[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

"Students who participated in the May festival parade, please gather in the lounge. The festival briefing will begin soon."

During the lunch break, the radio was broadcast all over the campus. The students who had submitted the participation form before came to the lounge to accept the ranks and groups before the festival. Because the parade queue was very long and there were a large number of participants, in order to facilitate management, the festival committee decided according to the number of participants. The personal information filled in will be divided into groups, and group cards will be distributed at the briefing session. Students can use the cards to report at the venue on the rehearsal day and fitting day.

Kotaro, Lingyang, and Netaketani had already submitted the participation form, but they saw an unexpected figure in the briefing.

"Xiaozheng, why are you here? Could it be that you also handed in the participation form?" Ling Yang walked up to Akashi and said hello, wondering why he, a busy person, had free time to participate in the festival.

"Well, the festival parade happened to be short of a white horse, so I borrowed my God of War, but it has a very weird temper, and no one but me can ride on its back, so the committee suggested that I submit the form , ride it to participate in the parade on the day of the festival.”

"It's amazing. It's different if we have a horse training ground at home. But speaking of horses, the news agency went to the Yinghua Village to collect materials a while ago. They put on kimonos and wigs and acted as His Royal Highness in the Dahe drama to take exterior photos. They also specially photoshopped a white horse. As a foil, but no matter how I look at them, I don’t think they look like Prince Charming or the nobles of the Heian Dynasty.”

Hearing Kotaro's mention, Ling Yang looked towards the crowd who were queuing up to get the cards, and said softly: "The people from the news agency are still looking forward to being assigned to the rank closest to Dai Saio, where are you all assigned?"

"I'm a non-violation envoy, where are Lingyang and Genwugu?" Kotaro replied, "Could they be assigned to pull a bullock cart?"

"How is it possible, I am the guard in charge of security, Mibuchi is in the same rank as you." Nebuya looked at the card in Akashi's hand, "I don't know if Akashi is as lucky as us."

"I'm in the row of Konoe." Akashi showed the card in his hand.

"No way, Akashi, your luck is too good to be assigned to the third row." The Konoe envoy ranks are the highlights of the festival just like the Saio generation ranks. Nebuya once again lamented that Akashi's cheat range is too wide , Even luck can be better than ordinary people.

"It's just that my horse was assigned to that group, it has nothing to do with luck." This is Akashi's truth, it's all because his horse has a good appearance but a weird temper, so he was assigned there, and luck Good or bad doesn't matter at all.

"Actually, Xiaozheng is worried about Saya. She is so stupid. If I told about that matter earlier, Kotaro and I would definitely help." Ling Yang only found out afterwards that Saya was threatened and beaten by Meixiang. Under the circumstances, even if Saya told the story early, Akashi would stop him and Kotaro from helping. After all, the district preliminaries are approaching, and the basketball club of Luoshan High School must not suspend the game due to violence. It's not good, but it's in Meixiang's arms.

"That guy's shortcoming is such a headache. I leave the task of reforming her to Akashi, and I have nothing to do with her." It's not that Kotaro likes to complain, but he has known since childhood that Saya always keeps troubles in his heart, so he is very sad. Don't ask outsiders for help. Now that you meet Akashi, maybe her old problems can be cured.

"You don't have to worry about her. The doctor said she will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, so you have to worry about the mock exam after the festival."

It’s good that Akashi doesn’t mention it, the three of Kotaro feel worried when it comes to the exam. Although this is one of the routine exams every year, the three of them seem to play a heartbeat test every time before the exam, and they don’t feel relieved until the results of the exam paper come out. Come.

"Uh... Akashi, can we bother Saya a little bit today?" For the sake of the next game, Kotaro felt that it was necessary to bother his childhood sweetheart. She was much better than him in terms of guessing questions.

"The visiting time in the special ward can be extended, as long as you don't disturb the patients next door, it should be fine, but before you go, you all go to the shopping street with me." Anyway, Saya felt bored in the ward, so Akashi didn't Oppose Kotaro and the others to visit the sick.

"We'll meet at the school gate after the club activities."

*****

With hope for the mock exam, Kotaro and his troubles were reduced by half. After the club activities in the afternoon, everyone brought their textbooks and reference books and headed towards the hospital. The sick gift was omitted, and he took everyone directly to the bookstore in the shopping street to buy reference books.

"Hey, look, it's her, the belle of Shenghua High School, and she also comes here to buy books." The male high school student holding a sports magazine to cover his face whispered to his companion beside him.

"Give up, how can people think of you, unless you withdraw the football club and join the basketball club."

"Don't talk about me. Boys from other schools are also pursuing her. As long as she doesn't have a boyfriend, I have a chance."

"Hush...the people from Luoshan came in, so please don't say a few words..."

This is what Akashi and the others saw when they entered the bookstore. There were fewer people buying books and more people looking at beauties, but Kotaro and the others obviously had different hobbies from those young boys. She didn't dare to procrastinate, but after 10 minutes, the beautiful girl called Shenghua Xiaohua walked towards one of the boys with a stack of books. Her action immediately aroused the expectations of many boys. critical hit.

"Ah... sorry..." The beautiful girl holding the book accidentally bumped into the person in front of her, and the book in her hand was scattered all over the ground. The person who was hit was not angry, but knelt down to help her remove the book pick it up.

"Be careful next time." Returning the book to the beautiful girl, the red-haired boy continued to select the books he needed to buy in front of the bookshelf.

"Xiao Zheng, are you sure we're going to stay here? The eyes of those around you are so scary." Sensing those prickly eyes, Ling Yang, who was looking for a reference book, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Let's go after buying the books." Akashi didn't care about the resentful gazes around him. After finding two books about horses and cooking, he went straight to the bookshelf where foreign masterpieces were placed, took down a hardcover book, and left Go to cashier and prepare to checkout.

"Please wait a moment... Thank you for your help with the matter just now." At the cash register, the beautiful girl I met before ran over again, this time no longer hitting someone with a book, but came to thank you.

"It's just a little effort, thank you." Akashi's answer was very flat, and his expression didn't show any surprise. After replying politely, he took the book wrapped by the clerk, and led Kotaro and the others out of the bookstore, without looking at it the whole time. The beautiful girl glanced at it.

There is indeed a gap between the reality and the imagination. The encounter plot in the comics does not work in reality. Not to mention the romantic atmosphere, the male protagonist is as cold as an iceberg and difficult to get close to. Girls who want to have a romantic encounter are doomed to be disappointed And return.On the way to the hospital, Lingyang and Kotaro asked Akashi more than once how they felt about the romantic encounter in the bookstore, but the person who was asked just replied them coldly——

"I don't feel anything."

"What if she is better than Saya?" Kotaro still asked the question at the risk of being frozen into an ice sculpture.

"That's impossible, this topic ends here."

Akashi put on a straight face and spoke, and Kotaro immediately shut up when he saw this, but within 5 minutes, he suddenly remembered something important after he calmed down, and had to restart the conversation.

"Wait, I seem to have seen that girl somewhere... By the way, I saw a picture of her sent by a boy in the class. Her name is... Kana Ando? Yes, that's her name. She is a girl from Shenghua High School." A member of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, who also serves as the manager of the Basketball Club, is very popular in the nearby high schools."

"Hey, you are so familiar with the information, are you her fan too, Kotaro?" Newugu teased from the side.

"How is it possible? She is as terrifying as Saya's younger sister. I heard from the boys in my class that she has a special habit. She can determine whether the boy can be her boyfriend as long as she looks at him. According to recent rumors, she is now The object of the relationship is the head of the basketball department of the same school, and as for better spare tires, I have been looking for it, you guys should be careful."

"This topic is so boring."

It was rare for Akashi to complain, and the three of them didn't dare to start another topic of chatting. Unknowingly, the whole journey became quiet, and the atmosphere of silence was lifted only when they came to take Saya to the hospital where Saya was.

"Saya, I'm coming in." Taking the elevator to the floor of the special ward, Akashi knocked on the door of Saya's room, then turned the doorknob and walked into the room.

"You came so early today, the club activities are over?" Saya, who was sitting on the bed, was about to have an early dinner at this time. When she saw Akashi bringing Kotaro and the others in, she suddenly felt as if she had seen a savior come.

"Hey, what is that look in your eyes? Could it be that you want to ask someone for help with a food-related issue?" As expected of his childhood sweetheart, Kotaro had already anticipated what was about to happen.

"Wasabi cuisine tonight? Are you sure this is the patient's dinner?" Although Saya stayed in the hospital for a short time, Akashi also fully experienced the training methods of the Hashimoto family. Even if he was hospitalized, the training remained the same, but the content changed. Complete taste training, so as to taste different dishes, exercise your own taste, find out the shortcomings of the dishes, and come up with improved methods to develop new menus. This is one of the abilities that a future female general should possess.Today is no exception, the topic is wasabi dishes, but the portion of the dishes is much more than the previous two days, no wonder Saya feels good when seeing them appear.

"Personally, I really like wasabi, but it's a bit too much. If you're hungry, don't hesitate to help me share it."

"Then I'm welcome, thank you for your hospitality."

With Saya’s words, Nebuya was the first to respond. He looked at the bento box on the small table, picked up a rice ball and stuffed it into his mouth. After a while, a lot of tears flowed out like a boiling faucet. The hot smell in the nostrils and eyes was really unbearable. Fortunately, there was a water dispenser in the corner of the room. He rushed there and poured several glasses of water before he was saved.

Seeing Nebuya's distressed appearance, Kotaro and Reo didn't dare to try it lightly, and Akashi sat down to have dinner with Saya and surprised them. A large amount of ground wasabi was hidden in the center of the rice ball, and Akashi looked like It was the same as eating as usual. I picked up the rice balls with chopsticks and ate them slowly. During the process, I didn’t choke to tears due to the spicy food, and I didn’t rush to the water dispenser to drink water like Newuya. The whole process was extremely peaceful.

"This taste should be wasabi from Izu." After eating the rice ball in his hand without changing his expression, Akashi picked up a pen and wrote the answer in the blank space of Saya's test question.

"It's amazing, Seijuro, how do you know it's from Izu?" Saya lamented that Akashi's cheats are so powerful that even taste training can't stop him.

"Because the deacon of the family was born in Izu, every wasabi harvest season, I can eat dishes made of wasabi, so I am very familiar with this taste."

"Fortunately, I didn't compete with Akashi to eat wasabi rice balls, otherwise I would definitely lose." Kotaro secretly rejoiced that he didn't commit the crime of committing suicide, and still remembered the purpose of this trip. He took out the textbook from his backpack and said to Saya on the bed: "Here, this is the homework you missed a few days ago, and after the festival is a mock exam, I want you to help me divide the scope of review. If I fail this exam, I won't be able to go to the regional preliminaries, please!"

"No problem. Although I missed a few days of class, it is still possible to divide the scope of review. According to the progress of the previous tutorial, the scope of review is not large. The mathematics side should be from Chapter 5 to Chapter 7..."

At the beginning of the topic of study, Saya and Kotaro quickly entered the state of study, and Akashi also took the book he bought to look through it. It took more than an hour. This is the end.

"Hi, hello, I'm Oikawa Saya." Stopping what she was doing, Saya answered the phone.

"Senior Saya, it's me, Lily."

"It's so rare that you call me. Why, did you encounter a bottleneck in gymnastics?"

"No..." The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly became softer, "Let me make a long story short, I'm going to Kyoto with my friends on the day of the Aoi Festival, I'll let you know first, and I'll ask you to do us a favor then."

"How can I help?" Sha Ye felt puzzled. Her school girl was usually a cheerful girl, but why did she become mysterious when she spoke now?

Before the other side could answer, there was a hearty male voice, so loud that even Akashi, who was reading by the bed, could hear it.

"Hello, senior. I'm Ryota Kise, a friend of Lily's. Please give me your advice on the day we arrive in Kyoto!"

"Saya, give me the phone." Before Saya could speak, Akashi asked for the phone, and saw him frowning slightly and said to the other side: "Ryota, don't come here, it seems that you are in a very bad condition. good."

Hearing Akashi's cold tone, the other side became silent instantly, and it took a while before he replied, "Are you little Akashi?"

"You heard me right, it was indeed me."

"It's been a long time. I didn't expect you to know Li Lizi's senior."

"That's not the point. I remember that the national competition hasn't started yet, and the preliminaries in Kanagawa haven't been moved to Kyoto. What are you doing in Kyoto?"

"I...my friend and I went to Kyoto for advertising work, so I would like to ask Li Lizi's senior sister to do me a favor."

"I'm curious, what do you want her to do for you?"

Hearing the displeasure in Akashi's words, Kise quickly changed the subject, "Uh...that's just a small favor, by the way, little Akashi, do you have the rolling pencil from Midorima? If possible, please mail it to I, please!!"

"Ryota, you know that I never need that kind of thing. If you want to get a good grade, you should review honestly, and don't rely on shortcuts to pass."

"If I can pass the test, I don't need to use a rolling pencil, woo woo... Both Xiao Heizi and Xiao Midori are unwilling to lend it to me, Xiao Akashi, please help me, if it doesn't work, I can only go to Kyoto for a day I'm going to trouble Liliko's senior sister..."

"The favor you said is to ask her to help you with tuition?"

"If I don't make full use of my time outside of work to make up lessons, I'll be done. Little Akashi, since you know Liliko's senior, can you tell her to find time to help me and Liliko make up lessons?"

"Her health has been poor recently. If you want to make up lessons, I will accompany you. I promise that I will treat you well that day." After finishing speaking, Akashi cut off the call and returned the phone to Saya.

"Seijuro, do you know the boy on the phone?" Seeing Akashi walk to the window with a livid face and ponder, Saya felt that the reason for his sulking might be related to the conversation just now.

"Ryota Kise was my teammate in the Teiko Basketball Club."

"Why don't you chat for a while? It's rare for you to meet together by chance."

"No need. Sooner or later, he and I will meet in the national competition. It's just that he came to Kyoto this time to surprise me."

The conversation with Kise aroused the doubts that Akashi hid in his heart. That feeling had nothing to do with basketball, and it was completely emotional anxiety. He returned to the bed and said to Kotaro and the others who were sitting on the sofa doing exercises: " Lingyang, can you give me 5 minutes, Saya and I have to chat alone for a while."

"Okay, Xiaozheng, you can continue, let's go out to buy drinks and take a break, you two can chat slowly." Ling Yang dragged Kotaro and Netaketani out of the room very wittily, leaving the time for the two of them to get along.

"Do you have something on your mind?" When Ling Yang's footsteps gradually moved away, Sha Ye dared to ask.

"Saya, I have a question in my mind, you have to answer me honestly."

"What do you want to ask?"

"If one day you know a certain truth, will you still stay with me?" Akashi held Saya's hand lightly, and his eyes of different colors looked directly into her eyes, "You just need to answer yes or no .”

"Yes."

"You don't ask me why"

"When you want to talk, I will naturally be a qualified listener. Besides, according to the current situation, I... can't escape even if I want to."

"Hmph, want to escape? It's too late, there are still more than two months to go, and I will never allow you to have the idea of ​​escaping on the agreed date."

The ambiguous fog on the Luoshan side is slowly dissipating, while in Haichang High School far away in Kanagawa, some people are worrying about exams and work.

"Xiao Lizi, can we not go to Kyoto, little Akashi is so scary." After talking with Akashi, Kise still had lingering fears, and he couldn't even imagine what terrible things would happen on the day he went to Kyoto.

"No, if you don't go, it's tantamount to breaching the contract. The amount of breach of contract is 500 million yen higher. If you mess up the advertisement, the firm and the manufacturer will not let you go. Please cheer me up! And don't call me My little Lizi!"

"Why? I think it's good to be called Xiaolizi." Kise replied with an innocent face.

"If it's good, I don't need to hide in the sports warehouse to make calls. You go back to play basketball for me. I still want to get out of school alive."

"But club activities are over."

"Then I'll go back first, and you should leave school quickly, it's not good to be seen by your fans." Patting the dust on the school uniform, Takahashi Riko got up and walked out of the warehouse.

"Wait for me, Lizi."

"How many times have I told you, don't call me Xiao Lizi, don't follow me here!"