Even at the end of July, in the mountains, you can still feel the heat.

In previous years, during the summer vacation at this time, Kuroko was lying at home enjoying the coolness of the air conditioning, but now he is doing various high-level sports on the court in the mountains. The basketball jersey on his body had long been soaked with sweat, his blue hair was messy and wet like seaweed, and drops of sweat slowly flowed down his cheeks, and his originally fair face was also red by the sun. But even so, his face was still filled with a bright smile, so bright that people couldn't take their eyes off it. It can be seen that he genuinely loves basketball and enjoys the fun that training brings him.

At the end of the day's training, everyone was tired and collapsed on the table, even Akaji, who usually rarely saw a tired posture, which showed the intensity of the training. After dinner, everyone finally regained some energy and began to play again.

Seeing this scene, the platinum coach couldn't help but smile and sighed: "Being young is good, energetic, and recovering quickly!" ”

Time flies, and it is the beginning of August in a blink of an eye, and it is not far from the day of the official competition of the whole high school, which also means that this year's co-accommodation is coming to an end.

That night, Kuroko took the basketball alone to the basketball court where he practiced during the day. Looking at the high basketball hoop in front of him, Kuroko took the basketball, put on a pitching pose, aimed at the basket, jumped off the ground with both feet, and threw the basketball out with a slight force in his right hand, but the basketball touched the rebound, and then rebounded to the ground, and did not score. Kuroko looked at this scene calmly, as if he had expected it, but his slightly frowning brows still revealed the loss in his heart. After a while, Kuroko took the basketball and began to dribble and shoot, although the ball slipped from his hands again and again, and never scored, he still continued to train, as if he was competing with someone.

The blue night sky is extraordinarily deep, and although the stars are dotted among them, they look smaller and smaller against the background of the moon. The woods in the mountains are illuminated by the moonlight, forming dark silhouettes, which look particularly terrifying in the silent night, as if there is a terrifying unknown in the depths of those dark shadows. But the sunspot was not afraid at all, but continued to move on his hands, and the faint street lamp hit his body, imprinting a small black shadow on the ground, which made people feel pity for no reason, just because the back was too lonely.

When Coach Platinum paced to the edge of the basketball court, he saw this scene, and couldn't help but stop and watch, very curious why Kuroko was still training here so late, after all, the training volume during the day was already very heavy.

After seeing that Kuroko had experienced several failures and had to come back several times, Coach Platinum finally walked to the basketball court, "Kuroko-san, it's so late, why haven't you rested yet?" ”

The sudden sound startled Kuroko, who was originally engrossed in dribbling, and turned around slowly, only to find that the person who came turned out to be Coach Platinum, and couldn't help but hold the basketball and bow and say hello: "Good evening, coach!" I couldn't sleep, so I came out to practice alone. How did you end up here? ”

Coach Platinum smiled and nodded, "I came out for a walk and happened to see you practicing, so I came over to take a look." ”

Kuroko nodded respectfully, "Oh, I see. ”

Looking at the respectful and polite Kuroko in front of him, Coach Platinum thought of the training just now, and asked without curiosity: "Your shooting and dribbling performance just now are very poor!" Aren't you good at passing? Why did you suddenly think about practicing dribbling and shooting? ”

Although "......" is self-aware, Kuroko was still hit by such a direct evaluation by the coach.

"I'm more direct, don't mind." Coach Platinum said with a kind smile.

In this way, Kuroko was embarrassed, only felt that he suddenly became hypocritical, what the coach said, he understood it early on, could it be that he was infected by someone? Midorima, who was wrapping the bandage on his left hand, couldn't help but sneeze and wondered: Did you catch a cold? Thinking of this, Kuroko suddenly shuddered, and then replied embarrassedly: "No, what you said is true, I also understand that I have no talent to play basketball, and I can even say that my ability is very bad, from the first contact with basketball to the present, I have practiced dribbling and shooting countless times, but there has been no improvement, and it has always been very poor." If it weren't for Akaji-kun's guidance, I wouldn't have been able to get to where I am now. ”

"Your physical fitness and height are really not suitable for basketball, Akaji is a special case, for you, I am very curious, what prompted you to play basketball and even stick to it? As far as I know, before you met Akaji, you had been playing basketball for a long time, and your performance had been very poor, and you were almost persuaded to quit at the beginning. Coach Platinum looked at Kuroko with a look of wonder on his face, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

Kuroko replied solemnly with the ball: "Because of the agreement with a friend." ”

"Huh?"

"When I first entered the basketball club, it was because of an agreement with a good friend, and I finally liked basketball and persevered, thanks to Aomine-kun! He was always there to encourage me and be there for me. Once, when I was really discouraged and wanted to give up, Aomine-kun said something that made me particularly useful, and I even remembered it all the time. ”

"Aomine-san? What did he say? ”

"Aomine-kun said, 'I don't dare to say that if I don't give up, I will be able to do anything, but if I give up, there will be nothing.'" I was shocked to hear that, and I made up my mind to keep going no matter what. ”

"Hahaha......"

Kuroko looked at the platinum coach next to him who was laughing loudly suspiciously, not understanding what he was laughing at. Seeing Kuroko staring at him with a confused face, Coach Platinum slowly stopped laughing, "I didn't expect Aomine to be able to say such philosophical words, it seems that I really underestimated him before." ”

Kuroko echoed casually: "It's really not like what Aomine-kun said, maybe he really likes basketball!" That's why you have to think of this kind of thing when you think of basketball. ”

Coach Platinum smiled kindly and nodded: "That guy is indeed a good seedling, and his ability to play basketball is also very talented, according to his current performance, his ability may be far more than that." ”

"Well, Aomine-kun has been playing basketball very hard lately, and sometimes I feel a little unable to keep up with his pace, so I want to strengthen my training." Talking about this topic, Kuroko couldn't help frowning slightly, with a little melancholy on his face, and then he was refreshed and added: "After all, I am his shadow, and I can't be too weak." ”

Coach Platinum smiled and patted Kuroko on the shoulder, "I believe you, but it's late at night, it's better to go back early to rest, overtraining can sometimes backfire." ”

Kuroko smiled and nodded, then asked rhetorically, "What about you?" ”

Coach Platinum said kindly: "I'll go back for a walk and go back to rest." ”

"Coach, goodbye, then I'll go back first."

"Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, Kuroko hugged the ball and turned around and left first. Coach Platinum looked at the back of Kuroko's departure and fell into deep thought: this kid's sense of sensitivity is really strong, and he actually sensed that Qingfeng's talent is blooming, and he doesn't know what will happen to them in the future, so he is really looking forward to it!