Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 257 The Magical Child

"Beep beep~"

As the referee blew the whistle, the third quarter officially began and Yangquan University took the opening ball.

"Muro!" Murasakibara Atsushi took the basketball and kicked the ball to Himuro Tatsuya from the baseline.

"Attack!", "Attack!", "Attack!"

"Defend!", "Defend!", "Defend!"

As Himuro Tatsuya slowly advanced with the ball, the spectators on the sidelines also cheered for the team they supported.

"This guy's aura has changed..." Rukawa Kaede frowned slightly as he looked at Himuro Tatsuya who was slowly walking over from the backcourt.

"Iso!" Himuro Tatsuya brought the ball to the three-point line of Shonan High School and waved his left hand and said.

"Pull out for a singles match?" Mibuchi Reo looked at Himuro Tatsuya in confusion and said, "Isn't Himuro Tatsuya's tactic a bit radical? Rukawa Kaede is no pushover on the defensive end, and Himuro Tatsuya's model is relatively not advantageous..."

"Rukawa-san's style is quite unique." Akashi Seijuro put his hands in his pockets, staring at the solemn Rukawa Kaede on the court, and said, "Some players are microwave players who can play as soon as they come on the court, and some players are slow to warm up and need time to warm up, but Rukawa-san... is neither of them."

"Uh... I don't quite understand, Akashi." Kotaro Hayama said with blinking eyes.

"Because of Kaneki Ken and Sakuragi, Rukawa Kaede has never been targeted as much as he was today." Akashi Seijuro said with a complicated expression, "Even when we played against Mineo High School, it was Kaneki who dealt with Sawakita Eiji and Nijimura-senpai."

"So what?" asked Reio Mibuchi with some confusion.

"So Rukawa-san hasn't really shown his talent until today." Akashi Seijuro smacked his lips and said, "It's like a non-Newtonian fluid that becomes stronger when it encounters a stronger opponent and weaker when it encounters a weaker opponent. When there is not enough pressure, Rukawa's performance is at most comparable to that of an ordinary general-level player... But if the opponent's strength creates enough pressure on Rukawa, he might be able to burst out with a miraculous level of combat power."

"Boom!"

Just as Akashi Seijuro was speaking, Himuro Tatsuya had already started to blast the ball quickly, attacking Rukawa's defense like a hunting cheetah.

"So fast! Even faster than the fastest time in the first half!" Hinata Junpei narrowed his eyes and looked at the field and said, "Kagami, what did you say to him?"

"Nothing." Kagami-sama, I frowned and shook my head and said, "Just some conversations between old friends."

While the two were talking, Himuro Tatsuya had already disappeared in front of Rukawa Kaede, successfully breaking through Rukawa Kaede's half body length.

"I won, Rukawa." Himuro Tatsuya raised the corner of his mouth slightly and prepared to layup the ball.

"Don't speak too soon..." Rukawa said sternly, "I hate idiotic behavior like opening champagne at halftime."

"What..." Himuro Tatsuya's heart suddenly skipped a beat and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

"Oh!"

Just when Himuro Tatsuya was about to complete the joint ball, Rukawa Kaede's long arms arrived first and cut the basketball off as fast as lightning. However, due to the excessive force, the basketball was not caught by Rukawa Kaede in time, but hit the ground and bounced towards the inside.

"Quickly grab the ball!"

The players on the court roared as they looked at the bouncing basketball.

"Leave it to me!" Sakuragi Hanamichi roared and rushed out from the side, pounced on the basketball in a posture parallel to the ground.

"Don't get in the way, Sakura!" Just when Sakuragi Hanamichi was about to touch the basketball, Murasakibara Atsushi's long arms got in the way and blocked Sakuragi Hanamichi and the basketball. His huge palm grabbed the basketball like a pair of pliers, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, who missed the basketball, slammed it hard to the ground.

"What the hell..." Sakuragi Hanamichi stared blankly at Murasakibara Atsushi's figure, and a very secret sense of loss surged in his heart.

"You're much faster than before, Murasakibara." As soon as Murasakibara Atsushi got the ball, Kaneki Ken appeared behind him, "Let me see how skilled you are now!"

"Then you'd better be careful, Ken!" Murasakihara Atsushi raised his eyebrows when he heard Kaneki Ken's almost provocative tone, and turned his back to start the attack.

After Murasakibara Atsushi turned his back to the basket, he first felt Kaneki Ken's defensive center of gravity with his back, then suddenly lowered his center of gravity and gave Kaneki Ken a powerful counterattack.

"Wow..." Although Kaneki Ken had prepared himself mentally before defending the ball, he was still surprised by Murasakibara Atsushi's strength. "So the guys who played against Murasakibara before all felt the same way?"

"Don't be distracted when you play basketball with me, Yanzi!" Murasakibara Atsushi took two steps back, shouted angrily after reaching the basket, and jumped up holding the basketball tightly with both hands.

"What?" Wakamatsu Kosuke looked at the court in shock and muttered to himself, "Is Murasakihara crazy? He actually wanted to dunk without even carrying Kaneki away?"

"Don't underestimate the power of evolution." Aomine Daiki said with a complicated expression, "This is the state in which Murasakibara Atsushi's body has been completely released after breaking through the limit!"

"Thor's hammer!!!" Murasakibara Atsushi felt that his ears were particularly quiet at this moment, and the world in his eyes was all white and void, with nothing else except the basketball hoop in front of him.

"Go ahead, Murasakibara!" On the bench at the Yangquan High School, Kensuke Fukui stood up and shouted excitedly, "Just step over Kaneki Ken!"

"Let me teach you a little trick, Murasakihara, although I don't think you can use it." Just when everyone thought that Murasakihara Atsushi was determined to win the ball, Kaneki Ken's meaningful voice suddenly sounded on the court.

"A little trick?" Murasakihara Atsushi looked at Kaneki Ken's calm expression with some confusion at first, then he gritted his teeth and muttered, "Useless Ken, I will definitely score this goal!"

"So... I asked you to listen to what I have to say!" Kaneki Ken suppressed the smile on his face, jumped up with an angry shout, and his long arms stabbed towards Murasakibara Atsumitsu's basketball like a rocket rising into the sky.

"Choosing a frontal block... isn't that too irrational?" Netani Takenagakichi said solemnly, "Even if it's Kaneki Ken, I don't think he can block Murasakibara Atsushi's shot..." "It's not a frontal block." Akashi Seijuro said in a daze, "Kaneki... has a lot of tricks!"

As if to confirm Akashi Seijuro's statement, Kaneki Ken's palm passed between Murasakibara Atsushi's arms, and his big hand pushed directly to the bottom of the basketball that Murasakibara Atsushi was holding with both hands. The basketball was violently deformed under the struggle between the two giants, and then jumped out of Murasakibara Atsushi's hands.

"Not good!" Murasakibara Atsushi's heart skipped a beat as he lost control of the basketball. His eyes involuntarily looked towards the flying basketball, but he saw Rukawa Kaede, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, grab the basketball first and rushed towards the front court with the ball.

"Murabata, go back to defense!" Murasakibara Atsushi shouted anxiously and reminded.

"Leave it to me!" Himuro Tatsuya rushed out before Murasakibara Atsushi reminded him. Two figures, one red and one white, crossed the court like arrows. In just a moment, they arrived outside the three-point line of Yangquan High School.

"You can't get through!" Himuro Tatsuo pulled Rukawa's jersey imperceptibly, then took a step forward, blocking Rukawa in front of him and said.

"This is not up to you!" Rukawa Kaede's eyes focused, he took a big step forward with his left foot, and rushed to the right.

Seeing this, Himuro Tatsuya also immediately moved sideways and rushed towards the direction where Rukawa Kaede was breaking through. When he came into contact with Rukawa Kaede in his sight, he found that a group of afterimages disappeared before his eyes.

"What?" Himuro Tatsuya widened his eyes and turned his head in disbelief, only to see that Rukawa had broken free from his defense and rushed towards the inside.

"What was Rukawa's move just now..." Kagami Taiga looked at Rukawa who had completed the breakthrough with a surprised look on his face and said, "Tatsuya's fake move?"

"Well, to be honest, it's not surprising that Rukawa can use this kind of move." Aida Reiko smacked her lips with a complicated expression, "After all, Rukawa has been playing basketball since a very early age. He has no other hobbies besides basketball, and he has already mastered the basic skills to a superb level..."

"That's true..." Kagami Taiga said with a complicated expression, "But he was able to fool Tatsuya who is famous for his fake moves... How good is this guy's basic skills?"

Under the shocked eyes of the spectators on the sidelines, Rukawa Kaede broke into the penalty area, jumped up, raised the basketball high in his right hand and slammed it hard into the basket.

"Don't even think about scoring a goal!"

Just when everyone thought the ball was a sure win, a huge figure suddenly appeared beside Rukawa.

"What the hell?" Rukawa's eyelids twitched slightly, and he looked at Murasakibara Atsushi beside him in disbelief and muttered to himself, "This guy... can actually be this fast?"

"boom!"

There was a loud bang, and Rukawa Kaede, who was unable to dodge, was nailed hard onto the backboard by Murasakibara Atsushi.

"Get a rebound!"

As the basket hit the backboard, players on both sides shouted reminders to their teammates in the interior.

"Aaaaahhh!! Look at how powerful my rebounding king Sakuragi Hanamichi is!" Sakuragi Hanamichi roared and leaped up, his two long arms closing towards the basketball like two hunting poisonous snakes.

"This ball is mine!" Murasakibara Atsushi jumped again immediately after landing. His super long arms arrived first, and his huge palm grabbed the basketball above Sakuragi Hanamichi's head.

"What..." Sakuragi Hanamichi muttered to himself as he stared blankly at Murasakibara Atsushi's big hand, "This purple-haired gorilla... can actually jump so fast?"

"Catching the ball with one hand is a very unsafe choice, Murasakibara."

Before Sakuragi Hanamichi could react, Kaneki Ken's voice was heard under the basket.

"Gallant!!" Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was falling, looked in the direction of the sound with surprise, and saw that Kaneki Ken took advantage of Murasakibara Atsushi's failure to grab the basketball, exerted a little force with his legs, jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball with both hands, snatched the basketball from Murasakibara Atsushi's hands, and pushed it back into the basket.

"Yanzi..." Ziyuandun looked at Kaneki Yan with an unhappy face after landing, "I will definitely return this ball!"

"I'm looking forward to it, Murasakibara," Kaneki Ken said with a smile.

"The game was extremely tense..." Domoto Koichiro in the audience held his chin with both hands and said with interest, "Although Yangquan High School has not narrowed the score gap so far, Kaneki Ken can't beat Murasakihara Atsushi as much as he did in the first half..."

"The word 'beating' is too harsh, as if we from Teikou would bully others." Nijimura Shuzo curled his lips and said, "But it's true that Murasakibara was beaten very badly by Kaneki in the first half of the game..."

"Who do you think will win in the end between these two old teammates?" Domoto Koichiro looked at Nijimura Shuzo with interest and asked, "It seems that Murasakibara Atsushi's counterattack momentum is stronger now~"

"It's hard to say." Nijimura Shuzo said solemnly, "The match between these two guys is now on a completely different level. I can only say that under such a high level of consumption, whoever can't hold on first will lose."

"That's what I thought, too." Domoto Koichiro nodded and said, "I never thought that Murasakibara Atsushi, who had the worst skills and listened to Kaneki Ken the most among the monsters... would become the one who resisted Kaneki Ken the most fiercely..."

"In this world of naive people, it's normal that some things are hard to understand." Nijimura Shuzo complained with a smile.

……

"OK, I think we don't need to watch it anymore." In the box, Jerry West leisurely adjusted the hem of his suit, turned his head and looked at Kupchak and said, "Book a flight tonight. I will be in Los Angeles tomorrow morning."

"Isn't it a bit too hasty, Jerry?" Kupchak said with some concern, "After all, the boss wants us to take a closer look at those famous kids in Japan..."

"We did it, didn't we?" Jerry West raised his eyebrows and asked, "Sometimes we shouldn't look at those unimportant supporting roles. We are the Los Angeles Lakers and we deserve the best players. Now we have to take the lead in bringing them to the Lakers before those arrogant bastards in the NBA notice these two little guys... At least we can't let that old bastard Auerbach get them first."

"I'm afraid things won't go as you wish, Jerry." Just then, a white man pushed open the door and walked in. "Just now, Michael praised the strength of this blond boy in an interview. I estimate that at the latest tomorrow morning, you will run into two NBA scouts when you go downstairs to buy a pack of cigarettes."

"Fuck, Michael's big mouth..." Jerry West cursed inwardly, covering his head and said, "Go prepare the gifts, Mickey. After this game, we will go visit these two amazing kids."

(End of this chapter)