Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 220 Fierce Fight

"Captain, who is that big guy? He looks like he is very familiar with you." Tomonori Tsumura asked curiously as he walked beside Iwamura Tsutomu.

"This guy... is the best center in the Tokyo area." Iwamura Tsutomu answered seriously, recalling his past match with Kiyoshi Teppei.

"The match at Pitch 3 has ended. Team 12, please enter. Team 13, please get ready."

Just when Tomonori Tsumura wanted to ask something else, the sound of a broadcast over the park interrupted everyone's conversation.

"It's time for us to enter and prepare." Iwamura Tsutomu looked at the number plate in his hand and turned to walk towards the stadium.

"Iwamura-senpai, wait for me!" Tomonori Tsumura looked at Iwamura Tsutomu's back as he left and hurriedly chased after him.

"The regular players from Zhengbang Middle School are here to play in a street match. Isn't this just a massacre?" Yi Yuejun said with a smile, holding up the teacup in his hand.

"That's not the case. There may be experts among ordinary basketball enthusiasts." Hinata Junpei took off his glasses, blew on his thermos cup and took a sip. He turned his head to look at Koganei Shinji and others and asked, "Hey, has the Shonan and Kaijo game started?"

"The warm-up has just ended..." Koganei Shinji turned his head towards Hinata Junpei, his eyes still fixed on the phone screen, and said, "The jump ball will start in the center circle soon."

"So what are you waiting for? Put it here and let's see it together!" Hinata Junpei said as he patted the waterproof cloth in the middle of the crowd.

"Who do you think will win in the duel between Kise-san and Sakuragi-san?" Someone in the group suddenly asked, and everyone present fell silent.

"Who do you think will win this match between the two of us? Sakuragi~"

As the two teams stood facing each other at the center line, Kise Ryota looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and asked with a smile.

"Of course I can win." Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Huang Lai Ryota seriously and said, "You can't even beat Seirin's red-haired monkey, do you still want to beat me?"

"That's not necessarily true, Sakuragi." There was a hint of teasing in Kise Ryota's eyes when he looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Okay, stop talking." At this moment, the referee walked onto the court with a whistle, glanced at the players of both teams and said, "Everyone, salute before the game!"

"Please give me some advice!"

"Please give me some advice!"

As the players from both teams finished their salute, the referee came to the center circle holding a basketball. Shigehiro Kabaji and Tetsuya Naito both stood on the center line to prepare for the jump ball.

"Beep~" With the referee's whistle, the basketball was thrown high into the air. Shigehiro Kabaji and Tetsuya Naito jumped up almost at the same time. In the end, Shigehiro Kabaji, who had the advantage in height and arm span, took the ball.

"Return to defense!"

The moment Mitsui Hisashi got the basketball, Kasamatsu Yukio shouted and returned to the backcourt to prevent a surprise attack from Shonan High School.

"Long time no see, Fujima." Mitsui Hisashi smiled as he looked at Kenji Fujima in front of him.

"It's been a long time indeed. We at Kaijo High School have been looking forward to revenge for a long time!" Fujima Kenji said while staring at Mitsui Hisashi with his bright eyes.

"The atmosphere between the two teams was very tense from the start..." Yi Yuejun said as he looked at the serious expressions of both teams on the screen.

"I wonder how they would choose to play this ball if Kaneki Ken was not there?" Hinata Junpei frowned, staring at the figure of Mitsui Hisashi who was organizing the offense outside the three-point line and pondered.

At this time, Mitsui Hisashi looked at Fujima Kenji's tight defense, frowned slightly, and passed the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi who was stuck at a 45-degree angle with a high lob. Seeing this, Kise Ryota moved half a step towards Sakuragi Hanamichi without leaving a trace.

"Opportunity!" Seeing that Kise Ryouta's attention was attracted by Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede immediately seized the opportunity, cut into the basket, and reached out to Sakuragi Hanamichi for the ball.

"...You got an easy deal, you stinky fox." Sakuragi Hanamichi threw the ball behind him with an unhappy look on his face. After Rukawa dribbled the ball, he immediately took the ball and started to move forward, jumping up to meet Naito Tetsuya in the inside.

"Don't even think about scoring a goal!" Seeing this, Naito Tetsuya hurried forward to defend. He jumped at the same time as Rukawa Kaede. With the help of his long arms, he fanned the basketball in Rukawa Kaede's hand hard.

"Too naive!" Seeing this, Rukawa Kaede's eyes flashed, and he slowly withdrew his right hand holding the basketball, causing Naito Tetsuya's big hand to fan into the air. In Naito Tetsuya's horrified eyes, he raised the basketball again and smashed it hard towards the basket.

"Who are you calling naive?" Just as Rukawa was about to complete the dunk, Kise Ryota rushed over and jumped up from Rukawa's side. His white and slender palm made a sound of wind and nailed Rukawa's dunk hard onto the backboard.

"Great defense, Kise!" Kasamatsu Yukio was about to celebrate, but was interrupted by a fiery figure.

"I knew I couldn't count on you, you stinky fox!"

Before Kise Ryota and Rukawa Kaede landed on the ground, Sakuragi Hanamichi soared into the sky, grabbed the rebounding basketball in the air and shoved it into the basket.

"Beautiful! Although Kise-san's block was indeed sharp, Sakuragi-san followed closely and completed a wonderful tip-in!"

The excited voice of the commentator on the sidelines resounded throughout the stadium and in the ears of everyone at Seirin High School.

"Is the match so intense right from the start?" Hinata Junpei swallowed slightly.

"Speaking of this..." Kuroko Tetsuya on the side suddenly said, "I feel like Kise-san's actions just now are somewhat familiar..."

"Huh?" Kagami Daiga asked in confusion, "Look familiar? Isn't it just a simple backup defense?"

"The shot by Xiao Huang just now... was definitely not a simple backup defense..." On the bench of Shonan High School, Taoi Satsuki looked at Kise Ryota's figure with a serious expression, and suddenly had a bad premonition, "It's too similar... From the speed of cutting into the inside from the top of the arc... to the pressure when blocking... it's too similar!"

"What are you talking about, Momoi-san?" Inoue Ayako asked in confusion, "What's too similar?"

"Nothing..." Tao Jing Wuyue bit her finger and shook her head thoughtfully, "But it is very likely that... all the arrangements we made before the game will be overturned!"

"The awakening is very fast..." Kaneki Ken watched the game on his phone, and his mind kept replaying the defensive block by Kise Ryouta just now. With a smile on his face, he said to himself, "Using Aomine's agility and Murasakibara's defensive pressure... I haven't seen you for a while, you have indeed improved a lot, Kise... but..."

Kaneki Ken looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who came to the top of the backcourt arc, and the arc of his mouth became wider and wider: "Sure enough, Sakuragi, who has evolved from a blue-collar player to a ball-handling core, has made greater progress..."

"Big boy, stop looking at your phone." Just as Kaneki Ken was enjoying the game, David Falk's voice rang out from the front seat, "We'll be at the training camp soon, and I need you to get excited."

"Don't worry, David." Kaneki Ken smiled and said, "I'm always excited."

"You make me excited, little Sakuragi." After receiving the ball, Kise Ryota stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was defending him and said with a smile, "But I promised my seniors that I must lead them to victory..."

As he spoke, Kise Ryouta slowly lowered the ball, and his aura suddenly changed.

"This guy..." Sakuragi Hanamichi listened to the basketball beating faster and faster in Kise Ryota's hands, and his heartbeat also involuntarily quickened.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of a basketball colliding with the ground. Kise Ryota took a half step back, then his center of gravity suddenly sank, and in the blink of an eye, he passed by Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"This is A-da's...first lightning step..." Taoi Satsuki's heart skipped a beat, and she watched helplessly as her bad premonition became a reality.

"How is this possible!" Inoue Ayako's surprised voice also rang out from the sidelines, "According to the predictions, shouldn't it be..."

"Should it be used at the decisive moment? You all think so, right?" Kise Ryota looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's astonished eyes, and said with a meaningful smile on his lips, "But now, it's too late to play any shogi game with you. I just want to win!" "No, isn't it impossible for Kise to imitate the skills of the Miracle Generation?" Kagami Daiga exclaimed as he looked at the breakthrough style of Kise Ryota exactly the same as Aomine Daiki on the mobile phone screen.

"I think Kise-san has already successfully overcome this." Kuroko Tetsuya said solemnly, "But according to his physical fitness, he shouldn't have used such a trump card at the beginning..."

"Shu~"

On the TV screen, the game was still going on. Kise Ryouta faced Sakuragi Hanamichi and shot the ball into the basket with a high-trajectory indefinite shot.

"Damn it, you golden monkey..." Sakuragi Hanamichi, who failed in defense, stared at Kise Ryouta angrily.

"Whatever you say, Sakuragi-chan." Huang Lai's pupils were particularly bright under the light. "I don't care if you say we take advantage of the situation or something like that. I just want to win now!"

"The situation seems to be getting worse..." Miyagi Ryouta's eyelids twitched slightly, "It's completely different from what we expected before the game..."

"I really didn't expect that they would go all out to this extent..." Tao Jing Satsuki said with some self-blame, "It's all my fault. Yan-kun clearly warned me..."

"Oh, no need to be so hard on yourself, Momoi-san." Anto Mitsuyoshi said with a smile, "The ball is round, and things on the court change rapidly. The game, in the final analysis, still has to be left to the players themselves to solve... And you can see that Sakuragi-san's eyes are already excited, aren't they?"

"Sakura!"

As soon as Mitsui Hisashi passed the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi as he crossed the half court, and Kise Ryota came forward immediately upon seeing this.

"Come on!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was not angry but happy when he saw Ryouta Kise rushing towards him. He made a simple and direct breakthrough, which directly hit Ryouta Kise's defense line like a flood.

"You underestimate me too much, little Sakuragi!" Kise Ryota's eyes were fixed on every move of Sakuragi Hanamichi. His feet kept moving sideways, sticking closely to Sakuragi Hanamichi's breaking figure, and his long arms kept interfering with Sakuragi Hanamichi's dribbling rhythm.

"Just a fake. Even without Gilgamesh by my side, I can still beat you!" Sakuragi Hanamichi instinctively used his ball-protecting hand to block Kise Ryota's arm when he tried to steal the ball. After entering his shooting range, he decisively turned his back, slightly lowered his shoulders to give Kise Ryota a counterattack, and then turned around and shot a jump shot.

"It's useless!" Kise Ryota took an unusually fast step forward and flew into the air, his fingers lightly touching the bottom of the basketball.

"It's fine that you can't make the shot. Have you forgotten what my background is, little golden retriever!" Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't seem surprised by Kise Ryota's timely defense. After landing, he quickly rushed to the inside, jumped up as the basketball bounced out of the basket, caught the bouncing basketball in the air, and was about to make a tip-in.

"I can't let you in!" At this moment, Kise Ryota once again turned into a flash of lightning, cut into the penalty area and jumped up, pressing his palm tightly on the basketball.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand slammed heavily on the basket, but the basketball between his hands was fanned out of the court by Kise Ryota.

"Beep, beep! Shonan has the ball!" The referee blew the whistle. Since it was Kise Ryota who blocked the ball, Shonan High School still had the ball.

"Although he's a little immature, his performance is still very good." Kaneki Ken smiled as he looked at the screen where Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing on the sidelines preparing to serve a sideline ball. He turned his head to look out the car window, only to see a continuous stream of flashing lights that almost blinded his eyes.

"We're here, Big Boy." As the car slowly stopped, David Falk got out first and opened the door for Kaneki Ken. "What happens on the court is up to you."

"Yeah." Kaneki Ken slowly got out of the car, looked at the stadium in front of him, and said with a smile, "This is exactly what you don't need to worry about the least."

"Nash, that guy is here." In the fan waiting area, Jason Thibo whispered into Nash Gordo's ear.

"You're quite impressive." Nashgordo snorted jealously, "Today I'm going to prove to everyone that Asian monkeys... are just disgusting on the court!"

"Calm down, Nash." Old K looked at Nash, who had a crazy look in his eyes. Gordo cursed inwardly and reminded him, "You... our Jabberwocky team's reputation is already very bad. At least before the fan event, don't do anything weird again."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Nash Gold said to Old K in a bad tone.

"I'm just reminding you not to do anything stupid." Lao K said helplessly, "We just want to step on this Asian's head to get to the top, don't make it bigger."

"Hmph..." Nash Goldo snorted coldly and didn't say anything else.

"Let's go, Big boy. The opening ceremony is still waiting for us." David Falk came to Kaneki Ken and pulled his arm, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Kaneki Ken shook his head in the direction where the malicious feeling came from and said with a smile, "Just a bunch of boring ants."

"I don't want to play boring rock-paper-scissors games with you anymore!" In the Kanagawa Gymnasium, Sakuragi Hanamichi blocked Kise Ryota's fast break dunk after stealing the ball. His fiery red pupils stared at Kise Ryota and said, "I will never allow you to run wild on the golden territory!"

"Second time~"

As Sakuragi Hanamichi finished speaking, two fiery red electric rays lit up in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes.

Just in the previous five minutes of the game, Kise Ryota skillfully used various tricks of the Generation of Miracles to deal a heavy blow to Shonan High School, 18:4, Shonan High School was 14 points behind in the first five minutes.

"Great, Sakuragi!" Taoi Satsuki jumped up excitedly when she saw Sakuragi Hanamichi entering the zone on the court.

"That was a close call..." Yi Yuejun, who was watching the live broadcast, breathed a sigh of relief, "If that goal had gone in, Shonan High School would have been behind by more than 15 points..."

"It's better to say that the situation at Kaijo High School is not very good right now..." Hinata Junpei frowned and commented, "Although Kise Ryouta has cleverly used his talents to make up for various deficiencies, the most fundamental physical weakness is something he cannot ignore. Looking at the amount of sweat Kise Ryouta is sweating now... I'm afraid he won't be able to continue to maintain such a terrifying output on the court..."

“Damn it, at this very moment…” Takeuchi Genta on the sidelines also naturally noticed this, “This way, the advantage of the surprise attack at the beginning is completely gone, Huang Lai must leave the court to rest now…”

"Leave it to us, coach." Just when Takeuchi Genta was getting anxious, Nan Lie stretched his shoulders and said, "Kise should rest when he needs to. We will never let the score gap widen too much before he comes back on the court!"

"Well... I'll leave it to you then!" Takeuchi Genta looked at Nan Lie's determined expression, gritted his teeth and asked the referee to make a substitution.

"Beep beep~ Kaijo High School is preparing to change players!"

"Beep beep~ The next fan to come out is the giant of Rucker Park, the chosen one, the tyrannosaurus of the stadium, Jason... Thibaud!"

Only after Kaneki Ken dealt with the first few fans who actually came on the field to interact did Jason Siber impatiently walk onto the field. He looked at Kaneki Ken with a grim smile and said, "How about it, big star? Are you ready to be kicked into the stinking ditch?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Since the lesson from three years ago was not profound enough, I don't mind crushing you completely!" Kaneki Ken finished his words without paying attention to the host on the sidelines, and threw the ball to Jason Sibo with a cold face.

"Uh... the game begins!" The host on the sidelines naturally noticed that there seemed to be some discord between the two, so he hurriedly announced the start of the game and left the venue.

"Go ahead, Thibo..." Nash Gordo looked at the two people who were fighting on the court with a sinister look on his face, "It would be best if this disgusting yellow monkey could never play basketball again from now on!"

Jason Thibo on the court seemed to have heard Nash Gordo's whisper. He took a big step forward, exerted force with his legs, lowered his shoulders, and crashed heavily into Kaneki Ken.

"It seems that your impression of me is not deep enough..." To Jason Siber's surprise, Kaneki Ken not only did not fly backwards as he imagined, but he easily stopped himself with just a sideways slide.

"What... this guy's power..." Jason Siber stared at Kaneki Ken in front of him with his mouth wide open. He had never imagined that this guy who had defeated Nash Goldo with his skills three years ago was actually a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex stronger than himself.

"What do you have besides brute strength?" Under Jason Siber's horrified eyes, Kaneki Ken easily snatched the ball from his hands with one hand.

"Now, let me teach you how to play basketball!" After completing the steal, Ken Kaneki dribbled the ball to the three-point line and said with a smile as he looked at Jason Thibo who was facing a formidable enemy.

(End of this chapter)