Chapter 12: 11."Imitation and Innovation
The game on the field continued its vibrant rhythm. Having received a pass from Kenichi Uesugi, Kazuki Kishino crossed half-court with the ball in his possession. Looking at
Uesugi, who had just thwarted his earlier attempt, he suddenly felt an irresistible urge to take on the challenge once more. It was then that a
roar pierced the air beside him. "Stop!" "You idiot, pass the ball!" Looking at Yuzumi, who looked fierce and scolded him, Kishino Kazuki was so scared that his legs went limp. He even felt that if he didn't do what Yuzumi said, the other party would break his legs
without hesitation. That expression looked too terrifying. So Kazuki Kishino had to suppress the impulse in his heart. With great reluctance, he passed the ball to Kenichi Uesugi on the right. As Kenichi
Uesugi received the ball once more, Ryoji Ikegami, standing on the other side of the field, felt another wave of nervousness wash over him. This guy, is he going to try that quick shot again? I
will somehow manage to deflect his shot this time, Ikegami silently decided within himself. In fact,
he just couldn't let himself get pinned to the ground.
At that moment, as he concentrated all of his attention on Kenichi Uesugi and prepared himself to leap into action in an attempt to intercept that shot, Kenichi Uesugi made his move, and at the same time, Ikegami did too. However,
the actions these two people took were filled with many differences. Kenichi Uesugi dribbled in rapid succession toward Ikegami's right side, starting to break through; Ikegami jumped directly at this time. Two voices of different tones came out simultaneously! "Fuck!" "Ah?" The former sound was that of Ikegami; in order to block the quick shot of Kenichi Uesugi in time, he had to jump out powerfully and prepare for blocking as
Kenichi Uesugi reached an action. But who knew that Kenichi Uesugi was this kind of unethical guy! This time he didn't shoot a quick shot but chose to break through. This made Ikegami, who had already jumped, horrified. He was so helpless that he had to use "Damn it" to express his frustration! As for the latter sentence, it was naturally Kenichi Uesugi's voice. He felt that breaking through Ikegami required an enormous amount of
effort, for Ikegami's defensive skills were still
relatively good. Even the following fake moves had been prepared by him, but he had never expected Ikegami to let him go directly, letting Kenichi Uesugi stop for a second before he continued to dribble and attack. "Ikegami is a scared Sparrow! He jumps directly over with ordinary move!"
Kenichi Uesugi brought the ball inside.
A huge body immediately blocked in front of him.
That was the center of blue team, Sugahara.
He raised high both hands.
His eyes also were firm.
As though he was going to make Kenichi Uesugi's attack invalid
But for this time Kenichi Uesugi didn't attack himself.
From beginning up till
he himself has scored all the points of the red team.
As he was a new face,
it was rather distracting, and
he wanted to give chances for the veterans to perform,
so that he could get along harmoniously with them in the future!
He grasped the ball with both hands
and sent the basketball directly over Sugahira's head into the hoop.
As this familiar scene was unfolding,
Uekusa was in a state of surprise and cried out,
"Is he going to.
Before he had even finished speaking,
a body bigger than Sugahira appeared above the hoop.
Yuzumi appeared at the right time,
receiving with both hands the basketball which Kenichi Uesugi passed,
and then slammed it into the hoop.
After Yuzumi landed,
proactively he walked to Kenichi Uesugi and high-fived him.
He was beginning to like this new guy more and more,
and behind him the hoop was still shaking,
only evidence of how powerful a dunk Yuzumi had performed.
That fierce dunk really shocked newcomers like Narii Masaru and Aida Hikoichi,
especially Kishino Kazuki.
He was now very relieved that he had just passed the ball.
If not, he did not know what would have happened to him.
On the other hand,
Uekusa said with a wry smile,
"Sure enough, his shot is imitating the alley-oop I just played with Sendoh!
"Is this guy here to put on an imitation show? He loves to copy others so much!"
Although Uekusa was very frustrated about Uesugi Kenichi imitating his pass, he had to admit that this newcomer was indeed very strong! Kenichi Uesugi, on the other side
,
seemed a bit helpless after hearing Uekusa's complaints. He didn't know why, but he always subconsciously imitated others.
Maybe this was the consequence of having the system! With the alley-oop by Kenichi Uesugi and Yuzumi, the red team opened the score to 7:2 and attained a big lead.
However, the blue team, with many starting players, was naturally unwilling to fall behind.
Not to mention that they also had the ace Sendo on their team.
In the following moments,
they launched a counterattack with Sendo as the core.
And Sendo's great skills made Makoto Masaru, who was defending him, completely helpless. Way,
He was repeatedly easily broken through and scored by Sendoh.
On the red team side,
led by Kenichi Uesugi and Yuzumi,
the two of them were too easy to deal with the inside duo of Sugapira and Ikegami,
just like that,
after a back-and-forth chase,
the first half of the game ended quickly,
39:37,
Kenichi Uesugi's red team was leading by a little in the second half.
During halftime,
Sendoh saw Ikegami sitting alone and looking very depressed,
so he went to talk to him and comfort him,
"Are you alright?"
Ikegami looked up and said to Sendoh,
"I did my best, yet still couldn't defend him!"
Ikegami's words surprised Sendoh a little,
Though he did see from the court situation that Ikegami really could not stop Uesugi Kenichi,
but he didn't expect Ikegami to be so depressed,
When playing in the game before,
even if he met a strong opponent,
he would try his best to find a way to stop the opponent from scoring,
but now he was defeated by a newcomer,
this was something Sendoh had never expected.
"If that's the case, let me defend him in the second half!"
Xian Dao patted Ikegami on the shoulder,
He continued to say to him,
"I also want to see his real strength!"