Kuroko: I had already won the championship before the miracle happened.

The third day of the Tokyo zone round-robin finals.

In the fateful duel between Seirin and his old rival Kirisaki Daiichi, to everyone's surprise, Kirisaki Daiichi gave in directly and showed a posture of complete surrender from the very first quarter.

None of Kirisaki's starting players, including Hanamiya Makoto, played for even a minute. Poor Kirisaki substitutes were left trembling under the fierce bombardment of the Vulcan.

A full 50 points.

This is the total score that Vulcan scored in the whole game.

Haizaki saw Kagami's sour face on the bench. It was obvious that the meeting with the miracles that day, especially that guy Akashi, was about to break Kagami's defense.

in this way.

The three seeded places in the Tokyo zone have been determined.

Number one seed Tong Huang.

Second seed Seirin.

Third seed Kirisaki.

On the day when Seirin was confirmed to have won the seeding spot, Teppei Kiyoshi, who missed the IH Tournament finals last year, felt particularly deeply moved the moment the seeding spot was settled, and even clenched his fist in excitement.

Muji Teppei: "..."

call……

this time……

I was not absent.

Everyone is great.

This year I must go further.

Muji turned to look at the members of Seirin, and was about to speak several times, but stopped several times. After a while, he scratched his head and said, facing the look of Hinata Junpei who couldn't stand it:

"Everyone!"

“The summer has just begun!”

"Let's work hard together!"

"Oh!!"

"oh!!!"

……

The summer belonging to Seirin has been impatient and started non-stop since the day the preliminaries ended. In the Seirin basketball team's gym, the rapid and heavy breathing sounds were endless, making passing students stop frequently.

"The countdown is over!"

"Now, let's start the next training!"

Not only the team's starters, but also players who had no chance to play at all, such as Fukuda Hiroshi, Kawahara Koichi, and Furuhata Mitsuki, also gritted their teeth and trained madly because of Seirin's ambitious championship plan.

And it is obvious that compared with Haizaki, the first-year starter, and even Kuroko who was able to survive Teiko's devilish training, the first-year students who joined the club at the same time are in a much worse situation.

But even so, after hearing Aida Reiko's words, they all raised their heads and answered with full energy:

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Not because of anything else...

Instead, he was completely infected by the God of Fire's fearless spirit.

Also a first-year student, Kagami, for some unknown reason, trained much harder than the others, and frantically added more training to Reiko Aida's training plan.

"I've told you several times! Dribbling is not allowed! If you dribble again, you'll get two free throws..."

"Pass and catch fast break!"

"Move faster!"

"Are you a snail? Even Heizi is faster than you!"

All the first-year students were almost vomiting from this intense training, but all they got in return was Aida Reiko's ruthless scolding:

"If you want to vomit, go to the sidelines and come back after you're done."

"If you dare to vomit on the field, clean it up before you run laps!"

Not far away, Haizaki Shogo's face darkened. Given his current physical abilities, it certainly wasn't because of the training, but rather from Aida Reiko...

He seemed to see another Platinum Supervisor.

And this familiar words...

The Platinum Director of Nijimura's version.

With a bitter face, Mitsuki Furuhata and two other first-year friends gritted their teeth and ran to the sidelines to relax. At this moment, a whispering sound came from outside the gymnasium.

"It seems our school's basketball team has an interview with a magazine this afternoon."

"Really?"

"Yes, it's true. The other party has already contacted the school."

"It's really amazing. Kenbu has reached this level in just two years. The match against Touou is unbelievable even now. Aomine Daiki is really strong, but we are not bad either."

"Eh?"

"There's an interview today, and the basketball team is still practicing so frantically?"

"Of course, and I'm not just pretending for interviews. I've been like this for several days, ever since the qualifiers ended. After all..."

"Their goal this year is to win the championship."

……

"Okay, that's all for today's training. We'll have an interview with a magazine reporter later."

"above."

After finishing today's training, everyone except Muji, Haizaki, and Kuroko were nervous and excited, and Aida Reiko revealed the news to everyone.

Obviously, in the second year of the team's formation, Seirin's best result was qualifying for the Tokyo zone of last year's Winter Tournament. There was absolutely no such opportunity for an interview.

And this year...

IH just qualified.

The magazine reporter couldn't wait to come to the door.

Hinata Junpei couldn't help but have a complicated expression and turned to look at Haizaki and Kuroko.

After a brief break, everyone went to the gymnasium's locker room to wash up. Compared to the wealthy Teikoh, whose locker rooms were all top-notch, Seirin's gym was naturally more than one level lower.

Fortunately, there are not many people in Seirin, so it is not crowded at all. As a first-year, Haizaki uses the side-by-side wardrobes with Kuroko, Kagami, and Mitsuki Furuhata.

At this moment, Mitsuki Furuhata's basketball bag fell out of the cabinet, and when it hit the floor, a weekly basketball magazine slipped out from it.

Haizaki: "..."

very annoying.

Although the cover features the miracles of the third grade of junior high school, the idiot standing in the front is Aomine Daiki, who defeated him in the preliminaries.

When the first-year students saw the weekly magazine, they immediately gathered around.

“Eh? What is this…?”

"Isn't this the Generation of Miracles graduation special?"

"It's amazing, Haizaki is on it too, the character on the cover is right in front of me, haha~"

"There's also Heizi, but only half of his face..."

"But it's actually pretty cool, the phantom sixth man!"

Behind him, Muji, Hinata and others also looked over when they heard what was said, and Mitsuki Furuhata was so embarrassed that he kept picking his feet when he saw that his collection of weekly magazines was exposed in front of Haizaki Shogo and Kuroko Tetsuya himself.

Fortunately, the two of them didn't care. Instead, Hinata Junpei nodded, thinking that he would be interviewed soon, and it would be nice to learn some advanced experience in this area from Teiko.

Then he began to look through it very carefully.

Hinata Junpei: "..."

It's truly the Generation of Miracles.

Surprisingly, each person had a separate page and a one-on-one interview.

Since he's the captain, I should start with Akashi.

Hinata then focused her attention on the cover photo of Akashi, which was just a few pages away. It not only showed Akashi smiling warmly, but also had a large headline:

Teiko's four consecutive championships and their high school stage!

Unwavering.

When Haizaki saw the title, he couldn't help but think of Teiko's final graduation ceremony.

……

At last year's Teiko graduation ceremony.

As the head of the student department and representative of the school's outstanding students, Akashi went on stage to give a graduation speech.

After the ceremony, as usual, Kise Ryota was surrounded by a group of fans who had already gained a lot of popularity when he was a model, and whose enthusiasm was even more inflated with the bonus of the Miracle Generation.

The girls, their hormones surging, all seized the opportunity to take photos with Kise.

Not far away, Huizaki looked unhappy.

"Tsk~"

"idiot!"

at the same time.

"Ah~"

"boring!"

Haizaki turned his head and looked at Aomine on the other side.

"Come to think of it... None of my seniors came to the graduation ceremony. I was thinking, since I'm graduating, a fight with them would be the perfect graduation gift..."

Upon hearing this, Hui Qi frowned slightly, "Idiot, what kind of graduation gift is that..."

"Gray~"

"Qingzai~"

"Akagi needs everyone to gather at the gymnasium later, don't forget. Oh, and there's also a graduation interview with a magazine~"

Haizaki: "..."

Qingfeng: “…”

Thank God you can remember!

Soon after the graduation ceremony, the Generation of Miracles gathered in the First Army Gymnasium, where they had fought for three years just like their predecessors.

"Everyone, from today on, we are each other's enemies. The next time we meet, it will be on the national stage of high school." Although Akashi was smiling, anyone could sense the ambition in his expression.

Haizaki Shogo: "You really are full of murderous intent, Akashi."

Aomine Daiki: "Well, I can't wait either~"

“…Oh, well, although that seems to be true, there’s no need to say it so murderously~” Kise looked at Akashi and said with a smile.

"This time we are not separated temporarily~" Murasakibara said lazily, but as a natural person, he knew very well what going to high school meant after graduation.

Akashi shook his head at Kise. "Although everyone had to form teams of two due to the pressure from the two seniors, Nijimura and Shigure, I think no one had ever thought of adding a third person..."

"Let me explain clearly to you all..."

As Akashi spoke, his eyes kept scanning the faces of everyone in the Generation of Miracles, and everyone was looking at Akashi with a serious expression.

"Although being collectively known as the Generation of Miracles is an honor worth resisting, everyone's thoughts are likely the same. Their only goal is..."

"Defeat the strongest, and then become the strongest."