“Did you hear? Xuan Yu Fei Shuang, a first-year, became the basketball club’s captain!”
“Really? That's amazing! The basketball club is the coolest department, with lots of power!”
“A first-year?! Usually, the captain is a third-year, right?”
“Talent! He must be a genius, promoted ahead of schedule!”
“Not at all! I heard there’s some shady deal going on!”
“A deal?! Tell me more!”
“Damn! I won’t tell! I won’t say! Whoever wants to know can figure it out themselves!”
“Strength! It’s all about strength! You know, the strongest players in the basketball club now are all first-years!”
News of Xuan Yu Fei Shuang becoming the basketball club captain spread throughout the school.
Everyone was surprised.
They were already shocked that he directly entered the first team, then became a starter.
Now, he’s also the basketball club captain!
Even a hero in a *shuangwen* wouldn’t dare write this!
Basketball club, captain’s office.
As a club executive, Xuan Yu Fei Shuang had his own office.
It was a small office with two desks facing each other, with a chair on each side.
Behind the chairs were two large file cabinets.
Near the door was a large sofa and a coffee table.
Everything else was just miscellaneous stuff.
Xuan Yu Fei Shuang sat in one of the chairs, while Akashi Seijuro sat opposite him.
As the vice-captain, he also worked in this office.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
A knock on the door sounded.
“Come in!”
The door opened, revealing a basketball club manager.
“Captain! This is this month’s supplies list, needs your signature!”
“Okay!”
Xuan Yu Fei Shuang took it, but without even looking, he threw it to Akashi Seijuro.
“Vice-captain! Take a look!”
Akashi Seijuro took it, checked it, and confirmed it was alright, then threw it back.
Xuan Yu Fei Shuang didn’t ask anything, just waved his hand and signed his name.
After he sent one person away, another came in not long after!
It was either one thing or another!
Xuan Yu Fei Shuang’s method of handling things was consistently the same: pass it to Akashi Seijuro!
“Vice-captain...”
“Vice-captain...”
Anything needing to be done, it’s the vice-captain’s job!
Akashi Seijuro: You’ve really mastered the corporate leadership game, huh? Anything you need, just delegate it to your subordinates, right?
I should’ve just been the captain! This vice is such a waste!
Years later, when a newcomer asked Xuan Yu Fei Shuang how he became such a good captain?
Xuan Yu Fei Shuang: Simple! Just find a vice-captain like Akashi Seijuro!
With Aomine Daiki’s guidance, Kuroko Tetsuya finally adapted to the first team's rhythm, able to deliver high-quality passes.
Now that Xuan Yu Fei Shuang was in charge, he directly promoted Kuroko Tetsuya to the first team!
The national tournament had already begun, and it was already halfway through if you just counted time!
Teiko Middle School’s opponent was finally determined!
Sano High School!
This was also the school that Momoi Satsuki had predicted as the most likely opponent for Teiko.
Basketball club meeting room.
The lights were all off, only the front was displaying a slideshow.
The slideshow was footage of Sano High School’s games from the past few matches!
After the footage ended, Momoi Satsuki swatted away Xuan Yu Fei Shuang’s hand, which had been fidgeting, and stood up to turn the lights on.
“Sano High School is very strong! They have two players in particular that we need to pay attention to!”
“They are Jūichi Rēo and Hayama Kotarō!”
Hearing Momoi Satsuki’s introduction, Xuan Yu Fei Shuang realized that his opponents this time were two of the five members of the Ungcrowned Kings!
He’d been too busy playing around to watch the videos carefully. He didn’t know how far these two had grown.
Momoi Satsuki continued her introduction.
“Jūichi Rēo’s shooting skills are already very polished, as you can see in the matches. His three-pointers are very threatening! It’s said that he has even more advanced shooting techniques, but no one has been able to force him to use them!”
“Another is Hayama Kotarō, his dribbling is fast! He uses his fingers’ finesse to control the basketball...”
As Momoi Satsuki introduced them, Xuan Yu Fei Shuang already had a rough idea of their strengths.
Strong!
Not much different from the current Generation of Miracles!
The reason the Generation of Miracles was so ridiculously strong was because they had blossomed, opening a gap between them and ordinary people!
When they were first-years, they were still ‘normal’!
Time flew by, and before long, the day of the game arrived.
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, there were a lot of people coming and going outside.
“There’s a Teiko game today!”
“Yeah! Teiko’s first game is definitely at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, it’s got to be impressive!
“Haha! It’s just for show! I heard the starters this year are all first-years!”
“First-years? That’s crazy! Does Teiko not have anyone else?”
“I heard there’s a national high school number one power forward, I came here just to see him!”
“It would be funny if a basketball powerhouse were to stumble in their first game!”
“Genius! Teiko has a few incredible geniuses! They’re already so strong in their first year, directly becoming starters. Even that national high school number one power forward was pushed aside!”
“Oh? So that means there are at least five people who surpass the national high school number one power forward? They should just give them the award now!”
Everyone didn’t know much about Teiko’s information.
So their words were a bit exaggerated. Some were still based on some facts, but also mixed with some exaggerated claims.
From one perspective, Teiko did a good job of keeping information under wraps.
Keeping the players mysterious and the trump cards hidden, that’s the mark of a long-lasting team.