Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 36 New Rival, Weekend

Even Momoi Satsuki on the sidelines could see that something was wrong with Kaneki Ken, and it was even more obvious to everyone on the field.

"Yanzi, you are a little different tonight."

During the break, Murasakihara Atsushi drank a lot of water while looking at Kaneki Ken helplessly.

"Yeah Kaneki, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so excited?" Aomine Daiki asked curiously while wiping the sweat off his body with a towel.

"Haha, is that so?" Kaneki Ken laughed heartily, hooked his arm around Aomine Daiki's shoulder and said, "I just feel great to be able to play with you all. I want to become stronger and stronger and become everyone's strongest backing!"

"Hey, you're so disgusting." Qingfeng Daiki slapped the hand on his shoulder and complained, "Besides, who needs your backing? I will definitely be able to beat you one day."

"If it's Yanzi, I think it's okay to say this." Murasakibara Atsushi said while eating seaweed and flipping through comics.

"I bought all the seaweed for you, and you still speak for Kaneki?" Aomine Daiki felt betrayed.

"I'm telling the truth." Murasakibara Atsushi said seriously, "But Yanzi, you promised to buy me potato chips for a month, but you haven't bought me any for seven days."

"You have a really good memory, Murasakibara..." Kaneki Ken said with a smile on his face.

"Don't you want to go over and talk to them?" Akashi Seijuro said to Midorima Shintaro who was still practicing shooting.

"Didn't you go there either?" Midorima Shintaro asked back.

"I just can't get involved in their conversation, but I'm not deliberately staying away from them." Akashi Seijuro said with a smile.

"I just don't get along with them." Midorima Shintaro wiped his sweat after throwing the last ball into the basket, "I don't have any problem with Kaneki and Aomine, but I always feel that the big guy is a bit of a waste of talent and has not done his job well. If I go over to them, they will be in a cold mood."

"I didn't expect you to be so considerate of others, Midorima-kun." Akashi Seijuro teased, "Are you really not angry because Kaneki-san defended you from seven shots and two centers tonight?"

"Baga, I'm not that childish." Midorima Shintaro said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"Haha, it seems I was overthinking it." Akashi Seijuro patted Midorima Shintaro's arm without saying anything more.

"Okay, everyone come here." Shirogane Kozo pulled over the whiteboard in the corner and gathered everyone in the venue together.

"We played very well in the first game, and we need to keep up the good work. The results of the first round are out, and we will play against Shibuya First Junior High School in the next round." Shirokane Kozo crossed out the name of the school that was eliminated from the schedule on the whiteboard. "Shibuya First Junior High School was a weak team before last year, but since last year, with the addition of Keisuke Kobayashi and Kotaro Hayama, it has become one of the top four teams in the county tournament."

"Not only that, this year they also introduced a new inside player, Daisuke Narumi. In the first round of the game, they defeated Hakumi-kan Junior High School by a large margin. The new player scored 27 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks, and formed a Big Three lineup with Keisuke Kobayashi and Kotaro Hayama. Their strength should not be underestimated." Shuzo Nijimura also added.

"What Shuzo said is right." Shirogane Kozo continued after Nijimura Shuzo said, "Especially that Hayama Kotaro, he is an excellent breakthrough player, agile and a trump card for their team."

"Oh, that sounds a lot like Qingzai. I wonder how it compares to Qingzai?" Murasakibara Atsushi said with some surprise.

"Humph~ I won't lose to anyone in terms of speed." Aomine Daiki poked the spinning basketball on his fingertips and said proudly, "But you, don't let that center get beaten."

"Tsk, I won't lose to anyone in terms of strength." Murasakibara Atsuya said angrily.

"Alright, alright, listen to the coach." Kaneki Ken looked at the two's childish behavior and said helplessly. "There's nothing special to pay attention to in their game." Shirogane Kozo didn't care about the previous episode and continued to make arrangements, "Just do a good job of defense. Their style of play is actually a simple one that relies purely on personal ability. In this regard, I believe you can only do better than them, right?"

"Yes, coach!" the members of the first army responded confidently.

"Well, very good, very energetic." Shirogane Kozo nodded with satisfaction, "Tomorrow is the weekend, you should have a good rest. Starting from next week, strengthen your individual single defense training. Meeting adjourned!"

"Hi!"

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"Ah~ Tomorrow is the weekend again!" Qingfeng Daihui stretched and said happily, "I can finally have a good sleep."

"But, Qingzai, you don't usually sleep that badly, do you? After all, the school has been open for more than a month, and you've been punished by the teacher for sleeping in class at least a dozen times." Murasakibara Atsushi complained, "It seems that whether you go to class or not has no effect on your sleep."

"I'm in the morning class! I'm still growing!" Qingfeng Daiki said angrily, "Besides, you've been punished by the teacher for sleeping in class many times, right?"

"Anyway, I can see Qingzi every time I go out to stand in the corner for punishment, but it seems that Qingzi may not be able to see me every time he goes out to stand in the corner for punishment." Murasakibara Atsushi ruthlessly stabbed Aomine Daiki's soft spot again.

"Hey, Ken-kun." Momoi Satsuki gently pulled Kaneki Ken's clothes and said softly, "Tomorrow is the weekend, how do you usually spend your weekends, Ken-kun?"

"Ah? Me?" Kaneki Ken looked at Momoi Satsuki in surprise, and after careful recollection he said truthfully, "Before, on weekends I basically just stayed at home to rest, play games or go out to play basketball. After joining the basketball club, I usually did some basic training or something."

"Yan-kun is really a boy who is content with loneliness~" said Taoi Satsuki with a sweet smile.

"Lonely? It's okay, you can meet a lot of friends by playing ball, and playing games is also a form of socializing now." Kaneki Ken also slowed down his pace and walked and chatted with Momoi Satsuki shoulder to shoulder.

"But we have to go out for a walk anyway, right?" Momoi Satsuki turned sideways, looked at Kaneki Ken's profile, and asked tentatively with anticipation.

"Of course. Sometimes I go out for a walk, but most of the time I stay at home." Kaneki Ken turned his head and looked at Momoi Satsuki and smiled gently.

"Hey, Ken-kun, I heard that Akihabara is going to hold a summer festival tomorrow. I really want to go and see it. What about you?" Taoi Satsuki's crisp voice trembled slightly.

"Summer Festival?" Kaneki Ken thought for a moment and said, "I can go and see it, but I don't have a kimono. If I go like this, won't there be any festive atmosphere?"

"How about I accompany Yanjun to pick out two kimonos tomorrow, and then go to see the summer festival together?" Taoi Satsuki asked coquettishly with a little excitement.

"Buying clothes? Will it be troublesome?" Kaneki Ken turned his eyes away embarrassedly, touching his cheek with his right hand awkwardly.

"It's not that troublesome, that's settled then!" Taoi Satsuki said happily.

"Yeah." Kaneki Ken nodded.

Mina-san! I did it! Chapter 3! Thank you all for your monthly tickets and recommendation tickets, thank you very much!

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