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

Chapter 158 If Murasakibara is no longer in ruins
"The sixth game, Yangquan High School vs. Luoshan High School!"

For a moment, the air seemed to be quiet.

Xiang Yang sat on the sofa in a daze, turning his eyes to take a peek at Masako's expression. The latter did not react too much, but leaned back and leaned on the sofa.

"What a sad news, Miss Masako."

Xiangyang asked Masako tentatively.

"Hmm... okay, what do you want for dinner?"

Masako was noncommittal, stood up and tied the hair that was spread over her shoulders into a ponytail to prevent oil smoke from getting into her hair.

"It's okay. You can eat what you want. I'm not picky about food."

"Row."

Xiang Yang looked at Masako's leaving figure, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind was thinking quickly.

In last year's summer competition and winter cup, Yangquan achieved the top four results. Judging from the team's performance and the power of the Araki family, it was almost impossible for Masako to receive pressure from the school.

Not to mention that the team's performance is acceptable, even if it is eliminated in the first round every year, it is impossible for Principal Yangquan to have the courage to accuse Masako, unless he wants to be drowned in the Shinano River.

but…

As the relationship between Xiang Yang and Masako deepens, he can naturally feel the importance of the Yangquan basketball team in Masako's heart.

[If they were eliminated in the first round and sent home, I wonder if Ms. Masako would cry based on her character? 】

Thinking of this, Xiang Yang couldn't help but laugh.

It's impossible no matter how you think about it, but Ms. Masako... will be sad to some extent.

"That's not possible...Akaashi...just let me make it more difficult for you."

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A week passed quickly, and the date of the first round of the official national competition arrived as scheduled.

In the first game, Kaijo High School played against Nara High School, and the result was without any surprises.

120:65, Hai Chang won by a big score.

Just like the previous year, Nara High School bumped into the "miracle" team in the first round. They were delighted to go home quickly and were eliminated at the speed of light.

In the second game, Jorin faced Ikawa.

When seeing the name of this team, Xiang Yang felt familiar. Out of observation of Cheng Rin's strength changes this year, although Xiang Yang felt a little uneasy, he still called on his teammates to watch the video of the game together.

When in the warm-up session, the familiar "Brother Smiling" made a scissor hand gesture in front of the camera and made a smile exclusive to "Hot-Blooded Man Comics", Xiang Yang made a quick decision and turned off the video without expression.

There is something dirty and you can't see it at all.

All in all, Jorin won.

In the third game, Tonghuang High School played against Futian Comprehensive
After the "boxing incident" last year, Shogo Haizaki led the team to make a comeback!What's interesting is that this year Hui Qi changed her original hairstyle.

Last year he was still a man with a dirty haircut. This year, his hair style has changed back to the one he had in Teikou Middle School, with gray hair!

Xiang Yang said: This kid finally got the idea and mastered the secret to winning.

In the black basketball team, if your hair style and hair color are not unique, how can you win?

It's a pity that after several years of wasted basketball career, Hui Qi, who was dominated by Qingfeng during the Diguang period, has now been reduced to Tong Huang's experience bag.

Watching the video of Yui Igarashi organizing his teammates, the more he plays, the smoother he becomes.

Xiang Yang clicked his tongue. This kid really has the same demeanor as he did in the first grade. If Xiang Yang didn't have some cheats, he would probably be a player like Igarashi.

Thinking of this, Xiangyang subconsciously glanced at the system panel.

In the main task column, he has not yet completed the task of joining the National Youth Team.

Although the flower planters have basically identified Xiang Yang as the future master of the national team, but due to age, Xiang Yang cannot change his nationality.

Xiangyang will probably have to wait until the end of this summer season to deal with the nationality issue and officially join the Flower Planters.

It is worth mentioning that this year's Shogo Haizaki did not use any dirty tricks on the field. Although there were a few intriguing fouls, overall, it was quite clean. At least in Xiangyang's view, he would not be angry. He rushed forward again and punched this guy twice.

103:86, Tong Huang advanced.

The fourth game, Xiude High School vs. Deadwood High School

In view of Midorima's new killer move during the round robin, Xiang Yang led all members of the team to watch the video of Xiudoku's match from beginning to end three times.

Although Xiude only played against a miscellaneous team, and the strength he used was less than [-]%, his hard work paid off, and Xiang Yang really saw something!
"Their movements are many and complicated. If you try to crack them one by one, it will waste a lot of time."

The five fingers of Xiang Yang's right hand tapped the table rhythmically, and his eyes fixed on the video showed the figure running the ball from the green and drifting out of the three-point line.

"But their core tactic is one and only one, and that is to create opportunities for Midorima to shoot three-pointers."

Xiangyang arched his nose. It's not difficult to see this. The real difficulty is that even if you know that Xiudoku will concentrate the ball on Midorima, you still can't stop him from scoring.

The difficult three-pointer with 100% shooting rate is already an unsolvable offense.

"We can only try to complete the steal before receiving the ball in the green, or double-team him in advance to prevent him from touching the ball."

Xiang Yang's voice was a little helpless. He understood Xiude's game rhythm, but in the end he came to the conclusion that there was almost no way.

If Haichang encounters Xiude this year, the only way is to compete for points with each other.

After watching Xiude's game video, Xiang Yang showed no interest in the battle between the two miscellaneous teams in the fifth game. He didn't even ask anyone to take the video. He didn't care about these two opponents who didn't have the "Generation of Miracles". .

I don't know if it was due to Takeuchi's influence, but Xiangyang also started to look down upon opponents that were far weaker than him... No, it shouldn't be said that he looked down upon him. He definitely didn't take opponents other than "Miracle" to his heart. .

Again, a lion fights a rabbit with all his strength. Let's try it with a mosquito. When faced with a mosquito, a lion will impatiently slap it to death with its tail. As for how many bites it has received from this little thing, Why would the lion care?

In the last game of the first round, Yangquan played against Luoshan.

The schedule is one game per day, and the last game is naturally placed at the end.

This can be regarded as the most interesting match in the first round!
Yangquan and Luoshan were both the top four teams in last year's Winter Cup, and both the "Generation of Miracles" were among them!
An expert before the game predicted that Luoshan High School would win this game. In addition, many basketball bloggers on the Internet were also more optimistic about Luoshan.

Even so, on the day of the game, the auditorium at the stadium was still packed with people!

In this world where basketball is very important, a close game is worth many people rushing to watch.

"Hey? Where did Senior Xiangyang go? When we came here, didn't everyone come together?"

"Yes, it seems that Senior Xiangyang has disappeared since just now."

At the front of the auditorium, everyone in Hai Chang, who had arrived early to occupy their seats to watch the game, suddenly discovered that Xiang Yang was missing!

Just as they were discussing which was more likely than Xiang Yang going to the bathroom or being abducted, Kise rubbed his chin and looked at the people in Yangquan who were entering the arena during the warm-up session.

Suddenly, an extremely ridiculous idea appeared in Kise's mind.

[No way... Little Xiangyang can’t, did he run there? 】

As if to verify the suspicion in Kise's mind, the next moment, a familiar figure walked out of the players' tunnel.

Xiangyang was dressed in casual clothes and had slippers on his feet. He was looking at the surrounding environment with a novel look. This was the first time for him to put aside his identity as a player and stand on this field.

"Hey, Miss Masako."

Xiang Yang raised his hand and greeted many spectators who recognized him in the auditorium, and sat down next to Masako with a smile.

Today, his identity is Yangquan High School assistant coach and team manager!
"Stop the excitement on your face first. By the way... have you ever had experience coaching a basketball team?"

Masako crossed his arms and looked at Xiangyang suspiciously.

Just the night before yesterday, Xiang Yang specifically proposed to her that on the day of the competition, he would sit on the Yangquan bench and become her temporary assistant to help Masako defeat Luoshan!
Hearing Masako question his professional ability, Xiang Yang suddenly felt unhappy. He waved his hand and said confidently: "Of course not. You don't even think about me. I'm just a high school student. Which team can't think of letting me coach?"

Masako:…

Sensing that something was not right in the atmosphere, Xiang Yang, who felt that he had said something wrong, quickly waved his hand to make amends: "It's okay, it's okay. Although I can't coach the team, it's because you're here! I just need to be responsible for some light work!"

【relaxing work? 】

Masako tilted her head slightly to express doubts and motioned to Xiangyang to continue.

"Think about it, Hai Chang and Luoshan have met in the finals. After all, I am also familiar with Luoshan's playing style. Keeping me here will definitely help Yangquan! "

Xiang Yang swore and patted his chest, he really wasn't making any nonsense.

As his opponent in the finals during the first summer split, Xiangyang had done a lot of research on Luoshan.

In addition, Rakuzan's core C-position Akashi Seijuro is the same point guard as Xiang Yang, and there are many opportunities for the two to compete face-to-face on the court.To exaggerate, Xiangyang can even be regarded as Neon, the person who knows Akashi best!
[In this world now, no one understands Akashi better than me! 】

Of course, more importantly, Xiangyang can help Yangquan on a spiritual level!
"Chicken Soup for the Soul" is not only useful for your own players!

Just as Xiang Yang was chatting with Masako, Luoshan entered the player tunnel on the other side.

With all-white uniforms and an overall solemn team atmosphere, this is one of the favorite candidates for this year's championship, Luoshan!
At the front of the team, Akashi Seijuro's eyes swept across the audience, his steps steady. He was obviously just a guy with a height of 165cm, it was hard to tell, but for no reason, he was surrounded by the aura of a superior.

"Yo ho, this guy is still so impressive when he comes out."

Xiang Yang whistled, attracting Akashi's attention. The latter looked over, until he saw Xiang Yang, Akashi's expression was slightly startled, as if he was wondering why he could see Xiang Yang here.

"It seems that your Eye of the Emperor did not inform you of tonight's situation."

Feeling the fleeting pressure on his body, Xiang Yang teased Akashido with a smile on his face.

"It doesn't matter, I am absolutely."

Familiar taste.

Akashi looked Xiangyang and Masako around, seemed to understand something, shook his head, turned around and went to his own half, and started warming up.

[Even if you are here, you can't change anything. I have already seen the ending of the game. 】

Akashi grabbed the basketball on the ground with one hand, golden pupils looming in his eyes.

The defeat in both the Summer and Winter Cups last year was unacceptable to Akaashi, who has been instilled in his family with the "concept of success" since he was a child.

Therefore, whether it is to avenge the previous year or to prove the value of one's own existence, this year's Rakuzan... no, this year's Akashi will never fail!
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beep—

Players from both sides are invited to come forward and pay their respects

I don't know if it was specially arranged by the organizer, but the referee at the scene today has become the old man from last year's Winter Cup, when Kai Chang and Cheng Lin fought.

"In short, play more ice room and Dun's pick-and-roll cooperation. Dun, if you don't give me your best in this game, I will kill you at the end of the game."

On the Yangquan bench, Xiang Yang looked at Masako with a face of shame, doing pre-war mobilization for their players. It must be said that it was indeed Masako's style.

"Please advise!"

The starting players from both sides stood facing each other and bowed to each other.

Xiang Yang touched his chin and looked at the lineups of both sides.

Although Masako's mobilization content seems too wild, the "point" is actually correct.

If Yangquan wants to defeat the next one, it is not just something that Xiangyang can do with "Chicken Soup for the Soul". As the first core of Yangquan, Murasakihara must stand up and lead the game. If he doesn't work hard, then the other players of Yangquan and Bingbing The room was tied together, and the four of them smashed their knees together without any chance of winning.

"You said... do we have a chance of winning?"

Masako gently smoothed the bangs on his forehead, looked at the arena, and asked Xiangyang.

"You, who have a database in your head, should know better than me about this kind of thing."

Xiang Yang smiled and sat on the bench with his legs crossed.

"There was a strange team last year, and one of them asked me, do you believe in miracles?"

"Miss Masako, I want to tell you now, miracles are real!"

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Jump ball begins

Murasakihara, who was naturally superior in this stage, took the first attack for the team without any suspense.

This big guy, who has grown to 2 meters before he is a minor, is just like Shaquille O'Neal in high school level games.

Waiting for his own point guard to pass by, Murasakihara handed over the ball, then shuffled his feet and slowly rushed to the Luoshan half.

The overall team style of Yangquan High School is actually based on "fast" rhythm. Under Masako's coaching philosophy, every player in her hands will exert full effort on the court, whether it is offense or defense. , you will never see the procrastination and slackness of Yangquan players.

Well...except Murasakibara.

"Slow down, slow down!"

The Yangquan point guard received the ball and did not rush to attack just because he had an advantage in jumping the ball at the beginning. In fact, in the games where Murasakihara was present, they would always be the one to attack first. How to play the game with the advantage at the beginning was already like a brand. , engraved in the hearts of every player in Yangquan.

Off the court, Xiang Yang watched the point guard gesticulating as if directing traffic, and couldn't help but ask Masako in a low voice: "Isn't that a first-year freshman?"

Masako glanced at him and said angrily: "You still don't know who our starting lineup is? He is a senior high school student from Yangquan, Chang Tetsuya."

【Oh~ I'm a senior in high school, no wonder the movements are very sophisticated. 】

Xiang Yang suddenly understood and secretly remembered this Yangquan player who was very passionate in his movements.

However... although Changzhe's movements were very professional, his strength was a bit lacking.

At the top of the arc, Akashi looked at the guy in front of him, like a monkey dancing, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

Stepping forward slightly, Akashi's eyes lit up, and in an instant, huge pressure accompanied his gaze, pressing on Changzhe.

"Hey!"

Changzhe suddenly shuddered, and hurriedly passed the ball to Himuro on the side. When Akashi looked away and stopped looking at him, Changzhe breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt scared.

This red-haired guy is so scary...

"Don!"

On the other side, Himuro had no idea what his point guard was thinking, and waved to Murasakibara, who was standing in a daze on the inside. The latter moved reluctantly and came to the high post to set up a pick-and-roll for Himuro.

Although Murasakihara was reluctant to pick and roll, with his size and height, even if he wasn't serious, he still blocked Reio who was facing Himuro.

"Oops!"

Feeling as if there was a wall beside her, Lingyang's expression changed drastically, and she quickly called for her teammates to come to help defend.

Netake, who was covered in tendons, stepped forward and glanced at Himuro who was 1 meters tall and Murasakibara who was 80 meters tall. Netake resolutely stood in front of Himuro. On the contrary, the free Murasakibara could only be handed over. Sister Lingyang came to the defense.

Ling Yang:…

(ps: Minoru Reiyo 188)

Without any suspense, Murasakihara received the pass from Himuro and didn't even bother with Reio behind him. He made an understatement two-handed dunk and scored the first point!
Unlike Vulcan's passion, Ziyuan, who completed the opening dunk, did not react at all, as if everything was as it should be. Such a calm and shocking picture immediately aroused the audience's exclamation.

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Xiangyang clicked his tongue again and again, looking at Murasakibara who was swaying and returning casually, and couldn't help but sigh: "If this guy works harder, how can he get Akashi's turn as Captain Miracle?"

The conscience of heaven and earth, based on Murasakibara's physical talent, if he hadn't been lazy and didn't want to train all day long, Kuroko's basketball would have ended in the first season. Murasakibara beat everyone else, what's the point?
It's a pity that God is so ruthless and will not give a person corresponding talents just because he works hard.

Or maybe, only when people lose the favor of their talents can they find the motivation to work hard in their hearts.

(End of this chapter)