Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 41 Intelligence Gathering (II)

"Who are you over there? Who told you to film here?" Seeing that Kaneki Ken had blatantly set up the camera, the captain of Shibuya First Junior High School noticed the movement of Kaneki Ken and stepped forward to drive him away.

"Senior, I'm from our school newspaper. Last year, our school was able to reach the semi-finals, and the seniors played an indispensable role." Kaneki Ken lied shamelessly, "We won a big victory over our opponent in the last round. Senior Nakamori from the school newspaper thinks we have a good chance of making it to the county tournament this year, so she asked us to film the daily routine of the basketball team. We hope to make a special edition of the basketball team when the results are even better this year."

"Nakamori?" The captain of Shibuya High School was a little incredulous, his face and eyes reddened, "Are you talking about Mina? Is she finally paying attention to our basketball team?"

"Of course it's Akina-senpai~" Kaneki Ken continued to increase the dosage, "Actually, Akina-senpai has been paying attention to the basketball team for a long time, so please take care of her, captain!"

"Haha, I'll take care of you. I'll definitely take care of you." The captain of Shibuya First Junior High School patted Kaneki Ken's shoulder happily, "Um, remember to take a handsome picture of me later."

"It's covered, senior." Kaneki Ken patted his chest and sent him away.

"Yan-kun, how do you know that Akina Nakamori is the president of their school newspaper?" Taoi Satsuki asked curiously.

"There's his photo on the school bulletin board." Kaneki Ken found a stool, sat down and started taking notes.

"But if you do this, will it cause some bad situations in the future?" Taoi Satsuki was a little worried.

"Except that this senior may be successfully elected as the leader of Gotham's villains, nothing bad will happen." Kaneki Ken patted the stool beside him and motioned for Tao Jingsuo to sit down, "Don't worry about him, we should do business."

"Okay~" Momoi Satsuki then remembered the purpose of Kaneki coming to Shibuya First Junior High School, and sat down obediently next to Kaneki Ken.

"You take a look first. If you have any questions, you can ask me." Kaneki Ken opened the notebook and watched the training on the field attentively, occasionally lowering his head to take notes.

"Where is Kaneki-san?" Shirogane Kozo was a little surprised to see that Kaneki Ken was rarely absent from training.

"He and Momoko went to Shibuya First Junior High School." Aomine Daiki played with the basketball in his hand, his face full of boredom, "He said he was going to collect information about Shibuya First Junior High School. But I guess he secretly went out to date Momoko."

"What are you talking about, A-Da!" As soon as Taoi Satsuki pushed open the door of the gym, she heard Aomine Daiki talking about her and Kaneki Ken, and she scolded him in embarrassment.

"Don't be so naive, Aomine." Kaneki Ken followed suit and complained, "I brought you first-hand information."

"Oh?" Shirogane Kozo was also curious, "What did you collect?"

"A lot." Kaneki Ken took out a stack of paper materials from his schoolbag, "All of them are the information that Momoi and I collected this afternoon about the Shibuya First Middle School trio."

"The first is their trump card, Kotaro Hayama." Kaneki Ken took out Hayama's information from the materials and distributed it to everyone in the first team. "A speed player, right-handed, not good at mid-range and long-range shooting. One thing that needs special attention is that his ball control is a bit tricky."

Kaneki Ken took out a PAD from his pocket and played a video of Hayama Kotaro's training. On the screen, Hayama Kotaro was dodging in the crowd and scoring one goal after another.

"It looks average." Aomine Daiki curled his lips, "I can do this level."

"Well said Aomine, don't say it again next time." Kaneki Ken pointed at Aomine Daiki with a pen and said, "Did you notice this guy's ball control?" "Are you talking about the unusual sound when he controls the ball?" Akashi Seijuro was the first to notice the abnormality of Hayama Kotaro, and thought, "The strength of his ball control is indeed very strong, and the ball speed is very fast, and it is difficult for defensive players to steal the ball."

"That's true, but that's all." Kaneki Ken put his arms behind his chest, "His hand skills are indeed very good, but as long as you can keep up with his speed, it's no different from an ordinary layup. In addition, his left hand is not proficient, so try to force him to go to the left and force him to jump shot from the high post."

"I'll take care of him." Qingfeng Daihui volunteered excitedly.

"I thought so too." Kaneki Ken looked at Aomine Daiki, "But remember not to steal the ball and lose your position."

"Don't worry, Kaneki."

"Then there's Keisuke Kobayashi." Kaneki Ken pulled out another stack of materials and distributed them to everyone. "Nothing much to say about him. He's a rare big guard, 180 cm tall, quite agile for his height, well-balanced with both hands, and good at playmaking and three-point shooting."

"A big guard who can shoot?" Midorima Shintaro asked thoughtfully.

"No match for you." Kaneki Ken looked at the fighting spirit in Midorima Shintaro's eyes and said bluntly, "You just need to remember to give him physical contact when he receives the ball, and don't give him space to dribble."

"OK." Midorima Shintaro was still so frugal with his words. After saying that, he picked up his lucky item for the day - a model of a magic wand.

"If you can't defend against him, I will use that magic stick to crush your skull." Kaneki Ken looked at the different and strange lucky items in Midorima Shintaro's hand every day, and felt a little amused.

"What about that center, Yanzi?" Murasakibara Atsushi briefly flipped through the information in his hand, and found no information about Daisuke Narumi, so he asked curiously.

"He's not worth mentioning. His footwork and ball control are a mess. He relies entirely on brute force to play. His basketball IQ is even lower than Aomine's." Kaneki Ken didn't take Narumi Daisuke seriously at all.

"Haha, well done, Kaneki." Shirogane Kozo smiled as he flipped through all the information Kaneki Ken had collected. "It seems like you really saw something and wrote it very well."

"This is not just my achievement, coach." Kaneki Ken pulled Momoi over with a smile, "Most of the textual stuff was sorted out by Momoko."

"No, in fact, I just simply expanded on Kaneki-san's idea. Kaneki-san did most of the work." Taoi Satsuki smiled and looked at Kaneki-san, "Kaneki-san really stole the show today."

"What? You said the school newspaper didn't send anyone here to take pictures?" The captain of Shibuya First Junior High School looked at the team members he sent to get the news with despair, as if he heard the sound of his own heartbreaking.

"So this afternoon, someone came from nowhere and secretly filmed our training, and then beat up Hayama and the others out of boredom?" Shibuya First Junior High School's coach looked at the captain with suspicion, "It's normal for young people to be jealous, but you harassed Akina-san and made up such a ridiculous excuse, Yamanaka-san, are you awake?"

"He didn't lie, coach." Hayama Kotaro stood up and said with a grim expression, "We also asked about his background."

"What did he say?" asked the coach of Shibuya Junior High School with a stern look on his face.

"He said." Hayama Kotaro recalled the arrogant figure in the afternoon, "He said he was just a basketball genius passing by."

(End of this chapter)