Budo and others in the stadium didn't even notice that outsiders entered the arena. At this time, Budo's attention was focused on Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui Hisashi who were facing off outside the three-point line.
In the first-year offensive round, the basketball came to Rukawa Kaede after several passes. Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, once again faced Mitsui Hisashi and decided to break through on his own.
At this time, coach Ise Nimura of Yokota Middle School brought his players to Masayoshi Anzai. After the two coaches exchanged a few words, they were invited by coach Masayoshi Anzai to sit down and watch their practice match at Takeishi Middle School. The tall young man who had been following Issei Shinmura stood behind Issei Shinmura at this time, watching the game on the court curiously.
"Coach Anxi, is this the first grade of your Takeishi Middle School this year?"
"Facing Mitsui Hisashi, he still looks full of fighting spirit. He looks pretty good!"
Isei Shinmura noticed Kaede Rukawa holding the ball at this time and inquired with a smile.
After receiving the basketball, Rukawa Kaede quickly swept the ball and kept the ball in a lower position to facilitate breakthrough. The whole movement was quite smooth, and this scene also fell in the eyes of Isei Shinmura. The coach of Yokota Middle School immediately realized that Rukawa Kaede's foundation was quite solid after seeing this series of movements by Rukawa Kaede.
"It's just a newborn calf." Masayoshi Anzai said casually, without revealing too much information. But when he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but glance diagonally behind Issei Shinmura. There was something unexpected in his eyes. Surprise.
He knew the tall young man standing behind Issei Shinmura.
"Shinomiya Tōno!"
"The ace of Tokyo University Affiliated No. 1 Middle School actually joined Yokota Middle School. This is not good news!"
Anxi Zhengyi glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze. His originally good mood became heavy at this moment. When he just communicated with Isei Shinmura, he already knew the other party's intention. After seeing Shinomiya Tano, he agreed to the other party's request for a training match without hesitation.
Issei Shinmura wants to know the current combat effectiveness of Takeishi Middle School, and he, Masayoshi Anzai, doesn't want to know either. Although this year's Takeshi Middle School is still led by Hisashi Mitsui, the previous dual-core style of play is no longer possible due to the ban of Jinguji Budo.
Practice matches with strong teams are very important for the team's new lineup to get used to it.
"Hum hum!"
"Masayoshi Anzai seems to have had a profound influence on Tianye. He has secretly watched Tianye many times."
"It seems that Anxi Zhengyi cares about this matter very much."
"But it's right to be concerned. This year, our Yokota Middle School will be stronger than ever before!"
Masayoshi Anzai secretly observed Shinomiya's movements and was noticed by Isei Shinmura, who felt very happy in his heart. Today, I brought Shinomiya Tanoh to Takeishi for an invitation to play a practice match. Observing the opponent's strength is secondary. The most important thing is to show off Shinomiya Tanoh, their new ace player who joined the club this year.
On the court, Kaede Rukawa, who was holding the ball, suddenly made a move. Facing Hisashi Mitsui's defense, Kaede Rukawa took a step forward, crossed his left foot to the right, and then quickly lowered his body to break through to the side of Hisashi Mitsui.
Rukawa Kaede was quite fast. Although Mitsui Hisashi on the defensive side reacted immediately, he was still half a body behind Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede, who was advancing with the ball, had just crossed the three-point line when he saw Jinguji Budo move inside. Jinguji Budo moved in the direction of Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough, but he did not try to get out of the three-point line. The meaning of seconds zone.
Rukawa Kaede had a pretty good view of the court. He also noticed the martial arts movements when he broke through, and immediately gave up his determination to break into the inside. His traveling speed suddenly slowed down, and he looked up at the basket.
Mitsui Hisashi was chasing after Rukawa Kaede. When Rukawa Kaede suddenly stopped, he surpassed Rukawa Kaede and came to Rukawa Kaede. When he saw Rukawa Kaede's movements, he did not hesitate and immediately reached out to cover him. Rukawa maple.
When Mitsui Hisashi was defending Rukawa Kaede, he did not think about blocking all Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough routes. Their senior team was protected by the 190cm Jinguji martial arts inside. If the 177cm Rukawa Kaede foolishly broke through to the inside, He will definitely be taught by martial arts to be a good person.
Therefore, Mitsui Hisashi's choice of defensive strategy is more to limit Rukawa Kaede's passing and shooting.
At this time, Rukawa Kaede already had the intention of shooting, and Hisashi Mitsui didn't think much about it and pounced directly.
"Here we come!" Rukawa Kaede's sight was blocked by Mitsui Shou. After he stood up a little, he dwarfed and ducked past Mitsui Shou's body.
A simple prayer directly passed Mitsui Hisashi's defense line. Mitsui Shouya, who was broken through by Rukawa Kaede, didn't care. He quickly turned around and chased Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede, who successfully passed Mitsui Hisashi, only took two steps forward before making an emergency stop and shot. Mitsui Hisashi, who arrived late, only had time to raise his hand to cover Rukawa Kaede's sight, although it caused some interference. , but it was far from being able to affect Rukawa Kaede's shooting rhythm.
The basketball flew out of Rukawa Kaede's hands and hit the board at a 45-degree angle into the net.
Under the basket, Budō, who had already occupied the best position to grab the board, saw the basketball fall from the net and relaxed the tight muscles of his body. He smiled and said to Mitsui Hisashi:
"Hey, mistress, please give me enough interference."
"If you let him shoot like this, where will the rebound come from?"
"This kid's shooting is pretty good, too."
Budo did not forget to ridicule Hisashi Mitsui at this time. Today, Hisashi Mitsui is the absolute ace of Takeshi Middle School. Not only in Takeshi Middle School, but even in the entire Kanagawa Junior High School basketball world, Mitsui Hisashi is also the number one figure.
Now that a first-year student is scoring points on his head, it's a bit embarrassing to speak out.
"I have already defended myself seriously. This kid is just lucky."
"Next time a ball like this happens, I'll just cover it for him!"
Mitsui Shou snorted and retorted. After hearing this, Budo smiled, took the ball to the baseline, sent the ball to Mitsui, and said sarcastically while running towards the frontcourt:
"Then I'll watch. You have to work harder and don't be surpassed by the juniors."
"Otherwise, senior's face will be lost."
After Wu Dao finished speaking, he quickly ran towards the front court. After hearing this, Mitsui Shou was obviously a little unhappy and accelerated the pace of advancement.
After coming to the frontcourt, Hisashi Mitsui didn't play ball for Budo. Facing the first-year defense, he directly adopted a strong breakthrough. The first-year defender Mitsui Hisashi couldn't keep up with Mitsui Hisashi's breakthrough pace and could only watch helplessly. Watching Hisashi Mitsui enter the mid-range, and then stop and make a jump shot.
Mitsui Hisashi, who felt no defensive pressure at all, easily scored the ball and then pointed towards Budo.
It seems to be telling Martial Arts, "Look, it's so easy for me to score points."
Seeing this scene, Wu Dao just smiled, turned around and said to Rukawa Kaede who was standing behind him: "Boy, that guy is provoking you, have you seen it?"
"Hisuka Mitsui is our ace in Takeshi Middle School."
"It's useless for you to defend me. I'm just a sparring partner for the basketball team. If you surpass me, it doesn't mean anything. It can only mean that you surpassed the sparring partner."
"But beating him is different."
"If you defeat the ace, you will be the new ace."
"He is the top junior high school student in Kanagawa Prefecture and the MVP of the prefectural competition last year."
Budo said with a smile. When the simple Rukawa Kaede heard this, he didn't think anything at all. He immediately looked at Mitsui Shou. In addition to being surprised, he was full of fighting spirit. His eyes looked at Mitsui Shou. Extremely determined.
"This boy is so innocent!"
"Xiaosan, don't let your juniors surpass you! Otherwise, I will feel embarrassed too."
When Budao saw Rukawa Kaede's expression, he knew what Rukawa Kaede was thinking. He smiled secretly in his heart, and then began to return.
At this time, Mitsui Hisashi had no idea that Budo had sold him. When he returned to defense, he saw Budo coming to his side, and he did not forget to show off:
"How about it? My scoring efficiency is pretty good."
"This attack was completed in only 8 seconds."
Wu Dao glanced sideways at Mitsui Shou, smiled and said nothing, and entered the inside lane minding his own business.
Hisashi Mitsui didn't care when he saw Budo's appearance, thinking that his strength had left Budo speechless, and then stood outside the three-point line, waiting for the first-year players to attack.
Off the court, Ise Nimura saw Kaede Rukawa's offense and Hisashi Mitsui's offense, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The personal abilities of Takeishi Middle School players are quite good.
Just from the offense and defense of the two teams in this round, Shinmura Issei saw a lot. Their Yokota Middle School, before Shinomiya Tano joined, did not have players who could break the formation as easily as Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa.
Seeing the strength of Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede, Shinmura Issei's face couldn't help but become solemn.
"Tian Tian, the two teams fighting on the court now, do you want a player who you think is good?"
"Which ones can be your opponents?"
Issei Shinmura suddenly turned his head and asked the young man behind him. And his words also attracted Masayoshi Anzai and the leader of the Takeishi team who were sitting next to him. For a moment, the eyes of the three people fell on Shinomiya Tanano at the same time.
"The first grade just now was pretty good. The smoothness of the prayer and the timing were pretty good. It's just that the movements were a little out of shape. If the defensive player were me, I wouldn't take advantage of this."
"Others are hard to see."
When Shinomiya spoke, his eyes were always looking at Jinguji Budo who was positioned inside. Although his words did not directly answer the question of coach Isei Nimura, the meaning he wanted to express was quite straightforward.
Rukawa Kaede's movements are out of shape, which means that his Shinomiya field movements will not be out of shape. Mitsui Hisashi took advantage of the situation, but Shinomiya Tano would not take advantage of it.
What Shinomiya Tōno means is that neither Rukawa Kaede nor Mitsui Hisashi are as good as him. It's just that the words were not spoken directly.
Shinmura Issei also understood what Shinomiya Tōno meant. He folded his hands on his chest and looked satisfied, but he still put on a reproachful tone and said, "Tōno, you are not humble."
"You still have to be humble. Mitsui Hisako is Takeshi's trump card, and his strength is beyond doubt."
"You have to keep your spirits up during Sunday's training match."
Although they were words of reproach, they did not sound so pleasant to the ears of Masayoshi Anzai and Team Leader Takeishi.
Shinomiya Tano didn't seem to hear anything behind the words. He nodded, said yes, and went to watch the game on his own. From the moment he entered the arena, Shinomiya never took his eyes off Jinguji Budo.
"That guy has grown taller and stronger."
"Although Mitsui Hisashi is the ace of Takeshi Middle School, he is still not qualified to compete with me. His physical talent determines his upper limit."
"But Jinguji martial arts is different for you. I hope you won't disappoint me, otherwise fighting against Takeshi will become very boring."
Shinomiya Tōno looked at Jinguji Martial Arts and thought silently in his heart. After the national competition last year, he quit the Tokyo University basketball team, but due to personal reasons, he did not come to Kanagawa immediately. When he transferred to Yokota Middle School, it was the beginning of this year. Shinomiya Tanano also didn’t know about Jinguji’s martial arts ban.
He has high expectations for Sunday's game.
Off the court, there was an undercurrent between the two coaches Yokota and Takeishi. On the court, there was already a storm of light.
Rukawa Kaede, who received "tips" from Jinguji Martial Arts, has now shifted his challenge target from Martial Arts to Mitsui Hisashi. Rukawa Kaede, who was originally a bit Buddhist in the practice match and did not take the initiative to ask for the ball, immediately turned sideways to Mitsui Hisashi after entering the frontcourt, raised his right hand and waved it wildly, asking for the ball from his teammates.
Katsumi Ichiro entered the frontcourt with the ball. It was originally coming towards him, but suddenly saw Rukawa Kaede looking anxious for the ball. Considering Rukawa Kaede's previous singles success, he decided to throw the ball to Rukawa Kaede.
Hisashi Mitsui was not a fool. When he saw Rukawa Kaede like this, he realized that this first grader seemed to want to challenge him. At this time, when he saw the basketball flying towards Rukawa Kaede, he not only did not force himself to block it in order to steal it, but instead took a step back, giving Rukawa Kaede enough space to catch the ball.
"Snapped!"
After a soft sound, the basketball fell into Rukawa Kaede's hands. Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, stood face to face in front of Hisashi Mitsui. He grabbed the ball with both hands and was only about 10cm away from the floor.
"Boy, I won't let you go this time!"
There is about 60cm between Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede, which is quite a big space. Seeing Rukawa Kaede holding the ball, Mitsui Hisashi hooked his hand towards Rukawa Kaede and said with a smile.
Rukawa Kaede remained unmoved in the face of Mitsui's provocation. With no other expression on his face, he lowered his center of gravity, quickly dropped the ball, and broke through toward his most comfortable right side.
There was a lot of space between the two of them. As soon as Rukawa Kaede made a move, Mitsui Hisashi reacted. He stepped forward directly, raised his left hand high, and pressed his body directly against Rukawa Kaede's body.
Mitsui Hisashi didn't hold back this time, and directly gave Rukawa Kaede strength. His power was stronger than Rukawa Kaede, who had just been promoted to junior high school. The rhythm of the breakthrough Rukawa Kaede's dribbling was directly destroyed. The huge power made the breakthrough Rukawa Kaede unable to He leaned back consciously.
Rukawa Kaede also adjusted quickly. Realizing that he couldn't force the attack, he quickly turned around and regained control of the basketball while widening the distance between him and Hisashi Mitsui.
To break through with the ball, the strength requirements are still quite high. When the strength gap is obvious, once the defensive players come into confrontation, the offensive players may not even be able to hold the ball steadily.
At this time, Rukawa Kaede is not so sure that he can't handle the ball even in practice, but if he still makes a strong breakthrough, it will definitely affect his shooting rhythm.
Realizing this, Rukawa Kaede stopped, stepped on the three-point line, dribbled slowly and readjusted his rhythm.
Mitsui Hisashi was not in a hurry, and kept a distance of about 50cm, staring at the basketball in Rukawa Kaede's hand.
However, at this moment, Rukawa Kaede suddenly joined the ball, pulled out his hand on the spot, and the basketball flew directly to the basket. Mitsui Hisashi obviously did not expect Rukawa Kaede to take a shot from this position, stepping on the three-point line for two points. This kind of shooting choice is really poor. If it were Mitsui Hisashi, he would never have enough time to attack. Under the circumstances, choose this method of action.
But Rukawa Kaede obviously didn't think the same way as Mitsui Hisashi. In Rukawa Kaede's mind, offense could only be divided into two situations: opportunities and no opportunities. He didn't care whether the opportunity was good or bad.
"Cang!" The flying basketball hit the root of the basket and bounced high up. Wu Dao under the basket had already occupied the position of grabbing the board. He looked up at the falling basketball with a sudden look on his face.
"This luck..." Wu Dao muttered in his heart, watching the basketball that bounced fall back down, and right below where the basketball fell, there was actually a basketball net.
"Uh-huh!"
Rukawa Kaede's long two-point shot bounced around the basket and fell into the net.
"Nani?!" Mitsui Shou was shocked when he saw this scene, and shouted with his eyes wide open.
Rukawa Kaede, who scored the goal, finally had an expression on his face. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a smile that didn't look like a smile.
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