Juri Ueno from Kuroko's Basketball

"The first half is over."

"Halftime."

The score between Tokyo University and Seirin reached 70-54.

They've already pulled ahead by a full sixteen points.

After greeting Coach Shinkawa, Ueno walked outside.

There is a fifteen-minute break at halftime, which is plenty of time.

He wanted to buy a drink.

Relieve some physical fatigue.

In the first half, he didn't really activate his ZONE, and basically relied on his beastly instincts and Shiro Rin to fight.

Although it wasn't as physically demanding as ZONE, it still left him feeling a bit tired.

I walked over to the beverage vending machine.

Ueno slowly stopped walking and came to a halt.

Because there was a person standing in front of the beverage vending machine.

The other person looked at him in shock.

"Kise!"

"Little Ueno!"

Looking at Ueno, Kise suddenly spoke up with a laugh, "Can we chat, Ueno-kun?"

Outside the stadium.

Under a cherry tree.

Sitting on a long bench.

Ueno glanced at the time, then looked at Kise, who was smiling broadly as he gazed into the distance, and chuckled, "Kise, is something the matter?"

He was somewhat curious as to why Kise had actually approached him.

"Nothing, I'm just curious about something."

As he spoke, Kise's expression suddenly turned serious, and he turned to look at Ueno with a serious expression.

"Why did Haizaki end up at your University of Tokyo?"

He was very curious and puzzled about Haizaki going to the University of Tokyo.

Upon hearing this, Ueno pondered for a moment, recalling the duel last night and the scene of the coach and Haizaki arriving together this morning. He smiled wryly and said, "You should ask our coach about this."

He tried to recruit Haizaki into the University of Tokyo, but he was clearly rejected last night.

This morning's situation clearly shows that their coach pulled the other team into the University of Tokyo.

As for how he did it, he really didn't know.

"........."

Kise looked at Ueno speechlessly.

"Don't you know either?"

"I am not sure as well."

Ueno had no idea how his coach had managed to deal with Haizaki.

Seeing that Ueno was genuinely unaware, Kise lowered his head slightly, gazing at the cherry blossoms scattered on the ground, and spoke up to remind him.

"Never mind, but you'd better watch out for that guy."

After saying that, Kise stood up, stretched lazily, turned around and smiled at Ueno, "By the way, Ueno-kun, good luck in the match later!"

After saying that, he put his hands in his pockets and slowly left.

Watching Kise's retreating figure, Ueno took a sip of his drink and began to ponder.

He understood Kise's warning.

After all, Haizaki's reputation isn't very good.

Chapter 50 I will not let you down again.

Looking at Kagami, who had been silent with his head down since being substituted, Kuroko glanced at the untouched water beside him, picked it up, and handed it to Kagami.

"Won't you have a sip?"

Without uttering a sound or looking up at Kuroko, Kagami remained silent with his head down, a white towel draped over his head, obscuring his face.

Kagami seemed not to hear Kuroko's words, sitting there quietly like a puppet.

Seeing Kagami's expression, Kuroko's eyes flickered slightly, but he finally spoke calmly, "Do you want to defeat Ueno alone? Or are you going to defeat Tokyo University alone?"

Upon hearing this, Vulcan stirred slightly, and beneath the white towel, a pair of weary and bloodshot eyes slowly turned toward Kuroko.

Looking at Kagami's expression, Kuroko slowly placed his hand in front of him.

"Together, we will defeat Ueno and Tokyo University."

As soon as Kuroko finished speaking, the Hyuga members gathered around.

He raised his hand to push up his glasses, and subconsciously recalled what Ueno had just said to him, a cold smile involuntarily curling at the corner of his mouth.

Hinata looked at Kagami and spoke.

“That Ueno guy isn’t just your enemy.”

Jun sat down next to Vulcan, hooked his arm around his neck, and said with a smile, "Besides, you're not alone, we're a team!"

"That's right, Kagami-san, let's defeat that great demon king together! Let's defeat Tokyo University!"

"That's right, let's defeat Tokyo University together."

Looking at Kuroko's serious gaze and at the people around him, Kagami was slightly taken aback, then slowly lowered his head and said with some self-reproach.

"I'm so sorry everyone! Just now..."

Halfway through his sentence, Hyuga suddenly interrupted Kagami.

"Yes, I really do feel bad!"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Hyuga with slight surprise. What did Hyuga mean by that?

Koganei was even more confused.

Looking at Kagami, Hyuga slowly walked up to him, his gaze extremely serious, and said with some apology, "I am truly sorry for not being able to help our ace."

As soon as Hinata finished speaking, Kagami instinctively gripped the towel covering his head tightly with his right hand. His nose stung, his eyes reddened, his body trembled slightly, and he lowered his head without saying a word.

Thinking back to the promises made to Kuroko and to everyone else.

Vulcan suddenly gave a self-deprecating laugh, then abruptly stood up, clenched his right fist, and lightly touched it with Kuroko's outstretched fist. Looking at everyone, his gaze was unwavering at that moment.

"I will not let everyone down again!"

………………

in the audience.

Sitting quietly in the corner, Qingfeng's cold and stern face was completely calm. Looking at the group from Chenglin, his brows furrowed slightly.

At this moment, Cheng Lin gave him a feeling of overwhelming momentum and invincibility.

Even though the other side is clearly the one who is behind, why does Shiro Rin give him this feeling?

His gaze slowly fell on Kuroko, and Aomine's expression changed slightly. It seemed that he had felt this way before.

Kuroko was his teammate before.

The group from the University of Tokyo.

Looking at Shiro Rin, whose demeanor had suddenly changed drastically.

Sitting on the bench, Coach Xinhe's brows furrowed silently.

Although he didn't know what had happened to Shiro Rin, the other party's current aura gave him a strange sense of crisis.

Even though they were in the lead, why did he have the illusion that the other side was in the lead?

He pondered, wondering what was going on.

Coach Xinhe's expression suddenly turned serious as his gaze shifted.

momentum!

At this moment, Cheng Lin was like a fierce tiger in Coach Xinhe's eyes.

Its momentum was incredibly fierce!

It was as if a pair of cold, piercing eyes were staring intently at Dongda University.

I checked the time; there were still a few minutes left.

Without any hesitation, Coach Xinhe walked straight towards Ueno and his team, intending to gather them together.