That Night – The Locker Room
After practice, Rika was packing up her stuff when she overheard something.
Renji and Tetsuya were whispering.
Renji: "Did you hear? A new player is joining the tournament."
Tetsuya: "Yeah. They say he's insane."
Rika raised an eyebrow. "Who?"
Renji turned. "Oh, you didn't hear? There's some player joining the Winter Tournament from another school. No one knows his name, but apparently…"
Tetsuya continued. "He's a dribbling monster."
Rika frowned. A dribbling monster?
For some reason, her eyes drifted to Shun.
But he was silent.
His expression unreadable.
And then—
Coach walked in. "Alright, you morons, go home."
The discussion was over.
But Rika couldn't shake the feeling that something was off.
Whoever this new player was…
It felt personal.