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

Xiangyang shouted from the bottom corner, "There's nothing I can do. My physical talent isn't good enough, and my defensive ability is limited. Rather than standing in a high position and blocking my teammates, I might as well stay in the bottom corner and slack off."

Suddenly, Xiangyang noticed that Kise was standing a little further back, and his heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, Aomine suddenly threw the ball towards the basket halfway through his dribble. The basketball bounced off the backboard and eventually rolled into the basket.

This shot made Xiangyang's eyelids twitch. How could such an absurd move result in a three-pointer? This isn't what you call an unpredictable shot; it's more like a random throw that goes in.

"I'm sorry, it's mine."

Kise, panting heavily, raised his hand to admit his mistake; it was indeed his fault for not defending properly.

Xiang Yang glanced at him, shook his head without saying anything, and then turned to give Coach Wu a wink.

Takeuchi hesitated for a few seconds, then glanced at the scoreboard.

52:40 Touou leads

With two minutes remaining in the second quarter...

beep—

Haichang applied for suspension

Kise sauntered to the bench, slumped onto the stool, and looked exhausted.

Kasamatsu quickly patted Kise on the back, and then turned to glare at Hikaru.

Xiangyang felt wronged. The coach had agreed to let Kise defend Aomine alone, so how could he be blamed?

Noticing Xiang Yang's pleading gaze, Takeuchi coughed a few times and said, "Kise, why don't you come down and rest for a while..."

"no!"

Before the coach could finish speaking, Xiangyang immediately jumped out to object.

Xiangyang wanted to say something more, but suddenly sensed that Kasamatsu next to him had a murderous look on his face.

Xiangyang immediately changed his mind: "No... but it's not impossible."

Kise, who had been slumped on the bench with a towel covering his face, immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "I'll listen to Xiangyang." He then stared at Xiangyang, waiting for him to make a decision.

Not only Kise, but everyone at Kaijo stared at Xiangyang at the same time. Xiangyang met everyone's gaze and sighed.

Why do I seem like the bad guy? It wasn't me who did this to Kise, it was Aomine.

"Ryota cannot leave the field."

Xiang Yang said in a deep voice, "Since that's the case, let me be the bad guy."

"Indeed, Liang Tai is now..."

He's in terrible shape, but believe me! Aomine's condition isn't much better than his! If we put Ryota down to rest now, Aomine will have a chance to catch his breath, and all the beatings we took will have been for nothing!"

Xiang Yang glanced around at everyone at Haichang and continued slowly, "Believe me, he can't keep playing in the zone forever. Either in the third quarter or the fourth quarter, we'll definitely have a chance!"

After Xiangyang finished speaking, he calmly looked at Kasamatsu. If there was anyone at Kaijo besides the coach who could refute his decision, it would definitely be Kasamatsu.

Kasamatsu didn't say anything. He genuinely felt sorry for Kise, but deep down he felt more guilty. If Kise were stronger, the burden of the team wouldn't fall on the first-year students.

"I really am a negligent senior," Kasamatsu thought to himself with self-mockery.

He thought back to the national competition last year, when he was only a sophomore and could only watch the older students fight from behind...

I promised my seniors I would win the championship. Since I've already failed as a senior, I can't afford to fail as a junior!

Kasamatsu secretly made up his mind and nodded to Xiangyang.

Seeing Kasamatsu's response, Xiangyang breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Kasamatsu would get stubborn. Although he knew that Kasamatsu had absolute trust in him, this senior's affection for Kise was much greater than his affection for him...

At that moment, a sharp whistle blew, and the pause ended.

Kasamatsu stood up, glanced at his teammates, and shouted sternly.

"Go for it, boys! We'll be champions!"

"Hi!!"

……

"Ah Da... how are you feeling?"

Inside the Touou dressing room, Momoi looked at Aomine with a worried expression.

Aomine waved his hand dismissively and replied, "I'm fine, Peach."

Although he said he didn't care, Qingfeng's voice was filled with deep exhaustion. After playing two quarters in Zone, his condition was not optimistic.

Momoi pursed her lips, about to tell Aomine to take a break, but then changed her mind: "They played very tenaciously in the first half, so keep it up, Aomine! The game may have only just begun!"

Hearing Momoi's words, Aomine nodded and couldn't help but laugh. He thought of Kaijo's fierce counterattack after the timeout in the second quarter.

"This is the kind of game I want. Peach, I think I've rediscovered the joy of playing basketball."

Qingfeng sighed, but his smile grew even wider.

Seeing Aomine laughing so happily, Momoi also smiled, her eyes crinkling into crescent shapes.

The next-door Haichang changing room

"In the third quarter, I'll go defend Qingfeng."

Xiangyang straddled the bench with a carefree attitude, taking the initiative to defend against Qingfeng.

"you?"

Kasamatsu looked at Hikaru with suspicion. Although Kasamatsu had complete trust in Hikaru, however…

Xiangyang's defensive ability is just too consistent! Apart from having a strange sense of pressure that can be intimidating, it's fair to say that Xiangyang's defense is practically nonexistent.

"Of course I'm not the only one guarding against him! Come on, listen to me..."

Thinking that Xiangyang had some new tricks up his sleeve, Kasamatsu immediately listened intently. However, as time went on, Kasamatsu's expression became increasingly strange. Finally, Kasamatsu couldn't help but point at Xiangyang and say, "You!"

Xiangyang spread his hands innocently, seemingly unaware of what he had done.

Kasamatsu pointed at the sun, stammered "you" for a long time, and finally put his hand down, sighed, and accepted reality.

Xiang Yang chuckled.

Just wait, Qingfeng, I'll give you a "big gift"...

Chapter 47 Foul Tactics and Three-Point Tactics

Chapter 47 Foul Tactics + Three-Point Tactics

"Huh? Has your coach gone mad? He sent you to guard me?"

Qingfeng pointed at Xiangyang with a surprised expression and asked.

Sensing the disdain in Qingfeng's words, Xiangyang's forehead creased with a tic-tac-toe expression.

With a smile on his lips, he said, "There's no other way. You're just too arrogant. The coach had no choice but to send me to curb your arrogance."

"Ha, you really dare to say that," Aomine sneered, pointing to the scoreboard beside him. At the same time, he secretly rejoiced: "Yes! I finally got my revenge on that damn move!"

Xiangyang's gaze followed Qingfeng's hand to the scoreboard, where Tonghuang was leading 55-45.

He made a surprised expression and said, "I didn't expect that a ten-point lead in the first half would make Mr. Aomine so happy. As expected of the ace of the Generation of Miracles, he is just different from ordinary people."

At this point, Xiangyang clapped his hands as if to celebrate with Qingfeng.

The smile on Qingfeng's face instantly shifted to Xiangyang's, and he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Get ready, I'm going to show you how God plays ball."

"You're really good at bragging, Mr. Aomine."

Further words were pointless. Qingfeng turned and left to catch the ball, partly because he couldn't win an argument with Xiangyang...

Xiang Yang touched his nose and looked at Qing Feng, who was bending down to break through. Suddenly, Xiang Yang made a risky steal and went straight for Qing Feng's lower body.

Qingfeng's eyes sharpened, and he changed his dribbling technique on the spot, using an exaggerated spin to leave Xiangyang behind.

"I've succeeded!" A smile appeared on Aomine's face. Defeating Xiangyang made him even happier than defeating Kise.

however…

"Snapped!"

As Kobo came to help defend, he slapped Aomine's arm. Aomine frowned, changed his layup motion in mid-air, switched to his left hand, and made a floater.

Beep

Touou No. 5

2+1 goals are valid

Aomine, having landed, looked back at Kobori and muttered to himself: This guy... was he doing that on purpose?

However, Aomine didn't seem to care, perhaps he had been beaten up for too long and was getting impatient.

But then, Aomine was dumbfounded.

Every time he broke through, someone from Kaijo would appear and foul him. At first, it didn't seem like a big deal, and Aomine even wondered to himself if Kaijo had gone crazy and was deliberately giving him free throws.

However, after doing this many times, Aomine found that his stamina was increasing, but his scoring efficiency was not! Because Kaijo had tightened his defense and didn't care about fouls, the intensity of the confrontation Aomine faced suddenly increased!

This is the new tactic that Xiang Yang proposed during halftime – the fouling tactic!

Since you, Qingfeng, can score simply by driving in, why make it so easy for you? A layup is worth two points, and two free throws are also worth two points. If the same amount of points can make you pay a higher price, then why not?

Momoi, who was watching from the sidelines, was dumbfounded. In the worldview of Kuroko's Basketball, there is no such thing as "foul tactics," which is why Kasamatsu was so shocked when he heard Hikaru's instructions.

Qingfeng frowned and said, "So what? If this continues, your inside players will foul out."

Xiangyang looked at Qingfeng with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, his eyes full of disdain.

Before Qingfeng could ask a question, the referee blew his whistle.

Haichang makes a substitution

Two players from Haichang who had never played in a competitive match before stepped onto the field.

Seeing this, Qingfeng opened his mouth wide, his face filled with disbelief.

This is the first time I've encountered such a "brilliant" tactic in the otherwise innocent world of Kuroko's Basketball.