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

Chapter 150 Five up and five down, then five up and five down
Inside the Tokyo Western Division Qualifier Basketball Hall
A group of nervous players wearing brown striped jerseys were doing warm-up exercises on the basketball court.

Off the field, many spectators had already entered the arena and were seated. The noise they made while talking seemed to be the reason why the players on the field were nervous.

"It's incredible. How come there are so many spectators? This is the first time I have played in front of so many people!"

One player's movements were stiff and he said tremblingly. Due to his nervousness, he couldn't even let go of the warm-up movements.

At this time, a player wearing the same jersey as him saw his nervousness, walked up and patted his shoulder, comforting him: "It doesn't matter, they are not here to see us anyway."

"what?"

The first player tilted his head and failed to understand what his teammate meant. The latter slapped his head and said helplessly: "Really, do you have to make it so clear? The audience clearly came to see Hai Chang High School. Yes, how can a third-rate team like ours, which is not well-known, have so many people paying attention to us?"

That's right, they are today's opponents in the third round of Haichang's qualifiers, and they are also the third team in the West District. Before the round robin, they met Haichang's unlucky guy-Small Pox High School.

"Why is this...but! There are so many viewers, maybe some of them are our fans!"

As he spoke, the player who had been looking forward to being cheered by the audience turned his head and showed a smile to the audience.

"Haha... you can see it later."

The other player said nothing more, waved his hand, and walked back to his own half to shoot.

Soon, as the number of spectators in the stadium increased, the very optimistic player from Tianhua High School also discovered that something was wrong.

As the number of spectators increased, the voices of the crowd talking and chatting also became much louder.

Even standing on the sidelines, he could hear many topics discussed by the audience, all chatting about Hai Chang.

[It's okay, it's okay... maybe it's just that our fans are more reserved and don't like to talk. I can definitely hear their cheers while waiting for the game to start! 】

Just as the optimistic boy kept comforting himself, the door of the arena was pushed open again, and then, in the player tunnel, he slowly walked out of the crowd.

Wearing a blue sportswear with white stripes, even if so many people appear wearing it at the same time, the viewers will not feel any visual fatigue.

I have to say that Hai Chang’s uniform customization is very particular.

"Hai Chang! Hai Chang is here!"

"Champion! Champion! Champion!"

"Kise-sama! Ahhhh!"

The moment everyone in Hai Chang appeared, a switch seemed to be turned on in the arena.

The arena environment, which was a little noisy just now, suddenly became neat and uniform!

——They are all cheers and shouts for Hai Chang.

The optimistic boy was stunned. He turned around and looked around the audience, and found that his previous worries seemed to be unnecessary.

The fans of Tianhua High School will not be drowned out by the cheers of Haichang fans just because there are few people, because the entire basketball stadium is filled with Haichang fans!

At this time, the teammate who had come up to comfort him before walked past him again, patted him on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "It doesn't matter, every team in the West Division that encounters Hai Chang will encounter this situation. Yes, we are not special cases. Since we can’t resist, let’s enjoy it. Playing against such a high-level opponent is not a bad thing.”

Although Hai Chang is the leader of the Western Region, the teams he encounters are more or less cursed secretly, but compared with the miracle teams in other divisions, Hai Chang's reputation is still very good!

Unlike other Miracle teams, who always have a three-fold point difference when they are in the mood, Haichang faces ordinary opponents. After the lead reaches [-] points, Takeuchi will basically withdraw all the starters, leaving only a few high-quality players. Add the God of War at the water dispenser as a substitute to compete with him in wits and courage.

Therefore, many teams, after playing against Hai Chang, have a feeling of "playing a hearty game!"Coupled with the champions of the Shanghai Changlianzhuang Summer Games and Winter Cup, they played against them and the score difference was not too ugly. In front of those who did not know, they could confidently say: We can be [-]-[-] with the national champions, but slightly worse. That’s all!
Under this circumstance, many teams that do not have the ability and confidence to break out of the round-robin match may not be such a bad thing when encountering Shanghai Chang.

The optimistic boy nodded half-understanding, as if he accepted what his teammates said. When he turned his head to look at Haichang High School, which had already started warming up, he couldn't help but have a hint of envy in his eyes.

"That's great...national championship."

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……

beep—

The referee's whistle sounded, signaling the starting players from both sides to assemble.

"Please advise!"

In the familiar pre-game greeting, Kise bowed slightly and raised his head again, with no expression on his face.

No matter how enthusiastic the audience is, at this moment, he doesn't have much thought to manage his idol character.

Beside him, Yuuki looked at Kise worriedly.

Ryouta-senpai... It's been like this since Xiangyang-senpai left... Should I do something...

Yuuki frowned slightly and bit her right thumb. During Xiangyang's departure from the team, our little genius did his part and took over the "main point" position of Team Kaijun. However, when he really became Kaijun's point guard , only to realize that this position is not that easy to get!
At least he can't solve Kise's current problems!
[It turns out that a point guard has to do more than just play on the court...]

Yuuki sighed softly, but the distress in his heart did not diminish at all.

[If Senior Xiangyang were here...what would he do? 】

Hey!
What a coincidence, Kise and Yuuki sighed at the same time, one on the left and the other on the right. Takeuchi, who was sitting on the bench, watched that scene and his eyelids jumped.

Do you two have any opinions about this team or me as a coach? ?
What does it mean to shake your head and sigh before the game starts? ?

Takeuchi shrank his neck angrily, but he also knew very well in his heart that the fundamental reason why Kai Chang's current bad atmosphere was still because of Xiang Yang's absence.

Xiang Yang... what a sinful man...

Thinking of this, even Takeuchi sighed involuntarily.

beep—

No matter how low Hai Chang's overall mood was, the referee's kick-off came as promised.

"Oh oh oh oh oh!"

If you want to say who has the best mentality and the highest momentum in Haichang now, it is definitely Xiaojue Haozhi!
"Jump ball! I'll work hard!!"

With a roar and a clenched fist, the passionate Kobori-senpai received a round of applause from the audience.

Among Haichang's fans, many people like this passionate big man very much. Unlike Huang Lai's elegance and Xiangyang's calmness, in many cases, Xiao Jue is the real leader of Haichang's momentum!
Listening to the overwhelming cheers in the stadium, the center of Tianhua High School couldn't help but swallow, and felt timid before the game even started.

It always feels like I'm at Hai Chang's home court...

As the referee throws the ball away from the field, the game officially begins.

Without any surprise, Kobori got the ball in the first attack and handed it to Yuuki. Then he single-handedly broke into the enemy's inside and reached out for the ball excitedly.

Although many times the pass may not go to Xiaobori, this passionate man is always ready!
And Yuuki did not disappoint Kobori. He made a simple breakthrough and passed the ball to Kobori, scoring Haichan's first goal of the game!
"Good shot Xiaohori!!"

"Just fight! Wuhu!!"

Different from the silence of most people on the court, the audience off the court took the lead in climaxing. Listening to the familiar cheers in the arena, Kise moved his neck.

[It’s a bit boring, so be serious about the first quarter and then get off work...]

"I'm here."

With a low cry, Kise, who was standing at a 45-degree angle, immediately received the pass from his teammate. After a brief glance at the situation on the field, Kise dropped the ball and broke through. The defense line of Tianhua High School was in front of him, and it was even papery. Not really!
Clang!
The sound of a basketball dunking into the net was heard, and the audience immediately burst into cheers.

At this moment, at the entrance of the auditorium, two figures slowly stepped in.

"Roar? It's such a loud noise. You don't need to look at it to know that it's because of Ryota, right?"

Xiang Yang touched his nose, listened to the cheers in the arena, and closed his eyes.

[I really miss you, it’s obviously not that long ago. 】

Beside him, Masako bent her elbow and poked his waist, and asked: "Why don't you go to the team and report to Takeuchi?"

"Hey, don't use it today, they seem to play very easily, if I go up and disrupt the team's rhythm, it will be bad."

Xiang Yang smiled. He just got off the plane and he didn't want to play the game so soon.

Facing Xiang Yang's nonsense, Masako said nothing, but pulled Xiang Yang to find a suitable place to stand and watch the game.Maybe it's because Masako, who often can't find a seat because she's watched too many games, already has experience in this area.

"Actually, next time you can just sit on the bench and watch the game. Coach Takeuchi will definitely be very happy."

Xiang Yang leaned against the wall and teased Masako with a smile.

Should I say that it was a good thing that this was an arena? Masako, who had been expelled before, glared at Xiang Yang fiercely, but did not pull out her Odachi after all.

Afterwards, the two did not continue chatting, but quietly watched the game.

On the court, Kise cooperated with Yuuki and once again completed a difficult alley-oop dunk. After receiving a lot of applause and cheers, he waved to Takeuchi.

beep—

Sea often applies for suspension
At this moment, the point difference between the two teams has reached 15 points.

21:6, only halfway through the first quarter, Haichan's advantage has been established. If Kise had not come off the court, the game would have been spent before the first quarter was over.

Takeuchi glanced at the scoreboard and mouthed to substitute Xi Nuan, the meaning was self-evident.

The Gods of War at the water dispenser who had been waiting on the bench for a long time and geared up, saw this scene and immediately got up. They couldn't wait any longer!

After all, in the official game later, unless foul tactics are used, most of them will not even get 5 minutes of playing time, and can only settle down as an atmosphere team.Now that the opponents are weaker, of course we must cherish their playing time!

Therefore, Hai Chang started the game for 5 minutes, five up and five down, and all the starters went off duty.

In the audience, the Haichang fans, who have long been accustomed to this, are not angry. After all, for them, it is natural to be happy to win with a big score advantage, but the game must be evenly matched to be enjoyable!

After giving applause to Haichang's starting five players who left the field, the timeout ended and the game continued.

After waving to the audience, Kise, who was bored, turned his head and looked at the players' tunnel.

[How about... go home directly? 】

As soon as the thought came up, Kise had already stood up.

"Coach, I need to go to the bathroom~"

Kise nodded to Takeuchi with a relaxed expression, then stopped caring about the game on the field and turned around and stepped directly into the players' tunnel.

Takeuchi crossed his arms and turned to glance at Kise, but did not stop him.

After all, it was just an inconsequential qualifying match, and the outcome was decided the moment they stepped into the arena.

The ace in the family wants to go to the bathroom, and there is absolutely no reason to stop him.

In the audience, Xiang Yang was keenly aware of the figure stepping into the players' tunnel. He thought for a while and said, "Miss Masako, let me go to the bathroom."

After saying that, Xiangyang turned around and unzipped his jacket as he walked.

Under the illumination of the light, Masako looked at Xiang Yang's leaving figure with interest. She seemed to see the blue light under Xiang Yang's clothes.

"Really, I said I was coming to watch the game, but I ended up wearing team uniforms."

Masako shook her head in amusement, looking at the arena with a little more expectation.

[It seems like I haven’t seen him play in person for a long time. 】

……

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In the players tunnel, at a corner, Kise put his hands behind his head and walked forward with his head raised to look at the sky, thinking about whether he should do anything else before going home.

[It seems that Shasha wants to invite me to dinner?But Nini asked me to accompany her after the game... How about going to play with Xiaoyi today?She seemed to have said last week that her parents were on a business trip. 】

Suddenly, Huang Lai seemed to feel that he had bumped into something, he looked down subconsciously, there was no one, and looked around again, but still saw nothing.

"Ah????"

"I'm... what the hell?"

Kise was a little strange. He scratched his face and continued to walk forward. The player passage was not long. Although he was thinking about things, he walked a little slowly, but soon, Kise walked to the door.

He looked up at the scenery outside the door. The players' passage was directly connected to the outside of the arena. As long as he walked out of here, Kise left the arena and could do whatever he wanted.

At this moment, Kise's footsteps stopped, right at the junction of the player tunnel and the outside world, and he looked back.

The player tunnel on the other side was dark, with only a few lights that were not bright, swaying.

"Really...this feeling is really unpleasant."

Kise lowered his head and spat secretly, scratched his hair a little irritably, turned around, and ran quickly in the direction he came from just now.

He didn't know what he was thinking. Maybe it was Ace's sense of responsibility, or maybe he hadn't played enough, or maybe...

It was because of that invisible and intangible intuition that reminded him to return to the court!

[There is someone I want to see there. 】

Kise's breath was steady, and he flew forward. Faintly, he even activated "perfect imitation"!The Qingfeng state is enhanced, and the speed is taken to another level!
In front of him, the dazzling lights of the arena were reflected at the exit. For some reason, in Kise's eyes, the lights this time were inexplicably bright, making his eyes hurt.

As he neared the exit, Kise gritted his teeth, sprinted accelerating, and jumped into the air like he was running a [-]-meter race!
He's back on the field.

"It's so slow, genius. Does it take that long to go to the bathroom? But fortunately, the first quarter timeout has just ended."

A familiar voice came, and Kise, who was looking down and panting, immediately looked up with hopeful eyes.

"Little Xiangyang..."

Huang Lai, who had just finished the "[-]-meter sprint", was not breathing steadily enough, but his voice was unknowingly choked with sobs.

"Hey, why do you look like you're going to cry, can't you?"

Xiang Yang leaned over and tightened his shoelaces, and looked at Huang Lai with a smile on his face: "You don't really think that I will be absent from such a showy place as the National Competition, do you?"

"But..."

Xiang Yang stood up and straightened his jersey, then turned to face the people in Haichang, with a rare serious expression on his face for a while.

"Sorry, everyone."

"I am late."

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Haichang applies for substitution
At the beginning of the second quarter, the technical desk reconfirmed Hai Chang's substitution list with the referee.

Following the substitution just over 5 minutes into the first quarter, Hai Chang once again made five ups and five downs!

Tianhua High School, which was originally a little relaxed and battling wits with Haichang as a substitute, saw the starting five of Haichang's new players, and the whole team went numb!

"What are you doing?? Why did they bring back the starting lineup again??"

"No...more than that, look at their point guard..."

This time, it's really "Hai Chang's debut"!
a few minutes ago--

"Coach, I want to play."

Xiang Yang applied to Takeuchi while sitting and stretching.

The main point guard at home finally returned to the team after being away from home. For reasons and reasons, he should be allowed to play.

Takeuchi: Go ahead.

"Coach! I want to go too!"

Kise waved his fists with excitement on his face. He hadn't received Xiang Yang's pass for a long time, and he was already very hungry!

The request of the ace in the family, and it’s reasonable!

Takeuchi: Okay.

"Teach...coach! That...I want to join, too."

Yuuki pointed his fingers, his cheeks flushed slightly, he seldom asked others, when faced with the opportunity to compete with Kise and Xiang Yang, he still couldn't help but speak!

Wouldn't it be too cruel to refuse the request of the lovely junior in the family...

Takeuchi: Come on.

Just as Takeuchi was rubbing his chin, silently cheering for Tianhua High School, a generous figure stood in front of him.

This person is Ohara Hiroshi.

Takeuchi:…

"Up, up, up!"

Takeuchi is in trouble. Anyway, with Kise and Xiang Yang, the ending of Tianhua High School today is bound to be miserable. On this basis, it would be even worse...it wouldn't matter.

"And you! Die on the field!"

Without stopping, Takeuchi slapped Kobori on the head, and just like that, Kai Chang started the five tigers and returned to his position!

On the field, Xiang Yang wore a familiar jersey and felt the familiar cheers from the audience. He raised his hands high to accept the cheers from the fans!

"Tianhua High School, I'm sorry, in order to make my comeback debut perfect, I can only ask you to be the backdrop."

Xiang Yang moved his neck and looked in the direction of the people on the ceiling, with a smile on his face.

"Don't worry, in order to make it up to you, I'll take you with me to do my last basketball weekly report!"

(End of this chapter)