Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 66 Preparation before the game
"Eh? Kaneki-san and Akashi-san are both absent today, which is rare!"

"Yeah, I heard that the two of them had a serious conflict and even threw punches at each other!"

"Ah~? So serious? Tell me, tell me."

The next evening, in Hall 1, members of the First Army participating in the training were whispering.

"Really, these two idiots." Aomine Daiki complained helplessly while listening to the whispers of people around him, "I really don't know what's going on. They actually fought at a comic convention, and they showed me their skills."

"Come to think of it..." Murasakibara Atsushi seemed to remember something and took out his cell phone from his pocket, "Momo-kun sent me two photos of them being sent to the hospital..."

"Let me see..." Aomine Daiki excitedly snatched Murasakibara Atsushi's phone, and Midorima Shintaro also came over curiously.

"Hiss... these two guys are really ruthless..." Looking at Akashi Seijuro who was almost beaten into the Blue Emperor's Eye, and Kaneki Ken who was beaten with blood all over his mouth and looked more like a ghoul, Aomine Daiki took a breath.

"Although the third round is about to start, it's indeed a bit outrageous that such a conflict has broken out...but the outfits of these two people..." Midorima Shintaro pushed his glasses aside, with an expression as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and he seemed to be going over all the sad things in his life in his mind.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha..." Aomine Daiki on the side didn't have such concerns. After marveling at the two men's ruthlessness, he laughed at their outfits unscrupulously, "What the hell? Saiki Kusuo? Takumi Aldini? A bunch of idiots!"

"Ah, Momochika said that Yanzi's cooking is unexpectedly delicious, and he has natural blonde hair, so he made this cosplay for him..." Murasakibara Atsushi explained, "By the way, Qingzi, can you please stop laughing? You're always laughing beside me, and you make me want to laugh too..."

"Okay, okay, everyone be quiet and meet in the conference room in 10 minutes." While everyone was still talking, Shirogane Kozo opened the door of the stadium and walked in, holding a stack of documents and an SD card in his hand.

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"Don't worry, Kaneki and Akashi will not miss the next game." In the conference room, Coach Shirogane distributed the materials in his hands one by one and turned on the projector. "This video is the training content of Hakusuikan Middle School. Kaneki asked Momoi to send it here. The information in your hands is also the latest information sorted out by Kaneki and Momoi."

"Siguoyi Na~" Aomine Daiki sighed as he flipped through the information in his hand, "I really don't know what's going on in Kaneki's brain. Does he have such a detailed database for every opponent?"

"As expected of a guy I recognize." Midorima Shintaro nodded slightly as he flipped through the information. "I can't match your attitude of doing your best."

"Ah, I'm so hungry~ I want to eat ramen~" Murasakihara Atsushi liked it very much that he didn't have to train, but he was very unhappy that he couldn't eat after training.

"Since Kaneki and Akashi are not here, let me briefly talk about the situation at Hakusuikan Middle School." Shirokane Kozo said, pressing the play button on the remote control. "Overall, Hakusuikan is a fairly balanced team. To sum it up in eight words, it can play both inside and outside, and is good at both offense and defense."

"This is their main player on the outside and current captain, point guard, Yukio Kasamatsu." Looking at the figure flashing across the screen, Shirogane Kozo pressed the pause button.

"This guy..." Aomine Daiki flipped through the information in his hand, "Ah, I found it. He has balanced left and right hands, can break through and shoot, has a wide field of vision, and a solid body. His weakness is that he lacks explosive power, and relies too much on rhythm and fake moves to break through."

"Really? This guy," Murasakibara Atsushi muttered weakly, "isn't he just a lower-ranking substitute for Nijichika?"

"Call me Captain, Murasakibara." Nijimura Shuzo said seriously, "Secondly, don't use such weird metaphors." "In a sense, there is nothing wrong with what Murasakibara Atsushi said." Shirogane Kozo smiled and looked at Nijimura Shuzo, "He does have many similarities with you, but I believe you can handle him, right?"

"Leave it to me, coach." Nijimura Shuzo didn't say much.

"Let's continue." Shirogane Kozo continued, "Next, we're going to introduce their inside pillar, who is also the vice-captain of Hakusuikan, center, Ootsubo Taisuke."

Shirokane Kozo picked up a document and said, "As Kaneki-san analyzed, Ootsubo Taisuke is a center who combines strength, footwork, and defense. In the quarterfinals of the national competition against Teruei Junior High School last year, he faced the strongest center in the country last year, Teppei Kiyoshi, and scored 22+12+3+3."

"Oh?" Murasakibara Atsushi became interested upon hearing this. "Then what statistics did the strongest center get?"

"Let me take a look." Shirogane Kozo briefly flipped through the data, "Kiyoshi Teppei's stats in the finals were 32+13+8+4. Basically, except for rebounds, he almost completely beat Ohtsubo Taisuke."

"Well, if I can also take down Taisuke Ootsubo, then would I also be the strongest center?" Murasakibara Atsushi asked with interest.

"Hey, since Murasakibara-san is so interested, I'll leave Ootsubo Taisuke to you," Shirogane Kozo instructed. "He doesn't have many weaknesses. Other than his small hands that prevent him from protecting the ball well, he basically has no flaws."

"Hey, hey~" Murasakibara Atsushi waved his hand nonchalantly, "I'll take care of him."

"Very good." Shirogane Kozo nodded with satisfaction. "Next, let me introduce their other players. The shooting guard, Sakurai Ryo, is a quick shooter who is good at shooting three-pointers quickly, so we just need to put pressure on his mid-line as much as possible to prevent him from shooting the ball."

"I understand, it's okay." Midorima Shintaro said seriously, folding the two iron balls in his hands.

"Hey, Midorima, your lucky charms are getting more and more outrageous!" Aomine Daiki looked at Midorima Shintaro who looked like an old man, and didn't know how to complain.

"Hmph, you'd better take care of yourself first, idiot." Midorima Shintaro glared at Aomine Daiki.

"Midorima is right, Aomine." Shirogane Kozo touched Aomine Daiki's head with a smile, "Your opponent Miyaji Kiyoshi is not simple either. Although he is not as good as Hayama Kotaro from Shibuya First High School, he is also a small forward with solid ball control, strong body, and good at breakthroughs."

"I understand, coach." Aomine Daiki waved the information in his hand, "Kaneki explained it very clearly. His speed is above average and his shooting is average. This kind of opponent is the easiest to deal with. Leave it to me."

"Yoshi, today's meeting ends here. You don't have any special tasks these days, so just do targeted training." Bai Jin Kozo turned off the projector and announced the end of the meeting.

"Coach, you didn't seem to tell them Kaneki's news about the power forward of Shirakune-kan." After everyone left, Nijimura Shuzo came to Shirakune Kozo and asked in confusion.

"What's the problem?" Shirogane Kozo shrugged, "Kaneki-san will handle his opponent. You can always trust Kaneki Ken on that."

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