Here, Rukawa Kaede finally ended the AFC Champions League game, and returned to her grandmother's house after a week, but Katori was leaving.

Originally, when Katori came here, he was "sojourning" here~~

When to leave, in fact, it is only a matter of time~~

There is nothing too unexpected, it just happened too suddenly~~

The night before departure, my grandmother had a dinner party with Rukawa Kaede and Katori before saying goodbye, and my grandmother's lyrical words during the banquet made Katori burst into tears~~

It's like what my grandmother said, I hope Katori stays, but if it's really in the other party's good, I hope she can be happy~~

Now, Katori is happy when he returns to Japan and returns to his parents' house~~

Many times, a short parting may be for the reunion that I am looking forward to again~~

"Everything is ready, right~??"

"Well~~, it's all ready, we have all the gifts we bought for my parents, I'm sure they'll like it~~~"

Early the next morning, I drove Katori to the airport for dinner, and my grandmother, perhaps not wanting to experience the sad separation scene again, did not go again~~

"Hey, when can I take you to meet my parents~!!"

Katori sighed.

"I'm going to be scared when the time comes~~"

Rukawa Kaede may have imagined the picture, saying that it seemed to have goosebumps, trembling~~

"No, my parents are very talkative, you can rest assured, there will be no problem~~"

Katori comforted Rukawa Kaede.

"Maybe, I'll muster up the courage, but before I really go to your house, you must tell your mom and dad to let them know me well, so that it shouldn't be embarrassing~~"

Rukawa Kaede continued.

"That's a certainty, who doesn't know the famous basketball superstar Rukawa Kaede, when the time comes, maybe they will also become your little fans~!!haha~!!"

Katori said in a half-joking tone.

Soon, the two arrived at the airport.

"Take good care of grandma, if you have time, we video chat, and pay attention to safety when we play games~~~"

Katori finally instructed Rukawa Kaede.

"Got it~~"

Rukawa Kaede smiled knowingly, and after speaking, the two of them had a final kiss goodbye in the car~~

"You're not afraid of being photographed by the paparazzi this time~??"

Katori asked.

"Haha, we are already a "husband and wife", what are we afraid of~!!"

Rukawa Kaede said with a smile.

When Rukawa Kaede said this, he was actually referring to the special "wedding" that his grandmother held for the two of them before.

"I'll be back~~"

Katori took the initiative to kiss Rukawa Kaede's forehead again, then pushed the car door open, and prepared to leave~~

"Call when you get home~~"

Rukawa Kaede smiled warmly, looked at Katori, held the steering wheel with one hand, and held the co-pilot with the other, and said. ~~

Maybe he didn't want others to find out about him, and caused unnecessary "onlookers" and "troubles", Rukawa Kaede didn't get off the bus to accompany Katori into the terminal, but just sat in the car and watched Katori leave~~

Although it is early in the morning, there are still quite a lot of people around the airport terminal, after all, this is the airport of the capital, and the dense flights make it impossible to "day and night" here.

Watching Katori gradually disappear into the crowd, Rukawa Kaede quickly drove away~~

"Grandma ~~Wai~~"

Rukawa Kaede, who returned to his grandmother's house, shouted twice, and suddenly stopped~~

"Although there is only one person missing, I really want to be a lot more deserted~~"

Maybe he heard the echo, or maybe he remembered the picture of Katori in the courtyard, Sakuragi stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking confused, and sighed.

Maybe this kind of feeling still needs to be slowly adapted~~

Although Katori has temporarily returned to Japan, Rukawa Kaede's life has to go on, in addition to taking care of her grandmother more carefully, Rukawa Kaede's dream of "the top of the AFC crown" also needs to be realized with practical actions~~

However, for the Rose Team and Rukawa Kaede at this stage, it can only be described as "bad luck".

Because just like the sudden "earthquake", injuries swept the entire "Rose Team".

The first thing to suffer was the injury-ridden big center He Shengzhen, a period of time after the end of the AFC Champions League match with the Tokyo Great White Sharks, in an ordinary regular season game in the domestic league, because in a defense, He Shengzhen, who was about to block, had physical contact with the small player who broke through, and the knees of the two people were pressed together~~

This top directly made He Shengzhen withdraw from the game~~

The results of the overnight examination were almost desperate: torn cruciate ligament in the left knee ~~~

It's a devastating diagnosis.

Not only is He Shengzhen determined to miss all the games this season, but it has not been clearly stated when he will return next season, or whether he will see this "Korean giant" return to the field is still unknown~~

And because given the complicated injury history to He Shengzhen's knee, this time there will be quite a challenge~~

As the team's best frame protector on the inside, He Shengzhen's absence is a great loss to the team, and the candidates for the inside line suddenly seem to be stretched~~

He Shengzhen's injury may not be "devastating" for the Roses team, because it is not the real "output" of the team, if the team changes the style of play in time, it may reduce the loss, but the unexpected reimbursement of the main backfield Liang Donggen makes the Roses seem powerless ~~

Because when grabbing a rebound in a training session, he was hit in the palm by a teammate, resulting in a fracture of Liang Donggen's metacarpals, which is a very regrettable injury, because the injury is the habitual right hand, so, no matter what, Liang Donggen can't risk wearing a brace to pay, because even then, Liang Donggen can't complete even one right hand dribble.

Unless he can bear the pain of 10 steel needles piercing the palm of his hand every time he dribble~~

Liang Donggen, as the brains of the team's backcourt, can still contribute an all-around performance of 19 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 8.3 assists per game in the season when Rukawa Kaede came to the team.

You know, last season, these three statistics were 26.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 10.2 assists for quasi-triple-double data~~

Yang Dong-geun was once a strong contender for the most valuable player in the Korean league, and it can be seen from such terrifying data~~

What's more, Liang Donggen's injury is something that no one can replace, no one~~

These two starters are injured, and the prospects for the Roses are extremely worrying, not to mention the AFC Champions League, even if it is the domestic league, after entering the playoffs, it may be difficult to easily defend the title by relying only on Rukawa Kaede~~

If it is a more difficult and fierce AFC Champions League match, even if the Roses can reach the top 8 knockout rounds, it will be more than lucky.

Rukawa Kaede wants to be like Eiji Zebei last year, and the opportunity to lead the team to win the championship alone has come, but at least the other players of the Rising Sun team were not unable to play at that time, but now the situation of the Rose team is different~~

Moreover, the home-and-away elimination system reduces more chances, making the result of the game more obvious to be dominated by strength and weakness~~

So at present, the dream of Rukawa Kaede's "top of Asia" seems to be very far away~~