"Then come with me! There are too many people here! You don't want me playing against you in jeans, do you?"
Evening, a quiet street-side park in the suburbs of Kanagawa.
The outdoor basketball court here was not very large; the wire fences along the sidelines were rust-stained, and wild grass sprouted through the cracks in the paving stones. The setting sun pierced through the gaps in the leaves and spilled across the center of the court, as if gilding the impending duel with an orange-gold aura of battle.
Chapter 94