After the national competition, the Shohoku High School players who successfully won the championship did not rush back to Kanagawa Prefecture and successfully "dominated the country". The long-cherished wish of the third-year players was also successfully fulfilled.
Without this pressure, Mitsui Hisashi and others completely let themselves go. Taking advantage of the summer vacation, they began to "shopping", "eating", "shopping" and "eating" in Hiroshima.
Hisashi Mitsui, whose family is well off, waved his hand and the food, accommodation, and entertainment for the Shohoku team members during their visit to Hiroshima were all paid for by Mr. Mitsui of the Mitsui Foundation.
Players with relatively average family conditions, such as Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kiyota Nobunaga, were very excited when they heard Mitsui Hisashi's words. During the period after the game, they actually became Mitsui Hisashi's followers, eating, drinking and having fun with Mitsui Hisashi and the others. , completely indulged himself.
But after all, the members of the Xiangbei team are all high school students. Even if they are indulgent, nothing out of the ordinary happens.
Several famous restaurants near the gymnasium have left traces of Shohoku High School players.
After Mitsui Hisashi led his team members to have fun for a few days, Shohoku High School officially got on the train back to Kanagawa Prefecture.
On the fast-moving train, there was silence in the carriage.
During the game, the pressure on the Xiangbei players was actually quite high. After the pressure was completely released after the game, each of the players could feel deeply tired.
At this time, in the carriage where the Xiangbei team members were sitting, the Xiangbei team members leaned their heads on the backs of the seats and fell into a deep sleep.
Jinguji Budo sat by the window, holding his chin in one hand and looking at the scenery outside the window, dozing off.
He is such a physical monster, and he can clearly feel his condition declining after experiencing back-to-back national competitions. This is not physical exhaustion, but more of a psychological exhaustion.
This kind of mentality will also directly affect the performance of physical functions. The current listless appearance of martial arts is due to this kind of "mental fatigue".
Sitting next to Jinguji Martial Arts is Mitsui Hisashi. Unlike the listless Jinguji Martial Arts, the current Mitsui Hisashi is full of energy.
On the small table in front of him, there was a half-meter-high national competition winning trophy. Mitsui Hisashi held a small rag in his hand and carefully wiped the trophy on the table.
Obviously this trophy is new, and the surface of the trophy is not stained, there is no dust at all, but Hisashi Mitsui wipes it all the time, and sometimes even "ha" at the trophy, looking like a treasure .
"Zhizhi."
The rag rubbed against the trophy, making a slightly sharp sound.
After going on for a long time, Jinguji Martial Arts finally turned his head helplessly, sighed softly, and joked towards Mitsui Shou:
"Mistress, it's already very clean."
"Stop wiping."
"If you wipe it again, the paint will be wiped off."
Mitsui Shou, who was sitting next to Jinguji Martial Arts, heard this and seemed not to have listened to Quan Martial Arts' ridicule. He actually asked nervously:
"The paint rubbed off?"
"Where?! Where did you wipe it off?!"
Mitsui Hisashi's attention was entirely focused on "wiping the trophy". He only listened to half of what Jinguji Temple said about martial arts.
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"I mean, if you keep rubbing it, the paint will be wiped off."
Jinguji Budo gave Mitsui Hisashi a speechless look, held his chin, turned his head and looked at Mitsui Hisashi who was carefully examining the trophy, and continued to joke.
However, Mitsui Hisashi did not seem to hear the ridicule in Budo's words, and instead replied seriously:
"No, this trophy is painted with gold paint and is very strong!"
"You can't remove it without sandpaper!"
While talking, Mitsui Hisashi seemed to "see" that the trophy was a little "dirty" again. He picked up the rag and wiped it carefully.
After a long time, Mitsui Shou looked at the trophy that was so bright that it could reflect his face, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Xiao San, is this trophy so important to you?"
"Basketball has a long road, but it's just a victory in a national competition. Is it necessary?"
"You will definitely be able to get a trophy more valuable than this trophy in the future."
After all, Jinguji Budo is not a native of Neon High School, although he, like Mitsui Hisashi and Akagi, hopes to lead Shohoku to win the championship.
But after winning the championship, Martial Arts has no so-called "obsession" about this matter.
He actually had no way of understanding what the champion of the high school county competition was like in the eyes of high school students like Hisashi Mitsui and Akagi.
This trophy can be said to be the "witness of youth" throughout the lives of Mitsui Hisashi and others.
The value, to them, is immeasurable.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"What do you mean by 'winning the national competition', 'just'?"
"This is a national championship!"
"After all these years, I finally got it!"
"After getting this, my high school career is complete!"
Mitsui Hisashi was quite dissatisfied with the indifferent attitude of Jinguji Martial Arts and retorted loudly. Then he held the trophy on the small table with both hands and sighed softly.
"Yes, after all, I have worked hard for it for so many years."
"Now there is a good result, which is not bad."
When Budo heard Mitsui Shou say "so many years", he was somewhat able to empathize and nodded. Then Budao seemed to suddenly think of something and asked Mitsui Shou:
"Speaking of which, what are your next plans?"
"You are now in your third year of high school, right? The University of Tsukuba should have invited you before. Do you want to go?"
"Or should you go to another university? When you return to Kanagawa Prefecture, there should be many universities looking for you. What do you think? Do you want the university you want to attend?!"
Neon’s academic system is a little different from that in China. For example, in China, the senior high school students must have filled out their application by this time, right? But in Neon, admission to higher schools is decided at the beginning of spring, usually in February or March, and you have to report to school in April.
"Expert students" like Hisashi Mitsui can determine the school they will go to in the future as early as the first two semesters of their senior year of high school.
It is foreseeable that Hisashi Mitsui, who helped the team win the championship and performed well in the national competition, will definitely be favored by more colleges and universities. This summer, Mitsui Hisashi may become very busy.
"Intend?"
"Plan it!"
After hearing Budo talk about this matter, Mitsui Shou raised his head with emotion, looked at the ceiling of the train, and fell silent.
During this period of time, Mitsui Hisashi was actually avoiding talking about this matter. If possible, Mitsui Hisashi really wanted to be teammates with Budo and the others and keep playing like this.
But reality is always moving forward. Mitsui Hisashi cannot escape by escaping. He will eventually leave Xianghoku High School and go to a higher place.
"Martial Arts, I have no plans to quit the club this summer. I still want to continue playing and participate in the autumn and winter games with my teammates!"
"I plan to accept the invitation from the University of Tsukuba in advance and play at the University of Tsukuba in the future."
"This way, I won't have any pressure when it comes to cultural classes."
"I even want to play professional basketball!"
Professional basketball in Mitsui Hisashi's context does not refer to the national team, but to the NBA.
Neon's player training system is very different from that of China. Neon's youth training is actually to gather talented high school students together and then train together. In essence, it relies on campus basketball selection Excellent player's.
But the player training system in China is different. In China, basketball players are specially trained, such as campus basketball. Players who play in campus basketball games will not be recognized by coaches with the prefix "国".
All provincial teams are built in an echelon manner, and talented children have already begun professional and specialized training when they are teenagers.
There are simply no players in the school whose talent and strength surpass the youth training system. Even if someone occasionally has outstanding talent, parents will most likely not let their children give up their studies and take the one-plank bridge of "professional basketball."
This is still the case in the Asian basketball powerhouse China. In a place like Neon, it can be seen how little living space there is for professional basketball players.
At such a young age, Hisashi Mitsui said he wanted to play professional basketball. If others heard him, they would probably ridicule Mitsui for overestimating his abilities. However, Budo did not have any intention of ridiculing Mitsui Hisashi's idea. Instead, he nodded seriously and said:
"Professional basketball!"
"Xiaosan, I suggest you go out and fight, don't stay here."
"You can't keep wild beasts in a zoo."
"I plan to play for one more year and just go out and play. There aren't many things I want to pursue here."
"In this year, I plan to settle down again."
Jinguji Budo heard that Mitsui Hisashi planned to take a career path and gave his advice seriously. The reason why he still stays here to play is because there is another opponent here that he has not been able to completely defeat.
Shinnomiya Tanano of Lingnan High School, Jinguji Martial Arts planned to completely defeat the opponent, and then go to the United States to study as a senior in high school. That's right, not a senior in high school, but a senior in high school.
Jinguji Budo plans to use one year to show off his talent after going there. If he can get the favor of the NBA in high school, then Budo will directly participate in the draft as a high school player.
If his talent fails to attract the attention of the NBA, Wu Dao will go to college in the United States and find a strong school to play to see if his strength and potential can attract attention.
In today's era, yellow people are discriminated against in the sport of basketball. Jinguji Budo knows that his path will be difficult, but he will definitely go on this path!
As for returning to China for youth training first, and then taking a roundabout way to join the NBA, Wu Dao himself has rejected this plan.
He was afraid of being saddled with some inexplicable terms.
The conditions within the martial arts community are not bad, so there is no need to take these detours.
If you don't have the talent and strength to play in the NBA, and you've also thought about martial arts, then you won't be a professional, take over the family business properly, and return to China to "wholesale" land.
If there is no way to pursue dreams, then it is not a bad idea to just lie down and be a salted fish.
“Are you going to play abroad?”
"You are right, but I have to think about this matter carefully."
"I tried out there for a while, and the living environment for Asians is quite harsh."
Mitsui Shou seemed to have recalled something and said with a little emotion.
"On the basketball court, after all, the ball speaks."
"As long as you are strong enough, opportunities will always come!"
Jinguji Budo tapped the table lightly and said with a smile. He is still optimistic about the future. Compared with other aspects, basketball is already a very fair thing.
"Well, let me think about it." Mitsui Shou nodded and lowered his eyelids slightly, as if he was seriously considering the martial arts words.
While the two were talking, Coach Anzai, who was dozing in the seat behind Mitsui Touwa Jinguji Martial Arts Hall, opened his eyes, pushed up his glasses, and did not interrupt, but sighed slightly.
There are players who are planning to take that path.
Whenever this happens, Coach Anxi will think of the talented player he once coached.
It's just that compared to Tanizawa, the two high school students Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budo are more mature now!
However, the difficulty of the road will not become much easier as the players mature. What Budo and Hisashi Mitsui will face in the future will be violent storms!
Rukawa Kaede, who was sitting not far away, also listened to the conversation between Budao and Mitsui Hisashi. Although Rukawa Kaede now has the idea of playing in the United States, this idea is not that strong or urgent.
Rukawa Kaede's idea is also very simple. In his opinion, even the "peak" of Jinguji Martial Arts has to settle down for a year before going abroad to play. What is a player of his level doing in such a hurry? !
He just needs to keep getting stronger until he surpasses Jinguji Martial Arts!
The carriage fell into silence again, the players were resting, Mitsui Hisashi was meditating, Jinguji Martial Arts was tired and lay on the table, planning to take a nap.
The train was traveling quickly on the track, carrying the players from Shohoku back to Kanagawa Prefecture.
After the Shohoku players returned to Kanagawa Prefecture, coach Anzai announced the disbandment and also gave the players ten days of vacation.
After the holidays, the members of the Xiangbei team will end their holidays early and start training to prepare for the Autumn National Sports at the beginning of the fall semester.
During this time, Hisaya Mitsui made a decision. After discussing with his family, he decided to plan to go abroad in advance. At the same time, after making up his mind, he found Coach Anxi and asked for his opinion.
Facing Mitsui Hisashi, coach Anzai did not say anything against him. He just asked Mitsui Hisashi to learn English well and go abroad before it is too late. The implication is that coach Anzai supported Mitsui Hisashi's plan to travel to the United States.
A child of a family like Hisashi Mitsui may be a mess in other cultural classes, but there is no need to worry about his English proficiency.
Therefore, on the day when training in Shohoku resumed, Hisashi Mitsui appeared in the arena in regular uniform and announced his intention to retire from the team with the players.
Mitsui Hisashi, who resigned as captain, handed the "baton" to Jinguji Budo, and second-year Jinguji Budo became the new captain of Shohoku High School.
At the same time, third-year students Takenori Akagi, Oishi Chiba, Konobu Kingure and others announced their resignation at the same time as Hisashi Mitsui.
Chiba and Mumu are both players with average talent. Even if Shohoku wins the championship, no university will invite them in advance. The two of them also know that relying on their own abilities and talents, they cannot be "special students" at all. route, so I quit the club and planned to concentrate on preparing for the entrance examination.
As for Takenori Akagi, the coach from Fukasawa Sports University had private contact with Akagi, and the two sides also reached a preliminary intention. This summer vacation, Takenori Akagi will not train in Shohoku, but will go to Fukasawa Sports University to participate in their team training in advance.
At the same time, first-year students Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi, and second-year student Ryota Miyagi all received invitations from the Neon Youth Training Team to participate in training camps.
Although Wu Dao was also invited, he declined. That kind of joint training is of no use to him at all, so what is he going to do? !
Therefore, when Hisashi Mitsui and other third-year students announced their resignation, two first-year members of the team were absent~
This summer, there have been huge changes in the personnel of Xiangbei High School!
(End of chapter)
