Chapter 40: We Tochikudo are the real No. 2 in the Tokyo District!

After Yukimiya left, Niimatsu Osamu, like on previous game days, took everyone back to school on the school bus to disband.

After everyone went home separately... ===== CHAPTER 96 =====

Taketo Masaki organized today’s equipment for the first time, then changed his sneakers and went to the nearby park court.

Hiiragi Susumu, the first-year little brother, was still in low spirits, but he didn’t put down his shooting practice today.

Hanain Ryo looked at the Jordan poster by his bed, lying on the bed, his whole person dazed, the content of today’s game constantly flashing in his mind, and the images of his helplessness facing Kise constantly flashing.

Teruyama Daisuke’s violent strike in the bathroom caused a commotion at home.

Kasuga Yuji was on the phone with a friend, his voice full of complaints and disappointment; his friend, who had already switched to playing other sports, also complained together about the Generation of Miracles being perverts.

Even Coach Niimatsu Osamu was the same, walking back and forth in the office, unable to stay idle for a moment, as if he felt uncomfortable all over.

Today’s crushing defeat against Teiko, although everyone seemed to have adjusted quickly on the surface, in reality, this loss was much more unforgettable than when they hadn’t achieved results before.

However...

The seed had been quietly planted, and under the watering of this unwilling emotion, it was waiting to sprout.

Still the Tokyo Second Gymnasium.

The same venue, but today Baishui Hall’s opponent became Takezawa Middle School.

In yesterday’s game, Takezawa Middle School lost to another Final Four team, Tochikudo Middle School.

Takezawa’s ace player, like most teams, was a third-year player; after all, teams with players like Nijimura Shuzo, who became the national number one power forward in his second year, and the Generation of Miracles, who took over the authority of their seniors in their second year, were still a very small minority.

There was a gap between Takezawa and Tochikudo, undoubtedly the weakest team in the Final Four, not to mention compared to Baishui Hall.

After the game started.

Yukimiya Kazuma didn’t encounter too much of a challenge, which allowed him to devote all his energy to organizing the offense.

The missions brushed out during the game were not difficult, and scoring wasn’t as difficult as it was against Teiko.

In the case of a large attribute gap with the opponent, it could also compensate for the difficulty of technical output; even without opening ‘Monster Immersion’, Yukimiya could easily rely on the attribute gap to forcefully score.

As for the new badge obtained earlier, Yukimiya tested its quality in meditation training; it was indeed strong, but the negative emotions it brought were also strong. Once he calmed down, he couldn’t believe that person could be himself.

Most importantly...

Those negative emotions were not friendly to his teammates.

So Yukimiya felt there was no need to force it open and increase the pressure on himself and his teammates; as for the badge experience lost due to infrequent use, he would just feed it when he got a gold experience badge.

During the game, Yukimiya fired on all cylinders except for ‘Monster Immersion’.

‘Rookie Ace’s Battle Cry (Green Lv.2)’ first restored stamina for his teammates, and then ‘Playmaking Master (Gold)’ constantly fed assists to his teammates.

‘I Love Blocking Dunks (Purple)’ made Yukimiya Kazuma feel like he was helped by a god on the defensive end.

As long as stamina allowed, Yukimiya Kazuma didn’t hesitate to use his abilities; brushing experience and data together, isn’t it wonderful.

Baishui Hall completely occupied the advantage on the court under Yukimiya Kazuma’s connection; after just one quarter, Baishui Hall began to lead by a large margin. Yukimiya looked back and realized that Teiko was actually myself.

Coach Niimatsu Osamu on the sidelines looked much better, thinking that this was the normal level of confrontation in middle school; he dared to assert that Baishui Hall was also top-tier strength in the nation.

A point guard with fierce defense and first-rate assists is truly a wealth sent by God to Baishui Hall.

Pity.

Born at the wrong time.

There is just such a Generation of Miracles, lying in front like a big mountain.

116:47, Baishui Hall showed amazing stability when facing teams other than Teiko; the ‘Playmaking Master’s’ wonderful assists could be called a tool for bullying the weak.

Yukimiya Kazuma got a comprehensive data of 19 points, 26 assists, 8 rebounds, 3 steals, and 6 blocks; in the Tokyo District qualifiers, Yukimiya Kazuma was far ahead in assists.

Baishui Hall’s first victory in the Final Four round-robin tournament made the students who came to support feel refreshed; the previous game against Teiko didn’t just make the players on the court feel aggrieved, even the student team that came to support felt wronged.

Now they finally felt comfortable.

And Yukimiya Kazuma also felt comfortable because he brushed out another badge of the same ‘series’, of course, it wasn’t the ‘Rookie’ series, but the ‘I Love’ series.

[Badge Mission: In the game against Takezawa Middle School, win the game, and assist at least three teammates to score in double digits]

[Achievement Reward: Obtain a badge related to ‘I Love Blocking Dunks’]

[Automatically loading badge reward...]

[Badge loading complete...]

[Obtained Badge: I Love Blocking Jump Shots]

[I Love Blocking Jump Shots (Blue): Your jump shot is ordinary, always making me have the urge to block it; facing jump shots, block success rate increases by 20% (limited to jump shot types)]

A good badge, although I don’t know why a badge of the same series is one level lower than the purple ‘I Love Blocking Dunks’, just looking at the text description, it can be confirmed that this badge is very useful.

After this, Baishui Hall Middle School only had one last game left in the qualifiers.

But actually, after winning the game against Takezawa Middle School, they had already automatically obtained the quota to advance to the nationals.

Because Takezawa Middle School absolutely couldn’t win the last game against Teiko, Takezawa would eventually lose the seed quota to advance to the nationals with a record of three losses in the Final Four round-robin.

However...

Just when Yukimiya thought the last game could be played casually.

The system suddenly released a mission before the game:

[Attribute Mission: Defeat Tochikudo Middle School, win the game, limit the opposing ace player Long Tianzhang’s score to within 10 points, and get 40+10 data]

[Achievement Reward: Self-allocated attributes × 6]

Just when Yukimiya Kazuma was wondering what was special about Tochikudo school, Kasuga Yuji came over with a Basketball Weekly in excitement.

It was that damn Pass Basketball again.

“Senior, Long Tianzhang said in an interview that he will defeat you in the game and prove that Tochikudo Middle School is the real No. 2 in the Tokyo District!” ===== CHAPTER 97 =====