Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 52: Some people will give up, as long as it's not me
With a bang, the basketball that bounced out of the rim was pushed back into the basket by Murasakibara Atsushi through several people.

"Coach, why don't you just DNP me?" Inoue Takehiko swallowed his saliva, "I don't think I really want to play basketball..."

"Then you must really want to run laps. It's settled, go back and run 20 laps for me." Shirogane Eiji was not in the mood to listen to Takehiko Inoue's nonsense.

His mood is very complicated now. Last year, he was defeated by Nijimura Shuzo, and this year he finally found a guy who can compete with Nijimura Shuzo, but Teiko Junior High School has such a powerful big guy... If I have to describe his current mood, it must be "I finally got serious for once, but you made me lose so thoroughly..."

"Let's go back, Reiko." Aida Katsuyori felt a little bored, "Shibuya No. 1 Middle School couldn't hold on before Kaneki Ken made a move."

"Ah... okay." Reiko Aida watched the game on the field reluctantly, and followed Aida Kagetora, looking back every few steps.

Just as the father and daughter walked to the entrance of the gymnasium, there was a huge cheer from inside the stadium. The whole stadium was vibrating, and the father and daughter stopped at the same time.

"Since you've already bought the tickets, you might as well finish watching the show." Katsutora Aida looked at Reiko Aida and said.

"Let's go." Reiko Aida came more decisively and turned around and ran into the venue.

When the two of them returned to their seats and watched the replay on the big screen during the intermission, he suddenly felt that he had missed out on 100 million.

Kaneki Ken on the screen easily knocked down Liu Wei and Kobayashi Keisuke who came to double-team him, and turned into a golden streamer and rushed straight into the restricted area. Narumi Daisuke in the paint had no time to react at all, and could only instinctively raise his hands to try to interfere with Kaneki Ken's shot. But Kaneki Ken seemed to have no one standing under the basket, and he jumped up, spread his legs and flew over Narumi Daisuke, dunking and scoring.

"This... what's going on?" Reiko Aida stared blankly at the big screen above the stadium until her neck was sore, then she lowered her head to look inside the field and muttered.

"You mean just now? Just now, the center No. 12 of Shibuya No. 12 Middle School had a little physical conflict with the purple-haired No. under the basket. Then the golden-haired No. started to target No. on both offense and defense." The audience nearby explained enthusiastically, "Come, look, it started again."

Reiko Aida hurriedly looked towards the field, afraid of missing another exciting goal.

At this moment in the court, Kaneki Ken was looking at Narumi Daisuke in front of him with a calm face, without any excitement on his face, as if the dunk just now was not made by him.

"Hey, shoot." Kaneki Ken took two steps away from Narumi Daisuke and pointed at the basket.

"... I don't need you to teach me!" Narumi Daisuke gnashed his teeth as he waited for Kaneki Ken. He had a huge psychological shadow. He just ran back and forth in the game today, got blocked, stolen, and dunked on. He didn't have any gaming experience at all.

"Why don't you move? Otherwise, don't call me Daisuke Narumi. If you call me, I won't fight you anymore." Kaneki Ken mocked again.

No matter how good-tempered Daisuke Narumi was, he could not tolerate such ridicule. He simply dribbled the ball to create some space and then shot it. In order to avoid being blocked, he turned sideways and shot with a hook shot.

"Haha, you really shoot when I ask you to?" Kaneki Ken chuckled, and without even a running start, he jumped on the spot and grabbed the ball into his arms.

Daisuke Narumi seemed to have become numb. When he saw that he was covered, he even felt a sense of relief.

"Daisuke, go back to defense!" Hayama Kotaro looked at Daisuke Narumi who was standing there in a daze, and walked forward to pull him with some annoyance.

"Don't touch me!" Narumi Daisuke shook off Hayama Kotaro's hand, "I'm tired, I can't run anymore, and I don't want to fight anymore, okay?"

"You bastard!" Hayama Kotaro rushed forward angrily and punched Ming Hai Daisuke. "The game is not over yet. Didn't you just say that we haven't lost yet? We still have hope. What do you mean by giving up now?"

"Huh? Hope? What are you talking about in your sleep?" Narumi Daisuke smiled bitterly and pointed at the people in Teiko Junior High School and said, "Look at those guys. Look at how talented and gifted they are. Can we win? I can't play anymore and don't want to play anymore. If you want to play, you can continue." Narumi Daisuke took off his jersey and threw it on the ground. He looked at the players of Shibuya First Junior High School and said, "Perhaps, you who are left on the field at the end are the most pathetic guys. Sorry, captain, I have to go first."

He walked towards the locker room without looking back. The referee saw this and called a timeout.

The farce happening on the court was naturally seen by the spectators on the sidelines.

"Dad..." Reiko Aida looked at Daisuke Narumi's back speechlessly as he left, not knowing what to say.

"There's nothing strange about that." Aida Katsuhiro looked at his daughter seriously. "It's normal to encounter an opponent stronger than you on the court. When facing an opponent who is too strong, some people will always choose to give up. This is human nature."

"Coach, this guy..." Inoue Takehiko looked at the back of Daisuke Narumi as he left, and his heart was inexplicably touched. "I just heard from others that this big guy had good data in the first round... I didn't expect..."

"Ah, yes." Shirogane Eiji sighed, stood up and left his seat, "Forget it, there's no need to watch any more. We're definitely not going to be able to beat Teiko this year."

"Hey, hey, hey, old man Shirogane, you're giving up now. This is not like you!" Inoue Takehiko caught up with Shirogane Nagaharu with a smile and said casually, "Anyway, no matter who gives up, I will never give up. If you don't dare to fight them, just give me the coaching position~"

"30 laps." Shirogane Eiji didn't even look at Takehiko Inoue and directly activated the lap running skill.

"Ah? Really?" Inoue Takehiko's wailing echoed in the corridor, "People will die from running, coach..."

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The game was declared over when Narumi Daisuke chose to give up, and Shibuya No. 164 Middle School also replaced all the main players and surrendered. Shirogane Kozo was also very generous, and with a big wave of his hand, he sent the substitute lineup led by Akashi Seijuro and Haizaki Shogo to the court for training. In the end, the game ended with a score of 56:44, and Kaneki Kenya once again won the game with a score of 17+13+8+6+.

"Kaneki, come with me to the press conference." In the locker room, Shirogane Kozo ordered.

"Yes, coach." Kaneki Ken nodded slightly and followed Shirogane Kozo to the press conference.

"Excuse me, Kaneki, Teiko Junior High School won the game again today with excellent results, and your statistics were the best of the game. What do you think?" A reporter from the Tokyo Daily News came forward and asked.

"Emmm, thank you coach for your trust in me and for giving me high tactical authority. My teammates are also excellent. Without them, I would not have been able to achieve such excellent results." Kaneki Ken replied after a moment's hesitation.

"Excuse me, Kaneki-san, in the middle of today's game, Shibuya First High School's No. 12 student, Daisuke Narumi, left the field in anger. May I ask if you were involved in this to some extent? And what do you think of this incident?"

"No, it's not me, don't talk nonsense." Kaneki Ken denied three times without hesitation, "We are just playing a normal game. As for Narumi Daisuke-kun, I don't care. Thousands of people choose to give up every day, as long as it's not me."

Brothers, brothers, Beng Beng has completed it! Beng Beng keeps his word! Finally! Please collect, read, recommend, and vote for me, thank you!

In addition, thanks to: Self-deprecating addiction, 52HERTz boss for the reward! Thank you!

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