"Gulu.Gulu"
"Aomine. Aomine!"
Immersed in the deep sea, Qingfeng was awakened in reality before he could comprehend the secrets.
He opened his eyes, raised his lying head, and then glanced at the teacher standing in front of him with a pale face.
"It's nine o'clock in the morning, not nine o'clock at night!"
"You fell asleep so soon, what were you doing?!"
"Go and stand at the door!!"
Almost like before, I was scolded by the teacher.
"ha"
"Isn't it just using class time to go see Zone?"
"It's not like you're really sleeping."
Standing in the corridor, Aomine yawned and scratched his head.
This isn't the first time he's done this.
There is no way, he is really not very good at learning this kind of thing, and he has always only pursued one to pass.
Ever since he developed Zone's powerful abilities, he has become addicted to it.
"However, it feels like the full-power Zone has reached its limit."
"If we can't dive any further, that's as far as it goes."
Frowning, recalling what he had just felt deep down, Aomine thought about how to become stronger.
He has recently maintained the full power zone at its peak.
That is, the degree of 50% extra physical consumption
It has dropped by another quarter compared to when we fought against Akutsu.
Under this situation, he could no longer reduce the price to any lower level, so much so that Qingfeng believed that this was already the limit of the full power zone.
Unsatisfied, he still immersed himself in the depths of the Zone, trying to tap out stronger power.
But recently, I haven't had any clues or gains.
"Zizzi!"
The bell rang, entering the break period, and Qingfeng returned to the classroom and sat indifferently.
"Snapped!"
"Xiao Qingfeng, you've been distracted lately."
Kise asked as he sat down on his desk and looked at Aomine who seemed to be in a daze.
"It's so noisy."
Looking up at Kise, Aomine put his hands in his pockets, leaned back on the chair, and said calmly.
"Ah, you are so cold, Xiao Qingfeng."
"Although I know that you have been lurking crazily in the Zone recently, there is no need to be so ruthless."
“It’s not necessarily the right thing to just rush forward.”
Shaking his shoulders and looking at Aomine who seemed to be in a bad mood, Kise didn't bother him. He stood up from the table and walked towards the door. He then said with a smile.
"."
Listening to Kise's words, Aomine was stunned for a moment.
…………
"Tetsuya, can you change your elusive behavior?"
"Qingmine-kun, I came here first."
On the rooftop, Qingfeng lay on the floor and basked in the sun comfortably, then closed his eyes and spoke, and the latter protested seriously.
"Recent training has not been as active as before."
"Did you encounter any trouble?"
Instead of dwelling on the previous question, Heizi sat next to him and asked calmly.
"No, I just can't think of how to make Zone stronger."
"Obviously I feel that full power zone is not the limit, but I don't have a clue about the next step."
"No matter how hard I dive, there is no movement."
Sighing, Aomine didn't hide anything when facing Kuroko.
In the beginning, he relied on Kuroko's prompts to activate his potential zone.
"Although I have practiced the full power zone to the limit, I don't think it is enough for the national competition."
"That bastard Akutsu will probably get stronger."
"If you don't take two steps ahead of him, you won't be able to rest assured."
For the first time, I felt annoyed that I was not strong enough.
It is conceivable that his loss to Akutsu once still made him resentful.
"Becoming stronger?"
"But Aomine-kun, do you really understand Zone?"
"ha?"
Taking a sip of the drink in his hand, Heizi squinted at him and asked a topic.
This question made Qingfeng very surprised. He didn't know why Kuroko asked this.
"What is Zone?"
"In what form does Zone exist? And what kind of power drives it?"
"What did you get from Zone?"
A series of questions directly confused Qingfeng, who was not good at thinking.
“Sometimes the path ahead is not necessarily the right one.”
After drinking the drink and standing up, Kuroko looked at Aomine who was still confused and reminded him.
He knew that Qingfeng had been drilling deeper into the zone recently.
The idea is good, but his approach may not be right.
"."
Hearing Kuroko's words, he suddenly remembered Kise's previous words.
These two people could both happen to say similar things
Is there really something wrong with his current approach?
His consciousness was once again immersed in the realm of Zone, once lurking downward.
"Tsk"
Still didn't get any response for a long time.
………
"Snapped!"
"boom!!"
"What's wrong? You actually came to me in a way other than playing ball."
After training with Akashi, Shirazu had already noticed Aomine who had been waiting beside him for a long time.
"actually."
He didn't hold back his problems until death as a person. Aomine was still happy to talk to Akashi and Shirazu about these things.
After expressing all his current confusion, Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Heh, Kise aside, Kuroko actually said that?"
"Then I think you might want to seriously consider it."
"As an expert on Zone, he knows more than we do."
Holding the racket in his hands, Shirazu thought for a moment and then answered.
"Do you even think so?"
Aomeng scratched his hair and felt a headache. Although he felt that some of what Kuroko said made sense, he still felt that something was wrong.
"Who do you think was the first to develop the power of Zone?"
Akashi knew that he was struggling with whether his own judgment or Kuroko's words deserved more attention.
"Isn't it the one who developed the power of Zone?"
Thinking of this question, Qingfeng subconsciously wanted to say it was him, but then he paused.
Recalling the scene where he had seen Kuroko in the depths, he realized something.
Except for him to dig deeper into Zone's power, Kuroko seems to be the first person to dive.
At that time, thanks to the power of connection, Heizi was the last to open the Zone, but he came from behind and dived first.
"Have you ever wondered why Heizi is still in the potential zone even though you have turned on the full power zone?"
"Logically speaking, he should be the first person to come into contact with the deep zone, right?"
"You don't really think that Heizi will stay in one place willingly?"
The words of Shirazu and Akashi finally made Aomine understand.
Heizi should have known something for a long time, so he said those words.
The secret to going one step further than full-power Zone lies in those questions.
"Tsk, I didn't expect that I would hesitate one day."
I feel blind about what I have and ignore some details.
Fortunately, he didn't hold it in alone, but found someone to talk it out with, so he almost realized the problem as early as possible.
"Hmm, I don't understand it at all."
As the sun gradually went down, Aomine, who stayed in the tennis club, sat on a stool for a long time, still unable to understand what Kuroko said.
What is Zone?
In what form does Zone exist? And with what force?
What did you get from Zone?
That first question alone blocked Qingfeng's brain cells.
"You seem to be really thinking about those complicated issues."
There was a sound outside the door, and Aomine looked back, only to see Shirazu and Akashi staring at him.
"You haven't left yet?"
"What are you talking about? The national competition will start in ten days. Akashi and I are busy."
"After all, there are many things I need to discuss and arrange with Bai Jin."
“This national competition cannot be ignored.”
The two walked to the club room, turned on the lights, then moved chairs and sat down.
"I remember Heizi mentioned that you once activated the potential zone and it inspired a single-person ability resonance, right?"
Looking at Qingfeng who said "I don't understand", Bai Jin couldn't help but feel funny, and then asked.
"yes"
After nodding, Aomine realized something was wrong.
"Then haven't you ever thought about who your solo ability resonates with?"
"Akaashi is with another self."
"Who do you resonate with?"
Generally speaking, ability resonance requires two people to trigger, but there are exceptions.
Just like Akaashi today and Polk in the main drama.
They can all achieve single-player ability resonance.
Omo Akashi is Wazato Akashi, and Polk is Watsuka.
Therefore, whether it is a pair or a single person, there must be another matching partner for the ability resonance.
If Qingfeng really stimulated the resonance of single-player abilities because of the potential zone, why would he choose not to use it?
"Um"
This has always been Aomine's blind spot. He had awakened such power at first, but somehow, he seemed to have subconsciously ignored its existence, and then directly turned on the full power Zone, so that he focused on the latter.
"Is there a possibility?"
"Your full power zone was actually not something you realized at first."
"But you learned it after being inspired by someone when you first had the ability to resonate?"
After Bai Jin said these words, Qingfeng was stunned.
Looking back, when he reached the stage of potential zone, he stimulated the resonance of his abilities, and then the full power zone appeared.
He had always thought that he had dug it out by himself, but now that he thought about it carefully, it seemed that something was really wrong.
"Who is the person I resonate with?"
Realizing this, Qingfeng fell into deep thinking.
Since there is a match, it must be someone he knows.
But a player who can allow him to understand the full-power Zone means that the player himself should have a deep understanding of the Zone.
With the current level of development of Zone, he didn't even know who it was for a while.
"It must be Heizi."
Akashi thought about it carefully, and then pointed it out softly.
"ha?"
Qingfeng's face was full of surprise, as if he was a little panicked.
"Idiot, among all our players who know Zone, except Kuroko, can anyone sneak in earlier than him?"
Bai Jin didn't have any surprises. The deep abilities of the Zone were controlled by "Heizi".
The so-called "gatekeepers".
Although the world has changed and the content is different, one thing is essentially that Zone has a natural "laissez-faire" attitude towards Kuroko.
This is something Bai Jin only learned after he realized how difficult it was to develop Zone.
Even he had difficulty groping, but Heizi could easily get in, which in itself showed that the latter was treated as Zone's biological son.
Because of this, Aomine originally activated his potential zone and activated his ability to resonate with Kuroko who was observing him.
From Kuroko, Aomine obtained the full power Zone directly through ability resonance.
As a result, Qingfeng thought that it was the power he had directly activated, so he ignored the role of ability resonance.
"Snapped!"
"No wonder. I was talking about why the full power zone keeps exercising but the cost can no longer be reduced or even improved."
The doubts he had been having were solved. Qingfeng patted his cheek and knew the problem.
The moves obtained through ability resonance are already maximised. It would be awesome if he could develop them further.
Being able to reduce the price from 100% to 50% is already his "outstanding talent".
"So if you think about it from another perspective, you can actually do more than that, right?"
"Not talking about Zone's power, just talking about the resonance with Tetsuya's ability is enough for you to struggle for a long time."
Akashi then pointed at Aomine and spoke.
The ability resonance triggered in the Zone field is somewhat different from that of a single person. It is more of a resonance achieved through the spirit.
It can be said that all the technologies held by both parties are directly exposed.
Maybe there will be some stronger moves.
“Suddenly things became much brighter.”
"Really, I didn't expect that there are so many things waiting for me to do."
Thinking of this, Qingfeng was relieved, and he had an urge to experiment.
He had a hunch that as long as he understood the "ability resonance" between him and Kuroko, a deeper zone would naturally open up.
At this time, he was not as anxious as he was at first, but his mentality relaxed.
Just in response to that sentence, the thing I have always wanted to pursue is actually around me.
What is Zone?
Inspiring physical abilities with spirit is the Zone.
In what form does Zone exist? And with what force?
It appears in consciousness using spiritual power as a carrier, and can be driven by spiritual power.
What do you get from Zone?
Thinking of this last question, Qingfeng's face showed that familiar smile. For him personally, of course it was.
“Sustainability and strength with others.”
Hearing Aomine say this, Shirazu and Akashi knew that he had finally figured it out.
However, the two of them are not players who rely on the Zone to make a living, so they will not dig out anything in it. At most, they will use it as a communication "software".
Open Zone = go online.
This is also their collective understanding. The means of seamless communication across geographical boundaries is undoubtedly beyond the times.
And through communication and contact with others, you can experience a different kind of power.
It can be said that this is a "big boss communication circle".
People who come in without opening the door can be strong, but those who come in by opening the door will definitely be strong.
It wasn't until Aomine opened the door and left that Shirazu turned to ask Akashi.
"So when you originally assigned him to Heizi, didn't you just solve it directly?"
"But there aren't that many doubles matches for him and Tetsuya to play."
"And there are too few opponents who can adapt to them."
"There is no strong enough suppression to force an explosion between them."
"Well, that's true. Sometimes he needs to play in singles."
"However, from now on, he may soar into the sky."
"It's hard for me to imagine how quickly he would grow without any restrictions."
"It won't be too fast. It will only take about ten days. There will be different performances, but there is no chance of full growth this year."
"Oh, next year? That's really exciting."
ps:
I originally wanted to separate the chapters into two, but after thinking about it I decided to write them together.
4k
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