With a bang, Atsushi Murasakibara reached over several players and slammed the rebounding ball back into the hoop.
"Coach, why don't you just DNP me?" Takehiko Inoue swallowed. "I don't think I want to play basketball anymore..."
"Then you must really want to run laps. It's settled. Go run twenty laps when we get back." Eiji Shirogane wasn't in the mood to listen to Inoue's nonsense.
His feelings were complicated. Last year, Shuzo Nijimura had beaten him with a buzzer-beater. This year, he'd finally found someone who could match Nijimura, only for Teiko Junior High to show up with such a formidable big man... If he had to describe how he felt right now, it would be: I finally got serious for once, and you made me lose so thoroughly...
"Come on, Reiko. Let's head back." Kagetora Aida was getting a little bored. "Kaneki hasn't even made a move, and Shibuya First Junior High is already struggling to hold on."
"Ah... Okay." Reiko Aida gazed reluctantly at the game, looking back every few steps as she followed her father.
Just as the father and daughter reached the gym entrance, a tremendous cheer erupted from inside. The whole venue seemed to tremble, and they both stopped in their tracks.
"Since we've already bought tickets, we might as well stay and watch the rest," Kagetora Aida said, looking at Reiko.
"Let's go." Reiko Aida turned around at once and ran back into the venue.
When they returned to their seats and looked up at the replay on the giant screen, he immediately felt as if he'd missed out on a fortune.
On the screen, Ken Kaneki easily sent Wei Liu and Keisuke Kobayashi sprawling as they closed in to double-team him. He became a golden streak of light and charged straight into