Chapter 9 Kuroko's Basketball Nine

  After that, Emperor Light won several games with ease, and Harada quickly became famous. Other teams also began to develop countermeasures against him. This was both good and bad for Harada.

  It's a good thing because it shows that Harada's strength is worth affirming. It's a bad thing, however, due to Harada's height not being advantageous. Once the opponent lets several people block him at the same time, he won't have a chance to make a move.

  But this will not have even the slightest impact on Teikō as a whole. If the opponent is strong, then inexperienced Motoki won't play; and if it's a weak team, Miracles' era players can't handle just one of them going up.

  So, for Harada's rise to fame, Akashi wasn't anxious at all, but rather seemed pleased with the outcome.

  As expected, Teikou advances as the first place in their group and enters the finals.

  And so far only played a few times Teikou's first game —— "Miracle Era" has also begun to prepare for battle.

  They have the absolute strength to win, but they will not take their opponents lightly either.

  No matter what time, must ensure that they can win, and be absolutely flawless.

  For this kind of thinking, Harada is appreciative. Perhaps others envy them as geniuses, born with capital worth being proud of. But Harada sees clearly that in the days they spent together, no one was late or left early, and no one was complacent about their current abilities. They were always striving, every single one of them.

  For their innate capital, they are proud and cherish it at the same time, and practice diligently when it's time to.

  They were five people, all of whom were a combination of genius and hard work.

  If they can't win like this, who else can take the lead?

  Four advances and three retreats, Guang wins without being too simple but also not too difficult.

  Then the remaining three teams will compete for the top three places. Akatsuki led the members to formulate a detailed battle plan, and with the help of Tohno Mutsuki, winning should be a matter of course.

  Akashi didn't have them do any more high-intensity training and simply told everyone to get plenty of rest before sending them home.

  Akakoji received a phone call from home and hastily told Harada that he couldn't go with him today before hurrying away.

  Kise from the other side comes over close by, "Akashi isn't with you today, so shall we go together?"

  Harada nodded without thinking there was anything wrong, and Kosei waved his hand at the crowd before walking home shoulder to shoulder with Harada.

  And Huang Jie was indeed a good atmosphere regulator, and there was no cold field on the way. The two of them chatted and laughed, and they were all very happy.

  Haruta had always liked Hiyori when watching anime, and he never felt lonely when he was by her side. Her warm yellow eyes were gentle and warm.

  Just as the atmosphere was exceptionally warm and harmonious, a mechanical sound that hadn't been heard for a while suddenly rang out, disrupting this faint warmth.

  "Player triggers a random task, writes a love letter to Huang Ze and hands it over in person. Completing the task grants teleportation ability, failing will give player three mandatory tasks. Task deadline: Three days."

  Harada thought for a moment... The time limit is three days... The match against Yeh Kuang is the day after tomorrow.

  Set the deadline for the task on the day of the competition... It's okay, it can be given after the competition.

  Kaneki stopped in his tracks, looking down at him with concern, "Are you okay? Your face doesn't look too good."

  Harada shook his head and smiled, "I just thought of something."

  The pleasant atmosphere became somewhat unnatural, and Huang Jie wanted to say something but stopped herself in the end.

  Harada returned home and threw himself onto the bed, exhausted. His face buried in the blanket was completely hidden, deciding to sleep first before thinking about how to write a love letter, something he had never written before.

  The next day, Harada still hadn't figured out how to write it.

  The day of final battle has arrived.

  Harada was the last one to arrive today, because he had put it off until yesterday before finally starting to write his love letter. He was thinking about how to make it meet the system's requirements for a love letter while making it look like a joke. What a headache.

  So he didn't finish until very late last night and was exhausted, so he got up late today.

  Before going on stage.

  The team members were changing into their uniforms in the locker room, and Harada didn't notice that an envelope had accidentally fallen out of his jacket pocket. A teammate nearby picked it up, saw that Harada hadn't noticed, and curiously opened it to take a look.

  At once, this person was taken aback, chuckled and patted Hara's shoulder with great force.

  "Hey, our first-year student has someone they like too?"

  Harada furrowed his brow in puzzlement, "What are you talking about?"

  He shook the letter in his hand, "If it wasn't, why would you bring a love letter with you to such an important competition?"

  Harada snatched it away, responding unnaturally, "Who said this was a love letter."

  "Of course, it's clearly written 'I like you'."

  Harada's smile, "Don't get me wrong, it was just a joke."

  Although the person still had an expression of disbelief, Harada didn't bother explaining anymore, anyway it wasn't important.

  The time has come, Akatsuki made a simple agitation for everyone and led everyone onto the stage of the Republic's Iron Storm.

  Kosei furrowed his brow, looking somewhat uncomfortable. Haruta noticed it but didn't have the chance to ask about it and could only set it aside for now.

  At first everyone didn't notice, but after just a few minutes on the court, Akashi furrowed his brow fiercely. What's wrong with Kise today?

  Not only did they fail to live up to their usual standards in practice, but they also looked lost when the ball was in their possession and were frequently stolen by their opponents.

  What the hell is going on here?

  Akatsuki called for a timeout, and Kisei immediately came over to scold him harshly. Kisei hung his head in shame, listening silently without retorting, allowing Akatsuki to reprimand him.

  "Hey, Jūshirō, it seems like Kusajishi has a fever..."

  Before he could finish, Kiseki suddenly lifted his head and interrupted him, promising to Akashi, "I'll be careful, please give me another chance."

  Akatsuki glanced at Huang Xi's body a few times and said lightly, "I hope you won't disappoint me again."

  Kohsuke pursed his lips. After the whistle blew again, it was clear that Kohsuke was trying to find his rhythm and his performance did improve a bit. But no one expected what happened next.

  Ye Kuang's team captain is graduating this year, and this is his last national competition in middle school. He has worked hard to win the championship. Ye Kuang is now among the top three, and if he defeats Teikou, he believes that the final victory will be within his grasp. Originally, during the era of miracles, even if he wanted to make a small move, they would have avoided him, but fortunately...

  He gazed at Huang Ze sinisterly, this person was clearly not in a good state today, the sneak attack that normally wouldn't have succeeded seemed to be no problem now... The current Huang Ze was simply full of loopholes...

  He pretended to defend and approached Huang Jie, then pretended to accidentally trip and viciously stepped on Huang Jie's ankle...

  "Ah!" Huang Jie fell to the ground, clutching his ankle in pain, cold sweat instantly covering his entire face.

  "Kise!" Origuchi, who had been watching Kise with concern from the sidelines, noticed Kagami's movement, but it was too late.

  Before everyone else could react to what had happened, Harada had already quickly rushed over.

  Crouching down beside him with bated breath, Harada's voice trembled slightly with worry. "How are you..."

  Huang Ze raised his head, and with a pale face, he forced out a faint smile, "It's okay, don't worry."

  Harada didn't go to hear Huang Jie's boasting, but instead carefully observed Huang Jie's injuries.

  He's a doctor, so he can naturally see how severe Kosei's injuries are. Looking at this sixteen-year-old boy who still maintains his gentleness even with such serious injuries, Hara feels a little heartache for the youth. He's no longer a child, but even if he were older than him, he thinks that if he himself were injured, it would be hard to keep smiling and not let those around him worry.

  This is a heart-wrenching child, also a gentle child that makes people unconsciously want to protect him.

  How could anyone bear to hurt someone like him? After sending him to the hospital, see if he can be cured. If not, I will also think of a way to let this boy stand on the court again and play his favorite basketball.

  Others have already called an ambulance, and after getting on the car with Huang Ze, he indicated to Akatsuki that they don't need to worry too much, as he is together with him, nothing will happen.

  Just before boarding the train, Hara looked at the captain of that team, and this person, even if he had won the final victory, still made people feel pitiful.