Kuroko's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

Xiangyang: ...

Li Wenyu scratched his head, realizing he had probably done something stupid, but he still wanted to argue: "Look at my hand, if I play my royal flush, I'll still have a bad hand and I won't be able to escape!"

Xiang Yang didn't even glance at Li Wenyu's hand. He reached out and took Zhou Yi's last card, flipped it over, and placed it in front of Li Wenyu.

A nobody makes a dazzling entrance.

Li Wenyu was dumbfounded. He sullenly threw his cards onto the table and let out a wail.

Including this round, Li Wenyu has been losing for almost two hours. Apart from a few rounds where he had a perfect starting hand that even a pig could have won, only Xiang Yang, with his decent hand and skills, led him to a few wins. Otherwise, Li Wenyu hasn't won a single round.

The clattering sound of shuffling cards rang out again, and a new round of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game) began.

As Zhou Yi drew his cards, he asked Xiang Yang, "Xiang Yang, how come you're so good at both ball and cards? In the last hand, did you figure out that I had a three in my hand?"

Xiang Yang shrugged, tacitly agreeing with Zhou Yi's words. He glanced at the cards in his hand, already having a good idea of ​​who would win this round.

As expected, even without a single King in his hand, Xiangyang, having secured the landlord position, still managed to win this round thanks to his superb card counting skills.

Looking at the chips that had unknowingly piled up into a small mountain in front of Xiang Yang, Li Wenyu looked on with great envy.

After glancing at it a few times, he clicked his tongue and asked, "By the way, Xiangyang, when are you going back to Japan? I heard from Coach Sun that you're going back to school for another year?"

Xiang Yang nodded and replied, "That's right. I'm currently a sophomore at a high school in Japan. To be precise, it will be more than a year before I settle down in China."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi perked up immediately. He rubbed his nose and said, "When you come back next year, I'm going to make you pay double for the mistakes you made during last training session!"

To this day, Zhou Yi still can't forget how devastating Xiang Yang's blow was to him during that national team trial match...

Xiangyang smiled: "Then I'll wait."

"Probably next week. Once I've memorized all the tactics Coach Sun has taught me, he should let me go back first."

"Next week? Seriously? There are so many tactical details, how can you memorize them so quickly?"

Li Wenyu was somewhat surprised. He knew that when Coach Sun first took over the team, these veteran men's basketball players were overwhelmed by the sheer number of tactical runs he laid out.

"Back when we were memorizing tactics, it was torture! We had to get up at six every morning to go for a run while memorizing the texts. It was an inhuman experience!"

As he spoke, Li Wenyu shivered, as if he were recalling the days when he was dominated by Coach Sun.

Zhou Yi chimed in, "Exactly! All that technical jargon, like pick-and-roll and pick-and-roll, makes it sound like we're preparing for a graduate entrance exam!"

For someone who has never received systematic basketball training, it is almost impossible to become familiar with so many tactical details in a short period of time.

However, Xiangyang, with his "professional basketball experience package," has a level of understanding in this area that makes him a seasoned veteran with fifty or sixty years of basketball experience. He has memorized most of the tactics, and even the tricky ideas that Coach Sun gives him are no challenge for him.

Furthermore, many of the tactics that Xiang Yang excels at can be modified and improved based on Coach Sun's research.

For example, Xiangyang provided Coach Sun with many suggestions on "bull horns" and "bombardment", which made the latter even have the urge to train Xiangyang to be a coach!

Of course, Xiang Yang decisively rejected him.

The three-person card game didn't last too late, since they had training the next day.

Coach Sun was naturally aware that they were out playing cards. Contrary to his stubborn and rigid personality, Coach Sun was very open-minded about leisure and entertainment.

When you're on the court, you should train hard during training time; that's your job as a professional basketball player. After training, what you do is none of his business.

Whether you gamble, drink, or even solicit prostitutes, as long as it doesn't affect the next day's training and you can guarantee that your performance on the court won't decline, Coach Sun will turn a blind eye and won't ask any questions about your affairs.

For the next period of time, Xiangyang continued to familiarize himself with the tactics that Coach Sun had assigned him. At the same time, under Coach Sun's instruction, he also began to coordinate tactics with his teammates in training matches.

The final result was very satisfactory to Coach Sun.

With his exceptional basketball IQ, Xiang Yang not only understands tactics quickly, but also coordinates well with his teammates.

In less than a month, Xiangyang had already completed all the tasks assigned to him by Coach Sun ahead of schedule.

Another day of training ended, and Xiangyang looked out the window at the sky as he packed his things.

In another part of this world, there are still people and things he cares about.

"I'll be staying here a long time...tsk, I should go back soon!"

Chapter 196 There's a supermarket next to the airport

China Airport

Reiko wore delicate, light makeup, but what didn't match her image was that she was carrying large and small bags of luggage.

Don't get me wrong, these things don't belong to her; most of them were "birthday gifts" that Xiangyang received a month ago.

"You damn dumbbell, are you really going to take it back to Japan???"

Lingzi, panting, said with a face full of resentment.

Xiangyang replied helplessly, "There's nothing I can do. I don't have a fixed place to live in China. I can't exactly leave this thing in a hotel, can I?"

"After all, it was a birthday gift from someone. It would be so impolite to lose it if I just left it somewhere."

Not only was Reiko carrying bags in both hands, but Xiangyang was also carrying quite a lot of things.

If he hadn't had so much luggage that he couldn't carry it all, he wouldn't have asked Reiko to help him carry it.

The two of them painstakingly delivered their luggage to the check-in counter. After Xiangyang paid a hefty check-in fee, he and Lingzi finally found an empty seat and got a chance to rest.

"Phew... I'm exhausted, I'm all sweaty."

Reiko fanned her face with her hand. She glanced at Xiangyang and teased him, "You're no wonder you're being kept by Yako, paying such high shipping fees without hesitation."

Reiko also saw the bill that Masako gave to Xiangyang, but based on her understanding of her "cheap best friend," the bill was probably just to reassure Xiangyang about using her money. After all, for a top Japanese yakuza heiress, a mere one million Japanese yen (equivalent to about 20 RMB) is really nothing.

Xiangyang rolled her eyes and said irritably, "Don't talk nonsense. What do you mean by 'keeping' her? That's called borrowing, okay? I'll pay her back when I make a lot of money!"

Of course, if this money becomes marital property in the future, then there's no question of whether or not it needs to be repaid!

Xiangyang was quick to act; barring any unforeseen circumstances, he was sure he would be able to acquire a great deal of things in the future!

"Heh heh, a guy who lives off a woman."

Reiko saw through Xiangyang's thoughts, but she didn't point it out. Instead, she continued to ask, "Why do you want to go back to Japan so soon? Are you unhappy staying in China?"

Xiang Yang was taken aback. Looking at the probing expression on Ling Zi's face, he said with a wry smile, "Have you misunderstood something? Don't worry, I've been having a lot of fun in China these past few days."

Xiangyang recalled the time he played cards with Li Wenyu and the others, wondering how much money he had won before leaving.

"However, there are still many things in Japan that I need to go back and deal with."

Xiang Yang shrugged and explained to Lingzi.

Upon hearing these words, Lingzi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Coach Sun and Elder Hai clearly have a very high opinion of Xiangyang, but if Xiangyang is not happy in China, then the two sides will eventually part ways.

Just then, an announcement came over the loudspeaker that boarding had begun for the flight from China's airport to Japan.

"Let's go."

Xiang Yang straightened his sleeves, stood up, and spoke to Lingzi.

After about a month, he is finally going back to Japan.

The two boarded the plane, and as soon as they sat down, Xiangyang took out an eye mask from his pocket and put it on his face.

The observant Lingzi immediately noticed that Xiangyang seemed to wear an eye mask every time he flew, and it was always the same one.

"You always carry this eye patch with you?"

Reiko was somewhat surprised, while Xiangyang casually replied, "It was given to me by Miss Yako."

"Oh~"

A meaningful sigh escaped Ling Zi's lips as he looked at Xiang Yang with a mocking expression. However, the latter paid no heed, simply pulled off his blindfold, closed his eyes, and drifted off to sleep.

Lingzi didn't care that Xiangyang was ignoring her. She pulled out a magazine from the cushion and started flipping through it.

Soon, the announcement came on, and the plane gradually started up and took off into the sky.

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……

Meanwhile, in a private basketball court in the suburbs

Akashi stood on the court, dribbling with a serious expression. If Xiangyang saw this, he would definitely be shocked.

Throughout all the basketball players in Japan, even when Hikaru himself plays, I have never seen Akashi make such an expression.

However, if Xiangyang saw who Akashi's opponent was, he wouldn't be surprised.

"Don't you over, kid?"

(Aren't you going to attack, kid?)

Nash said with a sneer, seemingly quite relaxed in the face of Akashi's unpredictable offensive rhythm, even his defensive positioning was very casual.

“Shutuploser.”

(Shut up, loser.)

Akashi, with a serious expression, retorted in fluent foreign language.

His words were also very damaging to Nash, whose face immediately darkened and his defensive actions became much more serious.

After a while, having confirmed that the "ankle breaker" was ineffective against Nash, Akashi didn't wait any longer and immediately launched an attack with a crossover dribble.

In terms of height, Akashi, at 170cm, is more than one size smaller than Nash, who is 194cm. However, his smaller size also means that he is more agile than Nash.

With a golden light flashing in his eyes, Akashi activated "Emperor's Eye," seizing an opening in Nash's defense and breaking into the paint.

Unfortunately, this tactic had little effect on Nash.

Black light surged in his eyes, and the "Demon King's Eye" unfolded simultaneously. Nash took a step back and immediately followed Akashi's movements.

Sensing the danger, Akashi immediately changed his offensive rhythm, sending the ball directly to the basket with a layup, avoiding Nash's block.

Unfortunately, Nash's defensive pressure was very strong, while Akashi's "one-step layup" was not well prepared. The basketball hit the rim, rolled twice, and finally fell to the floor.

Seeing this, Nash whistled and joked, "What a pity, I almost gotin."

(What a pity, it was so close to making it in.)

“Itseemsthatrecentfailurescannotchangeyourarrogantpersonality,Nash

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