Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 70 I won't lose to anyone

"Beep, beep! Shiramizukan Junior High School requests a timeout!" After Kaneki Ken completed the free throw, the referee's whistle sounded again.

"Ah~ Hakusuikan has been stopped," Imayoshi Shoichi sighed in front of the TV, "Kaneki Ken is Kaneki Ken. It's been three rounds, and his strength has not diminished at all."

"Ah? What nonsense are you talking about?" Hanamiya Makoto said with disdain, "For Kaneki Ken, victory is a must. This is not strength at all, but the inertia brought by strength."

"You've become more talkative after being beaten." Jin Jixiang said helplessly, holding his forehead, "I should have beaten you up earlier if I had known."

"Hmph, you don't understand." Hanamiya Makoto snorted coldly, staring at the game on the screen and said nothing.

"Yongji, do you need me to help you with defense here?" Taisuke Ootsubo asked friendly.

"No need, Senior Ohtsubo. I will do my best to hold him off." Netani Takeyoshi shook his head in frustration and reminded him, "You should also be careful with the purple-haired guy. He is not an easy character to deal with."

"Yongji." Kasamatsu Yukio patted Neya Takeyoshi's shoulder and reminded him, "Don't go head-to-head with him. He is the invincible imperial lion. It is unwise to face his claws directly. You still have teammates."

"Yes." Takeyoshi Neiya lowered his head in shame.

"Okay, stop talking." Hiroki Imura, the coach of Hakusuikan, tapped the tactical board in his hand. "After we go on the court, Yukio will be the initiator of the tactics. Ryo, your task is to keep running and looking for shooting points. Yongji, Taisuke, you two should pay attention to screen for Yukio and Ryo at any time. Kiyoshi, pay attention to the situation on the court and try to attack the basket as much as possible without the ball."

"Yes, coach." Everyone in Baishui Hall responded in unison.

"Hey, there's a lot of momentum over there, Kenzai." Murasakibara Atsushi looked towards the Hakushuikan's bench curiously.

"Don't worry about them, Murasakibara." Kaneki Ken said with a smile, "It will be up to you to perform in a moment."

"Emmmm, Ken, that guy is very stubborn, a bit boring." After hearing what Kaneki Ken said, Murasakihara Atsushi said with some lack of interest, "I originally thought that a character who could fight back and forth with the country's top center should be at least a guy with some talent. But he is just a mediocre person."

"That's not right, Murasakibara." Shirogane Kozo came up to the two of them. "If you let them win because you're bored, even if you beat Ōtsubo Taisuke, the audience will only think that you and Kiyoshi Teppei are just temporary rivals. But if you win the game with overwhelming force, people will know your talent. You don't want others to compare you to those mediocre people, do you?"

".Okay, I'll fight seriously." Murasakibara Atsushi said with a curled lip.

"It depends on your performance, Murasakibara-san." Shirokane Kozo touched Murasakibara Atsushi's head with a smile, then turned to look at everyone, "Hakusuikan failed in their attacks inside the last few times, so I predict that they will choose to attack from the outside next time. Midorima, Nijimura, you don't need me to remind you what to do, right?"

"Yes, coach." Midorima Shintaro and Nijimura Shuzo nodded slightly, "We will be careful to avoid pick-and-rolls and switching defenses."

"Yeah." After making the arrangements, Shirogane Kozo nodded without saying anything more.

"Coach, what about me?" Qingfeng Daihui felt anxious after seeing that he had been given instructions but not himself. "What should I do later?"

"Qiongfeng, what are you talking about?" Shirogane Kozou pondered for a while, "Just continue to defend Miyaji Kiyoshi. I have confidence in you!"

"Yes!" Aomine Daiki nodded excitedly, "I will definitely complete the task assigned by the coach!" "Yanzi, why do I always feel that the coach is perfunctory to Qingzi?" Murasakibara Atsushi looked back and forth between Shirogane Kozo and Aomine Daiki with some doubt.

"Shh! Don't talk. It's a kind of happiness to let Aomine live in his own world." Kaneki Ken joked.

"Beep, beep! Time out is over!" As the time out ended, the referee blew the whistle, and the players from Hakusuikan and Teiko Junior High School walked onto the court.

"Welcome back, dear audience." Tashiro Heihachi also spoke at the right time. "Before the timeout, Hakusuikan's offense in the interior was repeatedly frustrated. I wonder what arrangements they will make next? Let's wait and see."

"The game is back on, Muji." Gao Weihecheng glanced at Kasamatsu Yukio, who had a resolute look on his face. "Under this situation, if Kasamatsu Yukio, as the captain, can't come out, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble."

"Don't worry, Takao." Muji Teppei said confidently, "If there is anyone who can withstand the pressure like me in terms of mentality, it must be Kasamatsu Yukio. This kind of person can become a samurai in the Warring States Period."

"I'm really surprised that you're at the No. 1 position, Nijimura." Kasamatsu Yukio, who received the serve from his teammate, looked at Nijimura Shuzo in front of him, his eyes full of desire for challenge, "Last year I felt that you were a good candidate for point guard, but I didn't expect you to be so good."

"It was all arranged by Coach Platinum." Nijimura Shuzo chuckled.

"But no matter what, I won't give up!" Kasamatsu Yukio glanced at Netani Takeyoshi, and the other party immediately understood and came up to set a screen for Kasamatsu Yukio.

"Oops, I couldn't get around!" Nijimura Shuzo was just about to catch up with Kasamatsu Yukio's breakthrough, but found himself blocked by Netani Takeyoshi's huge body.

"Reinforce the defense!" Nijimura Shuzo reminded quickly.

"Here I come!" Midorima Shintaro came to Kasamatsu Yukio without saying a word, staring at him with a fierce look.

"Relax a little." Kasamatsu Yukio smiled and dodged Midorima Shintaro's left hand that was trying to steal the ball. He made a sudden move to the right and turned around, barely getting half a body length away before jumping up to catch the ball.

"Don't even think about making a move!" Midorima Shintaro and Nijimura Shuzo who had caught up with them jumped at the same time, trying to block Kasamatsu Yukio's laziness.

"As expected of Teiko, both offense and defense are well-trained." Kasamatsu Yukio smiled in the air, "If we only talk about the hard work of training, our Hakusuikan will not lose to anyone!"

The ball flew out of Kasamatsu Yukio's hands and turned into a stream of light and flew into Sakurai Ryo's hands outside the left three-point line.

"Come on, Ryo!" Kasamatsu Yukio encouraged.

"Make it in!!!!" The substitutes at Baishui Hall were cheering at the top of their lungs.

"Private Marseille!" A thin figure with a mushroom head apologized timidly and threw the ball into the basket with incredible hand speed.

(End of this chapter)