Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 175 Warm-up
"Neon IH Basketball League National Tournament Third Round, 144:85, Shutoku High School vs. Kamada West High School, Shutoku High School wins!"

"real or fake?"

Mitsui Shou on the sidelines was now thinking of the high arc three-pointers shot by Midorima Shintaro. As a three-point shooter, he couldn't understand how such a three-pointer was shot.

"So this world must be a big game, right? 100% three-point shooting rate, all over the court, this can't be so outrageous for playing video games, right?"

"Eh? Isn't this normal?" Taoi Satsuki looked at Mitsui Shou with a puzzled look, "When Xiaolu was in junior high school, he had the best touch among the Miracle Generation. It's not surprising that he can have such a hit rate~"

"Oh, so it's because you have a good tactile talent, that's not surprising at all... What the hell!" Mitsui Shou said he couldn't accept it.

"Tsk, what a bunch of idiots!" Izawa Shuji sneered, "If I hadn't been slow to comprehend and hadn't completely mastered the three-point shot that Captain Kaneki taught me until my senior year of high school, there would have been at least one guy with normal hair color in the Age of Miracles!"

"What's wrong with our colored hair?" Kaneki Ken, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Momoi Satsuki looked at Izawa Shuji with unfriendly eyes.

"Ah... that's not what I meant..." Izawa Shuji was sweating profusely. He didn't expect that his words, spoken in a fit of righteous indignation, would have such a huge impact...

"The third round of the Neon IH Basketball League National Tournament, the match between Shonan High School and Mineou High School is about to begin. Players from both teams are requested to enter the court as soon as possible. Players from Shutoku High School and Kamata West High School are requested to exit the court in an orderly manner..."

"Great, we're finally saved..." Izawa Shuji said with tears streaming down his face, pointing at the field, "Captain, it's our turn! Hurry, or we won't be able to catch up with the warm-up..."

"I'll let you go now, but when you go back, you'll have to fight 50 balls with me as punishment." Kaneki Ken said softly, turning and walking towards the player tunnel.

……

"Hey, you did a good job today." In the player tunnel, Kaneki Ken unexpectedly blocked Midorima Shintaro who was trying to leave quietly without him. "We are old friends, and it really makes me sad that you are so indifferent..."

"Ah, as expected, you and I are the least compatible..." Midorima Shintaro adjusted the frame of his glasses, "I'm going to fight against Nijimura-senpai in a bit, you won't show me mercy, right?"

"How is that possible? How could you have such an idea?" Kaneki Ken sneered, "Don't think that he can get benefits from me just because he brought me out to mess around. I won't give face to anyone who stands against me... The same goes for you."

"Hmph, you have to get through Fenghuang High School first." Midorima Shintaro picked up his backpack and walked towards the aisle of the audience seats. "I heard that Coach Domoto has found many top players from universities to play simulation games in Fenghuang in order to deal with you."

"Then I'm really looking forward to it." Kaneki Ken also turned and walked towards the court. "I didn't expect that Coach Domoto would be so trendy. After failing to recruit me, he actually became obsessed with stand-in literature."

……

"Emperor of Feng!", "Emperor of Feng!", "Emperor of Feng!"

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

Although the game had not started yet, the fans at the scene began to cheer crazily when they saw their favorite team enter the stadium.

"Is Japanese high school basketball so popular now?" said Sugiyama Shota, who was sitting in the audience, in surprise. "Even for the finals of our college league, there wouldn't be so many spectators coming in to show their support an hour before the game starts..."

“Don’t you see whose game this is?” The No. 7 player mentioned by Sugiyama Shota, the loser who had to queue up to get an autograph mentioned by Domoto Koichiro - Sugitani Ichiro rolled his eyes at Sugiyama Shota and said, “Before the miracle, Nijimura Shuzo, the absolute core who led Teiko High School to the top eight in the country, Sawakita Eiji, the number one swingman after the miracle, and Kaneki Ken, the first trump card of the Miracle Generation, who defeated Kise Ryota and Aomine Daiki, the strongest high school basketball player on the planet... To be honest, I think you’re flattering me too much by comparing me with them in front of Coach Domoto..."

"What's the matter? Were you hit by Coach Domoto and went out of your way to look up information?" Sugiyama Shota looked at Sugitani Ichiro with a teasing look.

"You're the only one who talks too much." Ichiro Sugitani rolled his eyes at Shota Sugiyama and stopped talking.

"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to watch the third round of the national competition between Mineiro High School and Shonan High School! I am your good friend Mitsuyasu Kitagawa!" A middle-aged man wearing black-rimmed glasses smiled and said, "I am Genichirō Ideki." An old man wearing gold-rimmed half-frame glasses next to him introduced himself.

"Today we saw that there are still a lot of fans watching the game. It seems that the game will be very interesting." Kitagawa Mitsuyasu began the pre-match warm-up commentary
"Yes, even though there is only one Generation of Miracles player in today's game, the game is still a hot topic." Ideki Genichirō also agreed, "On one side is Kaneki's superb personal ability, and on the other side is the super strong foundation of Fenghuang High School, which has gathered the former captain Chi Guang and the best striker under the Miracle. It is still unknown who will win this game."

……

"Hey, Captain Nijimura~" Just as the audience and commentators on the sidelines were excitedly looking forward to the game, Kaneki Ken walked up to Nijimura Shuzo and greeted him with a smile, "You actually became the captain of Fenghuang High School. You're getting better."

"You're not bad either!" Nijimura Shuzo said with a smile, "You led the public Shonan High School into the quarterfinals."

"I'm telling you, Captain Nijimura, when Midorima Shintaro confronted me in the player tunnel just now, he asked me to show you some mercy!" Kaneki Ken took the opportunity to completely betray Midorima Shintaro, "I rebuked him at the time. After all, you are my direct captain and dear friend!"

"How did you refute him?" Nijimura Shuzo looked at Kaneki Ken with disbelief. He knew this guy too thoroughly during those years in the United States.

"I said we should pay more." Kaneki Ken said as a matter of course, "After all, the champion team of the IH League can get a reward of 20 yen from the organizing committee!"

"Hahaha, fuck you." Nijimura Shuzo punched Kaneki Ken on the shoulder and cursed with a smile, "Hurry up and go back to warm up. You're still showing mercy, do you think you're going to win today?"

"It's not me who said that, it's that guy Midorima!" Kaneki Ken ran back to Shonan High School's half with a grin on his face.

"A-choo, A-choo!!" Shintaro Midorima, who was sitting in the audience, suddenly sneezed twice.

"Are you okay, Xiaozhen?" Takao Kazunari looked at Midorima Shintaro who sneezed twice and said suspiciously, "You caught a cold right after the game... Are you trying to pretend to be sick to avoid the next round?"

"Alas... I wish I could be as stupid and happy as you..." Midorima Shintaro shook his head and said with a sigh.

"The third round of the Neon Country IH Basketball League National Tournament, Shonan High School vs. Fenghuang High School, starts now!"

As the broadcast above the stadium sounded, everyone on the field, except for the starting players, returned to the bench.

"Players from both teams line up and salute!" said the referee as he walked to the center line with the ball.

"Please give me some advice!"

"Please give me some advice!"

"We see that the centers of the two teams preparing for the jump ball at the midline now have their own fans all over the country." Kitagawa Mitsuyasu introduced the two tall figures at the midline, "The center of Shonan High School is Shigehiro Kabata, who was once the ace center of Toigaoka Junior High School. He is 205 cm tall and weighs 110 kg. So far, he can average 26+16+5 per game."

"The center of Mineou High School is a bit similar to Sakuragi from Shonan High School. He also started to become famous after high school." Ideki Genichirō flipped through the information in his hand and said, "This classmate's name is Mori Shigehiro, 199 cm tall, 99 kg. Although his average statistics are slightly insufficient, he once scored 50 points, 20 rebounds, and 10 blocks."

"Who will be the number one center under the miracle? Let us wait and see!"

As Kitagawa Mitsuyasu finished his words, the referee blew his whistle, the basketball was thrown high into the air, and two huge figures leaped up.

Brothers, I finally made up for the one I owed! I wrote 10,000 words today, and I feel so awesome! Please give me the monthly ticket for recommendation.

In addition, today I was too greedy and ate two mooncakes from my friend, and now I want to recommend a book to him... If you are interested, you can take a look. It is now in the warehouse and I am looking for data.

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(End of this chapter)