Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 312 Eyes

Chapter 312 Eyes
“In the next game, Akashi and Kise will replace Kaneki and Aomine…” Aida Reiko squatted down, picked up the tactical board beside her, and wrote and drew while giving instructions, “That Nash Goldo Jr. is obviously the tactical core of the Jabberwocky team. Let Akashi handle this guy…”

“Is it okay, Saiki?” Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Akashi Seijuro with some suspicion and said, “That blond ghost seems to be more than 20 centimeters taller than you…”

“Sakuragi, can you please stop making fun of me with this anime meme?” Akashi Seijuro looked at the embarrassed Momoi Satsuki helplessly and said, “Just leave this guy to me. You just need to cooperate with Murasakibara to guard the inside… After Kaneki leaves the court, you and Murasakibara are the only ones on the court who are not at a disadvantage in height…”

“Don’t worry, Saiki, I have never taken that black gorilla seriously.” Sakuragi Hanamichi said confidently, patting his chest.

“In addition to defense, you also need to work on offense, Midorima-san, Kise-san.” After arranging the team’s defense, Reiko Aida turned to look at Midorima Shintaro and Kise Ryota and said, “In the next game, you two will need to share the ball on the offensive end and try to widen the score difference through three-pointers as much as possible… Try to win this game before the end of the first half!”

“Ah, don’t worry, Reiko-chan.” Kise Ryouta chuckled and stretched his shoulders and said, “I can now maintain a perfect imitation for a whole quarter and a half~ And now with Kaneki sitting in the backcourt, this is the first time I’ve fought such a rich battle~”

“Those guys who only know fancy moves can never defend against me.” Midorima Shintaro pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose and said seriously.

“Then… I’ll leave the rest of the game up to you guys.” Aida Reiko slammed her fist on the tactical board and said, “In one quarter, we’ll completely crush the arrogance of the Exploding Neck Dragons!”

“Yes, coach!” the players of the Dragon Sword team responded in unison.

“Are you okay, Nash?” Just as the Dragon Sword team was arranging the rotation of its personnel, in the rest area of ​​the Exploding Dragon team, the agent of the Exploding Dragon team was looking at his cash cow with a worried look on his face. Nash Goldo Jr. asked, “How about we forget about this game? After all, what you said before was quite excessive…”

“Shut up. You just need to help us arrange matches and then divide the money quietly. As for other things, you don’t need to worry about them.” Nash Goldo Jr. applied an ice pack to his chin and glanced at his agent coldly. “That Asian monkey who has always been the center of attention… I finally got to meet him, and I’m going to make him feel the pain of losing everything!”

“This… Well, it’s up to you.” The agent looked at Nash Goldo Jr. who had made up his mind, shook his head helplessly, sighed lightly, and sat back on the sidelines without saying anything.

“Buzz~”

As the timer on the sidelines beeped again, the official timeout came to an end.

“Come on…” Kaneki Ken gathered his teammates who were about to play around him, put his palms in front of everyone and said with a smile, “One, two, three, Dragon Slasher Team…”

“Come on! Come on! Come on!” the players of the Dragon Sword team roared loudly.

“Okay, audience friends, welcome back to the game!” As the game pause ended, Tashiro Heihachi on the sidelines became excited again. “We saw that in the previous game, the Dragon Slashing Sword team, led by Kaneki Ken, had been suppressing the Exploding Neck Dragon team. So after the pause, can the Dragon Slashing Sword team, which has made some personnel adjustments, suppress the Exploding Neck Dragon team as successfully as before? Let’s wait and see!”

“Nash, it seems like they’ve changed players over there…” Jason Siber looked at the Dragon Slayer team with some curiosity and said, “But the two new guys… seem to be quite short…”

“Damn it! Letting a shorty come up…does this mean you look down on me?” Nash Goldo Jr. clenched his fists with a look of disdain, and said in a dark tone, “Since the other party has given us this great gift, there is no reason for us to refuse it! Beat him hard until that pretentious guy comes up!”

“Don’t worry, Nash~” Jason Thibaud said with a cruel smile, “As long as that monster is not here, no one can stop me on this court… not even that purple-haired kid!”

“Beep beep! The game begins. The Jabberwocky team has the ball!”

As players from both teams stepped onto the court again, the referee blew his whistle and handed the basketball to Jason Thibo who was standing on the sidelines.

“Nash, catch the ball!” Jason Thibo threw the ball into the center of the court, then rushed to the frontcourt with a grin.

“What are you looking at?” Just as Nash Goldo Jr. crossed the midfield line with the ball and glanced at the players of the Jabberwocky team running on the field, Akashi Seijuro suddenly spoke in a cold voice.

“Is that Kaneki Ken guy scared? Why is it that a shorty like you is the one coming up to be bullied?” Nash Goldo Jr said with a disdainful smile on his face.

“Do you think you’re amazing just because you’re tall?” Akashi Seijuro narrowed his eyes and looked at Nash Goldo Jr. and said, “It’s not like I haven’t fought guys taller than you before!”

As the words fell, two circles of light suddenly flashed in the depths of Akashi Seijuro’s pupils, and an invisible pressure poured out from behind him. Then his arm stabbed towards the basketball in Nash Goldo Jr.’s hand like a knight’s spear.

“This guy moves so fast…” Nash Goldo Jr. looked at Akashi Seijuro in front of him and was suddenly shocked. He muttered to himself, “No, this is not just about speed!”

“Didn’t you get it?” Akashi Seijuro raised his eyebrows and said slowly, “It seems that you are really lucky, but people can’t always be lucky…”

“Nash, pass the ball!” Just as Nash Goldsmith Jr. and Akashi Seijuro looked at each other, Jason Thibo, who was stuck in the inside, quickly stretched out his arm and asked Nash Goldsmith Jr. for the ball.

“Whoosh~”

Before Jason Thibo finished his words, the basketball flew out of Nash Gordo Jr.’s hands, leaving an orange-red afterimage in the air, and fell directly into Jason Thibo’s hands.

“No, this guy’s pass… there’s something wrong!” Akashi Seijuro looked down at his fingertips that had just brushed past the basketball, and a strange sense of incongruity came over him.

“Damn! This black guy… has such great power!” Murasakibara Atsushi muttered to Jason Siber in front of him with some dissatisfaction.

“What did you call me?” Jason Siber asked Murasakibara Atsushi behind him with an unhappy look on his face.

“Call you a nigger!” Murasakihara Atsushi replied as if it was a matter of course, “Yanzi said that’s what I should call you when I see you!”

“You little brat… you’re really unpleasant!” Jason Sibo gritted his teeth, roared, and then slammed hard behind him, almost pushing Murasakibara Atsushi away.

“Can you do it, purple-haired monster?” Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Murasakibara Atsushi who took half a step back, and quickly left the player next to him and came behind Jason Sibo, helping Murasakibara Atsushi to withstand Jason Sibo’s sudden attack.

“Be careful, Sakura, this guy’s strength should not be underestimated!” Murasakihara Atsushi looked at Jason Siber in front of him with a serious face, and reminded Sakuragi Hanamichi. “Stop talking nonsense, purple-haired monster.” Sakuragi Hanamichi lowered his body slightly, his left leg stuck in Jason Siber’s knee, his left hand pressed tightly against Jason Siber’s waist, and said with gritted teeth, “I really don’t know how you have played basketball for so many years. You are not as good as me in basic movements under the basket!”

“Tsk…” Being mocked by Sakuragi Hanamichi, Murasakihara Atsushi curled his lips in dissatisfaction. His body imitated Sakuragi Hanamichi’s defensive movements and forcefully blocked Jason Thibo’s lower body.

“These two brats…” Jason Siber muttered to himself as he glanced at the two people behind him with some displeasure, “Their strength is really extraordinary…”

“Jason, pass the ball!”

Just when Jason Thibo was blocked near the free throw line by Murasakibara Atsushi and Sakuragi Hanamichi, Old K on the side hurried to the three-point line and shouted for the ball at the 45-degree angle on the left.

“Huh?” Jason Siber glanced at Old K with some disdain, and then he glanced at the two people behind him and roared, “They are just two monkeys… Do you think I can’t handle them?”

As Jason Sibo’s voice fell, Murasakibara Atsushi felt a flash before his eyes, and the figure of Jason Sibo, who had blown up the ball and turned around, flashed past him like a tornado.

“Kaneki is right. Apart from simple footwork under the basket, you have no other offensive skills…” Just when Jason Thibo thought he was about to get rid of Murasakibara Atsushi’s defense, a golden light suddenly flashed past him.

“What the hell?” Jason Thibaud looked at the golden light that suddenly flashed in his peripheral vision, and a long-buried fear suddenly surged into his heart, causing his movement to dribble past the ball.

“boom!”

Just when Jason Siber was stopped by Huang Lai Ryota’s sudden defense, a crisp sound of basketball hitting his palm came from his arms. Huang Lai Ryota stretched out his arms lightly, and the basketball that was originally between Jason Siber’s hands was cut off by a powerful palm.

“Oh no, get back to defense!” Jason Thibo, who was intercepted, frowned and quickly reminded his teammates, then turned and ran towards the backcourt.

“Old K, be careful of that green-haired guy’s three-pointer!” Looking at his teammates returning to defense at a high speed, Nash Goldo Jr. quickly pointed at Midorima Shintaro and reminded him loudly.

“The speed of returning to defense is really fast… and even Midorima has taken this into consideration. They are indeed a street basketball team from the United States!” Kise Ryota chuckled as he looked at the flaming dragon team running wildly, muttering to himself, “But… my current shooting range can cover the entire court!”

“What!” Nash Goldo Jr. looked at Kise Ryota, who was standing at the three-point line in the backcourt with the ball and kneeling down, with a look of disbelief in his eyes, and muttered to himself, “Could it be that this guy also…”

“Whoosh~”

In response to Nash Goldsmith Jr., there was the sound of the basketball breaking through the wind after drawing a high arc in the air.

“Shh!”

As the sound of a basketball hitting the net was heard, all the players of the Exploding Dragons team fell into silence.

“There are more people who can shoot three-pointers throughout the court… than just the one with green hair?” Old K swallowed in horror and said to Kise Ryota with a trembling voice.

“You’re wrong, it’s not just me and Midorima…” Kise Ryota smiled and pointed at Kaneki Ken who was sitting in the audience, “For Kaneki, this move has become a trick to kill time during practice~”

“Really, just play basketball, why talk about me for no reason?” Kaneki Ken shook his head helplessly and said with a chuckle.

“Hey, pass the ball.” Nash Goldo Jr. looked at the basketball lying quietly on the floor. His expression changed several times in a short moment. Then, he suddenly took a deep breath and reached out to Handel for the ball.

“What do you think, Nash, do you still have the mind to say that Japanese basketball players are all monkeys?” The moment Nash Goldo Jr. received the ball, Akashi Seijuro opened his arms and came forward, looking at Nash Goldo Jr. with a smile.

“I did miscalculate. You monkeys are indeed different from other monkeys.” Nash Goldo Jr. was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled and said, “Especially you, short monkey… This is the first time I’ve met a monkey with eyes similar to mine~”

“Similar eyes?” Akashi Seijuro listened to Nash Goldo Jr.’s meaningful words, and an ominous premonition suddenly came to his mind, “Could it be that this guy…”

“Boom!”

Before Akashi Seijuro’s thoughts came to his senses, he heard two consecutive sounds of basketballs hitting the ground. Then, Akashi Seijuro’s figure staggered and fell behind him like a drunk.

“What… is this feeling?” Akashi Seijuro looked at Nash Goldo Jr. in shock and muttered to himself, “Eye of the Emperor?”

“Little Akashi!”

“Akagi!”

“Red boy!”

The members of the Era of Miracles on the field looked at Akashi Seijuro who was sitting on the ground with their mouths wide open, and they looked at Nash Goldo Jr. as if he were an alien.

“Akagi-san… was actually knocked down on the field?” Reiko Aida on the sidelines stood up in shock and muttered to herself in disbelief.

“So your reaction speed is only this fast…” Nash Goldo Jr. looked at Akashi Seijuro sitting on the ground with a playful look and said, “It seems that you are not good enough either, Monkey.”

(End of this chapter)