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She felt as if the Yato-hime in front of her was shrouded in a dazzling light, while she herself was like an ugly, lightless vampire, almost about to be reduced to ashes under the light.
"hiss--"
Rino Nagashima involuntarily gasped and stood frozen in place.
Seeing this, Araki Mai urged, "Alright, stop spacing out and quickly take off your jersey so Yato can put it on."
"Uh-huh!"
Rino Nagashima nodded repeatedly.
……
A moment later, the locker room door clicked open.
When Aozawa heard Hoshino Saori exclaim "Wow!" beside him, he followed her gaze toward the door and immediately understood the reason for her exclamation.
In terms of height, Rino Nagashima, who is 1.75 meters tall, is 5 centimeters taller than Yatohime, who is 1.7 meters tall.
However, the "features" on their chests are completely different.
Rino Nagashima's terrain is flat, while Yatohime's is rugged.
This resulted in the jersey, which should have been slightly loose, being stretched taut across the chest area on Yatohime, as if it were a size too small, and the number "11" printed on it looked like it was about to be torn apart by the proud curve of her body.
The athletic shorts on her lower body also completely lost their original looseness, tightly wrapping around her hips and instantly becoming something comparable to tight yoga pants, clearly outlining the peach-shaped buttocks that many fitness women dream of.
Hoshino Saori strode forward, her eyes sparkling with excitement and curiosity. "Yato! You actually have abs?!"
Her gaze was fixed on the exposed part of her abdomen between the hem of her jersey and her shorts.
Yatohime casually replied, "Yeah, I have a regular workout routine. I have muscles not only in my abs, but also in my arms. Look."
As she spoke, she stretched out her right arm.
In its natural state, her arms look slender and fair.
But as she clenched her fist, the muscles in her forearm instantly bulged and tightened, revealing an astonishing power beneath her fair skin. Her entire arm seemed to be infused with an iron will in an instant, radiating a chilling aura.
Hoshino Saori carefully reached out and touched her tense arm, exclaiming again, "Wow! It's so hard! It's really like a block of iron!"
Aren't you afraid of turning into one of those muscular monsters covered in knots of fat if you train like this?
"Haha."
Yato-hime was amused by her exaggerated statement and explained, "Without drugs, it's impossible for either men or women to develop those exaggerated muscle mass."
This is the limit that natural training can achieve.
Hoshino Saori's gaze unconsciously drifted to her impressive chest again, and she asked like a curious child, "When you run, doesn't it shake a lot here?"
"I wear a professional sports bra."
Yato-hime answered truthfully, then said with a serious expression, "Alright, let's stop talking now, I need to hurry up and start practicing."
If you promise something to someone, you must do your best to fulfill it.
This is her consistent principle of conduct.
Chapter 40: Stand up, three points awarded!
After the rules of basketball were explained, Yatohime was able to understand them in general, but she encountered difficulties in actual dribbling and defense.
She can dribble, but her shots are easily intercepted by opponents.
What's more troublesome is that her habitual defensive movements are too rough and are completely fouls.
Kana Yoshioka observed this scene from the sidelines. She made a quick decision and changed the tactical arrangement, shouting loudly, "Yato! You stay outside the three-point line."
Once someone passes you the ball, don't hesitate, shoot immediately!
Since dribbling is a weakness, let's just abandon it and focus the tactics entirely on making full use of Yatohime's incredibly accurate shooting ability.
Upon hearing this, Yatohime replied, "There's no need. I can score from anywhere on this field."
The four regular team members next to him looked at each other without saying a word, but they all felt that this was too much of a boast.
This is something you can't find anywhere in the world, not just in girls' high school basketball, but even in the NBA, the world's top basketball league. You won't find a player who can guarantee a perfect shot from any position on the court.
They play real basketball, not a fantasy sports anime like "Kuroko's Basketball," and they don't have that kind of superpower of being able to shoot threes the whole game.
Kana Yoshioka didn't directly deny it, but instead said, "Then let's give it a try."
She didn't believe it herself, but she never easily suppressed her team members' confidence, especially the talented ones, who often had an air of arrogance.
Any preaching is futile until they experience failure firsthand.
A player passed the ball to them.
When Yatohime received the ball, she didn't even bother with a standard shooting form. Instead, she leaped up gracefully, flicked her wrist, and the basketball traced a beautiful arc, swishing precisely into the net.
"Boom!"
The crisp sound of the basketball hitting the ground echoed in the empty stadium.
The girls who saw this all looked astonished.
Kana Yoshioka immediately shouted, "Step back! Change positions, let's take another shot!"
Yatohime followed her instructions and retreated directly to the area under her team's basketball hoop.
When the basketball was passed to her again, she once again took a clean and decisive jump shot. The basketball seemed to have a navigation system installed, traversing the entire court and falling precisely into the opposite basket once more.
Two times, three times, four times...
No matter where she stands in the arena.
baseline, sideline, midfield...
Once the ball is passed to her, the rest of the game is like a copy-paste.
He jumped, released his hand, and the basketball swished through the net.
He never missed a shot, and every single one of them was a clean, hollow ball.
The girls in the basketball team went from initial shock and ecstasy to numbness, until finally, their eyes were filled with nothing but bewilderment at the existence of the inhuman.
Yoshioka Kana also widened her eyes, a rare occurrence for her.
She coached the women's basketball team for twenty years and saw many talented players, but those so-called talents were like fireflies compared to the bright moon in front of Yato-hime.
She knew that there were always some people in this world who were like they had "cheat codes".
There have been NBA players in history whose individual talent was so strong that it forced the entire league to change the rules of basketball.
Such people are so rare that she thought she would never see one in her lifetime.
But today, she met a genius who could change the rules of basketball.
Kana Yoshioka felt her aged heart pounding excitedly.
She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing her turbulent emotions, and immediately began to revise her tactics.
The focus of the training shifted to practicing how to help Yatohime break through the opponent's double-team without committing a foul, and how to accurately pass the ball to her.
The training session ended just as the bell rang for the start of class.
Yato-hime changed back into her original school uniform.
Rino Nagashima rushed up to her excitedly, grabbed her hands tightly, and said, "Yato, why don't you just officially join the basketball club!"
From now on, I'll let you play my ace position.
With your talent, you can definitely lead us to the national championship, and you might even be able to challenge for a spot in the WNBA in the future!
She spoke excitedly, showing no displeasure whatsoever at having her core position replaced.
Before entering high school, Rino Nagashima was a very withdrawn person, and not many of her peers were willing to play with her.
Her only pleasure was jumping up and down to touch higher places, which amused her.
It wasn't until Kana Yoshioka discovered her outstanding jumping ability that she was invited to join the basketball team.
Here, she made friends for the first time that she could call "partners," and developed a deep affection for the basketball club.
Whether she becomes the ace or not is irrelevant as long as the basketball team improves.
Yato-hime shook her head and said, "I don't plan to leave the Philosophy Club."
Kana Yoshioka couldn't help but say, "Kid, with your talent, it's such a waste that you're not playing basketball."
"I have no interest in basketball,"
Yato-hime stated her life goal very frankly: "My goal is to become the Prime Minister of Japan."
"..."
Kana Yoshioka was stunned. Her lips moved a few times, but she couldn't find the words to say. She had no choice but to swallow back all the words of persuasion she had prepared and plan to find another opportunity to do some ideological work later.
……
After school in the afternoon, Qingze, under the pretext of "observing," took Hoshino Saori with him and joined the group heading to Mingnan.
His main purpose was to observe Araki Mai up close and figure out how she obtained the power associated with the blue tag above her head, "Fallen Noble."
Based on his observation, the basketball manager was not a bad person and obviously could not be dealt with by force.
Having ruled out the use of force, he needed to first gain a deep understanding of Araki Mai's personality before he could formulate a targeted plan.
The group arrived at Mingnan High School and parked the van in the designated parking lot on campus.
The other party had already arranged for someone to wait here and lead them to the stadium.
Mingnan's basketball club is significantly larger than Changteng's, with a total of four standard basketball courts.
Three of the courts were allocated to the men's basketball team, while only the court in the far west corner was for the women's basketball team.
There were quite a few students watching from the sidelines, but they mostly gathered around the men's basketball court to cheer on the boys who were putting in so much effort.
Outside the women's basketball court, however, it was deserted and empty.
After all, in real-life high school girls' basketball games, it's unlikely that there will be beautiful female players with both good looks and skills like in comics.
In terms of both technical skill and entertainment value, it often falls short of surpassing men's competitions, naturally failing to attract audiences.
Kana Yoshioka was already used to this. She went up and exchanged a few pleasantries with the opposing coach, and then the two began preparing for the match.