Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 292 Modern Man and Primitive Man

"Triangle attack?" Kagami Daiga looked at Aida Reiko with some confusion and asked, "What is a triangle attack?"

"You don't need to know this." Aida Reiko waved her hand, turned her head and looked at Shimokichi Teppei and said seriously, "If this tactic is to work, Shimokichi, your role next will be very important."

"Go ahead, coach." Muji Teppei took a deep breath, looked at Aida Reiko seriously and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Next, I will replace Kuroko and let Daisuke take over your position as center." Aida Reiko wrote and drew something on the tactical board, then pointed to the circle representing Kiyoshi Teppei and said, "Kagami and Sakuragi can play against each other on the court, but we have almost no advantage in other positions. So, in the next game, I need you to play at the number one position against Izawa Shuji."

"What? Let this guy go against Izawa Shuji?" Hinata Junpei said in disbelief, "Isn't this the same as pulling him out to let Izawa do military training?"

"I know this idea is risky, but this is the only place where we can establish an advantage on the court." Aida Reiko looked at Hinata Junpei helplessly and said, "With Muji's outstanding vision and height, at least we can pass the ball faster..."

"Don't worry, Hinata." Kiyoshi Teppei rubbed Hinata Junpei's head with a smile and said, "I will try my best not to hold you back on defense, but if I pass the ball to you later, you must not miss it~"

"... You don't need to teach me this kind of thing." Hinata Junpei looked at Kiyoshi Teppei in silence for a while, then slapped Kiyoshi Teppei's hand that was pressing on his head, then turned to look at Aida Reiko and asked, "So what's next? What should we do?"

"Pass the ball, run, and shoot." Reiko Aida answered seriously, "Don't hesitate. After receiving the ball, either pass it or shoot it. As for the rebounds in the paint..."

As she spoke, Aida Reiko involuntarily turned her head to look at Kagami Daiga and Narumi Daisuke, and continued with a hint of heaviness in her tone: "Kagami-san, Narumi-san, although I know we are not at an advantage in the interior, please do your best to fight for the rebounds! This is our only chance of a comeback!"

"Yes, I understand!" Daisuke Minghai was well aware of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and nodded heavily with a serious expression.

"Okay, I don't need to say more about what's going on." Aida Reiko looked at the players in front of her calmly and encouraged them loudly, "Do your best to make a comeback... At least don't let yourself regret losing too much!"

"Yes! Coach!" The Seirin High School players present responded loudly in unison.

"Kaneki Ken, it looks like you won't have to play in the rest of this game~" Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at the growing score difference on the scoreboard on the sidelines, sat down next to Kaneki Ken and said with some pride.

"Then do it for me, Sakuragi." Kaneki Ken looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi with satisfaction, a hint of barely perceptible reluctance in his eyes. He touched Sakuragi Hanamichi's hair and said in a deep voice.

"Ken-kun..." Momoi Satsuki looked at Kaneki Ken, whose eyes were gradually turning red, and her nose couldn't help but feel a little sour.

"Buzz!"

As the buzzer on the sidelines sounded again, the timeout was declared over. Players from both teams stood up and turned to walk towards the court.

"Muji!"

Just as the players of Seirin High School were about to step onto the court, Reiko Aida's voice suddenly sounded from behind Teppei Kiyoshi.

"Uh, what's wrong, Reiko?" Teppei Kiyoshi turned his head and looked at Reiko Aida with some confusion and asked.

"To be honest, I'm not a qualified coach. Apart from a pair of eyes that can see through people, I'm useless..." Aida Reiko said with a guilty look on her face, "Whether it's on-the-spot reaction or training of new players for the team, I'm far inferior to Senior Anton... I even almost lost the determination to resist to the end... But, thanks to you, we've come to this point today... So, just think of it as doing it for my own good and use your unique skills on them!"

"What are you talking about, Reiko? You look a bit weird right now." After a moment of silence, Teppei Muji suddenly smiled and rubbed Reiko Aida's head and said, "I still remember the scene when you accompanied us to bask in the sun on the beach in the summer, and before the start of the Winter Cup, you accompanied us to run long distances in the mountains. I even remember the scene when I was bruised all over in the semi-finals and you bandaged me... and you prepared towels and drinks for us. Aren't these what you should do as a manager? You did a great job!"

"Muji is right..." Hinata Junpei said, adjusting his collar uncomfortably, "This team wouldn't have come this far without anyone else. You are also a part of our team, Reiko."

"Haha~ Did you hear that, Reiko~" Kiyoshi Teppei laughed even more happily, ruffled Aida Reiko's hair and said, "So, sit on the sidelines and watch the game carefully. If we encounter any emergencies on the court later, we will need you to help us find a solution."

"Yeah!" Reiko Aida looked at the Seirin players with smiling faces in front of her, and nodded heavily with tears in her eyes.

"Beep beep~ Seirin has the ball!"

"Muji-senpai, catch the ball!"

After the game was suspended, the ball returned to Seirin High School. Standing on the sideline, Daisuke Narumi threw the ball into the hands of Teppei Kiyoshi.

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

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

The spectators present looked at Muji Tieping with the ball in amazement and forgot to cheer him on. For a moment, there was no other noise except the sound of players from both teams cheering for their teammates.

"Is this true?" Aomine Daiki looked at Kiyoshi Teppei standing in front of Izawa Shuji with some disbelief and said, "Is Seirin High School desperate? Don't they know that Izawa started out as a 3D player? Letting a center control the ball in front of him, isn't that just giving the ball away?"

"Not entirely, Fengzi." Murasakihara Atsushi casually put a potato chip into his mouth, staring at Muji Teppei's big hands controlling the ball and said, "With that guy's big hands, even if he can't break through Izawa's defense, he should have no problem helping the ball."

"Run, everyone run!" Teppei Muji stood outside the three-point line, and facing Izawa Shuji's tentative steal, he decisively turned his back to the basket. He stood outside the three-point line, turned his head to look at his teammates who were running, and suddenly shook his right hand lightly, and the basketball turned into an orange-red stream of light, flying straight towards Kagami Daiga who cut into the penalty area.

"Still want to make a sneak attack? You think too much, red-haired monkey!" Looking at the back of Kagami Taiga cutting into the penalty area, Sakuragi Hanamichi curled up a disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth. He turned on the spot and rushed towards the flying basketball.

"Don't cause trouble for us at this time, you red-haired monkey!" Just as Sakuragi Hanamichi took a step forward with his right leg, he saw the tall figure of Daisuke Narumi suddenly move sideways from the side, with his hands on his lower abdomen, like a high wall suddenly rising, blocking Sakuragi Hanamichi in front of him.

"Pick and roll?" Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had no time to brake, bumped into Daisuke Narumi, and his speeding figure came to an abrupt stop.

"Damn it... How dare a small character like you block the way of my basketball genius Sakuragi Hanamichi?" Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Daisuke Narumi in front of him with some dissatisfaction, and the irritation in his heart erupted from his fiery red eyes like a volcano.

"Of course I'm just a small role..." Narumi Daisuke said calmly while looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi, "But as long as I'm on the court, I will play the role that a small role should play!"

"Good pass, Senior Muji!" After arriving in the restricted area, Kagami Daigo jumped up, grabbed the flying basketball in the air with his long arms, and glided towards the basket.

"Coach Anton had already guessed that you would play like this!"

Just as Kagami Daiga was about to dunk the ball into the basket, the tall figure of Shigehiro Kabachi suddenly jumped out from the side, and his long dark arms lashed at the basketball in Kagami Daiga's hands like a steel whip.

"Not good..." Midorima Shintaro looked solemnly at Kabaji Shigehiro's hand that was getting closer and closer to the basketball, and murmured softly to himself, "Kagami-sama, my physical strength has reached its limit..."

"Yeah..." Takao Kazunari sighed with some regret, "A talented player who can enter the zone on his own is now not as high as Kabaji Shigehiro in the air..."

"Now it seems that if Seirin High School still wants to win..." Midorima Shintaro said with some regret as he looked at Kagami Taiga on the field, "The only hope is to recreate the deeper zone like in the semi-finals..."

"It seems that everyone is not optimistic about us..." Hinata Junpei felt the depressing atmosphere in the field. Instead of being nervous, he felt that his brain was clearer than ever before. "It's good this way... Only when the field is full of light, ordinary people like us can also play the role of shadows! You should be able to see me, Kagami?"

"Captain, catch the ball!" Just when Hyuga Junpei finally got rid of Mitsui Hisashi's entanglement and came to the right corner and was about to reach out for the ball, Kagami Taiga on the side quickly changed the direction of his shot and passed the ball to Hyuga Junpei in the corner in the air.

"Come on!" Mitsui looked at the calm Hinata Junpei and couldn't help but smile as he slowly walked forward, slapped the floor heavily with his hands and roared.

"Who's playing this on you..." Hinata Junpei took advantage of Mitsui's slapping the floor and immediately blew the ball and retreated on the spot. After putting some distance between himself and Mitsui, he jumped up and slowly threw the ball into the basket.

"You guy, you actually cheated!" Mitsui Shou looked at Hinata Junpei with some dissatisfaction, and rushed forward quickly, trying to block Hinata Junpei's attack space, but it was too late.

"Thanks to Mibuchi Reio, I finally learned the ground shot..." Hinata Junpei muttered to himself with a look of relief in his eyes, "But since you've already jumped over, it would be disrespectful if I don't take the ball!"

As he spoke, Hinata Junpei's center of gravity, which was originally sinking, suddenly slowed down, and he jumped up to face Mitsui Hisashi's blocking palm.

"Shimata..." Mitsui Hisashi looked at the smile on Hinata Junpei's mouth, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he quickly retracted his hand that was trying to block the shot, but at this time, Hinata Junpei's body had already crashed into Mitsui Hisashi.

"boom!"

With a dull sound of body collision, Mitsui Hisashi and Hinata Junpei fell to the ground one after another.

“Go in!!!”

The players of Seirin High School looked at the standard parabola drawn by the basketball in the air, and they all stood on the sidelines and roared loudly.

"Yeah, it will definitely go in." Hinata Junpei's eyes flashed with a look of determination, and he stared at the basketball in the air and muttered to himself, "When I shoot, all you have to do is get ready to cheer on the sidelines!"

"Shh!"

"boom!"

As the crisp sound of a basketball entering the net was heard, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the audience seats on the sidelines.

"Well done, Hinata! 3+1!" Reiko Aida jumped up excitedly and punched the air in celebration.

"Beep~" As soon as Reiko Aida finished speaking, she heard the referee on the sidelines blow the whistle, "Red No. 14, defensive foul! Black No. , the ball counts, one free throw!"

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!"

When the referee's decision reached the ears of the spectators on the sidelines, an even louder cheer also rang out.

"Hey~" Murasakibara Atsushi looked at the field thoughtfully, and asked with a hint of uncertainty in his tone, "Was Seirin's cooperation just now... a little too smooth?"

"Yeah..." Kise Ryouta nodded in agreement and said, "Kaguya's pass was exactly the same as the one in the semi-finals..."

"No, it's not exactly the same." Akashi Seijuro frowned and looked at the field. He kept recalling the scene of the semi-finals in his mind and denied it with a firm tone, "In the semi-finals, they could only cooperate based on instinct, but now Seirin High School can already play wonderful tactical cooperation on the field with the speed of team linkage and synchronization zone! If you insist, it's like humans evolving from primitive people who drink blood like hair to modern people with wisdom!"

What happened next was just as Akashi Seijuro had said. With the Seirin High School players running like antelopes, Kiyoshi Teppei also relied on his height and vision to pass the ball. Seirin High School was actually in a tug-of-war with Shonan High School.

(End of this chapter)