I refuse to be a plagiarist

An indescribable aura gradually emanated from him.

Seeing the boy's reassuring posture, the senior minister beside him was stunned for a moment, then closed his eyes and showed a complicated bitter smile on his face:

“Haha… here we go again, you’re still as humble as ever.

But, it's really ugly...

I didn't expect that in the end, it would still be you, Hasegawa, who would help us seniors restore the glory of the basketball team."

Compared to the members of the basketball club, letting an "outsider" like Hasegawa come to the rescue is itself a decision that is likely to cause controversy.

So at the beginning, including the president, all the members of the basketball club were ready to win the game with their own strength. If they really couldn't do it, they would ask the junior who created countless campus legends for help.

This was probably his last effort to preserve his dignity as a senior.

But unfortunately, the team that came to challenge this time was not an opponent that could be easily defeated. After a fierce battle, the players of Sobu High School had fallen into an irreversible disadvantage.

But now it’s different...

She looked eagerly at the boy's back as he walked towards the court.

He had heard before that this junior seemed to have an innate talent in sports, so much so that after he was exposed, there was a "grand occasion" that the ministers of various major clubs competed to snatch him away.

[I'll leave everything to you...Hasegawa Hide! ]

His eyes sparkled with excitement and anticipation.

Although he didn't know whether the other party's attainments in basketball were as sophisticated as those in other sports, at this point, he had no choice but to trust this junior.

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Hasegawa Hide naturally had no idea about the expectations that the basketball club president had for him at this moment.

Standing in the middle of the court holding a basketball.

Looking at the five guys in front of him who were staring at him as if they wanted to eat him, a look of confusion appeared on the boy's face.

[If I'm not mistaken, I don't think... I've ever dealt with you guys before? ]

Muttering quietly in my heart.

Hasegawa Hide had no idea that just like the senior basketball club president saw him as a secret weapon to turn the tide, they, as the challengers, also saw "

The legend of Sobu High School" is quite fearful.

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

"Whenever Sobu High School falls behind, a magical freshman will step up and turn the tide."... With the publicity from several foreign school teams that reversed defeats due to Hasegawa Hide, this elusive freshman has become a formidable rival that cannot be ignored in the competitive clubs of various schools.

Before the game started, they were repeatedly reminded of this by their minister. As a result, as soon as Hasegawa was substituted on, he received the "super luxurious" treatment of being blocked by two people and guarded by three people.

[Let me ask you, can you afford to play? ]

There were dark lines on his forehead.

Even though he had extremely strong physical fitness, the existence of the rules of the game meant that Hasegawa was blocked and could not think of any good solution in a short period of time.

You can't just use the Bull Charge on these two guys blocking your way, right?

He glanced secretly at the screen above which showed the scores and countdown of both teams.

Time is running out for Sobu High School. For the sake of the honor and pride they carry, they must turn the score around before the end of the game!

The main C of the foreign aid was restricted, and the other members of the team were unable to organize an effective offensive due to excessive physical exhaustion...

Faced with the hopeless situation of their own school team, many Sobu High School students in the audience showed expressions of pain and unwillingness, and some even stood up from their seats, preparing to leave the venue before the defeat came.

At this age when we are young and frivolous and value face more than anything else, who would be willing to watch the team representing their school be defeated?

Perhaps influenced by the emotions of her classmates, as time went by, Yukinoshita Haruno, who originally looked indifferent, gradually underwent some subtle changes in her mentality.

The willow-like brows were slightly frowned.

But unlike other classmates around her, the reason why she had such an expression was not because the Sobu High School team was about to lose, but because she saw a guy on the field looking frustrated because he was targeted.

【Why.......】

[This is what I have always hoped for, but seeing Hasegawa's current state, why do I feel like I can't breathe? ]

Chapter 18: Explosiveness is also a standard feature of passionate young people

When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you.

This sentence may not be appropriate to use in this place, but when being stared at by Yukinoshita Haruno, Hasegawa Hide on the court did suddenly feel a creepy shudder.

The dribbling action paused slightly.

Following the direction of his sixth sense, he saw the gloomy expression on the girl's face outside the field, which was difficult to guess.

"That Yukinoshita guy..."

[Now that you see me being embarrassed, you must be feeling really happy, right?! ]

His face instantly became ugly.

We can't blame Hasegawa Hide for judging others with a petty mind. After all, based on the relationship between him and Yukinoshita Haruno on a daily basis, this inference is the most logical result.

Muttering quietly.

Without the help of mind reading, facing the "taunting" shown by the girl, he was already depressed because of being targeted, and his emotions gradually began to spread and grow in the direction of anger.

"Hey!

That first-grade kid, I advise you to just give up."

A provocative voice came into my ears.

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw that the person who had just spoken to him was one of the two players who was specifically responsible for hindering his actions on the court.

“Although I don’t know why your minister would place his hopes on a young brat like you, basketball is a team sport, and you can’t easily turn the situation around by yourself.

In other words, you are finished, just accept your fate of defeat!"

"Oh, by the way, I just heard that boy mumbling a girl's name, it seemed to be... Yukinoshita or something like that.

Could it be that he is gritting his teeth and holding on here because his girlfriend is watching from the sidelines?

Oh my, it turns out you are still a passionate young man full of self-esteem, hahahaha......."

The sarcastic taunts were followed by a burst of extremely noisy and strange laughter.

However, these two "seniors" from other schools did not realize that the ridicule they had just subconsciously launched when they were about to win was like a spark that instantly ignited the fuse in the heart of the young man in front of them.

The dormant volcano awakened.

In just a few breaths, in the eyes of the two players, Hasegawa Hide exuded a strong aura that he had never had before.

——That is an obsession with winning or losing!

Not only because of the provocation and ridicule from the opponents in front of him, but also for the woman in the audience who was waiting for him to embarrass himself to have a good look!

“Is it impossible to win?

I do not understand. "

Retreat, move right, turn back, sprint...

With a textbook-like fake move, he simultaneously got around the blockade of two people.

In front of everyone's wide-eyed eyes, after completing this smooth set of movements, the young man did not pause at all, as if he had broken through the constraints of Newton's laws, and jumped towards the basket while dribbling and sprinting.

"Yukinoshita, watch out for me, you————!!!"

The tearing roar symbolized his determination.

Under the gaze of the entire audience, accompanied by a "clang" sound, the score difference between the two teams was reversed with the power of this fatal slam dunk before the last second.

"Reversal! A Jedi reversal!"

"In the last second of the game, Hasegawa stood up as always and put a perfect end to the victory!"

"The winner of this game is our Sobu High School team————!!!"

As the referee roared at the top of his lungs, the stadium was instantly flooded with a sea of ​​cheers.

However, just as the players were preparing to lift up Hasegawa Hide, who was the key to victory, the young man who was the protagonist of this game took the lead and walked leisurely to a girl off the court with a smile as if he was showing off.

——Yukinoshita Haruno

"Hasegawa, you......"

The fingers were intertwined nervously.

Looking at the other person's cynical and slightly provocative eyes, the girl's perfect superhuman face couldn't help but blush slightly.

My heart was instantly filled with panic.

She heard clearly the roar of the boy in front of her when he just dunked...

[This guy...what on earth is he doing running over here in front of so many people?!]

【If he.....】

Some common scenes in romantic idol dramas emerged in my mind. Although I often complain about them in normal times, at this moment, Yukinoshita Haruno actually had a subtle sense of anticipation.

"Humph~"

Seeing Yukinoshita Haruno's extremely flustered appearance, Hasegawa Hide's mouth curled up a little wider, and he even uttered an arrogant snort as if President Kaiba was possessed.

[Under the snow, under the snow....]

[It turns out that even someone as cunning and powerful as you can get flustered by something unexpected like this! ]

It seemed as if the pace with a mysterious charm came to an abrupt halt in front of the girl.

Looking at Yukinoshita Haruno's very "weird" appearance, Hasegawa Hide was a little surprised, but he was only stunned for a moment, and then he smiled and gave the other party a thumbs up with his right hand as planned.

And then... fell down hard.

"........."

".........."xN

The cheers from the audience stopped abruptly, and the air became quiet in an instant as Hasegawa moved.

Looking at his chin raised, with an inexplicable but smug look on his face, Yukinoshita Haruno widened her eyes slightly, and the shyness that originally belonged to a girl disappeared in an instant.

“Ah, ah…”

The mouth is shaped into a cute O.

At this moment, Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly realized that even though she was called the "perfect superman", she was just an ordinary, even a little silly and cute girl in front of this guy with a strange way of thinking.

From shyness to doubting life, the girl's inner thoughts undergo a complex change in just a moment.

The "culprit" who caused all this - Hasegawa Hide, now had his nose in the air, like a general who had just won a battle, exuding an inexplicable sense of pride from his whole body.

[Humph, I won. ]

He didn't pay attention to the reactions of other students.

After completing the "victory declaration" here at Yukinoshita, Hasegawa Hide, who was well versed in "pretend and run", turned decisively and left, leaving the stunned girl and everyone with an extremely cool back.

I stared blankly at the boy's figure that disappeared quickly around the corner of the exit as if he was running away.

On the court, the two seniors from other schools who were originally responsible for defending Hasegawa looked at each other, then shrugged their shoulders tacitly, with a helpless expression on their faces.

——Is this the guy that I and others just lost to?

He glanced at the girl who was still standing there in a daze in the distance with a look full of pity.

At this moment, they suddenly felt that the pain of losing the game was much less...

Chapter 19: Hasegawa Hideo realizes his mistake

Using the basketball game between the two schools as a stage, Hasegawa Hide, who had gradually returned to a peaceful life, once again made a splash in front of everyone with his strong strength and thick face.

Whether it was the slam dunk that attracted countless passionate young people to imitate, or the thumbs-down to the beautiful girl that caused countless onlookers to talk about it, they have become topics of conversation for countless people during extracurricular time.

"Hello, Hasegawa-san. I'm Yoshida from the News Club. What do you think of yesterday's game?"

At lunch time, amid the eager attention of his classmates, Hasegawa Hide, the "star", was still a step slow and failed to avoid some nosy alumni.

For example, this Yoshida-senpai in front of me wearing black-framed glasses.