Kuroko's Basketball: Before Generation Miracles, I Already Crowned

Chapter 239 - 239: Dare to disobey my orders, even your parents must die

While Shigure Akihito had ripped the rim off and shattered the hoop, standing amid the stunned, gaping faces in the stands and taking Nijimura Shuzo's interrogation on the Kaijō sideline, something similar was unfolding in another gym they all knew too well.Teikō.

The first-team gym.hat followed was more alarming.

"It's weird…"

"It's strange…"

"I can just run like this… and it's like power keeps spilling out of my body uncontrollably. If I'm not careful I might actually crush a teammate by accident, so…"

"Do I still keep going full out or what?"

"I think I should call that gloomy senior and ask him first…"

When Murasakibara joked about crushing someone, Kise shuddered, smiled sheepishly, and felt certain this was no joke at all.

At the same time Murasakibara glanced at his ridiculous-looking long legs. Against the fear of hurting others there was another, larger thrill: with a speed like this, maybe he could even pull off the ultra-wide defensive coverage of that smiling senior.

Hmm…

Wanna try~?

But Murasakibara scanned the opponents—their rookie first-team and Kise's rivals.

They looked a little weak, actually~

Call Aomine

Or Haizaki's grey-haired guy, try him instead~

From afar, Midorima — noticing Murasakibara's eyes barely rested on him — felt underestimated. He'd picked Murasakibara to be the teammate who could match the two seniors' power.

Silently, Midorima clenched his fists.

Then, frowning slightly, he glanced at the far hoop — the one at the opposite end of the court.

"Hey!"

"It's your inbound, green-haired shooter!"

Haizaki Shōgo, who led the opposing rookie squad and had been watching Midorima get absorbed by the spectacle, couldn't help but prod him. Haizaki had a feeling about Midorima's three-pointer and being stuck here was making him twitchy.

"Shut up," Midorima muttered.

"You grey-fur loser!"

Irritated, Midorima snapped out words unlike his former style, but Haizaki didn't find it strange; instead he got even more excited, his wild side showing.

"It's a wolf, huh!"

"Bastard!"

…

When practice ended that day, the miracle generation split into their respective squad matchups and scored wins and losses between them. Unlike the original timeline, the third years weren't averse to facing each other this year.

Even Kuroko Tetsuya took part.

"Good work today, dismissed!"

"Yes!!!"

Watching the players clear away the equipment, Sanada — assistant coach no longer, now Head Coach after Shiragane Kozo's retirement and taking on the senior role — thought about how the Miracle Generation continued to swell in strength now that they'd moved up to third year.

"…."

It had begun, just as Shigure had said.

Although things hadn't yet reached the dire worst-case Shigure had warned about, thinking for a moment about that scenario made Sanada's heart race.

He sighed.

Sitting in the head coach's chair, he realized with a jolt that, with his meager talents and almost non-existent charisma, it would be hard for him to guide the Miracle Generation the way Shigure and Nijimura did.

Right now, the foundation had been laid by the two stars' personal example. Losing to their players stung, but given it was Shigure and Nijimura, maybe it felt inevitable.

Sanada sighed again.

At that moment

"Coach…"

"The chairman wants to see you."

"The chairman?"

"I'll tell him you're coming."

Hearing the word "chairman," Akashi Seijūrō quietly fell in step with Sanada.

His smile remained gentle.

But at times, when no one watched, the color in his eyes would shift.

Sometimes orange.

Sometimes crimson.

"Probably about that thing again, huh?"

"Hmph!"

"I already warned that fat pig, didn't I? Dare to disobey my orders—parents included—should I just do it for you, kill him right away?!"

"Please don't say such scary things, be gentle, don't make me angry, Orange~"

"Damn it!"

"If you copy Mura one more time, I'll gut you!"

"Heh."

"You can't do it now anyway, can you? Get stronger first. Shigure-senpai's right—you've still got a long way to go."

END OF CHAPTER

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