Chapter 27

Class A started dribbling the ball around and looking for an opportunity to shoot.

After a long time of running around the shot clock was at 4. One of the students who had the ball, drove towards the basket. Syl reached out for a steal but missed the ball.

Even with all his enhancements and training, he wasn't perfect!

After all he was…

The Anomaly!

Also he wasn't Ayanokoji, so he couldn't be perfect.

Anyway!

The student with the ball drove in past Syl and towards the basket.

Sudo got in his face so he didn't have an open layup, however the student passed it across the key to his teammate.

Sudo was way out of position now, but he had already expected the pass.

He was already on his way to block the inevitable shot.

At the same time as the shoot jumped up to take his shot, Sudo leaped into the air.

The very moment the ball left the shooters fingertips it met the palm of Sudo's hand.

It flew across the court!

What a block!!!!

And Sudo was only able to do it because he was thinking straight and predicted the play without being angry! Syl's slap really helped!!

Anyway!

Syl saw the ball quickly bouncing towards the sideline. He charged after it and right before it landed out of bounds, Syl dove and swatted it backwards, saving the ball.

It bounced in Sudo's direction and he picked it up.

Syl slid into the stands and was about to hit someone in the front row when he was stopped by a foot.

"Fufufu. Did you miss me already?"

Syl lightly smiled at the familiar voice. He looked up from the floor and got a great view!!

"Pink! Just like my slippers!" Then he realized what he just said and panicked. "Shit, I gotta go!"

He accepted the random hand that was extended to help him up and ran back to the court.

"Kyaaa! Did you see that? He touched my hand! I'm never washing it again!"

"OMG!! You're so Lucky Sarah! I wish it was me!"

Kiryuin clicked her tongue. "Tsk, so many flies. I much prefer mosquitoes."

Syl stopped on his heels from halfway across the court.

"I'm not a mosquito! I'm lord of the flies!!!!!" He screamed in the direction of the whole crowd, causing the arena to erupt with laughter.

"Fufufu. Never a dull moment."

Syl turned back to the play only to get hit in the face with Sudo's pass as he wasn't looking.

"OWW!"

"Oh no! Our lord is hurt! What will us flies do now?!" A random person in the crowd shouted, garnering another round of laughter.

Syl picked up the ball.

"Why is everyone so mean to me?! I never did anything to deserve this!"

He sighed, it must be his good looks! Everyone's just jealous!

He nodded at his own reasoning and started dribbling the ball. He drove to the rim and went up for a layup before reversing and finishing with his left hand. Making both defenders jump in the process.

He sighed again. "Or maybe I'm just too skilled… that must be why they are jealous…"

He nodded again at his flawless logic.

Ayanokoji in the crowd could practically read his thoughts and nearly face palmed.

What an idiot!!!

Syl checked the ball and saw another double team coming towards him, so he passed to Sudo in the paint.

Sudo once again backed the defender down in the post before finishing with a layup.

You'd think these guys would learn not to give Sudo a 1v1! This was the 5th time he's scored like this!

Sudo looked up at the scoreboard.

20-19.

Sudo then looked at Syl and smiled. He walked over before whispering something.

Syl nodded and checked the ball again.

Syl quickly passed to Sudo before running a quick route, eventually the two crossed paths again and Syl set a screen.

The defender didn't see Syl and ran into him point blank. Syl stood there like a wall, completely unfazed and the defender fell to the ground at the unexpected strength of Syl's tiny frame.

Sudo ran past Syl towards the basket and Syl rolled off the screen towards the other side.

The person defending Syl had changed to guard Sudo when the screen was set so Syl was wide open.

Sudo threw the ball in the air when he saw this.

Syl leapt through the air at a seemingly impossible height for someone his size. It was at least a 45 inch vertical!

He caught the ball mid air before laying it in off the backboard.

He got so high up he nearly touched the rim.

The crowd erupted in cheers!

21-19!

Syl fell to the floor with a loud thud as he landed on his side. If he wasn't enhanced he would have been seriously injured, maybe even pulled a PG13 or Gordan Hayward!

Don't look those up!

"Woah! Sarah! Did you see that?! He was so high!! I didn't even know it was possible to jump that high! SO COOL!!"

A girl sitting beside her laughed.

"Fufufu. Only idiots don't know that mosquitoes can fly."

She shook her head like it was a shame that she was the only one who understood.

The other girls sneered at her. And whispered insults about her to each other only to be ignored as Kiryuin walked away, disinterested now that the game was over.

A bunch of people from the crowd jumped out of their seats and swarmed Syl and Sudo congratulating them on their win and asking a million different questions.

The duo happily indulged in the popularity and answered as many questions as possible while soaking in the praises.

Eventually Syl spotted someone coming up to him that caused his smile to widen.

"Vice prez! To what do I owe the honour?!" He chuckled.

Nagumo returned the smile. "I just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done. Thanks to you we had a spectacular event that I'm sure will become an excellent memory for all the students. It might have even been a little too spectacular, my pockets are starting to hurt…"

Syl laughed. "Don't worry, I'm sure you can get someone else in second year to pay for it! Well, anyone but Kiryuin, she'd kick your ass. Hahaha!"

Nagumo's face faltered only for a second before it reverted back.

"I'm sure that she would kick anyone's ass! She's a frightening woman." He said with a forced smile.

Syl pondered. Could Kiryuin really kick his ass? Probably not right? But then again, she could be really scary sometimes… who knows?

Syl nodded in agreement with Nagumo. "Plus she's a bully! She keeps calling me Mosquito!"

Nagumo laughed. "You're lucky! At least you got a nickname! She just calls most people, 'hey you'!"

Syl chuckled. "Hey, Nagumo. If I wanted to become student council president, what exactly would I have to do?"

Nagumo's smile faded. "Why do you ask?"

Syl continued on without answering Nagumo's question. "I'd probably have to join the student council of course, but isn't the most important thing to attract Horikita senpai's attention and get his approval?"

Nagumo's face hardened slightly. "You could say that…"

Syl flashed him a cheeky smile. "Then it looks like we're both halfway there! Hahaha!"

Syl walked away as he pointed behind Nagumo toward Manabu.

Nagumo looked back to see Manabu looking at the two's conversation before pushing up his glasses and walking away.

Nagumo looked back towards Syl only to realize he lost him in the crowd.

He grit his teeth before pushing through the crowd and walking away.