"Ahhhh~~"
"What a pity!"
"You can actually pull the lever in mid-air, Sakuragi-kun, your bouncing and staying in the air are really amazing!"
After failing to stop Sakuragi Hanamichi's layup, Kurutani Sora scratched his head and shouted in frustration. But after shouting, Kuratani Sora praised Sakuragi Hanamichi without hesitation.
It seemed that Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't pay attention to all the ridicules he had made before.
And Kuratani Sora's attitude made Sakuragi subconsciously smile and respond: "No, no, hahahaha!"
After saying this, Sakuragi Hanamichi restrained his smile belatedly, coughed lightly, and said in a serious tone:
"Uh-huh!"
"Even if you compliment this genius, you will never take back what I just said."
"You are not suitable for playing basketball, and there is no way you can stay at Xiangbei High School."
Kurutani Sora waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a smile: "Sa, Sakuragi-san, the game continues!"
"This time, I will definitely stop you!"
Kuratani Sora said confidently, his face full of excitement.
"With your level, it's impossible to stop this genius!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi saw this and snorted softly. As he spoke, he picked up the basketball and walked towards the three-point line. At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi also saw Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango standing on the sidelines watching the game. He had no intention of greeting them. After Sakuragi reached the designated position, he turned directly to face the basket.
While leaning slightly, he also gave the basketball in his hand to Sora Kurutani, signaling the opponent to check the ball.
After Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango Koichiro saw Kurutani Sora's bounce and speed just now, the contempt in their hearts somewhat dissipated.
With such speed and jumping, as a player, he can't be considered useless.
The one-on-one bullfight between such a player and Sakuragi Hanamichi somewhat piqued Kiyota and Nango's interest.
Just as Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kurutani Sora were preparing to continue bullfighting, the players from Shohoku High School also came to the arena one after another. Seeing that Sakuragi seemed to be fighting bullfighting with others, they also gathered around the sidelines. , watch the match between Sakuragi and Sora Kurutani.
Rukawa Kaede had also arrived, but Rukawa Kaede just glanced at both sides of the game, immediately lost interest, and went to the side of the court to change clothes.
In the court, after checking the ball, Kurutani Sora handed the ball back to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Sakuragi held the ball high and faked a shot a few meters away from the three-point line. Then he made a mistake and the basketball fell.
After a simple feint, Sakuragi Hanamichi accelerated directly and rushed forward, still rushing to the right, and his body was directly attached to Kurutani Sora's body when he broke through.
The huge force once again pushed Kuratani Sora away, but Kuratani Sora seemed to be afraid of Sakuragi's physical confrontation. When Sakuragi broke through, he deliberately let go of his body. Although he was pushed up, his body was still stable. Come down.
Then he quickly turned around and pursued Sakuragi.
After having the experience of almost being blocked before, Sakuragi Hanamichi no longer only looked at the basket when he broke through, but deliberately turned his head to look at Kurutani Sora's position and saw that the opponent was following closely behind him. , Sakuragi was also a little surprised, his pupils narrowed.
"Snapped!"
After approaching the free throw line, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was breaking through quickly, suddenly stopped and quickly pulled the ball back with the basketball in his hand. Then he took a jump shot directly, and he was quite skilled in the emergency stop jump shot. Kurutani Sora, who was sprinting and chasing at high speed, jumped directly. By the time he stopped and tried to block the shot, Hanamichi Sakuragi had already thrown the basketball in his hand.
In fact, let alone Sakuragi's emergency stop jumper, with the height difference between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kurutani Sora, even if Sakuragi makes a "standing shot", it will be quite difficult for Kuratani Sora to defend.
The basketball flew out of Sakuragi's hands and fell directly into the basket with a crisp sound. Without any defensive pressure, Sakuragi Hanamichi's emergency stop jump shot was already remarkable, and his hit rate was pretty good. Some.
"Hey~~~ The red-haired monkey, you did a good job! You can even score a pull-up jump shot!"
"She's pretty presentable."
Kiyota Nobunaga praised Hanamichi Sakuragi in a strange way after he scored. Next to him, Nango Koichiro also echoed Kiyota after Sakuragi Hanamichi scored, and also "praised" Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"He was forced to have no choice!"
"The shot was almost blocked. Isn't that because I was too scared to attack the basket!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi scored consecutive goals. Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango finally couldn't bear their loneliness and struck up a conversation with Sakuragi on the court. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had just been a little happy because of the successful goal, heard the "sarcasm" of the two people, and his face immediately became ugly.
Grabbing the ball with both hands, he walked towards the three-point line and cursed angrily: "You two losers, what stupid things are you talking about!"
"Are you the kind of person who would be afraid? I just don't want this kid to lose too ugly!"
When Sakuragi scolded Kiyota and Nango, his attack was a bit wide, and he directly hit Sora Kurutani. Qingtian and Nanxiang were used to quarreling with Sakuragi. When they heard this, not only were they not angry, but they laughed.
However, few people noticed that as Sakuragi was distracted, Kurutani Sora's expression became a little ugly.
Kurutani Sora didn't care about the taunting words Sakuragi Hanamichi said to him before. During the game, Kurutani Sora could feel that Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't hold back. Because of this, Kurutani Sora was more or less I can feel some "respect" from Sakuragi.
Facing someone like him, his opponent will go all out, which makes Sora Kurutani very satisfied.
However, as Qingtian and Nango chatted, Sakuragi's attention was naturally distracted, which made Kuratani Sora a little unhappy. Facing Sakuragi Hanamichi like this, he didn't feel any pleasure even if he won.
"Sakuragi-san, continue."
"Next ball."
Kurutani Sora walked outside the three-point line and urged Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was quarreling with Kiyota and Nango, looking more serious than ever.
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Sakuragi Hanamichi turned around and glanced at Sora Kurutani. After checking the opponent's ball, Sakuragi started his attack.
Without any bells and whistles, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who received regular academic basketball training, used the simplest breakthrough method when breaking through. He accelerated with a digging step. With the absolute physical advantage, Sakuragi Hanamichi once again passed Kurutani Sora. Line of defense.
This time, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to want to prove that he was not afraid. After passing Kurutani Sora, he accelerated directly into the inside. Then when he was close to the basket, he grabbed the ball with one hand, jumped directly, and glided close to the basket. In an instant, Sakuragi Hanamichi made a one-handed dunk and poured the ball into the net.
Although Kurutani Sora wanted to stop him, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who took off with all his strength, was too high. Although Kurutani Sora bounced well, there was still too much difference to stop Sakuragi who was dunking.
Kurutani Sora, who is 153cm tall, has touched up to 310cm. This is already a very exaggerated figure, but facing Sakuragi Hanamichi, such height figures are really not enough.
If we talk about absolute jumping, Sora Kurutani may not be worse than Hanamichi Sakuragi, but in terms of height and wingspan, he lags far behind.
"How about it? Wild monkey, bleached monkey!!"
"Are you saying that I am just afraid?"
After scoring a slam dunk, Sakuragi Hanamichi ignored Kurutani Sora and shouted directly to Kiyota and Nango outside the court, with an excited look on his face.
He originally thought that his explosive slam dunk would shut up those two bastards, but he never expected it. Faced with the question, Kiyota Nobunaga casually picked his nose and mocked nonchalantly: "It's just a win. He’s just a primary school student, what can he say?”
"Does it mean you are that much better than a primary school student?"
Kiyota Nobunaga's words made Sakuragi furious. But before Sakuragi Hanamichi could get angry, Kurutani Sora said to Kiyota Nobunaga: "I am not an elementary school student."
"I am a high school student. I just transferred to Shohoku from Kuzuryu High School today. I am a first-year student. I am a classmate with Sakuragi-san."
Kurutani Sora's words made Kiyota Nobunaga's breath stagnant. He always thought that Kurutani Sora was an elementary school student. After all, he was too short!
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"High school student?"
Kiyota Nobunaga looked stunned, as if he didn't believe the other party. However, with Kuratani Sora's firm nod of confirmation, Kiyota Nobunaga was forced to accept this fact.
However, Kiyota will not show weakness:
"So what if I'm a high school student?"
"The gap is too big!"
"Red-haired Monkey, even if you beat him, you can't prove anything."
Kiyota Nobunaga shouted towards Sakuragi, but Sakuragi didn't feel anything about his words, and Kurutani Sora felt very uncomfortable.
ridicule and look down upon
"No matter who it is, they will feel this way when they see a player like me."
"Do I really have no chance to prove my strength?!"
"Could it be that because I'm short, I can't play basketball, and am I not worthy of being looked up to by players my age?"
"asshole."
"There's no way I'm going to give up!!!"
Kuratani Sora looked at Kiyota Nobunaga. At this time, Kiyota was arguing with Sakuragi Hanamichi and completely ignored him.
A little bit of Kurutani's fantasy was gone. The players from Shohoku High School didn't take him seriously at all!
"Sakuragi-san, continue, there are still .5 minutes left."
Lowering his head, Che Gukong squeezed out these words from between his teeth. When Sakuragi Hanamichi heard the sound, he stopped arguing with Kiyota Nobunaga, turned his head to look at Kuratani Sora, and couldn't help but ask:
"Do you want to continue? I think you should give up."
"The gap between us is already obvious. No matter how hard you try, you can't guard against me."
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Sora Kuratani who lowered his head and said nothing, and said kindly.
As the game between the two progressed, many players from Xiangbei came to the arena. These people watched the game between the two of them like monkeys. Among them, the monkey being played with was obviously not Sakuragi Hanamichi, right?
If there were fewer people, Sakuragi wouldn't mind letting Kurutani Sora taste defeat, but with so many people, Sakuragi was a little afraid of hurting the other person's self-esteem.
It was obvious that the boy in front of him was obviously a strong person.
Although Sakuragi often does things without thinking, his ability to empathize is still very strong. In Kurutani Sora, Sakuragi Hanamichi still feels some qualities worthy of his protection.
"give up?"
"How is that possible? I finally transferred to Shohoku High School! How could I give up!?"
"I will definitely become the first choice for Shohoku. I will definitely prove that people like me can also play basketball and be good at it!"
"There's no way I'm going to give up!"
Kuratani Sora raised his head, looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi with a firm face and said these words. Sakuragi opened his mouth, but in the end he stopped trying to persuade him. He picked up the basketball and walked towards the three-point line.
The surrounding Shohoku team members all heard Kurutani Sora's words, but they were not moved by Kurutani Sora's determination and perseverance.
Main choice?
In Shohoku High School, which is full of talents, is this three-inch boy worthy of becoming a regular candidate?
Are you looking down on their Shohoku High School?
Sakuragi took the ball to outside the three-point line and handed the ball to the opponent for inspection.
At this time, Jinguji Budo also arrived at the basketball stadium. When he was at the door, Jinguji Budo heard Kurutani Sora’s shouting and walked into the arena curiously. He happened to see Sakuragi and Kurutani playing in the court. null.
Budo didn't know Kurutani Sora, so he looked at Kurutani Sora somewhat curiously.
And Rukawa Kaede, who had been warming up on the other side of the court, now came to the back of the crowd and looked at the game on the court.
Although Rukawa Kaede did not think that the short man could win Sakuragi Hanamichi, the other party's persistence still made Rukawa Kaede somewhat recognized. He wanted to see what the level of the person who said these words was.
It’s not like you have no work at all, but you keep saying you want to be the main candidate for Shobei, right?
"Is there such a big difference in physique? They are not players of the same level at all."
"Is this kind of bullfighting necessary?"
Martial Arts clearly saw the two warring parties in the field, rubbed his hair, and looked at Sakuragi in confusion.
And at this moment, after Kurutani Sora checked the ball, the basketball was already in Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands.
The moment he got the ball, Sakuragi dropped the ball again and was ready to accelerate.
However, the moment Sakuragi Hanamichi dropped the ball, Sora Kurutani, who was standing 30 centimeters away from Sakuragi Hanamichi, seemed to have predicted the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi's falling ball. He stepped forward to grab it and reached out to slap the basketball.
Kurutani Sora was very fast, and Sakuragi felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, and the basketball in his hand was knocked down by the opponent.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi also reacted very quickly. The moment the basketball was broken, he immediately stuck his back to Sora Kurutani who was trying to continue to grab the ball. Then he quickly took two steps towards the basketball and took the lead in grabbing the ball. in hand.
After taking possession of the basketball, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly accelerated and started to break through.
But this time, Kuratani Sora was no longer afraid of the confrontation with Sakuragi. He took the lead and stood in Sakuragi's breakthrough path.
Kurutani Sora's height is really a bit short. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was traveling at high speed, directly hit Kurutani Sora's body, flipping Kurutani Sora to the ground. Even though Kurutani Sora fell, his feet were out of control. He tripped Sakuragi and brought Sakuragi Hanamichi to the ground.
"Plop!"
The players on the sidelines only heard a muffled sound in the middle of the court. Hanamichi Sakuragi fell directly to the ground, and the basketball had already been released and rolled towards the sidelines.
"I'm sorry!" Kuratani Sora sat up and looked at Sakuragi Hanadao who was lying not far away, and apologized.
At this time, Sakuragi also slowly stood up, slowly turned his head and looked at Kuratani Sora.
"Quick! Stop Sakuragi!"
"This guy is going crazy!"
Just before Sakuragi had time to stand up, he heard several loud shouts from the sidelines. Turning his head to look in surprise, he happened to see Mito Yohei, Takamiya Nozomi and others rushing towards him. Before he could stand up in time, Sakuragi Hanamichi was directly pressed by Mito and others.
"do what?!"
"Asshole, let me go!"
"Idiot, get away!!"
Sakuragi was so overwhelmed by these guys that he cursed angrily while struggling to get up. However, the more he did this, the tighter Mito Yohei and others held him.
"Sakura is crazy. Hey, that boy, leave quickly!"
"Come on, a boy like you will be killed by this guy in his hands!"
Yohei and Takamiya were controlling Sakuragi while shouting at Kuratani Sora, which made Kuratani Sora confused.
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"Yangping, let this guy go."
"Sakuragi is already a qualified player, and what you think won't happen."
At this moment, Jinguji Martial Arts pushed aside the crowd, walked into the field, and said to Mito and others. The appearance of martial arts also made the surrounding Xiangbei team members pay tribute.
"team leader!"
"Senior Martial Arts!"
"Captain Jinguji."
When the surrounding Shohoku players were calling Jinguji Budo, Kurutani Sora, who was sitting on the ground, also raised his head and looked at Jinguji Budo who had walked to the field at this time, and couldn't help but murmured:
"This person is the ace of Shobei Jinguji Martial Arts!"
"So high!!"
(End of chapter)
