Kuroko: I had already won the championship before the miracle happened.

"When the time comes and it's our turn to play later, we will definitely face an overwhelming score difference from our seniors and opponents who may collapse mentally."

"By then, whether out of courtesy or because you are moved by what I just described."

"I hope everyone can go all out like our predecessors."

After Akashi finished speaking, his eyes swept over his teammates one after another.

Midorima nodded.

Murasakibara had already stopped what he was doing. If it were just what Akashi had just said, perhaps he would not be moved at all. However, what Fukaya Reiji had questioned him before had directly hit his "self-esteem".

When the two statements are put together, the goals gradually become similar.

"It seems very troublesome~"

"Anyway..."

"As long as I don't lose to those guys without 'talent', that's all I need, right~?"

the other side.

Aomine finally came to his senses.

"I see……"

"I understand!"

Although he didn't know what Aomine understood, Haizaki was very unhappy when he saw his opponent was so excited. He said, "Of course I have to give my all in the competition. I don't care about the strength of the opponent..."

"By the way, you guys aren't pitiful opponents, are you~?"

"The worse my opponent's performance, the happier I am~!"

Hear the words.

Aomine Daiki rolled his eyes at the other person.

"Poor opponent... who would think that? It's just basketball. Of course you have to have an equal opponent!"

"Well……"

"never mind."

"An idiot like you wouldn't understand."

Although Qingfeng said this to Haizaki, he himself did not quite understand the other meanings of Shigure Akito's words, but he only understood one thing.

If you ever meet an opponent who is timid after being beaten, just treat yourself as a self-created character in a basketball game and play seriously. This will be considered as completing the task and unlocking higher "achievements" for yourself!

By the way...

Compare with your seniors to see who scores higher!

……

time flies.

It seemed like it was over in the blink of an eye.

August summer.

For Shigure Akito and Nijimura Shuzo, another year's National Conference has begun.

Just one year.

But I feel a lot of emotion.

Although it is no longer the venue of last year's National Conference, on the bus, I opened the curtains and looked at the large-scale gymnasium in front of me.

Shigure Akito still clearly remembered what Nijimura said when he thanked the Teiko cheering club in front of the audience stands after defeating Okayama last year: "I'll see this scenery again next year."

Shigure Akito: "I'm back~"

aside.

Nijimura Shuzo obviously thought of the same thing as Shigure.

Turn around.

He faced the fist extended by Shi Yu Qiu Ren.

"This year's championship will be won by me personally~"

"Humph."

"You won't be exhausted this time, will you?"

"..."

"There's no Hagioka-senpai this year. Even if there was, he wouldn't be my opponent. No... he wasn't one of them last year."

"How dare you say that."

Pa~!

On the bus, Shigure Akito and Nijimura Shuzo, who were sitting next to each other, lightly bumped fists before getting off.

then……

parking.

Except for Shigure and Nijimura, all the players in the white Teikou uniforms could hardly hide their excitement. However, their excitement was not surprising. After all, when you think about it carefully, only these two people were left from last year's championship lineup.

Compared to Teiko's familiar Tokyo-area opponents, Fukaya Reiji and Kurona Shinji, who came to the national competition for the first time as team members instead of waiting for the end of training to attend as spectators in the audience, found it difficult to control their emotions despite being calm in the preliminaries.

The team members got off the car one after another. They were wearing the Diguang team uniforms and immediately attracted a lot of attention.

"It's Teiko!"

"Oh!"

"The Geminis are coming!!"

"Those two people...what a terrifying aura!"

"Can this also be seen as a powerful aura? Isn't it just that he's grown taller and stronger? Shigure Akito must be 185 cm tall, right? Last year, he was so small but he could compete with Hagioka Kasayuki, and this year's Teiko..."

"Even stronger. Actually, as long as the twin stars are still there, even if Teiko changed the entire lineup, it wouldn't make any difference. But this year, Teiko, apart from them, is also full of strong players in other positions. For example, No. 6 center Shinji Kuroname and starting small forward Reiji Fukaya are both stronger than last year's starting third-year players, excluding last year's Masaaki Okura!"

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"And there's a bench full of first-year students!"

"what?"

"Yeah, all of them are first graders. They're easy to spot, the ones with the colorful hair."

soon.

Enter the venue.

In an instant, the first-year team members of Teiko had a new understanding of the popularity of the two seniors of Teiko Twins, because compared to the Tokyo area where they could still be surrounded by reporters, once they reached the national level, all the attention was focused on Shigure Akito and Nijimura Shuzo.

The weekly reporters who rushed towards the two of them like a tide were eye-catching and immediately surrounded the place where Teikou passed. The scene was quite spectacular.

There were many teams that made it to the national level for the first time, and after seeing this scene, they asked questions one after another.

The answer I got...

"Oh."

"That's Shigure Akito and Nijimura Shuzou."

.............

.............

"That's normal."

The fellow junior high school players were influenced by the aura over there and looked at them with envy, sighing inwardly.

The Teiko Twins are so amazing, who can be their rival this year?

Perhaps, those five guys who made a name for themselves in various regions after hitting the target all last year and were vaguely called the 'Five Generals'... can they do it?

It didn't take long.

The hustle and bustle on Teiko's side ended because of the opening ceremony that was about to begin.

then……

After the opening ceremony.

The 24 schools gathered together to draw lots.

Same as last year.

The 24 schools will first play a round-robin tournament in groups of three. The top two will enter the knockout round on the second day, and then the one who reaches the finals and wins will take home the championship.

The schedule is tight with two races in one day, making it a very demanding stage.

During the drawing ceremony.

Changyuan International, Kotaro Hayama.

Immortal true, real Buchi Lingyang.

Zhaorong, Muji Tieping.

Yiwu, Genwugu Yongji.

Jinjia Academy, Hanamiya Makoto.

In Shigure Akito's opinion, all the main 'opponents' this year were present. At the same time, he also saw Kamisaki Junior High School, who got the second seed after losing to them in the Tokyo zone, and Inoue Natsuki.

After the draw is over.

Inoue Natsuki originally wanted to come over to Teiko and say hello to Shigure-senpai who had patiently given him guidance.

but……

After seeing Nijimura Shuzo, he hesitated again, wondering if Nijimura-senpai already knew about his previous conversation with Shigure-senpai, and he didn't know what the other party would think of him.

"Inoue, forget it."

"Let's go back to the hotel and study our opponents first. The match starts tomorrow."

Inoue Natsuki nodded.

"..."

If you want to show your determination to your seniors, show them on the national stage.

Reach the knockout stage first!

Turn around.

Bang~!

"Well……!"

Inoue Natsuki bumped into someone. When he looked up, he saw a guy with black hair and strange eyebrows that were thick inside and thin outside. He was smiling and sticking out his tongue at him. "Sorry~"

"From Uezaki Junior High School..."

"Inoue-san~" Five Five.

Chapter 136: From that conversation, he only heard one person’s arrogance and condescension!

The stranger in front of him called out his name, and the apology that Inoue Natsuki wanted to say was paused for a moment because he had no idea who this person was.

until……

An angry shout rang out!

"Hanamiya Makoto!"

Not just one person, but a group of people surrounded them!

not far away.

Shigure Akito noticed that they were a group of angry junior high school players whose uniforms he had no impression of. Among them, the most eye-catching were two conspicuously injured players.

One was injured and had to use crutches, and the other had his arm in a sling.