Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 25 Leader

Haizaki Shogo's mentality was broken at the moment. He had always been a strong player on the court since he was a child, and he never thought that one day he would become trash in the mouths of others like the opponents he had trampled on. The pain of being trampled on by Kaneki Ken might also be the reason why he made things difficult for Kise Ryouta in the future.

He certainly doesn't know what will happen in the future now, but what he knows clearly is that the guy in front of him is not someone he can defeat.

"Well, I give up... I'm willing to be your substitute..." Haizaki Shogo was scared, completely scared. His knees went weak and he fell to the ground powerlessly.

"You useless piece of trash, what's wrong with that expression of yours? What's wrong with your red eyes? What's wrong with your tears?" Kaneki Ken felt sorry for him. "You can't defend yourself with your back to the basket, your shooting is poor, your footwork is loose, nothing is decent! Now you don't even have the courage to challenge! Is your basketball just about bullying the weak? How can someone like you stand on the basketball court!"

"Okay, Kaneki-san." Shirokane Kozo stepped out with a smile to help, "Since Haizaki has realized his mistake, why not give him another chance."

Shirogane Kozo paused, looked at Haizaki Shogo who was lying on the ground and said, "According to the previous plan, he will serve as Kaneki's substitute. You have to teach him well."

"Yes, coach." Kaneki Ken bowed and responded.

"Okay, we've watched enough fun, let's start training." Shirogane Kozo clapped his hands and started today's basketball team training.

"Get up, it's time to train, stop pretending to be dead." Kaneki Ken looked at Haizaki Shogo in front of him and said coldly, then turned around and started training.

As Haizaki Shogo listened to Kaneki Ken's ridicule, his inner anger almost reached its peak.

"Sooner or later...sooner or later, one day I will take away everything from you!" Haizaki Shogo stared at Kaneki Ken's figure on the field and said viciously.

"Hey, Kaneki, when did you secretly learn my moves?" Aomine Daiki took advantage of the break and came to Kaneki Ken curiously and asked.

"What do you mean by stealing? How can playing basketball be called stealing?" Kaneki Ken rolled his eyes at him, "Besides, isn't it just street basketball? Can you learn this style just by looking at it once?"

"Kaneki-san is right." Akashi Seijuro also came over to the two of them and interrupted, "Kaneki-san's streetball level just now is better than yours, Aomine-san."

"But, for such a long time, whether in practice games or daily team training, Kaneki has always been a role model of orthodox basketball in the eyes of the coach." Aomine Daiki said in amazement, "I didn't expect that he could play street basketball so well."

"It's just practice day after day." Kaneki Ken took a sip of water, "As long as the basic skills are in place, you can play any style of basketball."

"Hey, let's play a one-on-one, Kaneki." Aomine Daiki's earth-crazy nature broke out, "Come to think of it, we've known each other for such a long time, but we've never played a one-on-one before!"

"Forget it, Aomine, he's still in training." Kaneki Ken wanted to refuse politely, but looking at Aomine Daiki's eager eyes, he knew that if he didn't agree, this guy Aomine would definitely harass him constantly.

"Let's put it this way. The county competition will begin next week. Before entering the national competition, as long as you can average 30 points per game, I will play with you." Kaneki Ken changed the way he said it with some helplessness.

"Okay! It's settled then." Having gotten Kaneki Ken's promise, Aomine Daiki jumped up and down to practice. Kaneki Ken, who had almost rested, was also ready to start a new round of training.

"Wait, Kaneki-san!" Akashi Seijuro called out to Kaneki Ken who was about to leave. "What do you mean? Tell me." Kaneki Ken looked at Akashi Seijuro with some confusion.

"Kaneki-san, I'm very curious about you." Akashi Seijuro said bluntly, "I always feel that under your gentle appearance, you have a heart that refuses to yield to anyone... No, it's better to say that you want to conquer everything. I'm very curious about where your confidence comes from?"

"Where does your confidence come from? Isn't this nonsense? I am cheating." Kaneki Ken thought speechlessly in his heart, "Or I am just idle, I am confused."

Of course, these words cannot be said to Akashi Seijuro. Kaneki Ken pondered for a moment, and said to Akashi Seijuro with a gentle smile on his face: "Because I can see the farther future. Because I can see it, I am more confident."

"You saw it... so you feel more confident... ?!" Akashi Seijuro's pupils shrank slightly, and it seemed as if something terrible was howling and shouting in his heart. In the depths of his eyes, a golden light flashed by like a spark.

"Thank you for your advice, Kaneki-san." Akashi Seijuro bowed and thanked him, "It really helped a lot."

"Ah? Oh, it's nothing..." Kaneki Ken was a little confused by Akashi Seijuro's serious attitude, but he still waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite, Akashi-san. If there's nothing else, I'll go to training."

"Please do as you please, Kaneki-san." Akashi Seijuro responded politely.

"What did he just say, Akashi?" Midorima Shintaro, who had been observing for a long time, stepped forward and asked.

"Nothing... We just talked about some unimportant things." Akashi Seijuro looked at Kaneki Ken's receding back and said vaguely, "Kaneki-san's talent is not as simple as it seems..."

"Yeah." Midorima Shintaro recalled Kaneki Ken's Logo shot just now and sighed, "I've never seen such a terrifying three-point shooter...shooting from that position, and still so confident."

Just as Midorima Shintaro and Akashi Seijuro were whispering, the system prompt sound in Kaneki Ken's mind rang at the right time.

"Congratulations to the host and Akashi Seijuro for reaching the level of close friends. You will be rewarded with one S-level lottery chance and one A-level lottery chance!"

"Congratulations to the host and Midorima Shintaro for reaching the level of close friends. You will be rewarded with an S-level lottery chance and an A-level lottery chance once!"

"Congratulations to the host and Haizaki Shogo for reaching the level of hatred. You will be rewarded with one A-level lottery chance and one B-level lottery chance!"

“Congratulations to the host for opening the hidden mission: Guide;
Mission objective: Successfully guide members of Era of Miracles to find their own way of playing basketball and accelerate the blossoming of their talents;
Mission progress: 3/6;

Mission reward: One chance to win an S-level lottery."

"Emmmm... I didn't expect that after beating Haizaki Shogo like that, I could still get the prize from him..." Kaneki Ken himself was amused by the system, "What a black humor, if Haizaki Shogo knew about it, he would probably want to die... But, guide... When did I guide anyone?"

(End of this chapter)