Chapter 72

"However, you can chat with Tiandao; maybe he'll be a little interested."

Everyone shifted their gaze from Hara Zawakede to Tiandao Jingyan.

Tiandao didn't refuse either, saying, "Sure."

As for the team Too, Tiandao Jingyan could be said to be very familiar with them.

The time the protagonist team Seirin was beaten the worst was by them.

At that time, Seirin possessed two aces, Kagami Taiga and Kuroko Tetsuya, but their hearts were shattered in the battle against Too.

Not only did they lose the match, but they also had all sorts of errors in the subsequent round-robin, losing their chance to break out of Tokyo early.

This team left one impression on Tiandao Jingyan.

Rich!

The roster was composed entirely through the "money-throwing" method; as long as you were strong enough, they would come to you with cash.

A cold drink shop outside the arena.

Hara Zawakede was still organizing his words, but Tiandao Jingyan went straight to the point.

"How do you plan to trick me into joining your Too?"

"Uh...."

Hara Zawakede clearly didn't expect Tiandao Jingyan to ask that.

He indicated that little Tiandao spoke too bluntly, catching him off guard.

The key was that Tiandao hadn't guessed wrong; he was indeed thinking about how to trick someone into going to Too.

For a genius player like Tiandao Jingyan, there was no need to worry about his next destination at all.

As long as he didn't get injured and fall from grace during his three years of junior high, he would absolutely be fought over by national powerhouses in the future.

For Too, which lacked foundation, this put them at a disadvantage from the start.

He had even thought that if Tiandao Jingyan mentioned other powerhouses, or said he had a favorite high school in his heart.

Hara Zawakede would bring out rhetoric like "Which is more challenging: building a dynasty in ruins or ascending the throne in an existing dynasty?"

Looking at it now, this little brat who was handsome to an unbelievable degree might not buy that.

He was clearly not the same type of person as Aomine Daiki, the other dark-skinned guy on Teikou who looked very "simple and honest."

There was no other way; he had to bring out some real substance.

"As long as you are willing to join our Too in high school, you will be our absolute core player."

"The entire operation of the Too team will revolve around you; in the next two years, I will also use you as the cornerstone to prepare a roster capable of dominating the country."

"I observed your entire match; your defensive ability is very strong, but it's more concentrated on 1v1 man-to-man defense, and your help-defense ability has flaws."

"This isn't a shortcoming, because I will first find you an interior player with outstanding help-defense ability, so that we can maximize your attack power and allow you to invest more energy into the offensive end."

"I will also arrange a three-point shooter for you; you seem to value the three-pointer as a scoring method. This way, our Too will have two artillery pieces on the perimeter, maximizing the stretching of the enemy's defensive line and creating more space for your drives."

"Of course, you also need an excellent point guard to share your pressure and reduce the risk of you being double-teamed, so that our Too will have two excellent organizational points on the court..."

He spoke at length about a whole bunch of things.

One could tell just by listening that Hara Zawakede had come prepared.

In fact, while watching the match just now, Hara Zawakede had already been taking notes.

And he already had candidates in his mind.

For the interior player with outstanding help-defense ability, he planned to continue inviting Nijimura Shuzo.

This Teikou captain would be a third-year next year, but he was a hot commodity in the eyes of countless high school coaches.

For the point guard position, he planned to find Imayoshi Shoichi, a belly-black, calm, and clever genius point guard.

As for the shooter, he was more inclined toward Midorima Shintaro.

This first-year teammate of Tiandao Jingyan's—his three-pointers in this match left a deep impression on Hara Zawakede.

And that Murasakibara Atsushi, right, and that Akashi Seijuro.......

Damn, why the more I think about it, the more I feel like this Teikou roster is all big treasures?

"We can't become teammates."

"Hmm? Tiandao-kun, what did you just say?"

"I said that Aomine and the others and I can't become teammates."

Tiandao Jingyan shattered Hara Zawakede's fantasy.