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

Damn it, I'm so envious...

Aomine gritted his teeth and secretly vowed to defeat Kaijo this year and then brag to Xiangyang for three days and three nights!

"Alright! How long are you going to keep interacting with the audience?"

Kasamatsu's face was contorted with bulging veins as he delivered a chop to the head of Hikaru. Then, he glanced at Kise, who had been silent at the back of the group, walked over, and elbowed Kise in the stomach.

"And you, why is your expression so stiff? Why aren't you interacting with the audience?"

Hikaru, Kise: ...

"That guy got like this after watching today's opponent's video last night. And let me say this: Kasamatsu-senpai, you hit him too hard."

Xiangyang walked to the back of the group, put his arm around Kise's neck, and leaned in to ask with a smile, "So what's the matter? Our genius, did you see something interesting?"

Last night, the entire Kaijo team gathered to study the Fukuda Soccer team's game footage. They naturally saw Haizaki there, and Xiangyang noticed Kise's shocked expression.

He knew perfectly well that it was because of Haizaki, but he still wanted to tease Kise a little.

Kise touched his nose with a slightly unnatural expression: "Indeed... I've seen an interesting guy."

His gaze fell on the other half of the court, where Futian Comprehensive High School had also come onto the court to begin warming up.

Unlike the overwhelming presence of Kaijō High School, Fukuda High School, while also quite well-known, falls far short of Kaijō in terms of sheer scale and prestige.

"Huh? That guy isn't here?"

Kise raised his right hand to his eyebrows as if looking around, but found that he did not see the person he was looking for.

While waving to the audience, Xiangyang touched his chin and suddenly remembered that there was a scene between Haiqi and Himuro at this time in the original work. Hmm... Haiqi beats up Himuro, a real scene between them.

Because Kaijo knocked Touou out of the top three, Shiro Rin's ranking changed. She hasn't defeated Yosen yet, the scene of Kagami and the Himuro brothers fighting and then making up hasn't happened, their master, the foreign beauty Alex, should be appearing soon, and it seems like Kise also has a role to play...

Haizaki teases Alex, beats up Himuro, and is then rescued by Kise...

Xiangyang looked back and, sure enough, found that Kise, who had just slammed a dunk during the warm-up, had disappeared.

Well, at least it wasn't Kise who got beaten up, so Xiangyang felt relieved and continued interacting with the audience.

Oh, Ms. Masako!

Murasakibara's height was very noticeable in the Yangquan team, and Xiangyang quickly spotted him. Following Murasakibara's seat, he found Araki Masako!

He waved happily to Masako, who nodded in return, but her reaction was indifferent, which was within Xiangyang's expectations.

Under Kasamatsu's karate chop threat, Xiangyang finally stopped showing off and obediently went to warm up.

National Winter Cup Round of 16

Haichang vs. Futian Comprehensive

It's finally about to begin.

Chapter 91: Back to the Atmosphere Team!

beep—

Please have both teams line up to greet each other.

"Please advise!"

That guy is Haizaki...

While bowing, Xiangyang secretly sized up Haizaki Shogo.

Your gray hair from junior high has now turned into a frizzy mess; no wonder you got kicked out of the team…

Xiangyang muttered to himself.

With another whistle from the referee, the starting players from both sides took their positions and prepared for the jump ball.

Xiangyang walked off the field with a natural expression and sat down next to Takeuchi.

"Huh? That guy isn't playing??"

Qingfeng was utterly astonished. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

The other side of the audience

Vulcan rubbed his chin, puzzled, and asked, "Has that kid been relegated to the bench?"

Shiro Rin and the others: ...

"No matter what... the normal thought should be to hide one's strength, right?"

Li Zi frowned and analyzed that based on Xiang Yang's performance on the field last year, Hai Chang had no reason to put him on the bench. Moreover, Hai Chang didn't have any new faces, and new students wouldn't join the team until next summer, so it was even more impossible for him to be replaced.

Akashi's face showed a hint of disappointment when he saw that Xiangyang hadn't participated. He was really looking forward to seeing if Xiangyang had improved. After all, the Emperor's Eye had made the wrong predictions about Xiangyang many times. In his eyes, Xiangyang was currently more interesting than Kise.

Reiko's speculation wasn't entirely correct. In fact, Xiangyang did have the idea of ​​hiding his true strength, but he simply didn't plan to use Zone. As for why he didn't even play, we have to go back to what just happened...

A few minutes ago—

"Little Xiangyang! Can you please leave this entire match to me?"

"Huh? I'm handing it all over to you?"

"That's right... there's one guy I have to beat no matter what..."

During the warm-up phase, Kise, who went out and then came back, took the initiative to find Xiangyang to discuss his idea of ​​defeating Haizaki with his own abilities!

Xiang Yang had anticipated this. He knew what position Haizaki held in Kise's heart. If Aomine was the person Kise most wanted to defeat, then Haizaki was the person Kise absolutely had to defeat!

And what if Kise awakens his powers while fighting Haizaki? He might even activate his Zone in a moment of emotional excitement! Who knows?

"I'll only give you two quarters. I'll play in the second half."

Xiangyang smiled and held up two fingers to Kise.

"Ok!"

……

"You guys don't respect me as your coach at all."

Takeuchi crossed his arms and twitched his lips as he complained to Mukahi.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the other side are just weaklings. It doesn't matter if I'm one more or one less."

Xiangyang shrugged indifferently. In other teams, such arrogant remarks from Xiangyang would likely have earned him a severe scolding from the coach. But coincidentally, Takeuchi was the kind of arrogant person. During the training match against Seirin, he looked down on the unknown Seirin team. He always had high aspirations but low abilities when facing weaklings.

After hearing Xiangyang's words, Wu Nei snorted coldly and said nothing. His thoughts were the same as Xiangyang's. So when Xiangyang suggested playing in the second half, he agreed without even asking why.

Xiangyang hummed a little tune as he watched the Haichang team take their positions and wait for the competition to begin. He couldn't help but sigh: In

It's really good to have a voice in the team; Haichang is truly a wonderful place.

When he made the impulsive suggestion of playing him again in the second half, aside from a chop to the neck from Kasamatsu, nothing happened. This clearly demonstrates just how high his status is within the Kaijo team.

Then, he inexplicably remembered what Masako had said to him that day, and his heart sank.

If you go to the national youth team and are ignored and have no say, is it really necessary to go?

Xiangyang was in trouble; the main quest had him join the national youth team.

beep—

The referee's whistle interrupted Xiangyang's reverie.

The jump ball has begun, and Kobori once again uses his excellent jumping ability to give Kaijo the first attack.

Kasamatsu received the ball and did not hesitate for long. He immediately directed his teammates to run and launch a fast break. This was also one of Kaijo's most common opening tactics before Xiangyang took control of the ball.

With Hori's jump shot technique and Kasamatsu's agility, they dealt a heavy blow to the opponent right from the start.

Before Fukuda could react, Kasamatsu and Kise slammed the ball into their own basket with an alley-oop.

Two points valid for Haichang

"Great shot!!"

Xiang Yang sat on the field, waving a towel vigorously. The substitutes on the Haichang bench also followed his movements, cheering on their teammates on the field.

For a moment, Xiang Yang felt like he was back in the summer season as part of the atmosphere-building team. This feeling of cheering along with the substitutes made him feel excited and energetic.

Just as he was pondering whether to perform another set of "18 Towel Swings," Haizaki stole the ball from his teammate and proactively approached Kise.

"Hey, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up for stealing the ball from your teammate like that?"

Kise lowered his eyes, looking at his "old teammate" whom he hadn't seen for many years, and couldn't help but tease him.

Kise's words were relatively mild, but the hot-tempered Haizaki was a different story. He revealed a ferocious expression and said to Kise, "Stop lecturing me with that condescending tone. How could you, a defeated opponent, win the Summer Championship? I think Akashi and the others are getting worse and worse."

Undeterred by Haizaki's words, and influenced by Xiangyang, Kise is now practically immune to such trash talk. He calmly retorted, "But I remember back in middle school, you got beaten up by them quite a few times."

"Stop being so self-righteous, you bastard!"

Haizaki grinned, stopped talking to Kise, took the ball and broke into the paint, then slammed it home with a dunk, responding to Kise's attack.

"How's that, you piece of trash?"

Haizaki walked past Kise, a sinister grin on his face, and mocked him.

However, the scene of Kise being angry that he had imagined did not occur.

"If it were before, I probably would be mentally unstable by now."

Kise took a deep breath, unaffected by Haizaki, and followed Kasamatsu's instructions to move around, without forcing a one-on-one fight with Haizaki.

Although he had become a shooting guard, Kasamatsu was not at all uncomfortable taking over the point guard position because Kaijo still had a "dual point guard" tactic. On the contrary, the long absence from point guard gave him a sense of novelty.

"Great shot!! Kasamatsu-senpai!!"

Kasamatsu hit his third three-pointer of the first quarter.

An excited Xiangyang ran to the sidelines and led the substitutes in performing a set of "18 Towel Swinging Techniques".

That scene once again elicited screams from the audience inside the stadium.

Report! The off-field scenes are even more entertaining than the game itself.

Akashi and Aomine covered their faces in unison. How could they have been eliminated by such a thing?

Even Masako stared wide-eyed, secretly vowing to forbid Hikaru from making such an idiotic move in the future.

The first quarter ended with the score tied at 22-22.