Double AS

"Because of my carelessness, I caused such an uproar and set the worst example for the society. I, Ryota Kise, hereby sincerely apologize to the general public and those who support me──"

Bowing at ninety degrees, the spotlight flickered like crazy.

For this impulsiveness, the price he paid was a half-year freezing period penalty.

All acting and modeling work is fully suspended.

"Really, I'm very, very sorry──"

At the press conference, in front of the national media, he bowed his head and apologized for ten seconds.

That figure is unbearable to look at.

"Ahhhhhh...it's obviously just a child...and it's obvious that the other party provoked first, and it didn't really develop into violence in the end, but all the consequences have to be borne by Ryota...it's really distressing. ..."

Standing in the backstage of the press conference, the one who looked and spoke like a loving father was none other than the firm's president Wantou Okai.

Nakatani Miyuki stood upright without speaking.

His purpose was achieved.

Following the outbreak of the attempted beating incident at the Central Gymnasium, the firm immediately responded perfectly, from the media contact to the press conference, in a clear, accurate, and unflustered way—as if it had expected all of this.

Make a deep cut with a knife, and then immediately disinfect and stop the bleeding at the first point.

Almost at the same time, other offices that were originally interested in Ryota also disappeared.Stop trying to reach him.

If he, Kise Ryota, still wants to continue to develop in the Japanese entertainment industry, then the only thing he can rely on is his old employer, Mantou.

──That was his purpose.

Nakatani Miyuki straightened her waist, her face still had the usual frosty seriousness, and she secretly glanced at the terrifying man in front of her.

"As an entertainer, Ryota, no matter his appearance, ability, or his unique popularity... I have always regarded him as the number one trump card of the office, and I have cultivated him all the way since he was a little-known model. Now, the time and painstaking efforts invested in him are immeasurable." Wan Hua Daijie continued. "──As soon as Ryota turns 20, and those hindering minor work clauses are lifted, his performance will no longer be restricted. At that time, I will definitely let him soar into the sky. He will become No. 1 in the firm." He thought of thousands of ways to hype it up.

"After this kind of thing happened, our firm is the only one who can continue to stick to him." The man behind the scenes showed a fatherly smile, "Miyuki, Ryota's contract renewal will be handed over to you .”

"──Can I leave it to you with confidence? Or, do you want me to leave this matter to someone else...for example, Kurosaki?" He said kindly, making people sting.

"Although Kurosaki's handling methods are sometimes "a little bit" superior, but in terms of results, no one in the office is more efficient than him. Shun has been very interested in Ryota since before... all the time You've always wanted to surpass me~ I just thought that Ryota is so attached to you after all, so I didn't agree to him."

There are two ace brokers in Wanlian Firm that are neck and neck.

One is her, Miyuki Nakatani, and the other is Hayao Kurosaki.

The two have always been at odds.

Quite different from her, Kurosaki has perfectly inherited the essence of the firm, no matter whether it is praise or abuse, he spares no effort.

Among the artists who followed him, there were some who were very popular, but there were also those who fell to the bottom and struggled to sell their bodies to survive.

Sometimes Miyuki would suspect that the reason why that man became a manager was just to enjoy the pleasure of manipulating other people's lives──that feeling like God.

When Liang Tai was designed to be pushed into the sea, that person was also involved.

"I can trust you, Miyuki." Wandai Daikai said again.He looked at Miyuki with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"... Leave it to me."

Take a deep bow.

XXX

"It's a good thing that the conference is on our side. It doesn't affect anything except the postponement of the game." Aomine wiped the sweat from his chin, and took the water thrown by Kise.

The semi-finals have been postponed to next week, and the time for the finals has also been pushed back.

"Mr. Huang Se didn't really hit someone, and he held a formal public press conference to apologize. As a public figure, his gaffe is a matter for his office to deal with. The responsibility is not ours. In our eyes, he is just one of the many participating players. One. Besides what happened that day, none of Tonghuang's classmates had any suspected violent behavior, and Tonghuang Academy's qualifications for the competition are beyond doubt. The competition will continue."

The General Spokesperson of the Congress made a public statement.

It seems that they are also very dissatisfied with the behavior of the gossip media.

"Of course! We were super-abiding by the rules that day, okay! It's obvious that they are the ones who pushed people!" The members on the side couldn't help protesting loudly.

When the conflict broke out, they immediately hooked up their hands and pulled up a long line of people to block them with their bodies.

"Our hands are all hooked together. I don't believe they can still falsely accuse us of beating someone like this! We are very smart! We actually thought of such a good way~ I didn't expect the results of ordinary practice to be used in this place~ They were so angry , but there is nothing we can do about it! Captain and Kise-senpai, did you see that scene?"

"Yes," the TV kept playing.The dark high walls connected by Tonghuang players, one ring after another, are densely packed, and coupled with their stern expressions, it looks really scary.

"Ryo still cried, and twice." She teased with a smirk.

"Little Qingfeng!"

When the TV screen was turned on, seeing everyone desperately blocking and guarding him with their bodies, Kise covered his face with his hands, and tears fell like that.

How lucky is he to have such a partner?

"What I said is true, this is Tonghuang. This is the spirit of Tonghuang! Everyone is important, and everyone is indispensable. This is our ball──" Qingfeng smiled.

"Our game has always been everyone's game. Isn't it? Cool."

"..."

"Don't cry, all the students are here."

"Not at all." He countered stubbornly, "It's just sweat flowing into the eyes..."

He has always maintained a sense of alienation from the team.

Apart from Aomine, he has no real emotional connection with anyone else, and for him, the team is a dispensable existence.

──I came to Tonghuang for Xiaoqingfeng alone.

For three years, I have always kept a distance from everyone.

Always watching them from a distance, floating around, and not letting anyone other than Qingfeng approach him.

Even though Aomine was promoted to the third grade and became the leader of the team, Kise still didn't really integrate into the team, and always watched them from afar.Watching them laugh, watching them make trouble, but never want to get close.

"I was just thinking. It's great that I can come to Tonghuang and play with everyone."

While wiping the tears that could not be stopped on his face.

"Let's win the championship in the last year. Everyone, together, let's fulfill Tonghuang's three-year dream of dominating the hegemony──" Such a dazzling smile.

Kise said firmly while shedding tears.

In the past, his victory was for Qingfeng alone.

Now, his victory is for everyone—everyone of Tonghuang.

The blue and yellow rays of light collided and stirred with each other on the field, sparking brilliant sparks.

After three years of running-in, it has now matured.

In the demonstration match of DoubleACE, the wonderful you come and go, attracted the screams in the stands.

"Nice Shot! Kise-senpai!" The players watching the game were also enthusiastic.

"Yeah~~~~~~~~ Kise! Kise! Kise!" The fans rioted like crazy.

"I have a premonition that Xiao Qingfeng will fail miserably." She took the lead beautifully and dribbled the ball gracefully.Kise raised her face and smiled triumphantly.Then he flirtatiously winks at the fans on the sidelines—an occupational disease that cannot be corrected.

"But if you are one point ahead, your butt will rise up? Well, but this way I will have a pleasure when I fuck you~" Can't tell whether it refers to the bed or the basket, Aomine and Dai choked back ambiguously.

"Basketball is not something that can be won by having more fans──"

A quick steal, a turn and throw──swish, a perfect basket.

"Yeah~~~~~~~~~~~~Aomine-senpai! Senpai! Senpai! Please look at me!" No less than the decibels of Kise fans.

The girls in the stands were wildly agitated.

And all of them are schoolgirls.

"I have fans and so on." Aomine shrugged.Acting like it's no big deal.

"It's kind of, annoying." Kise said, "I'm going to blow you up today, Xiao Qingfeng."

The two sides fought more fiercely.

"Ada is very popular among junior girls, no less than Xiao Huang." Wuyue smiled and looked at the group of seniors holding a girl's heart, blushing and heartbeatingly watching the figure of the tall and strong senior Qingfeng girls.

"Did Aomine-kun have such a good relationship with women before?" Sakurai, who was resting aside, couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Ah Da was originally the type that little girls admired...he has lethal power to elementary school girls──" Senior Aomine, who is tall, handsome, manly and strong. ""Mayue imitated the girlish tone of a primary school girl.As I grow older, more and more love letters are stuffed in the shoe cabinet, and there are often elementary school girls in the gymnasium after school, blushing and timidly confessing to their "Senior Aomine".

But all were shot.

"I have a girlfriend."

"Ah...that's what you said...how could it be possible for the senior to not have a girlfriend...she must be a very beautiful person..."

"Yes, super punctual." Aomine paused, "──We will get married after graduation."

"Senior~~~~~~~~~~~~~Senior~~~~~~~~~~~Senior Aomine~~~~~~~~~~~"

Every time Xiao Qingfeng scored a goal, the screams of elementary school girls would burst out from the sidelines.

Hearing that, Kise was furious.

Strange, was this guy such a girly guy before?

──However, this also proves that I, Ryota Kise, really have a good eye for men.

He lifted up his jersey and wiped his sweat, secretly smiling.

"Aomine and Kise are... more and more mature... As a duo, their skills and understanding have already matured. Look at all the schools and find out who is more mature than them There should be no more combinations." Supervisor Harasawa leaned on his chin and said.

Qingfeng lays out the overall layout, and Kise organizes the attack.

This is why Tong Huang became king.

They don't even need to look at each other, as if they can telepathically communicate with each other.Whenever the offense and defense are switched, Kise can always understand Aomine's thoughts and attack the whole field at a lightning speed-like a strong wind blowing.

No one can intercept the ball from Kise, no one can stop Aomine under the basket.

The two cooperated seamlessly.

Then with them as the center, establish a powerful Tonghuang dynasty.

"Different from Aomine's strong talent, Kise is a versatile player. Although he is not as strong as Aomine in the basket, his ability to change like an amoeba is the one who can best cooperate with the team—whether it is ball handling, Either offense or attack can be quickly switched according to the situation. Without him, Tonghuang, a huge scoring machine, cannot function."

Kise is undoubtedly a genius who can play both guard and forward positions so vividly at the same time.

"In the past...Xiao Huang played after Ada, but now...I think he really fell in love with basketball." Momoi Wuzuki clasped her hands behind her back, she looked at Kise's happy smile.

"Now Xiao Huang's love for basketball is no less than that of Ah Da." She said softly.

"It's over. Congratulations on losing to me again, Ryo." Aomine took the last shot and scored again to close the game.He showed a row of white teeth, and the expression said that there are as many motorcycles as there are motorcycles.

"But I want to compliment you──you COPY me more and more like me, as expected of Ryota Aomine."

"Xiaoqingfeng, you can have a thicker skin."

Ignoring the screams and cheers of the audience, Kise sat on the ground and pushed back unwillingly.

Even if the game is over, the bickering between the two of them doesn't seem to be over yet.

"Okay, okay~" Supervisor Yuan Ze stepped forward and clapped his hands, interrupting the useless bickering of Double Ace. "Next week is the quasi-finals. Everyone on the roster—regardless of whether they are starters or alternates—come together. It's time for a tactical meeting." After speaking, he winked, and Wu Yue and other members began to invite outsiders. Leave first.

The gymnasium doors are closed.The shutters were also down.

The originally bright stadium darkened in an instant.

"This year, two of the three people in the Yangquan restricted area left, and one was added." Yuan Ze pressed the projector, and projected on the wall this year's Yangquan lineup from I˙H to the present.

All the players sat on the ground in a circle, and everyone was very serious.

After all, Yangquan is the only school where they have suffered defeats since Emperor Tong's dominance.

"Himuro Tatsuya also graduated this year. That tough defender." Aomine said.

"He has returned to the United States, so he should be playing in an American university now, right? But even so, this year's Yangquan is still worthy of the third place in last year's winter cup. Yangquan played a double-tower strategy in this year's winter cup. They have two centers── "The slideshow switched continuously, and two goalkeepers in the penalty area over 200 cm stood towering under the basket.

"They are still the strongest shield among all participating teams this year, and against us who have the strongest spear, this is a desperate battle for them and for us──Don't forget that we lost in the They did." He was referring to Kise's accidental injury and retirement last year, and then Aomine's consecutive misses and the loss of the entire game.

Everyone looked at Kise at the same time.

"Sorry, I won't be reckless this year."

What happened last year is his own responsibility.

"You are one of the core of the team's offense. Without you, Aomine would be like breaking a hand, unable to exert [-]% of his strength. Your existence is more important than you think, Kise." Supervisor Harasawa was serious talking.He is serious.

"Although in terms of the height of the restricted area, our Tonghuang did lose him... Our tallest Aomine is only 198, Gangcun is 196, and Huang Lai is 189, but we can definitely fight back if we want to fight in the air. We also have the twin towers── Qingfeng, Gangcun, you two hit Zhongfeng, and then switch the jobs of the two of you according to the situation, catching them off guard. As long as you can get through the restricted area, you can contain their outside lines."

"Please give me more advice, Captain." The underachiever nodded seriously at himself.

"Good job."

Hara Ze turned his head, "The outside line is organized by Kise, supported by Sakurai──Don't go head-to-head with them. Especially you, Kise. The inside line is reinforced by Aomine and Okamura. You just need to concentrate on how to break through their outside line. That's it."

"clear."

"Very good. The twin towers over 200 centimeters in height sound scary at first, but to put it bluntly, it is nothing more than increasing the goalkeeper from one to two. Let's think back to our practice match with Aomori University this year──The Yangquan twin towers are not Unbreakable, they have weaknesses."

Yuan Zeked walked back and forth among the players with his arms folded.

"──That's speed." He said seriously.

"No matter how fast the Yangquan Twin Towers are, it is impossible to keep up with the speed of the Tonghuang Triangle. Ziyuan Dun's speed is indeed very agile... But his tonnage is too large, and his weight is so heavy, it is impossible for his knees to support long-term running. , that is to say, the demon king's power is time-sensitive.──Aomine tripped him from the inside, and Kise organized a fierce attack from the outside, forcing them to leave their positions──Then Aomine responded from the inside and outside, completely defeating the defense of the two towers. "There was a sharp look in his eyes.

"Can you understand?"

"understand!"

"Okay, keep practicing."

XXX

"Little Aomine──" Kise stepped forward and stopped Aomine who was about to continue practicing.

Qingfeng looked back at him, worry was on that pretty face.

This year, Tonghuang has no suitable center forward candidate; although his junior, Okamura, is very qualified, it is too reluctant for him, who is only a freshman, to support himself as a center forward.

So such a heavy responsibility can only be carried by himself.

So he practiced more frequently.In terms of defense and positioning, he has worked very hard, even during the holidays, he stayed at school and practiced until late at night.

"Be careful," Kise pulled himself back, with a worried expression on his face, "Xiao Zi is the devil under the basket...Xiao Qingfeng, you are a person who will play basketball for the rest of your life, unlike those of us who have been playing for three years. If, if you get injured because of the competition, it will hurt so much!" Kise covered his forehead in shock, "What are you doing!" Kise yelled while covering his forehead that was red from the bullet.

"You are really an idiot, you are so stupid──" Aomine raised his voice, "──There is no occupation or ticket in the game! Everyone wants to win the same mood! Because I want to play professional basketball in the future, so I will Are you pushing all the risky things to others? Do you really want to follow such a lousy captain? Just thinking about it makes me sick!"

The decibels of his swearing were so loud that everyone fell silent.

"──The reason why you put up with my behavior, listen to my command, and call me captain is because you know that I can definitely bear it when something happens?" Qingfeng's fierce voice echoed in the gymnasium of Nuo University.

"Listen to me! The so-called trump card is that you can enjoy privileges because you can shoulder more responsibilities than others! You are also Tonghuang's ACE, remember this for me. Let me hear it next time In this case, it’s not as simple as just flicking the forehead or the back of the head! Do you hear me?”

"...You're already good at lecturing... You're really getting more and more airy...Captain Aomine Daiki." Touching his sore forehead, Kise smiled wryly.

But for some reason, he was moved.

Convinced orally.

It's great to fall in love with such a man.

It's great to be able to follow such a man.

Even if you have to lose your own knee and bet on all your future sports life──you have to follow him to the last second.

His knees trembled uncontrollably.very subtle.

So subtle that only Kise himself can feel it──

Painkillers are at their limit.