Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 218: Disputes Begin
"Neon Country Winter Cup Basketball League Tokyo District Qualifying Tournament, Chengcheng High School vs. Seirin High School, 46:108, Seirin High School wins!"

As the halftime whistle sounded, the match between Seirin High School and Seisei High School came to an end.

"Let's go, Sakuragi." In the audience seats on the sidelines, Mitsui Hisashi stood up with Sakuragi Hanamichi and left the stadium.

"What do you think of this game?" Miyagi Ryouta asked Sakuragi Hanamichi with his hands in his pockets and with interest.

"That red-haired monkey... has improved a lot compared to during the training camp." Sakuragi Hanamichi said solemnly.

"That's good to know." Miyagi Ryouta nodded slightly and said, "Although we were careless in the last training match with Seirin, we still lost. Although Kaneki said he can come back during the Winter Cup, we must also be prepared to be without Kaneki throughout the whole process."

"Miyagi is right." Mitsui Shou agreed seriously, "How high we can reach in the Winter Cup depends on you, Sakuragi."

"Don't worry, Xiaosan." Sakuragi Hanamichi nodded seriously and said, "I will definitely beat that red-haired monkey to pieces next time we meet."

"Haha, it's good to have this ambition. It's still early, so you don't have to start worrying." Mitsui Shou listened to Sakuragi Hanamichi's words and laughed, "Besides, after all, we are the national champions of IH. Our district can add an extra spot to enter the national competition. Even if you don't perform well, we will definitely enter the national competition."

"Don't worry, Xiaosan, we won't use this quota." Sakuragi Hanamichi put his left hand on Mitsui Shou's shoulder, clenched his right fist, and said solemnly to Mitsui Beast.

"What are you looking at, Momoi?" While Sakuragi and the others were still discussing the upcoming game, Inoue Ayako at the back of the team walked up to Momoi Satsuki curiously and asked.

"Oh, nothing." Tao Jing Satsuki smiled and handed over the phone, saying, "I'm checking Yanjun's Instagram. The Golden Arch Bridge High School All-Star Basketball League will start in a few days."

"I'm here to take a look too..." Inoue Ayako opened her phone with a curious look on her face. When she clicked on Kaneki Ken's profile page, she said in surprise, "It seems that Kaneki is very popular. He already has 200,000 fans..."

"Yeah..." Tao Jingwu's eyes revealed a trace of longing, "Yan-kun is the focus of attention wherever he goes..."

But at this moment, the focus of his vision was not very good...Kaneki Ken was now blocked by a group of people at the entrance of the hotel.

"What do you want to do?" David Falk looked at the group of burly black men in front of him and asked with some caution, "This is a downtown area. If you want to find some money to spend when you are addicted, it is not a good decision to do it here."

"It has nothing to do with you, Falk." At this moment, a blond figure walked out from behind the black people, and everyone made way for him. "I'm here to find this Asian monkey."

"I was wondering who it was, but it turned out to be you, you jerk." Kaneki Ken raised his eyebrows slightly, pointed at the crowd in front of him and said, "What do you mean by bringing so many people to find me? Are you going to rob people instead of playing basketball?"

"What are you talking about? I'm a legal citizen of the United States." Nash Goldo said with a grin, "I came to you just to play another game with you. I don't think you will refuse, right?"

"I..." Just as Kaneki Ken was about to say something, David Falk blocked him and stared at Nash Goldo, saying, "My friend won't play basketball with you. Nash, now, ask your friend to leave, or I'll call the police."

"Crack!"

As soon as David Falk finished speaking, he saw a black man next to him picked up his mobile phone and took a picture of Kaneki Ken's face.

"What do you want to do?" David Falk looked at Nash Goldo with a vigilant look on his face and asked, "I warn you, don't do anything rash, Nash, or your receiving team will not receive any game orders in the future."

"What can we do?" Jason Thibaud shrugged and said, "It's nothing more than posting an Instagram post saying that the international players invited by the Golden Arches are racist and refusing to interact with fans."

"I remember you weren't like this before~" Nash Goldo looked at Kaneki Ken and said with a provocative smile, "You don't dare to go out alone, and you don't even dare to play ball?"

"That's really interesting, Nash." Kaneki Ken pushed aside David Falk who was blocking his way, stood in front of Nash Goldo, looked down at him and said, "Okay, I promise you. I can even give you a chance to become famous."

"Oh?" Nash Goldo's expression changed slightly as he listened to Kaneki Ken's words. "Tell me about it."

"I can arrange for you and your bastards to participate in the fan interaction session in a week." Kaneki Ken crossed his arms and smiled, saying, "If any of you beats me, I will leave the training camp on the spot. But if none of you can beat me..." As he spoke, Kaneki Ken looked around at everyone present and said, "Each of you, go find a farm to harvest cotton! I promise you, you will never receive an order for a performance match in the United States again!"

"Uh..." Faced with the sudden sense of oppression released by Kaneki Ken, everyone present immediately took a half step back and looked at each other.

"Okay, I promise you." Nash Goldo looked at his subordinates who had lost all their momentum, cursed inwardly, and stood up to accept the bet.

"Big boy, you shouldn't have accepted this bet. Michael doesn't even need to ask for help with this kind of small character, I can help you solve it easily." David Falk stood behind Kaneki Ken, looking at the backs of Nash Goldo and others leaving and sighed softly, "Think about it, as long as they can beat you, they can brag about it for the rest of their lives, but if you win, what about them? Fuck, who the hell knows who Nash Goldo is?"

"Of course I understand what you mean, David. But do I want these guys to come and bother me every day when they have nothing to do?" Kaneki Ken shrugged and said, "Just give them a chance to get it done in one go."

"Gordo, are we really going to do this?" After leaving the hotel, a black player nicknamed Old K recalled Kaneki Ken's oppressive aura with lingering fear. Looking at Nash Goldo, who was silent with a dark face in front of the team, he asked, "That guy looks like he has a big background..."

"What's wrong, Old K? He's just an Asian monkey. Are you scared of him?" Nash Goldo glanced at Old K and said, "If you want to give up this opportunity to step on others to get to the top, I have no objection. Just get out of the Jabberwocky team and don't hinder the future of your brothers."

"Haha, no, no." Old K felt the unfriendly gazes from his teammates, smiled awkwardly and stopped talking.

"Thiber, you will play with me then." Nashgordo said in a deep voice, "You can make bigger moves. After all, injuries are part of the game."

"Ha, I understand, Nash." Jason Thibaud showed a cruel smile, "When the time comes, I will definitely let that Asian monkey experience the passion of American basketball."

……

"Coach, the trials will be over next week, and we don't have any competitions in the near future. How about we take a break for two days?" After another intense match, Hyuga Junpei suddenly said while looking at the people who were eating, "It's just right for everyone to adjust their mood before the national competition."

"Rest?" Reiko Aida looked at the expectant eyes of the players around her, thought for a moment and nodded, "Then take a two-day break after the tryouts next week."

"Yeah!!!" Everyone present cheered excitedly. Mitsuki Furihata, Shinji Koganei and others celebrated a little too loudly and accidentally brought out a flyer hidden under the table.

"Hmm?" Reiko Aida looked at the flyer on the table and took it over curiously. "Street basketball game in the park? Are you going to participate in the street basketball game?"

"Well..." Furihata Mitsuki and the others looked at each other, and finally Koganei Shinji stood up and said, "We haven't played a formal game since we joined Seirin... and we just happened to see this flyer, so we discussed it and decided to participate in this game..."

"Hmm..." Aida Reiko looked back and forth between the flyer and Koganei Shinji and the others, then suddenly slammed the flyer on the table and said, "If that's the case, then let's join together!"

"Yes..." Furihata Mitsuki sighed and whispered in Koganei Shinji's ear, "Alas, I guess it's not our turn to play again..."

"Ah..." The newlyweds around sighed in unison and said nothing.

……

"Kanagawa Prefecture Winter Cup Qualifiers, Shonan High School vs. Poseidon High School, 117:86, Shonan High School wins!"

Not long after the match between Seirin and Seijuna High School, the match between Shonan High School and Kaishin High School officially started. This contest between the old strong team and the new strong team in Kanagawa Prefecture ended with Shonan High School winning by a large margin.

In this game, Sakuragi Hanamichi scored 38 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocks, and single-handedly broke through the combined defense of Hanagata Toru and Sendoh Akira, officially announcing to the outside world that a new miracle-level star is rising.

"Ah, I'm really old~" After the game, Maki Shinichi held Mitsui's hand, smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Now I can't even beat a newcomer..."

"You and I are already old guys who are out of touch with the times." Mitsui Shou sighed as he looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was accompanying Anton Mitsuyoshi for an interview, "After all, now is... the generation of miracles!"

(End of this chapter)