Chapter 116 Registration
With the start of the school year, the annual club recruitment has begun again.

“Come and take a look~ Baseball Club~ A real man should join the baseball club~”

“Classmate, let me know about the literature club. I saw you reading a book while walking.”

“But I’m reading a comic…”

“Comics are also a form of literature~”

“Seirin High School?” Kuroko Tetsuya was moving in the crowd, staring at the figures under the awning of the basketball team’s recruitment point and fell into deep thought.

“Ah~ There are not many people coming today~” Reiko Aida sighed, lying on the table in boredom.

“It can’t be helped. This is how it is with a new school and a new team.” Hinata Junpei adjusted his glasses. “After all, our team’s performance last year was not ideal. It’s normal that we are not well-known.”

As he said that, Hyuga Junpei stood up and stretched, then looked at Aida Reiko and said, “Wait a little longer, Reiko. If we can’t recruit any good players, we can wait for Muji to recover from his injury and return to play.”

“You make it sound so easy…” Aida Reiko replied lazily, “Starting this year, the era of miracles has officially entered high school. If we can’t recruit any good seedlings, it will be hell…”

“Sigh…” Hinata Junpei was a little discouraged by what Aida Reiko said. He sighed and said nothing.

“Ah~ I really wish a peerless new genius would suddenly appear in front of me…” Aida Reiko grabbed her hair irritably and shouted a little depressed.

“Here we go, coach…” Suddenly, a tall figure blocked the sunlight in front of Reiko Aida. Shinji Koganei, who was dragged over by the person, said to Reiko Aida in fear, “The newcomer of the basketball team…”

“Hey, is this the recruiting point for the basketball team?” The man took a quick look at Reiko Aida and the other person, and spoke in a deep voice.

“Uh… yes…” Reiko Aida looked at the tall red-haired figure in front of her with shock. She was somewhat intimidated by the man’s aura and was speechless for a moment.

“What the hell… What’s with this aura!? It feels like a tiger appeared in front of me…” Aida Reiko and Hinata Junpei looked at each other and felt that Seirin High School might have found a treasure.

……

“Is this Shonan High School?” Sakuragi Hanamichi, surrounded by the Sakuragi Army, looked around curiously at this quaint yet not shabby public school. “It looks much bigger than the junior high school.”

“A college is a college. Look at those legs, those JKs, those black stockings…” Gao Gongwang’s eyes obviously drifted to a strange place.

“Takamiya, forget it.” Mito Yohei pointed at the tall and handsome Kaneki Ken in front of him and joked, “If you follow Kaneki, it will never be your turn~”

“I think Takamiya-kun is pretty good. There will definitely be girls who like him~” Hearing Mito Yohei’s teasing, Momoi Satsuki turned around with a fake smile and stared at Mito Yohei, “After all, Ken-kun already has me~~, right?”

Hearing the word “I” emphasized by Tao Jing Satsuki, Mito Yohei spread his hands helplessly and laughed: “Haha, sorry, sorry, I made a mistake.”

“Hmph~” Taoi Satsuki gave Mito Yohei a proud look.

“Okay, stop it, Mayu. Mito didn’t mean it.” Kaneki Ken smiled and pinched Momoi Mayu’s cheek to excuse Mito Yohei, then looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and said, “Let’s go, Sakuragi, hurry up and register with the basketball club.”

“Oh, here I come.” Sakuragi Hanamichi nodded and trotted two steps to catch up with Kaneki Ken.

“Wait for me, Ken-kun.” Taoi Satsuki also followed.

The tall figures of Kaneki Ken and Sakuragi Hanamichi stood out among the freshmen. They rejected the olive branches extended by all the sports clubs, big and small, along the way and went straight to the recruitment point of the basketball club.

“Hello, classmate, do you want to learn about the basketball club?” Ayako looked at the two tall students walking towards the basketball club recruitment point, and quickly put down the documents in her hand and stepped forward to greet them, “Excuse me… uh… Kaneki Ken?” “Oh? Do you know Ken-kun?” Momoi Satsuki walked out from behind Kaneki Ken, looked at Ayako with a unfriendly face and asked.

“Of course I know him…” Ayako looked at the tall man in front of her with a complicated expression, “Maybe others will forget Kaneki Ken after two years, but I won’t… I will never forget how he ravaged Toyama Junior High School…”

“So you should be glad that your school won’t continue to stand against me, right?” Kaneki Ken pulled out a chair with great agility, “Give me two registration forms. This red-haired guy and I want to join the basketball club!”

……

“Hey, hey, is this the recruiting point for the basketball team?” The freshman who was carrying Koganei Shinji looked at Aida Reiko who was exchanging glances in front of them and knocked on the table impatiently.

“Ah, yes, yes.” Reiko Aida came to her senses and quickly handed the visitor a glass of water, then took out a blank registration form and handed it to the other party.

The man put Shinji Koganei down with a loud noise, pulled out a stool and sat down on it, then picked up the pen and filled out the form in a few strokes.

“Well, your name is Kagami Daigo, and you’re from the United States, right?” Aida Reiko considered her words carefully and said, “On behalf of the basketball team, I would like to welcome you to join, but our newcomers may need some training before they can become regular players…”

“Hmm…” Kagami Daigo snorted lightly and said nothing.

“Well, but you don’t have to worry. I believe that with your ability, you will be able to be selected for the main team soon!” Aida Reiko hurriedly added, fearing that Kagami Daiga in front of her would leave angrily.

“Well, it doesn’t matter.” Kagami Taiga picked up the water cup in front of him and drank it all. Then he casually threw the disposable paper cup into the trash can beside him and said to himself, “Anyway, except for that guy… Neon basketball players are just ordinary people.”

“This…” After hearing what Kagami Daigo said, Aida Reiko was not sure whether she should have heard it or not.

“Let’s go.” Kagami Daigo stood up and left without looking back.

“That’s great, Kagami Taiga…” After Kagami Taiga left, Aida Reiko looked at Hinata Junpei excitedly and said, “With this guy, we might really be able to challenge the Generation of Miracles… or even that Kaneki guy!”

“Yeah, such a strong feeling of oppression…” Hinata Junpei sighed, and suddenly found that a filled-in registration form appeared on the table at some point.

“Hey? Has anyone else filled out the registration form?” Aida Reiko also found the registration form on the table and was about to put it away for filing when she was suddenly attracted by the words on it. “Name: Kuroko Tetsuya; Graduated from… Teiko?”

……

“Captain, this is the list of new students who applied to join the club today. Please take a look.” As the sky gradually darkened, Ayako handed a folder to Akagi Tsunaishi, “There are many good seedlings in this year’s team!”

“You mean Kaneki Ken?” Akagi Tsunaishi was not surprised by Kaneki Ken’s arrival, “He is more than just a good seedling.”

“Of course I know that, Captain.” Caizi smiled and took out three registration forms from a pile of them. “Here, take a look for yourself. Our Toyama Junior High School’s ace duo has also come to Shonan!”

“Oh? Rukawa Kara and Karaji Shigehiro are here? That’s good news indeed.” Akagi Tsunaishi’s expression slightly changed. He took the registration form from Ayako and asked curiously, “Who is the third person?”

“There is another one who was brought here by Kaneki Ken himself, a red-haired guy named Sakuragi Hanamichi. He is very tall, and looks almost as tall as Rukawa… and he must be talented to be brought here by Kaneki himself to join the basketball club.” Ayako recalled the scene carefully. “By the way, Captain, Kabata has grown very tall now, and looks taller than Kaneki Ken. Only the purple-haired Teiko can be taller than him.”

“Really? That’s great.” Akagi Tsunaishi’s face still showed no emotion, “But, based on what I heard, with Rukawa’s personality, he might not be willing to be a teammate with Kaneki Ken, right?”

“Haha, so I deliberately didn’t tell Rukawa that Kaneki Ken has joined our Shonan! Otherwise, with Rukawa’s personality, he might really turn around and leave!” Ayako said with a sly smile, “I’m really looking forward to the scene where the paranoid Rukawa meets Kaneki Ken who once defeated him~”

“Yes, it’s really exciting…” Akagi Tsunaishi handed the registration form back to Ayako and sighed with a complicated look in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)