Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 154 Ace
"Bang!" The sound of Hayakawa Mitsuo falling to the ground was heard heavily, as if a heavy hammer hit the hearts of everyone in Kaijo High School.

"Beep~" Seeing that a player was at risk of injury, the referee on the side quickly called an official timeout and walked forward to check the situation.

"Are you okay, Hayakawa?" Kasamatsu Yukio rushed to Hayakawa Mitsuo as soon as possible, squatted down and asked with concern.

"It's okay, Captain Kasamatsu." Hayakawa Mitsunari grabbed the hand that Kasamatsu Yukio extended and stood up. He looked at Kasamatsu Yukio with shame and apologized, "I'm sorry, Captain, I didn't get the rebound just now..."

"Idiot!" Kasamatsu Yukio roared, shocking Hayakawa Mitsuo. "Am I such an unreasonable senior in your eyes?"

"No..." Hayakawa Mitsuo stammered.

"Ah..." Kasamatsu Yukio sighed, patted the back of Hayakawa Mitsuo's neck and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You did a great job. Just grab the next rebound."

"Yes!" Mitsuru Hayakawa said with a naive smile.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your brotherly and respectful scene..." Kaneki Ken smiled and waved, as if they were close old friends greeting each other in daily life. However, in the eyes of the people in Kaijo, he looked as terrifying as the devil of the abyss. "But, I just told Huang Lai that you will never get rebounds again."

"Then come and give it a try!" Hayakawa Mitsuo raised his thick eyebrows, "I can fight you all day long!"

"Very good, very good~ Great fighting spirit!" Kaneki Ken smiled, turned around and pointed at Sakuragi Hanamichi, "But your opponent is not me, but Sakuragi. Is that okay, Sakuragi?"

"Sizzle~" a sound of electric current flashed by.

"Of course it's no problem, Gilgamesh." Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes flashed with fiery red light, "They couldn't even grab a single rebound."

……

“Hahaha!” Aomine Daiki, who was watching the game, suddenly laughed out loud, “How ironic… Zone, whom Kise had been looking for so long but couldn’t find, and who Kise regarded as a life-saving straw, first appeared in the body of the red-headed jumping boy at Shonan High School!”

"Zone?" Moroboshi Dai looked at Aomine Daiki with some curiosity, "Is this the state you entered when you were 1v3 with me, Godai, and Uozumi?"

"Yes, that's it." Aomine Daiki looked at the screen with a trace of pity in his eyes, "There is no chance, Kaijo, and Kise... the final word has been cast."

After saying that, Aomine Daiki stood up without hesitation and walked out of the meeting room.

……

The subsequent game was just as Kaneki Ken and Aomine Daiki had said, and it was a one-sided situation. Hayakawa Mitsuihiro's position-checking and rebounding were completely ineffective, and every shot of Kasamatsu Yukio and Sugimoto Daichi seemed to be dancing with shackles, the more they were afraid of not making the shot, the less they could make it. Sakuragi Hanamichi was like a ball of fire, and in the flashing red electric light, Sakuragi Hanamichi took every rebound into his pocket.

As the inside line was lost, Naito Tetsuya had to rush into the inside more and more frequently to help protect the rebounds, but the effect was also minimal. After the four rebounds at the beginning, Kaichang only grabbed 6 rebounds in the entire first quarter. In contrast, Sakuragi Hanamichi only grabbed 11 rebounds in the second half of the first quarter.

The collapse of the inside line also made it easier for Kaneki Ken to have his way with Kise Ryouta on the outside.

"Om~"

"Shh!"

In the last second before the end of the first quarter, Kaneki Ken shook off Kise Ryota and made a three-pointer, bringing the score to 38:21.

"Well done Sakuragi!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Kaneki."

"Well done, Ize."

On the bench of Shonan High School, everyone had a relaxed smile on their face, some were drinking water, some were joking, and it was hard to tell that this was a crucial battle to determine the ranking in the standings.

On the contrary, the situation on the bench of Haichang High School was not so easy.

"What's going on... We've only played one quarter..." Takeuchi Genta, like Aida Reiko before him, was keenly aware of the abnormality of his players. "This amount of sweating is too abnormal!"

Indeed, when he came back from the timeout in the middle of the first quarter, Yukio Kasamatsu still had the energy to give some instructions and encourage his teammates, but now, apart from drinking water, even breathing has become a little labored for Yukio Kasamatsu.

"Captain Kasamatsu...we..." Hayakawa Mitsuo lowered his head with red eyes, tears dripping onto his shorts, "Are we going to lose?"

"Kise is bound to lose." On the sidelines, Akashi Seijuro put down his hand that was supporting his chin and stood up with some boredom. "There's nothing we can do about it. It seems like I'm the only one left to deal with Kaneki... Let's go." "Yes." Noyama Kotaro and others also stood up and left the audience.

Human actions are contagious. From one person, it spreads to ten people. From ten people, it spreads to a hundred people. Gradually, more and more passers-by fans of Kaijo High School left the stadium. Only a small number of fans of Kise Ryouta's looks remained in the square formation.

"Shonan!", "Shonan!", "Shonan!"...

"Kaneki!", "Kaneki!", "Kaneki!"...

As the supporters of Kaijo High School gradually left the stadium, only the supporters of Shonan High School and Kaneki Ken were left in the entire stadium. The cheers of fans like Kise Ryouta disappeared like drops of water falling into the sea. The entire Kanagawa Gymnasium seemed to have become the home court of Shonan High School.

"Many spectators have already left the venue..." Tashiro Heihachi reported with some regret, "Indeed, judging from the current situation, Kaijo High School is indeed in a precarious situation. They don't have many chances left..."

"It's obvious that the timeout in the first quarter didn't allow Kise-san to regain his touch..." Oka Naoya also said regretfully, "So far, Kise-san still shows no signs of recovery. It seems that this civil war of the Miracle Generation will end with the victory of Shonan High School..."

"Alas, Kise-san is still too inexperienced..."

"It's okay, let's go to Winter Cup again..."

The few fans of Kise Ryouta on the sidelines comforted themselves in this way.

But at this moment, Kise Ryota seemed to have lost his hearing, looking at the ground with empty eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

……

"Hello everyone, I'm Kise Ryota from the Generation of Miracles." On the first day of joining Kaijo High School, Kise Ryota stood in front of everyone and introduced himself with a showy look on his face, "A part-time model, basketball is my favorite..."

"Bang!" Before Ryouta Kise could finish his words, Yukio Kasamatsu kicked Ryouta Kise with a big foot.

"Hey, what are you doing..." Huang Lailiangta rubbed his butt and stood up, staring at Kasamatsu Yukio angrily and asked, "Who are you? Did you kick me just now?"

"I'm a third-year student named Yukio Kasamatsu! The captain of Kaijo High School!" Unexpectedly, Yukio Kasamatsu didn't flinch at all. He stared at Kise Ryouta and said, "So what if I kicked you? Didn't anyone tell you to be respectful to your seniors?"

"Really? I thought he was someone else, but he turned out to be just a conservative old stubborn man." Kise Ryota looked at Kasamatsu Yukio with disdain, "Is it amazing that you are a few years older than me? Is it amazing that you entered the marines a few years earlier than me? If you are really amazing, how come you are still unknown~"

"It's amazing! How about it!" Kasamatsu Yukio stared at Kise Ryota in silence for a long while before slowly speaking, "Maybe you are very strong, but everyone here has contributed two more years to Kaijo than you. I ask you to respect them a little more. Is there a problem?"

……

"Captain, why did you dislike me in the first place..." Before the game started, Kise Ryota asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time with some confusion.

"It's mainly because you're too frivolous." Kasamatsu Yukio, who was tying his shoelaces, said without even looking up, "And you said you were Kise Ryota from the Generation of Miracles."

Kasamatsu Yukio stopped what he was doing and looked at Kise Ryota and said, "But I would rather you say that you are Kise Ryota of Kaijo High School, the ace of Kaijo High School, Kise Ryota!"

……

"Buzz..."

The intermission time passed in a flash, and everyone from Kaijo High School walked onto the court with a tragic mood, except for Kise Ryota, who still didn't know what he was thinking.

"Izawa, the ball!" Kasamatsu Yukio missed the shot again, Sakuragi Hanamichi grabbed the rebound and passed it to Izawa Shuji.

"Ah...what's going on, Kise-kun..." A serious female fan of Kaijo watched the inside rebound being snatched away again, and wailed with tears of despair, "Kise-kun, no matter what you do, do something for Kaijo!"

"Ah, do something, of course I have to do something..." Kise Ryota said in a low voice, as if he was responding to the fans and also to himself, and the whole person turned into a golden lightning and rushed out.

"Bang!" The sound of fingers and basketball touching was heard.

"Because I am the ace of Kaijo High School... Kise Ryota!" After completing the steal, Kise Ryota's pupils were exceptionally bright.

(End of this chapter)