[Kuroko's Basketball] The First Promise

In front of his light, he lost embarrassingly and powerlessly.Didn't even launch a counterattack.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ When the whistle blew, No. 13, wearing a white jersey, just made a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Ziyuan walked in with a pack of snacks in his mouth and a delicious stick in his mouth. He happened to see this scene.He lazily glanced at the scoreboard, chewed the delicious stick in his mouth, and said vaguely to Qingfeng with a serious face beside him:

"Ah——Little Heizi is so good, he led by 13 points at the end of the first quarter."

"... Murasakihara, open your eyes for me."

"Um--?"

"...Have you looked down on the scoreboard?"

Hearing this, Ziyuan opened his eyes slightly, and looked at the scoreboard in front of him again.

"Ah...? Little Heizi and the others, are they 13 points behind...?"

The situation on the field is clear at a glance, and it can be seen from the different expressions on the faces of the two sides.Standing around Akutagawa are a few unfamiliar faces. You can tell they are Akutagawa's teammates just by looking at the costumes. They are all white team uniforms. No. 13, only Akutagawa is wearing the No. 16 jersey.And among these few players, two are very tall foreigners.

Since playing four full quarters would lead to exhaustion, Akashi specially arranged to play only 5 minutes in each quarter.But just these 5 minutes, it was like pouring a basin of cold water on Heizi, making him feel completely chilled.

"Haha, at first I was worried that the opponent was a college student, and our high school foreign players would lose miserably!"

"Don't say that, this is only the first quarter, maybe the seniors have retained their strength."

"That's right, then we have to work harder and see if we can widen the gap!"

"come on--!"

The imposing words of encouragement on the other side made Heizi's face very ugly.He lowered his head and wiped the sweat from his chin with a soft wristband, and looked back at his teammates behind him. The team uniforms similar to Di Guang's now smelled completely strange.

To sum up the problems in the first section, anyone can see that there is a crisis of trust.Even though Heizi tried his best to cooperate with other teammates, the opponent didn't give him any face. Heizi would not give the ball to Heizi. Sometimes when Heizi got the ball and was about to dribble past others, the teammates around him would steal it suddenly and score by themselves. This obvious distrust made Heizi feel even colder.According to this situation, the fiasco is inevitable.

After a short 3-minute break, Kuroko seldom looked at Akashi who was handing the water for help, hoping that he could say a few words.But what he didn't expect was that Akashi just handed him the water, and then just lowered his head and started writing something in the notebook.

Heizi was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak again, the teammates around him had already started to complain: "Damn it, I told you not to shoot three-pointers anymore, okay? Your own shooting percentage itself is low, so why shoot?" Three-pointers, don’t you think it’s embarrassing?”

"You still have the face to criticize me? Look at you, Heizi is dribbling well, why are you stealing?"

"Okay, stop arguing, as long as the two of you keep an eye on each other's two foreign players, you won't have to fight so hard."

"—Who are you, are you the captain? Let us watch? You are the tallest, why don't you watch? You can't just talk..."

As if he thought these people were too noisy, Akashi frowned slightly, and after a while, he turned around with the notebook and walked to a quieter corner to continue writing.Kuroko silently looked at Akashi's figure, and after a while, turned around and said to those who were still complaining, "Everyone, can you listen to me?"

The calm tone was especially special amidst the mutual accusations. Slightly stunned, several people cast their eyes on the person behind him who had always had a low sense of presence: "We are all responsible for the loss in the last quarter. I didn't make it reasonable. Using my skills to create more offensive opportunities for everyone, I will definitely grasp more details in the next quarter, and strive to sort out the most comfortable and suitable offensive routes for everyone."

Faced with those slightly astonished expressions, Heizi kept smiling gently, and his tone didn't fluctuate much: "I believe everyone doesn't want to continue to widen the gap, right? Then we will try our best to narrow it down and overtake it."

"—So I hope everyone can work hard to cooperate with me."

"please."

Heizi bent down and bowed earnestly. His appearance completely made the opposite teammate unable to say a word of rebuttal.Several people glanced at each other hesitantly, and one of them who was more intimidating and who knew the general idea nodded first and said: "Okay, let's try our best."

When the whistle sounded in the second quarter, the two sides returned to the field one after another.

Akutagawa moved his wrist and found that Kuroko was standing in front of him.Smiling, Akutagawa tilted his head to look at him:

"Senior wants to guard against me in the second quarter?"

"Yes."

Heizi nodded honestly, bent down and slowly spread his arms, making a marking movement.But he is much shorter than Akutagawa, and this appearance seems a bit ridiculous to Akutagawa.With a low laugh, when the first ball was hooked by the foreign aid, Heizi immediately swayed to the left and then broke through to the right. Akutagawa stared at Heizi's actual moving right ankle from the corner of his eye, and directly swayed to block it. In seconds, the person in front of him has disappeared.

Already familiar with Heizi's stunt, Akutagawa didn't stop at all. He took a step back and yelled at the person holding the ball, "Pay attention behind you!"

But obviously, Akutagawa's warning came too late.No. 13, who was holding the ball, felt a gust of wind blowing from the side and rear just after he dribbled the ball. When he came back to his senses, he only saw the afterimage of a hand stretched out from behind and slapped the ball hard.

Heizi didn't let the ball stay in his palm for half a second at all, he spotted the receiver, and with this palm, he directly drew the ball into the hands of his teammate who was marking No. 14 on the opposite side.

After holding the ball, Yano immediately let go of the target and rushed directly to the basket. Although his shooting rate was not high, his breakthrough ability was extremely strong, because he was also relatively short, and he bypassed the big tall man who was blocking him with just a false step. , rushed to the basket and scored a layup with a hook.

Heizi's skills gradually took effect, and after seeing the first point of the second quarter easily won, Heizi himself breathed a sigh of relief.Whoever gets this first point... will have more morale this quarter.

The subsequent attack was also quite effective. Heizi's brain has gradually become clear, and the attack route he has sorted out is also quite effective.The score rose alternately, but Heizi had more points on his side, and quickly narrowed the score down to 9 points.For his Misdirection, Akutagawa doesn't seem to be very comfortable with it, and he hasn't found a way to break through it quickly.

The constant credits show that their "first" cooperation was successful, and their trust in each other is getting closer.When Heizi inadvertently glanced at a teammate diagonally across the corner, the latter gave him a rare smile of admiration.

Relying on steals and assists to score, the situation in the second quarter was gradually controlled by Heizi.When Akutagawa was dribbling the ball and was about to break through, Heizi's eyes darkened, as if he was determined to mark him and make a quick steal.

So when Akutagawa made a Shunpo breakthrough, Heizi rushed over to meet his running, disappeared for half a second and appeared behind Akutagawa's right side, and crossed his five fingers together.

This steal is still a success.

As soon as Heizi's fingertips touched the rough expression of the spinning basketball, out of the corner of his eye he saw his teammate on the left who had an opportunity to attack.

With a strong wrist, he was about to hit the ball a second before, he only felt that the hair on his ears and temples was blown into disorder by the wind.

When he came back to his senses, the basketball that was still firmly in the palm of his hand had disappeared.

He hurriedly turned his head, only to see Akutagawa who had successfully counter-stealed the ball and turned around to run for the basket.

From the fast steal to being stolen, only a few seconds.

Heizi's face turned pale.

He knew that Akutagawa had found a way to break through his skills.If it was the Akutagawa who used to be, he still couldn't do this smoothly.

Sure enough, as Vulcan said before, this child's potential is infinite, and the outside world can easily stimulate his infinite potential, allowing him to grow rapidly in a short period of time.

What a genius.

Heizi let out a low sigh, and couldn't help admiring Akutagawa's ability.

Because he couldn't successfully restrain his skills, did he rely on the speed advantage to make up for it?

As he broke Heizi's ball at a very high speed, the blood in Akutagawa's body burned even more vigorously. He almost dribbled the ball past two people without even batting an eyelid. Poses are not achieved.Even so, three points are still firmly in the account.

Heizi heard the surprised voices of his teammates behind him, and from the corner of his eye, he saw Kise's anxious expression outside the field, and Aomine's completely sunken face.Everything he heard and saw made him anxious.He doesn't want to lose at all, and he will never forget what Akashi said, this game is not only to prove himself like Akutagawa, but also to prove himself to his new teammates, and even more to prove himself to himself.

Because he wanted to win so much, he even felt sticky cold sweat on the palm of his hand.

This crucial goal seemed to be the turning point of the whole game. After that, Heizi's many steals failed, and then the restless teammates made mistakes again and again.Heizi felt that he couldn't run anymore. It was only the second quarter, but every time he took a step, he felt very heavy.

Just when he was in a trance for half a second, a pass from Yano landed firmly in his arms, and he was already conditioned to hold the ball to organize an attack, but Heizi found that no one had a chance to attack, whether it was There are strict defenses of opponents on either side.Biting his lower lip, Heizi turned around and made a fake back throw, bypassing No. 14 in front of him. Before he could make another assist, he directly raised his hand from the outside to shoot, pointing at the basket for a three-pointer.

The basketball hit the frame, spun twice, and fell out of the hoop.The foreign player guarding under the basket grabbed the rebound with a hook, raised his hand and made a gesture to quickly adjust the formation. Heizi looked at their moving formation, and immediately shouted at Yano: "Yano-kun, guard! mustard--"

Before he finished speaking, Yano had already understood what Kuroko was up to. He was the closest player to Akutagawa, so he turned and charged towards Akutagawa almost immediately, but at the same second that Kuroko opened his mouth, Akutagawa had already firmly caught it. A pass from a teammate, he slightly hooked his lips, bent his arms, tilted his body slightly, and threw the ball forcefully with his wrist.

I don't know what he was thinking, but Yano really wanted to hinder Akutagawa's scoring too much. In an extremely restless situation, he suddenly raised his elbow and pressed heavily on Akutagawa's abdomen, even if there was such an obvious foul move , but Akutagawa had already made a shot before.

With a sob in pain, Akutagawa grabbed the uniform tightly and fell to the ground. At the same time, the ball fell firmly into the frame.

The whistle is like a terrible judgment.

"Defensive foul on No. 26, plus a free throw on No. 11."

Such a two plus one became the conclusion of the second quarter.Heizi didn't look at the scoreboard anymore, he no longer wanted to know how many points he was behind.He silently watched Akutagawa being pulled up from the ground by his teammates, and the unstoppable smile on the corner of the latter's lips was extremely dazzling in Heizi's eyes.

There was almost nothing to watch in the last two quarters of the game.The situation is already one-sided.

Heizi had clearly felt that the running pace of his teammates around him had slowed down a lot, and even his offense had become powerless.He glanced at them anxiously, but he was busy sorting out the offense, and he couldn't find a suitable opportunity to encourage them.

Don't give up...everyone.

When the opponent throws the ball steadily into the basket one by one from their eyes, perhaps because of the angle, Heizi can't see whether the opponent's expression is relaxed and complacent, or whether he is still serious and cautious.But he saw the completely lost expressions and gloomy eyes of his teammates.

Where is the difference?His own offensive routines are clearly sorted out, what is wrong?

Heizi clenched his lower lip. After his teammate missed another shot, he decisively turned back to defend. When he passed by Yano, he whispered: "Yano-kun, please, let everyone run. Bar."

When Yano heard Heizi's words, the gloomy expression on his face didn't decrease at all. Sweat kept pouring out of his forehead, sliding down his chin and dripping down.He didn't even have time to wipe it, he just ran past the sunspot in such a hurry, leaving the latter with a tired back.

——Isn’t playing basketball just because you like it?

Heizi suddenly remembered what Aomine said, and he suddenly panicked. He was thinking about whether his teammates, those who fought side by side with him, really loved basketball, loved basketball, and enjoyed running on the court. Listen The squeaky sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor, or the thrill of winning a game?When you feel that you are about to lose, you will give up. This kind of self-question...do you really love basketball?

The third and fourth quarters were extremely long. When Yano's ball was intercepted again, Kuroko stopped running.

The more they embody the posture of the underdog, the more determined the opponent will be to win.

He was unwilling, unwilling to give up like this.

Even if this game will be lost, he must have the power to continue to be reborn after repeated defeats.

Isn't it because of love...that's why you are persisting?

"Everyone--"

Heizi stood where he was, watching his teammates running further and further away, and it was the first time he yelled out loudly.Yano was the first to stop and look back at him, followed by another teammate, and then they all looked back at him one after another.

Akashi leaned against the iron net, raised his head slightly, and closed his eyes.

"Basketball is not a sport for one person. No matter how hard I run, without you, there is no possibility of winning this game!"

Heizi's voice was not loud, but quite powerful, and every syllable of each word was uttered extremely clearly.His blue eyes were so clear that there was no trace of fear, which gave Akutagawa the illusion that they were the laggards: "Let us..."

Smiling slightly, Heizi's lips raised an arc, as if he had seen the light radiating towards him: "—let's play basketball together."

Yano stared at Heizi's smile in a daze, and it took a few seconds for him to come back to his senses.He suddenly felt that his slow and heavy feet suddenly gained strength, he rubbed his fists, and gave a low laugh: "Really, if you want to encourage, just say something encouraging, such ridiculous words... don't you think Is it embarrassing?"

Heizi's smile is softer:

"That's right...then, please Yano-kun."

With Yano's activity, other people were quickly infected, and they all had the desire to fight.This kind of emotion is passing rapidly, and the expression in everyone's eyes has changed.

With determination and perseverance to win.

"Okay, let's fight back, brothers!"

Yano let out a low cry, although there were only a few people, but because of the small number of people, each other's response was more firm.

That is, their voices had just fallen, and the whistle at the end of the game brutally tore their lingering sounds.

The smile on Heizi's lips froze like this, and he didn't have time to fade it away.He looked slowly at the scoreboard, the glaring 29-point difference on it chilled his warm blood again.

— Lost?

——This is the feeling of losing.In front of his light, he lost embarrassingly and powerlessly.Didn't even launch a counterattack.

Heizi almost fell back on the bench, with his head down all the time.Qingfeng next to him immediately put a clean towel on Heizi's shoulders, and stuffed a bottle of ice water into his hand.Sitting next to him, Qingfeng's tone was still calm and calm, but he could see the emotional color in his eyes: "It's ok, Azhe, you have tried your best in this game. These substitutes really compete with each other. Compared with them, there is a certain gap in strength, and their inability to stimulate your ability also has their shortcomings, you..."

Heizi didn't speak, he unscrewed the water bottle and poured all the water on his head.

Qingfeng opened his eyes wide and stopped speaking abruptly.It was also the first time for Kise on the opposite side to see such a Kuroko, he was taken aback, and rushed over to help Kuroko wipe his hair, but was blocked by Akashi directly raising his hand.

"Little Akashi—!"

Kise looked at Akashi with a bit of ruthlessness in his eyes, and it was the first time he would show such an expression to Akashi.Without even looking at Kise's face, and even ignoring Kise's oppressive voice, Akashi just stood a few steps away and looked at Kuroko whose hair was dripping, without saying a word.In fact, he hasn't spoken since the start of the game.

Heizi closed his eyes.He raised his head and covered his aching right eye with the back of his hand.The water on the bangs flowed between his fingers and slid past his eye sockets.For a moment, he had the illusion that he was crying again.

After playing against the Era of Miracles for so long, he almost forgot what it was like to lose a game.

It was very cold, and he couldn't feel the excitement from the stadium that made his blood boil.

After losing the game, he realized that this desire to win was empty.

Stiff, cold, lifeless.