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

Meanwhile, inside the Shark Gym, Masako, wearing glasses, pulled out a blackboard from somewhere.

Her phone was in a group meeting, connecting all the players from Yangquan who would be playing in tomorrow's match.

Masako, holding a katana in one hand, tapped the blackboard like a homeroom teacher and said, "Did you all understand what I just said?"

Inside the classroom… no, inside the gym, there was complete silence. It could only be said that every player from Yangquan played the role of a student very well. When faced with Yako's question, they all looked down, not daring to meet her gaze at all.

Masako narrowed her eyes and raised her voice: "Did you understand?"

The people of Yangquan: "We understand!"

……

"Yo Yuuki, shooting hoops?"

As Xiang Yang walked into the Haichang Basketball Hall, he immediately spotted Yuki.

At this moment, Yuki's face was covered in sweat, and her usually neat and honest hairstyle had become slightly messy and flowing due to training.

Xiangyang stretched his wrists, walked over to Yuki's side, and was about to pick up a basketball to train together when he caught a glimpse of a figure in the corner of the gym.

Xiangyang looked up and saw a girl dressed in a Japanese JK uniform sitting there, her eyes fixed on Yuki.

Xiang Yang was stunned. He looked at Yuki beside him, whose cheeks were slightly flushed. In an instant, his mind suddenly cleared up!

"Yuki, are you playing some kind of gym game here?"

(Transitional chapter, guys. Yesterday's chapter was 5,000 words long, I forgot to mark it. It's a combined chapter.)

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Chapter 238 The Final Battle

"Yuki, are you playing some kind of gym game here?"

"What?!"

Yuki's expression froze; clearly, he couldn't understand Xiangyang's words.

Just then, the girl in the corner of the stadium seemed to realize that Xiangyang was talking to Yuki about her, so she took the initiative to step forward, bowed slightly and said, "Nice to meet you, Xiangyang-senpai. I am Yuki's friend, Hamano Riei."

Looking at the polite junior in front of him, Xiangyang smiled and nodded in response, "Hello, hello, are you Yuki's friend?"

When Xiangyang mentioned the word "friends," he emphasized it, then gave a meaningful look at Youji beside him.

However, the silly boy completely failed to understand the hidden meaning in Xiang Yang's words and remained standing there blankly. On the contrary, Li Ying's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head to play with her collar.

"How long have you two known each other?"

Xiang Yang patted the basketball in his hand and asked casually.

Yuki stroked her chin and hesitated, "It seems like it's been two years, right?"

"To be precise, it was two years and four months."

Li Ying suddenly spoke up, adding to Yuki's words, "We've known each other since the first day of school for our freshman year."

"Oh, two years of friendship, that's really great."

Xiang Yang nodded, but in his heart he was thinking: Two years ago, Yuki had not participated in the national competition and was not famous, so this girl did not approach Yuki with a utilitarian attitude.

Based on Xiangyang's current assessment, he tentatively considers Liying a good candidate for getting to know Yuki.

As the mentor who guided Yuki to report to Haichang and the team's elder brother, Xiang Yang believes that he still needs to pay attention to the physical and mental health of the players.

Xiangyang definitely doesn't want to see things like being troubled by love causing him to underperform on the field. And if Kise knew that his adorable junior had been hurt by a woman while he was away from the team, he would probably be stunned and speechless.

Putting aside Rie's matter for the time being, Xiang Yang subtly indicated that he would be training with Yuki, and Rie tactfully retreated to the sidelines, watching Yuki train from a distance.

"Yuki, the competition is tomorrow, are you still going to practice today?"

As Xiangyang lifted the ball with one hand and shot it into the basket, he asked Yuki a question.

"Hmm... Although we should conserve our energy for the competition tomorrow, everyone is very excited. It's not just me; Ohara and Fukuhara are also staying behind for extra training!"

Yuki's words startled Xiangyang. He turned his head and looked around the stadium, asking, "Where are they?"

"They've already gone back, just five minutes ago."

Yuki glanced at Xiangyang, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Senior Xiangyang, right after you led the way out of the stadium, we played a practice match on our own, which only just ended a short while ago."

Xiangyang automatically filtered out the first half of Yuki's words in his mind and suddenly realized why Yuki seemed to be sweating abnormally when he came in.

I initially thought he was just playing around at the stadium, but it turns out he played a practice match.

Xiang Yang watched Yuki's layup attempt. Even though the rapid depletion of his stamina had slightly distorted his movements, he still maintained the ball protection he was using for the layup.

The movements were not relaxed just because it was training.

For a moment, Xiangyang seemed to see the shadow of Kise in Yuki, no... to be precise, not Kise, but the shadow of Kaijo's ace!

"Yuki."

Xiangyang smiled.

"You will become an excellent basketball player."

Yuki turned around in confusion, scratched his cheek, and laughed along with Xiangyang.

"Senior Xiangyang, am I a qualified junior?"

……

……

Finals Day

Dududu magnetic—

A bus was parked in front of the Tokyo Arena.

As the bus doors opened, Yako led the Yangquan group into the stadium.

Even though most of the official matches are exciting and attract a large audience, the Tokyo Arena is only rented by the organizers for the finals.

At the stadium entrance, many spectators had not yet entered. Upon seeing the Yangquan team arrive, many of them offered their congratulations to Yangquan.

"Murasakibara! Do your best!"

"Himuro, Himuro, Himuro!"

Not only the two key players in the Yangquan team, but also the rest of the Yangquan team received cheers and encouragement from the fans.

After a brief response, Masako led them into the players' tunnel.

Upon arriving here, there were no more spectators, and the surrounding light was somewhat dim due to the closed passageway.

Masako walked at the very front, step by step. She looked at the light at the end of the passage, which was so dazzling, and she could faintly hear the loud cheers of the fans in the stadium.

"It seems our opponents have arrived ahead of schedule."

Himuro smoothed his bangs, a fighting spirit flashing in his eyes.

Masako glanced back at her players and said to Murasakibara, "Atsushi, you're the key player in today's game."

"Coach Ang, I'm going to crush them."

Murasakibara spoke calmly. He was slightly different from usual today. The most obvious change was that his waist-length hair had been tied up before the match started.

Sensing her ace's determination, Masako said no more and led the way out of the players' tunnel.

The sudden change in light caused everyone in Yangquan to squint, but after a brief adjustment, they saw Haichang, who had arrived earlier, on the other side of the stadium.

The moment Yangquan entered the stadium, the cheers in the arena reached their peak, with both Yangquan and Haichang fans vying to cheer for their home team.

Xiang Yang placed his hands on his hips and raised an eyebrow at Ya Zi, but the latter coldly responded with a throat-slitting gesture, her eyes full of provocation.

Seeing this, Xiangyang didn't care at all, and instead responded to Yako with a flying kiss.

"Then... let's begin, this final match."

……

……

Jump ball session

As usual, Xiangyang started Tanaka as the center forward. Of course, he didn't expect Tanaka to win the kickoff from Murasakibara. He just wanted the team to get used to the rhythm of the game at the beginning.

If you use fast-paced tactics like artillery bombardment before you've warmed up, the risk of injury is quite high.

As expected, from the moment the referee blew the whistle to start the game...

Murasakibara jumped slightly and easily won the right to attack first.

As the massive body drew closer, Tanaka swallowed hard, his calves trembling involuntarily.

"Tanaka, go back inside the restricted area. Don't be afraid, we'll help you."

Xiang Yang stared intently at Murasakibara. Before the match, Murasakibara had styled his long hair into a neon samurai hairstyle, which showed his determination to win.

"Isn't today supposed to be a day of slacking off for Murasakibara?"

Xiang Yang chuckled softly and slowly walked up to Yang Quan's point guard. However, just as he passed by Zi Yuan, he suddenly lunged forward and cut directly at the basketball in Zi Yuan's hands.

Fortunately, Murasakibara is vastly different from those traditional, rigid centers. He pulled the ball back, narrowly avoiding Hikaru's steal, and then passed the ball to Himuro.

"whispering sound…"

Xiangyang pursed his lips, ignoring Murasakibara's furious gaze, and stood next to Yangquan's head guard, Zhe, with his hands on his knees, looking completely harmless.

Yuki also took the initiative to approach Himuro, and the two began their first confrontation of the match at a 45-degree angle on the flank.

With a few simple probing moves, Himuro was both surprised by Yuki's defensive ability and increasingly filled with fighting spirit. However, just as he was about to force his way towards Yuki, he saw Murasakibara already spreading his arms in the penalty area, demanding possession of the ball.

[Dun's fighting spirit is very high today.]

Himuro glanced over and passed the ball to Murasakibara without hesitation. As his teammate for more than two years, he knew better than anyone the power contained within Murasakibara's body.

Murasakibara successfully received the ball inside, without even noticing Tanaka's defensive posture. He backed down the ball and pushed Tanaka back three steps away. On the other side of the inside, Ohara, who had already realized the situation was not right, decisively helped defend and rushed towards Murasakibara.

However, this purple-haired beast seemed to have inexhaustible energy today. Seeing Ohara coming to help defend, Murasakibara's eyes sharpened, and he used his legs to lift himself up and slammed the ball into the basket over Ohara's body!