At this moment, the specially recruited students of Shohoku High School gathered in the gym, and the competitive atmosphere between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Minamigo Koichiro who were confronting each other on the field also weakened slightly.
Rukawa Kaede and Katsume Ichiro were both wearing the uniforms of the Takeishi Junior High School basketball team, while Kiyota Nobunaga, who had just walked into the gym, was also wearing their school uniform.
Suddenly, three people in different uniforms came to the stadium, making it easy to identify their identities.
"Are these guys... like me, also special recruits of Xiangbei?"
Nango Koichirō's eyes swept over Rukawa Kaede, Katsume Ichirō and others, and as he understood something, he turned around and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi in front of him.
"So this guy..."
Nango Koichiro was looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi in front of him and was about to speak when he caught a glimpse of Kiyota Nobunaga who had changed his shoes and walked into the gym.
Kiyota Nobunaga was actually quite polite. He walked into the gym while bowing to the seniors from Shohoku such as Budo. Then he quickly ran to Coach Anzai, bowed deeply, and greeted him enthusiastically:
"Coach Anzai, Kiyota Nobunaga, report in!"
Coach Anzai looked at Kiyota, then moved his gaze to Sakuragi Hanamichi on the field, and then his eyes swept over Nango Koichiro, Katsume Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede one by one, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Hohohoho!”
"Good! Everyone is here!"
Coach Anzai laughed loudly, slowly stood up and walked towards the center of the court. Soon, he came to the sides of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro. At the same time, Rukawa Kaede and Katsume Ichiro also walked to the sidelines, bowed and greeted Coach Anzai.
Coach Anxi waved to the two of them, then called Kiyota Nobunaga to the court, and then solemnly introduced him to the Xiangbei people:
"Classmates, these five players are players discovered by various junior high schools in our county. In the new school year next year, these five players will enter our Xiangbei High School as freshmen."
"In order to allow them to integrate into our Xiangbei High School in advance, the five of them will train with us this summer."
"Now, each of you introduce yourselves."
As Coach Anxi walked into the court, the tense atmosphere was slightly suppressed. After Coach Anxi said this, the five people stood up straight unconsciously and looked more serious.
"Let's start with you."
Coach Anzai patted Kiyota Nobunaga's back gently and encouraged him.
"yes!"
Kiyota Nobunaga, who was called by Coach Anzai, puffed out his chest, and without even putting down his backpack, he shouted loudly:
"My name is Kiyota Nobunaga, and I'm a third-year student at Mingchuan Junior High School!"
"Height 171cm, weight 62kg, position in the team is small forward!"
Under the gaze of everyone from Xiangbei, Kiyota Nobunaga was not at all nervous and made a brief self-introduction. The Xiangbei players looked at the young junior and for a moment they really couldn't see what qualifications Kiyota had to be specially recruited by Coach Anzai. His physical condition was very ordinary, not much different from that of an ordinary junior high school student.
Most of the team members' attention was not on Kiyota Nobunaga at all, but instead looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro.
These two players have left a deep impression on everyone in Xiangbei, not because of their basketball skills, but because of their temper.
"Very good, welcome to join us, Kiyota-san. Next one."
Coach Anzai encouraged Kiyota Nobunaga with a smile, then turned to look at Rukawa Kaede who was standing next to Kiyota.
Rukawa Kaede noticed the coach's gaze and raised his head slightly, saying coldly:
"My name is Rukawa Kaede, and I'm a third-year student at Takeishi Middle School."
"184cm tall, 74kg in weight, can play any position!"
Rukawa's self-introduction was brief and clear, but when the Xiangbei players heard his self-introduction, they all looked at him. Although Rukawa's tone was normal, the sentence "I can play all positions" was too arrogant. Even if Rukawa didn't show any other expression on his face, everyone still thought he was arrogant.
"Tsk! What are you bragging about?"
"Being able to play all positions, doesn't that mean being able to play no position?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
If the Xiangbei players just thought that Rukawa was too arrogant, then Nanxiang Kouichiro, who was standing on the side, did not hide his emotions at all. After hearing what Rukawa said, he directly ridiculed him.
When Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Takeshi heard what Nango Koichirō said, they subconsciously looked at each other and read helplessness in each other's eyes.
"It seems like this kid needs to be taught a lesson about emotional intelligence."
Wudao sighed in his heart, and the host who was ridiculed, Rukawa Kaede, just glanced at Nango Koichiro and said nothing. Rukawa Kaede is not the kind of person who is good at talking nonsense. If someone doubts him, he likes to speak with basketball.
"Humph! Are you dumb? I knew you were only good at talking!"
"I am different!"
"My name is Nango Kouichirō, I'm sure you all know me!"
"Height 187cm, weight 78kg, haha, I'm a center! Forward!"
Nango Koichirō seemed to be targeting Rukawa Kaede, and emphasized the word "center", as if to distinguish him from Rukawa Kaede, who can play all positions.
"Ohhhh! A junior high school student is already 187cm tall? When he enters high school, his height will probably exceed 190cm!"
"Is our Xiangbei going to have another center who is over 190cm tall?"
"This way, we won't lose to Ryonan in height~"
The admiration from the surrounding Shohoku players made Nango Koichirō feel elated. The sense of pride made him raise his head with pride unconsciously.
Sakuragi Hanamichi on the side couldn't stand it anymore, so he took a step forward and shouted:
"I! Hanamichi Sakuragi from Wako Junior High School!"
"Height 188cm, weight 78kg! Position... any position is possible!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice immediately drowned out the discussions of the Xiangbei players. Everyone looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi. It must be said that when Sakuragi Hanamichi wore basketball shoes, his height was really similar to that of Nango Koichiro, but if you look closely, you can still see that Sakuragi is a little shorter than Nango.
Before Coach Anzai could say anything, Nango Kouichiro couldn't help himself and walked directly to Sakuragi Hanamichi. He straightened his back and looked at the top of Sakuragi's head, and said, "How can you be 188cm tall? Huh?"
"You're obviously much shorter than me. From the looks of you, you'd be thankful if you were 185cm tall!"
Nango Koichirō curled his lips in disdain and didn't give Sakuragi any face at all.
"What?! Dye monkey, what did you say?! I am only 188cm tall, so, you don't accept it?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice sternly glared at Nango Koichiro, but the latter was not to be outdone and glared back, shouting, "No! You are not 188cm! You are just not 188cm."
The two of them started arguing as if no one was around. One kept saying "yes" and the other kept saying "no", just like two kindergarten kids quarreling. They didn't look like junior high school students at all.
"... ... .." Mitsui Shou was speechless when he saw the two people who were swearing at each other face to face. He turned his head and looked at Wudao, as if he wanted to find a way to educate the two people from Wudao's side.
When Wudao saw this scene, he scratched his head, then spread his hands, expressing helplessness.
The two looked at each other, then looked towards the field.
Coach Anzai didn't seem to have any intention of helping Sakuragi or Nango Koichiro, or rather, he didn't care about the two people arguing over there at all. He looked directly at Katsume Ichiro, and his meaning was self-evident.
When Ichiro Katsumi saw Coach Anzai's gaze, he whispered, "Two idiots!"
Then he introduced himself: "My name is Katsumi Ichiro, I'm 183cm tall, 70kg, a guard, and I'm good at three-point shooting."
"Oh, by the way, I hate playing basketball with idiots."
While speaking, Ichiro Katsume glanced with disdain at Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro who were arguing.
"Hahahaha! Katsumi Ichiro, well said, I like you very much!"
Kiyota Nobunaga noticed Katsume Ichiro's expression, and immediately walked up to Katsume Ichiro in a familiar manner, hooked his shoulders, laughed, and at the same time looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro in a teasing manner.
However, in response to Kiyota's praise, Katsume Ichiro stretched out two fingers, hooked them on Kiyota's hand, moved his hand away from his shoulder, then brushed his shoulders in disdain and looked at Kiyota with the same disdain.
The noisy Sakuragi and Nango Koichiro also noticed Kiyota Nobunaga's sarcasm at this moment. Without waiting for Kiyota Nobunaga to react to Katsume Ichiro, they pulled Kiyota out and forced Kiyota to join the verbal fight.
It was clearly just a session for special recruits to introduce themselves, but now it became as lively as a market.
Coach Anzai looked at the energetic junior high school students and had no intention of stopping them. After everyone introduced themselves, he turned around and waved at Mitsui Shou. After Mitsui Shou walked over, he whispered something in Mitsui Shou's ear, then put his hands behind his back, walked back to the rest area on the sidelines, picked up the materials at hand, and didn't take the players' quarrel seriously at all.
"Stop for a moment."
After receiving the instruction from Coach Anxi, Mitsui Shou clapped his hands and spoke to Sakuragi and others, but his voice seemed a little small and was completely ignored. Mitsui Shou raised his eyebrows, clapped his hands hard, and shouted again with a louder voice, but Sakuragi and others were still unmoved. This situation made Mitsui Shou a little angry.
"Drink~~"
"Shut up, everyone!
!”
Mitsui Shou took a deep breath, walked to Sakuragi and others and shouted.
His voice was quite loud and close, and it drowned out the sounds of the three people arguing. The stadium, which was like a market, finally became quiet at this moment. Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango Koichiro, and Kiyota Nobunaga turned their heads and looked at Mitsui Hisashi.
Seeing that they finally focused their attention on him, Mitsui Shou breathed a sigh of relief, pinched his throat with his hand, and cleared his throat:
"If you want to argue, go outside and do it!"
"This is a basketball hall, a place to play basketball, not a place to quarrel."
Mitsui Shou said in a cold voice, and his eyes towards Sakuragi and the others were much more stern. Seeing that he had slightly shocked Sakuragi and the others, Mitsui Shou struck while the iron was hot and continued:
"You five are the special recruits selected by Xiangbei High School. We chose you because you have talent and skills, and you can help Xiangbei High School win the championship in the future."
"But! This presupposes that you really have sufficiently brilliant talents and abilities!"
"Now that you have come to Xiangbei, don't think that everything is fine. During the rest of the summer vacation, you will train with our Xiangbei High School players."
"Let me be frank with you. Don't think that you are special recruits and that you will definitely be able to play in Xiangbei! If you want to be qualified to play in Xiangbei, the first thing you need to prove is your ability!"
"Today is the first day of joint training. Let's use a simple practice match to confirm your talents!"
"I hope you guys are more than just good at talking!"
When Mitsui Shou finished speaking, his eyes fell on Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango Koichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga. Mitsui Shou had some understanding of the abilities of Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro, who were from Takeishi. Moreover, these two people were not as noisy as the three guys from Sakuragi. Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro were not noisy.
The people that Mitsui Shou warned were actually just those three people including Sakuragi.
"Practice match?! Haha, that's exactly what I want!" When Nango Koichiro heard that they were going to have a practice match, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face, and then he glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kiyota Nobunaga.
"Youxi~ Let this genius teach this dyed monkey and this wild monkey a lesson." Sakuragi Hanamichi was delighted when he heard this. He put his hands on his hips and the scene of "teaching a lesson" was already in his mind.
"A practice match? This way, I can show off my abilities in front of Coach Anxi."
"I will let Coach Anxi know that my genius is definitely much better than the red-haired monkey and the bleached and dyed monkey!"
Kiyota Nobunaga was the type of person who was not afraid of competition, and he immediately felt happy.
“Hahahahahaha!
”
The three of them looked at each other, each thinking about the good things in their hearts, and suddenly they laughed without any warning, laughing loudly and unrestrainedly.
Mitsui Shou obviously couldn't understand the three monkeys' feelings. He looked at Sakuragi and the others speechlessly and said:
"Twenty minutes of warm-up time, get ready."
After saying this, Mitsui Hisashi ignored these junior high school students and began to gather the Xiangbei players to line up and organize them to warm up.
Without his instructions, Rukawa Kaede and Katsume Ichiro spontaneously joined in the warm-up activities, while Sakuragi Hanamichi and the other three... were still laughing over there.
However, the three of them didn't laugh for long. They all realized that they would be competing and wanted to show their best. Then they rushed to warm up. And the three of them didn't follow the warm-up activities of the Xiangbei people like Rukawa and the others, but played their own tricks.
God knows whether Sakuragi and the others did a sufficient warm-up, but twenty minutes later, Wudao looked at the three panting people and felt that their warm-up had some effect after all.
"Junior high school students, the five of you, form a team!"
"And your opponents are these few people!"
After leading the team to warm up, Mitsui Hisashi led the team to Sakuragi and others. While he was talking, Akagi Takenori, Mugure Konobu, Chiba Daishi, Kakuda Satoru and Miyagi Ryouta walked out of the team and stood in front of Sakuragi and others. At the same time as they walked out of the team, Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro also stood with Sakuragi and others and looked at their opponents.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango Koichiro and others were already excited when they saw their opponents, but Rukawa Kaede's eyes were not on the players in front of him. Instead, he turned his head to look at Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budou who were not far away, and asked:
"Seniors, aren't you two going to play?"
"Humph, with just the few of you, there's no need for Xiangbei's trump card to play."
"After all, you are only at the level of a junior high school student. I think highly of you for sparring with us!"
Miyagi Ryouta interrupted Wudao and Mitsui Shou before they could speak. He had been annoyed with these arrogant junior high school students for a long time, and was just about to take this opportunity to teach them a lesson.
Upon hearing this, Rukawa Kaede turned his head and looked at Miyagi Ryouta intently.
"Well, let me defeat you first!"
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