Kuroko's Basketball template: the king of slacking off, Shohoku's strongest sixth man.

Sakuragi suddenly turned his head.

He met Haruko's bright, sparkling eyes.

"The way you grabbed the rebound today was absolutely amazing!"

Haruko sincerely praised it.

Sakuragi's face flushed bright red, and he felt as if he were floating on clouds.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Miss Haruko, it's because I'm a genius!"

Fujii, who was standing nearby, also wanted to talk to Sakuragi.

But seeing Sakuragi's eyes filled with Haruko, he lowered his head somewhat dejectedly.

Lin Bei walked at the back, shaking his head as he watched this scene.

"Alright."

"Don't embarrass yourself in the middle of the street."

Lin Bei withdrew his hand and snapped his fingers crisply.

The snap of fingers fell.

An extremely extravagant all-black luxury double-decker bus slowly pulled up to the side of the road.

The car body gleamed with an expensive metallic sheen.

The car door slid open automatically.

The driver, dressed in a bespoke suit and white gloves, quickly got out of the car and bowed ninety degrees to Lin Bei.

"Young Master."

"Your personal vehicle is ready."

"The presidential suite and rooftop private spa at the downtown hotel have also been reserved for you and your friends."

The entire room fell silent.

The broken trumpet in Takamiya Nozomi's mouth fell to the ground with a "thud".

The four penniless members of Sakuragi's gang nearly popped their eyes out.

"This...this car looks like a spaceship..."

"They've come to pick us up?!"

Oonan Yuji's worldview was severely impacted.

Lin Bei chuckled and stepped into the car first.

"What are you standing there for?"

"Hurry up and get on, I need to catch up on some sleep."

Sakuragi was the first to react, yelling as he rushed forward.

Holy crap!

"Genuine leather seats! And the air conditioning is absolutely amazing!"

"Long live Boss Lin Bei!"

The Sakuragi gang, who shamelessly hitched rides, exclaimed in surprise, as if they had never seen anything like it before.

Even Coach Anzai couldn't help but let out a long, comfortable sigh while sitting in the high-end massage chair.

The luxury bus smoothly drove into the night sky of Hiroshima.

The small bar inside the carriage was filled with chilled drinks.

After a high-pressure battle, everyone finally relaxed completely.

Lin Bei leaned back on the leather sofa in the last row and closed his eyes to rest.

"By the way, Lin Bei."

Miyagi took a swig of iced cola and let out a satisfying burp.

"Now that you're on vacation, besides going to hot springs, do you have any other exciting plans?"

Lin Bei slightly opened his eyes.

"Tomorrow will be a good day."

He sat up straight, a smile playing on his lips.

"There's a very interesting match on the schedule tomorrow."

"We need to go and see for ourselves."

"Whose match is it?"

Rukawa Kaede opened his eyes, his gaze burning with fighting spirit.

"Hainan University Affiliated School"

Lin Bei's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the car could hear it clearly.

His tone was undisguisedly sarcastic.

"Go check out that 'middle-aged uncle' who likes to carry a thermos and soak goji berries in it."

"Has their strength declined in this national competition?"

Sakuragi, who was enthusiastically showing off his iced drink, suddenly perked up.

"Is that middle-aged man, Amu?!"

Sakuragi excitedly waved his fist.

"Excellent!"

"This genius will personally go tomorrow and expose that middle-aged man's true colors!"

……

The lobby of a luxury hotel in the heart of Hiroshima.

The dazzling crystal chandelier poured its light onto the marble floor like flowing water.

"Hahaha! Tremble, mortals!"

A wild, arrogant laugh abruptly shattered the elegant and tranquil atmosphere of the lobby.

Sakuragi Hanamichi unceremoniously occupied the very center, his legs spread wide.

He struck an extremely exaggerated bodybuilder pose.

His shoes were extremely eye-catching.

It was the limited edition that Lin Bei had casually given him before.

"Did you see that clearly?!"

"These are the boots that bear the glory of victory for this genius!"

Sakuragi was so excited that his face was flushed, like a wind-up red monkey.

He changed to a pose with his wings spread wide, and frantically showed it off to the passing waiters.

"As long as I wear these shoes given to me by my master, no matter who they are, this genius will trample them all under his feet!"

"You big idiot, stop embarrassing yourself."

Rukawa Kaede, with his bag slung over one shoulder, gave him a cold, sidelong glance and spat out his sharp tongue without any mercy.

"Is your brain just a collection of muscles and paramecia?"

"You damned fox! You want to fight me to the death here?!"

Sakuragi instantly bristled and clenched his fists tightly.

After the battle with Sannoh, their relationship was no longer as incompatible as fire and water.

But this kind of daily bickering has become a staple of Shohoku's repertoire.

"Alright, save your energy."

Lin Bei yawned and casually tossed the room key to everyone.

"Young Master is sleepy. Anyone who makes a sound will have to pay for tomorrow's deluxe buffet themselves."

Upon hearing this, Sakuragi immediately lost his temper and fawned over Lin Bei to press the elevator button for him.

The Shohoku team, Sakuragi's gang, and Haruko were in this luxurious hotel filled with the smell of money.

I thoroughly enjoyed a night on a top-quality mattress and in a hot spring, which completely washed away the fatigue from the past few days of intense battles.

……

The next morning, at the Hiroshima Gymnasium.

When the entire Shohoku team stepped into the arena, feeling refreshed, they were met with a suffocating heatwave and a deafening roar.

The stadium was almost full.

The hype surrounding the upcoming appearance of Hainan University Affiliated High School has completely escalated the audience's expectations.

"Hey, isn't this Shohoku, the team that got lucky and beat Aiwa yesterday?"

An extremely irritating voice cut in from the side.

Everyone turned their heads and saw Kiyota Nobunaga wearing Hainan's iconic team uniform.

He walked over with his hands in his pockets and an arrogant, haughty air about him.

His gaze locked onto Sakuragi, who was walking ahead.

"Red-haired monkey, don't think you can fly just because you've won love and peace."

"Today, I'll show you Hainan's true strength!"

Kiyota Nobunaga extended a finger and pointed it arrogantly at Sakuragi's nose.

Sakuragi's smile vanished instantly, and veins bulged on his forehead.

He took a sudden step forward, and a huge shadow fell directly over Kiyota:

"What did you say?!"

"You wild monkey who only knows how to scream when you go for a layup."

"Have you forgotten who was completely overwhelmed by this genius before?!"

"You're talking nonsense! That was my mistake!"

Kiyota jumped up instantly, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

The two were forehead to forehead, and it looked like they were about to have a "primate brawl" in the venue's passageway.

Just as the gunpowder was about to explode.

"Save your energy for yelling on the field, or you'll end up crying from being beaten."

A lazy voice floated down lightly.

Lin Bei had his hands in his pockets.

He didn't even get a proper look at Tian.

Kiyota Nobunaga froze.

Lin Bei's aura of superiority overwhelmed her so much that she forgot to retort.

Shinichi Maki walked in behind Kiyota.

Hearing Lin Bei's sharp words, he paused slightly in his steps.

A helpless, bitter smile involuntarily appeared on his mature face.

He knew all too well how sharp-tongued Lin Bei was.

If it really came down to arguing, ten Kiyotas combined wouldn't be enough to fill Lin Bei's teeth.