Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 189 Making a lot of money

[“Confident or conceited? Kaneki Ken said his opponent in the final was only here to compete for second place!”]

【“I’m already thinking about my next opponent.”】

[“Akagi Seijuro or Murasakihara Atsushi? Who will be Kaneki Ken’s opponent in the finals?”]

The next day, in the basketball hall of Rakuzan Junior High School, Akashi Seijuro was looking at several trending searches on his phone with great interest and muttered to himself, "Fighting for second place? How interesting... Have you become so arrogant? It's not a big deal to be ahead of us... Kaneki Ken!"

"Do you really think Kaneki is arrogant? Or are you also afraid of failure, and are just using this disdain to cover up your fear?"

Just as Akashi Seijuro was about to put away his phone to make final preparations before the game, a sudden voice rang in his mind.

"Shut up! You're just a loser!" Akashi Seijuro's eyes revealed a hint of ferocity, "Only I can make us win continuously and make us qualified to be Kaneki Ken's friend!"

"Haha, friend?" The voice in the mind laughed bitterly and said, "Do you really think you and Kaneki are still friends? Were you happy when Kaneki came back? Just like you once said inadvertently, Kaneki Ken is just a passer-by to you... I am his friend! You are just a poor creature standing in a dark corner, jealous of his brilliance, and eager to be his!"

"Maybe!" Akashi Seijuro said, suppressing his inner anger, "But I am the one who keeps winning! You have already been defeated by Murasakibara Atsushi, and you are not worthy of representing us in front of the world!"

……

"Xiao Zheng, you're looking for us?" After the training, Mibuchi Reo looked at his teammates who were left alone by Akashi Seijuro like him, stepped forward with a confused look on his face and said, "Is there something you need to tell me?"

"Ah, yes." Akashi Seijuro said with a somewhat grim expression, "I need you to cooperate with me in special training."

"You still want special training, Akashi? You're already so strong..." Hayama Kotaro said this, and was the first to take off his training jacket and asked, "Who among us will go first?"

"No need to go through so much trouble." Akashi Seijuro turned around and looked at Hayama Kotaro and the others and said, "You all can come together."

……

"Hoo...Hoo...Come on!" In the training hall of Yangquan High School, Murasakibara Atsushi pestered Okamura Kenichi and Liu Wei and said, "I've figured out that weird shooting move of yours! Practice with me for a while longer!"

"That's not called that, that's called a hook..." Okamura Kenichi said with a wry smile, "Kaneki Ken is really a fool. He gave you an idea, but you asked us to go through all the trouble to teach you..."

"But although it's rare for you to be so enthusiastic today, we will definitely accompany you!" Liu Wei said, "Tomorrow's game will all depend on you, big guy!"

"Atsushi has been very motivated recently..." Himuro Tatsuya said with great interest while looking at Murasakihara Atsushi on the field, "Since the last time he talked with Kaneki Ken, he has been pestering Okamura and the others to practice hook shots..."

"Thank you for reminding me that I am so bad." Araki Masako glanced at Himuro Tatsuya in dissatisfaction, "As a coach, my earnest advice to him to train is not as good as one word from Kaneki Ken..."

"Haha, you can't say that~" Himuro Tatsuya said with a smile, "After all, he is Kaneki Ken whom Atsushi has always regarded as his brother, so it is normal for him to speak more effectively. However, if there is no coach to supervise him, Atsushi will probably be a flash in the pan, so the coach still deserves credit."

"Hmph~ You're good at talking." Araki Masako snorted, then looked at Murasakihara Atsushi who was training with some concern and said, "I just hope this big guy won't cause any trouble for me during the game..."

"You have to believe in A-Dun, coach." Himuro Tatsuya chuckled, "I think A-Dun must have the most basic sports ethics as a player."

……

"Ding~ It is detected that the host has reached a bond with Akashi Seijuro (deputy): lifelong enemies; reward is one S-level lottery!"

"It is detected that the host has completed the task: Guide, and is rewarded with an S lottery task!"

Just as Kaneki Ken was lying on the bed resting, a familiar system prompt sound suddenly rang in his mind.

"Hmm?" Kaneki Ken's eyes revealed a hint of nostalgia, "It's been a long time since I last drew a lottery... Well, let's see what I can win!"

“Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~”

As Kaneki Ken's mind moved, a golden S-class roulette appeared before his eyes.

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Alaya Consciousness!"

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for obtaining the character template: Jose Alvarado." "Character template?" Kaneki Ken's eyes flashed with surprise, "This is the first time I've drawn one..."

Out of curiosity, Kaneki Ken clicked on the character template and started looking at it.

"Character Template: Jose Alvarado

Character skills: Basketball Basics (C+), Phantom Steal (B+)

Character Badge: Come and Go Without a Trace (Gold)

Come and go without a trace: Players wearing this badge can reduce the opponent's attention by 15% when assisting defense/passing the ball when the score is less than 40 points.

Conditions of use: Host teammate, height between 175cm and 183cm, average physical ability of 75, and at least one statistic above 80."

"Fuck?" Kaneki Ken felt that this character template was very familiar, "Isn't this just a high-end version of Dai Chihiro? But... who should use this template character..."

Kaneki Ken touched his chin and began to search for the right person in his mind.

"Miyagi is too short...Kumure and Kakuda are not physically fit enough..." Kaneki Ken calculated one by one, "Ishii... Yasuda... Ogiwara... Wait, Ogiwara!"

The figure that flashed in his mind startled Kaneki Ken, and he quickly looked up Ogiwara Shigehiro's player data.

“身高177公分……身体平均值77.5……力量76……弹跳78……速度82！”金木研对比了一下使用条件后也乐了，“这不就是专门给荻原成浩打造的吗？”

As he spoke, Kaneki Ken dragged the character template onto Ogiwara Shigehiro's player data.

"It has been detected that the host is using the player template: Jose Alvarado... The target player is Ogihara Shigehiro... The template will be fully adapted to the player in one week."

"Although it's true that I can win by myself..." Kaneki Ken laughed as he looked at Ogiwara Shigehiro in the system interface, "But when I think about being able to make things difficult for Akashi... why am I so happy~"

Kaneki Ken happily felt that he was about to sing, so he turned around and clicked on the skill introduction of his newly acquired skill, Alaya-vijnana, and started reading it.

"Skill: Alaya Consciousness, Skill Type: Technique, Skill Term: Phantom, Skill Level: S+, Skill Effect: After acquiring this skill, no matter the host is attacking or defending, in the eyes of the opposing player, it will turn into several afterimages of the action. When the opposing player attacks a certain afterimage, the host can choose any afterimage to turn into a real attack action."

"Emmmm... It's a feint-type skill..." Kaneki Ken raised his eyebrows slightly, "If there were no heaven and earth, it would still be a pretty good skill... It's a pity that it can't be upgraded, so that's it..."

Just when Kaneki Ken was about to put this skill aside, suddenly, the skill smelting furnace that had been silent for a long time flickered.

"Hmm?" Kaneki Ken's train of thought seemed to be suddenly opened up by the vision before him, "Since they are both feint skills... if these two skills can be combined into a more advanced skill... wait! Alaya consciousness... the eighth sense... Asura domain... if I combine prediction and feints... does that mean I can use feints to control the opponent's actions in advance?"

Kaneki Ken was shocked by his own bizarre ideas, but there was always an inexplicable voice in his heart urging him to put his ideas into practice.

"Let's do it! All in!" After hesitating for a long time, Kaneki Ken gritted his teeth and stuffed "Heaven and Earth", "Alaya-vijnana" and "Ashura Realm" into the skill smelting furnace.

"Damn it... The minimum guarantee is only S-level. If nothing good comes out of smelting this time, I'll be at a big loss..." Kaneki Ken pressed the start button of the smelting furnace with trembling hands.

"Buzz..." Following a dull humming sound, the skill smelting furnace began to operate.

"Ding ~"

I don't know how long it took, just when Kaneki Ken's nervous heart was about to jump out of his throat, a crisp sound rang out in front of Kaneki Ken, and a purple skill chart appeared in front of him.

"Skill smelting is complete! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the SSS-level skill: Mirror Flower and Water Moon."

"Skill: Mirror Flower and Water Moon, Skill Type: Perception, Skill Term: Sinking, Skill Level: SSS, Skill Effect: After obtaining this skill, every action of the host will dominate the perception ability of the opposing player, causing him to fall into boundless illusions."

"I've made a big profit this time!" Kaneki Ken took a deep breath as he looked at the skill introduction in front of him. "Even if I lose the unpredictable buff bonus from the God of Basketball Badge right now, this badge alone... is enough for me to beat Akashi!"

(End of this chapter)