Join the Basketball Team

Chi Tong ignored him and simply stood there quietly.

Seeing that Chi Tong did not respond, the tall boy's face filled with anger. He decided to teach the guy in front of him a lesson. He began dribbling the basketball, determined to use his strongest move and show this guy the gap between them.

With that thought, he suddenly drove straight past Chi Tong's side.

But with a sharp smack, the tall boy had already broken through to Chi Tong's rear flank. Yet his hands were empty—the basketball had vanished. He sensed that something was wrong, stared at his empty palm, then stiffly turned his head.

Chi Tong was holding the basketball, tilting his head and glancing sideways at him.

Under Chi Tong's gaze, the tall boy shuddered all over. How was this possible? He had actually been stripped!

In the following match, Chi Tong crushed the tall boy again and again.

On offense, Chi Tong's drives were as fast as lightning. The tall boy simply could not stop him.

On defense, Chi Tong guarded him so thoroughly that he began questioning his life.

No matter what the tall boy did, as long as he moved with the ball, Chi Tong would definitely steal it the very next second!

The tall boy's eyes welled with tears. They swirled in his sockets, but his face still wore an unwilling expression.

Chi Tong did not go easy on him just because he was a child.

In the final round, Chi Tong took the ball and easily broke through the tall boy's defense once again. He then made a three-step layup. 5:0. Chi Tong won decisively!

At that moment, the tall boy could no longer hold it in and burst into loud sobs. Chi Tong glanced at him without saying anything, then walked to the bench by the court, picked up his backpack, and prepared to leave.

Just then, a young man in his twenties or thirties walked up to Chi Tong. "Hello, student."

Hearing him, Chi Tong looked up at the man, who said, "I'm the Basketball Club's coach. My name is Nishiki Ryuno. I never expected our school to have a student as talented as you. Would you like to join the Basketball Team?"

Chi Tong thought for a moment before answering directly, "I haven't decided yet."

Upon hearing that, Nishiki Ryuno quickly said, "I suggest you choose our Basketball Club. I can guarantee that if you join, you'll immediately become a regular player."

He truly did not want to lose someone as talented as Chi Tong. Although the match just now had been one-sided, he could tell that Chi Tong's basketball skills were absolutely better than anyone currently on the team. He did not seem like an elementary school student at all.

With Chi Tong joining them, the team's strength would certainly rise by a huge margin. They might even win a championship this year.

Chi Tong still did not agree. He had only come here to make the person who had provoked him stay away from him. He had never intended to join the Basketball Team.

However, when he recalled the strange sensation he had felt upon touching the basketball, he hesitated.

Honestly, playing basketball did not seem bad. He had nothing else to do in his spare time anyway.

Seeing Chi Tong hesitate, Nishiki Ryuno pressed his advantage. "Student, think it over carefully. It would be such a waste for someone as talented as you not to play basketball."

Listening to the coach's earnest persuasion, Chi Tong finally nodded and agreed.

The surrounding Basketball Club members all stared in stunned disbelief. The coach had personally invited him to join, and he would become a regular player the moment he did. They admitted it—they were jealous, and they envied him. As for hatred, the only person who probably hated Chi Tong now was the tall boy crying his heart out over there.

The other regular members of the Basketball Team were also staring at Chi Tong, feeling somewhat dissatisfied. They had all passed evaluations to become regular players. Why should Chi Tong become one the moment he agreed to join?

But Chi Tong did not care about any of that. He told the coach he would report to the Basketball Club tomorrow, then slung his backpack over his shoulder and walked out of the Basketball Gym. He needed to go home first and sort through the images that had suddenly flooded his mind.

Since he had chosen to join the Basketball Team, he would rely on his talent to become the Akashi Seijuro of the Slam Dunk world and show the people of this world what the terror of ruling supreme truly was.

Three years later, in a basketball gymnasium somewhere in Tokyo, a basketball game was underway. A banner bearing the words "Elementary School Boys Basketball League National Tournament Finals" hung high above the Basketball Gym, while the final championship game of the tournament was being played on the court.

Although elementary school basketball games were not taken seriously in Japan, the stands were packed with far more spectators than usual.

The person responsible for all of this was the red-haired boy in the number 4 white jersey sitting off the court.

The red-haired boy was handsome. Though still youthful, he exuded a unique calmness in every way. He possessed a pair of eyes that seemed capable of seeing through everything, and together with his crimson hair, he looked especially bewitching and sinister.

He was none other than Chitong Lingyu.

The Basketball Gym was quiet and oppressive. The score on the electronic scoreboard had left everyone dumbfounded: 106:56. A full fifty-point gap. Such a lopsided score was extremely rare in a finals game, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Chi Tong in the number 4 jersey on the court.

The score was so one-sided because of this boy.

Unlike the previous two years, Chi Tong had gained another terrifying ability in this year's games besides passing: steals.

In this game, Chi Tong had defended the opposing point guard into questioning his life. So far, the opposing point guard had broken through Chi Tong exactly zero times. In other words, Chi Tong had completely suppressed him—utterly crushed him, in fact. And that point guard was the team's mainstay. With their mainstay shut down, it was easy to imagine how poorly the team performed.

Ever since he had joined the Basketball Team three years ago, he had conquered everyone on it with absolute strength in a short time. Chi Tong's talent had completely stunned everyone, including the coach. They looked at him as if he were a monster.

On top of that, the position of team captain had been forced onto him. After seeing Chi Tong's strength, the former captain became timid and submissive whenever he saw him. In the end, he had no choice but to step down and hand the captaincy over to Chi Tong.

The coach and the other players had no objections, and Chi Tong naturally did not refuse. Although he had not asked for it himself, he was confident that he could manage the team well as captain. From then on, the entire team changed completely.

The tall boy who had once provoked Chi Tong no longer even dared to let out a peep in front of him. Whenever they met, he acted timid and submissive. Chi Tong did not settle old scores either. He did not care about small fry like that.

After becoming captain, he began focusing on improving the players.