As the days passed, another interesting thing happened on the Teiko basketball team. A man who claimed to be a genius appeared in the basketball hall. He was Kise Ryota, who could quickly learn and get started in anything, and the entire basketball team had heard of him.
When he was in the first grade of junior high school, his name was known throughout the whole school, and almost everyone called him a genius because he learned everything so quickly. He could get started almost immediately after contact and master it after a period of time. Therefore, he easily lost interest in many things.
The reason why he joined the basketball team was that he heard there were many strong people there, making it almost the strongest club in the school, which made him want to challenge it. After all, it is a very lonely thing to have no rivals in many aspects.
"Hello everyone! I'm Kise Ryouta, a new sophomore member of the basketball team!"
However, his self-introduction did not attract the attention of several regular players of the Teiko basketball team, which hit him hard. But in the end, Akashi Seijuro, the current captain of the basketball team, greeted him first, which gave Kise Ryota some comfort.
Then Akashi Seijuro pulled over Kuroko Tetsuya, who was training nearby. Originally, he wanted Mitsui Daichi to guide Kise Ryota, but Mitsui Daichi had not appeared on the basketball team recently due to his own reasons. Even Kuroko Tetsuya, who often trained with him, did not know his whereabouts.
All he knew was that Mitsui Daichi seemed to have gone abroad but didn't say where specifically. He just told everyone that he would be back in the third semester of junior high school and hoped to see them win the junior high school championship three times in a row by then. This forced Akashi to replace Kise Ryouta's guide with Kuroko Tetsuya.
In Akashi's opinion, although Kuroko was good for nothing except passing the ball, at least he had good basics, so it was just right for him to be a guide for Kise Ryouta. He could clearly feel that Kise Ryouta's talent was not inferior to theirs and might even surpass all of them.
When Kise Ryota saw Kuroko Tetsuya appear in front of him, he was shocked because Kuroko Tetsuya suddenly appeared beside him, but he did not notice him. This almost scared Kise Ryota to death. Kuroko Tetsuya, who was pulled here to do hard labor, glanced at Kise Ryota and nodded.
Then the two of them began to practice the basics of basketball, and what surprised Kuroko Tetsuya was that Kise Ryota learned so quickly that he could almost completely learn as soon as he showed the basics and even did it more perfectly than Kuroko Tetsuya.
Logically speaking, Kuroko Tetsuya, who had been practicing what Mitsui Daichi left for him, was not bad, but Kise Ryouta's learning speed and the speed at which he got started still shocked Kuroko Tetsuya. Although the moves he performed had not yet reached the true perfection of Mitsui Daichi, they were close.
At this time, the other team members who had been paying attention to this side also found something wrong. They all stopped and looked carefully at Kise Ryota. Just after Aomine Daiki made a turn and dunk, Kise Ryota replicated it perfectly.
This made everyone exclaim in surprise. This was the other party's first time playing basketball, and he had only practiced with Kuroko for half an hour, but now he could dribble and dunk almost identically to Aomine Daiki. His action also attracted the attention of two people, namely Aomine Daiki and Haizaki Shogo.
After completing the moves, Kise Ryota happily approached Kuroko Tetsuya and said, "Kuroko, how was it? I did it pretty well, right? By the way, who was that guy just now? The moves were so cool. He will be my target from now on." Everyone who heard Kise Ryota's words laughed out loud.
But Kise Ryota still looked at this group of people in confusion, not knowing what they were laughing at. At this time, Kuroko Tetsuya said to Kise Ryota: "That's Aomine-kun, the current ace of our Teiko basketball team!" When he heard the word ace, Kise Ryota's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Ohhh! Aomine-chan! Come and accept my challenge! If I defeat you, I'll be the ace of the team!"
But his words were not heard by Aomine Daiki. Instead, Haizaki Shogo on the side looked at Kise Ryota with anger on his face. He said, "I haven't even been able to beat Aomine Daiki yet. And you, a newcomer to the team, want to challenge the ace. Aren't you looking down on yourself too much?"
He got up from the floor and walked to Kise Ryota, squinting his eyes and smiling at him, saying, "Why don't you play with me first!" But Kise Ryota looked at Haizaki Shogo and said, "Who are you?" At this time, Kuroko Tetsuya pulled his sleeve and whispered to him, "He is Aomine-kun's substitute and a member of the team, Haizaki-kun."
Hearing this, Kise Ryouta's ears twitched, and he asked Kuroko, "So how about his skills? He can't be very weak, right?" Although he spoke very softly, Haizaki Shogo still heard it. Haizaki Shogo grabbed Kise Ryouta's collar and walked towards the field.
At this time, Aomine Daiki, who had completed today's practice mission, also came to Kuroko Tetsuya. He looked at Kise Ryota, who was held by Haizaki Shogo, curiously and asked, "Tetsuya, who is that, and how did he provoke Shogo?" Before Kuroko Tetsuya could speak, Aomine Daiki's attention was attracted by the two people on the field.
Haizaki Shogo threw the ball to Kise Ryota and said, "After learning for a while, you should know the general rules. I won't bully you. You attack first." Kise Ryota took the basketball, turned the ball in his hand a few times, and then his whole temperament changed.
Kise Ryouta started to dribble the basketball. The whole action was exactly the same as the breakthrough dunk by Aomine Daiki just now. He easily bypassed Haizaki Shogo. Just when he was about to dunk, Haizaki Shogo suddenly appeared beside him and gently fanned the ball in his hand out of bounds.
Although this move was blocked by Haizaki Shogo, it aroused the curiosity of Aomine Daiki. He looked at Kise Ryota on the field with fiery eyes, wishing he could go on the field and fight with him. However, when he saw the opponent's physical fitness and subsequent defensive actions, the energy that Aomine Daiki had just risen dissipated.
Ever since Mitsui Daichi left school, Aomine Daiki seemed to have lost his motivation. He felt that his teammates were no match for him. Even during the game, he hadn't even warmed up, and the game was almost over. The opposing players even stopped defending him in the end.
Although he came to the basketball team for training every day, he was just slacking off and had no interest in it at all. Now that he saw Ryouta Kise appear, he actually felt a little motivated. At this time, the offense and defense on the field also changed. Kise Ryota, who had finally defended against Haizaki Shogo's attack, also regained the right to attack.
But now his eyes became hot. He hadn't met such an opponent for a long time. His interest was aroused, and his whole body was hot. He started dribbling the basketball again. He had almost memorized all of Haizaki Shogo's offensive methods just now, and now he used the same moves against Haizaki Shogo.
However, although his attack this time passed Haizaki Shogo, the final shot did not go into the basket but bounced out. This made Kise Ryota a little surprised that he did not score a goal when there was no one in front of him.
At this time, Aomine Daiki on the sidelines also shook his head and said, "Well, the talent is indeed good, and his ability is even very similar to Shogo's. But it's a pity that Shogo's offense is not so easy to copy. Almost all of his movements have his own shadow." At this time, Kise Ryota, who was full of doubts, did not know about this. He just stared blankly at the basketball that bounced out of bounds.
When Haizaki Shogo saw Kise Ryouta's actions, he laughed out loud and said, "With your skills, you still want to challenge Daiki? Don't make me laugh." Then he left the court. In his opinion, there was no need to continue this duel, and the opponent did not seem worth his effort.
Almost everyone thought so and continued their practice. Only Kuroko Tetsuya looked worriedly at Kise Ryota, who was burying his head in the field. On the other side, Akashi, who was also looking at this side, had his eyes brightened, and no one knew what he was thinking.
In the evening, after returning home, Kuroko Tetsuya contacted Mitsui Daichi by phone. Although Mitsui Daichi was not in Neon now, he still left him a contact method to teach him subsequent practice.
"Mitsui-kun, do you know what happened to the team today?"
On the other end of the phone, Mitsui Daichi smiled and asked, "It must be a big deal to make you so excited."
"Yes, there's a new player on the team, his name is Kise Ryouta, he's a genius."
"Genius? How genius?"
"He played basketball for the first time today, and he was able to replicate Aomine-kun's moves in less than half an hour of practice."
"Oh? Is it a replica of Qing's untimed shot? That's quite genius."
"It's not a random dunk. It's just a normal breakthrough dunk."
"Well, if that's the case, then you can only barely call him a genius."
At this point, Kuroko Tetsuya seemed to have thought of something and asked the person on the other end of the phone, "Where is Mitsui-kun now?" Mitsui Daichi on the other end smiled and replied, "Me? I just left Kyushu and am about to go to the United States!"
Hearing that Mitsui was going to the United States, Kuroko Tetsuya became curious and asked him, "Why are you going to the United States?" Mitsui replied with a smile, "I always feel weird when you chat like this, but there is nothing I can't say. I heard that the basketball atmosphere there is very good, so I want to go there to see the genius there."
The two chatted for a while before hanging up the phone. Mitsui Daichi, who was lying in the hotel, looked at his darkened phone and smiled softly, "Genius? It seems that you will definitely fulfill your promise to me. I hope to play basketball with you guys sometime then."
Yes, now Mitsui Daichi has arrived at the hotel in the United States. He came here to complete the task assigned to him by the system. At that time, he went to Kyushu to see if he could find his parents in his previous life. However, he used all the connections around him and still couldn't find them. It's even possible that the two people don't exist at all.
This also made Mitsui Daichi understand one thing, that he might not be living in the same world as before. The reason he came to the United States was because after unlocking the second stage of the Mitsui Shou trial, the third stage of the trial required him to come to the United States to find a retired basketball player named Alex Garcia.
This also made him curious about this person, and after coming here, he also searched for the other party's information. Alex Garcia is the champion of the American Intercontinental University Women's Basketball Tournament. She once played in the WNBA as a professional athlete. Later, due to a sharp decline in eyesight caused by illness, she was forced to give up her basketball career. Now she works as a coach in a club.
Looking at the information in his hand, Mitsui Daichi didn't know why the system asked him to find her. He could only wait until tomorrow to know everything. Thinking of this, Mitsui Daichi closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, Mitsui Daichi woke up from his sleep. Because of his biological clock over the years, he woke up at four in the morning even though he came to this place with a big time difference. He begged his parents for a long time to come here, but they finally agreed.
After getting up from the bed, washing up, and tidying up everything, he went to the basketball court owned by the hotel. When he came here, his father told him that this place was their family property, and there was also an enclosed basketball hall in the hotel.
Mitsui Daichi arrived at the basketball court early and turned on the lights of the court under the guidance of his servant, and then started today's training. Time passed by minute by minute during training, and finally at 8 o'clock in the morning, Mitsui Daichi stopped his practice only because the people below told him that they had found the whereabouts of Alex Garcia.
At this moment, the other party was watching a group of people of similar age playing basketball in a baseball field, which aroused Mitsui Daichi's curiosity. Another reason for his coming here was that he wanted to see the basketball atmosphere here. Now he was very excited to hear that the other party was in a place that could represent the atmosphere here very well.
After giving a few instructions to the people below, he got dressed, got in the car, and headed for the baseball field mentioned below. When he was about to arrive, he saw a group of young people holding basketballs and some children heading towards the same destination. There were even people saying that two powerful people were playing a competition.
Mitsui Daichi didn't expect that he would be able to see a game here on his first visit, which made him very excited. He wanted to ask the driver to stop the car immediately and run over there by himself, but there was no place to park temporarily. He could only wait for the driver, butler, and guide to drive the car to the parking lot.