Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 289 The Future Is Yours!

The arrival of the Xiangbei News Agency will not stop the game in the stadium for even a minute.

After Jinguji Budo staged a double fake move in front of Rukawa Kaede, the score of the two teams has reached 21:12, and the point difference has expanded to 9 points.It was only 7 minutes before the start of the game, but the huge score gap made the first graders feel powerless for a while.

However, others just feel powerless, while Rukawa Kaede, who faced Jinguji Budo directly, felt deep despair.

He felt like he had fallen into a swamp, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get out.

From the beginning of the game to now, he has not been able to score even a single point on Jinguji Budo's head. He has a few assists, but for the proud Rukawa Kaede, assists?What the hell is that? !
On the other hand, Jinguji Budo easily scored 18 points on Rukawa Feng's head.Don't think that Jinguji Budo scored 7 points in 18 minutes as if he had put in a lot of effort. Budo scored points in front of Rukawa Kaede, giving people the feeling that it is as simple, relaxed and comfortable as eating and drinking.

The unrestrained and smart shots, the gorgeous and explosive slam dunks, all tell the same thing.

He, Jinguji Budo, and Rukawa Kaede are players of two levels!How much difference there is, I'm afraid even Rukawa Feng himself doesn't know.

And Jinguji Budo's one-sided crushing situation when facing Rukawa Kaede also made the audience who watched the game unconsciously bring themselves into Rukawa Kaede's perspective, and regarded Jinguji Budo as a terrifying villain .

Compared with Jinguji Budo, whose physical talent is terrifying, the audience felt that Rukawa Kaede was an "ordinary person" just like them.

But now, when this ordinary person is trying to complete "the following overcomes the above", he has repeatedly failed. How can this not make the audience empathize.

Even like to mock Rukawa Kaede Sakuragi Hanadao, when he saw Rukawa Kaede being beaten so badly by Budo, he sympathized fiercely, and felt a fire burning in his chest.After pushing Kakuda Satoru, Sakuragi Hanamichi felt the burning sensation in his chest lessen a lot.

But when looking at Kakuda Satoru, Sakuragi still had a vicious look, as if looking at the villain's dog leg.

And when he looked at Budao, he had the same expression, but in Sakuragi's eyes, Budao was the boss of the villain.

As the "Messenger of Justice", he, Sakuragi Hanadao!How can we bear these villains' reckless actions and remain indifferent?

Not only Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga, Katsumi and others also felt that they were fighting against Rukawa Kaede at this time.

The tremendous pressure that martial arts brought to the first graders made Yingmu Huadao and others closely unite in an attempt to resist the suppression of martial arts.

On the court, in just a few minutes, the two teams had several rounds of offensive and defensive interactions, and the score came to 24:16.

The first graders obviously realized that Rukawa Kaede could not do anything in front of Jinguji Budo, and the attack began to revolve around the connection between Sakuragi Hanamichi-Kyota Nobunaga-Kamei Ichiro.

Now Yingmu Huadao is no longer that fledgling rookie and layman. Now he has mastered the scoring methods of layup and slam dunk. At the same time, he also has three threats and tentative steps as weapons. Diagonal Tian Wu, that is a proper crush.

The rushing Sakuragi Hana said goodbye to Kakuda Satoru, and even Chiba Oishi, who was in the third grade, couldn't resist.Of the 16 points scored in the first grade, Hanamichi Sakuragi contributed half of the score alone.

However, facing the terrifying pressure brought by Jinguji Budo, Sakuragi, who scored half of the team's points, did not get carried away. Instead, he focused on the game, and his concentration became stronger and stronger. Be strong.

"Clang~"

With the sound of iron strikes on the court, Chiba Oishi took the ball under the basket, and faced with the interference of Nango Koichiro, he missed a strong shot from close range.

However, the rebound had just appeared, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, wearing a blue jersey, took the lead in jumping up. The basketball had just started to decline, and Sakuragi caught it in his hands.

Few people noticed that when Hanamichi Sakuragi grabbed the rebound, the position between his eyebrows was already level with the basket.

After Sakuragi Hanamichi grabbed the rebound, the first grade launched a fast break. The senior Shiozaki ran very slowly and was far away by Katsumi Ichiro on the way back to defense.Soon, Rukawa Kaede, Kiyota Nobunaga, and Katsumi Ichiro crossed the center line one after another. On the senior side, only Miyagi Ryota and Jinguji Budo returned to defense in time.

Three-on-two up front.

To be on the safe side, Budo entered the inside line early. Miyagi Ryota chose to defend Kiyota Nobunaga. He felt that once Kiyota Nobunaga, who was able to make a sudden pass, entered the inside line and cooperated with Rukawa Kaede, even Budo would be difficult to solve.

After Kiyota Nobunaga received the basketball in the front court, he did not choose to give the ball to Rukawa Kaede, but instead gave it to Komi Ichiro who was standing outside the three-point line.Katsumi Ichiro, who was open, simply adjusted his posture and shot a three-pointer directly.

"Shh!"

With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

Hanamichi Sakuragi's rebound and Ichiro Katsumi's three-pointer, thanks to the efforts of these two people, the first-year team was given a shot in the arm. The players' expressions were lifted, and their morale rose a lot.

And Jinguji Budao didn't intend to hold back against the high-morale first-years. He took whatever he wanted on the offensive end, as if entering a no-man's land.The first graders tried double-teaming, but Jinguji Budo was as slippery as a loach, and they never gave the first-years a chance to double-team.

Rukawa Kaede, who was facing up against Jinguji Budou, was also completely invisible on both ends of the offense and defense. If it wasn't for Sakuragi Hanamichi's strong rebounds, and if it weren't for the offensive ability of Katsumi Ichiro and Kiyota, their group would have collapsed long ago. up.

However, Yingmu Huadao and their efforts were unable to help the team win after all. When the score of the two teams reached 47:26, coach Anzai on the sidelines finally stopped the game.

"The future is yours and ours, but in the final analysis it is yours!"

After the game, Jinguji Budao said this to the first-year freshmen. When Budao said this, his expression was soft and approachable, which was completely different from his sharp-edged appearance on the court.

Although the first graders were abused badly by the senior team led by Jinguji Budao, they were very moved when they saw their seniors and the ace of the team encourage them so much, and vowed to practice hard and take on the responsibility of martial arts. The "future" in the mouth.

For a while, the conflicting atmosphere between the freshmen and senior teams was also reconciled.

After the game ended, Jinguji Budo and others, who had fought for several hours, finally had a rest, and Coach Anzai was not idle. Based on the results of this game, he began to group the players according to their strength.

It was immediately announced that Hanamichi Sakuragi, Nobunaga Kiyota, Koichiro Nango, and Ichiro Katsumi became the main players of Shonhoku High School.

In addition to the four of them, Rukawa Kaede, Oda Ryomasa, and more than a dozen first-years in the first grade were promoted to the second team. If there is a vacancy in the main election, these second team members will fill in as the main selection as soon as possible. .

At the same time, some underperforming second-year players such as Shiozaki were removed from the main selection qualifications and transferred to the second team.

In this regard, Shiozaki and others who were sent to the second team did not complain. From the day those special recruits trained with the team, they knew that this moment would come sooner or later.

Sakuragi and others who were promoted to the main election were naturally elated. Although Ryumasa Oda failed to become the main election, he also knew that his performance in leading the team today was not good, and it was normal for him not to be recognized.

What's more, Rukawa Kaede, a star player in middle school back then, was only on the second team like him, so what could he complain about?
After most of the first-year students saw the strength of the senior students and Sakuragi and others, they had no hope of being promoted to the main selection at all, and accepted the grouping arrangement of Coach Anxi.

Xiangbei High School started training in three teams starting today.

They are the first-choice players, the second team and the third team.

There are 12 players in the regular draft, and the jersey numbers range from 4 to 15.Captain Mitsui Hisashi and vice-captain Kigure Konobu have jerseys No. 4 and No. 5 respectively, Takenori Akagi No. 6, Miyagi No. 7, Jinguji Budo No. 8, and Chiba Oishi No. 9.

The newly joined Sakuragi Hanamichi got the No. 10 jersey, Kiyota Nobunaga got the No. 11 jersey, Nango Koichiro and Katsumi Ichiro got the No. 12 and 13 jerseys respectively.

However, Xiangbei's No. 14 and No. 15 jerseys have vacancies.

Coach Anxi's meaning is very simple. He intends to use these two selected places to motivate all non-selected players to actively train. This can also be regarded as a stimulating method of Coach Anxi.

Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi and other special recruits who were in the same class as him became the main players one by one, and Rukawa Kaede who was selected into the second team felt really mixed feelings in his heart at the moment.

Does he have resentment in his heart?More or less, Rukawa Feng is a proud person, he doesn't think he will be inferior to Yingmu Huadao and the others, he thinks that his strength is much stronger than all other first graders.Even in Xiangbei High School, there are only a few people who are stronger than him.

But being put into the second team, Rukawa Feng didn't argue for himself.

A training match was overwhelmed by Jinguji Budo. Although the opponent he faced was the strongest ace in Xiangbei, his statistics of Rukawa Kaede were really ugly.Even if coach Anxi knows his strength and puts him in the main draft, the other players will probably shout that it is unfair.

Although Rukawa Kaede is really capable of shutting everyone up, Coach Anxi will not do this.

Coach Anxi's decision today is actually based on the idea of ​​practicing Rukawa Kaede.

At the end of the game, the spectators gradually dispersed. The news agency of Xiangbei High School briefly interviewed Mitsui Shou, the captain. Knowledge.

In this regard, Mitsui Shou did not reject it.When Mitsui Shou was being interviewed, Hanamichi Sakuragi and Nobunaga Kiyoda surrounded Mitsui Shou making trouble, while the rest of the players were free to move around in the arena.Some players practiced the basics by themselves, and some players spontaneously organized a half-court 3v3 match.

Soon, the arena became lively again.

However, Rukawa Kaede didn't intend to join in. He neither went to the corner to practice alone, nor participated in the half-time game organized by other players.

Instead, he was sitting alone in his seat, looking down at the ground, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Hey, boy, what's the matter with you?"

"It's just a training match, are you autistic?"

"Or, seeing that Sakuragi and Kiyota have become the main candidates, but you didn't, are you not convinced?"

Jinguji Budo noticed Kaede Rukawa who was sitting alone on the sidelines, silently came to Kaede Rukawa, sat on the bench next to Kaede Rukawa, looked at the first graders who were playing 3v3 in the field, and asked with a smile road.

"." Rukawa Feng didn't respond, and he didn't know whether he didn't hear it or deliberately ignored Jinguji Budao, but he still maintained his original appearance.

Wu Dao saw that Rukawa Feng ignored him and didn't care, so he said to himself:

"Actually, when I returned to Xiangbei High School this time, I didn't continue to play in the United States, just to finish the things I didn't finish."

"Rukawa Feng, losing to me is actually not an unacceptable thing."

"When I was in the United States, there were many, many high school students who lost to me."

"You are not the strongest among the players who lost to me."

Jinguji Budou's comforting words fell on Rukawa Kaede's ears, which were really harsh, but Rukawa Kaede, who was immersed in failure, finally reacted when Budou mentioned the United States, raised his head, and looked at Budou.

"That place really has a lot of talent monsters!"

"In the strong high schools in the United States, there are many small forwards with a height of about 195cm, and even guards are rarely less than 185cm."

"Rukawa Feng, with your physical condition, when you go there, you can find them everywhere, not to mention grabbing them."

Rukawa Feng was silent for a while after listening to Bu Dao's words, the ridicule from the winner was really harsh.

"I'm telling you this just to let you know that this world is huge."

"On the road of basketball, you will experience failures, and there are many, many more."

"You will meet opponents stronger than me, and one day, you will even meet opponents that you can't overcome no matter what!"

"You have to learn to accept your incompetence, so that you can become stronger."

After Wu Dao said this, he fell into a brief silence.

When he was in the United States, he participated in the Adidas training camp at that time, where he was lucky enough to meet Barkley.At that time, Barkley was very interested in seeing Wu Dao, a man of yellow race, in the training camp, and asked Bu Dao to play a few balls with him.

That game made Budo know his insignificance. He can control the wind and rain on the American high school court. Facing Barkley, he is like a rookie who has just learned how to play. Under Barkley's defense, he can't even get the ball. stable.

From then on, Wu Dao clearly realized his own weakness.

But now Rukawa Feng has been going smoothly all the way. He has played for so long, and the only opponent he has encountered may be martial arts. Rukawa Feng's vision has not been fully opened yet.

"Listen to you, you can't get along in the United States and come back?"

It was rare that Rukawa Feng had a reaction, but his words confirmed that Wu Dao couldn't help but twitched his eyes.

Listen, what are these words?

"You may not believe me when I tell you, but I can not only survive, but also do well."

"Among the top 30 high school students in the United States, I have a place, and I am called a five-star high school student."

"If it wasn't for the fact that I didn't play enough games, my pick, entering the top ten, wouldn't be a big problem."

"But... you have to know that every year, many 5-star high school students graduate, but there are not many who can really play professional basketball anywhere!"

"Rukawa Feng, this road requires a strong heart."

"do you have?"

After Budou finished speaking, he patted Rukawa Feng on the shoulder, and then left his seat.

Rukawa Feng looked at the back of Jinguji Budo, and after a long time, he murmured:
"Of course!"

(End of this chapter)