Taiga Kagami was getting anxious. He desperately wanted to know whether Miyamoto Tokima's Animal Instinct was really the legendary dragon.
"Alex, just tell us already!"
Alex Garcia glanced at Taiga Kagami and said, "Taiga, how could you talk to your master like that? I'm so hurt..."
As she spoke, Alex Garcia even pretended to cry.
Taiga Kagami froze for a moment. He was far too impatient right now, so he said reluctantly, "Fine, Alex. I'm sorry. I raised my voice."
Alex Garcia immediately broke into a bright smile.
"Haha, that's my good apprentice."
"Earlier, I really did see a dragon. A black dragon. Its basic form was pretty much the same as what Aomine described."
"But now I'm curious. Why did all of you see black mist, while Aomine and I saw a dragon?"
Everyone shook their heads. They had no idea why either.
The atmosphere fell silent once again.
At that moment, Tatsuya Himuro slowly spoke up.
"Aomine, when you saw Tokima-san's Animal Instinct before, was it also a cloud of black mist?"
Daiki Aomine nodded and kept eating.
The atmosphere fell silent again.
Everyone from Seirin began thinking over the reason, while only Daiki Aomine and Alex Garcia kept their heads down, devouring the food.
Listening to the two of them eat, the others also started to feel hungry.
Taiga Kagami was the first to give in.
"Who cares about all that! Let's eat first!"
With that, Taiga Kagami started eating.
Seeing this, Junpei Hyuga immediately shouted, "Kagami! Who said you could start first?!"
Then Junpei Hyuga started eating too.
The rest of Seirin saw this and promptly joined the battle for food.
Riko Aida's mouth twitched in exasperation. Then she sighed, gave up on thinking about Miyamoto Tokima for the moment, and started eating.
She picked up a piece of sushi and took a bite. The flavor hit her at once.
A look of bliss spread across her face, and she said in surprise, "This is so good. It's completely different from any sushi I've ever had!"
Junpei Hyuga nodded repeatedly.
"Yeah. It's not even comparable to the sushi we've had before!"
The rest of Seirin were also captivated by the delicious sushi and began eating ravenously.
Now they finally understood why Alex Garcia and Daiki Aomine had no interest in talking. They only wanted to eat as much as possible!
Their praise was overheard by the server standing nearby.
Seeing them compliment the chef's cooking, the server smiled at once.
"Of course. Our chef puts a lot of care into every piece. The technique, the seasoning, the balance of flavors. Everything has to be just right."
Everyone from Seirin nodded in understanding.
"No wonder it tastes so different."
Riko Aida nodded thoughtfully and said, "It really is incredible. I've never had sushi this good before."
Alex Garcia nodded as well.
"I've eaten at plenty of places before, but this is seriously impressive. I can see why people would come back for this."
Taiga Kagami looked at the sushi in front of him, his eyes lighting up.
"It really is that good."
The server smiled, clearly pleased by their reaction.
"Right? Once you try it, you'll definitely want to come again."
A trace of anticipation appeared on Taiga Kagami's face.
"Then I'm definitely coming back next time!"
The server seemed about to say something else, but a voice suddenly came from the kitchen.
"Come help out."
Hearing that, the server quickly trotted toward the kitchen and called back, "Coming."
Everyone from Seirin exchanged glances, smiled, and went back to eating.
But a seed had already been planted in each of their hearts. The desire to come back here and eat this sushi again.
A faint glint also flashed through Alex Garcia's eyes.
'Looks like the genius who once caused such a sensation in the U.S. has come here now...'
...
After the match between Kirisaki Daiichi and Tōō High ended, heated discussions erupted outside.
Many people had already thought Tōō High would lose to Kirisaki Daiichi, but none of them had expected the final score to be so one-sided.
Because of this match, support for Kirisaki Daiichi soared even higher.
Now, among those who watched basketball matches, nine out of ten believed Kirisaki Daiichi would win the championship.
The remaining few still held a sliver of hope for Rakuzan High School.
At the same time, some strange things began happening within Japan.
Recently, many people in Japan noticed that a large number of shops run by Huaxia had appeared in the country.
Most of these shops were named after the Miyamoto Family.
People in Japan knew how powerful the Miyamoto Family was, so they did not think much of it. They simply assumed the Miyamoto Family had begun expanding its own influence and left it at that.
But soon, some people in Tokyo noticed something else.
Why the hell was a foreign military appearing inside Japan?!
Of course, only a small number of people actually saw the troops.
After they posted about it online, their posts were deleted almost instantly, so the news never spread widely.
It was as if some invisible hand were controlling everything.
And when they prepared to tell others about it, police officers had already arrived at their doors and taken them away...
Aside from those few "lucky" people, almost no one else noticed anything unusual.
Life went on as usual.
At the same time, the second match of the National Tournament semifinals was about to begin.
Shūtoku High School vs. Kaijō High School.
This was another match many people had been looking forward to.
After all, both sides had players from the [Generation of Miracles].
And one of the [Generation of Miracles] had even used the skills of the other [Generation of Miracles] members.
That made the audience very curious about the outcome.
They wanted to see who would come out on top.
On the morning of the match.
Shintaro Midorima got up very early. After preparing breakfast for himself, he began listening to a fortune-telling program.
"Ding-ding-ding! Good morning, everyone! Today's morning fortune-telling is here. First, let's see which lucky zodiac sign has the best fortune today!"
"Wow, Aquarius has the best luck today. Everything you do will be twice as effective with half the effort."
"Unfortunately, the sign with the worst luck today is Cancer..."
Before the voice from the phone could finish, Shintaro Midorima had already turned it off.
After turning off his phone, Shintaro Midorima slowly took a sip of the tea he had prepared with breakfast, then murmured, "Today's destiny is difficult to read. Ordinary people cannot glimpse the will of fate. The path ahead is clouded, so I must explore it myself."
With that, Shintaro Midorima calmly took another sip of his morning tea.
...
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