Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Only a small number of people can see the intention of Jinguji Martial Arts to control points. The players in Shohoku only felt that Jinguji Martial Arts was creating opportunities for Akagi and the others in this game, and they thought it was because the martial arts did not attack with all their strength and did not try to control points at all.

Think about it that way.

The players on the field are focused on the court.

As time went by, the game finally came to an end. As the temporary referee's whistle sounded, Xiangbei High School defeated the junior high school team 78:76 and won the game.

"Damn it! Just a little bit worse!"

"If I had made fewer mistakes, I would have won this game!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who experienced defeat for the first time, didn't feel much disappointed. He almost won the game. Regarding this, Sakuragi was a little upset about the few times he conceded the ball during the game.

Such emotions also appeared in Kiyota Nobunaga and others. Several members of the junior high school team made several mistakes. Facing the weak point difference, everyone thought what if their

If a few mistakes were not made, the result of this game would have been changed.

Among the five junior high school students, only Rukawa Kaede did not have such thoughts in his mind. Compared with the annoyance and regret of Sakuragi and others, Rukawa Kaede was more dissatisfied with his current abilities.

"He didn't use all his strength at all."

"With my current level, I can't even see what he looks like when he exerts his full strength!"

"I still have a long way to go!"

Rukawa Kaede is eager and ambitious in basketball. His Takeishi Middle School itself is the strongest school in the county. Looking at the country, it is also one of the few strong schools. As the captain of Takeishi, Rukawa Kaede can be said to be the best in personal ability.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Rukawa Kaede is the best junior high school student in the country.

For Rukawa Kaede, the junior high school competition no longer has a challenging goal. All his efforts are just to surpass himself.

But in this match with Shohoku, Rukawa Kaede already has a new goal and a new challenge.

Although he is only in the third grade of junior high school, for Rukawa Kaede, he has officially entered the high school basketball world.

"Snap, snap, snap!"

As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Coach Anxi clapped and walked to the sidelines, looked at everyone in the field, and said with a smile:

"You all performed very well. You all played very hard."

"And after this game, I am convinced that I did not choose the wrong person."

"Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga, Katsumi Ichiro, Nango Koichiro."

"You five are definitely the future of our Xiangbei High School! Here, I officially welcome you to join our Xiangbei High School reserve team!"

"You are also the first batch of players to officially join the reserve team!"

As Coach Anzai spoke, he glanced at Ayako behind him. After receiving Coach Anzai's instructions, Ayako took out a package from the table on the side, walked to Coach Anzai, and handed it to Coach Anzai's hand.

Coach Anxi opened the package and waved to the junior high school students, motioning them to come forward. After a few people came forward, he took out a set of jerseys from the package, looked at the sizes on the jerseys, and distributed them to several

Junior high school student.

Each person has two sets of Shohoku training uniforms, both of which are pure yellow. There are no numbers on them, but only the abbreviation logo of Shohoku High School.

"Hoho! Jersey!" After receiving the jersey, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly pulled away from the emotion of failure and regret. He cheered and opened the package directly, stroking the fabric of the jersey, his face full of joy.

Kiyota and Nango Koichiro were also impatient. After getting the jersey, they opened the packaging happily. Only Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro knew how to be polite. After getting the jersey, they bowed to coach Anzai and thanked them.

At this moment, Jinguji Budo also walked off the field with a group of teammates. Takenori Akagi walked to Sakuragi, patted Sakuragi Hanamichi on the shoulder, and said softly:

"From today on, you can be considered a member of our Xiangbei team. Come to the gym for training after school starts."

When Sakuragi heard this, he just nodded perfunctorily. Now he couldn't wait to put on his jersey and play. Seeing Sakuragi's excitement, Akagi shook his head and laughed. He patted Sakuragi's shoulder and looked at him.

Walk off the field.

"How about it? What are the abilities of these junior high school students?"

Mitsui Hisashi waved to the martial arts when Jinguji martial arts came to an end. When Jinguji martial arts approached, Mitsui Hisashi asked about martial arts and junior high school students' feelings after fighting against each other. After all, there are some things that are watched from the sidelines.

Nothing happens.

"Not bad. Rukawa Kaede's foundation is very solid, and his passing vision is also quite good during the game. He is fast, has strong attack ability and shoots well."

"Although he is not very strong physically, he has a correct defensive attitude and rich experience. He is an all-around ace character."

"However, he relies more on holding the ball, which is not very suitable for our Xiangbei team. We need to think about how to use his abilities."

"But the future is his."

Mitsui Hisashi listened to Jinguji Martial Arts and nodded. He knew what martial arts meant by "incompatibility". Shohoku High School already had a ball-handling ace like Jinguji Martial Arts, and Mitsui Hisashi

, capable of doing everything with or without the ball, Rukawa Kaede's position is somewhat heavier than that of Martial Arts and Hisashi Mitsui to some extent.

If you enter Shohoku in the future, if you don't have suitable tactics, you will probably be on the bench in the first year. Mitsui Hisashi felt this when watching the game. At this time, hearing Budo say this made his judgment even more confirmed.

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"What about the others?" Mitsui Hisashi continued to ask, looking at the other junior high school students who were chatting with Coach Anzai at this time.

"Sakuragi Hanamichi has excellent jumping, height and strength. Although he is a little immature, he has a keen sense of court. If he cultivates his defensive ability well, I am afraid he can replace Chiba Oishi's starting position in a short time.

Give Akagi a boost in the paint."

"Nango Koichiro's current physical condition is similar to Chiba Oishi's, but judging from his development, before entering Shohoku, he can still grow taller. In terms of ability, he is now enough to replace Chiba

Already."

"As for Kiyota Nobunaga, his personal characteristic is his jumping ability. Compared with Miyagi in terms of attacking the basket, there is no obvious advantage or disadvantage. In terms of dribbling ability, speed, and even defensive awareness, Miyagi is better."

"Looking at the growth over time, there will be no shortage of playing opportunities, and there will definitely be no problem with the second team rotation."

"As for Katsumi Ichiro, all abilities are average. The three-point shooting is probably his specialty. He can be used as a stable outside offensive point. Although his offensive ability is a little worse, if there is a system to cooperate, his firepower will be very fierce."

Jinguji Budo briefly summarized his impressions of several special recruits and their technical characteristics. He did not say much about their performance, but simply talked about the possible development of these people in Shohoku in the future.

Mitsui Hisashi himself had a basic expectation for these people in his heart. He knew that Jinguji Martial Arts had always been very optimistic about Sakuragi Hanamichi, but after listening to Martial Arts’ evaluation, he did not expect that in the minds of Martial Arts, Nanxiang

In the opinion of martial arts, Koichiro can become a starter, while Sakuragi still needs training in the opinion of martial arts.

"Unexpectedly, in your eyes, Nango Koichiro is better than Sakuragi Hanamichi? In the game just now, Sakuragi showed better rebounding ability than Nango Koichiro."

When Wu Dao heard these words, he couldn't help but smile and asked: "Do you think I am the kind of person who is selfish?"

"Nango Koichiro's jumping power is indeed not as good as Sakuragi's, but his technique is still better than Sakuragi's. I didn't even look at Sakuragi much in this game, but Akagi was staring at Nango's throughout the whole process.

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"I can expect that his performance will be slightly worse. And you may not have noticed that Nango Koichiro makes much fewer mistakes than Sakuragi."

"Stability, this is very important for players!"

Budo does have high expectations for Sakuragi Hanamichi. At the same time, he is also convinced that Sakuragi Hanamichi is an indispensable puzzle piece for Shohoku High School to win the championship. However, the uncertainty Sakuragi Hanamichi is showing on the court is far higher.

for the value he can bring.

Today's Shohoku is not a one-man team like Akagi. In the power forward position, Shohoku already has the qualifications to choose. Sakuragi Hanamichi definitely cannot be satisfied with his current ability, he still needs to become stronger.

On the edge of the court, Coach Anzai chatted with the junior high school students and got to know each other. Then he asked these players to rest next to them and restore their physical fitness. At the same time, they could watch the training of Shohoku High School. Then he was greeted by Hisashi Mitsui.

Next, the Xiangbei players who watched a game finished gathering and started this morning's training.

Akagi, Mumu and others who participated in the game before were also resting on the sidelines, but like them, Jinguji Budo, who played the score for dozens of minutes, joined the training and joined the team members in passing and receiving the ball.

Basketball practice.

On the edge of the court, Rukawa Kaede looked at the Jinguji Martial Arts training in the court, and was a little lost. The game had just ended, and Rukawa Kaede was soaked with sweat from head to toe. The physical exertion of Kiyota Nobunaga and others was also quite huge. They

But there is no way to join such training immediately.

But at this time, Jinguji Martial Arts in the field was in a completely different state from them. Martial arts sweat only soaked his collar, and not much penetrated down. It can be seen from the amount of martial arts sweating that in this scene

After the fierce competition, Jinguji Martial Arts did not consume much physical energy at all.

Look at Akagi and others resting on the sidelines, and then look at Jinguji Martial Arts training with the team on the field. Now, even the dullest Sakuragi Hanamichi can see such a contrast, knowing that Jinguji Martial Arts is in

There was not much effort at all in this game.

"Ha ha ha ha ha."

"To be honest, I was a little complacent just now. Our temporarily formed coalition of junior high school students was actually able to fight back and forth with Shohoku led by Jinguji-senpai."

"But now I realize that he probably wasn't serious about the game just now!"

Kiyota Nobunaga wiped the sweat on his face with a sweat towel and said suddenly. Beside him, Nango Koichiro looked at the Jinguji Martial Arts in the field, and turned his head to look at Akagi who was sitting and resting on the other side.

Gangxian breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Seriously, but not much."

"It's to control the score and give us junior high school students a fighting spirit."

"A two-point win against us not only gives us a boost, but also spurs us on to move forward. If we win too much, we are afraid that we will completely lose motivation."

It was rare for Nango Koichiro to realize this clearly. Although his tone of voice was calm, his fists were clenched, and the sweat towel in his hand that he had just wiped with sweat was wet.

He is a proud man, and the Jinguji Martial Arts' loose control of points made him feel even more insulted than the Jinguji Martial Arts' all-out effort to defeat him.

"Damn it!" Sakuragi growled, sat up directly, trotted into the stadium, and spontaneously joined Shohoku's training. Everyone in Shohoku who was training saw Sakuragi Hanamichi at the bottom of the line, and didn't say much.
To be continued...