Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 353

"What's going on with this group?!"

On the train, Mitsui Shou held the magazine and let out a low voice. His words immediately attracted the curiosity of the surrounding Xiangbei players, and they all surrounded him.

Prior to this, coach Anxi, who had already learned about the grouping of the national competition, did not tell the players about the relevant matters.

Until today, Mitsui Shou, who was reading the magazine, learned about the specific situation of the grouping of the Xiangbei side of the national competition.

Seeing the opponent in the second round, even Mitsui Shou couldn't help but whispered.

"What happened?!"

"What happened to the group?"

"Huh? Fengyu High School, Xiaosan, is this opponent very good? You are so surprised?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up excitedly, with his chin resting on Mitsui Shou's head, looking at the magazine in Mitsui Shou's hand from behind Mitsui Shou.After meeting the first opponent in the group in Shonhoku - Toyotama High School, he asked suspiciously.

Sakuragi really doesn't pay more attention to the high school basketball world. His eyes are currently only limited to Kanagawa County.

"Say something stupid."

"Look at our opponent in the second game."

Hisashi Mitsui pointed to the magazine, seeing the name of Sanno Industry, Sakuragi Hanamichi still had no idea, with a puzzled expression on his face.

On the contrary, Akagi and Mumu Gongyan, who were sitting across from each other, were startled when they heard this, and subconsciously whispered together:
"What?! Sanno Industries!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi has no concept of Sanno Industry, but Akagi Takenori and Kigure Konobu are very familiar with the name "Sanno Industry".

Before Lingnan High School, Sanno Industry in Akita Prefecture was undoubtedly the strongest high school in the country, bar none!

The extremely dominant Sanno Industry has dominated the high school basketball world for decades, and it is the common goal of all the players who are aiming for the national championship.

Last year's Akino Kokuti, Akagi Takenori also played against players from Akita County, although in Akino Kokuti, their Kanagawa prefecture team defeated Akita County and won the championship.

But in that game, the Akita County team still showed impressive strength.

Unlike the Kanagawa prefectural team, which is full of flowers, most of the players in the Akita prefectural team are selected from a team from Sanno Industry.

In other words, Kanagawa prefecture brought together the elites from the entire prefecture to successfully win the championship from Akita prefecture.

At IH last year, Akagi, Koyote Kogure and others watched the game between Sanno Industry and Lingnan High School. It can be said that under Lingnan High School, Sanno Industry is definitely the most promising team to win the national championship.

Perhaps in the eyes of most audiences across the country, the popularity and strength of Shanwang is even stronger than Lingnan and Xiangbei.Even though Lingnan High School has already won the national championship, the deep-rooted thoughts in the hearts of the audience cannot be completely reversed by just one session of IH.

Shanwang is definitely the top player in the high school basketball world!It is an opponent that all teams do not want to encounter prematurely.

But now, Xiangbei High School is about to meet Shanwang in the second round of the national competition. For Xiangbei, this is not good news.

It is precisely because of this that Mitsui Shou's reaction was so great.

"Sanno Industry, it's really Sanno Industry!"

"Our luck is really bad. We met the king of the mountain so early. This is a tough battle!"

Akagi Takenori regained his composure after a brief surprise, but looking at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand, Akagi still couldn't help feeling bad luck.

In the corner of the carriage, Caizi also heard the discussion of the team members. Looking at the Shonhoku players who had already gathered together, Caizi couldn't help asking to Coach Anzai beside her:
"Coach, is it really okay not to tell the players about the grouping situation?"

"We are going to Hiroshima today. After the opening ceremony this afternoon, we will face Fengtama tomorrow. If we win Fengtama, we will face Sanno Industry back-to-back the day after tomorrow."

"Although Sanno Industry lost its title of national overlord last year, there is no doubt that for us in Xiangbei, Sanno is definitely an opponent that cannot be underestimated."

"Isn't it good to tell the players about the grouping situation earlier, so that the players have enough time for psychological construction?"

The Xiangbei team members who got the grouping situation gathered together and discussed the grouping situation in a hurry. In the words of Akagi and Mugure, they could also hear their worried emotions, and such emotions quickly spread among the team members. .

The famous Sanno Industry has put huge psychological pressure on the Xiangbei team members.

Caizi was also a little worried about this, for fear that the grouping would affect the mentality of the team members.It's not a good thing with the game approaching.

"I don't want to put unnecessary pressure on them."

"Also, Caizi."

"Don't underestimate our players too much."

"As long as that guy's mentality is stable, the rest of the team members will calm down soon."

"The role of the trump card is not only reflected on the field!"

Coach Anxi heard the words, turned his head to look at the players, then turned around and said with a smile, he didn't care at all.

"We are about to meet the king of the mountain for the second time! We are so unlucky!"

"Yeah, yeah, they still have a bye in the first round. After we beat Fengyu, we will face Shanwang directly. This is back-to-back, and there is no rest time at all."

"Hey, I heard that Sanwang's players this year have basically maintained the configuration of last year. In my impression, last year in IH, Sanwang's center, guard, and small forward were all in the first and second grades."

"In other words, the strength of the mountain king this year will not be much worse than last year!"

"It's not necessarily true. Maybe Shanwang doesn't have an excellent substitute player this year? In this way, the strength is not good enough."

The Xiangbei team members were talking about the Shanwang team and its players, and they were a little afraid of Shanwang's strength.Even Kiyota Nobunaga and Nanxiang, who are usually the most defiant, are full of worries for a while.

They are not rookies like Yingmu Huadao. To be honest, if they had the opportunity, they also wanted to go to Sanno Industry
"Okay, don't be the king of the mountain, the king of the mountain."

"Since the matter of grouping has been confirmed, it is useless to talk about other things!"

"I have expectations for the strength of Sanno Industry. Their main players are still there this year, and their strength is only stronger than last year. You don't have to have illusions about this."

"However, for us in Xiangbei, it doesn't matter whether the mountain king is strong or weak."

"These are the opponents we need to beat!"

Mitsui Shou also seemed to have noticed that something was wrong with the team members' emotions. Some young first and second-year players were actually timid before fighting, so they clapped their hands in a hurry to appease them.

Mitsui Shou's words had some effect, the simple Sakuragi nodded heavily, and shouted directly:

"That's right! It's the same if you meet early or late!"

"Since our goal is the national championship, then whether it's the king of the mountain or the people of the mountain, let's defeat it together!"

Sakuragi's response made Mitsui very satisfied, Kiyota and Nango couldn't help complaining about Sakuragi's "what a rookie is talking big" when they saw Sakuragi's fearless appearance.

But after Yingmu Huadao's words, the mood of the Xiangbei team members has obviously stabilized.

However, at this moment, a discordant voice sounded.

"It's always been about the king of the mountain, the king of the mountain, I'm very upset to hear that!"

"Down with the king of the mountain?!"

"You guys, didn't you see that your opponent in the first match was our Fengyu High School?"

"We, Fengyu, are we some kind of unpopular team?"

"What are you talking about to defeat the king of the mountain now? It's too early to say big things, hey!"

While speaking, someone hooked Kiyota Nobunaga's shoulder from behind, and turned his head to look. Kiyota saw a young man who was squinting at him at this moment.

"Toyotama's team members?" Akagi Takenori heard the words and turned his head to look. At this moment, he suddenly realized that the train seemed to have arrived at Osaka Station.

"Hey! What are you doing! Hurry up and let go, Kishimoto!"

"Sorry, sorry, you're not hurt?"

At this moment, the coach of Toyotama High School hurried over and yelled at Mari Kishimoto.

"spit--"

"Coach, why do you have to apologize? They ignored us Fengyu first. This is an insult!"

Although Kishimoto Miri let go of Kiyota Nobunaga, she still complained with an unhappy face.

"Fengyu, we really didn't take you seriously!"

"Sarah, what are you going to do?"

At this moment, Jinguji Budo, who had been sitting on a doze and did not participate in the previous discussion in Shonhoku, suddenly straightened up, leaned on the back of the chair, and asked Kishimoto Mari with a smile.

Kishimoto Miri looked away, and the moment he saw Jinguji Budo, his pupils couldn't help shrinking.

"Jinguji Budo from Xiangbei High School, one of the rumored twin stars of Kanagawa!"

"Last year, we lost to him!"

After carefully looking at the Jinguji martial arts, Kishimoto suddenly chuckled and said firmly:
"The name is very famous, but it's just a name."

"Look at the book in your hands!"

"Shohoku High School is an A-level high school just like our Fengyu, so why underestimate our Fengyu?!"

While speaking, Fengyu's coach saw that the train was about to leave, and the team members hadn't taken their seats yet, so he couldn't help urging: "Let's go, Kishimoto, go to our own compartment."

Hearing this, Kishimoto Miri waved his hand casually, and said barbedly in his words:
"Jinguji Budo, see you on the field, I will let you and your Xiangbei, definitely not pass the first round!"

"Still trying to fight the king of the mountain? A frog in a well!"

While speaking, Kishimoto Mari followed the team coach and other team members to their own cars.Jinguji Budou's sleepiness subsided for a while, and he narrowed his eyes slightly as he saw the back of Kishimoto Mari leaving.

Then, he looked down at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand.

Sure enough, the magazine not only posted the team's matchup table, but also marked the word "A" next to the team's signature. There is no doubt that this is the rating given by the magazine to the participating teams.

The rating of Xiangbei High School is A-level, and similarly, the rating of Fengyu High School is only A-level.

Looking away, Wu Dao took a rough look at the ratings of all the other teams. There were only two teams whose comprehensive evaluation surpassed the A level and reached the AA level. One was last year's national overlord, Lingnan High School, and the other was them. The opponent in the second round of Xiangbei, Sanno Industry!
As for the third opponent of Xiangbei High School, it was Meitomo Industry in Aichi Prefecture, and its rating also reached A-level.

Of the dozens of participating teams, only a dozen were rated A-level, and in the series of knockout rounds in Xiangbei, the opponents they faced were either A-level or AA-level, let alone C-level teams. Not even meeting a B-level team, luck can be said to be quite "wow".

However, what Budo cares most about is not the upcoming schedule of Xiangbei, but the A rating of Xiangbei.

It is really.
"It's actually only an A, not AA like Lingnan and Shanwang. Is it because we in Xiangbei have been underestimated? Or is it that the editor-in-chief of the magazine thinks that I, the ace of Xiangbei, is not as powerful as Shanwang's Zebei? The fourth palace in the south of Lingnan?"

Wu Dao was a little upset, although he didn't care about these false names.
But then again, if the old guys at Oak Hill saw him look like this, would they laugh at him?

Those universities that were originally interested in him, seeing that the Xiangbei team he led could not reach the top here, would they have other ideas?These, Bu Dao had to consider.

"Hey, Budao, here is your player profile."

"Unexpectedly, your personal evaluation has actually reached the AA level."

It wasn't long before Budo's sight fell on the magazine, and Mitsui Shou, who noticed Budo's sight, began to turn the page. Just behind the match list of the national competition, the magazine published some players who were famous all over the country. Two pages, introducing more than forty players.

Jinguji Budo is at the beginning of one of the pages, juxtaposed with Shinomiya Tianye.

Looking around, Jinguji Budo is not the only individual player who has received an AA rating. Leaving aside Shinomiya Tianye, Sendo Akira and Fujima from Lingnan High School have both received this rating. In addition to Gongji Budo being on the list, Mitsui Toshiya also received an AA rating.

There are many Sanno industries here, and the four of them are AA-level evaluations of Sawakita Eiji, Kawada Masashi, Fukatsu Kazunari, and Matsumoto Minoru.Aichi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and so on.

There are nearly 20 people who have reached the AA level evaluation.

At a glance, Bu Dao is not only not happy that he has received an AA rating, he just feels that the rating of this magazine is really worthless.

Budou admitted that some of the AA-level players he knew were indeed good in the magazine, but he had to compare himself with others.

Is Zebei Eiji's AA level the same as Nanlie's AA level?

And Zebei's AA level, compared with Jinguji Budo, there is a big gap in strength between the two.

"It seems that the results of IH last year and the results of this year's county competition have made us in Xiangbei underestimated."

"Little San, I have decided that we, Xiangbei, must show our overwhelming strength in the match against Fengyu, Sanno and other teams!"

"You, Akagi, and Chiba are all in their last year. We need the big victory in Xiangbei to open up a path for your future!"

"I'm not worried about you. The University of Tsukuba has already promised you before, but Akagi and Chiba, I heard that no university has offered an olive branch yet."

"I think a simple victory is not enough!"

The train roared and headed towards Hiroshima at high speed.

At noon, the train finally stopped at Hiroshima Station. Under the leadership of coach Anzai, the Xiangbei players officially checked into the hotel that entertained the team.

In the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the national competition was held at the Hiroshima Center Arena.

Powerful players from all over the country gathered together to welcome the upcoming national competition!
(End of this chapter)