"Huh? Ken Kaneki and Seijuro Akashi are both absent today? That's rare!"
"Yeah, I heard they had a serious falling-out and came to blows!"
"Whaaat? That bad? Tell us what happened!"
The following evening, the First String members training in Building No. 1 whispered among themselves.
"Honestly, those two idiots." Daiki Aomine listened to the low murmurs around him and complained helplessly, "I have no idea what happened. They went to a convention and somehow ended up fighting. They really put on a show for me."
"Come to think of it..." Atsushi Murasakibara seemed to remember something and pulled out his phone. "Momoi sent me two pictures of them being taken to the hospital..."
"Let me see..." Daiki Aomine snatched the phone from Atsushi Murasakibara, eager to take a look. Shintaro Midorima leaned over curiously, too.
"Yikes... Those two really went all out..." Daiki Aomine sucked in a breath when he saw Seijuro Akashi, who looked like he'd been beaten into having the Emperor's Eye, and Ken Kaneki, whose mouth was covered in blood and who looked even more like a ghoul.
"Sure, the third round is about to start, so having a falling-out like this is pretty reckless... But those costumes..." Shintaro Midorima adjusted his glasses. He looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare, as he mentally ran through every sad memory of his life.
"Hahahahahaha..." Daiki Aomine, on the other hand, had no such reservations. After marveling at how thoroughly the two had beaten each other up, he laughed without restraint at their costumes. "What the hell? Saiki Kusuo? Takumi Aldini? What a bunch of idiots!"
"Momoi said Ken-chan's cooking was surprisingly delicious. Plus, he's naturally blond, so she put him in that cosplay..." Atsushi Murasakibara explained. "Hey, Ao-chan, could you stop laughing? You keep laughing