Juri Ueno from Kuroko's Basketball

She nodded repeatedly, and everyone looked at her with some eagerness.

"Oh, this lady is so pitiful. Her surgery failed, and she passed away. She had just finished her discharge procedures," the nurse said with a look of sympathy and sadness.

"what?"

Everyone was shocked, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"gone?"

"Nurse, please explain yourself more clearly..."

Just as everyone was wondering if they had misunderstood the nurse's words...

"No need to ask anymore, let's go." Coach Xinhe walked in with his phone in hand, his face filled with undisguised sadness.

Seeing Coach Xinhe's expression, everyone instantly understood.

They followed silently behind Coach Xinhe.

Even Haizaki, who is usually indifferent to everything, fell silent at this moment.

He knows.

The short guy who loved playing basketball and wanted to get tutoring from me but didn't have the courage to ask for help is gone.

He had this feeling when he was a child.

With his hands in his pockets, he silently followed behind the crowd.

They had won the game, but none of them were happy at that moment.

"Kong probably won't be coming to school for a while."

Walking at the front, Coach Xinhe felt a little sad, but he still spoke up.

Upon hearing this, no one spoke; they simply followed Coach Xinhe back to the school in silence.

"Ueno, pack up the empty things and send them to his home." Coach Shinkawa hesitated for a moment before speaking after getting out of the car and looking at Ueno.

"Ah."

Although he was very tired, Ueno nodded.

He also wanted to see Kong's current state.

Their air power is not strong.

But their passion for basketball is absolutely extraordinary!

Chapter 144 Empty, Gone

After packing up his empty belongings, Ueno found a large cardboard box, packed them in, and then planned to take a car to his empty house.

He had visited Kong's house once before and knew its location.

After boarding the bus that Coach Shinkawa had reserved for him, Ueno headed towards his empty house.

The sun is shining brightly in the sky at this moment.

There weren't many empty items. The only thing that looked valuable was a pair of sneakers that had been patched up countless times, with a cute little cartoon sticker on them.

Ueno doesn't need to guess; this must be Sora's mother's masterpiece.

Judging from the size and appearance of these sneakers, they were probably worn by Sora during his junior high school years. Judging from the size, Sora probably can't wear them now, and they're in a fairly nice shoebox.

Kong's house is in the alley on the right side of the pedestrian street.

They rented the house.

When Ueno arrived, he saw people constantly loading things into the moving company's truck at Sora's house. Judging from their clothes, they were probably people from the moving company.

Sora's expression was very calm. He stood quietly to the side, holding a wooden box in his arms. Beside Sora was a middle-aged man who was directing the moving company people to load things onto the truck.

This middle-aged man bore a striking resemblance to Sora, and appeared to be Sora's father. He looked haggard, with sunken dark circles under his eyes, and was filled with exhaustion.

Seeing Ueno standing at the corner, watching them from afar, Sora's father was the first to notice him.

She first smiled and nodded at Ueno, then looked at Sora, who was clearly distracted, with concern in her eyes, and asked with a light laugh, "Sora, is that your classmate?"

"Hmm?" He looked at his father with a puzzled expression. Following his father's gaze, he saw Ueno standing in the distance. Ueno was clearly much happier, and a smile squeezed out of his somewhat numb face.

"Yes, Father, that's my classmate."

"Go on, say goodbye to your classmate!"

Upon hearing this, Sora's eyes dimmed considerably, but he still forced a smile and nodded. He solemnly handed the wooden box in his arms to his father, then turned and ran towards Ueno.

"Ueno, how did it go? Did we win that match?"

Looking at Sora's eyes, which had clearly lost their color, Ueno sighed slightly and smiled, "Of course."

"Hahaha, I knew it, Ueno, you definitely wouldn't lose." Hearing Ueno's words, Sora's face was full of smiles, she was very happy.

For a moment, it lessened the pain in his eyes.

Looking at the moving company truck parked in front of the empty house, Ueno hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you leaving?"

"Mm." Suppressing the sadness in his heart, Kong Qiang smiled and nodded.

His mother's sudden passing shattered his world.

Furthermore, he also needed to go back to prepare for his mother's funeral.

Leaving was inevitable.

But he didn't know how long it would take.

A month?

a year?

Or will they never come back?

"Then, will you come back?" Ueno asked nervously, looking at Sora's dim eyes.

"I don't know." Kong lowered his head.

"Hmm." Ueno looked at Sora, who was bowing his head and remaining silent, opened his mouth, but ultimately remained silent.

"This is your stuff." Looking at the empty space, Ueno handed over the cardboard box he was carrying.

"Thank you."

Sora took the cardboard box and quickly opened it to take a look. When she saw the shoes inside, Sora was obviously stunned for a moment, and then gently stroked them.

"Thank you, Ueno."

"fine."

After he finished speaking, the two fell silent again.

Ueno wanted to invite the other person back, but he didn't know how to bring it up. Sora's answer earlier made him afraid to ask again.

Sora doesn't know if he'll ever come back.

After all, without the sky, no matter how big a bird's wings are, it cannot fly.

"Kong, we should go."

While the two remained silent, the moving company had already loaded the truck. The father, who was empty, did not come over but stood at the back of the truck, waving and shouting in their direction.

"I am leaving."

After bowing his head in silence for a moment, Sora, holding the cardboard box, bowed to Ueno.

"Ueno, thank you for taking care of me during this time. Please also help me say goodbye to everyone. Thank you all for taking care of me during this time."

After saying that, without waiting for Ueno's reply, Sora turned and ran away.

Watching Sora's departing figure, Ueno couldn't help but shout out.

"We're waiting for you to come back, empty!"

As soon as Ueno finished speaking, everyone from the University of Tokyo slowly walked out from behind him.

They followed.

"Little Kongkong, we're waiting for you to come back!"

"Kong, take care on your journey and come back soon."

"Remember to come back! Kong."

She slowly stopped walking, listening to the sounds behind her. She bit her lip tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.

everyone.

It's all here.

He did not respond to the agreement and ran towards the car again.

Sitting in the car, in the passenger seat, Kong's father looked at Kong, who was holding a cardboard box and keeping his head down in silence. He felt very sad and reached out to touch Kong's head.

"Kong, aren't you going to say goodbye to them?"

Kong shook his head, still keeping his head down, and remained silent.