Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 155 The Greatest Kindness
"Because I am the ace of Kaijo High School, Kise Ryota!" Kise Ryota's eyes became exceptionally bright, and he turned into a golden lightning and intercepted the basketball that Sakuragi Hanamichi passed to Izawa Shuji.

"Everyone, sorry to keep you waiting!" After completing the steal, Kise Ryota didn't wait to steady his body. He raised his hand and threw the basketball towards the basket. The basketball hit the backboard and bounced into the basket.

“Nice steal!” Tashiro Heihachi’s voice on the sidelines was no longer as low and regretful as before, “I don’t know what happened, but Kise-san’s condition seems to be completely different from the first quarter! Kaijo High School may still have a chance!”

"Kaneki-chan, our duel begins now!" There seemed to be an endless whirlpool flowing in Kise Ryouta's pupils, "I absolutely cannot lose this time!"

"Kise, you've said this countless times!" Kaneki Ken said, looking directly at Kise Ryouta, "Also, don't call me in that weird way!"

……

“What Kise did just now was… Aomine Daiki’s extraordinary body movements and unpredictable shots?” Kagami Daiga leaned forward in surprise in the audience. “Didn’t they say he can’t imitate the Generation of Miracles?”

"That was indeed the case in the past." Kuroko Tetsuya said solemnly, "Speaking of which, Kise-san joined the basketball club because he felt that he could never imitate Aomine-san, and he dreamed of catching up with Aomine-san one day."

"?" Kagami Daiga was confused, "What does this have to do with him imitating Aomine Daiki?"

"It's a big deal, Kagami." Muji Teppei was unusually serious. "Most people initially learn basketball by imitating the moves of NBA stars on TV, but we tend to imitate moves that we can do. For example, we wouldn't imitate Jordan's fadeaway jump shot at first because our minds and bodies think we can't do it."

"In other words, since Kise has chosen to imitate Aomine Daiki, it means..." Aida Reiko narrowed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Now Kise Ryota thinks he can do it!"

"Compared to this, I'm actually more concerned about Kise Ryouta's current state..." Kiyoshi Teppei said with some confusion, "His current state is very similar to flow, but it's different from the normal flow."

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Inside the Poseidon High School seats, Maki Shinichi looked at Kise Ryota in the field with his eyes slightly narrowed, and asked Sendoh Akira beside him: "Do you think Kise Ryota's state looks like flow?"

"Yes, it is flow, but it is different from you and me." Sendoh Akira replied with a complicated expression, "He entered the flow through imitation..."

"Imitation drives the flow?" Kamiso Ichiro didn't quite understand what Sendoh Akira meant. "How do you do that?"

"It's very simple." Sendoh Akira explained with a smile, "When Kaijo High School played against us, Amu and I relied on entering the flow state to fight against Kise. With Kise's talent, it's a bit difficult for him to imitate the state that Amu and I entered after entering the flow, but it's not impossible."

"But if it's just imitation, then what we're imitating is only the state after you and Senior Maki enter the flow..." Kamiso Ichiro was a little confused, "What does this have to do with him entering the flow himself?"

"A Shen, you must be not good at physics, right?" Xian Dao Zhang raised his eyebrows and teased Shen Zong.

"Uh... it's okay." Kamiso Ichiro didn't quite understand what Sendoh Akira meant. "Is there any necessary connection between studying physics and playing basketball?"

"Of course it is related..." Sendoh Akira said with a smile, "Since Kise Ryouta can already copy the state of me and Amu after entering the flow, it is not difficult for him to copy us in the normal state. As long as we keep switching between the two imitations, we will naturally find the trick to enter the flow... This is the control variable method, A Shen."

"Then what is the difference between this flow and the flow of Captain Mu and the senior who arrived earlier?" Kiyota Nobunaga interrupted and asked.

"Flow, after all, is about relying on inner concentration to achieve a transcendent effect." Maki Shinichi answered, "However, Kise Ryouta's flow uses his talent and external objects to forcibly imitate an extremely similar amplification state. The advantage is that it can distract attention to help teammates, and the disadvantage is that the amplification is not as great as the real flow... But for Kise Ryouta now, perhaps this is what he needs most..."

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The game on the court did not stop with everyone's discussion. After Rukawa Kaede's shot missed, Kise Ryota intercepted the ball from Sakuragi Hanamichi who had just grabbed the frontcourt rebound, and rushed to the frontcourt with the ball like lightning, but Kaneki Ken was obviously faster.

"Ah~ very good, very good, it gives me some motivation!" Kaneki Ken blocked Kise Ryota's path early on and said with a bright smile on his face.

"First he pretended to cut left, then he stopped suddenly, retreated, and suddenly accelerated to cut right..." At this moment, Kise Ryota seemed to be deaf to all the sounds around him, and kept repeating the key points of Aomine Daiki's breakthrough to enhance his memory.

"It seems that they have chosen to let Aomine fight me..." Kaneki Ken took a step sideways and blocked Kise Ryouta's breakthrough route, "But why do you think Aomine can defeat me?"

"Aomine may not be able to defeat you..." Although he was blocked, Kise Ryota was not panicked at all. He turned around and passed Kaneki Ken, who was sandwiched between Sugimoto Daichi and Naito Tetsuya. "But Aomine may not be able to defeat Kaijo! You may not be able to either!" As the words fell, Kise Ryota came to the penalty area like a gust of golden wind blowing past Sakuragi Hanamichi, jumped up, and raised his hand to dunk towards the basket.

"Don't underestimate me, golden monkey!" There was a flash of lightning in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes, and he fanned the basketball in Kise Ryota's hand with his big hand.

"Kaneki, you were the one who told me that imitation is dead, learning is alive..." Kise Ryota switched the ball from his right hand to his left hand, and Sakuragi Hanamichi's slap missed.

Kise Ryota just glanced at the surprised look of Kaneki Ken who was ready to block the random shot, and with a slight flick of his left hand, the basketball flew into the basket.

"How is this possible! This is Sendoh's..." Maki Shinichi stood up in shock, muttering to himself, "A layup in mid-air!"

"Beautiful! Kise Ryouta scored another goal!" Tashiro Heihachi shouted excitedly, "The second quarter has just begun, and Kise Ryouta has already scored two goals! The score difference has been narrowed to 7 points! There is still hope for Kaijo High School!"

“Hai Chang!”, “Hai Chang!”, “Hai Chang!”

"Kise!", "Kise!", "Kise!"

Seeing their ace player revive, the fans of Kaijo High School cheered with all their might. Although they still seemed like a small boat in the ocean amid the cheers of the whole audience supporting Shonan High School, they were no longer as insignificant as before.

"You did a great job, Kise..." Kaneki Ken raised his eyebrows slightly, "I'm glad that you can remember what I taught you... But I don't like it if you don't remember everything I said to you."

"Stop acting so superior, Kaneki-chan." Kise Ryota's words were filled with a toughness that he had never had before. "Kaijo High School will never lose a game because of me again! So today, I must defeat you!"

"Right, right, right." Kaneki Ken smiled and shook his head, then took over the serve from Kabaji Shigehiro, "Then it's my turn next."

"Whoosh!!" A gust of wind swept past Ryota Kise, making his jersey rustle.

If the airflow caused by Kise Ryouta's breakthrough just now was a breeze, then the airflow caused by Kaneki Ken at this moment was a force ten gale.

"This is fake! So fast!" Huang Lailiang's eyes widened in surprise. Even Aomine Daiki had never given him such a strong sense of pressure in terms of speed. "This kind of speed... is it really possible for humans to have it?"

"So I say, Kise, I'm not deliberately acting superior, but I am indeed above all of you." The same whirlpool as Kise Ryota's appeared in Kaneki Ken's pupils, but if Kise Ryota's whirlpool was a floor drain, then the whirlpool in Kaneki Ken's eyes was a tornado sucking water.

"K-chan!!! Kaneki!!!" Kise Ryouta gritted his teeth and roared as he rushed forward, trying to catch up with the fast-attacking Kaneki Ken and stop him.

As if he sensed what Kise Ryouta was thinking, Kaneki Ken really stopped and waited patiently for Kise Ryouta to catch up.

"What's going on? What does Kaneki Ken want to do?" Takeuchi Genta watched Kise Ryota catch up with Kaneki Ken. He felt no joy in his heart, only a deep sense of uneasiness.

Kaneki Ken's ball control on the court became more and more unpredictable. If it weren't for the sound of the basketball hitting the ground ringing in everyone's ears, no one would have believed that the ball was still in Kaneki Ken's hands.

"First, fake a left cut, then stop suddenly, retreat and suddenly accelerate to the right...right?" Kaneki Ken smiled and looked at Kise Ryota in front of him, repeating what Kise Ryota had just said, "Next, I will use this method to pass you, and then at the 45-degree angle on the right, use a random shot to score a goal!"

"Boom!"

As the sound of a ball exploding was heard, Kaneki Ken rushed out like a bomb exploding. His feet exerted tremendous force as if he was going to create a deep hole in the solid floor. His whole body turned into a golden lightning and passed by Kise Ryota. He suddenly jumped back at a 45-degree angle on the right, and threw the ball towards the basket with his right hand like a slingshot.

"Get down from here!!!" Kise Ryota jumped up behind Kaneki Ken and tried to block the shot, but the referee blew the whistle in response.

"Remember this well, Kise Ryota, no matter what I say, do it!" Kaneki Ken slowly turned around, looked down at Kise Ryota who fell to the ground because he couldn't control his strength when blocking the shot, and said, "I didn't give up on you guys. I chose to let you face the gap... This is already the greatest kindness I can give you!"

(End of this chapter)