My Sister is a Superstar - Chapter 19
Chapter 19: Erupting Qin Ze
Translator: Atlas Studios
Editor: Atlas Studios
The entire basketball court was bustling with people. All of them buzzed over like bees, and the crowd was not any lesser than a school’s basketball match.
The basketball matches between students privately did not matter much, but this was interesting as this concerned Zhang Mingyu and was a match filled with stakes and explosives. The more attractive thing was that Zhang Mingyu’s opponent was Qin Ze who was widely talked about in the school forum a few days ago.
Anyone who was not a fool could tell that this was the school prince’s revenge. Would Zhang Mingyu succeed in his revenge, or would Qin Ze anger the school prince again?
This commotion was worth watching.
“Hurry, hurry. Let’s video it and broadcast it.”
“Let’s upload it onto the school forum.”
“This Qin Ze is capable, huh. He kept trying to usurp Zhang Mingyu’s place. I think he’ll be finished this time.”
“No, no, no. It’s Zhang Mingyu who started the trouble. He’s taking revenge for the humiliating incident a few days ago.”
“Qin Ze is bound to lose. Everyone on Zhang Mingyu’s side is on the basketball team; they’ll finish them.”
“Zhang Mingyu is going to win this round. Like I said, it won’t be that easy to rise to fame by using the school prince. Here’s revenge.”
“Their bet is to call Grandpa. Haha, I’m so excited when I think about it. They’re going to be utterly humiliated.”
“I’m just afraid that they won’t do it and would escape with their tails between their legs. No matter what it is, it’ll be humiliating.”
The competition started. After discussing, they decided on 50 points as the final point. Whoever earned 50 points first would win.
The ones responsible for fighting for the ball were Qin Ze and the straight-hair youngster. All his teammates recommended Qin Ze as he had shown an extraordinary jumping power previously.
The ball was thrown high up into the sky.
Qin Ze and the youngster with straight hair jumped up and fought for the ball at the same time. Everyone was shocked by the jumping power they showed, especially Qin Ze. He jumped more than ten centimeters higher than the straight hair youngster and easily passed the ball to Old Wang on his left.
Once the ball was in his hands, all the players turned from as quiet as a pussy to as active as a rabbit that escaped and started running at fast speed.
After Old Wang got the ball, Spring Chicken immediately swarmed to the hoop and raised his left hand high up. Both of them had great chemistry, and Old Wang immediately passed the ball over.
The ball flew through the air, and Zhang Mingyu suddenly barged in, jumped up, and intercepted the ball.
“Amazing!” The spectators cheered. Zhang Mingyu used his might and threw the ball across half the court, which the straight hair youngster had caught securely before he dribbled towards the hoop. The space was left open, and Qin Ze and the rest could not even rush to defend.
When everyone thought he was going to do a layup, the straight hair youngster did something that left everyone’s mouth agape. After three steps, he dunked the ball.
A dunk!
The crowd broke into applause.
“Wow, a dunk!”
“Amazing!”
“They scored the first two points through a dunk. They’re on a roll.”
“Zhang Mingyu’s interception was good. I love you, Zhang Mingyu.”
“Did you take that scene just now?”
“Yes, I did; I’ll upload it to the school forum.”
“I’ll directly record it. What’s the use of pictures?”
The exclamations and approval applause were as loud as thunder.
The second ball, Qin Ze passed it to Liu Ziqiang; and he speedily rushed towards the hoop. The teammates followed behind him closely; his dribbling was excellent, and he ran stably and quickly. His movement of dribbling the ball left and right actually allowed him to avoid the defenders. However, Liu Ziqiang did not continue to attack and threw the ball towards Old Wang, who was beside the three-pointer line instead.
After Old Wang caught the ball, he immediately jumped and shot. The feeling of the first three-pointer shot was perfect, it could get in. Just as this idea was crafted in his head—piak! Someone blocked his ball.
He was really fast…
Old Wang still underestimated the basketball team’s capabilities. None of them was a weakling. He was really not meticulous enough for the previous shot as the other party was only five steps away from him.
“Nice block!”
The spectators cheered.
Zhang Mingyu snatched the ball and advanced into a rushed attack. Spring Chicken was running after him deadly and wanted to take the opportunity to intercept the ball. However, at this point, Zhang Mingyu suddenly stopped in front of the three-pointer line and showed off his charming figure. Spring Chicken continued to rush forward out of habit and could not defend on time.
Jump!
Shoot!
Perfect posture!
Entering the net without a sound!
It was a precise three-pointer shot. Instantly, the crowd erupted: the males applauded in admiration, and the females excitedly screamed. They clamored, “Zhang Mingyu, Zhang Mingyu…”
Like what Old Wang said, three-pointer shots and dunks were the secret weapons to dominating the court.
The third ball, Liu Ziqiang brought the defending opponent and dribbled around half the court but still could not find any breakthrough. Both parties were as if glued together.
Zhao Baliang, who was under the hoop, rushed forward. “Old Liu, pass me the ball.”
The opponent was watching him too tightly, and Liu Ziqiang had nothing to take advantage of so he decisively passed the ball out.
At this time, the straight hair youngster suddenly rushed over and used his amazing jumping power to intercept the ball.
“Intercept again.”
Li Liang and the others kept cursing outside the court.
The straight hair youngster threw the ball across half the court. “Mingyu, fast attack.”
Zhang Mingyu dribbled the ball and attacked fast. The three-pointer shot left his hands again.
The ball ferociously spun a few rounds around the hoop before it landed in.
“They’re just losing to three-pointers.”
“It’s not even the first time.”
“Zhang Mingyu’s three-pointers are accurate and amazing.”
“Zhang Mingyu, Zhang Mingyu…”
Outside the court, the spectators watched on excitedly.
Before it was five minutes into the game, the score was already 9-0.
On the school forum, someone posted pictures of the straight hair youngster dunking and Zhang Mingyu shooting a three-pointer twice, under the headline ‘A Match Without a Doubt: Zhang Mingyu trashing Qin Ze’.
“As expected.”
“The King of Slaps got slapped.”
“It wasn’t even a fair match to begin with. They’re the basketball team; how are they supposed to go against them?”
“The person upstairs isn’t right. Was it fair that day in the public classroom? Qin Ze slapped Mingyu’s face just because his Russian was strong so Mingyu used basketball to slap his face. There’s no issue with that.”
“Yes, no issues.”
“Next time, he should judge himself first and see if he’s capable before stepping on Mingyu.”
“Luckily, I didn’t go, it would be for naught. Original Poster, do tell us the results. The results don’t matter, but you must upload the part where he yells ‘Grandpa’.”
Basketball court…
Ten minutes later, the score was 22-4; only the word ‘tragic’ could describe Qin Ze’s team’s results.
A momentary weakness was not fearful; the most fearful thing was once their morale was defeated, they would not have any hope left. Other than Zhao Baliang who was struggling bitterly, the trio—Liu Ziqiang, Spring Chicken, and Old Wang—was defeated from their initial boiling anger where they were chasing the points with all their might to their current nonchalance as if they had resigned to fate. They were just numbly running back to defend.
They could not even be considered as leisure players as they did not touch the ball usually; how could they fight against people from the basketball team? In terms of skills, they were worlds apart. In terms of chemistry, they were universes apart. As for tactics… what were tactics? They did not know.
Another interception! The ball landed in Zhang Mingyu’s hands. He carried the ball and sprinted towards the three-pointer line. Zhang Mingyu shot a few times, and they were all three-pointers. His number of successful shots was also over the roof, and he was much more capable than Old Wang. It seemed like he was also a legendary figure that believed in ‘only practicing three-pointers for shooting and dunking within the area’.
All the girls outside the court yelled, “Three-pointer! Three-pointer!”
The voices were messy at first but much neater later. Many people’s emotions were heightened as they yelled in unison.
As expected, Zhang Mingyu stopped at the three-pointer line; and he broke into an arrogant smile, which the girls nearby were crazy over.
Jump.
Shoot.
Three-pointers released.
The crowd cheered happily as the three-pointer shot, which was like Zhao Baliang and the rest’s nightmare, was released again.
At this point, a figure shot up in the sky. He jumped really high as if he was not restricted by the earth’s gravity, and his entire person flew up. His black short hair danced crazily, and his shirt was crumpled.
“Three-pointer your head!” Following his holler—piak! With one palm, he smacked the turning basketball down, and the sound resonated throughout the court.
The basketball was smacked onto the floor before it rebounded towards the audience. Coincidentally, it went towards the girls who were cheering ‘I love you’, and their cheers instantly became cries.
After this, there was silence on the court.
Since the start of the competition, Qin Ze was playing with a nonchalant attitude as he ran back and forth following the ball and did not do much to contribute. He did not intercept or shoot, let alone do such a dramatic move.
The spectators outside the court could not recover from their senses. How did he suddenly block the ball? Why did the quiet fellow suddenly erupt?
Suddenly, Zhao Baliang laughed, and his excited arms clapped together.
Old Wang, Liu Ziqiang, and Spring Chicken’s faces were also bursting with excitement.
He blocked.
He finally blocked it.
Qin Ze erupted.
This was right. Based on the speed and jumping power Qin Ze exhibited earlier, how could he stay so silent? Was Zhang Mingyu really so formidable for knowing just a three-pointer? Did he really think that he was the prince of basketball and was invincible?
Qin Ze turned and yelled towards his partners, “Wake up! The match just started.”
Previously, he was not acting dumb; he was actually finding out the other player’s specialties and habits. He did not attack through the details but from a birds’ eye view. This really suited his gaming characteristic where he would watch the high, mid, and low roads very closely and analyze the enemies’ habits, tactics, and their specialties. In this way, he could then accurately support his teammates and trash the enemies.
After gaming with Qin Ze for long, it was easy to discover his habits: he would always erupt in the lower half of the game and stay silent in the first half.
If he could not win like this, then he would curse Qin Baobao to be a virgin for the rest of her life.
At this point, the spectators finally cheered after they recovered from their senses.
“His block was at the right time.”
“Oh, my God, how can he jump so high?”
“He’s too good.”
“The atmosphere had changed immediately. This jumping power is formidable.”
“Did anyone capture the previous scene? Quick, upload it on the forum.”
“Who had time to take pictures? It’s all recorded on the video. Let’s view it later.”
Zhang Mingyu took a deep breath and suppressed all the anger and awkwardness in his heart as he coldly glared at Qin Ze from the corner of his eye.
Fearlessly, Qin Ze met with his gaze and walked to his side. He whispered, “Grandson, wait till you call me Grandpa.”
Zhang Mingyu sneered.
Zhang Mingyu started the ball on his side. They were not too largely affected as it was just a block; it could not change the outcome.
The ball was passed between the few people, and they progressed to the hoop. The straight hair youngster ran quickly from the left side and widened the distance between Old Wang who was watching him. He ran to the hoop and raised his hand to tell his team to pass him the ball.
With his powerful spurts, he created a space so his teammate passed the ball to him without hesitation.
From a few meters apart, Qin Ze suddenly cut forward and intercepted the ball. Then, he threw the ball over half the court and passed it to Spring Chicken who was at the very back.
This interception was brilliant.
Spring Chicken dribbled like mad before he did a layup and scored.
“Beautiful!” Qin Ze ran over and high-fived with Spring Chicken.
