Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 43 Opening

"Although it's troublesome, it's better not to make Yanzi angry. You won't get any points in this game." Murasakibara Atsushi lowered his eyes and looked down at Narumi Daisuke.

"Huh? Don't think you're powerful just because you're tall, you big fool." Narumi Daisuke looked at Murasakibara Atsushi disapprovingly, "I'm going to beat you in this match!"

"You don't understand." Murasakibara Atsushi said with disdain.

"Stop talking." The referee walked between the two men with the ball and stopped the conversation.

"Beep~" A crisp whistle sounded, and the basketball was thrown high into the sky by the referee.

"This ball is mine!" Daisuke Narumi jumped up excitedly to fight for the ball, trying to win the opening ball for Shibuya First Middle School.

"What are you talking about? You're finished in this game." Murasakibara Atsushi's lazy voice sounded in Narumi Daisuke's ears. At the moment Murasakibara Atsushi jumped, Narumi Daisuke felt as if he saw a giant dragon breaking out of the sea, and in a trance he seemed to see the ferocious dragon horns appearing on Murasakibara Atsushi's head.

"Well done Murasakihara." Kaneki Ken steadily caught the basketball and passed the ball to Nijimura Shuzo to organize the first attack.

"Hey, Shuzo, isn't it a foul for you to play the point guard position with your body size?" Yamanaka Kazuhiko looked at Nijimura Shuzo who was slowly walking towards him, his voice trembling a little, "By the way, your new guy is really a bit unkind, using some inferior means to trick me around. How do you think I should settle this account?"

"How? It's just your bad luck." Nijimura Shuzo dribbled the ball and simply adjusted his body shape, "And Kaneki's method is not some low-level method..." While speaking, Nijimura Shuzo made a ground pass to Kaneki Ken, "It's just to make sure we know each other, although I don't think it's necessary."

As if to confirm what Nijimura Shuzo said, Kaneki Ken found Hayama Kotaro the first time he received the ball.

"You are the ace of Shibuya No. 1 Junior High School, right? How do you feel today?" Kaneki Ken said coldly to Kotaro Hayama.

"How does it feel? We're playing basketball now!" Kotaro Hayama stared at Kaneki Ken in front of him, his voice trembling slightly.

"I asked you a question, but you didn't answer. You are so rude." Kaneki Ken's voice was filled with emotion. "I never thought that there would be a day when I would have to teach you court etiquette. Look at you, senior. This is my greeting gift."

"A greeting gift?" Kotaro Hayama was a little confused, but he instinctively had a bad premonition.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The basketball seemed to turn into a flash of lightning that constantly collided with the ground, making a thunderous sound, and the rhythm was getting faster and faster.

"This is from Hayama..." Keisuke Kobayashi on the side was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth. In his opinion, it was almost impossible for anyone to learn Hayama Kotaro's unique skill, but the existence of Kaneki Ken made him feel that his worldview had been overturned.

"Is this my...thunderous dribble?" Kotaro Yeyama's pupils shrank slightly, his heart was in turmoil. The sound of the basketball hitting the ground became more and more frequent, hitting his heart like an offensive drumbeat.

"Are you familiar with it? Of course you are." In a flash, Kaneki Ken seemed to transform into nothingness and directly passed through Hayama Kotaro's defense, "But senior, I am Five Fingers."

"Damn it! This guy is not even in the same dimension as me!" Kotaro Hayama, who has always been known for his outstanding reaction nerves, can only barely keep up with Kaneki Ken's figure with his eyes.

"Daisuke! Help defend!" Seeing this, Keisuke Kobayashi shouted to his teammates in the inside to help defend and try to stop the ball.

"What's the point of a guy like you who only gets in the way?" Kaneki Ken's eyes flashed with a gleam. He stepped on the left sideline of the three-second zone and rushed to the basket against Daisuke Narumi's defense.

There was a dull thud as Narumi Daisuke was knocked out of the court by Kaneki Ken, and the ball was slammed into the basket by Kaneki Ken.

"Another slam dunk to open the game!"

"You are truly worthy of being the Lion of Teiko!"

An adrenaline-filled dunk made the audience excited, and exclamations rang out in the venue.

"Hey, senior." Kaneki Ken ignored the fallen Narumi Daisuke and turned to look at Hayama Kotaro, "How do you feel today?"

"Ah, I feel good today." As if he had heard the provocation in Kaneki Ken's words, Hayama Kotaro did not give in at all, and responded while staring at Kaneki Ken with burning eyes.

"Hmm? Not bad." Kaneki Ken looked at Hayama Kotaro's determined expression, shook his head, sneered, and turned back to defense.

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"Hey, Dad. Last time I asked you to watch the game, you left early. Now you're dragging me over to watch Teiko's game. Junpei's game has just begun." Reiko Aida complained to her father beside her with some dissatisfaction.

"What's so interesting about that four-eyed guy's game? It's just a fight between weaklings." Aida Kagetora took off his sunglasses and focused on the field. "Last time, Masahiro High School was a very strong defensive team, and this time, Shibuya First High School is a very powerful offensive team. If they can play a dominant performance against two county tournament semi-finalists with very different styles in the two rounds, I'm very optimistic that Teiko Junior High School can make a breakthrough in the national competition this year."

"But Junpei is also very good. He is now the team's starting shooting guard! In the last game, he made 8 of 5 three-pointers and scored 20 points!" Aida Reiko said unconvinced, "I feel that they will definitely make it to the semi-finals of the county tournament this year."

"Ah, Reiko." Aida Katsuhiro touched Reiko's head and sighed, "Even if your bespectacled friend's team won the runner-up in the county tournament, it can only be said that their ceiling is here... But Teiko, they won the county championship because the qualifying competition was only held within the county."

"Hey, Dad, tell me, if Junpei's team really makes it to the finals of the county tournament, is it possible for them to beat Teiko?" Reiko Aida asked curiously.

"Really? How can you ask such a question from my daughter, Aida Katsuyori?" Aida Katsuyori held his forehead helplessly. "Let me put it this way, if Four Eyes and the others don't lose by 50 points, even if Teiko's touch is not good. It's good to have dreams, but you can't always fantasize."

"Oh..." After listening to Aida Kagetora's analysis, Reiko Aida lost interest for a moment and looked at the field with lifeless eyes.

"Okay, don't think too much. Let's first see how Teiko plans to defend this wave of attack." Aida Katsutora interrupted Aida Reiko's thoughts and his eyes were fixed on the Teiko people in the field.

"Daisuke!" Seeing that he was unable to break through Nijimura Shuzo's defense and everyone on the outside was entangled by the defenders, Kazuhiko Tanaka finally chose to pass the ball to Daisuke Narumi, who didn't seem to be guarded too closely.

"You let me go so far, are you looking down on me?" Looking at Murasakibara Atsushi who put him one step away, Narumi Daisuke felt humiliated, "In that case, I'll just shoot!"

"What Ken and Momochika said turned out to be true." The moment the ball left Narumi Daisuke's hand, Murasakibara Atsushi's big hand grabbed the ball from the air. His lazy voice and agile posture presented a clear contrast, "He is indeed a simple-minded guy."

"This guy!" Daisuke Narumi looked at Murasakibara Atsushi in front of him, and a drop of cold sweat ran down his forehead.

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