The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master.

Chapter 122
"Old Lin, Sakuragi, the three of us will leave in the afternoon. If we hurry up, we can go back to Yanjing for supper in the evening."

"When it comes to late-night snacks, my mouth is almost drooling. In the past two or three months, my mouth has become like a bird!"

Zhu Fangyu and the other three had just come out of the training hall. All three of them had excellent scores in all assessments, even if they had graduated from the training.

Lin Dong said with a smile: "I probably only have these few days, and Sakuragi's estimate will be half a month."

"What half a month! Brother Takato, you only came a few days earlier than me, and I only came here a few days!" After Sakuragi Hanamichi asked clearly what they were talking about, he refused. He couldn't compare with Brother Takato in terms of strength. But you can never lose when it comes to temperament.

"I've already paid the money, why are you so anxious?" Zhu Fangyu laughed and patted him on the shoulder: "Be good, listen to me, don't graduate, don't even take the exam if you can, just procrastinate. Anyway, you don't have to pay more. , let Old Earl be tired for at least another month or two, let him put us on a curfew for more than a month, and also check our bedtime every day..."

Just as he was talking, Rukawa Kaede came over with the ball.

"Speaking of procrastination, here!" Sun Yue grinned and purred in the direction Rukawa Feng was walking towards: "I don't think he will be able to graduate. He actually dared to provoke us when he first came here."

"Hey, forget it." Zhu Fangyu stopped him and said, "That guy is actually quite innocent and has no bad intentions."

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Rukawa Kaede had already walked up to several people.

"One more fight?" he asked Sun Yue.

Sun Yue couldn't help but laugh: "Look, it's here again! You can't blame me for this!"

"This man..." Zhu Fangyu also didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I'm so stunned!"

"If you don't fight, what's the point of beating a rookie..."

Before Sun Yue finished speaking, he saw Rukawa Feng bending down at 90 degrees: "Please!"

Several people were startled. Sun Yue looked at Zhu Fangyu, while Zhu Fangyu spread his hands.

After all, everyone has lived under the same roof for two or three months, and now they are leaving. I didn’t want to continue to attack this guy, but since I took the initiative and strongly requested...

"Then let's fight." Zhu Fangyu said nonchalantly.

"I'm too lazy to fight him. After a while, Stephen will come to the door again and accuse me of bullying." Sun Yue patted Sakuragi Hanamichi on the shoulder: "Sakuragi, please come on!"

"Me?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was surprised and delighted. His eyes lit up when he heard this. Ever since he had a duel with Rukawa Kaede at the Shohoku Gymnasium before the county competition and lost miserably, he had been looking forward to the return of Kaede. when.

"Are you afraid?" Sun Yue said excitedly.

"Fuck!" Sakuragi has already learned Zhu Fangyu's catchphrase: "Kill him!"

Rukawa Kaede frowned, feeling insulted.

But I heard Sun Yue say with a smile: "Hey, Rukawa, if you beat Sakuragi, I will fight you!"

"Wait." Lin Dong shouted.

Everyone looked at Lin Dong at this time.

"What are you doing, Takato-san!" Sakuragi Hanamichi screamed, he wanted to torture Rukawa Kaede so much.

During this period, Sakuragi Hanamichi practiced against the Dragon Kingdom trio every day, and even practiced against Lin Dong. He also practiced mid-range shots. Everyone was already very familiar with his strength.

Although there are few offensive methods, the defensive ability is getting stronger and stronger. When playing ten balls with Zhu Fangyu and the others, they can always defend four or five. Occasionally, when the touch is good, they can achieve a record of 10 to 3 or even 10 to 4. Compared with Rukawa Kaede, who has been defeated 10-0 every time and is obviously getting better and better, has become so much stronger that there is absolutely no problem in challenging him one-on-one.

Lin Dong wanted to protect him? Are you afraid that he will collapse due to stimulation?
But Lin Dong said with a smile: "Let the two of them fight on their own. Let's not just watch and join in the fun. There is no one in Arena 3 right now, so close the door."

"Come on Rukawa Kitsune!" Sakuragi Hanamichi shouted enthusiastically and ran towards the arena.

"Wait here." Rukawa Kaede also became a little angry. He had never been disrespectful to these people, but he was looked down upon time and time again: "I will come out soon, don't refuse again then!"

"Okay, okay! Wait for you!" Sun Yue said haha ​​nonchalantly. He had fought a lot with these two people. He knew the strength of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede clearly.

…………

The arena door was closed, and Zhu Fangyu and Lin Dong stood outside the door.

Listening to the bang bang bang bang bang of the ball inside, it seems that the battle has begun.

Zhu Fangyu looked at Lin Dong with a smile: "You still take care of his face. You are kind-hearted. I think that guy has received too few blows and needs training. Old Earl and the others are just too conservative. This guy wants me to come." Teach, take care of it, and let him be destroyed and then reestablished today!"

Lin Dong smiled.

kindly?

He felt it was out of the question.

Frankly speaking, he had no feelings for Rukawa Kaede.

Whether he is hardworking or diligent, in the eyes of ordinary people, he may be moved by his persistence, but for Lin Dong, who is determined to become a professional, whether it is comparing with the players on the professional court, or with the players he once attended at the Longguo Sports School, Compared with those friends who are eager to get ahead.

Who doesn't work hard? Who doesn't work hard? Who wouldn’t be so cruel to themselves that they would do it to death?
If you want to reach the extreme in any path, the sacrifices required are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Let alone practicing to the point where you develop psychological problems, even if you directly train yourself to be disabled, or even die suddenly on the training ground, Lin Dong will not Saw a lot.

How could it be possible that Rukawa Kaede would be touched by this little effort? Just sympathize with him?

Effort does not equal achievement. Many times you just move yourself. This is a truth that everyone should understand.

However, this is a training base after all, and Old Earl and the others focused on 'gentle guidance' in dealing with Rukawa Kaede's psychological problems.

After all, they have received money from others. From the perspective of Old Earl and the others, their primary purpose is to ensure the physical and mental health of the players and complete training goals. It is understandable to choose such a conservative method, otherwise the players will really have something wrong. They cannot escape responsibility for the reversal problem, and they will only ruin their own brand.

Lin Dong didn't think it was necessary to go out of his way to stop the game.

But since I was attending classes at a training base, and Old Earl was quite nice to everyone, I still had to pay attention. It was just childish to openly dismantle Old Earl just for a few words.

"At least we have lived together for two or three months, which gives us some dignity." Lin Dong said with a smile: "Let's break up. Don't you have any luggage to pack? Are you really interested in waiting here to see others lose?" Tsk, oops, it’s gone!”

"Hey, Lao Lin, why don't you go back to China to attend the Nike Summit next year? There's also U19, let me recommend it to you! Director Zhang and I are very familiar with each other!"

"Lao Zhu, come on, it doesn't matter whether Director Zhang will lead the team next year."

"Oh, I have to go home for the winter vacation. See you in Yanjing then!"

In Arena 3...

The battle lasted for a long time, but the score was not very anxious.

At 9:5, Sakuragi Hanamichi has scored 9 goals.

The reason why it took so long was because Sakuragi Hanamichi's scoring methods were really bad.

But on defense, it reminded Rukawa Kaede of the feeling he had when facing Lin Dong.

It is difficult to score a goal by yourself. The five points you get are all scored by relying on some magic balls or lucky balls in the process of exchanging ball rights intermittently.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's 9 points were scored after his physical strength was greatly reduced in the second half.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

Rukawa Kaede's breathing became heavier and heavier, and his movements began to become stiffer and stiffer, until Sakuragi Hanamichi actually completed a pull-up jump shot in front of him, completely tearing his defensive center of gravity apart, and he sat down on the ground. …

Swish!
The basketball is shot steadily.

Win, win? !

Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that he could hear his own heartbeat, and he looked at Rukawa Kaede sitting on the ground.

Rukawa Kaede lowered his head and panted heavily. His long bangs covered his eyes, making it difficult to see his eyes and expression clearly, but from the lowered head and the almost limp body, , but his frustration and despair can still be seen.

Sakuragi Hanamichi took a deep breath.

He was still very excited at 9:5 just now. He thought that after winning this one-on-one challenge, he would be very excited and happy, but at this moment, his heart calmed down, and he could not find any trace of joy. It feels, on the contrary, a bit empty.

"Hi." He shouted to Rukawa Kaede.

But the other party still lowered his head and did not respond.

Sakuragi Hanamichi frowned and was thinking about what to say when he saw the door of the basketball gym suddenly opened.

Standing outside the door were not Lin Dong, Zhu Fangyu and the others, but Old Earl and Coach Anxi who was supposed to be in Kanagawa at this time.

"Dad?" Sakuragi Hanamichi was startled: "When did you come?"

Coach Anxi did not answer, but simply asked: "Is the fight over?"

As if sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Sakuragi Hanamichi curled her lips and remained silent.

Rukawa Kaede finally got up from the ground, lowering his once proud head: "Coach... I don't want to play basketball anymore..."

Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned, but the next second...

"Hehehehe!" Coach Anxi laughed: "Okay, I'll take you home."

………………

Shizuoka Prefecture, Mount Fuji fifth station...

Coach Anzai paid for the air ticket, but he did not fly directly back to Tokyo and transfer to Kanagawa. Instead, he flew directly from Fukuoka to Aoki Airport.

Coach Anzai said that he would find a place to stay here for a day. Rukawa Kaede didn't care about this. In fact, he felt like he didn't care about anything anymore.

Losing to Lin Dong, losing to Zhu Fangyu, losing to Wang Shipeng, losing to Sun Yue, and without exception, ten to zero, ten to zero... His former arrogance has long been trampled into the mud.

If "it is natural to lose to the Dragon Kingdom players" is the only motivation that supports him to continue training, then when he lost to Sakuragi Hanamichi today, Rukawa Kaede felt that he could no longer find a reason to persist.

Since he couldn't accept failure, he had no choice but to leave. As for what he would do after leaving, Rukawa Kaede really didn't care anymore.

So after coming out of Aoki Airport, Coach Anzai suggested that he wanted to see Mount Fuji even though he was here, and Rukawa Kaede did not refuse.

When they arrived at the fifth station at the foot of Mount Fuji, Rukawa Kaede realized that this was not Coach Anzai's impromptu idea, because a tour guide named Masahiro Yamagai had already been waiting for them here, and had returned the money to the two. People have rented all kinds of luggage needed for mountain climbing.

Mountain climbing? What's the meaning?
Rukawa Kaede looked at Coach Anxi suspiciously.

But I saw that Coach Anxi had already put his hiking bag on his back, and then smiled and said to him: "I have already booked a bed and breakfast in the mountain hut. Let's go, Rukawa-san. It's already getting late. If it's later, it will be dark when we go up." "

Rukawa Kaede frowned.

He vaguely felt that Coach Anxi wanted to use mountain climbing to tell him something. Maybe he wanted to enlighten himself, maybe he hadn't given up on himself yet...

But Coach Anzai is over 50 years old. With his chubby figure, it is difficult to walk even a little bit fast. How dare he climb Mount Fuji?
Besides, I know my own business, and my spirit has been wiped out by those Dragon Nation people and Sakuragi long ago. So what if I climb Mount Fuji? Nothing will be touched.

"We've come here." Coach Anxi said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of an old man. What are you afraid of? Let's go!"

　The plot of the training base is over, and all the foreshadowing has been done.

　　The part about Rukawa Kaede's mountain climbing will not be continued in the next chapter. After all, he is not the protagonist. Although he needs to be foreshadowed, there is no need to write too much. In the future, when recalling, he will explain a few key scenes. So, don't worry about the word count. ^^.

　　I will return to Kanagawa tomorrow to prepare for the winter selection.

　　So, yes, the ultimate boss of the slam dunk chapter is Shohoku!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)