"This... Mingchuan Junior High School?"
"Coach, what kind of school is this? I've never heard of it before!"
The second stop for Coach Anxi to recruit new players was to come to a place called Mingchuan Junior High School. The train stopped at the foot of a mountain far away from the city. The junior high school that appeared in front of Jinguji Budo at this time was on the mountainside.
It took them more than ten minutes to walk from the foot of the mountain to the middle of the mountain, and they arrived at a junior high school campus that couldn't be more remote.
If Coach Anzai hadn't brought everyone here, Wudao wouldn't have known that there was such a remote middle school in Kanagawa Prefecture. Would anyone really come to study in a middle school or elementary school in such a location
“Hohoho.”
"It's a rural elementary school. An old friend of mine teaches physical education here."
"I heard that our Xiangbei basketball team has a special recruitment, so he asked me to come here and take a look. He wanted to introduce an excellent player to me."
Coach Anxi looked at the middle school with its shabby walls in front of him, a hint of nostalgia in his expression.
Upon hearing this, Wudao looked around the school for a few seconds and turned to look down the mountain.
There is a wide open space in front of Mingchuan Middle School. From the mountainside, you can easily see the mountain below. There are few pedestrians on the mountain road, and few vehicles on the road at the foot of the mountain. There are lush green plants all around, and the air is fresh and refreshing. If this place is a temple or a Taoist temple, there is nothing wrong with martial arts.
But a junior high school... .
"Let's go." The gate of Mingchuan Middle School was open, and there was no security guard on duty in the small room next to the door. Perhaps because it was a holiday, this school seemed not to be afraid of outsiders entering.
The campus of Mingchuan Middle School is very small. There are probably only three teaching buildings in total. The tallest one is only 6 stories high, and the shorter ones are only three stories high.
After entering the door, there is a spacious playground. In the middle of the playground is a concrete basketball court. Several teenagers who look like students are playing a three-on-three basketball game there.
At the edge of the basketball court, an old man sat on the ground, watching the young men playing basketball with a bright smile on his face.
Coach Anxi led Wudao and others across the running track around the playground and walked to the concrete court. He ignored Wudao and others and went to chat with the old man sitting on the ground.
"I never thought there is such a junior high school in Kanagawa. I see this school doesn't have a basketball stadium. Does the basketball team here really have players suitable for our Xiangbei?"
Mitsui Shou looked at the campus environment around him and asked with some confusion. The facilities of this middle school are really too poor. The outer walls of the teaching buildings are beginning to fall off, and they look like they have been in disrepair for a long time. Moreover, he just glanced at the boys playing basketball and found that none of them were particularly tall. In his opinion, this school does not have any "reinforcement" players.
"You can't say that... I didn't expect to see him here!"
Wu Dao looked at the young men playing basketball on the field, and saw a familiar figure in the crowd, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Long Zheng, I'm here." Coach Anxi walked to the old man sitting on the sidelines, put his hands behind his back, and greeted him while watching the young man playing on the court.
"Well! You're here. I was just thinking about it. If you hadn't come, I would have taken my grandson home for dinner."
The little old man sitting on the ground looked up and glanced at Coach Anxi and said with a smile.
"Oh, there was a slight delay."
"Which team member did you say you would introduce to me?"
Coach Anxi looked at the players on the field and explained.
"We haven't seen each other for so many years. As soon as we meet, we are all teammates. Why don't we catch up with each other first?"
"You have a good taste, don't you? Take a look and see which one catches your eye!"
The old man called Long Zheng and Coach Anxi were old acquaintances. He had no intention of explaining and raised his chin to signal Coach Anxi to look for himself.
"Wow." Coach Anxi smiled and looked at the court quietly.
"Pass the ball! Pass the ball!"
At this moment in the court, a young man in a white T-shirt was cutting quickly from outside the three-point line to the inside, shouting to his teammates to pass the ball as he ran.
The boy was about 170cm tall and looked quite thin, but when he ran, he moved very fast. In the blink of an eye, he reached the middle distance and was less than two meters away from the basket.
At the same time, the basketball passed from the hands of his teammates and fell into the hands of the boy. The boy caught the ball and jumped directly after two steps.
"Huh?!" Mitsui Hisashi, who was watching the game on the sidelines, jumped when he saw this scene and cast his gaze towards the young man on the field.
The young man in white jumped up, and in the blink of an eye his arm that grabbed the ball was above the basket. The next second, the young man grabbed the ball with one arm and slammed the basketball into the basket. The huge force caused the entire basketball hoop to shake.
The young man in white dunked the ball into the basket, and after falling back to the ground, he turned his head and looked at the old man on the sidelines and shouted:
"Grandpa! Look! I really am a genius, right?!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The boy's face was full of proud smiles. Long Zheng, who was sitting on the ground next to Coach Anxi, saw this scene and waved with a smile. Then he stopped playing dumb and turned to Anxi Guangyi and said:
"That's my grandson, Kiyota Nobunaga, who is in the third year of junior high school."
"Haha, come to think of it, if I hadn't heard that you, Xiangbei, made it to the top 8 in the national competition this year, I would have planned to use my old face to get my grandson into Hainan next spring."
"How is it? My grandson, is he okay?"
The old man called Long Zheng by Coach Anxi said with a smile, his face full of pride. Although he spoke modestly, it seemed like he was showing off.
"Why is it our Xiangbei and not Ryonan? Ryonan's results are better than our Xiangbei."
Coach Anxi still had a smiling face and asked casually.
"Hmph! Do you really need me to praise you?" Long Zheng snorted, patted the ground, and said unhappily.
“Hohohoho.”
Coach Anxi smiled and said nothing. At this time, Kiyota Ryumasa waved to Kiyota Nobunaga on the field. Seeing Kiyota Ryumasa's gesture, Kiyota Nobunaga immediately trotted over, and the other five players on the field saw Kiyota Nobunaga leave, looked at each other, and started to throw the ball casually.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Kiyota Nobunaga ran to his grandfather, but his eyes were on Coach Anzai. After bowing to Coach Anzai, he asked his grandfather.
"Hey, this is the coach of Xiangbei High School, Coach Anxi."
"You've been telling me about Xiangbei High School, haven't you? I've invited you here."
Kiyota Ryumasa supported himself on the ground with both hands and slowly stood up. Kiyota Nobunaga hurriedly took two steps forward and helped Kiyota Ryumasa up. Kiyota Ryumasa stood up and brushed off the dust on his buttocks. He suddenly turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budo and others who were not far behind Coach Anzai.
Kiyota Ryumasa was about the same age as Coach Anzai, with a skinny body and a face that was not as round and round as Coach Anzai's. However, his eyes were quite clear. After taking a look at Jinguji Budou, he smacked his lips and sighed softly:
"Talent! Really a terrifying talent!"
"What a pity. What a pity."
Kiyota Ryumasa first exclaimed in admiration, but then a look of regret flashed across his face, and he patted Kiyota Nobunaga on the shoulder while speaking.
Mitsui Hisashi, Sakuragi Hanamichi and others also noticed that Kiyota Ryumasa was observing Jinguji Martial Arts. They also heard these words and looked at each other strangely, wondering what the other person was regretting.
But Wu Dao knew that the pity that Qing Tian Longzheng said was not directed at him, but at...
“ohhhhhhh!
! Xiangbei!
!”
"Coach Anzai from Xiangbei!
!”
"So... ..ohh! Jinguji Budou-senpai and Mitsui Shou-senpai!
”
At this time, Kiyota Nobunaga had also noticed Jinguji Takeshi, Mitsui Hisashi and others not far away. When he saw the faces of Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, he immediately jumped for joy.
In the junior high school basketball world in Kanagawa Prefecture, the names of Jinguji Budou and Mitsui Shou are still somewhat well-known. Moreover, Kiyota Nobunaga himself has watched the games of Shohoku High School and is somewhat familiar with both Jinguji Budou and Mitsui Shou.
When he saw Wu Dao and the other man, he was as happy as if he had met his idol's fans.
"Haha, my grandson, there are some who admire your two teammates."
"Anxi, how about my grandson becoming a special recruit for your Xiangbei team?"
Kiyota Ryumasa grabbed his grandson by the scruff of the neck, lifted Kiyota Nobunaga in front of him, and asked Coach Anzai, but his tone was quite affirmative, and he was full of confidence in his grandson's ability.
"Of course!" Coach Anxi nodded without any nonsense.
Sometimes, it is difficult for a coach to select players, but sometimes, it is also very simple. After just one ball, Coach Anxi has already recognized the talent of the young man in front of him, a talent that is visible to the naked eye!
"Hey, hey, hey, why is it so simple?"
"Aren't there a lot of test items?"
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi said somewhat unhappily that he had just become a special recruit not long ago, and Coach Anzai was not so easy to talk to at that time. There were many test items, but when it came to Kiyota Nobunaga, it was just a matter of one sentence
This made Sakuragi a little indignant.
"Haha, it's obvious, what else do we need to test?"
"You were able to become a special recruit of Xiangbei, not because of your outstanding basketball skills, Sakuragi."
"This kid is estimated to be around 170cm tall, and he's in the third grade of junior high school... He can actually dunk with this height."
"Even for a junior high school-level basketball hoop, this ability is too strong."
"It hasn't developed yet. Its explosive power and jumping ability haven't reached their peak yet!"
Jinguji Budou had already recognized Kiyota Nobunaga. He did not expect that the player that Coach Anzai had come so far to recruit was actually Kiyota Nobunaga. Budou had always been wondering how Hainan had managed to find such a "treasure" as Kiyota Nobunaga. After all, Kiyota Nobunaga was not very famous in junior high school, otherwise, Rukawa Kaede would not have no impression of him.
But now the martial arts are somewhat clear, I am afraid that Kiyota's junior high school team is already too weak to even meet Rukawa Kaede. And Kiyota Nobunaga himself also relied on his grandfather's relationship and his own talent to gain Hainan's favor.
But now, it seems that this player will become a part of Xiangbei in the future.
"Tsk, it's just a slam dunk, it's nothing great." Sakuragi Hanamichi was still angry when he heard what Takeshi said. He crossed his hands in front of his chest, curled his lips and said with some disdain.
Although Sakuragi has been playing basketball for several months, he has no idea what it means for a 170cm tall junior high school student to be able to slam dunk.
To put it simply, Sakuragi Hanamichi has not been seen enough and his understanding of him is still too shallow.
If Sakuragi had watched more students, he would know how terrifying Kiyota Nobunaga's jump was. Not to mention junior high school students, even adults, it is not an easy thing to do this. Behind the slam dunk, there are often years of training. And it doesn't mean that you can dunk as long as you practice. In the end, it depends on talent.
Talent, talent, if you talk about it too much, it will become worthless, but the most core thing about a player is often the thing that is talked about the most.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's disdainful words were heard by the sharp-eared Kiyota Nobunaga, but in front of Coach Anzai, whom he met for the first time, Kiyota Nobunaga restrained his urge to rush over and teach Sakuragi a lesson, but he did not show any sign of weakness:
"Humph! Some people aren't afraid of their tongues being blown away by the wind!"
"Not everyone can dunk. At my age, there may not be one among thousands of middle school students who can dunk!"
"I am a genius. A mortal cannot comprehend the feeling of being in the air!"
Kiyota Nobunaga looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and fought back loudly. His words were obviously directed at Sakuragi Hanamichi, but Mitsui Hisashi who was standing on the side was hit hard and looked distressed.
"Humph! It's just a slam dunk!"
"I don't know where this ignorant wild monkey came from. I don't know what he has to be proud of!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi frowned and walked away from Takeshi angrily. Yohei wanted to pull the angry Sakuragi, thinking that Sakuragi was going to fight, but he was stopped by Jinguji Takeshi.
"Let's just watch and let these two have some conversation." Wu Dao said with a smile. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi walked to Kiyota Nobunaga's side, glanced at him, and walked straight to the court without stopping.
"Bang!" At this moment, a player on the field had just missed a shot and was about to pick up the ball when he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi walk into the court and grab the ball in his arms.
Then he walked to the basket, without any preparation, he grabbed the ball with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket. After the dunk, Sakuragi Hanamichi fell back to the ground, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and sneered.
"hoho~"
"This red-haired boy is very interesting!"
Ryumasa Kiyota, who was standing next to Coach Anzai, was brightened when he saw this scene and said in surprise.
When Kiyota Nobunaga heard his grandfather praising others, his competitive spirit suddenly rose. He immediately walked into the court with a heartless step, snatched the ball from Sakuragi Hanamichi, and said angrily:
"Red-haired monkey, do you want to compete with this genius?"
"Ha ha ha ha!
"Competition? You don't need a competition to know that this genius was specially recruited by Xiangbei based on his strength, which is different from you who are related to him!" Sakuragi Hanamichi heard this and sneered, with his hands on his hips and laughed.
"How can a guy like you be better than me?"
"Do I need connections? It was Coach Anxi who recognized my talent and recruited me."
"My talent is visible to the naked eye. I'm a genius! Hahahaha!"
Kiyota Nobunaga was also full of confidence in himself. He held the ball in one hand, put his other hand on his waist, and laughed.
The two of them laughed for a few seconds, then stopped laughing at the same time, looked at each other, and shouted in unison the next second:
"Contest!"
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