Immediately following was the afternoon match.
Kaijo appeared again. As long as they won this match, they could advance to the Round of 16.
And their opponent was already determined: King Seiho, who advanced in the morning.
All Kaijo members had momentum like a rainbow, not letting accidents happen to themselves.
They established a huge 39-point lead by halftime.
Kise scored 39 points in the first half; his score was exactly the point difference between the two teams.
Furthermore.
In this match, Kaijo changed Kise's role.
Not the daddy who did everything in the last match; in this match, he played more like a finisher.
"Smoke bomb? What's the point?"
Yuuto's mind had already recorded most of Kaijo's tactical reserves.
No matter how they played, Seiho had countermeasures.
Beep~
The fierce whistle pierced the air; Kaijo easily entered the next round.
"Won, Kaijo!"
"In that case!"
"Round of 16, Seiho vs. Kaijo, it's coming!"
"Oh!!"
The moment the match ended, the whole arena erupted with enthusiastic cheers.
Not for Kaijo winning the match, but for the upcoming Round of 16 match.
The collision between the Generation of Miracles and the Lion King was about to happen again.
After watching matches with no suspense for so long, it was time for the main course.
Kise also extended a fist towards Seiho's stand, or rather towards Yuuto, immediately after the match ended.
"Don't look at my usual appearance; I'm very serious during matches."
He spoke to Yuuto across the air, not caring if his words could be conveyed.
Yuuto read his lips, didn't express much, stood up, and left with his teammates.
The next day.
Seiho had no match; it was a precious day of preparation time.
Yamashita Shio stayed up late, working overtime to find any possibility that could help the team win.
Kaijo did the same thing.
This battle was too important.
As long as they gnawed down the opponent, the path to promotion would be smooth sailing.
Before the finals, they wouldn't encounter teams with those few geniuses again.
Rather than saying this was a Round of 16 match, it was better to say they were fighting for a ticket to the finals.
Therefore, both attached great importance to it.
...
Second day.
Yuuto got up very early, bidding a temporary farewell to his teammates.
"Where are you going at a time like this?"
"Me? Sora is coming over today; I'm going to pick her up."
"So that's it. Remember to come back early; don't wander around."
"Got it."
Saying goodbye to the coach, he went out and walked towards the subway station.
Meanwhile.
Seirin on the other side also finished their training camp.
Walking on the way back, some people even couldn't believe they actually survived this devilish training.
"Ah, can't believe I actually survived. Thought I was going to die several times." Shinji Koganei said like a survivor of a disaster, his body language very exaggerated.
"Now I just want to go home and have a good sleep."
"Yeah yeah, without my pillow and blanket at home, I can't sleep at all!"
The group chatted while walking towards the subway station.
Riko Aida suddenly stopped and asked, "Where are you guys going?"
"Huh? The station. Aren't we going home?"
Junpei Hyuga asked matter-of-factly.
Training camp was over; time to go home.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Today is the match day for the Nationals Round of 16."
16 to 8?
Has it reached this stage already?
Izuki Shun hurriedly took out his phone to check the schedule.
Then he noticed:
4:00 PM Tokyo Seiho vs. Kanagawa Kaijo.
!!!
"Kaijo vs. Seiho!?"
Others were stunned instantly; memories of two matches flooded their minds.
"Let's go to Kyoto together, to watch the nation's top duel!"
Nation's top...
Hearing these words, the impulse in Kagami Taiga's heart made him decide.
"I'm going!"
Hearing this, the others immediately turned around and walked towards the subway station.
...
Unknown time passed.
They took the subway to Kyoto.
Exiting the subway station, Kuroko looked around, his expression a bit anxious.
"What's wrong? Kuroko?"
"Number 2, Number 2 is missing."
Number 2 was a dog he raised. Because it looked somewhat like Kuroko, Seirin people named it Tetsuya #2.
"What? Wasn't he just in the bag?" Hearing this, others also became anxious.
"Woof~"
At this moment, the barking of #2 came from not far away.
Several people turned to look and saw #2 wearing a Seirin No. 16 jersey wagging its tail at a person.
"Really similar; eyes are exactly like Kuroko's."
"Are you hungry? Regrettably, I didn't bring food."
Yuuto squatted down and gently stroked #2's dog head.
This black-and-white husky (Alaskan Klee Kai/Husky mix?) was also Seirin's mascot.
#2 narrowed its eyes in enjoyment.
"Yuuto?"
Seirin people discovered Yuuto at this time and all walked over.
"Yo, met again, everyone from Seirin."
"Why are you here? Shouldn't you be preparing for the match?"
"Ah, this, that's because..."
"Idiot Yu, why weren't you waiting where I got off the subway?"
Sora appeared closely behind, wearing a pair of black princess shoes, still in a pure white dress, Gothic style, holding that black doll.
When walking, she seemed to emit sparkling special effects.
Seirin brothers were dumbfounded.
"So exquisite!"
"Like a doll!"
She walked to Yuuto and put her hands on her hips, planning to throw a tantrum (act coquettishly) after a long time, but her eyes lowered and saw a dog.
"Hmm?" Sora squatted down to take a few looks, scanning back and forth between Kuroko and #2, finally saying, "Really looks like Kuroko, looking like it's dead."
"Kasugano-san, I'm not dead. My physical index was very healthy during the checkup."
"Who asked about your checkup? With a listless face all day, luck will be bad."
Her little mouth was like it was smeared with honey (sarcasm); her words were not polite at all.
Helplessly, Kuroko was honest. If it were Momoi, she would choke Sora until she exploded.
Yuuto also said at this time, "As you can see, I came to pick up this willful fellow."
"Who is willful!" Sora exploded upon hearing this, grabbing his collar and pulling him to her face, face to face almost kissing. She said, "You didn't even turn on your phone yesterday!"
"That's because the phone ran out of battery."
"Can't you charge it?"
"Charged it."
"Charged it but still turned off when I called?"
"Charged myself (slept)."
Sora felt like she was going to explode. If not for the many people around, she would definitely pound Yuuto's chest with small fists.
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