Chapter 348: Chapter 345: The Heaviest Injury on the Court
Shirakawa Sawahei was thinking that way, and while his thoughts were indeed quite beautiful, it seemed like the world’s line was still something he couldn’t twist away from the system’s thick thigh...
At this moment, he stood on the basketball court, lost in thought...
The surrounding audience was sparse, apart from the certain school beauty, Hayakawa Kashi, who was dressed in a white tracksuit. There were only two teams on the court in different colored jerseys. Shirakawa Sawahei belonged to the black team, and they were facing a team composed of the main members of Akihisa High School’s basketball club.
How the hell are we supposed to play? Seriously, not many of my teammates have actually played basketball before, have they? Only a few were recruited from the basketball club... Counting on them to play a game, the difficulty is way too high...
"Shirakawa?"
The Evil Little Arrogant stood by, smirking and clenching her fist: "Keep up the training, okay?"
"..."
It’s all your fault. He secretly grumbled in his heart, then began to steady his breathing, preparing for this basketball practice before the sports festival.
Too bad, Little Arrogant is only good at tennis, so he couldn’t use her to boost his basketball skills. Otherwise, Shirakawa Sawahei would absolutely feel no pressure. Although he had played basketball before when he was in Huaxia, this is a team sport, and one person alone can’t control the outcome of the game.
But...
Shirakawa Sawahei glanced again at Little Arrogant. According to this girl’s plan, the basketball game is divided into two formats: a couples’ basketball game that involves the entire school’s staff and students, and the other is an opening exhibition game. Naturally, the exhibition game is all about the razzle-dazzle, aiming for a stunning effect.
Even though he wasn’t very keen on showing off in front of the entire school, Little Arrogant still cheerfully sent him onto the court.
"Shirakawa, you promised to help me, don’t go back on your word, okay?"
With no other choice, having boarded Miss Kaori’s pirate ship, Shirakawa Sawahei had to grit his teeth and push through. It was lucky for him that what Little Arrogant wanted to play was basketball; if it were baseball, there was no way Shirakawa Sawahei would have agreed.
Baseball practice is much more exhausting than basketball practice, monotonous and tedious, and who knows what Neon’s people see in baseball to make it a national sport.
Instant basketball, possible. Instant baseball, impossible!
With the midfield passing, jumping, and dribbling, agile figures started weaving in and out of the basketball court. Hayakawa Kashi’s gaze followed a particular figure for a while before she calmly took a sip of water.
Well, at least he’s quite handsome... That’s sort of a plus.
"Back on defense... back on defense..."
"Over here, pass the ball..."
The urgent and powerful exchanges echoed across the court, and although some of the boys were playing a proper basketball game for the first time, they quickly got infected by this atmosphere of teamwork and gradually got into it.
Sure enough... just practicing shooting and dribbling alone isn’t as fun as playing a game...
Because it was just practice, Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t intend to show off initially. He earnestly played a few rounds with everyone, scored a few baskets himself, and also made some assists to help his teammates score. This way, everyone quickly became familiar with each other.
"Shirakawa, you play basketball quite well. Did you practice before?"
A boy in a red team jersey came over, laughing cheerfully: "I feel like it’s a huge loss that you couldn’t join our basketball club."
"President Sada gives me too much credit; I only know a bit of the basics."
"You’re just being modest. Seriously, after this sports festival, would you consider joining us in the basketball club for some fun?"
"No, there’s no need for that. I only came out to play this time because someone asked me..."
"Is that so?" President Sada of the basketball club said with a bit of regret, "What a pity, there aren’t that many students in school who like basketball..."
"But, thanks to this event, some students will definitely start taking an interest in this sport." Sada said with a smile, sincerely adding: "We really appreciate you and Hayakawa. Without your planning, our basketball club surely wouldn’t have garnered so much attention."
"Every club at school has its significance, and besides, basketball is indeed a pretty good sport."
"Haha, Shirakawa, you always have such philosophical insights when you speak... By the way, would you like some water? The first half has been quite exhausting, hasn’t it? I’ve already asked the logistics members of the basketball club to help buy some for us..."
Before President Sada could finish speaking, he was abruptly cut off as if someone had grabbed him by the throat. In the center of his vision, the legendary school beauty Hayakawa Kashi, also the organizer of this basketball game, leisurely walked over and handed a bottle of pure water to Shirakawa Sawahei.
Pfft, it felt like a knife had been plunged into his heart, slicing it open...
"Thanks."
Shirakawa Sawahei took Little Arrogant’s water, casually asking: "Where have you been just now?"
"Watching you play from the side." Little Arrogant raised an eyebrow: "Why, did Shirakawa think I would leave?"
Before the knife could be pulled out, basketball club President Sada felt his heart being stabbed once again.
"Not really, I thought you’d be worried about getting tanned."
"I’m not that pampered. Plus, as the main organizer, supervising the training progress helps me manage the overall situation."
"Alright, alright, Hayakawa, you’re just too responsible. As your assistant, I’m ashamed."
The Evil Little Arrogant was about to say something but suddenly realized there seemed to be other life forms around, so she glanced at him lightly.
Without a word, the basketball club President Sada, whose heart was riddled with holes, silently chose to distance himself from these two top students of Akihisa High School...
A little further away...
"Sada, catch!"
Returning to his team’s gathering spot, the basketball club President caught a water bottle thrown by a teammate, feeling inexplicably weighed down with thoughts.
"Sigh..."
"What’s wrong, President? Did you get hurt?"
"Are you alright? Maybe you shouldn’t play in the second half; your health is important..."
Teammates gathered around one by one, full of concern. Sada Mediator looked around at the members surrounding him and sighed.
"I used to think... no matter how badly I get injured on the basketball court, it’d at most be a fracture or bleeding..."
"I never thought... the heaviest blow would come from seeing my opponent in the game being given water by his girlfriend..."
Sada Mediator pointed in the direction of Shirakawa Sawahei, lowering his head with a face full of sorrow: "Do you think... we should get a female manager for the basketball club... Nothing else matters, as long as she’s a girl who can buy us water..."
"Or even more directly, find girlfriends? To think Hayakawa would specifically come to watch Shirakawa play basketball... my youth is over..."
"..."
"Damn..."
"???"
The reaction coming from everyone around made Sada Mediator quite satisfied—it’s okay for me to be hurt, but I can’t be the only one suffering... Now you understand, watching those two show off their love on the court, how devastating it was... Crap!
"President Sada! Didn’t you say his girlfriend would come to give him water... Do you mean... that all those around Shirakawa feeding him water... are all his girlfriends???" A teammate trembled as he pointed at the whimpering ghost and Little Transparent that appeared beside Shirakawa, along with a soft and adorable Little Angel loli, his face saying he couldn’t accept it.
Sada Mediator: "..."