One night was enough for the mentally strong Rukawa Kaede to get out of the shadow of failure.
But Rukawa Kaede couldn't accept his weak self, and he had an inexplicable sense of urgency to improve his strength...
The next day.
During Shohoku training, Rukawa Kaede had returned to his usual self. Although he was still taciturn, he was active and active on the training ground.
Even during the training break, Rukawa Kaede did not suspend training like other team members. Even though Mitsui Hisashi tried to persuade him several times, it was of no use.
Seeing that his persuasion was of no use to Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui Shou was afraid that Rukawa Kaede, who was training like this crazy, would cause trouble for him, so he couldn't help but go to Jinguji Martial Arts, hoping that the martial arts could persuade him. In Mitsui Shou's opinion , Rukawa Kaede became like this, it was all caused by martial arts.
"If he trains like this, there will be problems."
"There's nothing wrong with training hard, but if you get injured, it's not worth the gain."
"Martial arts, we must give Rukawa Kaede a reasonable rest! Are you going to persuade him?"
During the break, Hisashi Mitsui stood next to Jinguji Martial Arts, looking at Rukawa Kaede running back and forth in the field, and said worriedly.
"Persuasion? If he had listened to the advice, he wouldn't be in this state today."
"You can't persuade such a guy to come in!"
"Mitsui, let's find a way to arrange an external training match."
"Seek some external stimulation and let Rukawa Kaede build up her confidence through competition."
"I can probably understand his thoughts. After yesterday's practice match, Rukawa Kaede must be eager to improve his strength."
"Young players of this age will inevitably have such a mentality."
"The more people have a strong desire to win, the less likely they are to accept their own weakness."
"Right now, his mind should be full of thoughts on how to defeat me."
"Through all the external stimulation, let him stop focusing on me all the time."
Budo did not go to persuade Rukawa Kaede according to Mitsui Shou's idea. What should be said was already said yesterday. Rukawa Kaede has also gotten over the shadow of failure. This is enough. As for Rukawa Kaede's current state, although it was not expected by martial arts, it is not a difficult matter to solve.
"Xiao San, make an appointment with Lingnan High School to see if they are interested in playing a practice match."
"When the time comes, let this kid Rukawa Kaede have some time to show off."
Budao patted Mitsui Shou on the shoulder and gave his own advice.
Mitsui Shou touched his chin when he heard this, and after thinking for a long time, he nodded silently.
Their Shohoku High School Basketball Club has long been the top team in the country. Looking at the entire Kanagawa Prefecture, there are only a few high schools that are qualified to compete with their Shohoku.
Lingnan High School is located on the coast of Shonan, very close to their Shobei. At the same time, Lingnan was also the double champion of last year's IH and WC Cups. As an opponent in the practice match, Lingnan is very suitable.
At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the practice match, they in Xiangbei can also know in advance what level Lingnan High School has reached now.
After a brief conversation with Budo, Mitsui Hisashi went to see Coach Anzai to see if Coach Anzai could make corresponding arrangements.
However, it wasn't until Mitsui Hisashi approached Coach Anzai that he learned that Coach Anzai had actually received a practice match invitation from Lingnan High School's Coach Taoka just this morning, to which Coach Anzai readily agreed.
Lingnan High School was in a similar situation to their Xiangbei counterparts. Lingnan, which had won two consecutive national championships, had no rivals in the county. Xiangbei High School could barely become their Lingnan practice match opponent.
The main reason why Coach Tagang invited Shohoku to play a practice match so quickly is that Coach Tagang also knew the news about Jinguji Martial Arts’ return from the United States!
As for why the news was received so quickly, it has to do with a freshman from Lingnan...
"The practice match with Lingnan High School is scheduled for next week on Friday. We will go to their school to play."
"Mitsui, let me know when the training is over and tell the team members that those who perform well in training this week will get the opportunity to play in practice games."
Coach Anzai told Mitsui the news about the training match, and then turned his attention to Rukawa Kaede who was training on the field, and did not look away for a long time.
After the break, all the players entered the court to train again.
Previously, Coach Anzai divided all the players into groups. The three teams with the worst foundations were arranged on the playground, led by Kimugure Konobu, for some basic training, while the first-choice players and the second team members stayed in the gymnasium. training in. Most of today's training subjects are physical exercises.
After a holiday, many team members have slacked off. Coach Anxi plans to use a lot of physical training to get the players into the state quickly.
Physical training is boring and boring, but it is one of the indispensable training items for all players.
And time passed little by little in this boring and boring training.
In the evening, Hisashi Mitsui announced the disbandment after announcing the matters related to the training match with Lingnan.
The players dragged their tired bodies and left the gym one after another, but Rukawa Kaede had no intention of leaving. He sat on the sidelines to rest. After the players were almost done, he was almost done with his rest. He walked into the court with a basketball and practiced layups, shooting, etc. alone.
The afterglow of the setting sun passed through the window, illuminating the room dimly.
The floating warm glow swayed with the sway of the curtains.
Rukawa Kaede was bathing in the sunset, repeating layups and shots again and again.
...
"Tear..."
I don’t know how long it took, but the closed door of the basketball hall was suddenly opened, and a sound of admiration came from the door:
"Wow! Is this the basketball gym of Xiangbei High School? The light is actually so good in the evening, much better than the gym of our Lingnan High School!"
Rukawa Kaede heard the sound coming from the door. After completing a shot, he walked towards the basket and turned his head to look at the entrance of the arena.
That was a new face.
Aida Hiko was holding a notebook in his hand, wearing a black t-shirt, and looking at the gymnasium of Shohoku High School with a curious look on his face. Soon, Aida Hikoichi noticed Rukawa Kaede in the stadium, and the two looked at each other.
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“ohhh!
You are the captain of Takeshi Middle School, Rukawa Kaede! "
"You actually joined Shohoku High School?!"
Aida Hikoichi seemed to recognize Rukawa Kaede. The moment he saw Rukawa Kaede, he immediately pointed at Rukawa Kaede and exclaimed, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
Rukawa Kaede looked at Aida Hikoichi silently and did not say anything, but his eyes were examining Aida Hikoichi, and he did not recognize the guy in front of him.
"oh!"
"Forgot to introduce myself."
"Hello, Rukawa Kaede-san, I am Aida Hikoichi, a first-year student at Reinan High School. Nice to meet you!"
As Aida Hikoichi spoke, he stretched out his hand and walked towards Rukawa Kaede, apparently wanting to shake hands with Rukawa Kaede. But when he came to Rukawa Kaede, Rukawa Kaede glanced at him indifferently, holding the ball in one hand and hanging the other hand at his side, with no intention of shaking hands with Aida.
"Hahaha!"
"The players from Xiangbei built really good buildings!"
"I came to Xiangbei for nothing else but to take a look."
When Aida Yan saw Rukawa Kaede's appearance, he laughed, then retracted his hand in embarrassment and changed the topic. When Rukawa Kaede heard what the other party said, he completely lost interest in Aida Hikoichi, turned around and faced the basket, and continued his training.
"Is today's training in Xiangbei over?"
"The training is over, and Rukawa Kaede is still practicing in the gym. You are really working hard! He is indeed a player who came out of the powerful Takeshi Middle School. I want to learn from him!"
Aida Hikoichi did not disturb Rukawa Kaede's training and stood silently on the sidelines, thinking so in his heart while observing Rukawa Kaede's training.
There is an extra "audience" in the basketball court, and Rukawa Kaede's training status is not affected. The two of them don't talk, one practices and the other watches. Aida Hikoichi will take out a small notebook from time to time to write down something in it.
His actions certainly attracted Rukawa Kaede's attention. After a shot, Rukawa Kaede suddenly asked:
"What are you remembering?"
Rukawa Kaede's abrupt question made Aida Hikoichi, who was writing, couldn't help but tremble with his hands. Then he looked up at Rukawa Kaede and answered cautiously:
"ohh..."
"It's not a big deal, just counting the percentage of shots you just made."
Aida Hikoichi said slightly awkwardly, silently closing the book as he spoke.
Rukawa Kaede just nodded slightly when he heard this, and then devoted himself to his training.
Seeing that Rukawa Kaede didn't want to go into details, Aida Yanichi took a breath and opened the small notebook in his hand.
In Aida Hikoichi's notebook, there is a simple basketball half-court drawn. On this half-court on the paper, there are small black dots drawn with a pen. There are more on the right side of the court, less on the left, and more in the mid-range. , there are few inside lines.
This is - Rukawa Kaede's starting point map during shooting training, and at the bottom of this page, there are also Rukawa Kaede's shooting statistics. The three-pointers, mid-range and basket position data are written separately. .
Aida Yanchi watched the ball for a while, and in this way, he recorded Rukawa Kaede's training.
"Xiangbei High School was the top eight team in IH last year. The winter competition a year ago also caused a lot of trouble for our Lingnan High School."
"Now the star player from Takeshi Middle School has actually joined Xiangbei High School. In future games, he will definitely become one of our most threatening opponents in Lingnan!"
"I have to record it carefully! I'll hand it over to Senior Immortal and Senior Sigong at the next time."
Aida Hikoichi was thinking in his mind while recording it in his notebook. He didn't notice at all that a red-haired figure had been standing behind him at some point. At this time, he was poking his head out from behind Aida Hikoichi, curious. He looked at the notebook in Aida Hikoichi's hand.
Just as Aida Hikoichi wrote in his notebook: "Star player, Rukawa Kaede." When he said this, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was standing behind him, suddenly said:
"Star player? Just this stinky fox?"
"He's not even a first-choice player. How can he be considered a star player?"
"Hey, kid, don't write blindly!"
"Speaking of which, who are you?! I don't remember having a number one player like you on the team?"
The sudden appearance of Sakuragi Hanamichi scared Aida Hiko, his body trembled, he quickly closed the notebook, and then slowly turned his head to look.
However, what caught his eye was a blue training uniform.
Aida Hikoichi looked slightly stunned, and slowly raised his head, looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's face, felt Sakuragi Hanamichi's height, and couldn't help but sigh in his mouth: "So...so high!"
Soon, Aida Yan came to his senses, immediately bowed to Sakuragi, and continued:
"Hug, hug...sorry!"
"This senior, I am Aida Hikoichi, a first-year student at Lingnan High School, and I am here to visit Shohoku."
"I often hear from seniors in the school that the Shohoku High School Basketball Club has the best strength in the country, so I came here to see it."
As soon as Aida Hiko looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's height, he subconsciously thought that Sakuragi Hanamichi was a member of Shohoku's senior class and greeted him politely.
"Lingnan?!"
"People from Lingnan High School are coming to visit us in northern Hunan?"
"emmmmmmm..."
Sakuragi Hanamichi said this and began to ponder. Just when Aida Hikoichi thought that his purpose of "exploring military intelligence" was going to be seen through by Sakuragi Hanamichi, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly burst into laughter.
"Hahahahaha!"
"You, a boy from Lingnan, are very knowledgeable! Hahaha!"
"We in Xiangbei want to dominate the whole country! It's worth visiting, hahahaha!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled and patted Aida Hikoichi on the shoulder, looking very happy. Aida Hiko, who was still a little nervous at first, was stunned when he saw Sakuragi like this, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and started laughing.
Rukawa Kaede in the field heard the conversation between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Aida Hikoichi, and turned his head to glance at Sakuragi Hanamichi and continued his training.
After Aida Hikoichi laughed a few times with Sakuragi, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Senior, you just said... Rukawa Kaede-kun is not the right choice for Shohoku?"
"What's going on? I know Rukawa Kaede's strength very well. With his reputation and strength during his time in China, at Shohoku High School, even if he can't make the starting lineup and becomes a substitute, there should be no problem in entering the main selection, right? "
"Or... Shohoku's strength is so strong that even Rukawa Kaede-san has been eliminated from the main selection team?"
Aida Hikoichi was keenly aware of the key point of Sakuragi's words just now, and immediately asked curiously.
Rukawa Kaede couldn't even become a regular player at Shohoku High School? This is a major discovery!
"Seniors are too outsider, Yan Yi!"
"My name is Sakuragi Hanamichi, Shohoku's first-year candidate, and the future Shohoku's ace! You should remember it too!"
"As for that fox, hahaha, he didn't make it into the main selection, he's from the second team!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi hugged Aida Hikoichi's shoulders familiarly and laughed. While introducing himself, he also did not forget to give Rukawa Kaede a squeeze.
"Dang~"
Just as he finished speaking, Rukawa Kaede missed the shot and the basketball hit the edge of the basket with a soft sound.
Rukawa Kaede did not pick up the ball at this moment. He turned his head and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and said:
"fool!"
"Come to bullfight!"
Rukawa Kaede had endured Sakuragi Hanamichi for a long time, but this kid was still exposing his scars in front of outsiders. At this moment, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and said directly to Sakuragi.
"Hmph! Come on then!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi was not embarrassed at all by Rukawa Kaede's challenge. He let go of Aida Hikoichi's shoulder and walked toward the stadium.
During the year when the two trained together at Shohoku High School, they had fought bullfights countless times. The rookie Sakuragi Hanamichi was certainly no match for Rukawa Kaede, but as Sakuragi Hanamichi accumulated experience and improved his basketball level, His defensive ability is already quite strong.
In a bullfight with Rukawa Kaede, although Sakuragi Hanamichi does not take advantage on the offensive end, it is not easy for Rukawa Kaede to take advantage in front of him.
Moreover, Sakuragi Hanamichi has always thought highly of himself, and Rukawa Kaede has always been the target of his pursuit of challenges.
Rukawa Kaede's bullfighting invitation was just what he wanted. It had been more than a month since the last bullfight between the two. Sakuragi thought that he had grown again and planned to verify it on Rukawa Kaede.
Aida Hikoichi suddenly heard that Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi were going to bullfight. His eyes immediately lit up, and he silently retreated behind Sakuragi Hanamichi, looking at Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede with excitement.
"Bullfighting! These two are going to have a bullfight!"
"The duel between the star player Rukawa Kaede in junior high school and this future star from Shohoku will be very exciting!"
“I have to take note of it, I must take note of it!
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