Chapter 262: This is the Style of Kirisaki Daiichi

On the other side.

After Seirin defeated Kaijo, the entire team was extremely excited.

They were full of ambition for the upcoming National Tournament.

There's a chance!

The Generation of Miracles is not invincible, because they have the light-and-shadow combination of Kuroko and Kagami.

As long as they are there, they definitely have a chance to compete for a spot against Too, Shutoku, and Kirisaki Daiichi in this year's National Tournament, or even win the championship!

"This year, we might really have a chance to complete that goal."

"It's too early to think about that now; let's get the qualification first."

"But no matter what, this is a good start; we are not... weak!"

Hyuga Junpei and Izuki Shun, along with a few other veteran teammates, were full of fighting spirit.

This victory was a huge boost to their confidence.

Tiandao took everything in on the virtual screen without much reaction; he hung up Satsuki's call, closed the screen, and went to eat.

In the following time, Kirisaki Daiichi also scheduled two practice matches.

The opponents all switched out their starters after playing only half a game.

It wasn't that the players were scared, but that the head coaches were genuinely afraid of those few from Kirisaki Daiichi.

Everyone saw what happened at last year's National Tournament with their own eyes.

Those elbows, those flying kicks—who could withstand that?

They accepted Kirisaki Daiichi's invitation for a practice match mostly because of Tiandao's existence.

Everyone wanted to see the bottom line of this leader of the Generation of Miracles.

Once they saw it, they didn't want to play anymore.

Although Kirisaki Daiichi's defense was barbaric, it was truly effective, which allowed Tiandao to devote all his energy to the offensive end.

In these two practice matches, Tiandao only played half a game each, scoring 37 and 32 points respectively.

This is 30+ points in a half; the efficiency is too high.

And in these three matches, Kirisaki Daiichi's average score exceeded 100 points.

Last year, Kirisaki Daiichi's average score wasn't high, only 90.2 points; they weren't a team that won by offense.

Tiandao's arrival raised their firepower by two levels.

While being able to score himself, he could also help his teammates score.

The people of Kirisaki Daiichi had already adapted to Tiandao's existence and knew how to play around him.

Time passed quickly, and while various teams were nervously preparing, the National Tournament qualifiers arrived again.

In mid-May, the flames of the National Tournament were reignited.

Perhaps because of the Generation of Miracles, the fans' enthusiasm for watching basketball this year was much higher than in previous years.

Even at the opening ceremony, the venue was packed with spectators.

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Tiandao led the bad boys of Kirisaki Daiichi out of the player tunnel wearing brand-new jerseys.

He really disliked the color of Kirisaki Daiichi's jerseys; the dark green was too ugly.

He simply changed the jerseys to be primarily black with green as a secondary color, with a style similar to the one the Celtics would have later.

Kirisaki Daiichi had a match on the very first day.

The organizers knew very well what the fans wanted to see, so they quickly served up the new dish.

Today, Kirisaki Daiichi, Shutoku, and Too all had matches.

Kirisaki Daiichi was the first to appear, but Tiandao did not play.

He sat on the bench, temporarily acting as the team's head coach, directing the players.

And so, under the disappointed gaze of the audience, the match began quietly just like that.

"That person, is that the captain of the Generation of Miracles?"

"Yeah."

In the audience, the people from Seirin also arrived at the scene.

Nowadays, they are very inflated; they say they will get the National Tournament qualification first.

But in their hearts, they don't put their group stage opponents in their eyes, focusing on those three teams with the Generation of Miracles.

They were all curious: compared to Kise, how is Tiandao Jingyan, known as the Demon Star of Teikou, really?

As a result, the match started, but he sat on the bench acting as the team coach.

"Is he not playing?"

"It looks like he doesn't intend to enter the court, unless..."

"Unless Kirisaki Daiichi encounters trouble."

They all came, huh.

Tiandao opened the screen and sure enough, he saw the camera on himself.

Those silly fans were spamming "Husband" over and over, all using white font for the barrage.

He turned his head and found Seirin's location among the thousands of spectators, nodding simply at Kuroko as a greeting.

"So sharp."

"Yeah, there are over 20,000 spectators on site today, and he found us so quickly."

Too dangerous!

They didn't even need to face him personally; they could already feel Tiandao's extraordinary nature at this moment.

Kagami looked at Tiandao, who was wearing sunglasses and acting nonchalant, and couldn't help but ask, "Kuroko, in junior high, did Kise really never defeat him? Not even once?"

Although Seirin won the match against Kaijo, Kise's strength left a deep impression on Kagami.

"Hmm, not even once. Strictly speaking, Tiandao-kun has never lost even once." Kuroko looked at Tiandao with complex eyes.

After a few months of not seeing him, he was still as confident and calm as before.

He added, "He is the strongest!"

"The strongest..."

The others' expressions became serious; it's hard to imagine how strong someone who could make Kuroko say such things really is.

They began to look forward to Kirisaki Daiichi's opponents bringing them trouble, so they could see the bottom line of that leader of the Generation of Miracles.

However, there was none.

As soon as the match started, Furuhashi Kojiro and the others stared at their opponents with murderous intent.

Kirisaki Daiichi, who lost the tip-off, quickly snatched the ball back.

The opponent's core player was a third-year small forward with a body weight of 80 kilograms, just 5 kilograms short of Aomine.

Such weight is key at this stage of the competition; if you add decent athletic ability, that's a proper national-level player.

Furuhashi Kojiro was knocked out of his position immediately.

His weight wasn't light either, reaching 73 kilograms, but he was still a full 7 kilograms less than his opponent.

However, he was still very tenacious in chasing him down, reaching out to pull the opponent's jersey, and using the leverage to get back in front of him. ===== CHAPTER 264 =====