Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 138 Overturn 2.0
"Moshimoshi? Chihiro? Is the game over? How was the result? All right, all right." In the basketball hall of Rakuzan High School, Mibuchi Reo put down the phone, turned to look at Akashi Seijuro standing on the sidelines and said, "Akagi, Dai just called back, and the game between Kaijo and Kitagawa is over."

"How was the result of the game?" Akashi Seijuro said with a smile, his arms folded across his chest as he looked at the Rakusan players who were training.

"Kaijo won by a large margin. Kise Ryouta has the signs of awakening that Akashi mentioned before..." Mibuchi Reio walked to Akashi Seijuro and stood one body length behind him, "But just as Akashi predicted before, the purity is not enough."

"Hmm..." Akashi Seijuro hummed noncommittally, and then asked casually, "When is the match between Shonan High School and Kaijo High School?"

"Let me take a look..." Mibuchi Reio briefly checked her notebook and replied in a deep voice, "The first match between the two teams will be in a week. If the two teams happen to rank first and second, they will compete for the championship at the end of this month."

"Tell Coach Nagaharu to reserve tickets for everyone a week later." Akashi Seijuro said calmly.

"Yes." Mibuchi Reo wrote it down in her notebook, then seemed to remember something and asked, "What about the competition at the end of the month?"

"No need." Akashi Seijuro shook his head gently, "One game is enough for everyone to see the difference clearly."

……

"Hey, Murasaki, be more aggressive when you defend!" Masako Araki looked at Murasaki Atsushi who was blatantly pretending to be dead in front of her, and she took the wooden sword and chopped him on the back in frustration.

"Ouch, what are you doing..." Murasakihara Atsushi felt pain for a moment and glared at Araki Masako angrily, "Masako-chan, you're going too far! Yanzi never hit me before!"

"Haha, forget it, coach~" A gentle voice came from behind Murasakibara Atsushi, "A-Dun is just a little tired. Covering half the court by yourself is really tiring. Don't be angry, A-Dun. The coach was just anxious for a moment."

"Hmph!" Murasakibara Atsushi kicked over the basketball rack angrily and sat on the sidelines sulking.

"You..." Masako Araki was furious when she saw Murasakihara Atsushi's actions. Just as she was about to say something, she was stopped by Himuro Tatsuya.

"Are you spoiling him like this too, Himuro?" Araki Masako was angry and asked Himuro Tatsuya with a bad tone.

Himuro Tatsuya shook his head at the angry Araki Masako, picked up his phone while Araki Masako was looking puzzled, and deliberately shouted loudly: "Oh my God, Kaijo actually beat Kitagawa by 72 points, and Kise Ryota took more than half of the team's points! It's really terrible!" After saying that, Himuro Tatsuya winked at Araki Masako.

"Hmm? Oh, yes, he is indeed a fast-growing all-rounder in the Generation of Miracles!" Araki Masako was stunned at first, then immediately understood and cooperated with Himuro Tatsuya and said loudly, "I don't know how strong we would be if Kise Ryouta joined our team!"

"Hey, don't say that, Adun is also very strong!" Himuro Tatsuya said loudly.

"What's so strong about him? He doesn't participate in the offense, doesn't move in defense, and doesn't work hard in training. How can he compare to Kise Ryouta?" Araki Masako glanced at Murasakihara Atsushi with disdain and said, "If Kise Ryouta could come to our Yangquan, he would definitely surpass Kaneki Ken and become the strongest member of the Generation of Miracles~"

"Tsk, Huang Zai is weak! He is not better than me! And not better than Ken Zai!" Murasakihara Atsushi listened to the two people singing the same tune. Although he was still annoyed by Araki Masako's wooden sword just now, he was even more upset by the two people's evaluation that Kise Ryota might surpass himself and Kaneki Ken, "It's just more than 60 points, both Ken Zai and I can do it!"

“Really? Don’t work too hard~” Araki Masako and Himuro Tatsuya looked at each other, smiled secretly, and then looked at Murasakihara Atsushi with a serious look, “After all, there are not many players as strong as Kise, so don’t make it too hard on yourself…”

"Huang Zai is not strong at all. He is the weakest among us!" Murasakibara Atsushi said angrily.

"That's hard to say, Adun. He has been training so hard, maybe he has surpassed you a long time ago." Himuro Tatsuya added the final blow accurately.

"It's just training!" Murasakibara Atsushi angrily picked up a basketball from the ground, returned to the court, looked at the people in Yangquan with full momentum and said, "Come on, I'm going to beat you all today!"

"You still have a way, Tatsuya..." Araki Masako sighed as she looked at Murasakihara Atsushi who was fully devoted to training.

"Haha, it's just a common method to deal with single-celled organisms. I'm very familiar with it." Himuro Tatsuya looked at Murasakibara Atsushi in the field and smiled with a complicated expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Come to think of it, I remember there seemed to be two members of the Generation of Miracles from Kanagawa Prefecture, right?" Kise Ryota reminded Araki Masako, "Next week there will be a direct dialogue between the two, it's really exciting..." "The Tokyo district is also scary, coach..." Himuro Tatsuya smiled and shook his head, "In addition to the two members of the Generation of Miracles, there is also..."

"Anything else?" Masako Araki asked curiously, looking at Tatsuya Himuro who was hesitant to speak.

"Nothing, let's continue training." Himuro Tatsuya lifted up his clothes to wipe the sweat off his face and returned to training.

"Really? The students I recruit are either stupid or unhappy..." Araki Masako complained helplessly, "It's so hard for me to be a coach..."

……

"Shua~", "Shua~", "Shua~"

It was late at night, but the lights were still on in the training hall of Shutoku High School.

"Hey, Xiaozhen, your shooting is so good, but you still have to practice 1000 balls every day before leaving. Is this going to leave us mediocre people no chance to survive?" Takao Kazunari asked lazily while throwing the ball to Midorima Shintaro.

"Why do you ask such a stupid question, Takao?" Midorima Shintaro adjusted his glasses and focused on the basket in front of him, his shooting motion never stopping. "Have you forgotten my motto?"

"Do your best and wait for destiny. You've said this so many times, you destiny man." Gao Wei and Cheng Cheng pouted and complained, "But you do your best, why do you always pull me over to pass the ball? Do you think I don't have my own things to do?"

"Do you have it?" Midorima Shintaro said, giving Takao Kazunari a blank look.

"Well...that's true." Takao Kazunari frowned and said with a frustrated look.

"That's it... 300!" After making the 300th three-pointer, Midorima Shintaro stopped, walked aside and wiped his sweat with a towel.

“Come to think of it, you and Kise are both from the Generation of Miracles, and our Tokyo district is also the same district as Kanagawa, with two teams from the Generation of Miracles, but everyone is paying attention to the game in Kanagawa Prefecture…” Takao and Cheng Ye came to sit next to Midorima Shintaro, took out their cell phones and said, “Look, the headlines on the sports channel are all Kise’s games, and your game is only after the seventh one…”

"These aren't what I'm after. Besides..." Midorima Shintaro clicked on the pictures in the report, "Six out of the seven illustrations are of Kaneki Ken watching the game from the sidelines, and one is a picture of Kaneki Ken and Kise shaking hands. This kind of popularity... is better off not having it."

"You know what, when Kise Ryouta and Kaneki Ken are in the same frame, if you ignore the height difference between the two, they really look like brothers." Takao Kazunari joked, "I still remember when I was in the second grade of junior high school, I mistook Kise Ryouta for Kaneki Ken~ It was not until they went on stage that I realized that their auras were completely different... Look at this comment, 'Kise-sama VS Kaneki-sama, a highly anticipated fateful duel!'"

"You just like to watch this kind of insignificant stuff." Midorima Shintaro raised his water cup and took a sip, then changed the subject, "By the way, I remember you are a member of Tokyo Sports Daily, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" asked Takao Kazunari with some confusion.

"Nothing, I just need to borrow your account and password for next week." Midorima Shintaro stood up and said, "It's almost time to rest, come over and pass the ball to me."

"Hey, I'm warning you, Xiaozhen, don't go too far. Not only do you use my free labor every day, you also want to use my membership account!" Gaowei Kazunari complained, "Can't you open one yourself?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Takao." Midorima Shintaro said slowly, "My money is useful. Come over and pass the ball to me, otherwise we will have to practice until after ten o'clock again."

"I really owe you." Takao Kazunari muttered, stood up, picked up the ball from the rack and threw it to Midorima Shintaro, "If we don't win the championship this year, I'll charge you for passing the ball to you next time!"

"Nagging." Midorima Shintaro flicked the ball with his fingertips, and the basketball drew an arc that went up into the sky, and fell into the basket accurately with a swish.

Just when everyone was shocked by Kise Ryouta's wonderful performance in the first game and began to look forward to the century showdown between Kise Ryouta and Kaneki Ken a week later, Kise Ryouta, as expected, once again failed beyond everyone's expectations.

(End of this chapter)