Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 31: First Battle (Part )

"Was that... Aida Kagetora?" Kaneki Ken looked at the familiar back of the middle-aged man, thoughtfully.

I knew that Aida Kagetora was a Japanese national player when he was young. Although he has retired for a long time and is now just a gym owner, he is still not to be underestimated. In the original timeline, he developed a unique skill for Hinata Junpei - "Inviolable Shooting".

"Never mind, let's play the current game well first." Kaneki Ken shook his head and focused on the game against Masahiro Middle School. Under Kaneki Ken's leadership, Teikou Middle School played a mercury-like attack throughout the first half, with wave after wave of offensive climaxes, making it difficult for Masahiro Middle School to cope. As the buzzer sounded at the end of the first half, Teikou Middle School entered the break with a score of 63:28.

"What? It's a pity that I was so excited last night." In the lounge, Qingfeng Daihui said proudly while drinking a lot of water, "I can play this kind of game alone with my eyes closed."

"Ah..." Kaneki Ken said to Murasakihara Atsushi who was listless beside him while taking a sip of water, "Remember to use your brain when playing basketball in the future. If you don't use your brain when playing basketball, you will be Aomine all your life."

"Ah? What did you say?" Qingfeng Daihui asked curiously, leaning his head over.

"Yanzi said you have no brains." Murasakibara Atsushi said concisely.

"Murasara you fucking..." Kaneki Ken was dumbfounded by Murasakibara Atsushi's straightforwardness.

"Huh? He is slandering me, you are slandering me!" Aomine Daiki looked at Murasakibara Atsushi, then at Kaneki Ken, his face turned red with anger - although it couldn't be seen.

"Do you need me to explain it so clearly, Aomine?" Kaneki Ken looked at Aomine Daiki helplessly and said, "Your first two goals against Kasuga Takakatsu were indeed beautiful, but there were several times when you were stuck in positional battles, and you were still obsessed with singles. In the end, Masakuni blatantly bet that you couldn't pass the ball, and in the end, they actually bet right for you."

Kaneki Ken thought back to the round just now, shook his head and continued, "If we hadn't helped you to support the bottom, you would have made mistakes in two balls. You can't play like this. We are teammates. You have to learn to cooperate with your teammates."

"Hmph..." Aomine Daiki also realized that his performance on the court was a bit like a lone wolf, but he was always very proud and said stubbornly, "I can win by myself! The only one who can defeat me is myself!"

"Oh, yes, yes, you were almost defeated by yourself just now." Kaneki Ken complained mercilessly.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet." Shirogane Kozou tapped the tactical board in his hand and said loudly, "The first half of the game was played well overall, but there are still some shortcomings. Midorima, when facing the opponent's No. 12, I found that you were obviously not used to it. You hesitated before shooting, and you seemed a little hesitant when facing him on the defensive end."

"I'm sorry, coach, it's just that the opponent's No. 12 is indeed a bit strange. His defensive skills are good, but I always feel that there is a sense of incongruity about him." Midorima Shintaro lowered his head with some shame.

"Hey, Green is right. I feel like the No. 4 guy who's playing against me is a little weird too. He's annoying." Murasakibara Atsushi recalled the scene when he was playing against Iwamura Tsutomu on the court just now, and frowned. "Although I have plenty of strength and skills, I still feel like it's a little troublesome to deal with this guy."

"Kaneki, what do you think?" After listening to the complaints of his two capable subordinates, Shirogane Kozo did not give a reply immediately, but turned his gaze to Kaneki Ken.

"Coach, have you ever heard of traditional martial arts?" Kaneki Ken did not directly answer Shirogane Kozo's question. "Ken, do you mean that they are all the samurai or ninjas in novels?" Listening to Kaneki Ken's words, Murasakihara Atsushi also became a little excited, "The kind that disappears in the smoke with a puff?"

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated, Murasakihara." Kaneki Ken laughed and denied Murasakihara Atsushi's statement, "In fact, I carefully observed the movements of No. 12 and No. . The fundamental reason why they were full of incongruity was that they used the Naniwa run in traditional martial arts."

"Namba run?" Everyone gathered around curiously, wanting to hear Kaneki Ken's detailed explanation.

"What's this? Has little Kaneki brother's class started?" Looking at the people sitting around him, Kaneki Ken didn't know where to start complaining.

"I've also heard of this Nanba run you mentioned. It's nothing more than training people to move their hands and feet together through hard training." Shirogane Kozo said thoughtfully, "All it can save is the split second it takes to twist your body."

"That's what you said, coach, but this moment can make up for the lack of athletic ability to a large extent." Kaneki Ken took a sip of water and continued, "This is also the reason why Masakuni's No. 12 and No. make Murasakihara and Midorima so uncomfortable - in fact, their reactions are similar to those of normal people, so Murasakihara and Midorima have always played according to the playing style and rhythm of normal people. But because of their training, although their reactions are slow, they save a moment of time, so they are faster than normal people. With this gain and loss, Murasakihara and Midorima will of course feel uncomfortable. And because this moment is very short, so short that it is difficult for people to notice, this is the sense of disharmony that Murasakihara and Midorima mentioned."

"Haha, Kaneki-san's intelligence work is excellent." Shirokane Kozo praised with a smile. It was obvious that he had known about the news that Masahiro's players would run to Namba a long time ago.

"So how do we solve this problem now?" Midorima Shintaro asked humbly.

"There are two ways." Kaneki Ken's mouth corners slightly raised, and a playful look was revealed in his eyes.

"Oh? Tell me more about it." Shirogane Kozo was a little surprised. Although he had prepared for how to deal with the Namba run, he only had one plan, and he also wanted to hear Kaneki Ken's ideas.

"The first solution is to observe their toes. One of the drawbacks of Nanba Run is that if they want to move in a certain direction, the toes of the corresponding foot must move first." Kaneki Ken said slowly, "But this method requires us to spend a long time observing. Maybe when we win the game in the end, we still haven't figured it out."

"That's indeed too slow. What's the second method?" Midorima Shintaro asked curiously.

"Whether this second method will work or not," Kaneki Ken looked at Haizaki Shogo who was taking a nap, and said with a playful expression, "It depends on whether our Haizaki-san is powerful enough."

"Ah? Me?" When he heard Kaneki Ken bring up the topic of himself, Haizaki Shogo, who was originally dozing off, woke up instantly and pointed at himself in disbelief.

"Think about it, Haizaki-san, this skill can cause trouble to us even if ordinary people learn it, don't you want to learn it?" Kaneki Ken smiled and looked at Haizaki Shogo and said, "As long as you can do it, it's yours."

"Tsk, don't tease me like a child." Haizaki Shogo sneered, "It would be fun to plunder this skill that can give you all a headache!"

(End of this chapter)