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

Chapter 245 "My" journey has just begun

"The last two seconds..."

Himuro murmured and turned to look in the direction where the basketball flew. He wanted to witness the final outcome of this game with his own eyes.

If the basketball goes out of bounds, even if Hai Chang wants to complete a three-pointer in the last two seconds, it is just a fantasy.

However, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the direction of the basketball.

It's Xiangyang!
As early as when Tanaka and Murasakibara were stuck, he decisively started running. When everyone stopped to watch Murasakibara and Tanaka compete for rebounds, Xiangyang's thoughts were very pure.

What should Tanaka do if he can't grab the rebound?
If you can't grab it, you lose. Therefore, Xiangyang never assumed this situation from the beginning. He believed that Tanaka would definitely be able to grab the rebound, and the ball would eventually be passed by him. This is what Haichang Zai said. At the last moment, the only possibility of victory is possible!
However, the development of things will always be unsatisfactory. Although Tanaka grabbed the rebound, Murasakibara's reaction speed is also jaw-dropping. He can react on the spot in the air and fly the racket. As the ace of Yangquan, he has done well enough .

But this time, Lady Luck was on Hai Chang's side.

The basketball flew high in the sky and flew out of bounds at extremely fast speed. Based on a rough estimate, Xiang Yang was sure that he would not be able to catch the ball in bounds.

[Damn it...then this is the only way. 】

With a look in his eyes, Xiang Yang rushed out of bounds and kicked his right foot hard on the ground, completely forgetting his center of balance. Finally, he caught the basketball in a posture that was almost 180 degrees parallel to the ground.

At this moment, the time on the timer suddenly changed to one second.

With a ferocious look on his face, Xiang Yang forcefully waved his arm and threw the basketball towards the court, and then hit the billboard on the sidelines hard, knocking it to pieces.

At this time, no one cared about what Xiang Yang was doing. Thousands of spectators in the arena all focused on that little basketball.

Theoretically speaking, it is a miracle that Xiang Yang can successfully get the basketball when his body is parallel to the ground. He also throws the ball towards the court, so it should be impossible to control the direction of the basketball.

However...perhaps due to luck or destiny, the basketball finally flew into Yuuki's hands and was firmly caught by him.

"Beautifully passed on, Senior Xiangyang."

Yuuki whispered, and then jumped up the moment she caught the ball.

Still trying to score three points, still fighting against Himuro's defense, but this time, Yuuki's eyes were surprisingly firm.

[Let the team go to hell with all the burdens!All I know in this moment is, if I don't make the damn ball, am I still a man? 】

Yuuki was roaring in his heart. He clamped his arms tightly around his body, and his forearms and upper arms held the basketball in his hands at an angle of [-] degrees. At the same time, an orange lightning flashed in his eyes. A rush passed by.

As the time on the timer slowly returned to zero, Yuuki raised her wrist and threw the basketball.

The basketball flew in the air and finally fell straight into the net.

Swish!
There was silence in the arena for a moment, followed by cheers like a mountain roar and a tsunami.

Although the last two seconds were short, in the eyes of the audience, it seemed like a century, so long and lasting.

At this moment, the referee suddenly blew his whistle. He raised his hand to signal for silence in the arena and said with a microphone in his hand: "Please don't get excited. Hai Chang's last three-pointer may time out." , Next, we will play back the video and observe frame by frame whether Hai Chang's last ball timed out..."

The microphone in the referee's hand seemed to be specially customized, and its ability to amplify the volume was simply exaggerated. Everyone in the arena heard this words in their ears, including Xiang Yang who was lying under the billboard.

Masako walked up to Xiangyang, pushed aside the billboard on his body, and was about to pull Xiangyang up, but heard the latter say very tiredly: "Just let me lie down for a while, I heard what the referee said just now, the game The result or something can be heard just by hearing the cheers."

Masako paused for a moment, nodded and then sat beside Xiangyang with her arms around her knees.

At this time, the scene of Hai Chang's final attack was broadcast on the big screen above the arena.

It seems that the organizers did this intentionally. The replay did not start with Yuuki's shot, but started when Tanaka and Murasakihara were stuck.

Masako stared fixedly at the screen, threw herself to the outside of the field, and then passed the ball to Yuuki's hands like Xiang Yang, who couldn't help but ask, "Was that save just luck, or was it just luck?" Can you really control where the ball goes, even in that situation?"

Xiang Yang put his hands behind his head and looked at the ceiling with a leisurely expression, as if he was not worried about the final result of the game at all.

"Want to know?"

Xiang Yang blinked and turned his head to look at Masako with a smile on his face.

"Isn't that kind of obvious?"

"It's luck."

Masako was silent and no longer asked Xiang Yang, but looked up at the big screen.

The scene at this time has reached the moment when Yuuki catches the ball.

In the screen, when Yuuki took off to shoot the ball, there was only 0.7 seconds left on the timer, and at the moment when Yuuki took the shot, when the basketball left Yuuki's hands, there was only 0.1 seconds left on the timer.

(ps: In the final time of a basketball game, as long as the time on the timer has not returned to zero before the basketball leaves your hand, it is a valid shot.)
(ps: NBA player Stephen Curry, his shooting speed has been specially tested, it is 0.3 seconds.)
All of a sudden, there was thunderous cheers in the arena, and Yuuki's worried little face was also full of surprises at this moment.

Takeuchi's performance was even more outstanding. He directly pulled off his shirt, stood shirtless on the sidelines, and waved the shirt in his hand crazily.

Xiang Yang, who was lying on the ground, heard the cheers of his teammates, grinned and said, "It sounds like we won?"

Masako gave a soft "hmm", got up and walked to the Yangquan players.

They have done well enough in the whole game. With Kise absent and Ohara injured and leaving the field, the championship trophy seems to be only a thin line away from them.

Masako patted Himuro and Murasakibara on the shoulders. She watched her disciples shed unwilling tears, sighed and said: "This game is very exciting, they won beautifully, but we are not bad at all..."

"Come on, let's go home."

As everyone in Yangquan left the stage, the atmosphere at the scene was pushed to a climax.

Xiang Yang, who had been lying on the ground and taking a nap, did not have time to spare for long. He was picked up by his teammates and thrown into the sky, playing a game of "throwing and throwing".

Da Yuan in the locker room also rushed to the arena with the support of two teammates. He looked at Xiang Yang who had been hovering in the sky, and couldn't help sighing, "It's you, Senior Xiang Yang."

According to the past practice, the championship trophy and mvp medal were sent to the court. Seeing the main event was coming, Haichang players also tacitly placed Xiangyang in front of the trophy.

"I said you bastards, did you treat me as a puppet? You threw it so hard, you didn't play seriously in the game, did you?"

Xiang Yang shook his dizzy head and couldn't help but laugh and curse. When he saw the things in front of him clearly, he couldn't help but stop breathing.

The trophy symbolizing the final winner of this year's summer competition was placed in front of him at this moment, and there was an mvp medal hanging on it. Everyone in Haichang looked at Xiangyang with smiles on their faces, the meaning was self-evident.

Xiang Yang gave away his collar and said angrily: "What do you want to do? MVPs are awarded based on performance on the field. I didn't make the final shot, right? Let me tell you, this is it. It should be given to you…”

Before Xiang Yang finished speaking, everyone in Haichang rushed forward, not only forcibly bringing the medal to Xiang Yang's neck, but also stuffing the championship trophy into his arms. Pushed by everyone, Xiang Yang staggered and sat on the ground.

"You...tsk, forget it."

Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly, hugged the trophy and looked in the direction of the camera. Yuuki hugged his neck with excitement. Ohara, who had been watching from the sidelines due to a foot injury, also stood behind Xiang Yang at this moment.

Tanaka and the others, who experienced this situation for the first time, seemed a little cautious. They covered their stomachs with their hands, and stood in a row behind Xiangyang and Yuuki in a "pick-and-roll position".

Click!

The picture on the camera freezes at this second, and the magnetic announcer's voice at the scene also sounds at this moment.

"Let us congratulate Hai Chang for successfully winning the championship this summer!"

"This is also the fifth year since the establishment of our Haichang Dynasty. Wow, it's really unacceptable to go all this way..."

……

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One month later

Inside Haichang Arena

"Goodbye Xiangyang-senpai, Ryota-senpai."

As Yuuki closed the gym door, another day of club activities came to an end.

Xiang Yang and Kise did not leave. They sat on the bench and chatted.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, little Xiangyang, I really didn't expect you to win the summer championship. I thought you couldn't do it without me."

Kise smacked his lips and turned to ask Xiang Yang: "I heard that Ohara was injured at that time. It was really not easy."

Xiang Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Don't tell me you haven't watched our game video, and it's strange that we didn't get the championship, right?"

Kise chuckled and confessed: "Okay, actually I have expected it, but I didn't get to participate in person, so I still don't feel very excited."

"It doesn't matter. When the Winter Cup comes, I will return to the team. When the time comes, let's bring Haichang back to win six consecutive championships. What do you think!"

Kise clenched a fist with one hand, and there was a different kind of brilliance in his eyes. If someone had told him in the first year that Kaichan could win six consecutive championships in the future, he would not have believed it at all, but now , winning six consecutive championships in high school career is no longer a dream.

They really...did it!

But what Kise didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Xiang Yang not only didn't respond, but just responded with a "hmm" as if he didn't have any fighting spirit.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?"

Kise was a little dissatisfied: "You are so listless, could it be that you were with Miss Masako last night..."

Snapped!
"Shut up, you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."

Xiang Yang swiped a knife at Huang Se's head, and said lazily: "I just think it's very easy for the few of us to win this level of championship together, so I'm a little bit discouraged." .”

Kise was slightly startled: "What do you mean?"

"Ang, I mean."

Xiang Yang picked up the water bottle at his feet, squeezed it, and said with a smile, "I want to win the world championship!"

"After I graduate from Haichang, I go to play for a flower gardener and work hard for the title of No. [-] in the world. By then, I should have rekindled my passion."

"Basketball is really interesting when you have an opponent."

Xiang Yang glanced at Kise, with a smile on the corner of his eye, and said, "At that time, don't be fooled by me in the international arena. I won't be able to recognize anyone who hits me. The new-generation point guard of the Neon National Team, Ryota Kise."

Kise rolled up his sleeves and said unconvinced: "Are you kidding? You are the one. Don't let me beat you up on the court. It won't look good then."

Xiang Yang curled his lips and said perfunctorily: "I'm looking forward to it, if you can really do it."

"whispering sound…"

Huang Lai also followed Xiang Yang's example and curled his lips. After a while, he turned his head and asked Xiang Yang: "When you go to the flower planter, what will Miss Masako do?"

Xiang Yang thought for a moment and said, "We have agreed that she will go to the flower garden with me."

Huang Lai suddenly realized: "Oh, so it's like... isn't it??"

Kise frowned: "I am the eldest lady of the Araki family. Can I go to the flower garden with you?"

Xiang Yang spread his hands and said confidently: "Why not? Speaking of which, I have already met Masako's father..."

Xiang Yang thought of a certain memory not long ago, and couldn't help but shudder.

"His father is really not an ordinary person... But after he realized that I was just an orphan, and I was not too bad at idleness, he agreed to let Masako accompany me to the flower planting house."

Hearing this, Kise was stunned and couldn't help complaining: "Her father is really open-minded. He is so relieved to let Masako go abroad with you."

But when Kise thought about Masako's superb sword skills, he understood what Masako's father was thinking.

Anyway, his daughter's martial arts are world-class, and the place he is going to is a country with perfect security and social systems like the flower planter, so he has no reason to worry too much.

Next, Huang Lai and Xiang Yang chatted with each other about their plans for the future, and after a few words of teasing and laughing at each other, they fell silent with a tacit understanding.

Huang Lai looked at Xiang Yang's profile and didn't speak, but Xiang Yang turned his head and smiled at him.

"I have to go now."

Xiang Yang stood up and turned around to look at the Hai Chang Arena.

Although he will still appear here tomorrow for club activities, but today... he seems to have some inexplicable emotions inside.

Kise was silent for two seconds and said, "It's too early, don't we want to talk for a while?"

Xiang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "I've talked enough, I still have... a lot of things to do."

After saying this, Xiang Yang's eyes revealed a hint of reminiscence, and he murmured: "It's true... a lot of things happened."

Kise still sat there, motionless: "Are you happy?"

Xiang Yang: "Of course, I'm very happy, but...people can't stay in one place forever, can they?"

Kise smiled, put his hands behind his head, looked at Xiangyang and said, "Goodbye."

Xiang Yang nodded: "Goodbye."

As he spoke, Xiang Yang turned around and walked towards the gate of Hai Chang Arena.

Kise had been sitting on the bench, watching Xiang Yang's leaving figure. His lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't.

squeak~

Until the door of Kaijo Arena was opened and there was an unusual noise, Xiang Yang grabbed the door handle and turned to look at Kise, who was smiling and waving to him.

"Go."

Kise urged.

Xiang Yang didn't speak, just nodded heavily, and then stepped out of the door.

At the gate of Haichang High School, Masako was waiting for him on the side of the road.

After getting in the car, they might go to the Shark Gym, Masako's father's house, or the Tokyo Arena... there are so many places to go.

Xiang Yang looked up at today's sun, which was so hot and dazzling that he couldn't even open his eyes.

"My journey... has just begun."

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