"Yo." Finn Zachary from Soya University smiled playfully, "You changed members? I have never seen him before."
Alex was in loose sportswear, holding a basketball. He was standing there, giving off a powerful aura. His lips curved into a smile and said, "A stranger? You'll be kneeling down and begging for my mercy later."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the court fell into silence.
Freya turned around and covered her face with her hands, "...Alex's scoff is as annoying as ever."
Victor smiled, "When he was a freshman in high school, as long as he was present, there would be a fight after every match."
Sara tugged Freya's sleeve and asked, "Freya... Is it alright?"
Freya knew what she was worried about. She comforted her, "It's okay. Since Alex offered it himself, he wasn't forced."
Then, she looked at Nina, whose face was darkened, and sneered, "Nina, Alex is going to play. Why didn't you thank Sara?"
Nina clenched her fists tightly. She had never expected that the situations she had imagined did not happen and Alex even offered to join the match himself.
Even if Sara did not say anything to her, Nina felt as if she was slapped in the face.
She gritted her teeth and glared at William, who had come up with that idea. William was not looking well too. She whispered, "... I didn't expect that too..."
Who would have thought that Alex would do that for Sara!
Now, she had no choice but to give in as Scarlet was still beside, staring at her. Nina hesitated and thanked Sara unwillingly. Then, she fled awkwardly and returned to her seat.
Freya laughed, "Look at her face. She looks like a storm cloud just rained on her."
Sara said helplessly, "I know right."
Freya snorted, "You're too naive. She just wanted to frame you. If Alex hadn't changed his mind, you would have been embarrassed today."
Sara shook her head and said, "I know."
"You do?!" Freya asked curiously, "Then why are you not angry?"
"I am." Sara replied earnestly, "But anger can't change the current situation."
Freya was speechless. She thought, "That makes sense. I'm wordless."
On the court, Finn stared at Alex sinisterly. After a while, he smiled and said, "Buddy, you're quite arrogant."
Alex said slowly, "Soon you'll know that I'm telling the truth."
Finn was still not taking him seriously, "Is that so? I hope you won't end up like Young Master Bishop..."
Alex's face clouded. He smiled and said, "Are you threatening me?"
"How could it be a threat? It's a kind reminder."
Alex replied, "We'll see."
On the court, it was like there is an invisible string, so tight that it could break at any time.
Victor rubbed his temples and mumbled, "Could you stop trying to make others hate you? It would be the end of us if these b*stards hit you later."
Alex snickered, "As if I'm afraid of them."
With a whistle from the referee, the second half of the game officially began.
Sara and Freya returned to their seats respectively. After a while, Simon stumbled in with his injured leg and sat down on Alex's seat next to Sara. Sara was a little annoyed, but she said nothing.
It was undeniable that Alex was really good at playing basketball, like a wild beast let loose out of its cage. Every movement of his was vicious, as if he would tear apart anyone who dared to interrupt him. The members of Soya were hesitant to approach him like they did to Simon before.
Sara was clueless about basketball. Back then, while the other girls was cheering on the basketball court, she was working hard to complete her homework so that she didn't have to use a torchlight in the middle of the night and that she could have submitted her homework on the next day.
However, she could see Alex's explosive power in the basketball court. It was enthralling.
As a perfect three-point shot was scored, the audience screamed and cheered.
"Brother Alex! Brother Alex!!"
"Ah! I love you, Brother Alex!"
"Brother Alex, you're so cool!"
"It is killing me! I'm dead!"
Alex wiped off his sweat and glanced at Sara, winking at her.
Sara was speechless.
At that moment, Simon said, "Even if he hasn't played it in a long time, he's still so good at it."
Alex didn't need any cooperation of his teammates. The court was his stage, he could dominate it completely.
The score was 8:12 now. Next, gradually, it became 9:12, 10:13, 11:13, 12:13...
The score was going to be tied! Freya was so excited. She said, "After Alex went on the court, Soya only managed to get one shot in! Oh god! He's so cool!"
Sara whispered, "Could we win?"
Simon replied, "It's hard to say... There's not much time left."
At that moment, Finn scored a goal, making the score 12:14.
Simon frowned, "The players from Soya University are not experts. When did they become so powerful?"
Sara looked at the members of Soya, who are burning and sweating, and said, "Didn't they play basketball well before?"
Simon was stunned as Sara took the initiative to talk to him. He then quickly replied, "It used to be third-rate. We could easily defeat them. They have made so much progress in such a short time."
Sara frowned slightly, thinking of unsavory situations.
The gap between the score was two points, but there were only three minutes left. Simon whispered, "...We may not able to win the game."
In the final three minutes, it would be very risky to make a two-point or three-point shot.
Everyone stopped screaming, the court fell into silence again.
Alex licked his lips and dribbled the ball. Simon stood up and exclaimed, "Is he crazy?!"
Everyone was surprised too.
Was Alex trying to score on a three-point shot? It was easier said than done!
The members of Soya were guarding under the basketball board, staring at the ball in Alex's hand...
There were only one and a half minutes left. It seemed as if the stopwatch was ticking in everyone's heart, every second of the time was so significant.
Everyone could not help but hold their breath, waiting for the final shot.
Alex jumped up suddenly, stretching his arms forward. The members of Soya immediately jumped to block the ball, but it was nowhere to be seen. Alex smirked, "It's here."
Finn cursed, "D*mn you! It was a fake move!" Alex ignored him. The Soya's team rushed to him. He dribbled and passed by two of them. There was only ten seconds left.
10,9,8...
Suddenly, he jumped up in the air and threw the ball out casually...