Opening ceremony.
Participating teams from various regions paraded.
The two old rivals, Teiko and Homi Academy, were arranged next to each other.
They are hailed as the teams most likely to win the championship this year.
The Tokyo guys naturally rated the participating teams again this year.
Teiko, as always, is the only double-S rating in history.
Homi Academy, after gaining powerful players this year, with Yuuto and Homi Academy having helpers, has a "+" sign added behind the S-level rating.
Homi Academy is considered by Tokyo people to be the only team with a chance to sniper Teiko's three-peat.
These two teams standing side by side attracted the attention of fans in the whole arena.
Takeuchi Genta.
The head coach of Kaijō High School, a powerhouse in Kanagawa Prefecture, came to the scene with his player.
Not the team captain, but Kasamatsu Yukio.
This future soul, minister, and captain of Kaijō is still a second-year student at this moment.
He didn't want to watch middle school level games, let alone this is not even a game, just an opening ceremony.
This year's Kaijō is very strong.
Hailed as the strongest generation in history, very likely to impact the National Tournament championship they dreamed of.
"Coach, I should go back to training; our Prefectural Tournament is coming soon."
"Don't rush, Kasamatsu. Take a good look at those few players."
Takeuchi Genta naturally also knows what will happen when these few geniuses enter the high school basketball world.
The Generation of Miracles and the Lion of Okukozome, a total of six people.
When they finish this year's National Tournament and all pour into high school basketball.
The impact they cause will be like the US dropping a "Little Boy" over Hiroshima back then.
Kaijō cannot lose the qualification to compete for the championship in the next few years.
Must obtain one of the "Little Boys."
These few geniuses, their talents and strength are as amazing as atomic bombs.
And Kasamatsu Yukio.
He is the next captain of Kaijō in his heart. Takeuchi Genta hopes he can watch the games of those few geniuses with him.
"Alright."
Kasamatsu Yukio sat down.
Then.
The opening game began.
Today, Homi Academy and Teiko each have a game to play.
These two teams.
Since the beginning of this year's National Tournament, they have been constantly tracked and reported by the media.
People have always compared these two teams.
How Homi Academy easily won against the opponent today, how Teiko took down the game without shedding blood tomorrow.
From players to tactics, everything is compared in detail.
No way around it.
The National Tournament in these two years had its "Grand Finale" too early.
The appearance of Yuuto and Homi Academy last year was a pleasant surprise for them.
On the opening game day.
Homi Academy and Teiko lived up to expectations and defeated their opponents respectively.
The two teams entered the ranks of the Top 32 together.
But observant people noticed.
This year, both Teiko and Homi Academy were drawn into the upper half.
According to the schedule.
If they keep winning, they will meet in the Round of 16 (16 to 8).
"This schedule!"
"My god, if this goes on, Homi Academy and Teiko Middle School will meet in the Round of 16!"
"Ah? Last year they seemed to meet in the Round of 16 too."
"This... is this really a draw, not manipulated by the organizer?"
"It must be a draw. If it were the organizer, they would probably let them meet in the final!"
"That is to say, after the Round of 32 (32 to 16) is finished, the game between Teiko and Homi Academy will begin..."
Fans felt a strong sense of destiny in the dark.
This sense of destiny made them extremely excited.
In this country where the manga and anime industries are most developed, chunibyo is a specialty here.
They discussed excitedly.
And Yuuto.
After the game ended, he quietly completed another simulation.
After receiving the memories, he picked up a pen and recorded the key points.
Current Yuuto.
Has a wonderful feeling that he is completing a puzzle, just that the difficulty of completing this puzzle is quite high.
Requires him to pay a lot of time and experience many failures.
"The talent drawn this time still doesn't have much improvement."
Yuuto's head is almost emitting green light.
Since the red talent, it has been a losing streak.
Rapid Fire Jump Shot, Ninja Turtle, Fantastic Four Blind (Magical Four Blind - refering to ignoring teammates).
This last talent.
Just like the name of the talent, automatically ignores four teammates on the court, replaced by improving own scoring efficiency to a certain extent.
Is an active skill, can be turned on or off by himself.
"Let's go back, prepare well for the next game."
Homi Academy doesn't have enough funds to stay overnight in Kanagawa.
Because besides the food and drink for team members, they also have to rent a gym for practice.
This is something Homi Academy cannot afford.
Teiko is different. As the biggest basketball powerhouse in middle school, they can comfortably "settle down" briefly in Kanagawa, waiting at ease for the fatigued enemy.
Fortunately, Tochigi Prefecture is not far from Yokohama, Kanagawa.
Even if the city center is prone to traffic jams, it only takes about 3 hours by car.
The next day.
Homi Academy had no game; they seized the time to rest and reorganize in Okukozome.
The third day.
They embarked on the journey again.
At this time, Teiko had already defeated their opponent and entered the next round.
As long as this game can be taken down.
Then the "Second Impact" mentioned by the media will happen.
Homi Academy did not disappoint the fans.
They easily defeated the opponent and entered the ranks of the Top 16.
And their next opponent is Teiko.
The "Second Impact" people expected is coming.
Then.
When the whistle for the end of the game sounded.
The entire Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium boiled over.
They couldn't wait to see the Round of 16 game.
Lion of Okukozome VS Generation of Miracles.
Homi Academy VS Teiko Middle School!
This is definitely one of the most attention-grabbing games in nearly ten or even fifty years.
This time.
There was no joy of victory on the faces of Homi Academy's guys.
Everyone's expression was very serious.
They all knew what kind of opponent they were going to face next.
So far in the National Tournament.
Teiko shut out opponents 3 times; even if the opponent scored, it was kept within single digits.
Various tournament records were broken by them time and again.
Strongest team in history.
Lives up to the name.
It is worth mentioning.
Kuroko's good friend, Ogiwara Shigehiro, who made Kuroko fall in love with basketball.
Like in the original work, he was abused by Teiko until his mentality exploded...
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