Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 165 Like Before

“Nice block!”

"Yes!"

"Well done, Captain Kaneki!"

When the substitute players of Shonan High School saw Kaneki Ken's block, they excitedly shouted Kaneki Ken's name and raised their arms to celebrate.

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

Infected by the emotions of the players of Shonan High School, Ken Kaneki's fans on the sidelines also spontaneously shouted Ken Kaneki's name to cheer for Shonan High School.

"It seems that we are a little late... Is the atmosphere at the opening match so intense?" The late-arriving players of Yangquan High School smiled and looked at the audience seats, "But why are all the voices cheering for Kaneki Ken and Shonan High School?"

"Well, he's Yanzi after all, so it's normal for him to suppress Qingzi in popularity." Murasakibara Atsushi said, yawning, "If you guys hadn't insisted on dragging me over to watch the game, I wouldn't have come. When I wake up from a good sleep, it's sure to be another big win for Yanzi."

"Haha, it seems that Atsushi is very confident in Kaneki Ken." Himuro Tatsuya said with a smile, "But Kaneki and Aomine have never fought in junior high school before, so why are you so one-sidedly optimistic about Kaneki, Atsushi?"

"Well, that's not the case..." Murasakibara Atsushi looked at the field lazily, "Actually, Qingzi and Yanzi fought each other when they were in junior high school..."

"What? Kaneki Ken and Aomine Daiki fought each other in junior high school?" The players of Rakusan High School looked at Akashi Seijuro in surprise and said, "Who won?"

"I don't know." Akashi Seijuro shook his head with some regret and said, "Only Murasakibara saw the situation at that time, but no matter what I said, he refused to tell me the result of the match, and just said that it was not finished."

"But it doesn't matter anymore. From today on, it will be decided who is stronger between Aomine and Kaneki." Akashi Seijuro concluded.

"It's a familiar scene, Aomine." Kaneki Ken suddenly smiled while holding the ball, and said to Aomine Daiki who had been staring at him from the front court, "If Coach Shirogane hadn't stopped us from competing, would you not have had the delusion of defeating me?"

……

Teiko Junior High School, when the Generation of Miracles were in their first year of junior high school.

"Kaneki, let's have a fight!" One day after winning the Tokyo district championship, Aomine Daiki suddenly had an idea while practicing with Kuroko and challenged Kaneki R&F.

"? Qingzai, are you still asleep?" Murasakibara Atsushi's blurry eyes opened wide, "You can't even defend against Senior Nijimura, and you still want to challenge Yanzai?"

"I don't care." Aomine Daiki looked at Kaneki Ken and said, "Kaneki promised me that he would play with me as long as I could get 30 points per game in the county tournament."

"Okay." Kaneki Ken was also annoyed by Aomine Daiki who had been challenging him recently, so he simply agreed.

Soon, at 22:17, Kaneki Ken won the first game.

"No, come again! I haven't warmed up yet!" Qingfeng Daihui gritted his teeth and argued.

"But aren't we practicing extra now, Qingzi?" Murasakibara Atsushi was a little puzzled. "We practiced for so long before, isn't it enough to warm up..."

"If I said you haven't warmed up well, then you haven't warmed up well!" Qingfeng Daihui said in a dishonest manner, picked up the ball and wanted to play the second game.

"No, come again!"

"No, come again!"

"..."

Aomine Daiki kept fighting after repeated defeats. Just when he felt he had the best chance of defeating Kaneki Ken in one game, Shirogane Kozo's voice rang out outside the stadium.

"Who asked you to play in the competition?" Shirogane Kozo was rarely angry.

"Yes... Aoki took the initiative to say that he wanted to fight one on one with Kenki..." Under the strong pressure from Shirogane Kozo, Murasakibara Atsushi decisively sold out Aomine Daiki and told part of the truth.

"From today on! You are not allowed to fight among yourselves. You must also bring this ban to Akashi and Midorima. Do you hear me?" Shirogane Kozo ordered.

"Yes!" Aomine Daiki said listlessly. "Kaneki, come with me." Seeing that the people in front of him were quite obedient, Shirogane Kozo nodded with a stern face and turned to leave the court.

"The previous one doesn't count, let's try again!" Aomine Daiki muttered somewhat unwillingly as he looked at Kaneki Ken's leaving back.

……

"The past doesn't count! Today we'll have a showdown!" Qingfeng Daihui recalled the past scenes and suddenly laughed, "And today no one will stop me from defeating you!"

"Then you better defend me first!" Kaneki Ken said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Kaneki Ken bent his knees slightly, and the knotted muscles on his thighs tensed. The powerful force that erupted pushed Kaneki Ken forward a long distance like an F1 car taking a slingshot start.

Seeing this, Aomine Daiki followed closely behind, adjusted his steps, and caught up with Kaneki Ken in a flash.

The spectators on the sidelines could only see the two people running towards the front field like two meteors at high speed, and a speed contest unfolded before everyone's eyes. Kaneki Ken and Aomine Daiki were entangled with each other, taking turns to lead, and they would disappear from everyone's sight if they were not careful.

"Boom!"

The basketball spun and collided violently with the ground. Aomine Daiki tried to steal the ball, but the basketball spun back into Kaneki Ken's hands. Aomine Daiki, who was out of position, was left behind by Kaneki Ken without noticing.

"Beautiful! Beautiful pass!" Tashiro Heihachi stood up excitedly, "Kaneki-san used a wonderful Sam Gold pass to pass Aomine Daiki!!!"

"Is Kaneki Ken's ball... a Swallow Flash?" Hayama Kotaro knew about the Swallow Flash, but the ball just now always gave him a familiar feeling of weirdness. "But the speed of this ball is too fast, right? It always feels like... it always feels like..."

"Yes, you guessed right." Akashi Seijuro confirmed Hayama Kotaro's guess, "This is the Swallow Flash combined with the Thunder Dribble."

"But...but with such a great force, and having the ball spin at such a fast speed, and having to break through Aomine Daiki at such a fast speed, this kind of thing... can it really be done?" Hayama Akitaro listened to Akashi Seijuro's introduction with his eyes wide open, and his speech became a little stuttering.

"It's really difficult. Apart from Aomine and I, even Kise and Midorima may not be able to do it." Akashi Seijuro held his chin with his right hand and said calmly, "This is the talent that belongs only to Kaneki Ken... A perfect body and unparalleled wonderful ball sense that completely surpass Kise!"

Amid the discussions of the crowd, Kaneki Ken, who had already reached the penalty area, jumped up, ignoring Jun Uozumi who was standing under the basket.

"You have to hold on! Yuzumi!" After failing in his attempt to steal the ball, Moroboshi Dai roared with the last glimmer of hope, pinning his hopes on the last line of defense in the interior.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Yuzumi Jun roared and jumped towards Kaneki Ken, trying to protect Touou's basket.

Kaneki Ken raised the ball high with his right hand and gently pressed Uozumi Jun's shoulder with his left hand. With a loud bang, the basketball was stuffed into the basket by Kaneki Ken.

“Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!”

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

The adrenaline of the audience was completely aroused by Kaneki Ken's perfect goal. A deafening cheer reached the dome, as if it was going to lift the ceiling apart.

"Beautiful! Great shot! Wonderful breakthrough! Violent dunk! The duel between the two aces of Teiko Junior High School, and Kaneki-san takes the lead!" Tashiro Heihachi's face turned red with excitement. If it weren't for the most basic professional ethics of a commentator, he might have shouted Kaneki Ken's name and cheered like the other audience members.

"Haha, I didn't expect you, Kaneki, to use such a fancy catching move!" Aomine Daiki sneered, "I thought you would play that kind of boring basketball until you get old!"

"Whether to use it or not is one thing, but knowing how to do it is another." Kaneki Ken looked at Aomine Daiki and said dimly, "You can not use it, but you can not know how to do it. Whether it's studying or basketball... You will never remember what I taught you, Aomine."

“You can be bad, but you can’t be really bad.”

Looking at Kaneki Ken's indifferent expression, Aomine Daiki suddenly remembered what Kaneki Ken once said to him during a casual chat.

"Tsk, don't act so superior." Qingfeng Daiki sneered and said with disdain, "The game is not over yet."

"Since you are interested, I will play with you today, Aomine." Kaneki Ken's voice seemed to contain infinite power. "Anyway, you can't beat me in any aspect. Be it basketball or study... just like before."

(End of this chapter)