Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 118 Unexpected joy, the first newcomer!

Xiangbei High School successfully won the first round of the county competition selection competition, and there was an interval of three days between the second round and the first round.

After the game that day, the Xiangbei High School basketball team returned to the school's arena for training for a few hours before announcing its disbandment.

The next morning.

Even if there is a game in Xiangbei two days later, the team's training has not been interrupted.However, the training programs arranged by coach Anxi are not the kind of high-intensity physical training, but more of some basic exercises, mainly to keep the players feeling the ball.

At the same time, in order to allow the players to have sufficient physical fitness to cope with the game two days later, after today's training, coach Anxi announced that he will take a day off tomorrow without arranging corresponding training programs.

This is also within the expectations of Akagi Takenori. In previous years when they played in Xiangbei, Coach Anzai led the team at the same pace as now. There will be no training the day before the game.

Akagi Takenori remembered what he promised Haruko yesterday, so Akagi approached Mitsui at the end of the training.

"Mitsui, there is no training tomorrow. I heard that Wushi Middle School will have an 8-to-4 game tomorrow. Do you want to watch it together?"

When Akagi approached Mitsui Hisashi, Mitsui Masakazu, Budo and Miyagi were practicing extra shooting.Although they have completed the training tasks arranged by Coach Anxi, private practice is still indispensable.The reason why he and Wu Dao's ability can far exceed other teammates is not only due to personal talent, but also due to more sweat than others.

"Wushi Middle School game? 8 to 4?"

"Why are you suddenly interested in the junior high school competition? We have a competition the day after tomorrow. Why don't you take a good rest tomorrow?"

Mitsui Shou did not expect that Akagi would invite him to watch the game together. Mitsui Shou would not be surprised if it was to watch Xiangyang or other high school strong teams, but watching junior high school games was meaningless to them.

After all, they are high school students, so they won't play against the middle school team in the county competition, right?

"Uh... the match was held in the morning, so I don't have much to do anyway, so I just wanted to take a look."

"Aren't you and Budao both members of Wushi Middle School before? Watching the games of the juniors, you should feel relaxed."

"And I heard that Wushi Middle School has an ace named Rukawa Feng. This year is the third year of junior high school. In the spring of next year, he should be promoted to high school."

"I think……"

Akagi scratched his head and explained.He wouldn't tell Mitsui Shou that he went because his sister pestered him to go to the game. The reason given to Mitsui Shou was also considered by Akagi.

"So that's how it is. I didn't expect that the county competition is not over yet. You are already helping the team find outstanding newcomers!"

"Rukawa Feng! This kid, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know how this kid's ability is now."

Mitsui Shou showed interest on his face, and then shouted at Budo and Miyagi who were shooting in the court: "Hey! Budo!"

"Tomorrow there is a Wushi Middle School game, 8 to 4, you want to watch it?"

Budao made a long-range shot, and when he heard Mitsui shouting, he turned his head and forgot.After looking at each other briefly, Wu Dao nodded and said, "Go, there's nothing to do anyway, go and watch their match."

"Miyagi, you should go too. There is an outstanding junior who will be our teammate in the future. You should also go and see how he plays."

Miyagi Ryota was thinking of rejecting Budo's previous sentence, he is not interested in junior high school level competitions.Besides, tomorrow, he still wants to find Caizi on a date.

However, the last sentence of Budo still aroused some curiosity of Miyagi. Words like "excellent junior" and "will be a teammate in the future" made Miyagi swallow his refusal.

Budou seemed to be aware of Miyagi's thoughts, and suddenly smiled: "You can also call Saiko, after all, it is to inspect future players, she, the manager, should also go with her, right?"

"Okay! I'll go and talk to Caizi!" Miyagi's eyes lit up, and he immediately responded, and then hurriedly went to find Caizi.

Akagi in the distance saw that Mitsui Shou agreed, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Although there were many more people watching the game, it didn't matter, his task was completed~

……

The junior high school competition is held a little earlier than the high school competition. Although the competition schedule overlaps for a period of time, both the junior high school competition and the high school competition are held in Kanagawa. County Stadium.

It's just that the time of the game was staggered. Today, an 8-to-4 junior high school basketball game is being held in the arena.

Wushi Middle School is a strong team that has entered the national competition. Although it is a middle school game, there are still a lot of spectators present to watch the game.

A total of four games will be held today, Wu Shi's game is the second in the morning, and the opponent is also a strong team, Fuqiu Middle School.

Akagi Takenori was dragged to the stadium by his younger sister early this morning, and Akagi did not forget to call his good brother Mugure Gongyan.The three of them came to the arena before the start of the first game, occupying the first row, and by the way gave back to Mitsui Shou, Budo and others.

"Brother, why do you occupy so many positions? Besides Senior Mitsui, are there other people coming?"

Haruko looked at the empty space occupied by backpacks and drink bottles beside Akagi, and asked curiously.Haruko didn't wear their No. [-] school uniform today, but casual clothes. With her pure and beautiful appearance, she looked like the little girl next door, very eye-catching.

"Oh, a few friends are coming too, and one of them is the guy you said is not as good as Rukawa Kaede."

Akagi replied, but his eyes were watching the game in the stadium.

On the court, there was a young man who attracted his attention. He was a player with a height of only 170cm. He stood on the court and was obviously not tall, but he had a terrifying bounce. Facing the opponent’s defense, he repeatedly broke through and made layups. Ability far surpasses other players on the field.

Haruko stuck out her tongue when she heard Akagi's perfunctory words, stopped talking, and focused on the court.

"Ho la ho la!"

"Can you guys run faster? You guys can't guard against this genius!"

"This game, my uncle Kiyota Nobunaga will take over!"

On the court, the junior high school student who was paid attention to by Akagi broke through again and made a layup. He pointed at his opponent triumphantly, with that rampant appearance, even Akagi, who was not playing on the court, gritted his teeth faintly. I want to teach that kid a lesson.

Akagi is like this, and Kiyota Nobunaga's opponents will only become more furious, glaring at Kiyota one after another.However, facing the angry gazes of his opponents, Qing Tian not only was right, but also sneered, mockingly said: "Native chicken tile dog!"

This time, the anger of the opponents was all ignited. For a while, the players' movements were much louder. The game had only started for a few minutes, and it had reached a feverish stage.

"Hoho~ That kid is really interesting!" Just as Akagi and the others were concentrating on watching the game, Mitsui Shou's voice came into Akagi's ears.

With a deep smile on Mitsui's face, he walked down the stairs from the entrance and walked towards where Akagi and the others were.Behind Mitsui Hisashi, Caizi looked around, a little surprised that there were so many spectators in the middle school competition.Behind Caizi, Miyagi was like a dog's leg, following closely behind Caizi, offering water attentively.

Akagi Takenori, Haruko and others looked for their reputation, and happened to see Mitsui Hisashi and others.

Akagi Haruko also noticed that there was a tall and handsome young man behind Miyagi, who was watching Kiyota Nobunaga in the field with great interest.Beside the young man, there was also a tall and beautiful young girl, holding the young man's arm with a pair of jade arms, looking at Akagi Takenori and the others.

"Oh! Mitsui, Miyagi, and Ayako are here."

"Hey, Budao, who is this?"

When Akagi Takenori saw the person coming, he stood up to say hello, when his eyes swept over Budou and the beautiful girl beside him, Akagi hesitated and asked.

"This is." Just as Wu Dao wanted to introduce the girl around him to everyone, the girl took the initiative to grab the conversation and introduced herself.

"Hello, my name is Takako Fujima, a friend of Budo."

Takako Fujima showed a gentle smile, and stroked the long hair on his forehead.Today's Takako Fujima is wearing a light blue dress without any jewelry or hair accessories. Her long hair is draped behind her, looking clear and simple. The gentleness revealed inadvertently makes people subconsciously give birth to Good impression.

Her image today has greatly subverted the image of a judo girl in the past, and she is not restrained and generous when meeting her teammates in martial arts.

"Oh! Sit down, everyone sit down first."

"Wu Shi's match hasn't started yet. After this match is over, Wu Shi's match will start."

Although Akagi Takenori was a little surprised that Budo would bring a girl to watch the ball, he quickly reacted and simply packed up the bags and drink bottles around him to help clear the seats.

But Takenori Akagi obviously didn't expect that there would be one more person at the beginning. He knew about Ayako's arrival, but he didn't know about Takako Fujima's arrival, so there was one less seat.

Mitsui Shou and the others also discovered this problem. Looking at the empty seat, they didn't sit down immediately, but turned to look at Budao.

"It's okay, you sit down."

Takako Fujima also noticed this and said with a smile.Wu Dao looked at the positions where the number was obviously insufficient, and then said: "I can just stand and watch for a while."

Because Akagi and the others are in the first row, there is a row of passages for spectators to walk through in front of them. Standing there will not affect the view of the audience in the back row, and they can also have a good view of the ball.

It's just that most spectators are unwilling to stand and watch the game, so although there are vacancies in the front row, there are very few people watching the game.

As soon as Wu Dao spoke, he walked to the passage, grabbed the fence with both hands, and looked towards the stadium.Mitsui Shou and the others sat down, chatting in low voices while watching the ball.

"Nobunaga Kiyota!"

"Unexpectedly, today's game can still see this kid's game."

Wu Dao looked at the person in the stadium, feeling secretly in his heart.Kiyota Nobunaga can be regarded as an acquaintance to Budo.The first spring monster in the slam dunk is not Yingmu Huadao, but the kid in front of him.In the first year of high school, with a body of 178cm and a two-meter-long mermaid Zhuchun, no matter how you look at it, he can be called a gifted person.

If Kiyota Nobunaga's height can reach about 195cm in the future, then his talent will not be weaker than Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Bu Dao, I see you have been staring at that player, do you know someone?"

Just when Bu Dao was fascinated by watching the ball, Takako Fujima came to his side and asked softly curiously.Takako Fujima didn't go to sit on it at all. After all, he was not very familiar with Akagi and the others, so he had nothing to talk about.

And Caizi's gossip heart is too heavy, she grabs Takako Fujima and asks this and that.Takako Fujima was in the same class as Budo and Ayako, but when she was in school, Ayako didn't realize the private relationship between Budo and Takako Fujima, it was actually the kind of relationship that could be called out to watch football.

Takako Fujima was a little overwhelmed, and came to watch the ball game with Budo.Noticing that Budo's eyes had been staring at Kiyota, Takako Fujima couldn't help being a little curious.

"That's right, a player I've heard of before."

"Why don't you sit down? They are easy to get along with, and Caizi is also a very enthusiastic person. You will become good friends."

Budou turned his head and glanced at the vacant space beside Saiko, and asked.

Takako Fujima didn't speak, just stood beside Budao quietly, watching the game in the court. Seeing Takako like this, Budao didn't ask any further questions, and returned his attention to the court.

Kiyota Nobunaga's junior high school team is called Qinan Middle School. It is not very famous, but this year it has reached the quarterfinals.It can be seen that under the leadership of Kiyota Nobunaga, Qinan Middle School is quite strong.

Kiyota Nobunaga, as the team's main attacker, is unrivaled at the junior high school level.

As the game progressed, the point difference between the two teams began to slowly widen.Kiyota Nobunaga's offense is mainly based on breakthrough layups. His breakthrough speed is quite fast. Relying on his excellent bounce, his layups are not only stable, but also difficult to intercept.No one among Kiyota's opponents could stop Kiyota, who had already picked up speed.

When it came to the midfield, Sakinan had already taken a 15-point lead. Among the total 37 points, Kiyota Nobunaga scored 17 points alone. As far as the level of junior high school is concerned, it has been a very good result.

After watching this game, Budao realized why Kiyota was brought under Hainan's command and why Kiyota considered himself the number one rookie.His strength is indeed quite good.

The number one newcomer he often talks about is not bragging, of course, if there is no Rukawa Feng.

Being able to watch Kiyota's match was a surprise for Budo. After all, he is a future opponent, and it is also possible to learn about the opponent's ability in junior high school.

After the start of the second half of the game, Qinan Middle School still maintained the offensive firepower of the first half, overwhelming the opponent.

After 10 minutes, the victory of the game was won by Qinan Middle School.

After the game ended, Wushi Middle School led by Rukawa Kaede and their opponents stepped onto the court.

"Rukawa Kaede! It's Rukawa Kaede!" Rukawa Kaede came out, and Akagi Haruko was particularly excited, grabbing Akagi Takenori's sleeve, pointing at Rukawa Kaede in the arena and whispering.

Akagi also looked in the direction Haruko was pointing at, and finally, in Wushi's team, he saw the boy whose abilities surpassed martial arts in what his sister said.

"This kid is still the same, with a cool look, he doesn't like to talk, and he doesn't know how to get along with the team members?"

When Mitsui Shou saw Rukawa Feng, he seemed to be worried between his words.

"Rukawa Kaede is now Wushi's leader, and it's no problem getting along with the team members!" Haruko seemed to know Wushi very well, and she explained what Mitsui Shou said.

"Leader? This guy, is he a leader?!"

"If the captain of the team has such a character, the team members will have a headache!"

Mitsui Shou rubbed his forehead and said that he had some expectations for Rukawa Kaede's ability, and he didn't think that Rukawa Kaede's ability was not enough to become a leader.But for Rukawa Kaede's character, Mitsui Shou had a big headache.

"The leader of every team has his own way of getting along with the players. Whether he is suitable to be a leader can be known by his performance on the court."

What kind of personality does it take to be a leader?From the point of view of martial arts, there is no standard.You can be a locker room bully like Jordan, a lone wolf like Kobe, or a smoothie like James, or even a funny guy like Curry.

The criterion for evaluating leaders has never been character, but strength.

Wushi Middle School started the warm-up before the game.

"Bang!" A loud noise sounded in the venue without warning.

After Rukawa Kaede received a pass from his teammate and completed a slam dunk, the atmosphere in the entire arena was pushed to a climax.

Budou smiled and looked at Rukawa Kaede in the field, recalling the proficiency that Rukawa Kaede showed when he dunked just now, and whispered softly:
"It seems that growth is really not small!"

(End of this chapter)