Chapter 325 Fierce Competition
“Xiao Zhen, here is the red bean soup you asked for.” In the basketball hall of Shutoku High School, Takao Kazunari chuckled as he came to Midorima Shintaro, who was already sweating profusely from training, and handed him a bottle of red bean soup, saying, “Training is important, but it doesn’t have to be so hard, right?”

“Compared to that guy, we are already far behind. If we want to continue playing together in the future, we must work harder than that guy.” Midorima Shintaro shot the ball with a classic single-action shot, then lifted his jersey, wiped the sweat from his cheeks, took the red bean soup from Takao Kazunari and said, “Thank you, Takao.”

“Really? I’m still a little uncomfortable with him suddenly becoming so polite to me.” Takao Kazunari shook his head and smiled, “It’s really emotional. I still remember this time last year, we were still racking our brains over how to defeat Kaneki Ken, but now, this guy has actually started competing against those monsters in the NBA…”

“It’s just a temporary lead…” Yuma Shintaro pushed the frame of his glasses on his nose with a serious look, and said solemnly, “Sooner or later, I will go to the NBA and compete with him again!”

“Speaking of the NBA, I suddenly remembered…” Takao Kazunari took out his phone and handed it to Midorima Shintaro thoughtfully, saying, “It seems that this guy has a game today…”

“Really…” Midorima Shintaro raised his eyebrows curiously, took the phone from Takao Kazunari’s hand, took a look at it, and then closed his mouth with a serious expression.

“What’s wrong? Xiaozhen?” Takao Kazunari came to Midorima Shintaro with some confusion. Looking at the wonderful goals that were playing in a loop on the screen of his mobile phone, he couldn’t help but shut his mouth.

In the wonderful replay on the mobile phone screen, Ken Kaneki broke through Michael Jordan with a swift first step, rushed into the inside, knocked Hollis Grant over in the air, and finally slammed the ball into the basket with a blockbuster dunk.

“Is this guy… really a natural-born monster?” Takao Kazunari wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with some fear, looked at Midorima Shintaro with a complicated expression and sighed, “I feel like competing with a guy like this… isn’t the pressure on you, Shin?”

“Pressure?” Midorima Shintaro frowned as he looked at Kaneki Ken in the video and muttered to himself, “This level of pressure is just right for me…”

……

The half-time time passed in a flash. With the arrival of halftime break, Kaneki Ken also completed his debut in front of Michael Jordan, leading the Lakers to a score of 48:56, 8 points behind the Bulls.

“You did a great job, Asian boy.” In the locker room, Silver Fox Harris looked at Kaneki Ken’s calm expression excitedly and said, “Did you know? You just led the rebuilt Lakers team to bite the strongest Bulls team in the United States in a game broadcast live across the United States!”

“Are you satisfied with just this, David?” Kaneki Ken smiled and shook his head, “A narrow defeat like this won’t satisfy me.”

“Haha, don’t tell me you want to beat Michael now.” Shaquille O’Neal laughed, “You know, when I first entered the NBA, I was swept by that guy many times~”

“Fuck, your smile is really ugly, Fatty. And don’t compare yourself to me, I am definitely better than you, Shaq.” Kaneki Ken said firmly, “And you are persuading me to give up because you are afraid that I will become famous too early and you will not be able to be the leader of the team? I remember you were not so timid before~”

“Damn, I’m the boss of the Lakers!” Shaquille O’Neal said with a smile, “Also, Michael is not serious yet, I suggest you be careful.”

“You don’t need to remind me of this, I know it very well.” Kaneki Ken said with a sneer.

“This guy… the oppressive feeling he exudes is so strong that it’s scary!” Shaquille O’Neal looked at Kaneki Ken who was gradually falling silent, and his expression became serious.

Soon, with the buzzing sound of the timer on the sidelines, the game officially entered the second half.

“Let’s go, ladies.” Kaneki Ken pulled off the towel covering his head, looked solemnly in the direction of Michael Jordan and said, “Even if God wears No. 23 to play today, I will crush him on the court!”

……

“Looks like I won, kid.” As the players from both teams stepped onto the court, Michael Jordan’s voice rang in Kaneki Ken’s ears, “Your basketball couldn’t beat me.”

“Stop talking nonsense. Come on if you can beat me.” Kaneki Ken said while staring at Michael Jordan.

“That’s as you wish!” Michael Jordan’s eyes focused, and he immediately jumped up and pushed the ball towards the basket.

“Shh!”

“Snapped!”

As Michael Jordan finished speaking, the basketball flew past Kaneki Ken’s fingertips and into the basket. Along with the sound of the basketball hitting the net, the referee’s whistle sounded.

“The ball counts as a goal. Lakers No. 6 committed a defensive foul. Michael gets an extra free throw!”

“OO …

“MVP!”, “MVP!”, “MVP!” Seeing Michael Jordan defeat Ken Kaneki again in a head-to-head confrontation, some radical fans were no longer satisfied with simple cheers and instead shouted MVP slogans.

When Michael Jordan made the free throw, the referee blew the whistle again.

“The Lakers request a timeout!”

“Huh?” Kaneki Ken looked at the bench with some surprise, and Harris nodded to him with a smile.

“Hey, what just happened?” The commentator looked at the sidelines in confusion, only to see Harris standing up and greeting the players who were walking to the bench from the court. “Dear viewers, I just checked carefully, and it was indeed the Lakers who called a timeout… Although the second half has just begun, maybe Coach Harris has other arrangements…”

“Kid, don’t try to compete head-on with Michael. Don’t forget, you are a point guard.” As soon as Kaneki Ken came off the court, Harris came up and whispered in Kaneki Ken’s ear.

“I know, I was indeed impulsive just now.” Kaneki Ken nodded gently and said, “I will pay attention.”

“Next, let’s play like this…” Harris looked at Kaneki Ken who had fallen silent, and turned to arrange tactics. Not long after, as the timeout ended, everyone stepped onto the court again.

“Thank me, rookie.” Michael Jordan felt the strange aura of Kaneki Ken as soon as he came on the court, and his expression became serious, “I will give you a defeat you will never forget!”

“Bet another 1 US dollars and I will definitely beat you.” Kaneki Ken said seriously.

“Okay.” Jordan became even more excited when he heard about the bet.

“You’ve had enough fun, it’s my turn.” At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed in Kobe’s eyes, but compared to the brightness of Kaneki Ken’s eyes and the depth of Jordan’s eyes, Kobe’s lightning seemed a little weak.

“You go deal with Pippen.” Kaneki Ken’s tone revealed unquestionable majesty, “Your current strength is not enough to go head-to-head with Jordan.”

“Fxxk, do you mean I’m easy to deal with?” Scottie Pippen on the side felt offended, but he knew very well that he could not enter that mysterious state.

As the only inside players of the two teams, O’Neal and Kukoc stared at each other helplessly.

With another whistle, the game officially began.

“Bang~bang~bang~bang~bang~” Kaneki Ken looked at Jordan who was standing motionless on the free throw line. At this moment, his vigilance had reached the extreme.

Ken Kaneki carefully controlled the ball and slowly walked towards the three-point line. The chill from his back told him that Jordan seemed very far away from him at the moment, but if he shot rashly, he would not be able to escape the fate of being intercepted or missed.

“Now!” When he was one step away from Jordan, Kaneki Ken’s pupils shrank slightly, and his calves suddenly exerted force as if he wanted to step two deep pits on the ground, and the whole person rushed towards the inside like an arrow.

“What!” Jordan’s eyes narrowed, and he quickly adjusted his body shape. “This speed completely exceeds the limit recorded in the data!”

“Haha, you didn’t expect that, bald guy!” Kaneki Ken laughed happily, “I have been working hard for most of the time, waiting for this day!”

After saying that, Kaneki Ken jumped up, stepped on the free throw line and dunked the ball into the basket.

“Damn, this boiled egg has such great strength…” Kaneki Ken felt Jordan’s long arms and the tremendous power coming from behind, and for the first time he felt the feeling of being suppressed from all sides.

“Pass the ball, kid.” Jordan stared at Kaneki Ken with a smile on his face. He reached out from time to time and kept muttering, “Do you really think you can beat me? Pass the ball. I think Kobe is a good guy. If he makes the shot, you can get an assist. If he doesn’t make the shot, it’s none of your business. Facing the God of Basketball, this kind of trickery is not shameful.”

“Would you shut the fuck up, baldhead?” Kaneki Ken leaned back hard, barely squeezed out half a step of space, and then immediately dribbled back two steps and shot a fadeaway shot, “I have my own fucking way of playing, I don’t need your bullshit!”

Although the ball was successfully thrown out by Kaneki Ken, Jordan was also very fast. He pounced on it like a leech, and his big hands narrowly brushed the bottom of the basketball.

“Fuck! I got caught!” Kaneki Ken gritted his teeth, “Shaq! Pay attention to the rebound!”

“This direction…” Kaneki Ken looked at the direction where the basketball bounced, exerted force with his legs again, and flashed to the basket like a phantom and flew into the air, “Damn it, I have to make a tip-in!”

(End of this chapter)