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

The intimidating aura startled the Kaijo team, but fortunately, they were well-prepared and, thanks to the Kanto tactic and Kise's "perfect imitation," they ultimately won the match without any major incident.

As the final whistle blew, Xiang Yang faced Ya Zi on the Yangquan substitute bench, raised his hand and made a bowing gesture while taking off his hat, winking at her with a smile on his face.

Don't forget to come watch the grand finals!

Chapter 106 The Free Seagull

"Moshi Moshi, President Li Guo, um, I watched all the semi-final matches. I've already sent the names of the talents worth recruiting to your email. What? Xiang Yang? I didn't notice. Did that person participate? Oh, okay, I'll continue to follow up and watch the finals! Goodbye, President."

The number one player on the national youth team hung up the phone, a sinister smile spreading across his face. At that moment, the thrill of successful revenge filled his heart.

"Xiangyang... if you can make it into the national youth team, I'll take your surname!"

……

"Qingfeng actually came out to watch the game with us. It's like the sun has risen in the west."

Imakichi adjusted his glasses and looked at Aomine beside him.

Is it because the two teams that defeated us collided?

"You're so noisy, Glasses Guy. You can't concentrate on your exams anyway, can you?"

Qingfeng pursed his lips. In his opinion, reviewing this kind of thing was even more difficult than driving a zone.

"Don't talk nonsense, Dad. His studies are a hundred times better than yours."

Momoi shook her head helplessly, just about to lecture Aomine. Suddenly, she saw Akashi and Murasakibara walking side by side toward the basketball court not far away.

"Little Red! Little Purple! Hey? Don't you guys have a competition today?"

Momoi jogged along, waving to the two of them. But as she got closer, she realized something was wrong. Today wasn't just the final match between Kaijo and Seirin; Rakuzan and Yosen were also going to decide who would win third place.

"Yes, Murasakibara and I agreed not to play, but to come and watch the match between Shiro Rin and Kaijo."

Akashi shrugged. As the person in charge of Rakuzan, even as the ace, no one could force him to play if he didn't want to.

Murasakibara, needless to say, always obeyed Akashi's every command. If Akashi gave the word, he would not hesitate to leave the team, let alone compete.

"Ha...ha, how should I put it, you two are really open-minded."

Momoi's lips twitched, silently mourning for the coaches of both teams.

In the battle for third place nationwide, their own ace player simply refused to participate. If she were the coach in this situation, she would probably be furious!

……

"Where's that bastard Murasakibara?! I'm going to chop him up!!"

This comes from a beautiful female coach who was venting her anger by smashing lockers in the locker room in Yangquan.

"What? Akashi isn't going to play? Oh well... let him be..."

This comes from a middle-aged coach who was smoking to relieve boredom in the Los Angeles locker room.

……

Just as Momoi and Akashi Murasakibara were chatting, Aomine strolled over, nodded to the two of them, and greeted them.

Akashi and Murasakibara nodded in response to Aomine. The friendship between the four was very deep, and there was no need for excessive formalities. The four of them walked together into the basketball court.

"Who do you think will win?"

Murasakibara asked the question while taking a bag of snacks out of his pocket and putting it in his mouth.

Akashi and Aomine exchanged a glance and said in unison, "It's hard to say."

That's why we came to see it!

"However, there are no surprises in the battle for third and fourth place; Luoshan will win."

Akashi smiled, confident in his team. Even if he were to lead them against Kaijo and Shiro Rin again now, he didn't think he would lose.

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"Speaking of Akashi, did you figure out the power that Shiro Rin unleashed at the last moment?"

Aomine rubbed his nose. Ever since watching Seirin's match that day, he hadn't been able to sleep. The Transcendence Zone stage—if he could master it…

Akashi saw through Aomine's thoughts, and after a couple of seconds of contemplation, he said, "I don't understand the specific principles either. I have to say, as expected of Tetsuya, he always manages to do things that I never expected."

Aomine nodded in agreement and continued, "If Shiro Rin can perform at the same level as yesterday, Kaijo will be in danger."

"Don't worry, that guy will definitely find a way."

Akashi's lips curled up. Shiro Rin's state was unstable, at least beyond their control, and given that guy's personality, he was definitely hiding something.

"Indeed, I should be worried about Shiro and the others, hahaha."

……

Inside the stadium, in the Haichang locker room

"White teeth, white teeth, white teeth!"

(Oh no, oh no, oh no!)

Kobo frantically slapped his cheeks, his excitement for the upcoming finals making him so excited that he even slapped his face until it looked bigger.

Kasamatsu rushed over to stop him. If this continued, their center forward would be injured before the game even started!

Hayakawa, sitting in the next seat, was staring at a picture of a girl on his phone and grinning like an idiot. He thought, "If I confess my feelings after winning the national championship, she'll love me to death!"

Takeuchi was constantly on the phone, and from the snippets of his conversation, it seemed he had ordered a new suit for the upcoming press conference.

The substitutes from Haichang all gathered together to rehearse their next celebration moves in order to cheer on their teammates and provide them with morale support!

As for Xiangyang, he was sitting on the side giving Kise his final psychological counseling.

"Relax~ Relax~ Imagine you are a free seagull! Then don't think about anything, just imagine a basketball in your mind..."

However, before Xiangyang could finish speaking, Huangse couldn't help but interrupt: "Xiangyang, should I not think about anything, or should I think about seagulls or basketballs?"

That's right, as you can see, Hikaru is helping Kise turn on the switch to enter the zone!

The entire Haichang locker room was in complete chaos.

The reliable senior coach Kasamatsu finally couldn't take it anymore! One by one, he took action, strode forward, and tied Hori to a chair with a rope to stop him from slapping his face. He confiscated Hayakawa's phone, stopping his wild thoughts. He politely "invited" Coach Takeuchi to go outside to make a call. He also issued a complete ban to all the substitutes, forbidding them from making any sound above 30 decibels! Finally, he walked over to Hikaru and Kise and gave each of them a heavy punch, ending the conversation between the "doctor" and "patient."

Kasamatsu walked to the middle of the locker room, scanned the room, and shouted, "Now! I don't care what you're doing, all of you shut up! Keep the volume in this locker room below 50 decibels!"

"Hi…"

Seeing their captain get angry, the members of Haichang all responded quietly, then shut their mouths and dared not say a word.

This scene really looks like a homeroom teacher losing their temper in class.

Xiangyang couldn't help but laugh out loud when he thought of this, but then he received a warning look from Lisong. He immediately covered his mouth, indicating that he was being obedient.

Kise still had his eyes closed, trying hard to imagine himself as a free seagull!

They watched the video of yesterday's match between Seirin and Rakuzan several times.

In the final moments of the fourth quarter, the power that Shiro Rin unleashed truly frightened them, which is why Hikaru wanted to teach Kise how to activate the Zone.

Of course, Xiangyang wasn't originally in the standard Zone mode, and he only taught Kise based on his own intuition.

All I can say is that one dared to teach, and the other dared to learn.

Chapter 107 Under the Spotlight

"Does your method really work?"

Kasamatsu leaned against the wall, listening to Kise and Hida's conversation, and finally couldn't help but ask, of course, he didn't say the second half of his sentence: I feel like you're talking nonsense.

Upon hearing Kasamatsu question his teaching methods, Xiangyang, looking displeased, confidently replied, "Of course! That's how I teach!"

Kise was still meditating with his eyes closed, muttering things like freedom and seagulls.

Kasamatsu's lips twitched as he asked, "Were you also fantasizing about being a free seagull back then?"

Uh…

Xiangyang, feeling a little guilty, avoided eye contact with Kasamatsu and said in a slightly weaker tone, "Well... that's about right..."

"If Ryota fails to enter the Zone in the end, can we still beat Shiro Rin?"

Kasamatsu didn't dwell on it any longer. Kise opening a zone wasn't part of Kaijo's plan anyway. The most urgent thing was to find out how much of a chance they had in the match between Seirin and Kaijo.

Xiang Yang tilted his head back slightly in thought, then answered seriously, "I don't know."

Kasamatsu:…

"Hey! Don't rush me. When I said I didn't know, I actually meant I had a chance of winning!"

Seeing Kasamatsu crack his knuckles, Xiangyang quickly waved his hand and said, "There's one thing I can confirm: Shiro Rin's condition yesterday was not under their control."

Kasamatsu paused for a moment, then made a gesture of listening attentively, waiting for Xiangyang to continue.

"Although we don't know why they can unleash that kind of power, it's definitely not something they can do at will. As long as we kill them before that happens, there won't be any problems."

On this point, Akashi and Mukayo reached a consensus: Shiro Rin could not control this powerful weapon and enter that state of unity among the five people; undoubtedly, the conditions were extremely demanding.

"Have you come up with a solution?"

After hearing Xiangyang's words, Kasamatsu felt a little relieved. If Xiangyang said there was no problem, then there was basically no problem.

"It's not really a solution; we can only say we've done our best and left the rest to fate."

Xiangyang chuckled, glanced at the time, and woke up Kise, who had fallen asleep while meditating. The match was about to start, and they needed to warm up on the field beforehand.

Kise, who had been woken up, looked completely bewildered. He glanced at Hikari in front of him, then at Kasamatsu beside him, and asked blankly, "The match is over? Did we win?"

"Win my ass!"

As expected, Kise's shrewd remarks earned him a powerful kick.

……

"Wow, there are still so many people coming to watch the game."

The players from Haichang walked out of the player tunnel and were greeted with enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

Kise glanced around and exclaimed, "So many people I know! Not just them, but also some people I've played against before, they've all come to watch! Oh no, I'm really excited!"