A bright moon hung high in the air, and the bright moonlight fell on the earth. In the yard under the night sky, two figures were concentrating on each other.

"Why! Why! Why can't I stop him!"

Rukawa Kaede leaned down, spreading her arms to guard against the attack of the man in front of her. So far, he has lost five goals. Rukawa Kaede tried his best to block the attack of the man holding the ball in front of him.

"Bang!" The basketball fell to the ground, bringing a trace of dust. Before Rukawa Kaede could react, Tianno had already completed the man-ball score and completed the ball in the inside.

“duang!!”

"Crunch~"

With a loud bang, the basketball stand made an overwhelming sound.

"Do you understand the difference between us now?" Tianye let go of his hand, fell back to the ground, picked up the ball with his back to Rukawa Kaede, and asked softly.

"Ho...Ho...Ho..." Rukawa Kaede didn't answer, but just stood there and gasped, not coming back to his senses for a moment. He was too tired now.

Under normal circumstances, Rukawa Kaede, a third-year junior high school, actually doesn't feel exhausted, but today's situation is a bit special. Before he came to the Tano family, he had already held a few hours of training at Yokota Middle School. And after the training, Rukawa Kaede spent a lot of time fighting with Sakuragi Hanadao.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's defensive strength has been taken under the guidance of Tianye. Combined with Sakuragi Hanamichi's bottomless physical strength, it has caused great trouble to Rukawa Kaede. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi was unable to get a point in front of Rukawa Kaede, Rukawa Kaede still put in a huge amount of physical strength in order to defeat Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Under such circumstances, after finishing training, Rukawa Kaede not only did not go home to rest, but instead came directly to Tianye's home to find Tianye's bullfight. Rukawa Kaede's rest time was just waiting for Tianye at the door of Tianye's house. At this little time, Rukawa Kaede could not adjust himself to the best state.

Although Tianye has been training for several hours, overall, Tianye’s training intensity so far is not as good as Rukawa Kaede. Tianye is much better in terms of physical strength preservation. In addition, Tianye is originally a physical monster, and its foundation is much more solid than Rukawa Kaede.

"Continue!" Rukawa Kaede has his own pride. He never makes any excuses for his failure. If he can't beat him, he can't beat him, but even if he can't beat him, he has to find a way to fight him!

"Um……"

"We play seven goals, if I score another goal, you will lose."

"Do you need a rest?"

Of course, Tano could see how Rukawa Kaede is now. Although he didn't want to take advantage of others' danger, Tano would not show mercy to face the challenger.

"No need!" Rukawa Kaede was still as cold as ever, and his speech was very concise.

Tano nodded, walked out of the three-point line with the ball, and gave the ball to Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa Kaede didn't answer, and slapped one hand and returned the basketball racket to Rukawa Kaede's hand.

When Tano received the ball, she did not pause and directly landed the ball and started it, breaking to his left. At the same time, she set up her right hand to block the body that Rukawa Kaede wanted to approach. The huge force made Rukawa Kaede blocked one side, and Rukawa Kaede belonged to the defensive side, and his translation steps did not keep up with Tiano's breakthrough speed.

"Motor!" Rukawa Kaede shouted angrily, burning his last strength, and trying hard to move his footsteps to follow.

However, just as he was about to catch up with Tian Ye, Tian Ye pulled the basketball back with his left hand to his right hand, and Tian Ye's body also tilted slightly to his right.

"In disguise in front of the body?" Rukawa Kaede's reaction was not slow. Just as Tianno stopped urgently, he tried his best to stop and pounced on Tianno's right hand holding the ball, hoping to complete the steal. He had seen Tianno's body move towards his left side, and Rukawa Kaede felt that he had a great chance to complete the steal.

"Bang!" The basketball swung past Rukawa Kaede's eyes. The ball that was originally in Tianno's right hand gently moved with Tianno and returned to Tianno's left hand again. Rukawa Kaede wanted to stop his body, but his body was no longer in control at this moment.

"Puff!" Under the influence of the double change in front of Tianye's body, Rukawa Kaede's defense was completely lost, and as Rukawa Kaede lost its center of gravity, he suddenly fell to the ground.

"Do!" After passing Rukawa Kaede, Tano slowly brought the ball to the basket and threw the ball into the trap.

"How are you?" After Tiano scored the goal, he immediately walked to Rukawa Kaede's side, reached out and grabbed Rukawa Kaede's arm, trying to help him up.

"I'm fine!" Rukawa Kaede used his arm to shake off Tianye's hand, then supported the ground with both hands, trying to stand up with his strength. But after working hard for a while, he found that he had no strength to get up again. Rukawa Kaede gave up on himself, and punched the ground with his hands and supported the ground again, trying to get up.

"Oh~"

"Stubborn~"

Not allowing Rukawa Kaede to refuse, Tianye sighed and grabbed Rukawa Kaede's arm, pulled him up. He casually patted the dust on his hands, and carefully looked at Rukawa Kaede's current state.

Rukawa Kaede lowered her head slightly, and sweat fell from the tip of his hair drop by drop. It was already night and the temperature was getting cooler, but Rukawa Kaede's jersey was indeed full of sweat. Not only did he not dry after the training camp, but also the sweat that had just flowed out of the bullfight with the field.

Rukawa Kaede still looked like a facial paralysis with a expressionless face, but his slightly frowning brow made Rukawa Kaede's stubbornness flow to the surface.

"Gurgle~~" Rukawa Kaede's stomach screamed. In the quiet backyard, the sound was so clear and audible.

"Have you had dinner?" Tian Ye asked in surprise after hearing the sound.

"No!" Rukawa Kaede's face turned slightly red, but his face turned pale due to physical exhaustion, and now his blush is not obvious.

"Oh~"

"You can sit on the stone bench first." After that, Tian Ye walked out of the yard and entered the house.

Tian Ye was still a little sad when he saw Rukawa Kaede. Although Rukawa Kaede was a big man of 1.8 meters and a handsome young man, for Tian Ye, who was two generations, Rukawa Kaede was just a child at this age. Seeing Rukawa Kaede now, Tian Ye couldn't help but think of himself back then.

Not long after, Tian Ye returned to the yard again, holding the food in his hand. There was no hot meal, just a simple box of 500ml of milk, 200g of bread, and an apple.

"Here." Tianye put the food in front of Rukawa Kaede and signaled him to eat. Rukawa Kaede was no longer pretentious for a while, and then he started to chew on the bread. Although he was very hungry, his eating posture was much more elegant than Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Rukawa Kaede, did you meet Sakuragi today?" Seeing Rukawa Kaede eating, Tianye started chatting with him.

"Yes." Rukawa Kaede nodded and said utterly.

"Well…………"

"Where did you meet?" Tian Ye asked again.

"Yokonta Middle School!" Rukawa Kaede was not eating fast, but spoke very concisely, without a single word.

Tanye slightly held his forehead and felt helpless about Rukawa Kaede. Rukawa Kaede didn't say anything like Sakuragi. He seemed to have been in his own world and was thinking about himself. Tanye also knew Rukawa Kaede's personality. After roughly asking about Sakuragi Hanamichi's situation, he quietly watched Rukawa Kaede eat.

After eating, Rukawa Kaede took a break and said goodbye and left. During this period, he had little communication with Tianye, but Tianye didn't care. He watched Rukawa Kaede disappear into the night and washed himself and went to bed.

The appearance of Rukawa Kaede made Tano know some of the recent situation of Sakuragi Hanamichi. From Rukawa Kaede's mouth, Tano could clearly know that with his arrival, Sakuragi Hanamichi had undergone tremendous changes.
Chapter completed!