Chapter 8: He was playing against the air, and it was going swimmingly!

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In the open space in the backyard of Yukimiya Kazuma's house.

Meditation training continued until eight o'clock in the morning.

After finishing his morning exercise, Yukimiya Kazuma returned home drenched in sweat, took a shower, finished breakfast, and incidentally heated up the bento he bought last night, preparing to take it to school.

8:30.

Yukimiya Kazuma left the house on time.

At 8:50, he walked into Hakusuikan Middle School and arrived at his classroom. Not long after, the morning bell for Hakusuikan Middle School rang.

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Studied diligently for a day, or rather, less than half a day.

After all, at 3:30 in the afternoon, the bell for the end of the school day at Hakusuikan Middle School rang on time, which made Yukimiya Kazuma sigh once again at the happy education of others.

As soon as the bell rang.

Yukimiya Kazuma followed his memory.

First went to Class B to meet up with Hanakage Ryo, and then the two went to Class A together to find Takefuji Masaki.

Since the three of them joined the basketball club and got familiar with each other not long after, they had always maintained this habit and had been teammates for nearly three years to date.

Rushed to the basketball club, and the three began simple activities.

Not long after.

The rest of the basketball club members arrived one after another.

Compared to a powerhouse like Teiko, which had hundreds of members, the basketball club members of Hakusuikan Middle School paled in comparison, and there was no such thing as a first-string or second-string, only starters, substitutes, and substitutes for the substitutes.

When the coach finished arranging the day's training for the team members, Yukimiya Kazuma took the initiative to find Coach Niimatsu Osamu and proposed the idea of wanting to train independently.

"Hmm?"

"Yukimiya……"

"Originally, according to my arrangement, your training plan was going to have some changes starting today." ===== CHAPTER 21 =====

After the coach finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and then suddenly said: "Independent training is fine, but I will inspect the training results periodically. If you don't meet my requirements, you will have to follow my plan."

Given Niimatsu Osamu's coaching style, he would not have set such a precedent.

However, Yukimiya Kazuma had suddenly handed in such an astonishing answer yesterday, which made him feel that perhaps letting Yukimiya follow his own pace might yield better results.

The coach relenting so easily not only surprised Yukimiya Kazuma but also surprised the other main players of the basketball club.

Especially those members who were already in their third year; they knew all too well what kind of personality this little old man had.

"What are you looking at?! If you could improve as much as Yukimiya by training on your own, I would let you train independently too! Hurry up, get running!"

Sure enough……

The grumpy old man was still that grumpy old man.

When the other members of the basketball club began their daily training, Yukimiya Kazuma only did one thing: find an empty half-court and start the meditation training system.

There was only a little over a month left until the National Tournament preliminaries.

In such a short time, rather than spending effort on team training or practicing team tactics, it was definitely more useful to frantically boost his own attributes alone.

This was the only thing Yukimiya Kazuma needed to do in the next month or so before the National Tournament preliminaries began.

And so.

In the time that followed, all the members of the basketball club could always see a figure with snow-white hair in a corner half-court during training.

He was playing against the air, showing off his moves wildly.

And as time passed.

From time to time……

One could hear him alone, either laughing wildly or being furious.

According to Captain Takefuji, that was Senior Yukimiya's meditation training mode, using meditation to imagine opponents and conduct actual combat training. But everyone really couldn't understand how this meditation could be so realistic.

Just a moment ago……

One of Senior Yukimiya's layup moves seemed to be suddenly blocked by the opponent he imagined, and then he was knocked out of the court.

It must be said, Senior Yukimiya's acting skills were truly good, and his sense of conviction was super strong; even while being watched by everyone, his expression didn't fluctuate in the slightest.

It's just that I don't know who the 'Kagami Taiga' he was cursing while getting up was.

What kind of person was that?

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Just finished a session of training with Kagami Taiga, and it was the high school version of Kagami.

Although it was only the early juvenile form, the opponent's jumping ability, which allowed him to dunk over others with a casual leap, still forced Yukimiya Kazuma into a fierce battle.

"That's fine too……"

"Better than playing against Akashi or someone like that."

Because every time he started meditation training, there were tangible attribute gains. No matter how much he gained, it was all visible strength increases.

Every time he saw his attributes rising bit by bit, Yukimiya Kazuma felt full of motivation. Moreover, now that he had super recovery ability, he naturally pushed his training intensity to the max and trained fiercely.

One and a half hours.

Yukimiya Kazuma didn't waste a single minute.

In this half-court that only he used, he trained until his legs felt a bit weak, and finally, he was caught by Niimatsu Osamu, who saw through his acting of pretending to be fine when he was already exhausted.

After being severely lectured, Yukimiya Kazuma reluctantly left the court to rest. ===== CHAPTER 22 =====