Sunday morning.
Jinguji Martial Arts got up early in the morning. As usual, he changed into sports clothes after a simple wash, wrapped a sweat towel in his hand, and then went out for a morning run.
When it was close to 6:30, Jinguji Budo changed direction and ran towards Flagbian Park. He had not forgotten the agreement he had made with Sakuragi Hanamichi yesterday, and was going to wait for him at Flagbian Park in advance.
To be honest, Jinguji felt a little uneasy on the way to the park. He didn't know if Sakuragi Hanamichi, whom he had only met twice, would come. In Budo's view, Sakuragi Hanamichi said yesterday that he wanted to be Athletes like martial arts are more about oral pleasure.
It's just a subconscious yearning for a young and ignorant boy after seeing the scenery of a senior. This kind of yearning often lasts for a very short time. Many people may forget yesterday's heroic words just after a good sleep.
Flagbian Park is a small park in the city. It covers a fairly small area. There is a basketball court in the park, but the facilities of this basketball court are really average. There are no lines on the ground, and it is still a cement floor. No glue was applied. There are no benches for people to rest on the side of the court.
Therefore, this golf course is not popular. No one comes here to play and practice in the morning. The reason why Jinguji Martial Arts chose this park is simply because this park is relatively close to the place where he met Sakuragi Hanamichi. Hanamichi's home should be near this park.
When Jinguji Budou ran to the entrance of the park, it was around 6:40. Yesterday, Budou and Sakuragi Hanamichi came out of the noodle shop after eating a bowl of noodles at around 7 o'clock, and the agreed time was also at that time.
Looking at the deserted open space at the entrance of the park, Wu Dao felt somewhat disappointed.
"It seems that it is impossible for that guy to arrive early and then wait for me to come."
The disappointed mood was quickly left behind by Martial Arts. It was still early and the appointed time had not yet arrived.
Wu Dao also had some time for his morning jog. Taking advantage of this time, Wu Dao also planned to take a good rest. He walked to the entrance of the park, sat under the shade of a tree, closed his eyes and rested.
The morning wind felt slightly cool on the sweat-covered skin, which was indescribably comfortable.
Unknowingly, Jinguji Budo fell asleep, and his slight snoring sounded, blending in with the chirping of cicadas on the trees.
After an unknown amount of time, Wu Dao suddenly felt someone shaking his body. Youyou woke up and saw a big black face appearing in front of him.
"Bu Dao, why are you sleeping here? Wake up, Wu Dao." Takenori Akagi shook Wu Dao's arm and shouted with concern. Jinguji Budo opened his eyes and suddenly saw this familiar black face, and his face couldn't help but be full of doubts.
Confused, Wu Dao turned around and looked at the surrounding environment. Wu Dao came back to his senses, looked at Akagi, and asked doubtfully: "Why are you here?"
"Me? My home is nearby! My sister and I passed by here on our morning jog and saw you sitting here."
"I still want to ask you, why are you here?!"
Takenori Akagi turned slightly to the side, pointed at Haruko Akagi who was standing not far behind him, and said to Martial Arts. Takenori Akagi looked at Wu Daode's face while he was speaking. Seeing that Wu Daode didn't look sick, he was secretly relieved.
Takenori Akagi was wearing a red T-shirt on his upper body, black sweatpants on his lower body, running shoes, and a basketball on his right waist, looking like a sports boy.
Behind him, Haruko Akagi was also dressed in bland sportswear, with her hair tied into a ponytail and a pink headband. The brother and sister seemed to have been running for a while. Haruko Akagi's face was covered with glistening sweat, making her look youthful and beautiful.
At this time, he was looking curiously at Jinguji Martial Arts sitting on the ground. Akagi Haruko had met Jinguji Martial Arts. She had also watched a few games at Shohoku High School and knew that Jinguji Martial Arts was a teammate of Takenori Akagi. But what Akagi Haruko is curious about is why Jinguji Budo is sitting here.
"I'm waiting for someone."
"I wanted to take a rest, so I fell asleep."
"What are you..." Budo scratched his hair and stood up silently. When he saw Takenori Akagi holding a basketball on his waist, he pointed at the ball and looked at Akagi with a questioning expression.
"It's just dribbling practice."
"Although we have entered the semi-finals in Xiangbei, we are still far from the time to slack off."
Takenori Akagi patted the basketball, then took the ball in his hand and said to Budo.
Budao nodded silently, and it was obvious that Takenori Akagi's love for basketball was true. People who can integrate ball training into their daily lives always have a good attitude, and it is often only people like this who are able to play well.
Not to mention how talented Akagi is, but as long as he can maintain such a training attitude, if nothing else, there will be no problem in entering a better university through basketball.
Just when Budao was about to continue chatting with Akagi, a loud shout suddenly came from a distance.
"Hey! Brother!"
That familiar voice stunned Martial who was just about to talk to Akagi, and then turned to look across the road. On the road at this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi ran quickly towards Budou when he saw that there was no moving vehicle.
Sakuragi Hanamichi came to Budao and was about to say something when he suddenly noticed Akagi Haruko standing next to Takenori Akagi. Her handsome face suddenly turned red. He was clearly standing in front of Budao, but he He looked at Haruko Akagi blankly, opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.
Not only was Haruko Akagi not shy at all when being stared at by Sakuragi Hanamichi, but he also didn't notice anything strange about Sakuragi Hanamichi. After seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi, he walked up to Sakuragi Hanamichi in a familiar manner and gestured. Sakuragi Hanamichi's height, her pretty face was full of surprise, and she praised:
"so high!"
Then he squeezed Sakuragi Hanamichi's arm as if no one else was watching, and Haruko was secretly surprised by the strong arm. However, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was pinching Haruko's arm, stood upright, no longer looking at Haruko, but looking straight ahead, as if he was a soldier being inspected by the leader. The weather in the morning was obviously not bad, and Sakuragi Hanamichi probably didn't do any strenuous exercise, but at this time Hanamichi's face was sweating.
"The muscles are also very strong." Akagi Haruko let go of Sakuragi Hanamichi's arm, turned to look at Akagi Takenori, and asked curiously:
"Brother, is this person also on your basketball team?!"
"Such an excellent player, I haven't heard you mention it before?!"
Akagi frowned slightly, shook his head, and then looked at Jinguji Martial Arts. He just heard clearly that this red-haired delinquent called Jinguji Budo his big brother.
Takenori Akagi knew that Budo was the only son in the family, but he had no younger brothers. Moreover, the name "eldest brother" made Akagi feel uncomfortable. Moreover, the way Sakuragi Hanamichi looked directly at his sister just now reminded him of his childhood friend Aoda Tatsuhiko, which made Akagi extremely unhappy.
Combined with Sakuragi Hanamichi's appearance as a bad boy, Akagi's impression of Sakuragi Hanamichi became very bad.
"Hey, Martial Arts, who is this guy?!" Akagi was in a bad mood, and even when talking to Martial Arts, he was faintly angry.
"Haha, Hanamichi Sakuragi from Wako Middle School."
"He is a very good boy. He wants to become an athlete. He came to me for training today."
Budao noticed Akagi's emotions, but didn't care, and introduced Takenori Akagi with a smile. As for why Takenori Akagi has a mild hostility towards Hanamichi Sakuragi, whom he met for the first time, Budo can understand it. Anyone who encounters a young man dressed as a second-rate guy staring at his sister on the road will be angry~
You can't say anything if you secretly look at Akagi, but staring is really rude.
While Budo was speaking, he patted Sakuragi Hanamichi on the shoulder. The stiff Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't even look at Takenori Akagi. He mechanically turned around to face Haruko and introduced himself:
"You...you...hello!"
"I'm... Sakuragi... Hanamichi."
"Please...please...please..."
Budo looked at the stumbling Hanamichi Sakuragi speechlessly, and Takenori Akagi also looked at Sakuragi with a black line on his face, his expression becoming increasingly unkind.
"Please give me some advice!"
"My name is Akagi Haruko, from No. 4 Middle School!"
Akagi Haruko accepted Sakuragi Hanamichi's words gracefully, and even took the initiative to shake Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand. At the same time, Akagi Haruko introduced her brother to Sakuragi. Facing Akagi Takenori's unkind eyes, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed not to have said hello.
"Martial arts senior said you want to be an athlete?! Are you also good at basketball?!"
It can be said that Akagi Haruko's love for basketball is not inferior to anyone's. She just heard Budo mention "athlete" and directly connected Sakuragi Hanamichi with basketball.
"Basketball...Basketball?!" But Sakuragi Hanamichi doesn't know anything about basketball. He doesn't even know what basketball is. However, in front of Akagi Haruko, Sakuragi Hanamichi still responded and said:
"Ah! Yes! Yes, basketball."
"I'm looking for martial arts brother just to become a basketball player!"
Jinguji Budo glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi with squinted eyes, then silently glanced at Akagi Haruko, and had an idea in his mind. He didn't expect that he would meet two siblings, Takenori Akagi, during his date with Sakuragi today.
Originally, Budo only planned to take Sakuragi to exercise if Sakuragi Hanamichi was interested in sports. Not to mention how much Sakuragi could improve, he only wanted Sakuragi Hanamichi to be interested in and familiar with sports, and how much more. Less development of physical talents.
But the appearance of Haruko Akagi made Budo change his mind. It seemed possible that Hanamichi Sakuragi, who met Haruko Akagi in advance, could get into basketball in advance?
"Become a basketball player?! Sakuragi-san, I think with your physical condition, you can do it." Akagi Haruko looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi with some envy, and suddenly recalled Rukawa Kaede's heroic appearance when playing basketball in her mind. After realizing the reaction, Haruko's pretty face turned red, a little shy.
Sakuragi thought that Haruko admired her a little, and her spirits suddenly rose, and she burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Yes, I will become a basketball player!"
Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi's happy look, Budo also laughed happily.
Do you want to become a basketball player? That's your decision!
"Sakuragi Hanamichi is actually still a beginner in basketball, but Hanamichi's talent is quite good and he will definitely become a very strong player in the future."
"Akagi, our current strength in Xiangbei is indeed pretty good. We have defeated Xiangyang at this stage, so it won't be a problem in the subsequent games."
"However, if we want to impact the whole country and maintain our combat effectiveness in Xiangbei, excellent newcomers are indispensable."
"To put it bluntly, the conditions for our students in northern Hunan are far inferior to schools like Hainan and Xiangyang."
"I want to find talented people who can join us in Xiangbei in the future and help us in Xiangbei dominate the country."
As Budo spoke, he patted Sakuragi Hanamichi hard on the shoulder. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi was a bit naive and would be stupid in many things, he was still very reliable sometimes. Hearing what Budo said at this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi took advantage of the situation and said: "Yeah, yeah!"
"I will help Xiangbei dominate the country!"
Even though Sakuragi Hanamichi doesn't know what basketball is now, and he doesn't know what Hainan Xiangyang is in Budo's mouth, but this does not prevent him from shouting the slogan "Dominate the country" in front of Haruko Akagi.
"It's so good to be innocent!" Martial Arts secretly sighed in his heart, and then he patted Sakuragi's shoulder hard, and said while the iron was hot: "Let's go, Sakuragi, let's train."
Budo glanced at the basketball in Takenori Akagi's hand, and then said with a smile: "Akagi, let's come together, just in time, let you see this guy's talent."
"This guy is really talented."
Budao said with a smile. Listening to Budao's vows, Takenori Akagi couldn't help but become a little curious. Jinguji Martial Arts has always been a very demanding person. Even he said he was very talented. He, Akagi, also wanted to see how talented Sakuragi Hanamichi was.
"Okay, okay!" Akagi Haruko was obviously very curious about Sakuragi Hanamichi. She also wanted to see what kind of performance Sakuragi Hanamichi could perform with such physical conditions.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was immersed in the wonderful scene of meeting Haruko Akagi at this time, and did not realize that Jinguji Budo had already labeled him a "Shohoku High School player" in a few words.
Jinguji Budo led Sakuragi Hanamichi, Akagi and Haruko towards the park. Not long after, the four of them arrived at the small court in the park.
Although the facilities of this park court are simple, there are backboards and baskets, which are enough for today's Sakuragi Hanamichi.
After arriving at the court, Takeno silently brought the basketball from Takenori Akagi. After patting it casually, he said to Hanamichi Sakuragi: "Hanamichi, did you see the ball in my hand?"
"This is basketball."
"You take this ball and put it in the basket."
"like this."
As he spoke, Jinguji Budo quickly brought the ball to the basket, then suddenly jumped up, dunked with one hand, and poured the ball into the basket.
"So...so awesome!" Although it was not the first time for Haruko Akagi to see a slam dunk, it was still quite shocking to see the Jinguji Martial Arts slam dunk up close. Jinguji Budo didn't use all his strength for this slam dunk, and his jumping height was only moderate. But even if it's just like this, the impact of a slam dunk is still very strong.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was a little dazed watching Jinguji Budo's slam dunk, and with his sharp ears, he heard Haruko murmur "It's amazing", and the blood in his body immediately started to boil.
He also wanted to be praised by Haruko Akagi!
"It's very simple. You just need to jump up and put the ball in. Jump with all your strength and smash the ball into the basket as hard as you can."
"Nothing is simpler than basketball!"
Jinguji Budo smiled, casually threw the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
How to make Hanamichi Sakuragi like basketball and be willing to work hard for it is very simple, as long as there is praise from Haruko Akagi. After getting through the early stage, Sakuragi Hanamichi will naturally be attracted by the charm of basketball.
Let Sakuragi Hanamichi dunk, because he wanted Sakuragi Hanamichi to feel the thrill of dunking, and then receive a wave of admiration from Haruko Akagi. These two things are enough to make Sakuragi Hanamichi unforgettable for a lifetime.
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