[Liuhua Tongren] I really want to say I love you loudly

What Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't expect at all was that Rukawa still didn't show up until the whistle sounded for the first match of the qualifiers.

"Damn it! Where the hell are you looking at, Huadao?!"

Miyagi, who passed the ball to Sakuragi's face for the third time, finally couldn't help roaring angrily. Of course he knew where Sakuragi was looking and who he was looking at, but now, he is the captain, no matter who If he disappeared at this time, he would support the team until the end.

Walked behind Sakuragi and kicked him hard on the calf, Miyagi hooked his neck and said in a low voice: "Hanagi, we are competing now, don't you want Rukawa to come here and see how useless you are? What does it look like?!"

The pain from the calf and Miyagi's rhetorical question brought the red-haired boy back to his senses, and immediately yelled: "Damn it!!! Bastard fox!!! I just found out today! This must be the conspiracy of that fox! Damn it! You bastards! You guys are watching me! The first match was won by this man who summoned victory today!! Hahahahahaha!!!"

Shouting towards the auditorium, Sakuragi's insolent laughter echoed throughout the venue, shining like a spotlight, impacting everyone's nerves and cells.

10 minutes into the second half of the game, a woman who looked like a staff member came to the rest area of ​​Xiangbei. The woman said something to Haruko Akagi, and then the girl followed her to the outside of the field.

Seeing this scene from a distance, Yohei Mito, who was sitting in the auditorium, pursed his lips, made up an excuse to Takamiya, Danu, and Noma, and also got up and walked outside.

"Yo, Miss Haruko, what's the matter?"

"That's right, the reception desk of the conference received a call, saying that they were looking for Akagi Haruko from Shonhoku High School." The staff replied.

"Although it's a bit strange, it might be something with my brother. My brother's university has an exam today, so it must be a pity that I can't come." Saying this, Haruko shrugged and smiled, and followed the service staff past Yohei.

Looking at the backs of Haruko and the staff member, Mito Yohei frowned slightly.

Is it just...an illusion...

Since Rukawa didn't appear here in time, he was inexplicably worried.

The kind of guy who can wreck a car with a bicycle... Maybe he's worrying too much...

Thinking of this, Yang Ping stretched his eyebrows, then turned and walked towards the vending machine.

Sure enough, I should drink something...

Just when Mito Yohei was worrying about which drink to choose, a stiff figure of Akagi Haruko was reflected on the vending machine.

Frowning, Mito Yohei asked in confusion, "Miss Haruko?"

"Yanghei...student..." Tears burst out of her eyes, Akagi Haruko seemed to have finally burst out after holding back for a long time, she just kept repeating the four words "Yanghei classmate", her whole body trembling uncontrollably, clutching Yohei The hands on the sleeves had bluish-white joints, and they always buried their heads in his chest, never raising their heads.

Mito Yohei is no stranger to Akagi Haruko's tears, but it has never been so painful as if even his eyes were stung.

Yohei didn't ask until his chest was soaked with Haruko's tears.

He stood there motionless, didn't even make any comforting movements, just listened to Haruko's silent sobs in silence.

Time seems to have passed for a long time, but it seems that it only lasted for a short moment.

Just when Rukawa's expressionless face appeared in Yohei's mind, Haruko suddenly raised her head and desperately wiped away the tears on her face with both hands.While wiping, he muttered to himself: "No, you can't cry, you can't be seen by Sakuragi-san... definitely can't be seen by him..."

Hearing the word "Sakuragi", Yohei's eyes suddenly widened. He held Haruko's shoulders and stared at her: "What happened?"

Staring at him blankly, Haruko's lips trembled slightly.Two balls of water mist appeared in the red eyes from crying again, and then, tears rolled down and flowed down the lips.

"Rukawa..."

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"Ah!..." Sakuragi let out a quick low sigh as he passed Tsukutake's defender for a layup. He clearly noticed a slight deviation in the ball just now.

He seems to... slippery.

Sure enough, the basketball spun three times on the rim and fell to the side after all. Fortunately, his eyesight and body were quick, and he snatched the ball back in time.

"Don't be distracted! Okay! Let's have another shot!" Running towards Sakuragi, Miyagi quickly organized a defense. Although the Shonhoku basketball team has no Rukawa to participate in the battle, it is still a strong team.

Ignoring Miyagi who brushed past him, Sakuragi stared at his right hand, clenched it and spread it out, spread it out and clenched it again, he pursed his lips, and the center of his eyebrows was beating violently.

hateful!The ball just now could penetrate!

That bastard fox must be hiding somewhere and cursing this genius!

Why hasn't that bastard fox arrived yet! !

Thinking like this, Sakuragi looked outside the arena, and found that Haruko Akagi was nowhere to be seen.

He frowned, and was about to approach the sidelines, but was slapped on the back by Miyagi.

"Damn it! Why are you showing me at this time!! It's time to break fast!!"

Sakuragi, who was pulled back to the arena by Miyagi, grumbled, rubbed the flesh on his back and ran back angrily. Beside him, Mitsui whispered: "You kid, don't you worry about that guy Rukawa? ?”

"Nonsense! This genius will not..."

"If it's him, I think you can rest assured." As he spoke, Mitsui couldn't help recalling the aura of Rukawa's fight last year, and then let out a meaningful low sigh.

"I didn't worry about that bastard today!" Shouted at Mitsui, and Sakuragi's loud voice made Tsukutake's team members cast puzzled looks frequently.

Seeing everyone's eyes on his face, Sakuragi stuck his hands into his trouser waist, ran towards one of the opposing players who was holding the ball, and forced the opponent's first-year starting player to dribble the ball with that murderous aura. up.

"Hmph! Open the eyes of you mortals to see the super skills of this genius!!"

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"Rukawa had a car accident? How is this possible?! He is not..." Even cars can be damaged...

After all, Yohei was unable to say the second half of the sentence.He only opened his mouth, but finally chose to remain silent.

"Still being rescued... Listen, I heard that he was hit on the head with a steel rod by someone riding a motorcycle..." Akagi Haruko cried intermittently, and her voice followed.

But there is one fact that cannot be denied, that is, the life and death of Rukawa is uncertain.

Looking back to the direction he came from, Mito Yohei looked at the relatively spacious corridor leading to the arena, and slowly pursed his lips.

Never let Huadao know about this...

The game is still going on.

Sakuragi glanced at the time on the scoreboard, the second half of the game was coming to an end.

hateful!

Raising his arm to wipe the sweat off his face, he cursed secretly in his heart.

That bastard fox...what the hell...

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly saw Akagi Haruko who had returned to the sidelines not long ago.

Haruko didn't seem to have changed from before, which greatly relieved him.

fine……

Thinking like this, Sakuragi shook his head vigorously, desperately trying to shake Rukawa's paralyzed face out of his head.

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Thinking back to that summer, when the All Japan High School Basketball League qualifiers came shortly after entering the second year of high school, Sakuragi almost unconsciously curled the corners of his lips.

"Asshole fox..."

His long, slender fingers covered with fine wrinkles were slightly curled up, and what he was holding in his hand seemed to be the postcard that was taken from a magazine as a non-sale item when he was hospitalized due to a back injury in his first year of high school.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, known as the intimidating red-haired ghost in the Japanese men's basketball team, the only man in NBA history with a haircut equal to Dennis Rodman, is wearing a baggy T-shirt, sitting in a cold and dark room In front of the tombstone, there is a pale golden light in the amber eyes, the eyes are deep and meaningful.

He is a man known as the Red Hurricane. He is often seen in major media. He is an all-round star player who is not afraid of flashlights and endorsements. However, few people know what kind of private life such a player with a high appearance rate has.

It's not so much that the reporters don't have enough pickpocketing ability, it's better to say that this red hurricane has no private life at all.

In addition to playing, it is playing.

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Hitting the rim of the glass placed on the ground, Sakuragi grabbed the glass of beer in his hand and grinned: "You cunning bastard! Minors are not allowed to drink! You still give it to me honestly." Let me drink juice!"

Smiling and laughing, Sakuragi suddenly stopped laughing.

He squinted his eyes, fixed his eyes on the stele with "Rukawa Kaede" written on it, and finally calmed down all the emotions on his face.

"Fox, I just came back from America today. That's the place you've always wanted to go. Be envious, jealous, and resentful! I just said that today! Will definitely be the MVP! Will definitely win the national competition! You bastard, To be able to escape so early!"

As he spoke, Sakuragi drank the slightly bitter liquid in the glass in one gulp, and then fell silent.

So much happened that summer of my sophomore year in high school, so much...

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The news that Rukawa's rescue was invalid was in the quarter-finals.

Now Sakuragi can't recall what kind of state he was in at that time.

He only knew that at that time, it was very dark before his eyes, his body was almost hollowed out in an instant, his whole body was hot and cold, and his head felt dizzy.

When rushing to the hospital, there were only Rukawa's parents and grandfather in the ward, and an empty bed that was so white that it made people feel cold all over.

"Why didn't you tell me?! Yohei! Why didn't you tell me?!!"

Grief and indignation turned into overwhelming anger. On that day, Sakuragi beat Yohei, Takamiya, everyone in Sakuragi's army, and even everyone in the Xiangbei team who came to persuade them to fight.

No one knows what kind of mood Sakuragi appeared in the game against Lingnan. Everyone who had some dots on his face could only see his innocence, his...desperation and arrogance.

Relying on Sakuragi's crazy momentum, Xiangbei reached the final all the way, leading Hainan by two points, winning the No.1 in Kanagawa Prefecture, and obtaining a ticket for the national competition.

This year's national competition was held in Aichi Prefecture, and members of the Sakuragi Legion did not follow.

It wasn't until Xiangbei stopped in the quarter-finals and only achieved No.4 in the national competition that Sakuragi learned from Rukawa's father that Mito Yohei was imprisoned in the juvenile detention center.

After the game, he returned to Kamakura from Aichi without a break, and it was already 11:[-] in the middle of the night when he arrived at the juvenile prison where Yohei was. Seeing Yang Ping for the first time.

The iron door covered with electronic sensors finally opened in front of his eyes. At this moment, he could hardly feel the despair and pain caused by Rukawa's death. He rushed in full of anger and resentment, and finally saw It was Yohei who wore the same clothes and had the same cut as the other juvenile prisoners.

"You're here? It's a pity that you only got No.4." There was a deep black shadow under Yohei's two eye sockets, which seemed to come from the abyss of hell, bottomless.

"why?"

Clenching his hands into fists, he slammed it on the metal table between the two of them. Sakuragi didn't say anything, only asked three words.

"I just did what you will do for me." Raising his eyelashes, Yohei's voice was very peaceful, just like his calm face, it seemed that nothing would easily shake his emotions.It doesn't matter if it ends up sending you to jail if you go to a duel with a bosozoku for your best friend.

Sakuragi is his most important friend.

If he had any regrets, it was just that he failed to end the person who killed Rukawa on the spot.

He has never been an impulsive person. He is very aware of the consequences his actions will bring to him. Therefore, after learning the details of Rukawa's accident from the police, he found that person. He originally only wanted to know As for the truth of the matter, it was discovered that the man only attacked Rukawa in order to avenge Rukawa's half-brother Shinichi Sakagi.

He taught that person in the way of a bosozoku, and taught that person severely.

Until now, he still remembered the pitiful appearance of that person when he begged for mercy.

Compared with Rukawa, that person was much luckier, at least he was not told that "rescue was invalid" after seven days of rescue, but he was only lucky to lose a leg.

"When do you come out, I'll pick you up."

"Twenty-four months and fourteen days."

This was the last conversation Sakuragi had with Yohei before leaving for America.

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Sakuragi, who was sitting in front of the tombstone recalling the past, was a little dazed, and then quickly recovered.

"I really don't know what's so good about you bastard, everyone always likes to mention you..." After a pause, Sakuragi covered his face with his hands and didn't put it down for a long time.

"Fox, there is a saying that I have never had a chance to say today... I really want to say that I love you..."

Sakuragi's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared completely.

As he spoke, he slowly lowered his hand, and suddenly stretched out his arm to caress the black letters engraved on the cold tombstone.

The lines on the face gradually softened...

"Big idiot, I really want to say I love you loudly."

The clear voice rang in his ears, Sakuragi opened his eyes wide, and saw the black-haired boy who was only 16 years old.

Thin figure, slender lines, and those thin facial features that always have no expression.

Sakuragi stood up and walked towards the familiar figure. When his fingertips touched the figure of the black-haired boy, his body suddenly returned to 16 years old.

You bastard fox, you're finally back...

That night, the Japanese sports headlines published the following news: The Japanese male basketball player Hanamichi Sakuragi, known as the Red Hurricane, was found lying in front of a tombstone in Xicheng Cemetery.

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Yohei and other members of the Sakuragi Legion put Sakuragi's ashes together with Rukawa's, and set the photo of the two of them on fire in front of the tombstone when they were clapping hands.

"Would you like to try your luck today?" Gao Gong rubbed his hands as he watched the photo burn to pieces in front of the tombstone.

"I think it's okay." Noma put his hands in his pockets and looked up at the sky.

"Then go, go!" Da Nan pushed behind him, urging everyone.

"I remember, Miss Haruko seems to be giving birth today?" Looking back at the crowd, Yohei smiled.

When everyone heard the sound, their faces immediately fell.

"Ah! I have to go to the hospital quickly!! That bastard Sakagi should have been guarding there, right?!" Danan slapped his forehead and rushed, and they rushed out of the cemetery quickly and squeezed into that poor little Yangping. in used cars.

"Yang Ping drive fast!!" Gao Gong yelled.

"All of you, fasten your seat belts! Otherwise, I don't care if I get stopped by the traffic police!" As he spoke, he stepped on the gas pedal. Outside the cemetery, he saw a four-seater car puffing out black smoke. One side disappears into the sunset.

More than ten hours later, a loud baby cry finally sounded in the delivery room. The cry was loud and loud.

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