Chapter 341: Next Time I Must Be Fully Fit to Fight Yukimiya Again!

"It's over."

"Facing Qingfeng."

When Yukimiya Kazuma's voice sounded in his ear, Facing Qingfeng, who had just stood up, turned his head to glance at the scoreboard.

In an instant, complex emotions surfaced one by one on Facing Qingfeng's face, as if all the excitement before had been a dream, and now back in reality, looking at what lay before him... Izumizaka vs. Tōō.

128:101.

Facing Qingfeng opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, eventually falling silent.

"..."

Unknowingly...

The score difference has actually become this large?

Facing Qingfeng, who had just withdrawn from the Zone again, along with the other players on Tōō's court, couldn't help but show expressions of confusion on their faces.

With just over one minute left in the match, Facing Qingfeng, whose stamina had been exhausted by the final Zone, and Yukimiya, who was also panting, failed to recreate their previous peak duel; the 27-point gap persisted until the end of the match.

Beep~!

When the whistle signaling the end of the match sounded, the Tōō players stopped moving and stood there dazedly; Momoi Satsuki in front of the bench covered her mouth, her face full of disbelief.

Aomine Daiki panted heavily, his mind a blank void, until the cheers from the Izumizaka side finally brought him back to his senses.

We lost...

So this is what it feels like...

I...

Actually...

On the other side.

Yukimiya Kazuma panted heavily on the spot, and Tsuchiya Dahe stepped forward to ask, "Are you okay?"

At that moment, Yukimiya Kazuma saw Facing Qingfeng not far away; the other party's condition was even worse, eyes half-closed, sweating as if he had run a marathon. Sensing the other's gaze, he forced himself to shake his head, "No problem."

"Match over!"

"Form up!"

"Izumizaka vs. Tōō!"

"Izumizaka wins, score 128:101."

The referee's voice announcing the winner sounded, which also meant that the Tokyo District Preliminaries, the second day of the round-robin finals, the first match of the day had officially concluded; next was the second match, Seirin vs. Myōsei.

The course of this battle was truly too unexpected; the players from other teams in the stands did not leave immediately, and at this moment, their gazes all followed closely as Aomine Daiki and Yukimiya Kazuma walked toward each other on the court.

Aomine Daiki glanced at Yukimiya, suppressing his panting, and said with feigned calmness, "Is that fall okay? If you get injured because of this match, Izumizaka will be in trouble later."

Yukimiya Kazuma's state was as tense as Aomine's, but after hearing the other's words, he still couldn't help but roll his eyes at the other party.

Good lord...

Setting up a flag right here?

At the Inter-High National Tournament, wasn't it you who got injured after the match with Kise, affecting the semi-finals and finals that followed, causing Akashi and Ōhori to not play at all?

Mr. National Runner-up~

"You should be the one more careful."

"Especially Kise..."

"Just win when you play against him; just open the Zone and crush him..."

Why are you pretending to be so cool? Kise only copied your ability in the second half; why fight him on basic abilities? Just open the Zone and crush him to death.

Playing the full match, fighting until the very last moment, can that Gao Zhongsheng's body withstand it...

Ah...

This match too.

Then it's fine.

Hearing Yukimiya compare him to Kise, Aomine immediately refuted: "Even without the Zone, I can beat Kise; only... can beat me."

Halfway through his sentence, Aomine saw Yukimiya Kazuma raise an eyebrow at him, then the other party stared straight at the score still displayed on the scoreboard; Aomine's face suddenly turned black.

"Tsk!"

"I lost!"

"I already know..."

Aomine's face suddenly sank, even carrying a hint of loneliness.

Seeing this, Yukimiya Kazuma felt speechless yet helpless, "What is that expression? Didn't you seem to be having quite a lot of fun playing later?"

"What?"

"Feel good and then deny it?"

"Or do you really think you're invincible and must win?"

"Don't be too arrogant, Aomine..."

"Now is the era of the Unchampioned Kings."

Hiss~!

As Yukimiya Kazuma finished speaking, he suddenly extended his hand in front of Aomine's eyes, then clenched it into a fist; Aomine, who was about to say something about Yukimiya's 'era of the Unchampioned Kings', looked up with a face full of surprise.