Chapter 11

A simple "I am the strongest" instantly exploded into groups of comments.

'Holy crap, so arrogant!'

'Sure enough, guys named Tiandao are all arrogant kings!'

'This arrogance is quite high-level; I, Yan Zu from Shanghai, approve of you!'

'...'

Tiandao Jingyan's words left his teammates, including Kuroko, stunned on the spot.

Looking at the games going on at the same time, the freshmen were almost all being beaten up by the second-string seniors.

Except for Atsushi Murasakibara's court.

The purple-haired giant baby guarded the restricted area by himself; the experienced second-string members couldn't even score double digits in 10 minutes.

Thanks to Atsushi Murasakibara's performance, the team he was on actually took the lead miraculously.

But Atsushi Murasakibara's talent was visible to the naked eye.

What about Tiandao Jingyan?

Besides being earth-shatteringly handsome, he didn't seem to have anything special.

"Tiandao-kun!"

"Don't look like it's the end of the world; it's our turn to play."

Tiandao Jingyan warmed up his body, straightened his waist, and was about to step onto the court.

The next second.

"Hey, that newcomer!"

"Captain, are you calling me?"

"Who else would I be calling if not you."

Shuzo Nijimura walked over irritably, pointing at Tiandao Jingyan's sunglasses and saying, "Are you planning to play with that thing on?"

"Oh, I forgot." Tiandao Jingyan touched his head; he was so busy acting cool that he forgot about this.

He decisively took off his sunglasses.

The next second, another wave of comments hit.

'Holy crap, so handsome?'

'Blue eyes and white hair, slurp slurp!'

'Upstairs, keep it together; don't drool over my husband, it's very impolite, you know?'

'Sister, it's daytime; dreaming should wait until night. Do you want me to wake you up with a splash of urine?'

Actually, it wasn't just the comments; many people on the scene were also shocked by Tiandao Jingyan.

Tiandao Jingyan wearing sunglasses looked like one of those cool, bad-boy types.

But as soon as he took off the sunglasses, his temperament changed drastically.

Just like the shock brought by Satoru Gojo taking off his blindfold. Everyone was stunned by the nobility he exuded.

You couldn't link him at all to that unreliable guy who was fighting to the death with the King of Curses while still having the mood to buy snacks.

Satsuki Momoi on the side couldn't help but look at Tiandao Jingyan a few more times.

"You are not allowed to bring such things in during club activities from now on." Shuzo Nijimura said after a pause.

"Osu, it's our turn to play, Kuroko!" Tiandao Jingyan greeted Kuroko and stepped onto the court.

At this time, the score on the court had become 26:12; those useless teammates had only scored 12 points in 10 minutes.

And that was the result of their good luck.

These 12 points from the first-year side all came from mid-to-long-range shots; points in the paint were 0.

On the other hand, the second-string team's 26 points were all about efficiency, specifically attacking the paint of the freshman team.

The freshman team changed five people at once, but the second-string team didn't.

For them, this level of confrontation didn't require rest even after playing for 20 minutes.

The second-string team's top scorer was a peer of Shuzo Nijimura, also a second-year player named Yuta Yamanaka.

Of the second-string team's 26 points, he scored 12.

At the same time, he was also an important rotation player for Teikou's first-string team this year.

"Always doing strange things. Let's get this straight, first-year, I won't go easy on you." Yuta Yamanaka said coldly.

He was the type of person who did things by the book and naturally had no good feelings for guys like Tiandao Jingyan.

Besides, when they joined the club, they were also beaten up by their seniors.

Except for Shuzo Nijimura, every second-string team member understood the meaning of the coach arranging the confrontation match.

It was to dampen the arrogance of these first-years and make these greenhorns behave themselves in the future.

What if they couldn't dampen it?

Kozo Shirogane would arrange it!

Anyone who could lead such a temporarily assembled team to defeat the second-string team or fight to a standstill was an absolute genius.

For geniuses, Kozo Shirogane had his own methods.

Just like Shuzo Nijimura back then, he was directly arranged to the first-string team for training.

Even if they couldn't become immediate combat power, they had to be taken to the national tournament to gain experience, so that by next year, they could replace the original starters and continue to fight.

This is also the reason why defending the title is so difficult.

Junior high only lasts three years; even if it's a genius, a coach can only use them for three years at most.

What's more, most basketball geniuses are not the type that can be used immediately; they need time to train before they can form combat power.

Fast ones take a year, slow ones have to wait until the third year to be entrusted with important tasks.

Teikou was lucky; Shuzo Nijimura was a true genius, replacing his seniors in the first year to become a starter for Teikou.

This year, Shuzo Nijimura went a step further; Kozo Shirogane felt that in the current junior high basketball scene, no power forward could compare to Shuzo Nijimura.

Plus the little monster Atsushi Murasakibara, whose athletic and static talents were explosive, Kozo Shirogane believed that Teikou's hope of winning the championship today was still very high.

While Kozo Shirogane was thinking about the upcoming national tournament, a sudden exclamation came from one of the confrontation courts.

"Stolen again, so amazing!"

"Really? That's senior Yamanaka, an important rotation player for the first-string!"

"Counterattack opportunity, long pass to the paint for a direct score."