After a number of third-year players such as Hisashi Mitsui and Takenori Akagi announced their retirement from the team, with the support of coach Anzai, Jinguji Budo was successfully appointed and became the new captain of Shohoku High School.
At the same time, Ryota Miyagi, who is also a second-year student in martial arts, was also appointed as the vice-captain. It's just that Miyagi Ryota, Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede went to the youth training camp and were not in the arena.
Therefore, he has not taken over yet, and the Jinguji Martial Arts Leader will be fully responsible for today's training in Xiangbei.
Today is the first training after the reorganization of Xiangbei High School. The third-year players have announced their retirement. Several players from the first and second grade also went to participate in the youth training camp. Therefore, the number of people in the entire Xiangbei team today is much smaller. .
Beside the arena, Hisashi Mitsui, Takenori Akagi and others in regular uniforms sat on the bench and watched the Shohoku players training. Coach Anxi also sat with several of their retired players, holding tea in one hand and quietly watching the players train.
"Time flies so fast!"
"In the blink of an eye, our summer will be over!"
Takenori Akagi looked at the Shohoku players sweating profusely in their aura, folded his hands on his chest, and couldn't help but sigh softly. It's a wonderful feeling to sit on the sidelines and watch the juniors train. After Takenori Akagi's identity changed, for some reason when watching the players train, my body always had a faint urge to start playing.
He still hasn't completely transformed his identity.
Akagi's words resonated with Hisashi Mitsui, Konobu Mumu and others. Although it was planned, when they actually announced their retirement, they still felt a little reluctant to leave.
"Everyone will grow. We can't be high school students forever."
"Xiangbei High School leaves it to the martial arts and the others. We have our own path to take."
Mitsui Hisashi sat on the sidelines and watched the players' training for a while, then picked up his bag and prepared to leave. When Akagi, Mu Mu and others saw Mitsui Shou preparing to leave, they all looked at Mitsui Shou strangely.
"Are you leaving so soon?!"
"Won't you watch for a while?!"
"After all, you were also the former captain of Xiangbei High School. Why don't you see if the martial arts captain's performance is up to standard?"
"If he doesn't know something, he can always ask for advice."
When Mumu Gongyan saw Mitsui Shou preparing to leave, he immediately called out to him.
However, Mitsui Hisashi had no intention of stopping because of Konobu Mumu. He turned his head slightly, looked at the court with his peripheral vision, and then replied to Konobu Mumu:
"There's no need. He's not a rookie in martial arts."
"I feel relieved that Xiangbei High School is in his hands."
"Besides, isn't there Coach Anxi here?!"
"I still have things to do. I will go to the United States in a while. I have to do a lot of preparations."
"When the time comes, you will come to see me off, right?"
Mitsui Hisashi smiled and said to Takenori Akagi, Konobu Kigure and others. Although Mitsui Hisashi was smiling all over his face at this time, his smile was really too bitter.
"Yes, it will come!"
"You have gone to the United States. Can you write letters to us?"
"After we are separated this time, it will probably be very difficult for us to see each other again!"
A gentle smile appeared on Mumu Gongyan's face, he also stood up, walked to Mitsui Shou, and said to Mitsui Shou.
"Yeah, of course."
"We will have a chance to meet, watch TV!"
Mitsui Shou said with a smile, his tone full of confidence in himself.
Hearing this, Takenori Akagi did not mock Hisashi Mitsui. He and Hisashi Mitsui had been arguing for more than two years, and it was time to separate. Akagi was also thinking a lot at this moment.
Seeing Mitsui Hisashi's appearance, Takenori Akagi couldn't help but kindly reminded him: "It's different over there, Mitsui, you have to take care of yourself."
"Don't be too proud. Maybe you are ace here, but when you get there, you still have to be humble."
Takenori Akagi, who has a steady personality, said earnestly. If Mitsui Hisashi had heard similar words in the past, he would have retorted to Akagi and said, "Can you also educate me?!"
But today, after hearing these words, Mitsui Shou nodded and said, "I will."
"Goodbye. I'll come to the arena before I leave."
With that said, Hisashi Mitsui walked up to Coach Anzai, bowed deeply towards Coach Anxi, and said: "Coach Anxi, thank you for taking care of me these years."
"I'll take my leave first."
Coach Anzai looked at Hisashi Mitsui in front of him, with a gentle smile on his old face. He stood up slowly. Coach Anzai patted Hisashi Mitsui's arm and said with a smile: "Well, keep working hard in the future! Mitsui.”
"I'm looking forward to seeing you on TV!"
"Of course, it doesn't matter even if you can't do it. The most important thing when playing basketball is to be happy."
"Also, Mitsui, you must not neglect the training of basic skills. This is the foundation, the foundation of everything!"
"If you are unfamiliar with the place, communicate more with your teammates. European and American players have outgoing personalities and don't have to be patient and humble when encountering problems. On the basketball court, strength is everything."
Coach Anzai was originally a taciturn character, but now looking at the tall Mitsui Hisashi standing in front of him, he couldn't help but become talkative.
Coach Anzai vaguely remembered that when he first met Mitsui Hisashi, his impression of Mitsui Hisashi was just a young man with a beautiful shooting posture, nothing more.
When Mitsui Hisashi first entered Shohoku, he was only over 170cm tall, but now, Mitsui Hisashi is over 190cm tall.
Coach Anzai wanted to pat Hisashi Mitsui on the shoulder, but found that the opponent had grown a lot taller.
Obviously, he has watched Mitsui Hisashi grow up over the years, but it was only now that Coach Anzai realized that Mitsui Hisashi was already so tall.
The feeling of a child growing up is really strange.
"Yeah, I'll remember that."
"Goodbye, Coach Anxi."
Hisashi Mitsui nodded and said goodbye to Coach Anzai again. After that, he walked towards the entrance of the arena.
In the stadium, Jinguji Budo, who was arranging his players for a two-on-one attack, also noticed that Mitsui Hisashi seemed to be preparing to leave.
He raised his eyes and looked at Mitsui Shou.
Sensing Budo's gaze, Hisashi Mitsui had no intention of disturbing Budo, smiled and waved at Budo, and then left the gym.
Not long after Mitsui Hisashi left, Akagi Takenori, Kimugure Kimibunobu and others also sat for a short time before leaving the arena.
As Hisashi Mitsui said, they cannot be high school students forever, and they have to look forward.
Both Konobu Mumu and Chiba Oishi plan to take the college entrance examination route. The pressure to enter higher education is actually very heavy. Starting from this summer vacation, they need to start seriously preparing for the entrance examination.
Even Mumu and Chiba signed up for so-called tutoring classes and sprint classes outside of school.
As for Akagi, his brain is very useful. Although he is a player on the basketball team, Takenori Akagi's academic performance is also very good. Whether he is taking the physical or literary route, Akagi is not weak.
He is considered a third grader with less pressure.
The departure of the third-year players did not attract too many people's attention. Most of the first- and second-year players in the gym have not realized that it will be difficult for them to play and train with Mitsui Hisashi and others in the future. .
Compared with the third-grade team members, the first- and second-grade players are still very immature.
It was August.
The midsummer sun has torn the earth's coat, and many of the greenery and vegetation on the Xiangbei campus have been burned to death by the scorching sun.
In the afternoon, the arena in Xiangbei is like a steamer. Even though all the windows and transoms of the arena have been opened, the environment inside the arena is still quite "stuffy".
"Zhizhi."
The sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor kept coming from the gym. On such a hot summer day, the players of Xiangbei High School were still undergoing heavy training.
The withdrawal of the third-year players did not cause any ups and downs in the status of the Xiangbei players.
On the contrary, precisely because of the departure of the third-year players, the first- and second-year players in Xiangbei are training harder.
What does it mean for senior players to retire? ! It means that there is a vacant position for the main selection!
For those first- and second-year players who have almost no chance to play, this is an opportunity!
In the Xiangbei Arena, a practice match within the team was going on.
Wearing yellow training uniforms is the team led by Kiyota Nobunaga. In addition to him, there are first-year Oda Ryumasa, second-year Satoru Tsunoda, second-year Tetsuji Shiozaki and first-year Kentaro Ishii.
As for their opponents, they are a team led by Nango Koichiro and Katsumi Ichiro. The team's point guard is second-year Yasuharu Yasuda, and the other players in other positions are second-year players from Shohoku.
Among Shohoku's second-year players, the only ones who are truly outstanding are Jinguji Budo and Miyagi Ryota.
In fact, the quality of the rest of the players cannot match the title of "national hegemon." These first-year players have outstanding talent, but it is obvious that these people are still a little too immature.
During the team's daily training, Jinguji Budo could clearly feel that the team's strength had dropped!
"Pass the ball! Pass the ball!"
On the court, Nobunaga Kiyota, who quickly entered the front and back with the ball, quickly passed the ball to Tetsuji Shiozaki on the side after approaching the three-point line. After the ball was released, Nobunaga Kiyota quickly cut inside and moved towards Shiozaki who had the ball. The wise man shouted loudly.
Shiozaki Tetsuji's ball speed was a bit slow, and he and Kiyota Nobunaga did not cooperate well. Kiyota Nobunaga had already entered the basket, and Shiozaki Tetsuji passed the basketball.
When Kiyota slowed down to catch the ball, there was no room for him to choose an offensive method. When he looked up at the basket, Nango Koichiro's big hand had already covered Kiyota's face.
Helpless, Kiyota could only pass the ball back to the outside, but his pass was seen through by Katsumi Ichiro and directly intercepted by Katsumi.
"Hmph!"
"You're passing the ball like this, why not just give the ball to me!"
Katsumi Ichiro laughed, and then quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt. Kiyota Nobunaga no longer cared about passing the blame at this moment, and hurriedly chased after Katsumi Ichiro.
However, the place where he activated it was too far inside, and Nanxiang also saw Kiyota Nobunaga's intention and deliberately blocked him.
As a result, when Katsumi Ichiro launched a fast-break counterattack, Kiyota Nobunaga simply could not organize an effective defense. The other members of his team simply couldn't catch up to Katsumi Ichiro.
As Katsumi Ichiro scored the ball with a layup, the score of the yellow and blue teams reached 16:33.
The yellow team led by Kiyota Nobunaga was overwhelmed by the blue team led by Katsumi Ichiro and Nango.
"hateful!!"
When Nobunaga Kiyota saw another goal scored by his opponent, he scratched his hair in annoyance and adjusted his headband. Nobunaga Kiyota ran to the bottom line, picked up the ball and served it, and said to Tetsuji Shiozaki who had arrived late:
"Shiozaki-senpai, can you play the ball faster and be more decisive?"
"Give me some advance time. If I get the ball near the free throw line, I can still observe the opponent's defense."
"When you get the ball under the basket, your offensive intentions are easily seen through by your opponents."
"The bleached monkey is taller than me, there's no way I can fight with him!"
"Our center is not as good as the opponent's, so we have to play run-and-gun!"
Nobunaga Kiyota had no self-consciousness about his junior. He sent the ball out while talking. After entering the court, Tetsuji Shiozaki passed the ball back to Nobunaga Kiyota. After nodding silently, he ran towards the frontcourt.
Shiozaki Tetsuji didn't have anything to say in rebuttal to Kiyota Nobunaga, but others did.
The center forward of the yellow team is Oda Ryumasa. At this time, when he heard that Kiyota Nobunaga was blaming him, he also said in an unhappy tone:
"What do you mean the center is not as good as the opponent?!"
"Which center can rebound with your kind of wild shots?!"
"Nobunaga Kiyota, you took too long to get the ball!"
"Pass the ball to me more, and if I get the ball, our team's score will naturally be higher!"
"It's not very difficult for me to pass through Nango Koichiro's defense. At least, it's much better than blindly attacking with the ball!"
Oda Ryuumasa said angrily, not giving Qingtian any face at all.
Maybe it’s because of the hot weather, but the players are a lot more irritable than before when playing. Nobunaga Kiyota was not very good at first, but now he is hot and tired, and the score is still being suppressed by his opponents. He was already feeling depressed. Stomach is burning.
At this time, when I heard that Oda Ryumasa, a "marginal person", dared to talk back, I immediately became furious:
"You're a center, you don't know what you should do?!"
"The game has started so far, how many rebounds have you grabbed for our team?!"
"Can I count with one hand?!"
Saying that, Kiyota Nobunaga stretched out his left hand and pointed to the other party with five fingers.
Oda Ryumasa didn't answer, and said to himself: "It's because you wasted the opportunity! I had several vacancies, why didn't you pass?!"
Kiyota Nobunaga became even more angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "Kanban? Yours is also called a vacancy?!"
"Your shooting is not as good as mine. Do you think your mid-range shooting percentage can be higher than mine?!"
"Even if I shoot against the defense, my shooting percentage is higher than yours!"
"Figure out your positioning, are you worthy of holding the ball in the mid-range?!"
The young man was very angry. Kiyota Nobunaga and Oda became tense in just a few words. The other players on the field also looked at the two of them.
Training was paused.
Just as Oda was about to reply, the voice of Jinguji Martial Arts came from the sidelines.
"Shut up, everyone!"
"You've been beaten like shit and you still have the nerve to argue?!"
“Is there a difference between shit and shit?!”
"You two, get some rest."
"Go take a shower and let your brains calm down. Think about your own problems! Think about it clearly before training."
"Now, come down immediately!"
When Kiyota Nobunaga and Oda Ryumasa heard the sound of Jinguji Martial Arts, they subconsciously closed their mouths, looked at each other, and walked off the court hatefully. Oda Ryumasa went to the rest area and sat down on the bench. Kiyota Nobunaga walked out of the arena and went outside to take a shower.
After changing two players, Jinguji Budo glanced outside the door, then glanced at Oda Ryumasa, ignored the two men, and continued training.
When the old and the new change, there will always be problems of one kind or another.
Fortunately, Jinguji Martial Arts has enough prestige and ability to suppress all players. Under his leadership, Shohoku will not be in chaos.
(End of chapter)
