Chapter 118 All the staff are here
“I will be your captain for the next three years!”

Kaneki Ken’s words completely ignited the stadium, and everyone present began to whisper.

“Quiet!” At this time, Takenori Akagi’s voice came from outside the door. Everyone turned around and saw Takenori Akagi and Mitsuyoshi Anton walking into the gym side by side.

“Oh, everyone is here.” Anton Mitsuyoshi smiled gently, “Kaneki-san just told everyone that from today on, Kaneki-san is the captain of the team, and Akagi and Murasaki-san are the vice-captains.”

“Yes, coach!” everyone responded in unison – except Rukawa Kaede, whose eyes were fixed on Kaneki Ken.

“It just so happens that all the seniors are here today, and I have some gifts for everyone.” Kaneki Ken looked back at Momoi Satsuki, “Momoi, pass the things out.”

“Yes, Yan-kun.” Taoi Satsuki nodded slightly and handed the information in her hand to the corresponding people one by one.

Not long after, Tao Jingwu returned with two documents: “Yanjun, except for Miyagi-senpai and… that senior, all targeted training plans have been issued, including… including Akagi-senpai.”

Taoi Satsuki lowered her voice and whispered the last few words, obviously considering Akagi Takenori’s face.

“Isn’t Senior Miyagi here?” Kaneki Ken obviously understood Momoi Satsuki’s thoughts. He nodded, took the document, turned to look at Kogure Kochi and asked.

“Miyagi just said that he left something in the classroom and needs to go back to get it.” Mumu Gongchi said with some doubt, “It has been a long time indeed…”

“Hmm…” Kaneki Ken touched his chin, thought for a moment and then said, “Does anyone know where Miyagi-senpai’s classroom is? He hasn’t been back for so long, maybe something happened.”

“I know.” Akagi Takenori stepped forward and said, “I’ll go find him.”

“I’ll go with you.” Anton Mitsuyoshi suddenly said, “As a coach, it’s my duty to care about the players.”

“Well, that’s fine. Thank you very much, Coach Anton.” Kaneki Ken thought for a moment, then turned to look at Mugure Kochi, “Senior Mugure, I’ll trouble you with the opening training for the new players. I will go with the coach and Akagi-senpai.”

“Ah? Oh, okay.” Kogure Kochi, who was caught off guard by the cue, was a little hesitant.

“Ah… Izawa!” Kaneki Ken sighed as he looked at Mugure Kochi who was a little unconfident in himself, “I will assist Mugure-senpai in the training work later, and the intensity will be arranged according to what we did in Teiko!”

“Yes, captain!” Izawa Shuji looked at Kaneki Ken’s back, as if he had returned to the days when he defeated the Teiko Army under Kaneki’s leadership.

“What about me? What about me?” When Sakuragi Hanamichi saw that there was some fun to join in, he quickly jumped out and asked.

“Just follow the program I arranged for you this week and practice finishing after the confrontation under the basket.” Kaneki Ken left the basketball hall with Anton Mitsuyoshi and others without looking back. “When I come back, you have to make at least 100 shots, otherwise you will practice dribbling until you die!”

……

“Hey, isn’t this Gongcheng?” In the alley near the teaching building, a long-haired young man and a group of bad guys blocked Gongcheng Liangtian’s way, “I heard that you were selected as the starting lineup, I brought my friends here to congratulate you~”

“Thank you, but no thanks.” Miyagi Ryouta looked at the long-haired young man warily, “Nothing, I’ll go to training first, Mitsui.”

“Tsk, training?” Mitsui Shou spat in disdain, “I really don’t know what’s so good about this crappy basketball. Training every day, what the hell!”

“This has nothing to do with you. I enjoy it.” When Miyagi Ryouta heard Mitsui Shou insulting his favorite basketball, his face turned unfriendly. “It’s better than you falling into depravity and becoming a bad boy.”

“Huh? You’re so arrogant, brat.” A short-haired bad boy stood up and touched Miyagi Ryouta with his forehead. “Why, do you look down on us?”

“What? You want to fight?” Miyagi Ryouta was also a hot-tempered person, and with the recent misfortune at home, he pushed the bad boy away. “I’m in the morning class, how dare you attack me?” The bad boy obviously didn’t expect Miyagi Ryouta to be the first to attack, so he grabbed Miyagi Ryouta’s collar and prepared to beat him up.

“Is there anything wrong with looking down on you, a bunch of idle trash who only know how to bully the weak?” Just as Miyagi Ryouta was about to be beaten up, Kaneki Ken’s voice drew everyone’s attention.

“Captain, save me!” Miyagi Ryouta looked at Akagi Takenori who was standing side by side with Kaneki Ken, and cried for help as if he had seen a life-saving straw.

“Akagi, this is a personal grudge between Miyagi and me, please don’t interfere. You don’t want the school to find out that the captain of the basketball team participated in a fight and the basketball team to be disbanded, right?” Mitsui Hisashi looked at Akagi Takenori with a bad look.

“Sorry, two corrections.” Kaneki Ken slowly rolled up his sleeves and said leisurely, “First, now, I am the captain of the basketball club.”

“Huh? Who the hell are you, talking nonsense here!” Mitsui Shou said disdainfully.

“Who am I…” Kaneki Ken sneered, “Let me put it this way, I dare to fight those who Akagi dare not fight, I will do things that Akagi dare not do, I am the first ace of the Generation of Miracles, the new signature figure of the school, is that clear enough?”

“You don’t know what I’m talking about.” Mitsui Shou was angered by Kaneki Ken’s arrogant behavior and shouted to the younger brother beside him, “Go!”

As expected, Mitsui Hisashi and his gang of bad boys were easily dealt with by Kaneki Ken.

“You didn’t dare to face your mediocrity in the basketball club, and you didn’t dare to face strong opponents when you became a delinquent!” Kaneki Ken approached Mitsui Shou with a cold voice, “I’m really ashamed of you! A guy like you can’t stay in our Teiko for three days!”

“What do you know!” Mitsui Shou roared like a wounded beast, “You are aloof, you are great! You are the ace of the Generation of Miracles, of course you can look down on me!”

“Alas… you are wrong, Mitsui.” Anton Mitsuyoshi sighed and walked in from the alley, “Kaneki-san would never look down on any weak person.”

“Coach… Coach Anton…” Mitsui Hisashi faced Mitsuyoshi Anton in front of him, avoiding his gaze and not daring to look into his eyes.

“Your injury is not your fault. I am also responsible for the team’s poor performance.” Anton Guangyi said earnestly, “In fact, I have looked for you several times, but you have always avoided me. I thought you just gave up basketball…but I didn’t expect you to give up so thoroughly. Kid, life and basketball are similar in some ways.”

Anton Mitsuyoshi walked up to Mitsui Shou, gently touched his head and said, “Once you choose to give up, your game will be over in advance.”

“I’m…I’m sorry, Coach Anton…” Mitsui fell to his knees with his whole body weak, and the past scenes appeared in front of him, “Coach, I want to play basketball…”

……

“That’s good. We’re back to how we were before.” Mumu Gongchi kept passing the ball to Akagi Takenori who was standing in the middle distance, while watching the team members who were conducting targeted and strengthened training in an orderly manner. “I really believe now that our Shonan High School can really realize our dream this year and dominate the country!”

“Yes, dominate the country!” Akagi Takenori slowly threw the basketball in his hand, and his mind recalled the scene of his previous conversation with Anton Mitsuyoshi.

“Coach, I want to give the captain position to Kaneki Ken.” Akagi Takenori said in a deep voice with his head down, sitting opposite Anton Mitsuyoshi.

“Oh? Why do you think so, Akagi-san?” asked Mitsuyoshi Anton with a smile.

“I used to think I was the absolute pillar of Xiangbei, but I found that as the captain, I couldn’t take on all the offensive tasks when my teammates were in trouble on the court, and I couldn’t get my teammates to unite around me and fight for the team off the court.”

Akagi Takenori seemed to have put down his inner burden, sitting in front of Anton Mitsuyoshi and talking freely: “However, as the former captain of the Generation of Miracles, Kaneki Ken supported all the players on the court, and his teammates always rallied around him with smiles on their faces off the court. I think, maybe this is the world of geniuses, they are eagles, destined to soar in the sky; and I may only be suitable for rolling in the mud.”

“So!” When Akagi Takenori raised his head again, his eyes were full of longing for victory, “For the victory of the team, it doesn’t matter if I roll in the mud. Let Kaneki Ken be the captain. This is my awareness as a senior of the team!”

(End of this chapter)