Chapter 84

"Tatsuta-kun and I originally planned to accept the recruitment from Meisei, but after hearing from Senzinkan that you would come here, we followed."

"Huh?!"

"Who said that?"

"I’ve never heard of such a thing!"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Tatsuta Akira, who had left a heavy mark on 'Pass Basketball', turned red when he heard Naga Shuhyo’s words. He was far from the demeanor of the past when he touted 'Tou-Chiku-To is the second best in the world' in magazines.

This former Tou-Chiku-To ace also participated in the national tournament as the third seed of the Tokyo district.

But before he could even meet Teiko and Hakusuikan, he was wiped out in the first round.

After all, his edges and corners were smoothed out by life~

It is worth mentioning that...

The one who wiped him out was the other guy who was about as tall as Yukimiya, the number one seed in Kyoto junior high, the ace of Hagiya Junior High, Tsuchiya Taiga.

And beside Tsuchiya Taiga, the guy with an idol burden but whose eyes were almost flying under the girls’ skirts was also a familiar face—the ace of Kitaoka, Oguchi Ryuuji, who bumped into Hakusuikan in the third round and was one step away from entering the cycle finals.

"Yo~"

"Eight Steps of the Heavenly Dragon~"

Oguchi Ryuuji was stunned when he heard this. Although he didn't know what the first two words meant, the two words 'eight steps' were clearly a mockery of his 'magical footwork'.

Just as he was about to speak, he didn't expect Yukimiya Kazuma to follow up with another wave of damage.

"What kind of lineup is this? Defeated by Hakusuikan..."

"Loser’s Bracket Alliance?"

"Eh?"

"Could it be him?"

"That’s right! That hair, it must be Yukimiya Kazuma from Hakusuikan!"

"He actually came to Senzinkan, instead of going to those top-tier schools with better results?"

"Our Senzinkan is also a top-tier school!"

"But the national tournament results aren't there, right?"

The surrounding discussions made Tatsuta Akira’s teeth ache. However, more and more people recognized Yukimiya Kazuma, but no one dared to approach. After all, the people around Yukimiya Kazuma looked very scary.

Especially one arrogant-looking guy, who looked like he wasn't a good person to mess with.

And the guy rated as hard to mess with, Tatsuta Akira, suddenly looked at Yukimiya Kazuma with an ugly face. After the other party finished greeting Tsuchiya Taiga, he frowned and said: "You runner-up... you’ve grown quite a bit taller, right? You haven't become stiff and unable to run, have you?"

Tsuchiya Taiga "680" nodded with a smile, "Indeed, I was worried before coming here. I also grew 5 cm taller, afraid that high school would make me play center..."

"I can't play center at all. Seeing Yukimiya grow so tall, I feel relieved~"

Tatsuta Akira, who had only grown 2 cm taller compared to junior high, stiffened. He scanned around, and among the people present, he was the shortest.

Who can he reason with!

Damn it!

"Saying it in advance, I will only play shooting guard; I don't want to play point guard!" Tatsuta Akira immediately set the stage, wanting to secure his best position, shooting guard.

Naga Shuhyo’s face stiffened when he heard this.

He looked at the 196 cm Yukimiya Kazuma, then at the 196 cm Tsuchiya Taiga, and then at the 189 cm Oguchi Ryuuji, and fell into deep thought.

Among the people present, the worst national tournament result was his—defeated by Yukimiya Kazuma in the second round of the regional qualifiers. In fact, even if he hadn't met Hakusuikan, based on the strength of their Sakaki Junior High, they wouldn't have reached the national level.

And the others...

Tsuchiya Taiga and Oguchi Ryuuji were the number one seeds in their respective regions and the aces of national-level teams.

Even Tatsuta Akira was the core of the third seed in the Tokyo district.

Can't compete...

Especially the forward position he wanted to play.

"Eh?"

"Wait!"

"Yukimiya-kun, isn't he a point guard?"

Naga Shuhyo suddenly remembered this point. He was completely fascinated by Yukimiya Kazuma’s rapidly growing height.

The others were also stunned when they heard this. Everyone looked at Naga Shuhyo, then at Yukimiya Kazuma, especially lingering on the opponent’s height for several seconds.

Tatsuta Akira widened his eyes, "What a joke?! Him? A guy who is basically two meters tall, playing point guard?"

Tsuchiya Taiga also twitched his mouth. He had no doubt about whether Yukimiya still retained his previous passing and control ability after his height surged.

However, it was fine in junior high; when the opponent advanced with the ball, the perception wasn't that obvious.

Now thinking of a guy 196 cm tall, advancing with the ball from the backcourt...

Good heavens...

Terrifying.

"Heh~"

Yukimiya Kazuma glanced at Oguchi Ryuuji. This guy looked a bit unserious, but he was quite reliable. It was clear he had investigated in advance and understood Senzinkan’s outward strength and inward weakness.

The few gathered together and walked forward. Among the 5 people, the shortest was 183 cm, which caused the places they passed to be vacuumed.

Tsuchiya Taiga stood beside Yukimiya Kazuma.

Before seeing Yukimiya, the others actually implicitly took Tsuchiya as the leader.

Tatsuta Akira was because he was defeated by Tsuchiya in the national tournament, Naga Shuhyo followed the crowd, and Oguchi Ryuuji also seemed to be very convinced by Tsuchiya Taiga.

Tsuchiya Taiga and Yukimiya Kazuma, two 196s, walked at the very front.

"Are we going directly to the gymnasium later?" Yukimiya Kazuma asked.

To be honest, he really didn't understand the process of the basketball club; Taketou Masaki used to handle team matters.

"No..."

"Although I have already talked to the coach in advance and he will be waiting for us in the gymnasium, the process cannot be messed up. We must go to the basketball club’s recruitment office first."

Soon, the few arrived at the basketball club’s recruitment location, and Yukimiya also understood that Tsuchiya Taiga was referring to the form-filling that had a sense of joining ceremony.

Without needing anyone to entertain them, Tsuchiya Taiga skillfully took the application form and started filling it out.

And the basketball club member in charge of recruitment looked up, only feeling a shadow covering him, and then his gaze met Yukimiya Kazuma’s.. 0

Good!

So tall!

Eh?

The Uncrowned King of Hakusuikan, Yukimiya Kazuma!

He’s actually this tall?!

The second-year member in charge of distributing application forms was dumbfounded.

Yukimiya Kazuma looked around. Although these basketball club members were quite tall, they gave people a very immature feeling. When they saw these 'freshmen', they would subconsciously avoid their gaze.

Filling out the application form in turn, until the end...

'Goal'.

Yukimiya Kazuma thought for a while and finally filled in 'The Five Uncrowned Kings who want to make the Generation of Miracles crownless'.

The basketball club member next to him noticed what Yukimiya Kazuma had written, and couldn't help but show surprise on his face.

Of course he knew the Five Uncrowned Kings.

Ah.

Now the Five Uncrowned Kings can only be a habitual term. After all, those three Five Uncrowned Kings last year went to Rakuzan and won the championship as first-year students.

'The Five Uncrowned Kings who want to make the Generation of Miracles crownless.'

This goal...

Worthy of being Yukimiya Kazuma, who fought the Miracles alone.

After filling out the application form.