Chapter 293: I Am the Top Scorer of Izunomiya's Entrance Exam This Year~!

After quite a while, although the wind had not ceased and the rain had not stopped outside, the torrential downpour had eased considerably compared to before.

Inside the shop.

Kagami and Yukimiya finished their meals at the same time; Huang Se, watching from the side, stood with his mouth agape, while Midorima's pupils contracted slightly.

As they prepared to leave, Midorima recalled Kagami's earlier words of near-blind confidence, sneered, and warned Kagami, "This round-robin finals is not just about the strong team of Izunomiya; before you face Yukimiya, you still have to confront a formidable enemy."

"Aomine Daiki."

"The Teiko he belongs to is the top seed of Group B, which means the first match of the round-robin finals will be Seirin versus Teiko."

"Let me give you a piece of advice..."

"In a sense, Aomine Daiki and you, Kagami, are the same type of player, and his strength far surpasses yours."

Having said this, Midorima Shintaro looked at Kagami Taiga, feeling deeply displeased in his heart; in terms of true strength, Kagami was still far from the Generation of Miracles.

Seirin making it to the round-robin finals while Shutoku was eliminated was purely due to bad luck; they happened to meet Yukimiya Kazuma, whose abilities in every aspect countered him.

Kagami paused for a moment upon hearing this, turned to Kuroko, and asked, "Hmm? I don't quite understand, but it basically means he's very strong, right?"

"Hmm..."

"Aomine-kun was once the ace of the Generation of Miracles."

Kuroko, having said this, looked at Kagami strangely, "And Kagami-kun... Taketou-kun and Liang Huayin-kun have already explained all the information about the Generation of Miracles once before; please listen carefully from now on."

As for why it wasn't Kuroko, his teammate, who spoke.

First, it was a personality issue; second, in this regard, Taketou Masaki and Liang Huayin, who had directly faced the Generation of Miracles at the final Inter-High, had the most profound experience.

Kagami: "..."

Uh...

Indeed.

He seemed to have only listened to the part about Yukimiya Kazuma.

Yukimiya Kazuma, sitting nearby, thought of Aomine Daiki, and several images flashed through his mind one after another.

He couldn't help but think...

Aomine was indeed strong; the high school version of Aomine was even ridiculously strong.

Yukimiya Kazuma agreed with the assessment of Aomine's strength, but Long Tian Zhang at another table behind him felt as if he was complimenting himself in a roundabout way, "Indeed terrifyingly strong; even I would have to go all out."

Ignoring Yukimiya's words, Midorima snorted coldly, "Do your best; even if you can't beat Aomine or Yukimiya, securing a top-three spot should be no problem."

"Anyway..."

"The Tokyo district has three seeds."

Having finished speaking, amidst Kagami's anger, Midorima called out to Takao Kazunari, "Takao, let's go."

"Eh?"

"So soon?"

Takao, who had quickly become familiar with Seirin, said his goodbyes to the Seirin group.

And Yukimiya, gazing at Midorima's retreating back, couldn't help but say, "See you at the Winter Cup."

Midorima, with his back to Yukimiya Kazuma, said, "Less nonsense; next time, we will definitely win!"

After leaving the shop.

"Shintaro, want to play rock-paper-scissors? The loser pays the transportation fee~"

Although his words just now were sarcastic, Midorima had actually vaguely figured some things out in his heart; he took a deep breath, and his expression returned to its usual state, "Hmph, since you want to pay the transportation fee, I suppose that's acceptable."

"Eh?"

"Then let's go~ Anyway, today's morning horoscope must have said your luck isn't that good, right~?"

"That was just..."

"An accident."

"My lucky charm couldn't suppress the incompatible constellation; next time, I'll make a bigger sun-doll!"

"Huh?"

"Shintaro, that shouldn't have anything to do with size, right?"

"So much nonsense; let's play rock-paper-scissors!"

"..."

"See, Shintaro, I told you your luck was bad today~"

On the other side.

The Seirin group was also preparing to leave.

Just as they were about to depart, Yukimiya suddenly called out to Seirin, but actually mainly to remind Taketou Masaki.

"Masaki~"

"Let me give you a piece of advice too~"

Taketou Masaki paused for a moment.

"What?"

Yukimiya Kazuma smiled and said, "Be careful; it's that time again, time for the classic Sports Anime Experience scene~"

Upon hearing this, Taketou Masaki's face turned dark, and he was completely stunned, just like back when he was still at Bai Shui.

"Huh?"

"That's not right!"

"Shouldn't this happen after the round-robin finals end?!"

Tian Lizi, looking at Taketou Masaki's shocked expression, clearly thought that whatever Yukimiya Kazuma was talking about must be very important.

"Taketou, what is that so-called classic scene..."

Before Tian Lizi could finish speaking, Liang Huayin suddenly turned and pressed her shoulders, causing Hyuga Junpei beside them to shrink his pupils sharply.

"Senior!"

"Exams! Exams!"

"There were actually exams before the loop tournament?!"

Tian Lizi was stunned by the words.

Indeed…

There were exams.

Moreover, the students ranked in the bottom 100 had to attend remedial classes.

Tian Lizi quickly realized the Severity of the Situation — last year, everyone was basically in the top 100 of their grade, and even the worst-performing Hyuga Junpei was only a little past 100th place.

With over 300 students in a grade, the basketball club members' test scores were all far from the bottom 100, so she subconsciously overlooked this point.

"Liang Huayin…"

"You…"

"How are your grades?!"

Liang Huayin said faintly from the side: "In a certain sense, it's also pretty impressive… after all, scraping past the passing line by a hair's breadth in every subject isn't something just anyone can do."

Tian Lizi instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, with grades like that, she just needed to escape the bottom 100 — there was still hope, it wasn't that serious.