Chapter 533

He threw down a harsh threat, then didn't give Tiandao a chance, turned around and left, walking away very decisively.

"We won, Shintaro."

With Tiandao off the court, Haizaki was the team's big boss.

He walked up to Midorima.

He originally thought that taking down Midorima would make him feel great, but seeing Midorima with his head hanging low, looking completely devastated, the pleasure he imagined didn't well up in his heart.

The pleasure he imagined didn't well up in his heart.

"Tch, let's go." Haizaki walked away again.

"To think a jerk like you would care about the emotions of old teammates," Hanamiya Makoto keenly noticed Haizaki's actions and immediately mocked him.

"None of your business." Haizaki immediately glared at Hanamiya Makoto and said, "And I'm warning you, don't lump me in with them; I'm not like those idiots."

"Less nonsense, pack up your things, we're going back."

Tiandao clapped his hands to let everyone organize their things, and amidst cheers, led the team into the player tunnel.

The Generation of Miracles dungeon had been cleared.

Next, only Seirin, who had evolved into their ultimate form, remained.

The first round of the Winter Cup elimination tournament had officially ended.

Because of the number of teams, starting from this round, some teams would receive a bye.

The organizers would decide who the lucky ones were through a lottery.

Anyway, after the second round, only 16 teams would remain; this would be the Sweet Sixteen of the Winter Cup.

After that, in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals, there would be no more byes.

And so, Kirisaki Daiichi became one of these lucky ones.

Rakuzan, in the other half of the bracket, was the same.

It was hard not to suspect that the organizers were rigging the draw.

However, this was actually a good thing for many participating teams.

One was the old king, one was the new king; they would lose to either one.

Byes were their last hope, and this way, everyone had a better chance of entering the next round.

The next day.

Kirisaki Daiichi had no game.

But Tiandao still arranged training tasks for the team members.

They had played too few games in this Winter Cup.

They didn't play the preliminary rounds and went straight into the elimination tournament, and once in the elimination tournament, they only played one game before getting a bye.

The advantage was that there were no problems with physical fitness, and Kirisaki Daiichi had plenty of time to deal with the next round.

The disadvantage, of course, was that they played too few games, making it difficult for the players to maintain a good game state.

In the NBA playoffs, the first game of a series is the most prone to upsets.

Especially for teams that swept their opponents in the previous round, the chance of flipping over in the first game is the greatest.

Players rest for too long and cannot immediately enter the game state.

The team members had no objections; they hadn't had a game to play recently, and they were indeed too idle.

And just as Kirisaki Daiichi was training, the second round of the Winter Cup continued without pause.

The focus of this year's Winter Cup was in the top half of the bracket.

Because this half had a full 4 teams from the Generation of Miracles.

Shutoku had already been eliminated by Kirisaki Daiichi and was out early.

But the top half still had 3 teams with championship-contending strength: Kirisaki Daiichi, Yosen, and Seirin.

Unfortunately, Yosen and Seirin met in the second round.

This was also the focus battle of the second round of the Winter Cup.

The current Seirin was no longer a nobody.

Consecutive wins over Touou and Shutoku quickly brought them into the fans' field of vision.

Some busybodies even gave them the title of "Giant Killer."

A team that had been established for less than two years had actually defeated strong enemies one after another, almost slaughtering all the powerhouses in the Tokyo area.

Traditional powerhouses like Seiho, Shutoku, and Touou hadn't escaped.

Where was Senshinkan?

They were unlucky, assigned to the same group as Touou this year, and were sent fishing early.

The saying of the "Three Kings of Tokyo" had already become a thing of the past.

Based on the current situation in the Tokyo area, fans collectively called Kirisaki Daiichi, Touou, Shutoku, and Seirin the "Four Emperors of Tokyo"!

It could be said to be quite "Little Japan" style!