Chapter 498: Winter Cup Preliminaries

The match ended, and Kirisaki Daiichi completed the comeback, ultimately defeating the tyrant Too by a 9-point margin.

After the match, Tiandao called Haizaki and Aomine over, and the old teammates went to his house for a meal together.

Although they were eating at home, the four of them couldn't scrape together a single person who knew how to cook.

Satsuki was quite motivated, but she was kicked out of the kitchen by Tiandao and Aomine, who were familiar with her.

Tiandao called for takeout.

At the dining table, the group didn't have the habit of not talking while eating; they found a topic and started chatting while they ate.

"To be honest, Haizaki, I didn't expect you to pick up the ball again."

"After all, you were the one who voluntarily quit the basketball club back then."

Voluntarily quit?

Haizaki didn't deny it, because denying it would be even more embarrassing.

He didn't want anyone to know that he had been expelled from the basketball club by Akashi.

"But it's good that you're back. Today's game wasn't enough; let's compete again when the tournament comes."

Aomine didn't want to think about complicated things; he knew it was enough that Haizaki was back playing basketball.

There wasn't a single bastard among guys who genuinely loved playing basketball.

His opinion of Haizaki had changed quite a bit.

"Daiki."

"What is it?"

"Has anyone ever told you that you're stupid?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Aomine hated it most when others treated him like an idiot; he just happened to fail tests easily.

It was one thing for Tiandao to insult him like that, but you, Haizaki, dare to say that to me?

"Alright, alright, it's rare that we're meeting, so don't fight." Satsuki came out to smooth things over. She said, "Anyway, it's good that you're back."

As she spoke, she looked at Tiandao again; being able to bring back even Haizaki, little Tian was just too amazing!

"Let's work hard together for the Winter Cup!"

"You guys should save your effort for yourselves first." Tiandao said pointedly.

In the original work, Too took second place and earned the qualification to go straight to the Winter Cup, so they didn't need to fight for a spot.

But this time, the direct spot was snatched away by Kirisaki Daiichi, and they had to fight Seirin and Shutoku for the right to advance.

"You guys were placed in the same group as Seirin for the preliminaries, right?"

"Ah, I didn't expect to see that guy Tetsuya again so soon."

Aomine held expectations for Seirin.

Besides his old teammate Kuroko Tetsuya, there was also Kagami Taiga.

During their first contact at the National Tournament, Aomine had already noticed Kagami Taiga.

Unlike those small fry whose confidence was easily destroyed, Kagami Taiga was still full of fighting spirit even when facing a large deficit against him.

He was a decent guy.

"Don't underestimate Seirin; their potential exceeds your expectations."