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

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Sitting on the sidelines, Jing clicked his tongue in amazement: "He actually reacted so quickly? Xiangyang is truly a genius when it comes to basketball IQ." Then he added in his mind: "He just loves trash-talking too much..."

At this moment, Xiangyang stood on the court, sweating profusely. Just now, Kasamatsu did have a shooting opportunity, and Touou's defense had been disrupted. However, three steps away from Kasamatsu, Aomine was standing.

Three steps away, in the eyes of any qualified outside shooter, it's almost like there's no one defending him, but the defender is Aomine!

When Aomine enters his zone state, his explosive power and speed are terrifying! From a distance of three steps, Hikaru is almost certain that if he passes the ball to Kasamatsu, Aomine will block it as soon as he releases it.

Having Aomine defend an entire area by himself… You can defend against horns like that? This is truly eye-opening. Xiangyang glanced helplessly at Momoi; even a fool could guess that this solution was Momoi's idea. The latter returned his gaze with a bright smile.

With only eight seconds left on the offensive clock, Xiangyang glanced at the timer, waved to Xiaojue, who immediately understood and stepped up to set a screen for Xiangyang.

The one defending Xiangyang was none other than Tonghuang's captain, Imayoshi. Imayoshi frowned, the scene of being thoroughly outmaneuvered by Xiangyang's pick-and-roll tactics in the last training match was still vivid in his mind.

But this time it's different!

When Imyoji felt Kohori coming up to set the screen, he immediately retreated and went around Kohori's screen, secretly pleased with himself: You didn't expect that, did you? To get revenge last time, I practiced the screen-around technique a lot!

However, before Imayoshi could even smile, Higashi took a shot. He had anticipated Imayoshi's move and didn't even bother with Hori's screen, instead jumping straight up for a layup!

The basketball swished through the net, and Xiangyang gave Jinji a bright smile, making a gun gesture with both hands, blowing on each one, and then making a motion as if putting the gun back at his waist.

Talent: The cheers after scoring a goal

The attack has been initiated, and the overall shooting accuracy of the Haichang team has increased.

At this moment, Haichang's bench had gone wild, waving towels frantically. Influenced by Xiangyang's earlier performance, everyone on Haichang's bench was now full of fighting spirit.

As Qingfeng watched Xiangyang's flamboyant celebration, another tic-tac-toe sign appeared above his head. At that moment, the cheers from the Haichang bench sounded no different from noise to him.

Hmm? Xiangyang noticed Qingfeng's gaze, turned his head to look, and saw that he was quite murderous.

Another bright smile appeared, and Qingfeng couldn't help but laugh in exasperation. This kid really knew how to mess with other people's mentality.

Provoked by Xiangyang once again, Qingfeng launched a fierce attack.

As Aomine's power gradually increased, Kise suffered greatly on the court, unable to defend or beat him, and could only passively wear down Aomine's stamina by running tactics.

This isn't a trump card... it's clearly bait!

Coach Takeuchi broke out in a cold sweat. This ace he gave to Xiangyang was truly versatile.

At this moment, Kise felt like he had been tricked by Xiangyang. What ace, what Jordan? What ace always does the dirty work?

Kise and Mukayo's output environment in the first quarter was in stark contrast.

In the offensive possession, after organizing the offense in the frontcourt, Kise was beaten by Aomine in the defensive possession. After scoring in the frontcourt, Kise was shot by Aomine again. Kise then made a mistake and missed a shot in the frontcourt, and Kise was then dunked on by Aomine.

Beep—

Haichang applied for suspension

22:16, Touou leads. Three minutes left in the first quarter.

Kise sat listlessly on the bench, his eyes vacant.

Seeing this, Xiangyang couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt: I was wrong, Ryota. It's true that ace players should be more obedient. I hate those dictatorial ace players the most.

Chapter 45 Qingfeng's Change

Kasamatsu, seeing Kise looking so dejected, reached out and pressed down on Hikaru's head, then whispered in his ear, "You'd better have figured out a solution. You've already ruined your ace in the first quarter."

In truth, Kasamatsu knew that Hikaru must have come up with a plan, otherwise he wouldn't have let Kise face Aomine alone when he opened the zone. Moreover, the coach didn't intervene, which was enough to show that Kaijo's current strategy was the optimal solution, or at least Hikaru and the coach shared the same idea.

Xiangyang chuckled, raised his right finger, and explained to Kasamatsu, "Aomine is very strong now, so strong that even the five of us together would have a hard time defending against him, which is why we need to have Ryota defend against him."

Hearing this, Kasamatsu couldn't help but say, "Then why do you only let Kise take the hits and not let him attack? Letting him fight Aomine one-on-one would be a better way to wear down Aomine's stamina."

Xiangyang shook his finger and continued, "We used this tactic against Touou last time. Although we won, it was because Aomine was exhausted. After losing to us, he started to recover and train. Now, even if he can't use Zone for the whole game, I estimate he can still use it for three quarters."

At this point, Xiangyang patted Kise on the shoulder, reassuring his ace, and said confidently, "That's why I decided that Ryota will defend and I will organize the offense. That way, Aomine won't be able to defend against both of us at the same time. As long as we keep this up and keep the score close, when Aomine unlocks his zone mode, that's when we'll counterattack!"

Coach Takeuchi, who had been eavesdropping on the Sunrise Plan with his arms crossed, nodded and secretly praised him: This kid is really shrewd. It seems that the team's performance will be fine for the next three years.

Takeuchi glanced at Kise, then at Hikaru, and chuckled, practically snot bubbles coming out of his nose from laughing.

The timeout ended quickly, and Haichang did not change its tactics, still resorting to sacrificing its own ace!

Seeing that they had the upper hand, and with Aomine saying that he had no problem with his stamina, the Kirito team also did not change their formation.

Both sides maintained the initial pace and continued the game.

beep—

As the final whistle blew to end the first quarter.

28:

Touhou leads

Haichang, on the other hand, showed no sense of urgency and continued chatting and laughing.

In contrast, the atmosphere in Touou was very quiet... well, they've always been quiet, and neither of them likes to talk.

Momoi glanced around at the Touou group and sighed inwardly. She really couldn't stand the atmosphere at Touou anymore. If it weren't for Ooki being there, she might have transferred to Kaijo long ago!

But what can we do? We'll just have to make do.

Momoi cleared her throat and said in a crisp voice, "Everyone played well in the first quarter, and we have the advantage now. We need to be careful of Kaijo's counterattack..."

In short, everyone, please stay alert and don't make the same mistake twice! Oh, and also, Ryota didn't attack at all in the first quarter. I suspect Kaijo intentionally conserved his energy. In the second quarter, we can create some openings to lure Ryota into attacking; we can't let them have it too easy.

The members of Touou all nodded in agreement; they couldn't forget the last training match.

How did they lose to Haichang?

beep—

The second quarter begins

Since Kaijo jumped to serve, Touou served in both the second and third quarters.

Without a second thought, Imakichi dribbled the ball across half-court and immediately passed it to Aomine. This scene amazed Xiangyang, who thought, "That's why I hate dictatorial bosses the most."

Aomine received the ball and immediately dribbled into the penalty area. Facing Hori's help defense, Aomine jumped and completed a crossover shot in the air, successfully scoring over Hori's defense.

Kobo wasn't discouraged. After all, it wasn't the first time he'd been humiliated by Aomine. What's that saying again? Success doesn't have to be achieved by me!

Without dwelling too much on the points lost in this round, Kobo stood outside the boundary and passed the ball to Xiangyang.

Xiang Yang continued his slow, deliberate dribbling. As his dribbling rhythm improved, everyone at Haichang relaxed. Ten points behind? Forget ten points, even twenty points was nothing.

Imayoshi pursed his lips, not pressing forward to defend Hikaru. On the other side of the court, Aomine, seeing Imayoshi's action, also stepped back slightly, even deactivating his zone mode to give Kise ample shooting space. Momoi's words were still very useful to him.

Xiangyang watched this scene, glanced thoughtfully at Kise, and then immediately gathered the ball and passed it towards Kise.

Talent: King of Feints

It has been activated; the host's feints will be more realistic.

Imayoshi saw Hikaru pass the ball and was overjoyed. He immediately turned around and pressed Kise to defend him.

He could already picture the incredible expression on Hikaru's face after he and Aomine stole the ball from Kise!

Huh? Why isn't the basketball in Kise's hands?

Imayoshi looked at Kise's innocent expression, as if to say: What are you going to do? Are you going to come and hit me?

Turning his head, he saw Xiangyang standing there with a smile, winking at Jinji, and then raising his hand to shoot a three-pointer that went in cleanly.

A photographer on the sidelines seized the perfect angle and captured this dramatic moment.

Imayoshi looked completely bewildered, Kise looked utterly innocent, and then there was the sun's silhouette after the shot was taken...

The substitutes on Haichang's bench went crazy. Everyone stood on the sidelines, some waving towels wildly, some whistling, and some even putting their arms around each other and dancing.

Seeing the commotion on his own bench, Xiang Yang smiled slightly, turned around and shrugged at the bench, making a helpless expression, as if to say: There's nothing I can do, scoring is just that easy, and my fake moves are just that convincing.

The substitutes from Haichang got even more excited and cheered. The audience also gave them a round of applause. A pass shook off the defender, and then a three-pointer went in cleanly. This scene was really explosive!

The audience members, including Cheng Lin and the Xiu De duo, gasped in surprise.

Vulcan couldn't help but say, "This guy's athleticism is just average, but he plays really smart."

Kuroko nodded in agreement, a hint of longing flashing in his eyes as he looked at Xiangyang's retreating figure...

"I'm clearly the one with the highest score in the high school entrance exam, but you guys don't seem to care about me at all. It's really frustrating."

Xiangyang teased Qingfeng with a smile, and every time Xiangyang said something, it would ignite a nameless anger in Qingfeng.

Aomine didn't speak, but a purple light flashed in his eyes again. He had entered Zone mode once more. He had only deactivated it earlier to lure Kise into a trap.

As Xiangyang watched Aomine re-enter the zone, his smile widened. But he slowly dropped his nonchalant expression, because Aomine wasn't affected by him and continued to beat up Kise.

I thought this guy would get angry and target me.

Xiangyang licked his lips, thinking to himself: This guy is still quite calm. He didn't activate the zone because he was provoked by me, but because he still had energy left? He also activated the zone to cooperate with his teammates to set a trap for us. You've changed too, Qingfeng. You clearly said you didn't trust your teammates, what a tsundere.

30:23 Touou leads

Eight minutes remaining in the second quarter

Chapter 46 A Grand Gift

In the audience

Vulcan watched the two teams locked in a fierce battle on the field and quietly clenched his fist.

When they faced Aomine, they were completely overwhelmed, but Kaijo was able to fight him to a standstill.

Is the gap really that big?

Kagami was gripped by self-doubt. Kuroko, watching him, was also filled with self-reproach: "If only I had been a little more useful, Kagami wouldn't have had to work so hard, and we wouldn't have lost..."

At this moment, Shiro Rin's "Light and Shadow Duo" are all in a state of self-isolation.

The others, however, did not notice anything amiss and continued to watch the game intently.

Qingfeng has already used the zone for almost two quarters, but he still hasn't relaxed and is still attacking relentlessly on the court.

Looking at Kaijo, since Xiangyang took the initiative to take over the offensive, Kaijo's attacks were basically centered around him. Although Aomine could defend against two opponents in a small area, Xiangyang specifically chose the diagonal position opposite Kise to launch the attack, so even in zone mode, Aomine could not defend against both Xiangyang and Kise at the same time.

"Defend against it! Defend against it!"