Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 143 Reasons for Preference

"You are very good, Maki Shinichi and Sendoh Akira..." After Kaneki Ken finished blocking the shot, he slowly turned around, stared at Maki Shinichi with an extremely oppressive look, and slowly said, "It's a good opportunity for me to give you a high-quality demonstration teaching."

"That's what we're really looking forward to." Sendoh Akira came to Maki Shinichi's side, stood side by side with Maki Shinichi, looked at Kaneki Ken and said with a smile, "Should we also put up a banner saying welcome Kaneki-san to come and give us guidance?"

"White No. 7, prepare for the free throw." The referee interrupted the confrontation between the two sides and reminded Sendoh Akira.

"The way to immortality!", "The way to immortality!", "The way to immortality!"

As Sendoh Akira stepped onto the free throw line, the fans of Poseidon High School did not want to be outdone and started cheering for Sendoh Akira.

Sendoh Akira looked at the basket, took a deep breath, took the ball passed by the referee, dribbled it twice, raised his hand and threw the ball into the basket steadily. He made both free throws, the score came to 5:2, and the ball was back in Shonan's hands.

"As expected of the ace duo of Kanagawa Prefecture last year..." Kasamatsu Yukio crossed his arms and stared at Maki Shinichi and Sendoh Akira standing near the free throw line, exclaiming, "They almost broke through Shonan's defense..."

"I didn't expect that Maki would be ready so quickly..." Fujima Kenji looked at the figure on the field with a complicated expression, "Maki Shinichi, who has always been as steady as a rock, would actually choose such a dangerous way of passing the ball, and change his style of playing with the ball as the core, willing to do the dirty work and hand over the ball to his teammates... He is worthy of being the crazy competitive emperor of Poseidon High School!"

"Bang, bang, bang..."

As Kaneki Ken slowly moved forward with the ball, the sound of the basketball hitting the ground hit Shinichi Maki's heart like raindrops.

"Take a deep breath... It's normal to be nervous..." Maki Shinichi lowered his center of gravity, bent his arms slightly, and his bright eyes were fixed on Kaneki Ken's every move.

"Here it comes!" As the rhythm of the basketball colliding with the ground became faster and faster, suddenly, a sound like thunder was heard, and the basketball seemed to turn into a flash of lightning and flew from Kaneki Ken's right hand to his left hand. Before Maki Shinichi could see the path of the ball clearly, Kaneki Ken had disappeared from his sight.

"It's not over yet!" Just as Kaneki Ken dodged Maki Shinichi, Sendoh Akira rushed out from the side as if he had expected it and stood in front of Kaneki Ken.

"No, it's over." Kaneki Ken smiled slightly, turned backwards to avoid the steal from Sendoh Akira, and when he was halfway through, he pulled the ball from his left hand to his right hand to avoid Maki Shinichi's sneak attack again, and then turned around smoothly and passed the two of them.

Seeing Kaneki Ken easily pass Sendoh Akira and Maki Shinichi, and there was no one within a meter in front of him, Kamiso Ichiro left behind his opponent Izawa Shuji, rushed in front of Kaneki Ken and jumped up.

"How much do you underestimate Izawa that you dare to leave him open to defend me?" Kaneki Ken looked at Kamiso Ichiro and smiled.

"...Where's the ball?" Kamiso Ichiro jumped up and found that Kaneki Ken's hands were empty.

Kaneki Ichiro couldn't see clearly, but Sendoh Akira next to him saw it clearly. Kaneki Ken first looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi on the left to attract Kaneki Ichiro's attention, and then made an elbow pass like Maki Shin to Izawa Shuji in the right corner.

"Thanks, Captain Kaneki!" Izawa Shuji smiled excitedly after receiving the ball. "This is the first time I've received a pass from you since the training match in the first year of junior high school, Captain!"

"Oops!" Sendoh Akira thought to himself that it was not good. He took two steps at a time and rushed to Izawa Shuji and jumped up, "Don't even think about shooting!"

"Not shooting? How is that possible!" Izawa Shuji's smile was distorted with excitement, "Don't underestimate the bond between me and Captain Kaneki, Mophead!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Izawa Shuji threw the ball in front of Sendoh Akira's shocked eyes. The basketball flew past Sendoh Akira's fingertips, drew a perfect arc and flew towards the basket.

"What a fast shooting speed! The rhythm should have been disrupted..." After failing to block the shot, Sendoh Akira turned his head to look at the basket with the last glimmer of hope, and saw the basketball fall into the net accurately, and the net rolled over like a splash of water.

"Well done, Izawa!" Kaneki Ken came to Izawa Shuji and extended his hand, "Keep up the good work!"

"Yes, Captain Kaneki!" Izawa Shuji high-fived Kaneki Ken vigorously, making a crisp sound.

"Good shot, No. 15!"

"Kaneki Ken's pass was also beautiful! He returned the favor in the way of Shinichi Maki!" The connection between Kaneki Ken and Izawa Shuji just now once again ignited the passion of the audience on the field, and they cheered and shouted.

"Just now... all of Kaneki's moves seemed familiar..." Amid the exclamations, Kasamatsu Yukio's expression was particularly solemn. As the captain of Kaijo High School, he naturally saw more unusual things than other spectators.

"Ah, indeed." Kise Ryota said with a complicated expression, "First it was Hayama Kotaro's thunderous dribbling, then Aomine's streetball-style passing, then Kuroko's misdirection, and finally Maki Shinichi's elbow pass to complete the assist... Facing the rotation defense of the three players from Poseidon High School, he was able to do it so easily... Kaneki Ken's strength is really unfathomable..."

……

"Did you see that, Kise..." Shirokane Kozo, who was far away in Tokyo and now became the coach of an elementary school basketball team, was talking to himself while sitting in front of the TV, "This is the fundamental difference between you and Kaneki Ken now..."

As Teiko's coach, when he first met Kise Ryouta, he thought he met a weakened version of Kaneki Ken. But it was not until he started coaching that he found that Kise Ryouta was not weaker than Kaneki Ken in terms of physique - for ordinary people, a 90-point physique and a 110-point physique are both crushing, there is no difference.

The real reason why Kise Ryota is weaker than Kaneki Ken is that, up to now, after Kise Ryota imitates a skill, it is just a skill, while after Kaneki Ken imitates a skill, the most lethal part of the skill will be integrated into Kaneki Ken's own basketball system, becoming a nutrient that can fundamentally enhance himself. In other words, Kise Ryota is good at art, while Kaneki Ken is good at Tao.

Shirogane Kozo had asked Kise Ryota to think carefully about his fighting style more than once, but the young and energetic Kise Ryota thought that Shirogane Kozo was too partial to Kaneki Ken, and over time, Shirogane Kozo just let him do what he wanted. Then, when Shirogane Kozo had health problems, no one corrected Kise Ryota's fighting style, until now.

At this time, Ryouta Kise certainly didn't know what Shirogane Kozo was thinking. He just felt that Kaneki Ken's ball just now seemed to have made him touch a thick barrier, but as long as he could break through it, there would be a whole new world behind.

"Oh oh oh oh!"

Just as Kise Ryouta was immersed in his own thoughts, the sudden cheers from the audience seats on the sidelines interrupted his thoughts.

"What's going on!" Kise Ryota looked at Fujima Kenji with some confusion and asked.

"Just now, Hanagata Toru scored a goal against Kabaji Shigehiro under the basket!" Fujima Kenji's tone revealed a strong sense of disbelief.

"What?" Kise Ryota looked up at the big screen above the stadium in surprise. The screen was replaying the goal that had just been scored.

As soon as Maki Shinichi dribbled the ball across half court, he passed the ball to Sendoh Akira before Kaneki Ken took over the defense. After receiving the ball, Sendoh Akira didn't hesitate at all and raised his hand to pass the ball to Hanagata Toru in the corner.

After Hanagata Toru got the ball, he first used a fake shot to knock away Sakuragi Hanamichi who came to defend, and then rushed to the inside to attack Kabachi Shigehiro.

But just as the two were about to collide, Hanagata Toru turned half his body away and raised his hand to shoot. Kabaji Shigehiro immediately jumped up to block the shot, but at this moment Hanagata Toru took back the basketball, kept his center foot still, took a step forward with his other foot, and with a slight flick of his right hand, the basketball flew into the basket while spinning.

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"Well done, Hanagata!" Maki Shinichi smiled and patted Hanagata Toru on the back encouragingly.

"I thought you were going to be blocked~" Sendoh Akira's lazy voice also came from Hanagata Toru's ear, "But it was indeed a good shot."

The people of Poseidon High School returned to the backcourt with high morale, and at this time, Kaneki Ken was slowly advancing with the ball.

"Did you see the ball clearly just now?" Kaneki Ken suddenly asked when Shigehiro Kabaji passed by him.

"Look carefully." Kabaji Shigehiro said in a deep voice, "I will treat him well."

"Very good..." Kaneki Ken smiled and handed the ball to Shigehiro Kabaji, "Then I'll leave this ball to you to perform. Is that ok, Kabaji?"

"Yes, Kaneki." Shigehiro Kabaji took the ball from Kaneki Ken woodenly, and answered with a hint of ferocity in his eyes as he looked at Toru Hanagata.

(End of this chapter)