Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 8 Naturally stupid

According to Yoshimura Kousen's arrangement, Kaneki Ken came to the "hometown of the king" and sat at the same table with Murasakihara Atsushi. When Kaneki Ken sat down, Murasakihara Atsushi was taking a nap before class.

"Hello, Murasakibara Atsushi, I'm Kaneki Ken. We met during the physical examination at the basketball hall at noon." Kaneki Ken greeted Murasakibara Atsushi in a friendly manner.

"Um, hello." Murasakihara Atsushi responded dazedly - in fact, Kaneki Ken was more inclined to believe that he just didn't want to be disturbed when he was sleeping, so he just said a few words to get by.

Kaneki Ken fell into deep thought as he saw Murasakihara Atsushi's Q-version avatar appear on the system's interpersonal relationship interface, but the character's bond level remained unchanged. Soon, the ringing of the class bell interrupted Kaneki Ken's thoughts, and Kaneki Ken could only put the matter aside and focus on the class.

I don't know if you have this feeling, that you always miss the study time of teenagers, but if you really go back to the classroom, you are eager to look forward to the end of get out of class. It was in this mood that Kaneki Ken waited until the end of get out of class out of boredom. During the long class time, he came up with a golden idea.

"Murasara-san, Murasakihara-san?" Kaneki Ken patted Murasakihara Atsushi, who had slept for a whole class, and woke him up carefully.

"Hey," Murasakihara Atsushi stared at Kaneki Ken who disturbed his sleep with some dissatisfaction, "What are you doing?"

"I just bought a bag of seaweed-flavored potato chips. Would you like some?" Kaneki Ken took out a bag of potato chips from his pocket and said with an expression of a weird uncle tempting a child. Yes, Kaneki Ken's method is to decide to cater to the child's preferences.

"Ah~ Arigato!" Murasakihara Atsushi was no longer sleepy. He took the potato chips from Kaneki Ken's hand and ate them with relish. While eating, he muttered, "Thank you, Ken-chan, you are such a good person!"

"You're calling me Yanzi now?" Kaneki Ken said in his heart, feeling a little amused.

"Congratulations to the host for having an intersection with the S-level protagonist. The current character bond level is: acquaintance. You will be rewarded with an S-level lottery chance!" The system's prompt sound also sounded at this moment.

"Emm...it seems that Murasakihara really loves eating potato chips." Kaneki Ken wanted to laugh helplessly, but then he thought, "But a bag of potato chips in exchange for an S-level lottery is not a loss."

"Ah, I remembered you, Yanzi. You were the one who took the physical test with me at noon! I heard that you are better at bench press than me!" Murasakibara Atsushi mumbled incoherently while chewing something in his mouth.

"So didn't I tell you this a long time ago? You just remembered it now?" Kaneki Ken looked at Murasakihara Atsushi who was busy eating in front of him and couldn't help but press his brows. How should he continue to take advantage of him... Bah, getting along well with this innocent Murasakihara Atsushi, it's such a headache!
As the school bell rang, the difficult time came again.

Just when Kaneki Ken was bored and listening to the teacher's lecture, he felt Murasakibara Atsushi poking him with his elbow. Kaneki Ken tilted his head and looked at Murasakibara Atsushi in confusion. He saw Murasakibara Atsushi quietly threw a note on Kaneki Ken's desk. Kaneki Ken opened it and saw that it was written in a questioning tone: "Ken, do you want to read comics?" Kaneki Ken was very confused and asked quietly: "We are sitting so close, why don't you tell me directly?" Murasakibara Atsushi didn't say anything and handed him another note. Kaneki Ken opened it and saw that it said: "The teacher doesn't allow talking."

"What kind of logic is this, idiot! If we are not allowed to talk, are we only allowed to read comics and pass notes?" Kaneki Ken looked like he had drunk a mouthful of vinegar, with an expression like an old man on the subway looking at his phone, and he could hardly suppress the desire to complain. But for the sake of the sheep... and the friendship of classmates for the next three years, Kaneki Ken had to imitate Murasakibara Atsushi and wrote a small note and passed it over: "Okay, Murasakibara classmate."

Just like that, the two people sitting in the corner lowered their heads, immersed in the world of comics. When they looked up again, the classroom was already silent, and in front of them was the teacher with a gloomy face.

"You two, I've been watching you for a long time, sneaking around, not paying attention in class, reading comics here?" The teacher's tone was very unfriendly. "That's right, Ken, how can you read comics?" Murasakihara Atsushi also accused Kaneki Ken with a righteous look on his face.

"Ah? Me?" Kaneki Ken's eyes widened. Fine, fine, my brother and I are connected by heart, and my brother uses his brain with me, so don't blame me! I'm not a human being anymore, Murasakibara!

Kaneki Ken pulled out the comic from under the textbook on the table with a look of regret, handed it to the teacher with a sad face and said, "I'm sorry, teacher, I shouldn't read comics in class."

"Ah?" Murasakibara Atsushi, the naive boy, never expected the plot to unfold like this. He looked at the comic book in Kaneki Ken's hand with a distressed look on his face. He wanted to take it but didn't dare to.

"Forget it this time! Next time I catch you, I will confiscate your comics and ask your parents to take them away!" Seeing that Kaneki Ken had a good attitude in "admitting guilt", the teacher did not say anything more and turned around to continue preparing for the class. At this moment, the bell rang.

"Ken, you are too disloyal!" Murasakihara Atsushi shouted angrily. "You're talking about me? Are you very loyal?" Kaneki Ken pointed at Murasakihara Atsushi's nose and sneered. Maybe Kaneki Ken himself didn't know that, unknowingly, he, who had lived two lives, had his IQ brought up to the same level by Murasakihara Atsushi's rich experience of being a natural fool...

The afternoon class finally ended with the two accusing each other of being inhuman. Just as Kaneki Ken was packing his schoolbag, there was a knock on the window in the back row. When he looked up, it was Aomine Daiki and Momoi Satsuki.

"Hurry up, Kaneki, tonight is the first training session of the basketball team. I heard that the physical examination results of the new students and the lineup adjustments will be announced tonight!" Aomine Daiki kept urging him, almost trembling with excitement.

"Don't be anxious, Aomine. You have to wait for me to finish packing." Kaneki Ken put away the books and stationery on the table in an orderly manner, and looked at Murasakibara Atsushi who had just returned from the bathroom and said, "Murasakibara, do you want to join us?"

"Hey! You're the one from noon! The big guy with purple hair!" Aomine Daiki pointed at Murasakibara Atsushi and said as if he had discovered a new continent, "Hello, my name is Aomine Daiki! I didn't expect you and Kaneki to be in the same class and even sit at the same table!"

Murasakihara Atsushi was struggling with whether or not to accept Kaneki Ken's invitation to go with him. He felt that he had just been tricked by Kaneki Ken, and it would be a bit undignified to go training with him now.

"Well, Aomine and I will leave first. I was thinking of treating everyone to ramen together in the evening." Kaneki Ken ignored Murasakihara Atsushi and pretended to mutter casually.

"Yanzi, hurry up, you're going to be late!" Hearing that there was something delicious, Murasakihara Atsushi packed up his things as fast as lightning and stood at the door to greet him. What? You mean dignity? To Murasakihara Atsushi, dignity is only worth a few bowls of ramen...

"This big guy seemed to be faster than me just now!" Qingfeng Daihui said with some surprise.

"What? He's just a greedy idiot." Kaneki Ken covered his forehead with his hands, somewhat unwilling to admit that he was this guy's deskmate.

(End of this chapter)