Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 11 What kind of monster are you (Part )

"Please give me your guidance!" As the rookie team and the first-team team finished greeting each other, Ken Kaneki, the second tallest rookie, and Taro Sugitani came to the center line to prepare for the jump ball.

Looking at the beads of sweat sliding down Sugitani Taro's forehead, Kaneki Ken comforted him with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, senior, we are just a group of newcomers."

"Hmph, don't expect me to show mercy!" Taro Sugitani snorted coldly and uttered harsh words.

"Tsk, the local senior is so rude." Kaneki Ken didn't say anything, but just complained in his heart with some dissatisfaction.

"Beep~" The sound of the whistle interrupted Kaneki Ken's thoughts. He saw that the referee had already thrown the basketball up, and Taro Sugitani in front of him had already jumped.

"Hey, senior, at least wait until I'm ready before jumping!" Kaneki Ken, who came later but was the first to arrive, jumped up, his feet seemed to be equipped with springs, and easily pushed the ball into his own hands.

It was just a simple jump ball, but it shocked everyone present.

"It can't be true. Captain Sugitani is half a head taller than him!" exclaimed a member of the Second Army who was watching the battle.

"Moreover, this kid jumped up from behind, but when he hit the ball in the air, Taro could only touch his elbow. You know, Taro can barely dunk. This kind of talent is really... astonishing!" The recorder on the side also sighed.

"Shuzo, what do you think of this game?" Shirogane Kozo looked at Nijimura Shuzo with interest and asked.

Nijimura Shuzo remained calm and responded seriously, "Taro is bound to lose. The gap in talent is too big."

The crowd off the court was still discussing, but the game on the court was still going on. It must be said that the Teiko Junior High School team was well-trained. Seeing that the fight for the ball failed, the freshman Shoichi Sae immediately stepped forward to press the ball. Shoichi Sae, who had never experienced such a strong defense, immediately panicked and wanted to pass the ball, but the more anxious you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. As expected, the shooting guard of the first team, Koji Nishida, seized the opportunity to steal the ball.

"Yoshi." Taro Sugitani was so excited that he was about to clench his fist to celebrate, but a figure flashed by in his peripheral vision. When he looked closely, it was Kaneki Ken who was rushing forward.

"Really? Can't the seniors give the juniors some chance to adapt?" Just as Nishida Koji stole the ball and prepared to layup, Kaneki Ken's voice of complaint came from behind his head. Before Nishida Koji could react, the ball was nailed hard on the backboard by Kaneki Ken. This scene made Sugitani Taro's eyes hurt. He lowered his head and looked at the place where Kaneki Ken started running in disbelief. A bright white free throw line made him unable to open his eyes.

"Kaneki Ken is sure to win." Akashi Seijuro said with a burning gaze looking into the arena.

"Tsk, I can do that too." Aomine Daiki said with some jealousy as he looked at Kaneki Ken's amazing goal on the court.

Kaneki Ken seemed unaware that he had become a black hole in his eyes. He grabbed the basketball and passed it to Sho Taichi who had just made a mistake, encouraging him, "It's okay. Just play steadily. If you can't score, pass it to me. If you can't pass it out, shoot it and I'll grab the rebound."

"Yes! Kaneki-san!" Shotaichi Zuo, who had just been blaming himself for his stupid mistake, felt inexplicably moved.

"The untrained newcomer really has no sense of the game." Kaneki Ken felt a little regretful. If it was Kaneki Ken who took the shot just now, he should have scored a fast break by now.

"Kaneki-san is very talented as a leader." Looking at the newcomers on the field who had a different aura, Shirogane Kozo said with some emotion, "Shuzo, when you first joined the team, you didn't care about your teammates as much as he does."

"The coach's criticism is right." Nijimura Shuzo did not refute, but admitted it frankly, "I have talked to Momoi Satsuki and Aomine Daiki, Kaneki Ken is a very stupid person in private, which is not my character." "Haha, Shuzo, don't take it to heart, I was just saying it casually, not criticizing. You are a lion king type of player, focusing on doing your best to lead the whole team, while Kaneki is a wolf king type of player, focusing on pulling his teammates to lead the team. Who is necessarily better than who? As long as we win, that's all." Shirokane Kozo smiled and waved his hand, his eyes returned to the game on the court.

At this time, Shotaichi Sae had already dribbled the ball across half court. Looking at the seniors who were about to double-team him, he decisively stuffed the ball back into Kaneki Ken's hands.

"Really? I wanted you to hit a few balls first." Kaneki Ken muttered, posing a triple threat, staring at Nishida Koji who volunteered to defend him.

"Kid, you just scored that goal by luck, don't even think about scoring this one. I'm the defensive pioneer of the Teiko Army, and I'm best at tormenting the self-confidence of offensive players." Nishida Yukiji put on an "I'm very strong" aura and tried to interfere with Kaneki Ken's mentality.

"You're full of jingles, are you going to take the postgraduate entrance exam?" Kaneki Ken complained speechlessly, "You're so loose, who are you trying to defend against?"

As soon as the words fell, Kaneki Ken jumped up decisively, and Nishida Koji hurried forward to interfere. Because he was too excited, Nishida Koji even bumped into Kaneki Ken. But at the moment when the two bodies collided, Kaneki Ken just shook slightly and stabilized his body, but Nishida Koji was not so lucky, and was directly knocked to the ground by the recoil.

"Foul!" Aomine Daiki said with some regret, "It looks like Kaneki will have to take three free throws."

"Impossible, this ball will definitely go in." Midorima Shintaro pushed his glasses and said seriously.

As expected, the basketball went into the net in front of everyone's eyes. At the same time, the referee blew the whistle: "Nishida Koji, shooting foul, three-pointer counts, one free throw."

Seeing the embarrassed Nishida Koji on the court, the crowd fell into silence. As the starting shooting guard of Teiko Junior High School, his tough defense and stable three-point shooting were one of the important weapons of Teiko Junior High School in the past year. However, such a player was so embarrassed when facing Kaneki Ken.

Kaneki Ken looked at the fallen Nishida Koji, stepped forward in a friendly manner and extended his hand, saying, "Are you okay, senior?"

Nishida Koji looked at Kaneki Ken in front of him. The light shone on his golden hair, which was particularly dazzling. "Tsk, I don't need you to pretend to be kind!" Nishida Koji gritted his teeth, slapped Kaneki Ken's hand away, and said angrily.

Kaneki Ken shrugged helplessly, walked to the free throw line silently, and took the ball from the referee. Kaneki Ken patted the ball, took a deep breath, and threw the ball out.

"This ball... won't go in?" Strange expressions appeared on the faces of the onlookers. They felt that there was something inexplicably wrong when the word "missed free throw" was linked to Kaneki Ken's accurate three-point shooting.

"Here it comes!" At this time, Akashi Seijuro, who seemed to be observing something, suddenly spoke, and the shock in his tone was obvious.

At this time, Sugitani Taro and the first team's starting power forward, Atsushi Okazaki, easily blocked the freshman who was about to rush for the rebound, staring at the basketball that bounced high, ready to grab the rebound. But at this moment, a shadow covered the restricted area like a demon crawling out of the abyss, and with a bang, the basketball was dunked into the basket by Kaneki Ken.

"Seniors from Teiko, you are too rude." After landing, Kaneki Nobuyuki slowly stood up, his eyes seemed to be burning with the fire of hell.

"Damn it! What kind of monster are you?" Taro Sugitani stared at Kaneki Ken and wailed weakly.

"I, of course I am Kaneki Ken!" Kaneki Ken grinned, his expression like a ferocious beast intending to devour people.

(End of this chapter)