Juri Ueno from Kuroko's Basketball

His gaze drifted toward the scoreboard on the side.

Tokyo University vs. Seirin.

19: 23.

Dongda is down by four points.

Despite trailing by only four points, Coach Xinhe remained calm and focused on the basketball court.

At this moment, he was truly caught in a dilemma.

The best course of action is to remain inactive.

not far away.

Looking at Coach Shinkawa, who remained calm, Reiko frowned slightly, her gaze falling on Ueno, who chose to conserve his energy and did not attempt to force a breakthrough against the combined defense of Izuki Shun and Hyuga.

Her goal was to wear down Ueno's stamina in the first half, not to widen the score gap.

She knew very well that if she couldn't widen the score gap significantly, the opponent's ace Ueno would definitely be able to catch up.

However, to widen the gap, both Kagami and Hyuga need to go all out.

This was not part of her plan.

Therefore, it is best to wear down half of the opponent's stamina in the first half.

If that's not possible, then we'll have to use the backup method.

Chapter 137 The Hospital's Phone Number?

Reiko gave Hinata and the others on the basketball court a subtle look and made a hand gesture.

Hinata and the others immediately understood.

Although Reiko and the others tried to be very discreet, Coach Shinkawa still noticed.

This gave him a bad feeling.

Just as he was about to stop the game and disrupt the opponent's rhythm.

Saori walked over with the phone in her hand.

"Coach Xinhe, here's the hospital's phone number."

"The hospital's number?"

Upon hearing this, Coach Xinhe was a little curious. He glanced at the people on the basketball court, but still chose to answer the phone.

"Moshi Moshi, this is Coach Xinhe..."

moment.

After finishing the call, Coach Xinhe remained silent and walked heavily toward the referee.

This piqued Saori's curiosity.

What is the hospital's phone number?

When she first received the call, she was puzzled, but seeing Coach Xinhe's somber expression, she had a bad feeling.

"beep!"

"Dongda requests a replacement."

"Number six and number one."

Standing next to the referee, Coach Xinhe looked at Kong, who seemed somewhat lost, with a complicated expression.

Kong is number one, while Shangjing, number six, is somewhat bewildered.

Ueno and the others standing nearby looked at Coach Shinkawa with great confusion at the sudden substitution.

Coach Xinhe was also puzzled by this sudden change of coach.

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Sitting on the school bus, Kurumi Sora stared blankly at his fingers.

When Kurumi Sora arrived at the hospital, several people were standing quietly in his mother's ward.

His grandmother, father, and a nurse who was tidying up his mother's medical supplies in her hospital bed.

The moment Kurumani Sora entered the room, his mother on the hospital bed seemed to sense him. She slowly opened her tired eyes and looked at Kurumani Sora at the door. Her previous tired look vanished, replaced by tenderness.

When she saw Kurumani Sora, she smiled gently at him.

“Ah Kong”.

Looking at his mother lying on the hospital bed, at her pale face and withered cheeks, Kurumi Sora's face was full of disbelief. His memory of his mother had become somewhat blurred. He walked slowly toward his mother, his body stiff.

When Kurumi Sora's father and the others saw Kurumi Sora arrive, they glanced at the woman on the hospital bed with some pity, and then silently left the ward.

Only Kurumi Sora and his mother on the sickbed remained.

Looking at Sora Kurumani wearing the University of Tokyo basketball team uniform, Sora's mother smiled gently and happily.

"My son, Akong, finally has his own team."

Seeing his happy mother, Kurumi Sora also smiled and said, "Yes, they are all very strong."

"Can you talk to your mother about them?"

Upon hearing this, Kurumi Sora moved a chair and sat down in front of his mother's sickbed.

"Ah."

"Let's start with our ace, his name is Ueno Juri, he's 1.85 meters tall! He's a really tough guy..."

"And then there's Yagami Osaka, he's over two meters tall..."

Looking at Kurumi Sora, who was sitting there excitedly introducing his teammates, the mother looked at him with tenderness in her eyes and listened quietly as Kurumi Sora spoke.

Just as he was speaking, he suddenly fell silent again, slowly lowered his head, and his shoulders were trembling.

"Ah Kong, I'm sorry!"

Looking at Kurumi Sora, who was bowing his head and trembling slightly, and gazing at his small figure, the mother gently stroked Kurumi Sora's head, her eyes filled with apology.

Upon hearing his mother's words, Kurumi Sora, with his head down, shook his head desperately.

Fighting back tears, Kurumi Sora smiled at his mother.

Looking at Kurumi Sora, the mother smiled, her gentle eyes full of concern.

"Ah Kong, can I touch you again?"

Upon hearing this, Kurumi Sora first tilted his head back and sniffed, then looked at his mother, smiled, and slowly nodded.

She gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Kurumi Sora's eyes, her mother stroking his cheek softly, her eyes slightly closed, as if trying to memorize his face.

A moment later, looking at Kurumi Sora, his mother suddenly smiled apologetically at him, her tone full of self-reproach, and her gentle eyes instantly filled with tears.

"I'm sorry I couldn't give you a tall and strong body, Kong!"

Looking at his mother, who was gazing at him with deep apology, and remembering how she had once retrieved a basketball from the river for him on a snowy day, Kurumi Sora's pupils contracted involuntarily, and tears streamed down his face uncontrollably.

But at that moment, he couldn't utter a single word and could only let his tears fall.

Looking at Kurumi Sora, his mother reached out and stroked Kurumi Sora's cheek again, her gentle gaze filled with apology and worry.

"I'm sorry, A-Kong, please don't blame your mother, okay?"

As soon as she finished speaking, two lines of tears slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the white pillow.

"Mother, what are you saying?"

Looking at her mother, who was filled with self-blame, Kurumi Sora slowly stood up, her body trembling slightly, her face already covered with tears.

"It is precisely because I am small that people pay extra attention to me."

"It is precisely because I am small that I have been able to persevere until now."

"So, so..."

With his hands gripping the armrests of the hospital bed tightly, Kurumi Sora choked back sobs, tears streaming down his face and dripping onto the floor.

"So I want to say to my mother, thank you, thank you so much."

Seeing his mother crying on the hospital bed, Kurumi Sora could no longer hold back his tears and began to sob softly to his mother, his body trembling uncontrollably.

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Looking at his mother, who was crying in the hospital bed, blaming herself for not giving him a tall and strong body, Sora Kurumani's tears kept falling.

His mind kept replaying memories of him and his mother.

When he was about to give up basketball because of others' ridicule, his mother went to the river in the snow to retrieve the basketball for him.

His mother, who often endured physical pain and discomfort to accompany him while he played basketball alone during his three years of junior high school.

Without the sky, even a bird with wings cannot fly!

And the mother is like the sky above Kurumi Sora.

Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, the mother looked at Kurumi Sora with tenderness and smiled, "Sora, thank you."