Chapter 12: Seijuro Akashi

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As Tsuna looked at the student before him, he noticed that the guy's presence was quite different from that of his father during the gathering the night before. Nonetheless, considering his age, Tsuna found his accomplishments quite impressive.

Meanwhile, Akashi observed Tsuna with interest, finding a unique and powerful aura around him, similar to that of his father. He understood why his father had a high opinion of Tsuna, the youngest heir of the renowned Kazama family.

"Tsunayoshi Kazama..." Akashi paused for a moment before extending his hand for a handshake. "I've heard about you from my father. A pleasure to meet you. I'm Seijuro Akashi."

Tsuna nodded and firmly shook Akashi's hand. "Seijuro, huh? Your father mentioned you quite a few times yesterday."

Using Akashi's first name was Tsuna's way of distinguishing between the father and son, so it wouldn't be confusing to refer to both of them as Akashi.

As the three of them walked together towards the basketball club, Midorima couldn't help but feel a bit out of place.

He observed Tsuna and Akashi exchanging pleasantries. It felt like witnessing a meeting between royalty. The air around them seemed to carry a sense of prestige and power, something he was not accustomed to.

Deep in thought, Midorima held a dumbbell in his hand, which he considered his lucky item for the day.

"This feels quite heavy, but I suppose it's fitting for a gathering of conglomerate heirs. After all, they're like real-life princes," he mused to himself.

After the greeting, they continued walking together in silence. The atmosphere felt a bit tense, making Momoi uncomfortable. Trying to break the silence, she said, "I guess we'll all go to the club together then."

Her words brought some relief to the atmosphere as they headed towards the basketball club as a group.

Upon reaching the basketball club, Tsuna noticed many familiar faces who had arrived earlier. Aomine, one of them, was currently dribbling the ball while Nijimura defended against him. Observing Aomine, Tsuna mumbled to himself, "I thought Daiki would be the type to arrive late."

Momoi chuckled at his remark, causing Tsuna to turn to her. She replied, "Daiki might be late for other things, but when it comes to basketball, he's always on time."

"He's that passionate about it?" Tsuna inquired, glancing at Aomine's excited expression while playing against Nijimura.

Momoi nodded with a gentle smile as she looked at Aomine.

"Daiki doesn't just like basketball. He loves it!" she remarked.

Tsuna found it quite amusing how Aomine's current attitude contrasted with what he remembered from his past life. However, his attention was drawn to Sanada, who entered the court with an older man by his side.

The man had short, combed-back grey hair and a well-kept circle beard. He was dressed formally in a dark business suit with a white shirt and a green tie. His sharp eyes were narrowed as he observed the soon-to-be Generation Miracles.

Seeing Sanada arrive with the man, Nijimura stopped playing and walked up to them, offering a friendly greeting. After some simple pleasantries, Nijimura stood up in the middle of the court and instructed all the first-string members to line up in front of them.

Sanada nodded in agreement as he observed everyone lining up. Standing beside him, a man with a warm smile stepped forward to introduce himself, "I see new faces among you, so I shall introduce myself first. My name is Kozo Shirogane, and I'm currently the Head Coach of the Teiko Basketball Club."

"As usual, we'll start with some simple exercises for the first training day. However, because I heard we have a great addition to the team, we will do a practice game..."

Shirogane's charismatic speech captured the attention of the members. He gestured towards Sanada, "As for how the team was divided, I'll let Assistant Coach Sanada and Captain Nijimura decide it."

After concluding his speech, Shirogane excused himself, hinting at other duties to attend to. Sanada took over the proceedings and decided to pit the newcomers against the senior players for a practice game.

The exercises continued for longer than Tsuna had expected, and he noticed that the training was quite intense for what was considered a 'simple' exercise. The first-string players were panting, and some were drenched in sweat.

As Tsuna participated in the shuttle runs with the rest of the group, he observed something incredible.

Murasakibara, the towering player with a laid-back demeanor, seemed unfazed by the demanding exercises. He appeared to be effortlessly completing the drills, not breaking a sweat or showing any signs of tiredness.

Tsuna couldn't help but ask, "Are you not tired at all, Atsushi?"

"Huh? Not at all. This is a light exercise, right?" Murasakibara nonchalantly replied when someone called out to him.

"You asked him such a question, but you don't seem tired either," Midorime interrupted while panting as he looked at Tsuna, who seemed to be doing fine after such exercises.

"Well, while that is indeed the case, I'm used to something harder than this," Tsuna explained while still doing the exercise with Midorima following him from behind.

"However, that guy," Tsuna continued as he pointed at Murasakibara, who seemed lost in thought again as he kept doing the exercise before them. "I doubt he was used to this kind of exercise before."

Hearing this, Midorime widened his eyes in disbelief. "So, you're saying that it's just his natural physique?"

Akashi, who was listening to this, also widened his eyes in surprise as he looked at Murasakibara in a new light. To think that they had such a monster on their team.

"That's true," Tsuna agreed, nodding his head as he continued doing the exercise. He couldn't help but keep his eyes on Murasakibara, who appeared to be lost in thought, almost like he was on autopilot. "But, I guess it comes with a cost, huh."

As Tsuna observed, he couldn't help but think that with the right coach or professional trainer, Murasakibara had the potential to rival those NBA players just based on his remarkable physique. The sheer size and natural talent of Murasakibara left Tsuna in awe, imagining the incredible heights he could reach in basketball with proper guidance.

"It's getting interesting..." Tsuna muttered silently as he smiled.

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