Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 158 Cthulhu

"What? Ken-kun went to Michael Jordan's banquet yesterday?" The next day, in the basketball hall of Shonan High School, Taoi Satsuki looked at Kaneki Ken on the sidelines in surprise and said, "And they gave you a letter of recommendation from Oak Hill High School?"

"Oak Hill High School? What is Oak Hill High School?" Sakuragi Hanamichi squeezed over and asked curiously.

"Oak Hill is a famous school in the American high school basketball world, equivalent to the status of Fenghuang High School and Rakusan High School in Japan." Rukawa Kaede explained in a cold voice.

"Yo, yo, you got it again." Sakuragi Hanamichi said sarcastically, "You're just the stinky fox classmate from the second lineup~"

"Big idiot." Rukawa Kaede rolled his eyes at Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"That's not right, Gilgamesh... Why would an American high school send you an invitation letter? Aren't you already attending a high school in Japan?" Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly felt that something was wrong. He didn't even have time to care about Rukawa Kaede. He quickly looked at Kaneki Ken and asked.

"These things are secondary. At least I have no plans to leave Japan for the time being." Kaneki Ken clapped his hands with a smile, "Okay, okay, let's all go. The training will start soon."

"The United States..." Rukawa was distracted for the first time during basketball training. His eyes were deep and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Oh oh oh oh~" Just then, Anton Mitsuyoshi walked in from outside the stadium.

"Hello, coach!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and saluted Anton Mitsuyoshi.

"Everyone stop for a moment." Mitsuyoshi Anton took out a battle schedule, "Everyone performed very well in the county competition. Shonan High School has become the only public school in Kanagawa Prefecture to participate in the national competition in 20 years. All the students here have made great contributions."

"Old man, does that mean the divisions for the national competition have already been announced?" Sakuragi Hanamichi asked curiously.

"It hasn't been officially announced yet." Anton Mitsuyoshi said with a smile, "But I have some friends in the Sports Hall so I got the division table in advance. Sakuragi, go and push the whiteboard over here."

"Okay." Sakuragi Hanamichi turned around and pushed the whiteboard over, took down the division table of the previous county competition, and then helped Anton Mitsuyoshi to post the national competition match table on the whiteboard.

"There are 64 teams in this national competition, divided into two regions, the East and the West." Anton Guangyi introduced slowly, "There are 32 teams in each region, and it's a single-elimination system, with a total of five rounds."

"This is similar to the competition system in junior high school..." Miyagi Ryouta muttered, "But our draw this time seems a bit bad..."

"Yeah..." Akagi Takenori said helplessly, "Of the remaining four members of the Era of Miracles, two are in our Eastern Division, and there is also last year's national champion, Fenghuang High School..."

"What's there to be afraid of, gorilla?" Sakuragi Hanamichi on the side said with a bit of disapproval, "There's no Generation of Miracles in Fenghuang High School, right? Gilgamesh and I can just slaughter a weak team like that!"

"No, Sakuragi." Kaneki Ken smiled slightly, "Four of the main players who won the championship last year from Fenghuang High School are still in the team. One of them is my former captain Nijimura Shuzo, and another is last year's national No. 1 small forward Zekita Eiji. In addition, Fenghuang's starting point guard Kazunari Fukatsu is known as the No. 1 point guard in Japan below the extended line. In general, their strength is stronger than that of Poseidon High School, and is probably comparable to Kaijo High School."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, Kaneki-san is right." Anton Mitsuyoshi said with glasses, "It's too early to consider Fenghuang High School now. They are our opponent in the second round."

As he spoke, Anton Mitsuyoshi pointed to the opponent in the first round of the Shonan High School National Competition and said word by word: "What we should consider most now is Futian Daiichi Comprehensive."

... "Where's Haizaki? He didn't come to school for training today?" Ishida Hideki took a look at the ball, and as expected, he still didn't see Haizaki Shogo on the field.

"Yes, captain..." The team member next to him lowered his head and said with some guilt.

"You guys train first, I'll go find him." Ishida Hideki shook his head and prepared to leave the gym.

"Hey, captain~" Haizaki Shogo drunkenly hugged two yellow-haired girls and walked into the gym and said, "How could I not come to practice? Hurry up and arrange a training match for me. The two beauties are waiting to see me kill everyone on the court."

"Haizaki, the national competition will be held in half a month... Letting girls into the gym at this time may disturb the players' training... I'm afraid it's not appropriate?" Ishida Hideki knew Haizaki Shogo's character very well, but for the sake of the team, he plucked up the courage to speak.

"Really? I call you the captain, but you really think you are such a shitty person, don't you?" Haizaki Shogo let go of the two girls with some dissatisfaction and walked in front of Ishida Hideki.

"I'm sorry... Haizaki-kun, I'm just thinking about the team..." Before Ishida Hideki could finish his words, Haizaki Shogo suddenly slapped him in the face.

"You bastards, team, team, team, who do you think supports this team? Without me, you are nothing!" Haizaki Shogo pointed at Ishida Eiki's nose and said sternly, "Now don't tell me any bullshit that will affect the team's training. Whether you train or not has no effect on the team at all! Now I want to play in the game, show off, and then take them out to have fun, do you hear me?"

"Yes, yes... Haizaki-san..." Seeing Haizaki Shogo getting angry, the teammate next to him quickly pulled away Ishida Eiki who was trying to hold back his anger, and nodded to Haizaki Shogo and said, "Let's go prepare for the game now."

"Hehe... burp... this is more like it." Haizaki Shogo burped proudly, walked over to the two girls, and roamed around with his big hands restlessly, "Do you want to see the team's locker room? Do you want to try out what it's like to be in a locker room?"

"Oh, Haizaki-san, you are so bad~" The two girls giggled and followed Haizaki Shogo into the gym.

"What is he talking about? Are they really going to do... that kind of thing in the locker room?" The team's third-year center, Nakataka Shigeki, was so angry that his eyes turned red. He immediately rushed up to fight with Haizaki Shogo, "I'm going to fucking kill him!"

"Oh... forget it, Takashi." Ishida Hideki clenched his fists and reluctantly stopped Nakazato Takashi, "Let him do whatever he wants..."

"Captain!" Nakazato Takashi looked at Ishida Eiki unwillingly and roared in despair, "Are we just going to watch him do whatever he wants in the team?"

“We’ll do it once and for all.” Ishida Eiki gritted his teeth and said, “Even if we’re unwilling, what can we do? Apart from him, we have no one else who can deal with the Generation of Miracles…”

……

"So that Futian General also had a miracle era?" After listening to Kaneki Ken's story, Akagi Takenori said solemnly, "This is really the worst news..."

"Don't be so nervous. He's just my substitute, and was later kicked out of the team by Akashi. In terms of talent, he's at most on par with Rukawa, but his attributes are a little tricky." Kaneki Ken smiled calmly and said, "The only thing you need to pay attention to is that, except for Sakuragi Hanamichi, no one should watch Haizaki Shogo's movements. If you find that your movements become inexplicably uncomfortable, give the ball to me immediately."

"Why Gilgamesh?" Sakuragi Hanamichi asked in confusion, "Is he some kind of Cthulhu? Can't we look directly at him?"

"Hahahaha, Sakuragi, your analogy is quite appropriate." Kaneki Ken was amused by Sakuragi Hanamichi's eccentricity. "For the current Shonan High School, Haizaki Shogo, who has mastered the plundering skills, really has a bit of Cthulhu meaning."

(End of this chapter)