Chapter 127 I Can’t See Anything

“Beep, beep! Seirin High School requests a timeout!” As Reiko Aida finished her words, Takenori Akagi blew the whistle to pause the game.

“Two timeouts have been called before the first quarter is over…” Kise Ryouta crossed his arms, a little confused, “It’s only seven points, there’s no need to be so nervous, right?”

“Seven points is not much, but it is a gap they cannot make up…” Midorima Shintaro adjusted his glasses, “Didn’t you see the ball Kuroko passed just now?”

“Come to think of it… Kuroko’s pass was a lot slower just now, as if he didn’t have enough strength… Not enough strength?” Huang Lai Ryota recalled the scene just now and suddenly realized, “I understand, it’s physical strength! Kuroko’s physical strength can’t keep up!”

“Kuroko is not known for his physique to begin with, and he was forced to move from sixth man to starting player. It’s normal for him to not be able to keep up with his stamina…” Midorima Shintaro nodded slightly, then shook his head slightly, “But the most critical issue now is that, apart from Kagami Taiga, the other starting players of Seirin seem to be experiencing a stamina crisis…”

“This amount of sweat and breathing rhythm doesn’t look like they just finished a game…” Reiko Aida looked at the people in front of her who were gulping down water and breathing heavily, with regret, her fists clenched in her sleeves until they turned white, “Damn it, I should have listened to Kuroko and the old man earlier!” “It’s too early to compete with Shonan now!”

“Damn it, are all these guys from Shonan monsters?” Feeling hot all over, Hinata Junpei poured all the remaining water in the bottle onto his head, and said in annoyance, “For every ball I have to run at least three pick-and-rolls to have space to shoot, but he only needs one step back! Sometimes even if I keep up with his pace, I can’t keep up with his speed, and there is no time to interfere!”

“And that short guy No. 7, he also keeps a close eye on Heizi…” Yi Yuejun added with a flushed face, “Although he can’t always see Heizi, he is much faster than Heizi. Even if he is one or two steps slower, he can still catch up and block Heizi…”

“I’m sorry…everyone…” Reiko Aida looked at the people in front of her with red eyes.

“Oh, really.” Kagami Daiga, the only one with no physical problems, put down the water cup in his hand helplessly, “It’s only seven points, not seventy points… Leave the rest of the game to me. That red-haired monkey is just a rookie who has been playing basketball for more than three months. I admit that he has some skills, but I can still handle him. Let me buy some rest time for the seniors!”

“Kagami-san…” Looking at the confident Kagami Taiga, Reiko Aida also made up her mind to give it a try.

She wiped her eyes, crossed her arms with a determined look, and said to everyone on the bench, “In the next game, we will clear one side! Give the ball to Kagami-san, and everyone clear the right side!”

“Yes!” everyone present responded in unison.

“By the way, Kuroko-san, you should go off the court and take a rest for a while.” Aida Reiko patted Kuroko Tetsuya on the shoulder, then looked at Koganei Shinji, “Koganei, you will go on the court next.”

“Ah? Ah, hi!” Shinji Koganei was suddenly Cueed and was caught off guard, but then he reacted and started doing warm-up exercises.

“…It’s the coach.” Kuroko Tetsuya was silent for a while, clenched his fists unwillingly, and lowered his head.

……

“Thank you for your hard work, Miyagi.” Kaneki Ken came to the bench, patted Miyagi Ryouta on the back and said.

“Haha, it’s okay, I’m very happy now.” Miyagi Ryouta laughed, stretched out his fist and bumped it with Kaneki Ken.

“Everyone performed very well, but we need to adjust our personnel next.” Kaneki Ken said slowly with an unquestionable expression, “Kuroko’s physical strength is already stretched to its limit, and coupled with his characteristics that we are gradually adapting to, he is now a side effect on the court, so I dare to conclude that they will make a substitution next.”

“Haha, no matter who they replace, it’s useless!” Sakuragi Hanamichi had a look of indifference on his face, “They will all be defeated by my genius Sakuragi Hanamichi!”

“Haha, Sakuragi, you are the secret weapon of our team. How can we expose the secret weapon in advance?” Kaneki Ken smiled and shook his head, “Besides, you have more important things to do.”

“Oh? Tell me, is there anything worthy of a genius like me to take action?” Sakuragi Hanamichi asked curiously.

“Now it’s not just Kuroko. Except for Kagami Taiga, everyone else’s physical strength is also a little insufficient. If Seirin wants to break the deadlock, he can only greatly increase the proportion of Kagami Taiga’s singles.” Kaneki Ken looked seriously at Sakuragi Hanamichi’s red pupils, “So next, Sakuragi, what you have to do is stand outside and block the opponent’s outside shots as much as possible.”

“But if Sakuragi is passed, won’t the inside be empty?” Miyagi Ryouta asked in confusion. “Good question, Miyagi, so you should take a rest first.” Kaneki Ken smiled and put his hand on Miyagi Ryouta’s shoulder, then looked at Kabaji Shigehiro, “Kabaji, you will replace Miyagi Ryouta in a while. I will let Sakuragi block Kagami Daiga’s shot for you and delay Kagami Daiga’s breakthrough. As for the last step of protecting the rim, do you have any problem, Kabaji?”

“Yes, Kaneki.” Shigehiro Kabaji slowly stood up, took off his sports jacket, and said in a deep voice.

“Rukawa, I don’t need to tell you what you need to do, right?” Kaneki Ken finally looked at Rukawa and said meaningfully.

“I understand.” Rukawa’s eyes sparkled, “Don’t worry, Jin Shan… Captain Kaneki, I won’t lose to anyone in singles!”

“Beep~” As the whistle sounded to end the timeout, the players who were resting on the sidelines returned to the court again.

“Ah~ Kuroko was substituted…” Kise Ryota said somewhat uninterested, “Well, it’s no wonder, Kuroko would only be a drag on the court at this time… But why did Shonan also substitute the No. 7? Didn’t he play very well just now?”

“You can go now, Kise. Kaneki Ken will not play in this match.” Midorima Shintaro sighed and said, “It’s really rare! Kaneki Ken decided to kill the opponent in one go so quickly…”

“Huh?” Kise Ryouta looked at Midorima Shintaro in confusion, “It’s just a replacement for a bigger guy, right?”

“That’s all?” Midorima Shintaro sneered, “You have to know that he is the only guy who lifted the safety line restrictions to deal with Murasakibara Atsushi in his three years in junior high school… For Seirin now, this guy’s deterrent power is no different from Murasakibara!”

“This, this, this… this oppressive feeling!” As soon as Koganei Shinji came on the court, he felt the temperature drop suddenly, as if he had entered an ice cellar. “Could it be that the captain and his team were playing against such a monster just now?”

“Koganei, over here!” Looking at Shinji Koganei whose hands and feet were a little uncoordinated due to nervousness, Kagami Daiga ran into an open space with the help of a pick-and-roll and reached out for the ball.

“Oh, here you go!” Shinji Koganei nervously threw the ball out, and it was obvious that the force was not strong enough the moment the ball was thrown.

“Damn, the quality of this pass is too low…” Kagami Daigo had to bend down and run two steps to receive the pass, and this moment of delay allowed Sakuragi Hanamichi to stick close to him.

“Hey, red-haired monkey, do you want to play one-on-one?” Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Kagami Taiga proudly in front of him, “No, I promised Gilgamesh that I would defend you to death today!”

“Come on if you can do it!” Kagami Daigo dribbled the ball back two steps, then rushed out in one leap.

“Don’t even think about it… Fuck!” Sakuragi Hanamichi was trying to keep up with Kagami Taiga’s breakthrough, but found himself slamming into Mitobe Rinnosuke.

“This distance… is fine!” Kagami Daigo looked at Rukawa who was ready to come up for defense at any time, gave up the already unstable mid-range and long-range shot, started from the free throw line, and jumped up after breaking into the basket.

“Dunk it! Kagami!” The Seirin players on the sidelines shouted excitedly. In their opinion, as long as Kagami Taiga broke into the inside, all that was left was to celebrate the score.

“Ah, leave it to me! No matter who I am, I will win… See…”

Just as Kagami Daigo was about to dunk the ball into the basket, a huge figure blocked between him and the basket.

“Look? What are you looking at?” Kabaji Shigehiro’s voice rang in Kagami’s ears, “Look at the basket first!”

As he spoke, Shigehiro Kabata’s giant hand pressed hard on the basketball. Kagami Daigo only felt a huge force coming from his hand, and the whole person flew out uncontrollably.

“You can’t see anything except failure.” Shigehiro Kabaji said to Daiga Kagami with a sincere face, holding the basketball with one hand.

(End of this chapter)