Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 15 Tradition
"Ah~ yawn... I'm so sleepy, Yanzi." The morning class had just begun, and Zi Yuandun started yawning non-stop.

"Murasara, did you read comics until late last night again?" Kaneki Ken looked at Murasakihara Atsushi helplessly, "You always ask me to help you look after the teacher... I want to sleep too."

"Ah, I know, I know..." Murasakibara Atsushi waved his hands and his voice gradually faded away.

"Really..." Kaneki Ken shook his head with a wry smile, stretched, and looked at the system in his mind.

“Long-term main mission: training punch-in;

Current clock-in days: 1;

Mission entry: self-discipline;
Task reward: attribute point 0.1/day;
Mission penalty: If you fail to clock in for more than three consecutive non-match days without any injuries or illness, one skill will be randomly deducted.

"Alas~ I thought I could become stronger painlessly, but I didn't expect it was just novice protection." Kaneki Ken was a little distressed and forced himself to look at the lesson on the blackboard.

It turned out that just last night, the system reminded him that the one-week novice protection period had expired, and then issued him a long-term training punch-in task, forcing him to get up at four o'clock in the morning and go to the basement for training. He still hadn't completed the shooting squats, but fortunately he could make up for it in the basketball training in the evening.

The more Kaneki Ken thought about it, the sleepier he became. Before he knew it, his heavy eyelids slowly closed.

"You two guys are too outrageous!" The teacher's angry roar woke up Kaneki Ken and Murasakibara Atsushi, "This is the first class of the morning, and you dare to sleep! All of you, get out and stand!"

"...Yes, teacher." The two big guys, Kaneki Ken and Murasakihara Atsushi, were scolded like grandsons and stood out obediently.

"Hey, you're here?" As soon as they walked out of the classroom door, a familiar voice reached their ears. They turned their heads and saw who else could it be but that loser Qingfeng Daihui.

"What did you two do?" Qingfeng Daihui asked curiously.

"I'm sleeping in class, what about you?" Kaneki Ken asked back.

"What a coincidence, me too. After training yesterday, I went to the street basketball court to play too late, so I got punished by the teacher." Aomine Daiki was actually beaming with pride.

"This isn't something to be happy about, is it?" Kaneki Ken complained, "It's embarrassing to be punished."

"Ah~ I'm so sleepy." Murasakibara Atsushi yawned listlessly, and soon fell asleep leaning against the wall.

"???" Kaneki Ken was surprised, "What a talent! He can even fall asleep like this..."

"Don't worry about him, Kaneki, have you heard? The tradition of Teiko Junior High School basketball team." Aomine Daiki said excitedly.

"Tradition? I haven't heard of it. What's the matter, do you have any inside information?" Kaneki Ken asked curiously.

"Hehe." Qingfeng Daihui laughed slyly, "Beg me, beg me and I'll tell you."

"Forget it. I'll ask the captain tonight." Kaneki Ken rolled his eyes and prepared to take a nap.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're such a boring person." Aomine Daiki said speechlessly, "I heard that as long as there are new members joining the first team of the Teikou Junior High School basketball team, the coach will arrange a few practice games, and the newcomers will play with the second team. I don't know who the coach will arrange to be in a group with whom, I'm really looking forward to it~"

"Ah~" Kaneki Ken stretched and said indifferently, "Who cares how he arranges it? It's good enough to win."

"Haha, you're right!" Aomine Daiki patted Kaneki Ken's shoulder and laughed loudly. "Hey, you guys! I asked you to stand here as punishment, not to have a tea party! Come to my office after class!"

By the time they left the teacher's office, it was already lunch time. Aomine Daiki and Murasakibara Deng went back to the classroom to catch up on their sleep, while Kaneki Ken went to the basketball hall alone and started today's shooting training.

"Huh? Someone is coming to practice at noon too?" Naoto Sanada, who had just come out of Shirogane Kozo's office, heard the banging sounds on the court and looked inside with some curiosity. He saw that Kaneki Ken was wearing a T-shirt and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

"Hello, Coach Sanada." Seeing Naoto Sanada, Kaneki Ken greeted him politely, then picked up the basketball and continued his shooting training.

"Does Kaneki-san have to practice extra every day?" Naoto Sanada was amazed at Kaneki Ken who never missed a three-pointer.

"Ah, that's right. If you don't practice basketball, you will become rusty, and rustiness means defeat." Kaneki Ken shamelessly established his own personality. I, Kaneki Ken, have achieved what I have today entirely through my own efforts!

"Haha, working hard is a good thing, but you're still growing so don't overtrain." Naoto Sanada rolled up his sleeves and walked to the sidelines, "Come, let me pick up the ball for you."

"Thank you, Coach Sanada!" Kaneki Ken thanked him shyly.

When Kaneki Ken finished shooting practice, the bell for lunch break rang. Sanada Naoto felt like he was liberated. It was because running back and forth to pick up the ball was too tiring.

"Um... Coach Sanada," Kaneki Ken scratched his head and said with a sunny and cheerful expression, "Coach, can you always accompany me to practice in the future?"

"Da-me! Da-me-yo!" Naoto Sanada felt his hair stand on end. A few hundred yen a month, what kind of life is this? But he put on a kind teacher's expression and said, "Okay! Kaneki-san works so hard. Although I'm just an assistant coach, I'm willing to help."

"Thank you, Coach Sanada! Goodbye, Coach Sanada!" Kaneki Ken said this quickly, hurriedly cleaned up the basketball court, and ran to the classroom.

"I feel like... I've been fooled." Coach Sanada looked at Kaneki Ken's receding back with some regret, "Damn it, I miscalculated."

In the next few days, coach Naoto Sanada was tortured to death by Kaneki Ken. He had to go back and forth to pick up the ball every day, and he felt more tired than Kaneki Ken shooting. He was going to suggest to Shirogane Kozo that they should close the basketball hall at noon to prevent others from training secretly.

"Thank you, coach! I've been feeling great lately." Kaneki Ken thanked him.

"I feel bad." Sanada Naoto complained in his heart with a tingling scalp, but he still praised: "Kaneki-san has a solid foundation, his shooting is stable, and he trains very hard, which is very good. But don't train too much recently. Coach Shirogane Kozo will probably have some arrangements soon... But, it's also an old tradition of Teiko."

"Okay, thank you Coach Sanada for the reminder." Although Kaneki Ken knew it well, he didn't want to say anything more.

"Don't you want to know what arrangements Coach Shirogane Kozo will make?" Seeing that Kaneki Ken didn't seem curious, Naoto Sanada became a little curious.

"No matter what arrangements the coaches make, I will absolutely obey their instructions." Kaneki Ken continued to play dumb.

"Hahaha, well said, Kaneki-san, go back to class." Naoto Sanada waved his hand to signal Kaneki Ken to go back to class.

Kaneki Ken didn't waste any time, just said goodbye and left. Looking at Kaneki Ken's back, Sanada Naoto sighed: "What a good kid! It would be better if he didn't make me suffer." Sanada Naoto moved his shoulders, but still felt bad.

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(End of this chapter)