenly jumped up to shoot the basket, Rukawa immediately jumped up to intercept.

So high!

Rukawa couldn't help showing a look of surprise. Could it be that this ball was a burst shot?Seeing Xiandao's calm expression, Rukawa immediately denied this idea. Based on his understanding of Xiandao, it was absolutely impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. If it was not a mistake, what would it be...

"!!" Rukawa's eyes widened suddenly. Is this guy Xiandao passing the ball? !

As soon as Rukawa landed, he immediately looked back, and as expected, he saw Fukuda jumping up to catch Xiandao's high-altitude pass, and was about to volley and dunk...

At this critical moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind Futian, jumping a full head higher than Futian!

"If you want to be handsome in front of me, you are 100 years too early, you stinky Fu!"

Sakuragi slapped the ball in Fukuda's hands with thunderous momentum, under everyone's shocked eyes. This moment came too suddenly and shockingly, until the ball rolled to a stop on the ground, and everyone realized it.

The whole audience erupted into cheers that seemed to break through the roof of the stadium. Everyone knew that today would be a wonderful game, but they didn't expect it to be so exciting!Less than a minute after the start of the game, the audience couldn't take their eyes off it.

On the other side, outside the ward of the municipal hospital, Kaoru was talking to a foreign doctor.

"Dr. Shulman, thank you for coming all the way here. It's been a tough journey." After finding a suitable heart donor, Kaoru immediately called Dr. Shulman on the other side of the ocean, and unexpectedly he bought it that day. Kaoru was very grateful for the air ticket to Japan.

"Xun, you are too polite. Since I promised to help, I won't break my promise, and you also helped me a lot when I was in Africa." Schulman still can't figure out how the little girl in front of him helped those tribes in Africa. Getting so much medical assistance...

"Then, the next operation is up to you, doctor." As long as the operation is successful, Hiiragi will be able to do whatever he wants like any healthy person. Thinking of this, Kaoru couldn't help being happy for him.

"I will," Schulman looked at the time on his watch, and then said to Kaoru, "It's almost time, if you have anything else you want to say to the patient, go ahead and say it, I'll make preparations first."

"it is good."

After Dr. Schulman left, Kaoru opened the door and entered the ward. Except for Rukawa, Hiiragi's family members were all present.Rukawa originally wanted to give up the game and come to accompany Hiiragi, but Hiiragi insisted on letting him continue the game, so Rukawa didn't come.

Seeing Kaoru coming in, many elders of the Rukawa family and the Hanayamain family leaned over, most of whom thanked Kaoru for what Kaoru had done for Hiiragi.

"The operation is about to start, let's go out first, and let Xiao Hiiragi rest for a while." It was Kazuya who came forward to relieve Kaoru.

"Yeah, Xiao Hiiragi should be tired too." Chiyo also echoed.

When the group went out, Chiyo took Kaoru's hand and whispered to her, "You stay with Xiao Hiiragi for a while, and talk to him."

Saying that, Chiyo went out with the others, and finally closed the door for the two of them.

The moment the door was closed, Chiyo couldn't help sighing. Others don't know about her son's thoughts. Doesn't she, as a mother, not understand?She didn't want to say that she was partial to any one side, but at this moment, she only hoped that Xiao Hiiragi could be happier, that child had suffered too much since he was a child...

She thought that Xiaofeng must have thought the same way about alienating Xun recently.

When there were only the two of them left in the ward, Kaoru sat down on the chair next to the Hiiragi bed, and asked with a smile, "Are you afraid?"

Hearing this, Hiiragi looked at Xun with some amusement, "I didn't feel anything at first, but I was a little scared to be reminded by you like this."

Kaoru knew that Hiiragi said these jokes to relieve her inner worries, just like she did, so she followed his words, "I knew you would say that, so I specifically asked all Kanagawa The shrine, look!"

Kaoru took out a bunch of peace charms from his pocket, stuffed them into Hiiragi's hands, and said with a smile, "These are amulets! And I've asked for lottery for you, and they're all good luck!"

Looking down at the peace talismans from different shrines in his hand, Hiiragi never believed in any gods, but at this moment he suddenly felt very warm inside, and the trace of worry before was gone, maybe he really witnessed a miracle...

When he looked up at Kaoru again, Hiiragi thanked him sincerely, "Thank you, Kaoru."

This was the first time Hiiragi called her name, Kaoru was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily, "There is no need to say thank you between us."

Hiiragi just smiled and didn't say anything else, only at this moment, and only at this moment, he dared to call her name, even though he had called her name thousands of times in his heart...

At this time, the door of the ward opened, and head nurse Kimura walked in and said, "Hiragi, are you ready?"

"Yeah." Hiiragi nodded.

Kaoru took a deep breath, Feng, the operation is finally about to begin...

In the stadium, the first half of the game was coming to an end, because Mizusawa could only play a maximum of 15 minutes in a game, so it was Kakuda who replaced him in the last 5 minutes.

Facing Ishida, Kakuda was obviously a bit overwhelmed. Xiandao quickly seized the space under Shonhoku's basket, launched an attack with Ishida as the center of gravity, and opened the score in one breath. Cut in from the outside and chased back the lost points.

At the end of the first half, the two teams drew "58-58".

As soon as he returned to the waiting room, the first thing Rukawa did was to take out his mobile phone and look through the text messages. There was an unread message from Kaoru, and the content was nothing. It just told him that Hiiragi had entered the operating room, so that he could play with peace of mind.

Although there was only a short line of words, Rukawa read it several times, and after confirming that Kaoru's tone was the same, he felt a little relieved, but soon began to worry again, whether the operation went well...

Seemingly aware of Rukawa's strangeness, Suzuki stepped forward and asked with concern, "Senior Rukawa, are you alright?"

Suzuki knew that something happened to Rukawa's family, but Rukawa didn't tell her, and she and the rest of the basketball team were not very close, so she only heard about it, but didn't know the specific situation.

"It's okay." Rukawa closed the phone and didn't say much.

Regarding private matters, Rukawa didn't like to tell others, even if that person was Suzuki, whom he got along well with.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the photo frame that was placed aside. The person in the photo was smiling heartlessly. For some reason, Rukawa's mood improved inexplicably. It should be fine... No, Hiiragi will be fine!

Seeing that Suzuki was still standing there, Rukawa couldn't help thinking in his heart, he didn't need to explain what Kaoru said, she knew everything, Kaoru was as natural as the air by his side, completely integrated into every bit of life .

If Kaoru came to ask him today, would he tell her?

meeting.

Rukawa gave the answer without a moment's hesitation in his heart, and this realization completely shocked Rukawa!

Is he to Xun...

"The second half of the game is about to start, let's go!"

Miyagi's voice brought Rukawa back to reality, Rukawa shook his head, discarded his chaotic thoughts, and once again focused on the next game.

In the second half of the game, except for the replacement of Kobayashi by Xiangbei, the players of the two teams basically remained unchanged.

"Dashu, I didn't expect that we would have the opportunity to have such a one-on-one confrontation." Seeing his former friends and current opponents, Ishida couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Xiaohong..." It's Xiaohong!Xiaohong is so powerful, he can't be Xiaohong's opponent at all, what should we do? !

With the referee's whistle, the ball was thrown high into the air. Kobayashi realized that he jumped up after seeing Ishida jump up, but he was still a step too late, and Lingnan snatched the ball.

When the ball was passed to Xiandao, Rukawa scored 12 points. Although Xiandao now takes on the role of point guard and is mainly responsible for organizing the offensive, he only scored 10 points in the first half. To be honest, there are too few, so the second half is the real winner!

Xiandao first dribbled forward at his usual speed, and after a brief pause, he suddenly changed his rhythm, trying to forcefully break through Rukawa's defense.

For this moment, Rukawa practiced hard for a whole year, and of course he would not get rid of him so easily, and the two fell into a stalemate for a while.

This kid is indeed much stronger than last year... After growing up, Rukawa inspired Xiandao's fighting spirit.

Xiandao dribbled the ball and readjusted his offensive rhythm. First, he broke through from the right. When Rukawa tried his best to block it, Xiandao turned around and turned to the left.

Don't think about him!

Rukawa took a step back and reached out to intercept the ball. The moment his hand was about to touch the ball, the ball suddenly disappeared!No, to be precise, Xiandao passed the ball from behind to Fukuda who came to meet him.

"Fukuda, don't even think about running away!" Sakuragi immediately chased after him.

"..." If you don't run, do you still wait for him to come?Fukuda Black Line, Sakuragi is still as unreliable as before...

When Fukuda was dazed for a while, Sakuragi ran in front of him, "Haha, do you think you can escape the net set by a genius like me? Naive~~"

"!!" Did he run faster than before? !

Fukuda concentrated, and broke through Sakuragi's defense with a quick cut, Sakuragi chased again, Fukuda broke again, Sakuragi chased again, Fukuda broke again...

After repeating this cycle countless times, the audience was speechless.

"Senior Fukuda!" Ishida, who finally couldn't stand it anymore, made a gesture of catching the ball to Fukuda, signaling him to pass the ball.

Fukuda didn't want to mess around with Sakuragi anymore, so he simply passed the ball to Ishida under the basket.

The moment Ishida received the ball, Kobayashi's whole body tensed up immediately, and his defensive movements froze. Ishida poured the ball into the basket effortlessly.

Everyone in Lingnan, especially Xiandao, noticed Kobayashi's abnormality, so they concentrated the ball in Ishida's hands. Lingnan immediately took the lead, and the attack line headed by Futian and Xiandao also scored goals one after another. It is very unfavorable to Xiangbei.

"67-85"

After Ishida scored easily again, Coach Anzai finally stood up. Just when Coach Anzai was about to call a timeout, Sakuragi suddenly walked up to Kobayashi, held down the back of his head and gave him a header without saying a word.

Under Kobayashi's astonished gaze, Sakuragi said unhappily, "You are the one who can stop me, a talented basketball player. If you lose so easily, where will I put my face?!"

"Senior Sakuragi..." Although Sakuragi's tone was ferocious, Kobayashi understood the encouragement he said to him. That's right, for Sakuragi-senpai, for Nanase-senpai, and for Shonhoku, he couldn't back down!

"..." This scene is a bit touching, but Rukawa couldn't help but find it funny. That guy Sakuragi went down with a head hammer, and Kobayashi didn't get hurt at all, and there was no pain on his face. Sakuragi herself has a big swelling on her head!If Kaoru were here, it would definitely be very embarrassing to laugh on the spot...

Sakuragi turned her back, with tears in her eyes, it wasn't because she was touched, it was because of the pain!

After Kobayashi recovered, the situation around the basket changed greatly. For the first time, Ishida realized the power of his childhood sweetheart who had been underestimated since he was a child.

After failing to break through again, Ishida suddenly had a shocking thought in his mind, that Dashu might be stronger than him...

Xiandao knew that the trick of breaking through the middle was no longer feasible, so he began to think about a new attack method. At this moment, Xiandao suddenly found that the ball in his hand was missing? !

"This time it was me who attacked." The ball had reached Rukawa's hands at some point.

The one-on-one confrontation between Rukawa and Xiandao once again attracted the attention of the audience. Unlike Xiandao's attack method, Rukawa attacked with unstoppable momentum as soon as he came up. Taking a small step, Rukawa immediately seized the opportunity and successfully passed the fairy road with a quick flash-in action!

Before Xiandao caught up again, Rukawa quickly let go of the ball outside the three-point line, and the brown basketball fell into the basket with a beautiful arc and impartiality.

"..." Good boy!Even Xiandao had to look at Rukawa with admiration.

"81-89"

The point difference was shortened to single digits, and Xiangbei finally started to catch up.

Municipal Hospital——

The red light in the operating room was still on, and nurses and doctors kept coming in and out, which touched the hearts of everyone present every time.

It's not that no one has stepped forward to inquire, but they all get the same answer, "We will try our best to save the patient."

When everyone was in a hurry, Kaoru sat there from the beginning to the end, not because she didn't care about Hiiragi, but from the situation in the operating room and the expressions on the faces of the medical staff, she had already guessed that the operation was not going well. .

Kaoru clenched the peace talisman in her hand, while praying silently for Hiiragi in her heart, she kept telling herself that Hiiragi will be fine!

At this moment, Kazuya walked out of the operating room unsteadily. Seeing this, everyone immediately surrounded him, and Kaoru also hurriedly followed behind everyone.

"How's the operation going? Is Hiiragi okay?!" Tai Ming stepped forward to support his pale younger brother, and asked anxiously.

"Little Hiiragi...Xiao Hiiragi, he stopped...heartbeat...Although Dr. Shulman tried his best to rescue him, but..." Hezai was choked up in the short sentence, and he couldn't continue what he said. .

Snapped!

The peace talisman in Kaoru's hand was scattered all over the place...

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