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

"What a bastard!"

"really……"

"He did it anyway!"

Throughout the entire game, Kirisaki Daiichi's behavior on the court was extremely bad, and every move was on the verge of a foul, but their skills were so good that even the referee found it difficult to call a foul unless they were caught.

then……

The first moment after the game.

The captain of Du Renmaquan was so angry that he could hardly keep calm. Despite the attempts of his teammates to stop him, he still failed to stop the attack. With several people hanging on his body, he rushed to the first player seat of Kirisaki in a very violent manner.

"hateful!"

“You bastards! That’s so despicable…!!”

"Are you very proud of winning like this?!"

"damn it!"

Number 7, Kojiro Furuhashi, Kirisaki's second-year small forward, had a calm, almost empty expression. He calmly questioned his opponent's words, "Hmm...?"

"mean?"

"I don't quite understand~"

"Excuse me, may I ask?" Kojiro Furuhashi asked power forward Hara Kazuya, "Did the referee call a foul on us?"

Number 10, Hara Kazuya, squatted on the ground, chewing gum and blowing big bubbles while poking at Number 5 who was sleeping soundly on the bench, and then taunted: "I didn't hear any booing at all~ I have no idea what they are talking about~"

"and……"

"proud?"

"Of course……"

"180:45 Oh, of course I'm very proud of beating up all you losers, need I say more? You idiots with heads full of Bavarian cream~"

"hateful!"

"stop……"

"Hiyama, calm down...!"

Everyone in Kirisaki looked at their opponents and found their hysteria funny. After all, they had seen such scenes many times and were tired of them.

"Wake up Seto. It's amazing that he can sleep so soundly in this situation."

"Hey!"

"Get up! The game's over, Seto!"

Before leaving the field, the Kirisaki team woke up Seto Kentaro, who was fast asleep on a bench. At the same time, Furuhashi Kojiro came over to Hanamiya Makoto and said in a low voice, "I saw Kaijou. He's in the stands."

Hanamiya smiled.

"Ha~"

"Where's Tonghuang?"

“I haven’t seen…”

Hanamiya Shin smiled, "As expected, haha. My semi-final opponent, Touou, the ace of the Generation of Miracles, is quite proud. Perhaps in his eyes, there are only his beloved seniors~"

"Contest……"

"Finally, things are going to get interesting~"

The lights from the stadium dome were mostly obscured as they fell onto the players' tunnel, leaving a half-black, half-white shadow on Hanamiya Makoto's drooping cheek.

Under such light and shadow, Hanamiya Makoto's sinister smile as he spoke seemed like an unbridled provocation to the Teiko Twins and the Generation of Miracles. At the same time, it also made Kirisaki's teammates shudder.

"Ah……"

"In this case……"

"Just one step left, defeat Tonghuang and enter the finals~"

"at last……"

"It's Kaijo!"

As Hanamiya Makoto led the way, Kirisaki's back gave the audience an extremely dangerous aura. At this moment, Hanamiya Makoto continued to chuckle in a low voice with a hint of regret:

"What a shame~ I won't be able to meet my old friend from last year in this IH, Muji Teppei... You're lucky, but that's where your luck ends~"

"Their opponent tomorrow is Luo Shan..."

"Tsk~"

"pity."

in the audience.

The members of the Kaijo team who had listened to Shigure Akito's explanation were furious at Kirisaki's behavior on the court. Among them, the hot-blooded man Hayakawa Mitsuo was the most furious.

finally.

It was Shigure Akito who comforted him.

"Hanamiya pathogen..."

"Guqiao Hospital..."

"Seto Pathogen..."

"The original hospital..."

"Yamazaki Hospital..."

"These guys in Kirisaki's starting lineup look like psychopaths based on their names. We probably won't be able to face them. We can just wait until the upper division finals and leave it to Touhuang."

"For us, what we should pay more attention to is the match between Seirin and Rakuzan tomorrow morning."

"The winner..."

"That's our opponent in the semi-finals."

……

soon.

The second day of the quarter-finals.

morning.

Lower half.

Seirin vs. Rakuzan.

The moment Seirin and his team stepped onto the field, the atmosphere was no less impressive than yesterday's Kaijo vs. Yangquan match. In terms of the number of spectators, it was completely different from their previous matches.

"Amazing!"

"The IH quarterfinals were just like this, just like the finals..."

"Do not……"

"It's just because my opponent is Luo Shan..."

"Just like yesterday..."

"It got to that point because of Kaijō."

All the Seirin team members who arrived at the stadium were ready to go. Kagami jumped with his legs raised while taking a deep breath, thinking that he must show the results of the special training in this game.

the other side.

Izuki Shun was telling jokes to lighten the mood, Kiyoshi Teppei had a hearty smile on his face, looking puzzled, and Hinata Junpei was placing the Warring States figurine solemnly on the bench like a Midorima shaman.

And Haizaki Shogo...

Speechless.

"..."

There are so many varieties.

"Hey, are you ready? We'll be on stage for warm-ups soon." Aida Reiko, still dressed in her JK outfit, clapped her hands excitedly, attracting everyone's attention. "Get ready!"

Seirin team members: "..."

coach……!

Such heavy dark circles!

Aida Reiko pretended not to notice, her face serious: "The game plan is the same as I just said in the combat meeting. You must pay attention to concentrate."

Speaking of this, everyone's expression became stern.

at the same time.

Haizaki slowly stood up.

"Zheya, I need to go to the bathroom first."

"it is good."

After Haizaki Shogo left, Kagami said in a low voice with a complicated expression, "So that guy can get nervous too..."

Upon hearing this, Kuroko Tetsuya glanced at the direction where Haizaki Shogo left and said in a deep voice, "Well, he should be... more than just nervous."

follow.

Kuroko Tetsuya also left the sidelines.

really……

In front of the bench in the corridor backstage, Kuroko Tetsuya slowly walked up to Haizaki Shogo, but he didn't say much, just quietly accompanied Haizaki Shogo in silence.

After a while.

Huizaki stood up.

Followed by a light sound of fist bump.

Haizaki and Kuroko left side by side. From beginning to end, neither of them said a word, but it seemed that everything was implied in the unspoken moment of their fist bump just now.

……

It's time to warm up.

"Woooo! It's time to go!"

on the field.

Players from both sides appear.

Coming towards Seirin was a team in white uniforms, and Haizaki immediately locked onto that striking, rosy red!

no doubt……

Akashi Seijuro.

He was walking in front, with the number 4 on his chest.

As Akashi took the initiative to walk in, Seirin's steps stopped abruptly, "I haven't seen you since the opening ceremony, Haizaki."

Haizaki looked at Akashi, who was still only 173 cm tall, and nodded.

For several newcomers of Seirin, such as Kawahara Koichi, Fukuda Hiroshi... they were staring at Akashi Seijuro and were a little surprised when they heard him speak.

This is Luoshan...

And the captain of the Generation of Miracles...

Is that Akashi Seijuro?

The tone was gentle.

They didn't feel any pressure or anything like that, but he had an unusual aura, different from any other person they had met in Teiko.

At this time.

Facing Akashi, Haizaki Shogo suddenly said: "I will not lose, Akashi."

Akashi smiled and nodded, with a hint of respect for the pursuer in front of him whose talent surpassed what he had seen.