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Shoyo High School Basketball Stadium.
In the quiet stadium, only the "bang bang" sound of the basketball hitting the ground echoed in the empty venue.
Bang...
Bang...
Bang...
Kenji Fujima was hitting the basketball intently, his eyes fixed on the basket not far in front of him. In his mind, he kept replaying the image of Jack Carter on the court that day.
He took a deep breath, pushed off the ground with his feet, jumped high, raised his arms gracefully, and flicked his wrists lightly, making a shooting motion.
Although his height is not particularly outstanding among basketball players, his shooting posture reveals a unique beauty, which is standard and flawless.
This is the steadiness and habit he has developed step by step over the years following a strict training plan.
Bang...
At this moment, the door of the stadium was pushed open.
Toru Hanagata walked in from the door and saw Kenji Fujima practicing. He said, "You are here, Fujima."
Kenji Fujima turned his head and glanced at Toru Hanagata, and said calmly, "Because the game is coming up, I want to find the feel of my shooting."
"Really?" Toru Hanagata stared at Kenji Fujima with a deep look in his eyes.
He and Kenji Fujima have known each other for many years. They are not only a tacit partner on the court but also close friends in private.
He keenly noticed that Kenji Fujima was a little different from before.
"Is it because of Shohoku?" Toru Hanagata directly pointed out Kenji Fujima's thoughts.
Kenji Fujima fell silent.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the stadium became a little weird, and the silence was depressing.
After a long time, Kenji Fujima slowly said: "Shohoku is very strong. Although I don't want to admit it, I have to face the reality. I really can't think of an effective way to limit Shohoku's No. 9."
"Can't we send more people to double-team him? After all, we are different from Tsukubu," Toru Hanagata offered his suggestion.
Kenji Fujima shook his head and said solemnly, "Double-teaming may indeed limit his performance, but what about the other players of Shohoku? Now in Shohoku, in addition to Takenori Akagi, there are Kaede Rukawa, Hisashi Mitsui, and Ryota Miyagi. Each of them is very capable and cannot be ignored."
Toru Hanagata listened and also fell silent.
Their Shoyo players are considered to be the best in Kanagawa's high school basketball world in terms of personal ability, and they also have a clear advantage in height.
When ordinary teams meet them, they are either crushed by their absolute strength or suppressed by their height advantage.
But Shohoku has neither of these two characteristics, which is indeed very troublesome.
Toru Hanagata added: "The game has to be played. I will work with others to try to limit Shohoku's No. 9."
Kenji Fujima looked at Toru Hanagata with a warm smile on his face and a look of trust in his eyes. "I believe you, Hanagata."
Kainan University Affiliated High School Basketball Hall.
Bang...
The door of the basketball hall was suddenly opened.
A middle-aged man with a distinctive appearance and a face shaped like an orangutan walked in with steady steps.
He has a black crew cut and a pair of silver-rimmed glasses on his resolute face. He is the coach of Kainan University High School basketball team, Riki Takato.
"Amu... So you haven't left yet?!" Riki Takato saw the figure in the gym at a glance and greeted him.
Inside the gym, Shinichi Maki, who was sweating all over, turned around and saw that it was his coach, with a look of surprise on his face. "Coach..."
Under normal circumstances, there should be no one in the gym at this time. He couldn't help but wonder why the coach suddenly showed up today.
Riki Takato walked up to Shinichi Maki and saw him sweating profusely, feeling relieved.
If all the players on the basketball team could work as hard as Shinichi Maki, his job as a coach would be much easier.
Riki Takato said, "We have a game tomorrow, don't train too late."
Shinichi Maki replied, "I don't plan to play tomorrow. It's enough to leave this match to A Shen and the others. I need to adjust my condition and go all out to face Shohoku."
Riki Takato was not surprised by Shinichi Maki's previous statement that he would not play tomorrow.
However, the words about fighting Shohoku with all his strength later on made Riki Takato's heart move, and he couldn't help but ask: "Is that Shohoku really that strong?"
He had also heard about Shohoku's big win over Tsukubu, and had previously heard Shinichi Maki's detailed explanation of that match.
It would have been better if he hadn't listened to it. After listening to it, he was really shocked.
At that time, he even suspected that Shinichi Maki was deliberately exaggerating and joking with him, because what he said was too mysterious.
Shinichi Maki responded with a firm look in his eyes and a serious expression: "The overall strength of Shohoku is not something that we should be too worried about, but Shohoku's No. 9 is indeed a bit of a headache."
Riki Takato raised his eyebrows slightly, opened the folding fan in his hand, fanned it gently, and said, "Shohoku's No. 9? You told me before that his name is Jack Carter, right?"
Suddenly, a gleam of wisdom flashed in his eyes, and he continued, "In that case, their next opponent will be Shoyo! Then we can go and see together."
At this moment, he also developed a strong interest in this player named Jack Carter.
He wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person could make Shinichi Maki pay so much attention to him.
Time flies.
A week passes in a flash.
On this day, the Kanagawa Gymnasium was packed with people and it was very lively. The basketball hall was also full and the atmosphere was warm.
Because there will be four consecutive games here today.
It is the championship match for the semi-final groups A, B, C, and D.
It is also the match where the quarterfinals advance to the semifinals.
Only those who win the championship in their own group are eligible to enter the finals.
Group A: Kainan University VS Takenori
Group B: Shohoku VS Shoyo
Group C: Ryonan VS Hamada Central
Group D: Buri VS Daibei
In the Group B finals stadium, the competition had not yet officially begun but the audience seats were already boiling with cheers and shouts of encouragement.
A boy in a Shoyo uniform stood in front of a group of cheerleaders who were also wearing Shoyo uniforms and shouted excitedly, "Who is qualified to participate in the national competition? Who is it?"
Shoyo's cheerleaders raised the two plastic bottles in their hands, hit each other hard, and shouted in unison at the top of their lungs:
"Shoyo...Shoyo...Shoyo..."
The boy who was directing the team just now then shouted, "Shohoku and Shoyo, their names sound a bit similar. Which team will win?"
After saying that, he spread out his hands, put them to his ears, and pretended to listen.
The cheerleaders shouted in unison again.
"Shoyo...Shoyo...Shoyo..."
Seeing the Shoyo cheerleading team's uniform and high spirits, Haruko Akagi and the members of Sakuragi's Gang sitting in the Shohoku stands were a little dazed.
They don't have a huge cheerleading squad, just Haruko Akagi and her two best friends, plus the four people from Sakuragi's Gang, which makes a total of only seven people.
The seven people stared blankly at Shoyo's cheerleading team with their eyes wide open, feeling nervous.
Matsui said blankly, "Shoyo's cheerleading team really has a different aura!"
Haruko Akagi nodded dumbly as well, echoing, "There are quite a few people coming to Shoyo."
Fujii turned his head, looked at Haruko Akagi, and asked, "What about our Shohoku cheerleaders?"
Haruko Akagi replied in a serious and somewhat silly manner: "It's all here."
For a moment, it was as if a crow was flying over everyone's heads with a strange cry, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
On the other side, Yayoi Aida and her male assistant rushed here in a hurry.
Yayoi Aida wiped the sweat from her face and said breathlessly, "We finally got here. Today's four games will be held in two sessions at the same time. We may have to run back and forth to watch them."
As she spoke, she picked up the camera and started taking pictures, "Click! Click!"
Taizo Nakamura suggested, "You don't have to run back and forth so hard. I can help you keep an eye on the other game."
Yayoi Aida pointed at him and said unhappily, "Do you think I don't want you to go? Last time I asked you to write an article, it was a mess. The photos you took were also unattractive. How can I let you go alone?"
Taizo Nakamura was so ashamed of what he said.
He also didn't understand why his own writing and photos were very good, but when compared with Yayoi Aida's, they were simply embarrassing.
Yayoi Aida snorted and continued, "Anyway, you better study hard. Basketball is not as simple as you think."
Shohoku dressing room.
Takenori Akagi looked at his players with a serious expression and a determined gaze, and said solemnly: "Today's game is very important. Our opponent is Shoyo, which is completely different from the team we met before. Everyone must play with full spirit."
Hanamichi Sakuragi walked up to Takenori Akagi with a smile, looked him up and down, left and right, and then suddenly laughed. "Hahahaha...Gorilla, you actually have dark circles under your eyes! So you get nervous too!"
Takenori Akagi's eyelids jumped, and he retorted unhappily: "Are you talking about yourself?!"
Hearing this, Hanamichi Sakuragi immediately puffed out his chest, looked very proud, and said loudly: "Humph, I, the genius Hanamichi Sakuragi, have been practicing hard until dawn to prepare for today's competition!"
"I didn't expect that even Akagi would be so nervous that he couldn't sleep!" Kiminobu Kogure said with a smile. "But I also got up at four in the morning."
At this moment, Hisashi Mitsui, who was sitting in the corner, stood up with a mocking smile on his face and said, "You poor guys, you were so scared when you heard that you were going to compete with Shoyo."
After saying that, he turned and walked out of the locker room door.
Kiminobu Kogure hurriedly shouted, "Hey! Where are you going? The game is about to start."
Hisashi Mitsui suddenly paused, his expression froze, and then he said without turning his head. "Go to the bathroom."
Hahaha...
Hanamichi Sakuragi couldn't help laughing when he heard this. "It turns out the most nervous person is the mistress! She was so scared that she peed herself."
Hisashi Mitsui, who had just walked out of the door, heard this and immediately showed his signature shark teeth. He angrily poked his head in from outside the door, his face flushed red, and yelled: "You are the one who was scared to pee! I just drank too much water."
Ayako and Kara Smith stood aside, looking at the slightly chaotic atmosphere in the locker room, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
Ryota Miyagi sat alone in the corner, fiddling with a basketball with his hands.
Kaede Rukawa was leaning against the wall on the other side, with his eyes closed, as if he was taking a nap.
Ayako looked at everyone's serious expressions and couldn't help muttering, "This time is a little different from usual. Everyone's expressions are so serious!"
"That's right!" Kara Smith nodded, thinking to herself, "I don't know if they remembered the information I gave them."
She turned her head and looked at Jack Carter who was sitting next to her. She saw Jack Carter was concentrating on something in his hand. She looked closely and found it was a magazine with a busty beauty in a bikini on the cover.
"Jack, what are you looking at?" Kara Smith's pretty face flushed and she spoke in a bad mood.
Ayako also noticed the situation here, and when she saw the magazine in Jack Carter's hand, her pretty face turned red.
Jack Carter didn't even raise his head and replied casually: "Ah? Reading a magazine!"
"That's not what I'm asking you!" Kara Smith was speechless. She walked up to Jack Carter and snatched the magazine from his hand. "Don't read unhealthy things like this."
Jack Carter looked nonchalant and said, "I think it's quite healthy!"
Kara Smith sternly taught: "Anyway, you are not allowed to look at this kind of thing. Confiscate it, confiscate it!"
Jack Carter snorted disdainfully, but didn't take it too seriously.
After all, this isn't the first time something has been confiscated.
Ayako looked at this scene, not knowing what to feel, thinking to herself, "No one is worry-free, forget it, at least there is still someone who is not nervous."
Time passes by every second.
I don't know how much time had passed, but Shohoku's players had already changed into their game jerseys and were ready to go on the court.
Takenori Akagi glanced at everyone with a determined look, then said loudly: "Okay, it's almost time, let's go!"
"Yes..." the team members responded in unison...
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