Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 162 Same for you

With the end of the first round of games, some old and strong teams left the field in disgrace; some new stars and dark horses emerged, just like Shonan High School now.

"Ken-kun, A-Da's match is over too." Taoi Satsuki hung up the phone and came to Kaneki Ken and said, "It looks like our opponent in the second round will be A-Da."

"Hmm." Kaneki Ken snorted and said, "This result was expected a long time ago, wasn't it?"

"What... why are you still so cold?" Taoi Satsuki sat down next to Kaneki Ken and said coquettishly, "Are you worried that Ken-kun will beat A-Da too badly in the match the day after tomorrow, which will make it difficult for me? No way, just beat him up."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Kaneki Ken was amused by Momoi Satsuki's witty remarks, "I have been looking forward to the match with Aomine the day after tomorrow for a long time. If I don't calm down, I will probably be too excited to sleep these two nights~"

"Haha, I guess Sakuragi-san can't sleep anymore." Taoi Satsuki teased half-jokingly.

……

"Wow, it's rare to see Aomine participating in team training so devotedly." In the basketball hall of Toou High School, Wakamatsu Shosuke looked at Aomine Daiki, who was still training alone with sweat on his forehead, with some surprise after the team training ended and said.

"But why doesn't Qingfeng participate in the joint training? Doesn't he need to be familiar with the tactics?" Sakurai Ryo asked in confusion, "We are all teammates. Getting familiar with each other will also help teamwork..."

"Huh? Teamwork?" Aomine Daiki's voice came from the side, "What's the point of cooperating with you guys? Just don't get in my way on the court! The match between Kaneki and I is far beyond the level of you weaklings."

"I'm sorry, Aomine-san..." Sakurai Ryo looked to the side timidly, and saw that Aomine Daiki had finished his training at some point and was wiping his sweat and drinking water.

"Hey, Aomine, you're being too arrogant!" Wakamatsu Kosuke looked at Aomine Daiki with some dissatisfaction and said, "Sakurai-san is just kindly reminding you. It's fine if you don't participate in the team practice, but isn't it inappropriate to mock you?"

"What's inappropriate? Am I not telling the truth?" Aomine Daiki put down his water cup and began to pack his things. "Don't even mention Kaneki. I'm afraid you can't even handle the red-haired jumping guy next to him. So when the game comes the day after tomorrow, you just need to pass all the balls to me, clear a book for me, and wait for me to defeat Kaneki Ken."

"Don't talk big too soon. Kaneki Ken is not that easy to defeat. Even Kise Ryota couldn't defeat him even when he used his flow. Are you so confident that you won't lose?" Although Wakamatsu Kosuke was well aware of how powerful Aomine Daiki was, he still felt a little disgusted when he saw Aomine Daiki's arrogant look and said something back.

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about? I admit that Kise has some talent, but his experience is too inexperienced and his strength is not enough to compare with me and Kaneki." Aomine Daiki glanced at Wakamatsu Kosuke with some disdain, "As for winning or not... Hehe, the only one who can defeat me is myself."

After he finished speaking, Aomine Daiki picked up his backpack, ignored the people around him, and walked towards the locker room on his own.

"Hey, Captain! This guy is too conceited!" Wakamatsu Kosuke pointed at Aomine Daiki's back as he left and said to Imayoshi Sho in anger, "Look at him, what does he think of the game? Is it a show for him and Kaneki Ken? Is this attitude something we really don't need to do anything about?"

"What do you care about?" Jin Jixiang said with a light laugh, "Isn't it good to be conceited?"

"No, what are you talking about, Captain?" Wakamatsu Kosuke was stunned for a moment, then looked at Imayoshi Shoichi in shock, "Do you mean we should just let Qingfeng be like this?"

"I say, what's wrong with being conceited?" Jin Jixiang picked up a basketball and slowly said, "Conceit, in a sense, can also be called self-confidence, the absolute confidence of the strong based on their strength."

"Our Touou High School is not a school with a particularly strong history. It has risen to become the new tyrant by recruiting talented players from all over the country. In a sense, Qingfeng-san's concept is not a problem. Rigid teamwork is indeed not our style."

"Are you saying that what Qingfeng did was right?" Wakamatsu Kosuke asked somewhat unwillingly.

"No, no, no, please don't misunderstand me. I don't have any positive or negative comments about Qingfeng." Jin Jixiang narrowed his eyes, adjusted the eye sockets and continued, "It's just that we relied on Qingfeng's absolute strength to get to where we are now. I don't think there is any need to change. If any of you have the same strength as Qingfeng, I still won't care. As long as the team is on this path and can continue to win, it means that the team is on the right path. If it's right, why make changes?"

"Okay, stop arguing." The arrival of Hara Zeked put an end to the argument. "Since Qingfeng wants to do something big so rarely, let's just cooperate and continue training."

"Yes, coach." Everyone at Tonghuang High School responded in unison.

……

Taoi Satsuki guessed correctly, Sakuragi Hanamichi really couldn't sleep.

"Hey, Sakuragi, why aren't you sleeping so late at night? Why did you call me out?" Miyagi Ryouta asked while yawning continuously.

"Miyagi, can you do me a favor?" Sakuragi Hanamichi said solemnly to Miyagi Ryouta while holding the ball, "You should still remember the dark-skinned guy who will play against us the day after tomorrow? He's in the video that Jin Shanshan sent us."

"As for Aomine Daiki, he's more than just someone who remembers him... In fact, apart from you as a rookie, everyone at Shonan High School has been beaten up by that guy in junior high school..." Miyagi Ryouta shrugged in boredom and said, "But I believe Kaneki will be able to handle it properly, so don't worry too much."

"But I want to try to see if I can deal with him alone." Sakuragi Hanamichi looked into Miyagi Ryouta's eyes solemnly and said, "In our team, you are the best in speed and agility, except for that stinky fox, so I want your help..."

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't want me to simulate Seifu Daiki to have a 1v1 training with you, do you?" Miyagi Ryouta was amused by Sakuragi Hanamichi, "What can you train with me? You might as well go find Kaneki instead of this time."

"But Gilgamesh seems very unhappy recently... he gets very fierce when he sees me..." Sakuragi Hanamichi said guiltily when he thought of Kaneki Ken's angry expression.

"Really? How about letting me train with you?" A lazy voice came to Sakuragi Hanamichi's ears. "Can you do it... dark-skinned boy?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at the person who came and said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"You guys are playing in Tokyo, and I'm a player from the Tokyo zone. Are you surprised that I'm here?" Aomine Daiki put his hands in his pockets, looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi proudly and said, "That little guy is right. What can he imitate? Why don't I come and try it with you myself?"

"Tsk, come on!" Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Aomine Daiki with an "I'm the coolest" expression on his face, and thought of Rukawa Kaede for no reason. He looked at Aomine Daiki and became unhappy, "He's just the guy with the lowest IQ in the Generation of Miracles!"

"Hey, you're slandering me, you're slandering me!" Aomine Daiki was broken by the words of Sakuragi Hanamichi who looked hot-blooded and innocent. "Besides, aren't you also a guy who failed the exam like me!"

"I'm not like you, a fool who failed all subjects." Sakuragi Hanamichi said seriously, "I at least passed one subject."

"..." Aomine Daiki suddenly doubted whether his appearance was a bit hasty.

"But since you sincerely want to play a game with me..." Sakuragi Hanamichi threw the ball to Aomine Daiki and pointed to an open-air court next to the hotel and said, "Then I will mercifully agree to your request!"

"Haha, that's really interesting." Aomine Daiki looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's confident expression and couldn't help but think of the scene when he went to find Kagami Taiga before, "Then I'll play with you, red-haired monkey."

……

"What's wrong, Sakuragi? Why do you look like you didn't sleep well?" When the team gathered for training the next morning, Kaneki Ken called Sakuragi Hanamichi, whose eyes were dark, aside and asked.

"He went to play 1v1 with Aomine Daiki last night." At this time, Miyagi Ryouta walked up to Kaneki Ken and said.

"Oh, what's the result?" Kaneki Ken didn't care much about how Sakuragi Hanamichi and Aomine Daiki met. He was just simply curious about the outcome of the game.

"How should I put it? Aomine Daiki won with difficulty 22 to 5, but could not hide his declining trend; Sakuragi Hanamichi lost regretfully 5 to 22, but played in style." Miyagi Ryouta pondered for a while and gave an answer with high emotional intelligence.

……

"Hello, viewers! Welcome to watch the second round of the IH National Tournament Qualifying Tournament, broadcast by Tokyo Sports TV, between Shonan High School and Toou High School! I am your old friend, Heihachi Tashiro!"

"I am your old friend Oka Naoya."

"I believe many of you will be paying close attention to today's game." Tashiro Heihachi smiled as he introduced the game. "I believe everyone is already very familiar with Xiangtan High School. The main player of Shonan High School is Kaneki Ken, the first ace of Teikou Junior High School. Under his leadership, Shonan High School has leapt from a weak team to the biggest dark horse of this national competition."

"Yes, and their opponent is Toou High School, which is known as the new tyrant." Oka Naoya added with a smile, "Their ace player is the second ace of Teiko Junior High School, Aomine Daiki, who is known as an unstoppable scorer."

"We can see that even though the game hasn't started yet, the atmosphere between the fans of both teams is already tense," Tashiro Heihachi said as he looked towards the audience. "The entire stadium is clearly divided into two camps. It's clear that everyone has great confidence in the team they support."

"Tong Huang!", "Tong Huang!", "Tong Huang!"

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

Just as Heihachi Tashiro said, with still an hour before the game started, fans of both teams had already filled the stands, with fans of both teams sitting opposite each other across the playing field, and the atmosphere in the entire venue had reached its peak.

"The second round of the Neon Country IH High School Basketball League promotion match, the match between Shonan High School and Toou High School is about to begin. Players from both teams, please prepare to enter the field."

"Boom~"

As the broadcast sounded above the stadium, the door to the player tunnel was opened at this time.

“Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

At that moment, fans of both teams, supporting their respective teams, gave deafening cheers.

"Hey, Kaneki, the students you trained are not good enough. I won, it was so easy." Aomine Daiki walked up to Kaneki Ken and said with a smile.

"You are really good, to be able to beat a rookie who has been playing for less than half a year." Kaneki Ken laughed and retorted, "Why don't you go to Beihua Kindergarten and find a few other kids to play with, and you can win more easily."

"Hahahaha, you are still so ruthless to your opponent." Aomine Daiki laughed instead of getting angry at being ridiculed, "Then I feel relieved. I have been looking forward to this match for a long time, don't fool me like you fooled Kise."

"I didn't fool Huang Lai, he's just not worth my best efforts." Kaneki Ken's smile was still as calm as ever, "You too."

(End of this chapter)