Chapter 28 Basketball 27

When she returned to the doorstep of her home, Kurikawa Sana had just sent a message to Midorima Shintaro saying that she had returned home when she received another message from the heart.

It was a message from Akashi Seijuro.

[A: I heard you had a fever and took leave today. Please rest well. Also, the Teiko Festival is tomorrow, and the program will go on as usual. Please resume as soon as possible.]

Kurikawa Sana: "..."

Help! The second personality Akashi's condescending attitude can be revealed even through the phone message!

How could something like physical health be restored instantly with a simple command like "Please recover as soon as possible"? Luckily, she had a system that deducted 25 health points, and her fever subsided overnight, so it wouldn't affect Class A's performance at the Teiko Festival tomorrow.

She had always rehearsed with the first personality, Akashi, but unexpectedly, her partner was completely changed during the actual show. Now that this Akashi hated her so much, she didn't know how the show would turn out.

However, Akashi is such a competitive person that he will definitely do his best to achieve perfection in everything, whether it's academics, basketball, club activities or the Teiko Festival. So even if he doesn't like her, he will definitely put on the best show possible.

Kurikawa Sana replied somewhat helplessly: [I understand.]

Surprisingly, she had just sent the message one second ago, and the next second she saw the gray-white word "Read" appear to the left of the green bubble that said "I understand".

Huh? It showed as read in an instant. Could it be that Akashi was also looking at his phone?

But isn't class in session at this time?

Kurikawa Sana continued to reply to her phone messages. After learning that she was sick and asked for leave, Kuroko and Satsuki also sent messages to greet her. Kise did not send any messages as usual, and Murasakibara's message was -

[Delicious Stick: Lizi, are you sick?]

[Delicious: Green Boy has also taken a leave, which is rare.]

Kurikawa Sana: "…………"

Looking at the message sent by Murasakibara Atsushi on her phone, Kurikawa Sana shuddered unconsciously when she remembered what he had said to her before: "There are already a lot of people, you can't add any more."

...I have a feeling Murasakibara is hinting at something, and I'm scared.

But the most unexpected thing was the message from Aomine Daiki.

[The only one who can beat me is myself: May said you were sick with a fever, was that because you fell into the swimming pool?]

[The only one who can defeat me is myself: I’m sorry for what happened before.]

“………”

For a moment, Kurikawa Sana also felt a little complicated.

Putting aside Qingfeng's nickname [The only one who can beat me is myself] which is full of middle school student flavor, on the third day after they parted unpleasantly at the swimming pool, Qingfeng finally sent a message.

She had thought that with Qingfeng's cold personality after his dark transformation, he would never say "sorry" or something like that.

But Kurikawa Sana didn't dare to reply to Aomine's message, for fear that something she said in her reply would touch his sore spot and cause his favorability to be reduced, so she simply didn't reply :D

Kurikawa Sana closed her cell phone, opened the door and went back to rest, without noticing the gloomy and quiet gaze of the black-haired boy from the neighboring house.

…

On the other side, in the school.

Aomine Daiki looked at the chat message box on the phone screen and remained silent.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Momoi Satsuki passed by and took a look, and immediately saw that the avatar on the other side of the chat box was Sana.

The dialog box finally stopped at Qingfeng's two green chat bubbles. The gray-white font showed that Sana had "read" the message, but she did not reply to him.

Tao Jing Mayu: "Wow, Ada, your message has been read and you can't reply."

With a "pop", a blue vein appeared on Qingfeng Daihui's dark forehead.

The pink-haired girl Dumbledore shook her head and continued, "Ada really is hated."

Aomine Daiki: "...You're so long-winded!"

"It's normal for me not to reply to your message. Sana has a fever of 40 degrees Celsius, so she took the day off from school today." Momoi Mayu sighed, "A full 40 degrees Celsius, so uncomfortable. If it were me, I wouldn't want to type a reply either."

Aomine Daiki frowned: "Then how do you know her fever is 40 degrees?"

Momoi Satsuki took out her phone and looked at it: "Oh, of course Sana typed it in a message and told me."

Aomine Daiki: “…”

This guy May! Is he doing this on purpose to piss him off?!

"But Sana said her fever is gone now, and she'll be back to school tomorrow." Momoi Satsuki rested her chin on her hand and said, "Tomorrow is the Teiko Festival. I really want to see Sana dance... She must be very beautiful."

The way that guy dances...

Aomine Daiki frowned tightly and looked out the window.

After the rainstorm, the sky was a clear blue, beautiful and beautiful.

Inexplicably, it resembles someone's azure blue eyes.

…

*

The next day, Emperor Guang Festival.

As Teiko Junior High School's open day event, the Teiko Festival is held annually with grandeur and splendour. Cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and under the swaying shadows of the trees are booths meticulously set up by students.

Entering the teaching building, you will see different themed businesses set up for each class, including a cute pet milk tea shop, a haunted house, a tea art gallery, an art exhibition - all kinds of class shops are available. Students from other schools flock to the building, making it extremely popular.

But the most attractive thing this year is the Teiko Festival performance in the school auditorium.

Before the performance even started, the Teiko Auditorium, which could accommodate thousands of people, was already packed and bustling with activity.

"The seats are already full before the show even starts. Have these people never seen the show?" Murasakibara Atsushi grabbed his hair in annoyance.

Akashi Seijuro reserved front-row seats for the members of the basketball team, otherwise there would be no seats left when they arrived.

Kise Ryota raised an eyebrow and said, "A lot of people came from other schools to see Oguri River! Otherwise, the Teiko Festival performances in previous years wouldn't be so lively."

"Is this true? Huang Zai, how did you know?"

"When we went out to socialize, they told us that Ogurigawa is very popular outside of Teiko. After they knew she was going to perform the ballet today, even more people came to see the show. They all came just for her."

Aomine Daiki curled his lips, "You're still out socializing? It would be better to use this time to improve your basketball skills. You're the weakest among us."

"That's too much, Aomine-chan! Socializing is a normal activity, and I just started playing basketball later than you guys!"

Midorima Shintaro glanced around the auditorium and frowned, saying, "This is indeed outrageous. There are far too many people from outside the school attending the Teiko Festival this year. This number is enough to pose a safety hazard."

"Hey, is this the first thing Midorima thought of? You're indeed a dedicated student council vice president."

Kise Ryota laughed and said, "It can't be helped. Oguri River's influence is too widespread. She's famous for her stunning beauty and her popularity is almost surpassing that of other models in the industry."

Midorima Shintaro sneered, "Superficial."

Murasakibara Atsushi immediately glanced at him but said nothing.

Momoi Satsuki, who had been quietly observing everyone among them, couldn't help but shudder.

On the surface, it seems that everyone is communicating normally... but in fact, something is very wrong, and the atmosphere of the team can no longer be the same as before.

Her eyes quietly turned to Kuroko Tetsuya who was standing beside her. He was also silent and had not said a word. His fair and handsome face was indifferent and no emotion could be seen.

Taojing Wuyue suddenly felt melancholy.

Everything had changed since that day when Kozuki and Akashi-kun had their 1v1 duel. Akashi-kun had become a completely different person, from being gentle and kind to being cold and authoritarian, making people completely afraid to approach him.

Akashi agreed to Murasakibara's willful request of not wanting to come to training, but Murasakibara became even angrier. Considering that he had grown to a height of nearly two meters, he looked even more terrifying when he was angry.

There seemed to be some conflicts between Kuroko and Aomine. Momoi Satsuki hadn't seen Kuroko Tetsuya smile for a long time, nor had she seen him say even a word to Aomine.

The atmosphere in the team can be described as overcast all day long, and even breathing normally seems so depressing and difficult for the people involved.

Sometimes Momoi Satsuki couldn’t help but wonder whether the fantastic and wonderful Hakone hot spring trip not long ago was just a dream?

Why did such a big change happen after that? Why did everything that was originally warm take a sudden turn for the worse?

Even though we used to go home together after the most mundane club activities, we would go home together and buy ice cream...

But now the team is divided, Murasakibara and Aomine no longer attend training, and the rare opportunity to bring everyone together like today is actually the performance by Sana and Akashi.

The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. Taoi Satsuki sighed and looked towards the stage with grievance.

I miss Sana so much. I really want to watch Sana’s show right away.

…

*

Backstage at Teiko Hall, inside the dressing room.

Akashi Seijuro's voice inquiring came from outside the door, "The first-year program has been completed. Are you ready, Sana?"

Whenever this happens, Kurikawa Sana feels very conflicted. Even though Akashi's favorability towards her has dropped so much, the way he addresses her has changed from the unfamiliar "Kurikawa" to the intimate "Sana".

However, when I think about the fact that he changed the way he addressed other people from their surnames to "Daiki", "Atsushi", "Shintaro" and "Tetsuya", it doesn't seem so strange. Maybe this is also part of his play.

So she lifted her skirt and walked out, "I'm ready."

The moment the door opened, Akashi Seijuro's eyes flashed with strange colors.

Sana Kurikawa was wearing a pure white ballet costume, with snow-white skin and a slender figure.

The girl's waist-length black hair was tied up in a bun. Her face, which was already incredibly beautiful without makeup, looked even more impactful with the exquisite and perfect makeup.

When she turned her gaze, the world seemed to stand still, leaving only those beautiful, gem-like blue eyes, flowing with tiny starlight.

“…”

[Akagi Seijuro, Favorability +3]

Is it true that the first personality of "him" was confused in this way after spending so much time together?

The red-haired boy in a white suit looked away, his gaze gradually turning cold.

The boy said calmly, "Let's go, it's our turn."

[Akagi Seijuro, Favorability -3]

【+2……】

【-2……】

[+1…-1…]

The favorability prompt sound jumps back and forth, rising and falling without any regular pattern.

Kurikawa Sana: "...???"

No, you?

It would be better not to add it from the beginning!!

Stop now!!!