1 Beginning

The playground is 28 meters long and 15 meters wide, the creak of running shoes and the sound of the ball hitting the court. This is what I could call my home.

Right now, a short guy with night-black hair and a smile like a small child was running at high speed on the court, and out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the score and saw.

39-40

"Faster"

He thought and sped up.

--"Damn it

The protector who had been protecting him said as he bit his lip and sped up.

--"I've been waiting a long time.

The guy whispered as he smiled even more brightly and abruptly stopped when the defender who was taking care of the sniper of his team was in the middle of the way to him. Due to a sudden stop, the player who was protecting him fell, but there was already a defender in front of him who was protecting his shooter. With a quick movement, he began to make a crossover, throwing the ball with his right hand between his legs and behind his back. At the same time, his defender took a step to the right, but shock immediately appeared on the defender's face.

Seeing his protector step to the right, he thought.

"Easily"

He elbowed the ball straight at the sniper. He was already waiting for this, catching the ball, he immediately took aim, and sent it to the basket

Vshuh* the ball flew into the ring hitting the net.

he looked at the scoreboard and saw the score 41-40 and thought

"It was close, another couple of seconds and time would have ended."

The opponents ' attack began, but there were no smiles on their faces. As soon as the ball hit the point guard, he didn't have time to go even a couple of steps, as the siren sounded.

Immediately he was deafened by the sound of the audience shouting the black haired guy's name

---Кен, Кен, Кен, Кен, Ке......

Among those watching was a guy with the same hair and a crutch in his hand. But he didn't call out his brother's name, just watched.

"We need to go"

He thought.

As he was about to leave, he heard two journalists talking, one of them pointing at him

--"Isn't that him?"

One of the reporters called Jiro asked

--"Yes, that's him. Ken's younger brother. In high school, he was a "superstar" in basketball, his brother had just joined the NBA as Japan's most talented basketball player in 20 years, and many people thought that Akihiko would also be a great talent, and together with his brother, they would take the world by storm.

--"Hahahahah

Another journalist, Jun, laughed and said.

---Back then, during Akihiko's first game in high school, he gagged everyone with his game, and at the same time was named not just the most talented little brother of a super genius, but the most mediocre player in the last 20 years. That's really ironic.

--"And then there was the knee injury, and Isao was cruel.

Jiro said

--"He called it revenge for his older brother

The reporter girl behind them said with a bitter smile

---- Ahhh

Jiro and Jun shouted as they jumped up and down.

--"And when did you get here?"

Jun who asked, calmed down first

--"Just now

Aimi said.

Then she continued

--"Even though Isao called it revenge, I don't know what to take revenge for.

--"He says if it wasn't for Ken, his older brother would have been a better player.

After recovering from his fright Jiro said

--- Blaming someone for your game skills is stupid. It wasn't Ken who was to blame, but Akihiko.

Aimi said

--- You can understand him too, many people foreshadowed the fate of the superstar Isamu, but with the appearance of Ken, he fell by the wayside. And after Ken was taken to the NBA, and Isama, who was older than Ken, was not taken, he went into a depression, and eventually committed suicide. Isao was a child then.

June said

Listening to all their dialogue, and especially about the injury, he was upset and decided to leave, saying quietly

--"As if I don't already know I'm a loser."

Jiro, Jun, and Aimi didn't notice him leaving, and Aimi said

---After receiving an injury, he transferred, assembled his own team, becoming their coach and manager. And in the end, I made them champions.

---If you talk about him as a coach, no one can say bad things

Jiro said.

--"But he gave up everything related to basetbo

Before Aimi could finish she was interrupted by a shout

--"AIMI! THE GIRO!! JUNE!!! HAVE YOU INTERVIEWED PLAYERS AND COACHES???!!!!

--"We'll take it now, Chief.

Jiro and Jun said.

Aimi just smiled slyly and said

--"I've done my part.

AFTER THE GAME

The shooter whose name was James asked Ken

--"Ken, come celebrate with us.

--- Yes Ken you were a god on the court today

The tall guy who was the center said.

Ken just smiled and said.

--"I need to meet my little brother." Let's do it another time.

--"Okay.

James said.

"I never thought that I would have to go under the stands, but this way I won't meet the reporters. Besides, Akihiko is probably already waiting at the diner, it's just a pity that he didn't want to go to my game."

Ken thought, and smiled sadly

But then Ken noticed Akihiko

--"He did come!"

Ken exclaimed with a smile, and quickly covered his mouth for fear that someone would hear.

But because of the talking crowd, no one noticed him. Quickening his pace, he passed over the reporters when he heard them talking about Akihiko.

--"Damn it, I'll kill them

Ken said with a blank expression as he saw Akihito leave with a sad face, and sped up again.

But then something happened that he hadn't expected. As he came out of the back door, he saw a bunch of reporters.

As soon as they saw it, a lot of flashes started appearing, everywhere Ken looked, he saw white light blinding him.

Immediately, a ton of questions were thrown at him

--- Ken can you tell us how you feel after the game?

--- Ken, are the rumors about you having a girlfriend true?

--- Ken there is a chance that you will be made MVP for 3 consecutive seasons, what do you think about it?

---Ke..

The questions continued to flow.

"How did they know where I was going?"

Ken thought, sighed, and said

--"I don't have time right now, let's do it next time."

But the reporters didn't let him go just like that, and in the end, he answered a couple of questions.

And after saying many times that he was in a hurry, he was still able to get out of the crowd of reporters.

When he came out, he saw Akihiko walking, looking down at his feet.

He smiled and said

--"It's a good thing he didn't go far, he doesn't come often enough anyway. I don't want to keep him waiting.

But after a moment, the smile faded from his face. And he started shouting

--"AKIHIKO ASIDE!"!!!!

--- what?

Akihiko said

He looked up, surprised to see his brother running toward him, shouting.

But when I turned my head to the left, I saw a supercar that was heading towards him with great speed

"Oh my God"

That was Akihiko's last thought.

At least in this world.