Midorima Shintaro hoped that his toughness could last longer, because he really couldn't let go of this matter easily.

He has thought about the scene where they meet again many times, but the reality is always unexpected—just like he didn't expect that they will meet again in the practice match between Kai Chang and Seirin, but there is no chance at all that day for them have contact.

Has she ever cared about him, knowing that she doesn't answer the phone and doesn't return messages, how much it is too much to unilaterally cut off all contact, and how angry will he be?

He originally thought that he would need an explanation, but in fact, after the girl in front of him lowered her eyes and apologized sincerely, Midorima found it difficult to maintain that rigid posture.

This discovery made him uncontrollably angry with himself, and in the end, the young man with strong self-esteem could only tighten his lips, and before he gave up completely, he changed the topic, "...I thought you would go to Tonghuang with Qingfeng. You should know that he is in Tonghuang."

Of course Ah-chan knew—so she lowered her head and gave a soft "hmm".

Midorima continued with a blunt tone: "Even if it's not Tong Huang, isn't Kise in Haichang?"

The girl heard what he meant by "You're not with Kise?" She kept silent, with a pitiful appearance that after being caught by the teacher for doing something wrong, she obediently listened to the training and tried to get a lighter sentence.

The attitude of "whatever you say, I will punish you" may be an excellent response to sincerely admit your mistake, but this attitude of not responding much made Midorima a little annoyed again.He paused, suppressing his anger, and finally asked the point he wanted to ask: "...you chose Seirin. When did your relationship with Heizi get so good?"

At this moment, the girl replied in a low voice: "Mr. Lujian and I... There are many people who think that our relationship is not good..."

Her address changed from the familiar and intimate "Shintaro" to "Midori-kun", perhaps because she sensed his anger and felt that it was no longer appropriate to call him too intimately.

But after hearing what she said, the boy's tone suddenly turned cold several times: "So, you two are dating?"

Ah-chan lowered her head immediately: "No..."

Seeing her expression of guilt and not daring to raise her head, after her anger was gradually controlled, the boy felt an unspeakable anxiety again.

—he didn't want to see her like this.

Compared to her bowing her head to admit her mistake, and then keeping a distance and calling him "Mr. Lujian", he wants to see her face more.He hoped that when she saw him, she would show a look of surprise and joy, he hoped that her gaze would be on him, that her eyes could reflect his figure, he wanted to see her smile, and to hear her tenderness speak.

Midori wanted to tell her not to call him Mr. Midori.He also wanted to ask, is she with anyone now?But his strong self-esteem made him never want to show that he cared.

The boy frowned, his lips were tightly shut, and he didn't know how to speak.Ah-chan seemed to have seen through what he really wanted to ask deep down in his heart, so she didn't let him ask, but she answered softly: "...I'm not dating anyone."

Midorima even felt inexplicably that she smiled, and then heard her continue: "But... I do have someone who cares."

- Someone who cares?

Midorima wanted to know the answer subconsciously, but before he could ask anything, Heizi's voice came in from not far away.

With the tone of a teammate, he called naturally: "Achan, I have to go."

Only then did A-chan raise her face.

That face was as bright as Midorima's memory, but the direction she was staring at was no longer where he was.She crossed Lujian, smiled at Heizi behind him, then subdued her smile slightly, and continued to bow her head in front of Lujian with a sincere repentance, "Then... I'm going first...? "

Seeing her appearance, Midorima suddenly said: "I will play."

The endless words made A-chan stunned for a moment, she finally raised her face in doubt and looked at him.It wasn't until her eyes fell on the boy that Midorima felt that her emotions had finally calmed down a little.

After leaving a sentence of "I'll play later", he turned around and walked towards Xiude's seat.

Captain Xiude frowned as he approached, then the tall boy lingered on Ah-chan for a moment, and finally looked at Midorima and sighed helplessly.

"Whatever you want—but remember, you only have three chances to be willful!"

On Hidetoku's seat, Takao Kazunari helped Midorima explain to the captain—but his words of defense sounded more like a joke: "Well, it's okay to be handsome in front of the girl you like. It's a workaround."

But Midorima carefully placed his lucky item on the seat with no expression on his face, and then retorted: "—she is not someone I like."

These words made Takao and Cheng raise their brows slightly: "Huh?"

The green-haired boy ignored him. He lowered his eyes and lowered his head to remove the bandage on his hand.However, when he was holding all the bandages in his hand, he suddenly remembered something from the Emperor Guang period...

At that time, he was not as good as he is now, and he always hit the shot. Before the generation of miracles grew up, Diguang's victory was not always rock-solid.Before they grew up to the point where they are now so powerful, they also encountered many threats and powerful enemies.

Before playing that time, Ah-chan once held his hand, lowered her head and kissed his bandage-wrapped fingertips lightly.

"This is a blessing." At that time, the girl held his hands, raised her eyes, and smiled at him, as beautiful as a goddess. "It will bless Mr. Lvjian's every effort, and it will be seen by the heavens."

——Do your best to wait for the destiny.

Thinking of this past event, Midorima paused.When he reiterated again bluntly, his tone has obviously wavered: "...I don't like her."

Of course Takao Kazunari heard that his words were wrong, he sighed and shook his head, he didn't know why Midorima insisted on being so hard-spoken when he obviously cared so much—who exactly was he trying to deceive? ?Who can be fooled?

Takao Kazunari sometimes feels very helpless about his friend's inconsistency, and sometimes he thinks it's too interesting to tease.He couldn't help but said, "So, Mamiko still has hope?"

Mamiko Takahashi is Hidetoku's manager.

It's not a secret that she has a crush on Midorima Shintaro in Hidetoku's basketball club—although she never confessed it, Midorima should be very clear about it.

This name made Midorima subconsciously look towards Shutoku's auditorium, and the girl who had been watching him caught his gaze in an instant, and blushed immediately.She is a very cute girl, and she works very hard as a manager. Midorima doesn't intend to deny her advantages, but...

"But," Takao Kazunari helped him express his thoughts, "the girl you want to see, who is in the same camp as you, who can stand on the manager's seat and watch you all the time, is not Mamiko."

Midorima turned silently and walked onto the arena, but did not refute.

……

With Midorima Shintaro and other potential rookies joining, Hidetoku, who was originally known as the king, became even more terrifying in strength.

Seirin, who left the arena, stood in the auditorium, watching the game in the arena, all of them frowned and looked dignified.

Midorima's almost perfect shooting was astonishing, and it also put a lot of pressure on Seirin.

Ah-chan was thinking silently in her heart—as expected, everyone has become stronger after graduation...

Is it because of the puberty period?

Kise's germ cells have been sent back to the planet. If the current mature cells are compared with the germ cells of his Teiguang period, the elders should be able to observe their growth sequence, right?

Humans... so interesting.I thought it was just a weak race, but unexpectedly there are many indescribable potentials and research values ​​worth investigating in the cells.

Speaking of which, since we met, maybe the cells in Lvjian should also be renewed?

If Seirin can make it to the finals, then...maybe he can find more cabbages.

But what if Seirin doesn't make it to the finals?

Ah-chan silently considered all the possibilities—whether or not Jin Qiu should be imitated and join Seirin as a member of the basketball team?

In this way, if Kuroko and Kagami lack physical strength during the game, Seirin can have a reliable substitute...

But... if the golden ball appeared in the light, it always felt like it would hinder her more than it could help—

While Ah-chan was thinking about these questions, Midorima stopped on the field.Xiude almost crushed his opponent, and among them, Midorima's performance was undoubtedly the most eye-catching and dazzling.

While everyone in the audience was amazed by him, Midorima stood where he was, raised his face towards the auditorium where Seirin was.

Ah-chan came back to her senses almost immediately, and met his gaze.

Midorima stared at her quietly for a moment, then as if enough was enough, she turned around and threw herself into the game again.

"???" This rather sudden episode caused Aida Reiko to say inexplicably, "What is he doing??"

And Heizi replied calmly, "Probably a demonstration."

The girl coach suddenly became even more at a loss: "Huh???"

In the end, there was no suspense in the game, and it ended with Xiu De winning.

When leaving the basketball gym, most of Seirin's main candidates were quite heavy-hearted.

What's more, according to the competition system, the next match will be Zhengbang, who is one of the three kings with Xiude, and if he wins, he will face Xiude head-on.

Zhengbang is already a hard bone, and if the Second Lian battle... the degree of tragedy, I dare not even think about it.

They inevitably walked out of the door in a somewhat depressed mood, but A-chan suddenly let out a soft "Huh", breaking the silence around them.

Not far from the exit, there was a tall and handsome young man standing. Because of his height and handsome face, he stood out among the crowd and was quite eye-catching.

"That person..." The other party took Seirin's attention as a matter of course, Hinata Junpei frowned, and hesitantly said with some familiarity: "That person...?"

Aida Reiko recognized the other party faster than him, and she seemed a little surprised, "—is it Asahina, Subaru?"

At this moment, the other party just happened to look over and found them.

"It's him!" As he got closer, Junpei Hinata almost immediately confirmed, "The previous... head of Hidetoku's basketball club..."

The other members of the basketball club who heard about this for the first time suddenly shouted in astonishment: "—Eh!?!?!?!"

Asahina Subaru obviously heard these words too, he paused slightly, but still walked over, then nodded nervously at A-Chan, "...A-Chan."

Aida Reiko asked in surprise, "Achan, do you know... Senior Asahina?"

"...Well, for some reason, I have been taken care of by Subaru-senpai's family a lot." Because it involved something about the unspoken rules that is not convenient to explain clearly, Ah-chan replied somewhat vaguely: "So... we know each other. .”

After she explained, she turned her face away and asked curiously, "Senior Subaru, are you here to watch Xiude's match?"

"...Well." Asahina Subaru replied a little awkwardly, "There is no class in college today, I heard that Shutoku and Seirin have a competition today, so I came to see..."

Ah-chan smiled, and replied politely: "Subaru-senpai's previous school——Xiutoku is very good."

The young man held back for a long time before he finally choked out the word "...um".

Aida Reiko stood behind Ah-chan, watched them talking, and then couldn't help but whispered to Hinata Junpei next to her: "Another one who wants to chase our manager. It's too obvious!"

"Well..." Hinata Junpei pushed his glasses helplessly, "After all, Sakurai's looks... there is no way..."

"—and ah," Aida Reiko went on, "it still looks like the kind of idiot—basketball idiot!"

Their voices were actually very low, and Ah-chan could hear them very clearly, but as a human being, Nasubaru Asahina seemed to hear them not so clearly, because he asked unconsciously: "...your next opponent, who is it?" Zhengbang...?"

Hearing that the topic was about basketball, and the other party was the former head of the strong school Hidetoku, Aida Reiko, as the coach, immediately joined in very dutifully: "Yes! Excuse me—do you have any experience, senior?"

She rushed up suddenly, but Asahina Subaru was startled.He is not very good at dealing with women, so every time he gets close to A-chan, his body becomes stiff.But when it comes to basketball, Subaru Asahina is still a little embarrassed, but fortunately he can still speak: "Zhengbang... uses ancient martial arts for training. They are very active on the court, but in fact they consume very little energy. Ability is what characterizes their team, but at the same time, uncoordinated movements are also well-known."

"Although there are no talented players with outstanding individual talents, each player's ability value is very average, which makes people even more troublesome... However," his eyes fell on Vulcan, "this year, sincerely Rin has also joined a lot of newcomers with great potential, maybe they will be surprised or maybe...speaking of..."

The young man who was not only the head of Hidetoku’s basketball club in high school, but also the head of Teiko’s basketball team in junior high school was silent for a while, “The generation of Teiko’s Miracle, the Sixth Man of Illusion. I heard that he also joined Seirin?"

At this time, Hei Zizhe also said in a very polite tone: "Yes, senior."

Subaru stared at him steadfastly for a long time before nodding his head: "...Ah-chan mentioned you."

"I recommended her for Shutoku...but she said, 'But Kuroko chose Seirin'."

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