Chapter 35 Basketball 34
In the mall, the sight of a tall and handsome blond boy and a black-haired beautiful girl walking together made almost everyone unable to control their gazes.
"Look at those two people, they are so handsome!"
"That guy looks like the popular model Kise Ryouta! So the magazine didn't retouch the pictures? He's even more handsome in person than in the magazine!"
"The black-haired girl next door... Help me, is there really such a beautiful girl like this?"
…
There were exclamations coming from all around, and Kise Ryota had long been accustomed to it, but he still felt that his steps were a little stiffer and more nervous than before.
I didn't expect that Oguri River would actually accept his invitation...
He suggested "go out and play together" on a whim, and after she really agreed, Kise Ryota realized that the only place that could be called a place to play seemed to be the shopping mall.
But when he was really alone with the two girls and walking close to them, Kise Ryota realized belatedly that - this... felt like a date!
The boy's fair-skinned earlobes turned red, and the sudden temperature made the silver earrings hot.
Although he looks like he has ten girlfriends at the same time, Kise Ryouta actually has little experience in getting along with the opposite sex and is not as comfortable as he looks.
For example, the last time when I was one-on-one with Haizaki, the girl who suddenly entered the basketball hall had nothing to do with him and hadn't even spoken to him twice, but she said she was his girlfriend without his permission. It was really a headache.
"Kise-kun, where should we go now?" Kurikawa Sana looked at him.
Kise Ryouta: “……!!”
"Anyway, how about we have dinner first and then go to the movies?!"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Kise Ryouta thought to himself - Oh no, this process is more like a date.
Kurikawa Sana nodded, "Okay, what shall we eat?"
"What do you want to eat, Ogurigawa?"
"I really want to eat them all. You choose, Kise-kun."
The girl looked troubled and seemed really conflicted, which made her look even cuter.
Kise Ryouta laughed out loud: "Okay, I'll choose."
*
By judging the number of seconds her gaze stayed, Kise Ryota finally chose the sushi restaurant she had looked at the longest.
Even when he actually sat in the restaurant and looked at the girl's snow-white profile, Kise Ryota was still a little dazed.
Ah, she's so cute even when eating.
No wonder Xiao Ziyuan didn’t even buy her sneakers. All his monthly pocket money was used to feed her.
It turns out that what Xiao Ziyuan said was true. Seeing her happy expression when she ate her favorite food really made me feel "full".
"You don't want to eat, Kise-kun?" Kurikawa Sana blinked. "Is it because you have to control your diet to maintain your figure as a model?"
Huang Lailiangta came back to his senses, "No, according to my basal metabolism and usual training volume, I can consume at least 4000 calories a day, so I don't need to diet at all."
"It's just that the way Oguri River eats is so cute, I can't help but stare at him."
Kurikawa Sana paused.
Ah, since you are praising her like this, then Huang Laijun, you should increase your favorability QAQ
Ever since she met Huang Lai today, she could feel that Huang Lai would stare at her in a daze from time to time.
But I don’t know why, his favorability just doesn’t increase, as if the panel is locked, woo woo.
Kurikawa Sana replied naturally, "Kise-kun's training load is indeed very heavy. After Murasakibara and Aomine stopped coming to train, the only ones left who stick to Coach Platinum's devilish training regimen every day are Kise-kun and Midorima-kun."
"Ah, actually, I don't want to go to training either. Anyway, Akashi said that as long as we can win all the games, we can have the right not to come to training. It would be so boring if only Xiaolu and I were there every day..."
Kise Ryouta leaned back slightly, his handsome face showing a bored expression, "All the opponents are so weak... It's so hard to find fun in the game."
? !
Kurikawa Sana opened her eyes wide in surprise.
What? It turns out that Kise’s thoughts are actually the same as Aomine’s?
Isn't this already half dark?!
Sure enough, her previous intuition was correct. The only people in the entire team who would never "turn evil" were Midorima and Kuroko.
The system's voice sounded: "Sana, their attitude towards basketball isn't your concern, nor is it something you can resolve. Even if you haven't truly rediscovered your love for basketball, Akashi and Aomine's favorability towards you has gradually improved, hasn't it?"
"I know you care deeply about the promise you made to Momoi Satsuki that we'd always be together, but things don't always go as planned. The conflicts between the Miracle Generation can only be resolved by themselves. We are just passing through and can't do anything."
"Besides, even if they really reconcile, you can't stay in this world forever, and you can't fulfill your promise to May. Worrying about things you can't do will only bring you trouble, Sana."
Kurikawa Sana lowered her eyes: [I understand.]
"So, if the game is boring, how will Kise-kun solve it?" she asked.
"Well... the solution we've come up with recently is to hold a 'competition' among ourselves. To put it simply, it's to see who scores the most points in a match!"
Kise Ryouta spoke in a completely different tone, "But we're getting a little tired of this game. We need to think of something new to do."
Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but be stunned.
No wonder that in every game of Teiko since then, the scores have reached an astonishing three-digit level, while the opponents have even scored only single-digit points, which has left everyone dumbfounded.
"Tired of playing" or "need to find new fun in the game"?
It sounds like a really despicable statement.
"Come to think of it, it's true that in the game a few days ago, Murasakibara-kun had a chance to score, but Kise-kun stole the ball and scored himself."
No wonder after that game, Kuroko Tetsuya, who had been in a slightly better state after his relationship with Aomine had eased, now had less glint in his eyes.
"You stole the ball from your teammate and scored it yourself. That's why the opposing team's players said you were using them as props in a scoring game..."
As soon as she finished speaking, Kurikawa Sana herself froze for a second.
There was a clear tone of condemnation in her words. Would Kise be angry?
The system had clearly just given her advice, telling her not to worry about their attitude towards basketball. It was obvious that all that mattered was their favorability, so why did she blurt it out anyway?
The painful feeling of having her favorability rating immediately lowered after she advised Aomine was still vivid in her mind. Kurikawa Sana's face changed, and she was waiting to hear the notification sound of Kise's favorability rating being lowered.
"Hahaha, so you saw it, Ogurigawa? There was nothing I could do. I was only 2 points away from being the top scorer in that game. That was the first time I scored more than Aomine-chan! So I had no choice but to steal the ball from Murasakibara-chan."
Huang Lailiangta propped up his chin and looked at her, smiling and said, "As for the players on the other side, I really don't know why they are angry. Is it because they feel insulted?"
"But even if I didn't grab that ball, Murasakibara would have scored anyway, right? They were going to lose that point anyway, so they should reflect on why they're not strong enough, right? If they were strong enough, they wouldn't be unable to do anything."
“………”
Kurikawa Sana was stunned.
Damn it, how could he justify such a despicable act so coherently? Kise is truly a white-knuckled villain!
"Kise-kun, I can't convince you, but that's wrong... Can you please not do that again?"
The girl looked really sad, her cheeks flushed with anxiety, and her deep blue eyes were sparkling with water.
“…”
Kise Ryota couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Ah... so beautiful, really beautiful.
In an instant, his ears felt hot again, and he touched his nose helplessly, "Okay, okay, I promise Ogurikawa that I won't do anything like that again."
It’s just a matter of not stealing the ball from his teammates anymore, he agreed.
Although I don't quite understand why she cares so much about this, there is no need to make her look so sad over such a small matter.
"That's good." Kurikawa Sana breathed a sigh of relief.
At least this way, Kuroko shouldn't be so sad.
The air suddenly fell silent, and Kise Ryouta turned his head to the side, but Kurikawa Sana did not hear the notification sound of her favorability being deducted.
Hmm...it doesn't look like he's angry...
But it seems that the roots of the ears are a little red?
…
After finishing her meal in a restless mood, Kurikawa Sana walked to the front desk, only to find that the bill had already been paid.
She has a big appetite, so this meal is not cheap. Kurikawa Sana looked at Kise Ryota in surprise.
The blond boy smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "I'll treat you this meal. I make quite a bit of money as a model part-time, so I'm often asked to treat by Xiao Qingfeng and Xiao Ziyuan. Hahaha."
This tone made the originally depressing atmosphere relaxed and cheerful again, and Kurikawa Sana also laughed softly.
It was as if I had returned to the time when after the basketball team finished training, we would go to the convenience store together to eat popsicles and have fun.
"Ogurigawa, the movie is still a long time away, shall we go for a walk first?"
"good."
When passing by the colorful claw machine, Kurikawa Sana stopped.
Just as Kise Ryouta was about to ask her which doll she liked, he heard the girl speak: "Kise-kun, do you like dolls?"
"Well enough?"
"Then I'll give it to Kise-kun."
Kise Ryota: “?”
Wait, the roles are reversed.
Kise Ryouta stood aside holding a box of game coins. Kurikawa Sana quickly inserted the coins and accurately caught the cutest, but most tricky-placed little yellow duck doll in the room, then stuffed it into Kise Ryouta's arms, "Here you go, Kise-kun."
The whole process takes less than ten seconds.
"Thank you, Ogurikawa?"
Kurikawa Sana turned her head with a determined look and used the remaining game coins to pick out all the other yellow dolls in the claw machine, without missing a single one.
Soon, Kise Ryouta was holding a bunch of yellow banana dolls, yellow golden retriever dolls, and yellow long-haired monster dolls, and was shocked by Kurikawa Sana's unwavering ability.
"That's amazing, Ogurigawa! He hit the target with every shot! But wait, why are they all yellow?"
"Because it's the same color as Kise-kun." Kurikawa Sana looked at the claw machine and suddenly exclaimed, "There's also a Midorima-kun inside."
Kise Ryota looked in the direction and burst out laughing.
The green-haired doll wearing black square-framed glasses in the claw machine really looks like someone who can never miss a three-pointer.
Kurikawa Sana asked, "Kise-kun, do you have any game coins left? The green one is so cute."
Huang Lailiangta smiled and held the last game coin in his palm, "There are no more."
Yes, I do, but I don’t really want the green one… Otherwise, it will become like scrambled eggs with cucumber, just like what Haizaki Shogo said.
"Speaking of which, the movie is about to start. I'll go check my dolls out first." The boy was holding a bunch of dolls of the same color as him, smiling brightly. "Thank you, Ogurikawa, for the gift!"
Kurikawa Sana couldn't help but smile. It was obviously the game coins he bought himself, and she was just responsible for picking them up.
*
After the entire movie, Kise Ryota still had no idea what the story was about.
My attention was taken away by the people next to me.
The girl sitting next to him fell asleep about ten minutes into the movie.
Maybe she was really too tired. After all, at this time yesterday, she was still in the midst of a thrilling kidnapping case.
The light from the huge movie screen flickered, falling on the girl's jade-white face. The light and shadow kept alternating, depicting that exquisite and beautiful face.
The person who was watching the movie with him fell asleep right at the start. Logically, he should have been angry.
But Kise Ryouta found that he didn't feel angry at all, and even breathed softly unconsciously, for fear of waking her up.
But this was actually an unnecessary worry, because this was a 5D Hollywood action blockbuster. No matter the deafening sound effects of the explosions, the moisture blowing in her face during wind, frost, snow and rain, or the seats shaking violently with the battle scenes in the movie, none of these could wake her up, and his breathing was even more insignificant.
The protagonist on the screen was hit hard by the enemy's mecha, and the theater seat shook violently to the left, and the black-haired girl fell in the same direction.
Kise Ryouta subconsciously hugged the girl and was stunned for a second.
A strange emotion surged in my chest, an extremely unfamiliar feeling, but inexplicably addictive.
After thinking it over, he gently picked up the girl and walked out of the cinema.
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