Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 84 Sweeping all the way

"Let's go, A Shen." Looking at the growing score gap on the field, Mu Shenyi stood up, stretched his legs and feet, and walked towards the gymnasium entrance without looking back.

"There's really nothing to see anymore." Muji Teppei sighed and took one last look at the field. "Let's go back to training early."

On the court, the synchronization state of Rukawa Kaba and Kabaji Shigehiro was forced to be lifted as early as the moment Kaneki Ken attacked Rukawa Kaba. At this time, Toyama Junior High School had no trump cards. As time went on, the score difference became larger and larger. In the end, Toyama Junior High School lost the game with a huge score difference of 89:167.

"Congratulations, you've made it to the next round." After the game, Kabaji Shigehiro pulled himself together and walked to Kaneki Ken, holding out his hand, "Count us in, we must win!"

"Sure." Kaneki Ken stared at Shigehiro Kabaji solemnly for a while, then held Shigehiro Kabaji's hand tightly.

"What do you think? I told you that Kaneki Ken's dominance is unshakable, right?" In a corner of the audience, Domoto Koichiro, wearing sunglasses, looked at Kaneki Ken's departing back with great interest and said to Tobita Souki, "According to an old friend of mine, Kaneki Ken is the only U15-level player in the Flintstone Project. He is the cornerstone for our Fenghuang High School to make further progress!"

"Well, that's settled." Tobita Souji pondered for a moment, and finally decided to agree to Domoto Koichiro's recruitment plan.

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"Hello Kaneki-san, I'm Aida Yako, a reporter for the Tokyo Sports News. As the first player in history to score a 50+ triple-double in his first national tournament, how do you feel now?"

"How should I put it? The national competition is undoubtedly a higher-level stage. It is a competition stage for the highest-level athletes from all regions of the country. I am very happy to set a record, and I am also looking forward to competing against more and stronger opponents." Kaneki Ken looked at Aida Yako, who was dressed like an urban beauty in front of him, and talked with a smile.

"Okay, thank you. Also, I would like to ask, for the upcoming matches, are you confident that you can win all of them and successfully enter the finals?"

"To be honest, at this moment, I'm already thinking about my opponent in the next round." Kaneki Ken smiled confidently, "We will create an unprecedented result for Teikou Junior High School. Not one round, not two rounds, not three rounds, but the national championship."

After who knows how long of fake business smile, Kaneki Ken finally finished dealing with the post-match interviews with reporters.

"You're so brave to say it, not one round, not two rounds, not three rounds." Shirogane Kozo said with a smile, "Now you're boasting freely, but if you don't win the championship in the end, you'll have a hard time."

"What does it matter?" Kaneki Ken spread his hands indifferently, "At most I'll bow and apologize in the end, Red Bean Paste Private Marseille..."

"You are such an unambitious guy!" Shirogane Kozo was so amused by Kaneki Ken's indifferent expression, "If you lose, you will definitely not be able to participate in the Flint Project. Then your training workload will have to be tripled!"

"Don't worry, coach!" Kaneki Ken grabbed Aomine Daiki's neck and said, "If anything unexpected happens, I'll just let Aomine hang himself in front of any newspaper that dares to act weird, okay?"

"Ah? Me?" Qingfeng Daiki pointed at himself in confusion, "You're not the one bragging, why do you want me to be hanged?"

"Nonsense, you can't hang me!" Kaneki Ken said righteously.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get back to training." Shirokane Kozo looked at the young man in front of him and scolded with a smile, "If you fail in Waterloo because of slacking off in training, Kaneki will not let you hang me, but he will make you run so hard that you want to hang yourself!" "Ah~ No, coach!" Everyone present wailed.

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"It's not one round, not two rounds, not three rounds?" Inside the Tokyo Sports Daily newspaper office, the editor-in-chief looked at the manuscript written by Aida Yako, "I'm already thinking about the opponent for the next round. Haha, it's been a long time since such an interesting player appeared. Yako, you did a good job."

"Thank you, editor-in-chief." Aida Miko smiled modestly, and then proposed an idea, "Actually, I have a plan, but I don't know whether I should say it or not..."

"Go ahead." The editor-in-chief of the newspaper hummed a little tune while continuing to review the interview manuscript that was about to be published in the newspaper.

"I think we can create a themed column around Kaneki Ken." Aida Yako stated her plan succinctly. "I have a feeling that Teiko Junior High School will become an unprecedented team in Neon Country's history, and Kaneki Ken is the top priority of Teiko Junior High School. Before he is discovered by other media organizations, creating a themed column around him may be an important opportunity for our Tokyo Sports Daily to become the leader of Neon Country's sports magazines!"

"Are you so optimistic about this kid?" The editor-in-chief of the newspaper adjusted his glasses in surprise and looked up at Aida Miko. "Every year, there are so-called talented players all over the country. If we have to open a new column for each player, it might not be appropriate, right?"

"Okay, I was reckless." Seeing that the editor-in-chief declined her proposal with little interest, Yako Aida had no choice but to bow angrily and prepare to leave the office.

"Wait!" The editor-in-chief stopped Aida Yako, "If you want to follow up and interview him, I have no objection. If he can really lead Teikou Junior High School to win the national championship, I don't mind upgrading the follow-up interview to a column title for you."

"Okay, thank you, editor-in-chief!" After receiving the editor-in-chief's promise, Aida Miko's mood instantly became much brighter, and she slowly walked out of the editor-in-chief's office. She was confident that Kaneki Ken would not disappoint him.

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Just as Aida Yako expected, this year's Teiko Junior High School can be said to be strong in both men and horses. Whether it is the starters or the substitutes, they have an overwhelming advantage when facing their opponents. This also makes Shirogane Kozo more bold in arranging the lineup, and he often makes five substitutions with a wave of his hand.

If any other coach rotates the lineup in this way, he will be scolded by his own fans, but for Kozo Shirogane, don't ask, the truth is that he can do whatever he wants with a strong lineup.

In the next few rounds of games, Teiko Junior High School won consecutive victories under the leadership of Ken Kaneki, and achieved overwhelming victories in the three rounds after entering the national competition, far ahead of other strong teams with an average net score of 77.9 points per game.

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"Ah~ I finally have a week off, Yanzi, I bought a new game console, I'll go to your house to play this weekend~"

After experiencing a series of high-intensity competitions, everyone in Teiko Junior High School finally got a short break, and Murasakihara Atsuya was excited and ready to relax with Kaneki Ken.

"Okay, let's call Aomine along." Kaneki Ken responded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)