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Akashi chưa bao giờ tin vào phép thuật, đối với anh khoa học và logic sẽ giải thích được mọi chuyện. Đúng là đôi khi sẽ có những điều không thể giải thích được, nhưng anh biết rằng chỉ cần một chút thời gian, mọi bí ẩn đều có thể được giải đáp. Luôn luôn như vậy.

Vậy tôi đã xuất hiện như thế nào trong cuốn tiểu thuyết này? - Akashi Seijuro nghi ngờ cuộc sống, nằm trên giường băn khoăn.

Akashi biết mình đã biến mất. Suy cho cùng, trong trận chiến tại Vorpal Swords, anh đã hy sinh bản thân để cho nhân cách chính mở khóa hoàn toàn Emperor's Eye để có được khả năng chiến thắng.

Vậy tại sao tôi lại xuất hiện ở nơi xa lạ này với một cơ thể riêng biệt? Hơn nữa, cái âm mưu ngu ngốc nào đang diễn ra trong đầu tôi vậy? Nếu tôi biết ai đã đưa tôi vào nơi này hoặc viết ra âm mưu đẫm máu này, tôi sẽ chặt tên khốn đó thành triệu mảnh!! - Akashi giận dữ lên tiếng.

Tuy nhiên, là một con người hoàn hảo với lý tưởng “Chiến thắng là có tất cả”, chàng trai tóc đỏ quyết định hoàn thành những nhiệm vụ này với hết khả năng của mình ngay cả khi không biết mục đích của nhiệm vụ. Akashi lên kế hoạch khi đang tắm, đôi mắt dị sắc của anh nhìn vào khuôn mặt quen thuộc dường như trẻ hơn anh nhớ phản chiếu trong gương.

Suy cho cùng, trong cuốn tiểu thuyết này, Akashi Seijuro cũng là nhân vật nam chính, cái kết của anh cũng không tệ đến mức cần phải thay đổi. Tốt nhất anh ấy nên tránh xa cuộc sống tình cảm của Tetsuya và chỉ tập trung vào bóng rổ. Không phải là anh ấy ghét Người chơi Bóng ma thứ sáu, Akashi nghĩ khi mặc đồng phục Teiko, chỉ là ý tưởng Akashi yêu anh ấy và cạnh tranh với những người khác nghe có vẻ Ugh!!

Và vâng, cuốn tiểu thuyết anh ấy tham gia là AllKuroko. Akashi sẽ không bao giờ hiểu tại sao người viết lại chọn Tetsuya, tuy nhiên ông sẽ không phán xét điều đó. Trừ khi nó ảnh hưởng tới anh ấy...

Dù sao hiện tại hắn sẽ quan sát trước rồi mới quyết định bước tiếp theo.

Tuy nhiên, nhìn thấy nhóm Thế hệ kì tích năm nhất chạy theo Tetsuya và bị tình yêu lấn át, Kise Ryota bằng cách nào đó đã lẻn vào câu lạc bộ bóng rổ ngay từ đầu, Akashi không khỏi cảm thấy mệt mỏi.

Akashi - thành viên thấp thứ 2 cũng là thành viên nhỏ tuổi nhất - Seijuro: Trẻ con quá!

Câu lạc bộ bóng rổ trường trung học cơ sở Teiko: ...

Cùng với đó là việc chứng kiến Tetsuya, Người chơi bóng ma thứ sáu, khóc vì điều nhỏ nhặt nhất. Akashi chỉ có thể nhìn, nhìn và nhìn . Đôi mắt dị sắc của anh nhìn chàng trai thường ngày vô cảm, người có tính cách độc ác, sẽ đáp lại một cách tàn nhẫn khi cần thiết, người giờ đang thổn thức vì một cô gái yếu đuối cản đường anh.

Anh ta nhìn đi nơi khác, dành 5 giây cuộc đời để chán nản, nghi ngờ cuộc sống và tự hỏi mình đang vướng vào cái quái gì và 5 giây tiếp theo quyết định mọi thứ. Akashi hít một hơi thật sâu và đi giải cứu cậu bé tóc xanh.

"Tachibana-san, bạn có thể cho tôi biết chuyện gì đang xảy ra ở đây không?" Akashi hỏi, đôi mắt dị sắc nhìn chằm chằm vào cô gái trước mặt.

"A...Akashi-san." Cô gái được gọi tên lắp bắp sợ hãi: "Tôi...nó không giống như những gì anh thấy..."

Thiếu niên tóc đỏ chỉ cười: "Ta không biết ngươi đang nói cái gì." Đôi mắt dị sắc của anh sáng lên, xuyên thấu tâm hồn đối phương, "Tôi chỉ nghĩ là anh nên biết, Teiko không thể chịu đựng được những kẻ bắt nạt, Tachibana-san!"

Sắc mặt cô gái tái nhợt, sợ hãi bỏ chạy. Nhìn bóng dáng cô gái biến mất, Akashi mệt mỏi thở dài.

"Akashi-kun biết cô ấy à?"

Anh ta nhìn lại con ma thứ sáu, người vẫn còn nước mắt lớn trên khuôn mặt, và nhún vai, "Chưa bao giờ nhìn thấy cô ấy trước đây."

"Vậy tại sao...?"

“Tôi là thành viên của Hội học sinh, Tetsuya, nên việc tôi nhớ tên, năm học và câu lạc bộ mà họ tham gia là điều đương nhiên thôi.”

“…Ý bạn là tất cả học sinh trong trường?”

"Đúng?" Akashi bối rối đồng ý, "Đó là điều mà một người bình thường có thể làm được."

Kuroko Tetsuya: Tôi không nghĩ đó là định nghĩa của 'bình thường', Akashi-kun...

Tuy nhiên, điều khiến Akashi cảm thấy thế giới này điên rồ nhất chính là cha anh. Hãy nhìn xem, ở thế giới thực, bố anh ấy luôn giao cho anh ấy một đống công việc và yêu cầu anh ấy hoàn thành nó trước cuối ngày. Vì vậy, anh ấy cũng nghĩ như vậy ở đây. Vậy tại sao mọi chuyện lại thành ra thế này?

"Bạn thực sự ổn chứ? Tại sao bạn lại hoàn thành công việc của một tuần trong một đêm? Bản thân bạn không làm việc quá sức phải không?"

Akashi nhìn người cha nghiêm khắc đang khóc nức nở, lo lắng cho anh.

Akashi Seijuro: Cha, cha thực sự ổn chứ? Đầu của bạn có bị va đập vào đâu không?

Akashi Masaomi: ??

Nhìn thế giới điên cuồng, Akashi bày tỏ 'Sao cũng được, tôi xong rồi!'.

Và thế là câu chuyện về Akashi Seijuro-sama phớt lờ mọi thứ và thay vào đó tiếp tục cuộc sống của mình bắt đầu.

Nhưng vẫn còn một vấn đề.

Akashi - chắc chắn, chắc chắn  không phải là người nghiện công việc - Seijuro: Thưa cha, cha có thể giao cho con khối lượng công việc này mỗi ngày được không?

Nhìn vẻ mặt kinh hoàng của bố, anh đoán câu trả lời có lẽ là "Không"...

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Tuy nhiên, vào năm cuối cùng ở Teiko, khi Akashi quyết định theo học tại trường trung học Rakuzan, rời khỏi Thế hệ kỳ tích, thiếu niên tóc đỏ đã được 5 người ôm chặt.

"Không, Akashi-kun phải học cùng trường với chúng ta!"

“Đúng vậy, Akashi-cchi, cậu không thể bỏ rơi chúng tôi được.”

"Nếu Akachin đi đâu đó, tôi sẽ đi đó."

"Theo Aho Asa, Nhân Mã phải ở bên Cự Giải để gặp may mắn, Akashi."

"Cậu phải ở lại đây, Akashi!"

Akashi Seijuro, trung tâm của vụ việc này, hiện đang vô cùng bối rối. Dù sao đi nữa, chuyện gì đã xảy ra vậy? Người đáng lẽ phải rơi vào hoàn cảnh này là Tetsuya, tại sao bây giờ lại trở thành anh ấy? Mọi chuyện đã sai ở đâu?

"Bởi vì Akashi Seijuro là trung tâm, trái tim của Thế hệ Kỳ tích. Và cậu không thể thuộc về ai ngoài chúng tôi."

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Akashi Seijuro is the Emperor, holding a noble position with loyal servants always by his side. He is the most brilliant existence and anyone who hurts him is not allowed.

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“Have your eyes always been these two colors?” Midorima Shintaro asked while the two were playing shogi, next to him was the little mermaid statue that was Cancer's lucky item today.

Akashi raised his head slightly, his heterochromatic eyes looking straight at the green, "Yeah, what's wrong? Is it weird?" He smiled and asked.

"No! It just makes you more special." Midorima said as he pushed up his glasses, his cheeks slightly red. However, Akashi didn't pay attention to that because his eyes were glued to the chess board again.

"Thank you Shintaro!" He chuckled softly, without raising his head, he moved a piece: "Checkmate!"

"...!!" Midorima looked at the board in surprise before sighing in defeat, "You're a genius, Akashi."

The red-haired teenager just smiled in response and began to clean up the chess board.

"Hey, Akashi!" Midorima called out as the two left. The person called turned around, his red hair gently swaying in the wind, his heterochromatic eyes shining in the sunset, his small but noble body making the green-haired boy's heart beat faster.

“Yes, Shintaro?” A clear sound and a small smile responded.

"This is for you."

Midorima's hand held something out in front of him. Akashi confusedly reached out to receive it before realizing it was a bracelet shaped like a four-leaf clover.

"This is?" Akashi raised his eyebrows in question, studying the bracelet in his hand.

"According to Aho Asa today, Sagittarius is ranked 2nd and the lucky item is a four-leaf clover." Midorima pushed his glasses and said, his face slightly turned away, his ears red.

Akashi blinked at the person in front of him, confusion appearing in his heterochromatic eyes before answering, "Thank you." Hand stuffed the bracelet into his coat pocket.

'Somehow it doesn't feel right,' Akashi looked at the scene before him suspiciously before deciding to ignore it, 'Maybe it's just some event, it has nothing to do with me.'

The red-haired teenager happily went home.

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"Akachin's personality is very different from before!" Murasakibara Atsushi said as the two were resting in the middle of practice. His arm gently wrapped around the redhead's waist, his chin resting on Akashi's head, who was studying the team's practice plan file.

"Huh, I don't think so." Akashi hummed in response, still looking at the paper before raising his head slightly, his heterochromatic eyes looking at the purple with curiosity sparkling in them, "What's the difference, Atsushi?"

Murasakibara looked at the delicate face of the person in his arms and then rubbed his face into the red hair, inhaling the gentle, sweet scent of his Emperor that he still did not know what it was, his voice filled with gentleness, "I don't know, Akachin is still Akachin."

Akashi raised an eyebrow at the meaningless answer before sighing and turning back to the plan in hand.

The silent atmosphere passed gently, Murasakibara out of habit took out a snack.

“Don't eat on my head.” Akashi did not raise his head but raised his voice to warn.

"Whatever." Murasakibara agreed, no longer touching the food with his hands, but returned to hugging the red-haired teenager: "After all, Akachin is the sweetest." He muttered while burying his face in his red hair to hide his equally red face.

"Thank you?" Akashi answered confused.

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"Akashi-chi!" Kise Ryota ran from nowhere and hugged the red-haired teenager, his cheek rubbing against the red hair.

Akashi blinked in surprise before pushing Kise away in annoyance, "What is it, Ryota?" He frowned and asked.

"It's nothing, I just miss you." Kise answered excitedly, jumping back and forth in place before continuing to hug Akashi, pressing the smaller boy against his chest while gently placing a respectful kiss on that red head.

Akashi's heterochromatic eyes slightly raised before sighing, his hand hesitantly patted Kise's back as if comforting him, although the red-haired boy himself did not understand what he was comforting. Kise chuckled softly at the cute actions of the person in his arms, the hug became tighter.

"By the way, Akashi-cchi," Kise said happily after letting go of Akashi, walking quickly after his Emperor, "I have a crush on someone. Do you think I should invite them out tomorrow?" He said, his face red, looking expectant.

The heterochromatic eyes looked at Kise with confusion, realization and finally calculation, after a moment of thought, "I think you should do it!" Akashi nodded in response.

Kise's whole face lit up, "Really? If so, I'll see you at 8 o'clock tomorrow at the park!" The blonde boy said happily and excitedly before rushing off.

"Hey, let me think first, Ryota!" Akashi shouted in displeasure and received an excited smile and an excited wave from Kise before running away and disappearing.

"But if he's going out with Tetsuya, why did he invite me? Does he need me there for emotional support?" Akashi muttered in confusion before shaking his head and returning to his classroom.

The next day, Akashi did not come because he was busy with violin lessons and a political meeting that he, the Akashi family heir, had to attend.

'I'm sure Ryota can handle it himself.' Akashi Seijuro thought as he chatted with a business partner.

However, when he saw the blonde boy's face full of tears and snot when he returned to school, Akashi withdrew his thoughts.

"Huhu, Akashi-cchi is so cruel. Why did you stood me up like that?" Kise sobbed in condemnation, hugging the red-haired teenager's leg tightly.

Akashi looked at Kise with a disgusted expression, kicking him away, "Don't let your snot get on my things, Ryota!" He spoke hatefully, making the blonde boy cry even more.

“Besides, I was busy yesterday so I couldn't come. You can find someone else to go with you.” Akashi raised an eyebrow and pointed out, not understanding what this meant.

Kise's eyes widened, "Wait! Don't you understand? You were very observant about these things before, right?"

"Understand what?"

Kise explained with a red face, "You are the---Gah!" However, then, his sentence was interrupted by Aomine suddenly rushing forward and grabbing the blond man's neck.

"Don't you dare!!" Aomine smiled menacingly and growled at Kise, causing the blonde to pale before turning around and smiling at Akashi: "Akashi, let me borrow him for a moment."

Akashi raised an eyebrow at this sight before nodding. Watching a scared and crying Kise being dragged away by Aomine, he wondered what was going on before shrugging his shoulders and going back to thinking about the Student Council like before Kise interrupted.

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"So why are you suddenly calling everyone by their first names, Akashi-kun?" Kuroko Tetsuya's voice rang out, attracting the attention of Akashi, who was standing next to him. The heterochromatic eyes left the training ground, no longer using the towel to wipe away the sweat, but looked at the phantom sixth player.

“Do you have any comments, Tetsuya?” Akashi raised his eyebrows and asked again before smiling teasingly, wondering: "Or do you want me to call you by your last name?"

Kuroko shook his head, "No need! I like it when Akashi-kun calls my name." The blue-haired teenager said in a monotone voice, smiling slightly: "The way you say it is very..."

"Very?"

"...Very affectionate." Kuroko continued, her cheeks reddening slightly, "That makes me feel very happy."

Akashi blinked, not understanding the vague way to say, "Thank you?" He tilted his head slightly, unsure of his answer, his heterochromatic eyes looking into the blue.

"You’re welcome!" Kuroko answered happily, a bold hand pressed against Akashi's cheek. When he felt that there was no discomfort on the Emperor's face, his thumb stroked a drop of sweat near his eyelid, causing the red-haired teenager to reflexively close one eye.

“Tetsuya?” Akashi called confusedly, still not letting go of the hand that was pressing against his cheek, even slightly tilting his head as if he were leaning on it.

Kuroko looked at his Emperor's face with an undisguised smile before regretfully releasing his hand.

"I'll go practice now, Akashi-kun." Kuroko declared then returned to the practice room. Leaving behind an Akashi who still doesn't understand what's going on.

Akashi looked at Kuroko's red ears with complicated eyes before shaking his head and deciding to let it go. The red-haired teenager stretched and began phase two of the club's training plan.

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"Haha, Akashi! You're like a wet cat." Aomine Daiki laughed when he saw Akashi just opened the gym door and walked in, soaking wet. Akashi's uniform was no longer dry, his bright red hair fell down and stuck to his face, every step left a puddle.

“Shut up, Daiki!” Akashi growled in annoyance, rubbing his face to let the rain fall on his face. The whole person emitted a dark aura around him.

"Who would have thought it would rain this much..." Akashi grumbled in annoyance before his hand reflexively caught something flying towards his face. He blinked at the cotton towel in his hand and then looked back at the blue-haired boy.

"You should change before you catch a cold." Aomine spoke up before looking into heterochromatic eyes, "And did you bring anything? If not, I can lend it to you."

"No need!" Akashi replied, using a towel to wipe his wet hair, "I'm always prepared for any situation." He said and took out a set of clothes from his bag in a zippered bag.

Aomine whistled before stopping when he saw that the clothes in his bag were also wet, water dripping onto the floor. The two stood there dumbfounded before Aomine burst out laughing while Akashi's expression became darker than ever.

“Looks like you need to borrow something from me, huh?” Aomine wiped his tears from laughter and asked teasingly. Akashi nodded stiffly in response.

“Have you washed this yet?” Akashi asked suspiciously, not wanting to touch the basketball uniform Aomine lent him as they both entered the locker room.

Aomine's face showed dissatisfaction but he still nodded: "I just washed it today."

The heterochromatic eyes looked at the blue-haired boy with disbelief, making Aomine angry. However, after a psychological struggle, Akashi still accepted and went back to the closet to put his belongings away. Aomine also knew what that meant, turning around to give the red-haired boy some privacy.

However, when he turned around and looked at Akashi in his baggy clothes, Aomine couldn't help but gulp. Navy blue eyes watched a drop of water fall from his red hair onto his collarbone, then flow in that direction and disappear in---

A pair of scissors flew towards him, causing Aomine to panic and dodge. The scissors were just a few centimeters from his face and cut off a few strands of blue hair along the way. The blue-haired boy blinked, trying to calm his heart that was beating wildly from almost dying before screaming.

“What the hell, Akashi?” He seemed angry as he asked the red-haired teenager.

Akashi, whose name was called, took out another pair of scissors from somewhere and replied with a gloomy expression: "You're thinking something dirty about me." That's a statement.

"What the---" Aomine's words were cut off when one side of Akashi's basketball shirt fell off due to his previous actions, revealing pale shoulders, causing the blue-haired boy's cheeks to turn red. doubtfully.

Many other scissors rushed forward, causing Aomine to do his best to avoid them to preserve his life. Akashi's face became even more threatening, his heterochromatic eyes lit up, signaling death to the person in front of him if this continued.

For his dear life, Aomine used his fastest speed to rush to the closet and take out his jacket. He quickly threw it to Akashi, who caught it easily.

"Put it on! Hurry!" The blue haired boy asked, looking away with still red cheeks.

Akashi looked at Aomine suspiciously before looking back at the jacket. He started to put it on, trying to pull his arms out of the excessively long sleeves and zip it up while asking with a disgusted look on his face, "Is this also washed?"

"Of course!" Aomine angrily replied, "What do you mean---?"

The words caught in Aomine's throat as he turned back to look at his Emperor. Akashi now looked like he was swimming in an oversized jacket, his small hands were covered by the sleeves when he let them down, his cheeks were slightly pink from the cold. The blue-haired boy covered his smile with his hand, his cheeks turned red, he turned his face away, looking strangely happy.

“Daiki?” Akashi tilted his head slightly and asked.

Aomine coughed, trying to calm down before walking over to Akashi and starting to roll up the red-haired boy's sleeves, who was silently observing his actions curiously.

"I didn't expect you to be this small." Aomine grinned and spoke up.

"Tomorrow you practice twice as much!" Akashi's face darkened. He smiled back, holding a pair of scissors in his other hand and making a threatening gesture to cut the air.

"What---"

"Triple!"

Aomine looked at the shorter man in disbelief before sighing and accepting his fate, "Why do you like using scissors to threaten others so much?" He muttered and received a shrug from the red-haired teen.

"And why are you still at the gym?" Akashi asked, watching Aomine roll up his remaining sleeve before raising his face, his heterochromatic eyes looking at the blue.

“Ah, I'm staying for more practice today.” Aomine grinned back and suggested, "So, since it's still raining, do you want to play 1v1 with me?"

Aomine looked at his Emperor, who looked at him bewildered before giving him a smile that made his heart skip a beat.

"Of course I will win!" That clear, noble and confident voice rang out.

Aomine's head bowed slightly to hide his red face. After a moment of struggling with his thoughts, he softly said, "...Hey Akashi."

"Huh?"

"Can I hug you?"

"...!!"

Before Akashi could understand the question, the red-haired teenager was surrounded by a strong embrace, his cheek pressed against the strong chest of the person who had just asked. His heterochromatic eyes looked up suspiciously, trying to figure out if there was some dark plot here. When he found nothing, he sighed and hesitantly hugged back, making the blue-haired boy blush even more.

"Finished yet?" Akashi spoke up after a moment of silence.

"Yes, thank you." Aomine regretfully let go of his hand, causing Akashi to raise his eyebrows slightly, "I'm going out to prepare the field." The blue-haired boy laughed loudly, his cheeks still red, then ran out.

Akashi looked then sighed and shrugged, deciding not to try to understand Aomine's confusing actions anymore. Instead, he followed suit and prepared for the match to win the next match.

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"Akashi Seijuro is a talented but also very strange player." That's what the basketball club would say when asked about the red-haired teenager.

At first, when they first accepted new members, Akashi Seijuro was overwhelmed by the other members. Because not only is his height inappropriate, but also because Akashi's talent is almost unremarkable compared to others. What he showed cannot be compared to Murasakibara's giant body, Midorima's ability to concentrate, Aomine's strength or Kise's perfect copying ability. Even compared to Kuroko Tetsuya, who also had an inappropriate height but was noticed by Nijimura the first time he saw him, his invisibility was even more remarkable.

However, later, Akashi proved his talent when using Elbow Pass in practice and successfully joined group 1. But because of his Point Guard position, the same position as Kuroko, he became a member substitute, only comes on the field when the blue-haired guy is tired. Along with that, the red-haired boy's sociable personality also partly makes his aura less brilliant than others.

Of course, when all six first years also known as the Generation of Miracles are together, Akashi always has his own identity so he won't be forgotten but that's it. He is still not an excellent player that attracts the attention of others.

Not until something happened to Akashi Seijuro, something that made him the center of attention. Suddenly, the red-haired teenager was no longer quiet and sociable but became more arrogant than ever.

"My orders are absolute!"

"Since I always win, I'm always right."

Akashi spoke with absolute confidence as if it were an obvious truth, his loud and resonant voice attracting everyone's attention.

Akashi goes everywhere with the ideal of 'Winning is everything' and doesn't care about anything else. The red-haired teenager also became more involved, planning to train everyone to the extreme. At some point, they also got used to the scissors flying above their heads and a terrible pressure threatening to radiate from Akashi. His heterochromatic eyes glowed with a fire that never went out.

When the others began to be unhappy with Akashi's actions, they challenged him to a duel to make him fall.

"Are you sure?" Akashi tilted his head and asked again: "Because I will win."

And Akashi never loses. He always wins with spectacular dominance. He reads the opponent's movements, steals the ball with ease and uses Ankle Break continuously as if he were playing a game, his stats are very high. At those times, his heterochromatic eyes would sparkle and the red-haired boy would look more like an Emperor than ever.

His leadership and strategic planning abilities also shine brightly. Everything was as Akashi predicted and victory came easily. Even when sitting on the bench, his jacket flying around his shoulders like a cape, his eyes still watched the match with calculating eyes and when he stepped onto the field, the outcome had already been decided.

And gradually, the red-haired teenager became the person they always admired.

But even after becoming untouchable, Akashi is still kind, gentle, and focused on team play in his own way. He is big but also very small, scary but also very adorable. And everyone he came into contact with couldn't help but respect, fear, but also love and cherish the red-haired teenager equally.

So before they knew it, Akashi Seijuro had become the center, the heart, of the basketball club.

“And he is also the most excellent existence you will ever meet.” They will smile gently in response.