Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 49 The King’s Blessing!
"すっげえ(so awesome!)~~"

“What a beautiful goal!”

"I didn't expect that besides Kaneki Ken, there is such a powerful dark-skinned boy in Teiko."

“Teikou!”, “Teikou!”, “Teikou!”

The sudden rise of Aomine Daiki excited the spectators on the sidelines. The audience seats, which had originally been overwhelmingly cheering for Shibuya First Junior High School, began to have sporadic cheers for Teiko Junior High School.

"Little yellow-haired boy! Come again!" Aomine Daiki seemed not to have heard the shouts from the sidelines. He looked excited, and the God of War stared straight at Hayama Kotaro.

"Aomine's condition seems a little strange right now, coach." Akashi Seijuro curiously asked Shirogane Kozo beside him, "It's as if..."

"Just like Kaneki just now?" Shirogane Kozo seemed to know what Akashi Seijuro wanted to say, and continued what Akashi Seijuro had not finished saying, "No, it's completely different. I don't doubt that Aomine has this talent, but his current level is not enough."

"I don't quite understand." Akashi Seijuro nodded slightly, "Please help me, coach."

"Kaneki-san's current state is called a zone. What exactly is a zone... it's hard to explain it in words. You'll understand it after you experience it yourself." Shirokane Kozo looked at the players on the field thoughtfully, "But Aomine's current situation can only be said to be more like entering a better state under Kaneki Ken's leadership. It's still far from a real zone."

"Coach, do you mean that I may be able to enter the zone in the future?" Akashi Seijuro keenly grasped the details in Shirogane Kou's words.

"Maybe, who knows." Shirogane Kozo smiled and looked at the field without saying anything. Akashi Seijuro also nodded thoughtfully, without asking any further questions, and continued to watch the game silently.

"Pass the ball, little yellow-haired boy." Aomine Daiki looked at Hayama Kotaro in front of him and smiled happily, "You can't pass me."

"Tsk, stop talking nonsense." Hayama Kotaro knew that he couldn't back down at this moment, otherwise the team's morale would collapse. He gritted his teeth and began to dribble the ball to find an opportunity to break through. As the strength of his hands increased, the shadow of the ball became more and more dense, and the sound of the basketball hitting the floor was like thunder. The reporters sitting on the sidelines watching the game and taking pictures even started to wear earplugs.

"Now!" Hayama Kotaro's pupils accurately captured the moment when Aomine Daiki's center of gravity moved to the right. He passed the ball to his left hand, and his figure passed like an orange-yellow meteor, and he was about to break through Aomine Daiki's defense.

"Weak...too weak!" A flash of lightning flashed in Qingfeng Daihui's eyes, and the blue color in the lightning began to be faintly visible. "Your ability is a mess, and your movements are too slow!"

Aomine Daiki's long arms swung the basketball like a whip, and the basketball instantly escaped from Hayama Kotaro's control and flew out of the court.

"Really? Be gentler, Aomine." Midorima Shintaro faked a shot without the ball and shook off Keisuke Kobayashi's close defense, then caught the basketball firmly before it went out of bounds.

"Quick break!" Midorima Shintaro yelled and threw the ball to the front court.
"Hurry back to defense!" The moment the ball slipped out of his hands, Kotaro Hayama realized that something might happen and ran to the backcourt without stopping.

"You have good awareness!" Aomine Daiki's voice came from behind Hayama Kotaro, "But don't block the way!"

Kotaro Hayama only felt a gust of wind blowing past him, and Aomine Daiki passed him from behind.

"How is it possible? It was clearly me who started it first!" Hayama Kotaro stared at Aomine Daiki's back in astonishment. He remembered clearly that he started running back the moment the ball slipped out of his hands. At that time, Aomine Daiki was still looking at where the ball would land... Under the gaze of Hayama Kotaro, Aomine Daiki jumped up in the restricted area, caught the pass from Midorima Shintaro, and threw the ball into the basket without waiting for it to land. With a swish, the basketball went into the net, and Aomine Daiki successfully completed an aerial relay layup across the entire court.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!" The spectators in the stadium all cheered excitedly when they saw this amazing goal.

"Nice Pass!"

"Alienai... This season's score is even more amazing, this is an alley-oop!"

"Well done, dark boy!"

The cheers from the sidelines came like a tide, and a suffocating feeling like drowning surged into the hearts of everyone at Shibuya No. 1 Middle School.

"Request a timeout!" Keisuke Kobayashi took a deep breath and looked at the referee, wanting to let his teammates slow down and interrupt Teiko Junior High School's hot momentum.

"Shibuya First Middle School requests a timeout!" The referee blew the whistle and the players on the field returned to the bench to make some adjustments.

"Well done!" Shirogane Kozo patted Kaneki Ken's shoulder who was walking in front of the team and said with satisfaction.

"Thank you, coach!" Kaneki Ken nodded, patted Shirogane Kozo's hand on his shoulder, and walked back to the bench to sit down and replenish water. At this time, he noticed that there was an unread message in the system.

"Congratulations, the host has upgraded a skill. Please check it out!"

Kaneki Ken opened his data interface, and sure enough, the entry for "zone" had disappeared, replaced by "King's Blessing". Kaneki Ken curiously opened the skill list and checked the skill introduction.

Skill: King's Blessing (Zone 2.0), Skill Type: Concept, Skill Term: Shelter, Skill Level: SS+ (Can Grow to SSS), Skill Effect: When the host is in the zone state and the teammates are in poor condition, and the opponent scores two or more goals in a row, the host can trigger it after completing any of the following: 'Interrupt the opponent's next goal/Score a response goal'. After the skill is activated, all players on the field will enter the pseudo-zone state synchronously, and the speed of physical energy consumption will increase by 80%. Except for durability, all attributes of the body will increase by 40%, and the hit rate will be increased by 40%. "

"Fuck, a bunch of rubbish, you don't even bother me." Kaneki Ken cursed with a smile, "But I like it."

Shirogane Kozo looked at the children in front of him without making any arrangements or instructions. He knew that with Kaneki Ken there, he didn't need to worry about these things.

"Dad, it looks like things are not going well in Shibuya..." Reiko Aida noticed the change in the momentum on the sidelines, "and the voices cheering for Shibuya No. 1 Middle School have become much quieter..."

"These off-court incidents are nothing." Aida Kagetora looked calm, as if everything was expected. "Although I don't know what happened to the Teiko kids, but judging from the current situation, their condition is more than twice as good as the last game."

"Then... can we still win... Shibuya..."

"Win? They'd better get through their own level first." Aida Katsuhiro sneered, "The climax of their attack just now can be said to be their best state since they started playing basketball. In such a situation, being ruthlessly crushed... Most people may not even have the courage to continue playing basketball. If they can't get through this level, they will die."

(End of this chapter)