Double AS

"Ada, the game has started." Wu Yue walked in front of him and narrowed his eyes slightly.

This year's Luoshan is fierce, and the Winter Cup has never been defeated so far.

"It's been an uphill battle," May said.

"I will win."

The shouts outside the court became louder and louder.

"Emperor!" "Emperor!" "Emperor!"

There was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Emperor Tonghuang, Qingfeng Dahui took off his coat and went to the battlefield──

XXX

"I'm sorry, the host hasn't arrived yet, please sit down for a while." The director signaled the assistant to give the script to Huang Lai, "The previous program is still being recorded, it may take a while, who told him about the lounge Where is it, there is a tea room and TV over there."

Kise Ryota, who was recording the trailer as an actor for the first time, took the program script, nodded and left in the direction pointed by the assistant.

──To be honest, if it weren't for the promotion of Feather Lovers, Huang Lai actually doesn't like to accept announcements from variety shows; whether it is to play some unbelievable games with coolly dressed female artists, or to be forced to answer The host maliciously mocked the question, was joked, ridiculed, and even made a fool of himself in front of the camera for the effect of the show.

Just for that meager transportation fee.

Although speaking out might offend many people, from Huang Yan's point of view, announcing an artist is no different from a clown.

It was hard work, and sad.

Those hosts are all seniors who are respected and well-connected in the entertainment industry, even if they are ridiculed in front of the whole country, they still have to smile and thank the seniors for their kindness──It took so many years to establish his prince-like supermodel The image may have been completely destroyed by a single recording.

So for so long, he tried his best to avoid such invitations.

A model can be exempted from this kind of entertainment, but an actor probably can't-especially if he is still a novice actor.

Huang Lai flicked the script in his hand, the content was nothing more than that the host would ask some questions about how to expose the image of the person, and then he would answer the audience to watch──

Although Xiao Meixue repeatedly confirmed with the other party that there would be absolutely no problems or plots that would damage his image, Huang Lai was still terrified.

Fans can praise you to the sky, or beat you to hell, the higher you stand, the harder you can stand to fall──

How much did he sacrifice to maintain the image of a beautiful and handsome prince in front of the spotlight?Is it easy to try to hide my true nature, hide my true self, and play the supermodel Kise Ryota in the hearts of fans?

He doesn't do the clown thing, and he doesn't bother to do it.

"I really hope the recording can be canceled..."

Huang Lai walked towards the rest direction while sliding the phone.

Today is clearly the final match between Tonghuang and Shangluoshan.

He took the job.

Maybe he really needs a reason not to go to the game.

Maybe he was really afraid of seeing Aomine on the court with someone other than him.

It was his fault that he played poorly—because he left Xiao Qingfeng behind.

If you play well...

Staring at the screen, his eyes dimmed.

How dark do you want to be?

XXX

"Oh oh oh oh oh, I'm catching up, I'm catching up—Let's go, let's go." A TV station worker, who is already an uncle, bumped into himself with two big bags of popcorn and rushed closer out of the lounge.

Then squeezed a middle seat in front of the TV and sat down.

The footsteps that were about to step in suddenly stopped.

"Senior is also watching this year's High School Men's Basketball Winter Cup?"

"Yeah, my son joined Luoshan's basketball team this year. Although he's still on the bench──ahhh, the one on the sidelines, did you see that the camera caught him just now!" The uncle who just bumped into him pointed eagerly Watching the TV and gesticulating.

On the LCD screen in the lounge, the championship game of this year's High School Men's Basketball Winter Cup is being broadcast.

Luoshan High School faces Tonghuang Academy.

"He always hoped that I could go to watch the championship game live, but I couldn't get away from work──It's a pity that Luoshan and Tonghuang must be very exciting to watch live──the trump cards of both sides are coming fiercely this year.」

The people in the lounge were discussing eagerly.

Huang Lai wanted to turn her head and leave, but her feet couldn't move as if they had taken root.

──On the TV, Luo Shan and Tong Huang were in full swing.

in full swing.

Captain Luoshan, who led the three generals without a championship, was the captain of their Teiguang period, known as the strongest point guard in the college men's basketball world today——Seijuro Akashi returned ten times this year.

"Anyone who goes against my will, even their parents, must die"

And he could.

The camera runs after the two main generals.The anchor sang and sang with the ball commentator to explain.

As soon as Luoshan opened, he set up his formation first and opened up his tactical net──much like Akashi's style.Kise thought.

Luoshan University, which has learned the lessons of last year's defeat, came prepared this year.

"That black kid from Tonghuang has been targeted..." The uncles were discussing wantonly while chewing popcorn, "There are so many people locking him up, it seems that Tonghuang's ACE is really a big threat── Uooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

White and black collided into a ball on the screen.

"Tong Huang No. [-], it's a foul for charging!"

Qingfeng clicked his tongue.

Luoshan's Nebu Gu Yongji scored a free throw.

Not long after the game started, the score was drawn.

──It is completely stuck by deadlock.

Well, it seems that guy doesn't intend to kill Tong Huang by photoelectricity.

Aomine probably understood what Akashi wanted to do.

It seems that Akashi is simply resentful that last year he and Huang Lai took advantage of their body advantages to kill Luoshan High School whose body average was not as good as theirs.

Luoshan sacrificed the center forward and power forward, used man-to-man marking to lock Emperor Tonghuang in the penalty area, and then the others were led by Akashi to score more than ten points all the way down-it seems that he was really beaten by Tonghuang last year. The gas exploded.

Aomine, whose teammates were isolated, commanded the others in Sakurai, trying to move other chess pieces to attack while the king was heavily blocked——Aomine Daiki is not the only one who will play at Tonghuang Academy!

"ACE!"

The junior passed the ball over──

As soon as he caught the gap, Qingfeng threw off the defense of the twin towers and dribbled the ball straight to the penalty area──

The strange-colored pupils froze, and Captain Luoshan suppressed the audience with arrogance──The title of emperor is not exclusive to Qingfeng, he has to figure it out! "──Stop him!" He gave the instruction decisively.

Luoshan center, Nebuya Yongkichi rushed up──

──Instead of defending, it hit directly.

Huang Lai was stunned.

"Foul by Luoshan No. [-]!" The referee blew his whistle.

After rolling around on the ground, Aomine stood up immediately, raising his hands high—fortunately, nothing seemed wrong.

Only then did Huang Lai relax.

From the beginning to the present, the whistle has been blown twice in the first quarter; both sides are very hot.

"Don't let those uncrowned guys stand between us as light bulbs. Isn't it your specialty to deal with me? Or are you afraid to challenge me head-on? ──Captain."

Insolent and conceited smile.

"It's just a dog raised by me. It raises its head so high in front of its owner──It seems that I didn't teach you well. Dahui."

"Ha, why don't I remember that you fed me food──"

The momentum collided violently.

Akashi motioned for the others to back down, and cleared out an area of ​​the court.

The captain of the basketball overlord Teiko Middle School, climbed to the captain position of the king Luoshan in only the first grade.

I˙H's strongest defender, Akashi Seijuro.

Teiko Middle School's super ace, leading Tonghuang Academy, who is still inexperienced in basketball, to dominate I˙H in one fell swoop.

The emperor of Tonghuang Dynasty, Qingfeng Dahui.

Captain and Ace.

The closest comrade-in-arms, the deadliest opponent

"Come to Oneonone──captain."

The two emperors confront each other, and the king sees the king confronting each other.

"A dog that dares to bite its master will die!"

The heterochromatic pupils are all opened.

Facing Akashi's stinging aura, Aomine grinned and smiled.

The light reflected in the eyes, and the whole person sank.

"I have more reasons to win than you, and you will lose to me again──"

Zone.

He pushed the door open again.

Give your full attention.

"I've pampered you for a year! It's time to recognize your status!"

"Ha! Come on──

Who is the real Emperor!Very exciting!Seijuro! "

The blood boiled up!

"Oh! The overlords of the two sides are fighting! Wouldn't it be too fast to enter the king-see-king situation in the first quarter! ──What do you think, Kobayashi?" The host on the relay station was also excited.

Even though the three kings were missing a corner, the duel between Emperor Luoshan and Emperor Tonghuang was still extremely exciting.

"Captain Akashi of Luoshan is known as the strongest defender. Apart from his extremely subtle observation ability and swift and decisive judgment, his extremely high strategic mind is the most terrifying thing about him──" Kobayashi, a football commentator, replied with a smile, "Although Tonghuang's Qingfeng is amazingly powerful, whether it is physical advantage or skill, it is enough to overwhelm the audience, but that was last year—with the lack of one king and the team's major adjustment and reorganization, it is a bit worrying."

Although Tonghuang Qingfeng's skills are superior, his team organization and command ability are obviously inferior to Akashi's. OneonOne might win──

However, basketball is not a one-on-one two-person sport.

Relying on him alone is not enough.

"Hey...it doesn't seem too good...the reason why Aomine Daiki was able to overwhelm Luoshan last year was because Huang Lai was there, but this year's conditions have completely changed..." The Vulcan who was watching the game in the stands was bigger than Tonghuang's. The players are still anxious.

Although he said that he had suffered from Qingfeng, compared with Luoshan, he hoped that Qingfeng would win.

Before Seirin defeated Emperor Tong, he didn't want to see them lose.

"It's okay." Heizi, who had been watching the game silently, finally said.

"Eh?"

"No problem──" Heizi stretched his arms while grabbing the barrier on the stand, not worried at all, "──It's very dazzling, Aomine-kun's light."

It is even more dazzling than the Emperor Guang period.

"I bet Tonghuang will win the championship." "Bet?"

"Well," Heizi nodded calmly, "If I win, Vulcan-kun will help No. [-] take a bath for a week."

"what!?"

Some light is suitable for complementing shadows.

But some light is suitable to shine with another light──

Completely matured.Mr. Qingfeng.

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outside the crowd,

Huang Lai folded her arms, her eyes fixed on the game.

──Luoshan's style of play is based on Princeton's tactics.

Repeated blocking and cutting, continuous running and multiple defenses, using speed to create gaps for shots.

It is very suitable for Luoshan High School, which has a slightly lower average height but superior speed compared with the tall Tonghuang.

To play this kind of tactic, time, space, speed, and distance must be accurately grasped-and first-class observation skills are also required.

It really suits little Akashi...

Sacrifice the center forward and the power forward stuck Qingfeng to death, and then separated Emperor Tonghuang from his generals with constant blocking, running, and covering, and used speed to suppress Tonghuang, who was aggressive but lacked unity.

"Daiki must not know, let me tell you──

In chess, a king without a queen or a general is worse than a waste. " Said Akashi Seijuro.

Shibuchi Lingyang made a shot and Luoshan scored again.

"Luoshan is playing Princeton tactics...Qingfeng should know to use 2-3 zone defense to break through..." Tonghuang coach Yuan Zeked pondered.

"But this way the peripheral defense will become fragile. Luoshan's outside line has real Buchi Reo and Akashi sitting in it, it won't work. Moreover, Sakurai's mid-range outside line will be restrained and lose scoring opportunities..." Momoi Wu Yue clutched the documents on her chest tightly.

"It would be great if Xiao Huang was here..." she murmured.

If Xiao Huang, who is flexible and agile, leads the team to play a 2-3 zone defense──

"You will also start to dispatch teammates? But it is still far behind me──Team battles are not suitable for Tonghuang, so give up."

In the battle between the two emperors, each other refused to give in.

"Are you so afraid of me? Captain Seijuro?" He would rather sacrifice the two major defenses in the penalty area to trap him, and shoulder all the scoring tasks alone.Akashi did see him as a great threat.

"Victory is justice, isn't it the same for you? Just stay like this until the end of the game──Watch how I tear your kingdom apart──"

Passed the ball without looking at it.

He doesn't play ace duel with him.

He wanted him to watch Tonghuang being broken step by step by him.

"Anyone who dares to look down on me will die."

Looking at Akashi's expression, and his tone.

Qingfeng smiled.

──He used to be really annoying.

Flying the ace and blocking his teammates, Luoshan came in a turbulent manner, fierce and completely merciless—even if Tonghuang managed to intercept the ball, it would not reach Qingfeng's hands.

It is equivalent to deadlocking his indeterminate shooting in disguise.

"Luoshan is coming aggressively this year──he has completely targeted this year's Emperor Tong!"

Although Sakurai's quick shots and the swingman status of switching between small forward and shooting guard helped Tonghuang pull back a few points, but under the stormy Luoshan attack, it was still difficult to resist.

The two sides saw each other, and Tonghuang was obviously struggling.

Kise stared at the screen in a daze.

If it's me──

"Foul by Luoshan No. 5!"

Qingfeng stood at the free throw line again.

"Wow, how many times has that kid done it? He used fouls in exchange for free throws—and possession of the ball. Can't he do this all the time? Isn't he an ace? Isn't it his responsibility to avoid injuries? "

In case the ace loses the lottery, the general trend will leave immediately.

Tonghuang is over this year.

He is betting big.

And it is the kind of gambling that is not afraid of death.

Aomine once again stood at the free throw line──Although there was only one point, every point counts.And the ball has returned to Tong Huang's hands again—as long as the ball is still in our hands, no matter how many times, there is a chance.

Qingfeng shot easily.

A perfect basket, the ball returned to Tong Huang's hands again.

Tong Huang, who had finally regained the ball again with great difficulty──Don’t let the sacrifice of ace be in vain, Tong Huang launched a fast break again──No matter how many times, it must be challenged.

I will win.

I will win.

No matter what, I will win!

Did you see that?

Ryota Kise──

"Hey... has anyone seen Kise-kun? Kise Ryota-kun."

The staff who came to inform him of the cancellation of the recording in the afternoon couldn't find him no matter what.

The people in the lounge shook their heads.

"Huh? He was still there just now." Another assistant passed by.

"Did he come into the lounge?"

"When I first came in, I saw him standing by the door──watching TV with you."

"Excuse me, Tokyo Gymnasium—drive as fast as you can! I'll pay the ticket."

After speaking, he took off his clothes in the car and changed his pants──Kise Ryota, who was wearing the Tonghuang No. [-] jersey; he was glad that he was wearing sneakers in the first place.

If I were to play a 2-3 zone defense - attacking from the corners and flanks, I could immediately transform this basic defensive tactic into a very aggressive defensive mode and break through the blockade of Luoshan. Akashi, who is a point guard, was pinched to death with Koomine...

──With the tacit understanding between him and Xiaoqingfeng, it can be done.

"Ryota!" The phone rang quickly, and Kise picked up the phone while frantically pulling up the knee pads, and Miyuki Nakatani yelled as soon as the phone was connected.

Someone from the TV station called and said he had run away from the studio.

"I'm sorry! I have something I must do now! If I don't do it! I will regret it forever!"

"...I got it." There was a pause on the other end of the phone, "Please don't let me get scratched in vain—come back with the championship."

It was the voice of complete understanding.

With his mouth tightly pressed, he held back his tears and nodded vigorously.

Turbulent mood.Violent tossing—almost bursting his chest.

Want to be by his side!Want to be by his side!

No reason needed!No reason needed!

──He, Kise Ryota, just wanted to stay by his side.

Whether side by side or chasing - he just wants to be by his side.

Other than that, think nothing of it!

Today is Saturday, a holiday.

The entire center of Tokyo is jammed together, and taxis stop and go in the traffic.

The second hand on the watch is running second by second.

Huang Lai opened the door and got out of the car---running wildly along the sidewalk.

──I want to be by your side!

──I want to fight with you!

──I want to fight for you!

"Coach──" Huang Lai panted out of breath, "Please let me play." With his hands on his knees, he was sweating profusely and panting wildly.

Yuan Ze saw the surging fighting spirit in his eyes.

The radiance is general, deeply attracting all those who stare at him.

"Go warm up. After halftime, Ichinose will come down, and Kise will go up." Smiling, he agreed.

Huang Lai stood up suddenly, looking up at the bright and dazzling lights above her head.

Even if it's dazzling, you have to watch it until the last second.

──The queen returns.