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Ch - 15: Duel!

"Shin-kaichou, can we train under your guidance?"

"Why me? I'm not interested."

Alya recalled the contents about Shin's Achievement during Junior High, making her a little shocked when she thought that Shin could handle this. "yes too. Didn't you ever play Basketball and win the Championship at that time?"

"I don't want to do it anymore. Troublesome and I'm not interested either."

"Why? If you want, you can get into the Basketball Club and win the Race like you used to, right?"

"Hufts. There's a reason I don't want to play basketball anymore."

"May I know why?" Asked Kagami who came out of nowhere as if he was the second Kuroko.

Shin's brows twitched, staring intently at Kagami to the point that it made him somewhat frightened and took a few steps back. The memories and feelings were still in his head, but as Kuroko said, if they could get Shin then it was certain they could win the Championship.

Kuroko is the shadow, Kagami is the Light, and Shin is their Coach. That's perfect!

"I want to know why." Kagami said once again.

"What's your reason for playing basketball?" Ask Shin.

"To challenge the strong. Kuroko once said that you were so strong that you could defeat Kiseki no Sedai alone. Maybe I would have thought it was bullshit yesterday, but now it's different. I'm sure you've really beaten them alone at their Highs."

Shin continued to look hard at Kagami, he did not want to play basketball. Only a few of his closest friends know the reason, surely Kuroko knows about it. Even so, for him the game that concerns the ball is fun. He wants to play it again.

While Alya was confused and did not know about Kiseki no Sedai. "Who is the Miracle Generation?" Ask.

"Anu. Ekhm! Kiseki no Sedai is a very good Basketball Team in High School. They had great potential and admired many Basketball Players in High School back then. No team can beat them, let alone have their own unique abilities. And one of its members is this man."

The first class disciple explained at length to answer all the questions in Alya's head. Alya was a little surprised to hear that this Team that was said to be strong had one Member who looked dubious for the size of a Basketball Player, but he immediately deleted that thought.

At first he also thought so to Shin, but it turned out that Shin was not as simple as he thought. Then he should not underestimate others either, should not repeat his mistake.

"I'm not interested." Shin rejected it, he turned around and wanted to check the state of the other Sports Clubs.

"What are you afraid of?!" Kagami was certainly curious, but Shin did not want to answer him, making him a little annoyed and threw the Basketball in his hand.

Basketball launched quickly, but stopped perfectly in Shin's hands. Shin's gaze turned cold, yet this time somehow Kagami felt challenged instead of scared. Everyone felt the atmosphere here was extremely tense and blamed Kagami for all of this!

"What do you want? Not satisfied enough after I step on?"

"I want to challenge you to a duel! We play Basketball on the Field. One on One!"

'''What is he doing, you idiot!?!''' All of his friends think the same thing, assuming Kagami is the most idiot they've met all along. After all he's been through, is he still dissatisfied looking for trouble for the Basketball Club?!

Kagami smirked confidently. "If I lose, I won't bother you anymore! And if you lose, tell me your reason and join the Basketball Club!"

"Oh, okay." Shin bounced the Basketball in his hand, he felt a feeling that. This feeling is when he is playing in the middle of the pitch, watching a lot of people and cheering for him, because he is playing great.

They both walked to the Basketball Court and got ready to play. The rules are easy, there is one person guarding the Ring and there is another to insert the ball into the Ring.

If one person fails to put the ball into the Ring, there is still a chance for him to quickly take the ball before someone else takes it. And if the man on guard fails to keep the Ring from getting the ball in, then he loses.

The point limit is 3. If either of them could win 3 Points, then be declared the Winner!

Although everyone says Kagami is an idiot, in fact they are curious about Shin's ability or skill in playing Basketball. How strong can he be to defeat Kiseki no Sedai alone?

"Are you ready?" Ask Shin who will attack.

"Of course." Kagami tried to smile, but he was actually nervous at the moment.

"Then I start." Shin bounced the basketball to the floor, trying to play the basketball because he had not played basketball for a long time. But Kagami came and got ready to pull the ball out of his hand.

Shin took a step back to keep his distance and hid the basketball behind his body. Kagami did not know what Shin was going to do, but he would pull the Ball out of Shin's hands so that he could win! He blinked and lost Shin who was clearly still in front of him.

Everyone was shocked when they saw Shin's figure moving very, very quickly through Kagami just like that. The scene was extremely fast as if Shin had just done a brief Teleportation.

Kagami turned and chased after Shin, but his eyes did not see the basketball he was after. 'Where is the ball?' Even he did not hear the typical basketball bang, making him confused.

Everyone turned their gazes to the Ring, where they saw a basketball going inside, coming out and falling to the floor. The question is, since when did he throw it? They did not see Shin throw the ball at all.

***

"What the fuck?! Since when did he throw the ball?!"

"Since then." Kuroko.

"So?"

"When he hid the ball behind his body, he threw it when he found out that Kagami was playing aggressively. What's more, he also knows that we're all focused and thinking about how strong he is, which makes us get sidetracked from the basketball that's at the core of the game."

However, what was impossible from his movements earlier was ... how did Shin throw it? It made absolutely no sense in that limited movement, Shin could throw the ball perfectly into the Ring.

"..." - ".Everything's silent. What kind of cunning game is that? No, this is not cunning but genius and also great! Shin played by planning everything within 1 second and did it at the same time.

"..." - ".Alya was still silent. Maybe he's inexperienced, but he knows a little about basketball. However he is good at Sports, evident from his value, but the game of Basketball can be as complicated as this.

Who's Shin? That was Alya's question.

"As he said. Take advantage of anything as long as it can be done for victory. Whatever is on the pitch is about winning and losing. Just choose .. want to give up or continue."

***

"K - You …"

"More." Shin throws the basketball at Kagami, as it is Kagami's turn to be dazzling and he is the one guarding the Ring.

Kagami grinned, now he understood and felt challenged. Her nervousness was gone, because the truth was true. Shin was very strong and could no doubt defeat Kiseki no Sedai just like Kuroko said.

"All right! I'm starting!" Kagami does dribbling quickly while running. The game is like his aggressive personality, it really fits.

However, Shin let Kagami through it for granted which made Kagami surprised but also felt underestimated. He was indeed annoyed before gathering his strength to score.

Kagami jumps as high as possible, inserting the ball into the Ring. Suddenly someone's hand comes and brushes the ball firmly.

'Again?! Why is he so fast?!' Kagami was surprised for a moment and picked up the basketball.

Before he could touch the ball, there was another hand that took the ball. Then it was thrown into the Ring, entering which signified the second Round being won by Shin once again.

"You should be more vigilant, do not be easily provoked by emotions and easily distracted by trivial things." Said Shin while holding the basketball in his hand to get ready to finish this game.

Kagami clenched his hands in annoyance. This time, he would be really serious about confronting Shin. Seeing his different aura, Shin made a small smile thinking that Kagami learned from his previous mistakes.

"I'm starting, yeah."

Kagami is really focused on the ball. While Shin continued to smile and walk casually while doing a simple dribbling.

"The reflexes and human instincts are limited. Totally limited. When they realize that they are in an unexpected situation, they can only be silent."

Kagami ignored Shin's words, then he saw Shin's body twitching to fool him. His speed was up to produce three shadows at once, but he still focused his gaze on the basketball.

'The ball disappeared!' Kagami immediately moved, because he knew that when the ball disappeared then sure Shin would go forward.

*SWUUSHH*

Kagami fell silent realizing that Shin had disappeared from his sight, then he glanced back. 'Very fast.' He saw Shin throw the ball into the Ring perfectly, meaning that the match was over and won by Shin in absolute terms.

"I told you, didn't I? Human reflexes and instincts are limited. You are limited, and I am free. I'm not human, after all."

'Yes, you are a monster.'

Seeing the difference in his strength with Shin, now Kagami can slightly understand you that the struggle is still very far away. And from now on, he should be serious about basketball practice.