The one-on-one bullfighting duel between Kiyota Nobunaga and Oda Ryumasa added a touch of color to the first day of school for Shohoku students.
In the stadium, except for the half where Kiyota Nobunaga and Oda Ryumasa were, the rest of the court was occupied by students who came to watch the fun. Even the few viewing corridors on the second floor were crowded with people.
Although Kiyota Nobunaga and Oda Ryumasa are not very famous in Shohoku, when it comes to watching the fun, why should we judge them by their fame
Takeshi Jinguji silently followed the students who were heading to the gym. They arrived at the gym quite early. Although he was not in the front row, he was still able to see the situation clearly on the field due to his height.
Many people from the Xiangbei basketball team were also present. In addition to Mitsui Hisashi who was the first to open the door, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Haruko and others, as well as Rukawa Kaede, were also present.
After all, it was Kiyota Nobunaga who was going to duel with someone else as a teammate, and even Rukawa Kaede, who was the most cold-blooded, couldn't help but feel a little curious about his opponent. It was just that he came late, so he could only go to the second floor to see what was going on in the field.
"We don't need a referee anymore. If I commit a foul, you can just tell me!"
"I'm not afraid of you cheating, because I won't give you many opportunities to attack!"
"One-on-one, no rebounds, the team that scores can continue to attack until it fails."
"Do you have any more questions?"
As Kiyota Nobunaga was talking, he took out a basketball from his backpack, then threw the bag away and looked at Oda Ryumasa. Oda Ryumasa nodded slightly. Although he played less bullfighting when he was in Wako Middle School, he had some experience. There was no big problem with the rules proposed by Kiyota Nobunaga.
"Okay! Let's get started."
"Don't say I didn't give you a chance. I let you attack first!"
As Kiyota Nobunaga was speaking, he threw the ball to Oda Ryumasa with a confident smile on his face. Mitsui Shou, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but cover his head and shook his head when he saw this scene. He didn't quite agree with Kiyota Nobunaga's approach.
If someone is taller than you, and if he is not bad in strength, this offensive opportunity may be able to score more than 10 or 20 points. During the offense and defense, Kiyota on the defensive side will also consume a lot of physical energy. When the ball is given to Kiyota Nobunaga, part of his physical energy has been consumed, and the offensive efficiency will definitely be reduced.
In this kind of percentage battle, if you lose the initiative, the impact will be huge.
Unless one of the parties has overwhelming strength, in this case, the difference between the first and the second will not be that big.
Kiyota Nobunaga was playing against his opponent for the first time, so being so arrogant was not a good habit. But then again, the special students that Shohoku recruited this year were more arrogant than the other. Among these people, Kiyota Nobunaga's personality was actually quite good... ...
When the basketball was in his hands, Oda Ryumasa frowned. The opponent's concession made him feel that he was being underestimated.
"Take the free throw. I don't want to take advantage of you."
"Ten goals, the one who scores more kicks off."
After saying that, Oda Ryumasa didn't wait for Kiyota Nobunaga to say anything, and walked to the free throw line on his own. Seeing this, Kiyota Nobunaga thought about it and swallowed back his sarcastic words. This behavior was still a bit dignified, and Kiyota was embarrassed to make any sarcastic remarks about it.
"You take the free throw." Kiyota Nobunaga walked to the basket silently, and the tense atmosphere between the two men eased a little.
“Swish!”
Shortly after Kiyota Nobunaga finished speaking, Oda Ryumasa dribbled the ball on the spot, then raised his hand and threw the ball, which went into the net.
"Hmm... It feels very soft, not bad."
Oda Ryumasa's free throw was quite stable, and the basketball went into the net accurately without any delay. When Mitsui Hisashi saw this scene, he nodded slightly and secretly memorized Oda Ryumasa's appearance.
After the first goal, Oda Ryuzheng's free throw speed became slightly faster, and the sound of "swish swish" could be heard continuously in the court. Oda Ryuzheng actually scored 9 of the 10 free throws, with a very good hit rate.
When Kiyota Nobunaga, who was picking up the ball for Oda Ryumasa under the basket, saw this scene, his eyelids twitched and he cried out in his heart, "Oh no!"
Kiyota Nobunaga... ..actually he is not good at free throws... ..9 out of 10, even if he trains normally, he rarely gets such results... .
"This guy is really accurate in free throws. Very good!"
"Now we have to see how that boy performs. It will be very difficult to surpass this result."
After the free throw, Oda Ryumasa breathed a sigh of relief, very satisfied with his result, and then looked at Kiyoda Nobunaga. The pressure was on Kiyoda Nobunaga, who, under the gaze of the people around him, stood on the free throw line with gritted teeth, looking quite nervous.
After getting the basketball, Kiyoda Nobunaga dribbled the ball for a long time before he held the ball together, looked towards the basket, and shot it out.
"Dang~" a crisp sound of hitting iron was heard, and the basketball bounced out.
"Hahahahahaha! Wild monkey, you can't do this!"
"Stop embarrassing yourself and let Oda kick off!"
Kiyota Nobunaga missed the first shot, which made Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was watching the game from the sidelines, burst into laughter and shouted at Kiyota Nobunaga. Sakuragi, who was on the sidelines, had already recognized the person who was dueling with Kiyota Nobunaga, and it was his classmate at Wako Junior High School. Because he knew Haruko earlier, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not have much entanglement with Ye Zi and Oda Ryumasa.
Sakuragi knew that Oda Ryumasa was the captain of the basketball team of Wako Junior High School, but at that time he had already officially trained in Xiangbei and was not familiar with Oda Ryumasa. Although he didn't know why Kiyoda Nobunaga wanted to duel with Oda Ryumasa, Sakuragi Hanamichi was also very happy to see Kiyoda Nobunaga make a fool of himself at this time.
"Red monkey?!"
"Shut up, you bastard."
"I still have so many free throws left, there's still a chance to tie the game!"
Kiyota Nobunaga turned his head and saw Sakuragi Hanamichi who was laughing at him, and pointed at Sakuragi and cursed. He didn't want to be laughed at by a fool like Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Kiyota didn't want to lose face, so he could only pretend to be calm. After receiving the pass from Oda, he stood at the free throw line, dribbled calmly, and then shot.
“Ding~”
After a crisp sound of iron striking, Kiyota Nobunaga's face froze, and then he said to Oda with a thick face: "Then let you kick off first."
When Sakuragi saw Kiyota Nobunaga's forced attempt to save face, he laughed even more wildly. Mito Yohei and others who were with him also joined in the fun, saying that Kiyota was "generous."
When Oda Ryumasa saw that Kiyota Nobunaga was so bad at free throws, his originally nervous heart calmed down at this moment.
"Oh!"
Oda Ryumasa chuckled, picked up the basketball and walked towards the three-point line.
He had thought about the person who had proposed the 100-point contest with him. It seemed that he had overestimated him. That was right. The guy in front of him seemed to know Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others. Could a guy who could hang out with Sakuragi Hanamichi and the bad guys play basketball well
"I'll attack first!"
Oda Ryumasa stood outside the three-point line and muttered something. Kiyota Nobunaga also stood in front of him with a gloomy look on his face. He kept rolling his eyes at Sakuragi on the sidelines and did not take Oda Ryumasa seriously at all.
Seeing that the other party looked absent-minded, Oda frowned slightly. He not only felt that he was looked down upon, he also felt that Kiyota Nobunaga's careless attitude was an insult to the basketball he loved!
"Hey, check the ball!" Oda Ryumasa handed the ball to Kiyota. Kiyota Nobunaga withdrew his gaze upon hearing this, and did not take the ball. He replied calmly, "Let's start directly, no need to check the ball."
"It's just a waste of time. I need to get rid of you quickly and make the red-haired monkey shut up."
Kiyota Nobunaga spread his arms and took a defensive stance, and upon hearing this, Oda Ryumasa took back the basketball, and without further ado, he directly threw the ball and faced Kiyota Nobunaga with his back, intending to force a shot.
He was angered by Kiyota Nobunaga's attitude. From the beginning to now, Oda Ryumasa couldn't understand where this kid who was less than 180cm tall got the confidence to be so proud
He wanted to completely destroy the other party's pride in the simplest and most brutal way!
“Peng!
!”
As Oda Ryumasa's body hit Kiyota Nobunaga, a muffled sound followed. Oda Ryumasa is 185cm tall and weighs 76kg. When he was in junior high school, he played as a center. Kiyota Nobunaga is 178cm tall and weighs 65kg. In junior high school, he played as a small forward, but after becoming a reserve for Shohoku, he was mainly trained as a point guard.
The two people, one big and one small, differed in weight by nearly 20 kilograms. As soon as their bodies touched, the difference in strength between them was immediately apparent.
"... .." Oda Ryumasa's back attack made Kiyota Nobunaga's breathing pause, but fortunately he was ready to face the impact when Oda Ryumasa's back was turned. Although he was pushed back a step, he had not completely lost his position.
However, the discomfort in his chest made Kiyota Nobunaga frown.
After getting the gap, Oda Ryuzheng did not think of turning around. He continued to push back and his body pressed against Kiyota Nobunaga again. Two consecutive back-to-back shots allowed Oda Ryuzheng to easily enter the three-point line. At this point, Oda Ryuzheng did not use the same trick again. Instead, he turned around and broke through with a shoulder flick, quickly passing Kiyota Nobunaga.
"He's very agile, skillful in turning, and has a pretty good speed."
"But... if you want to bypass Qingtian like this, you are underestimating Qingtian too much."
Mitsui Hisashi looked at Oda Ryumasa's smooth turning movement and nodded secretly, but his eyes were on Kiyota Nobunaga at this moment.
Not to mention, Oda Ryumasa's movements were really beyond Kiyota Nobunaga's expectations. After the opponent hit him from behind twice, he thought that the opponent was a clumsy player, but he didn't expect that the opponent's turn and breakthrough was so skillful.
Although he lost the initiative, with the explosive power of Kiyota Nobunaga, he still turned around quickly and caught up after Oda Ryumasa broke through. There was less than a body length difference between the two, and Kiyota caught up with this short distance in an instant.
When Oda Ryumasa broke through to the free throw line and prepared to pass the ball for a layup, but at this moment, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.
Kiyota Nobunaga had appeared to his side at some point, and when Oda Ryumasa was about to pass the ball, he reached out and flicked the ball seemingly casually, and the shogi was easily broken from Oda Ryumasa's hand. The falling basketball hit Oda Ryumasa's toes and rolled to the baseline.
"What?!" Oda Ryumasa exclaimed in disbelief and looked intently at Kiyota Nobunaga.
He didn't expect that Kiyota Nobunaga actually caught up with him? In fact, he had just crossed the free throw line when the opponent made an accurate steal. It was likely that the opponent had been following him for a while before he shot.
When Oda Ryumasa played basketball at Wako Junior High School, he had never encountered a player like Kiyota Nobunaga. Although the Wako Junior High School basketball team's performance was rubbish, Oda Ryumasa had never encountered a strong opponent in the game. Under his leadership, Wako was able to win the first round of the county competition... ...
Oda Ryumasa was greatly surprised by Kiyota Nobunaga's ability.
"It's just a simple steal. There's no need to look so surprised."
"How weak am I in your eyes to make you show such an expression?"
Kiyota Nobunaga turned his head and glanced at Oda Ryumasa, then walked to the baseline, picked up the basketball, and walked toward the three-point line. At this moment, Kiyota Nobunaga saw Jinguji Budo standing behind the crowd watching the game. The familiar smile made Kiyota's eyes light up. The next second, Kiyota's eyes became firm, and his whole aura changed a little.
"The martial arts master is back!"
"He's looking at me!"
This thought flashed through Kiyota Nobunaga's mind. After reaching the three-point line, he turned and looked at Oda Ryumasa.
As Oda Ryumasa approached the three-point line and prepared to defend, he clearly felt that Kiyota Nobunaga's aura had changed. Originally, Kiyota Nobunaga gave him the impression of being an arrogant and arrogant person who was not serious about basketball or the game. But now, Kiyota's eyes were full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit
"What's wrong with this guy?" Oda Ryumasa was puzzled, but he was on high alert against Kiyota Nobunaga. The ball just now had already given him some reminders. Although the man in front of him was unreliable, he still had some strength.
"I'm so sorry!"
"I was actually planning to let you win. Even if I let you lose, I won't let you lose badly."
"But now, I have changed my mind."
Kiyota Nobunaga said as he passed the ball to Oda Ryumasa for testing. Oda Ryumasa did not take it, but raised his chin, signaling Kiyota Nobunaga to start the attack.
Seeing this, Kiyota Nobunaga didn't say anything extra. He just dropped the ball with his left hand, took a wrong step, and prepared to break through to Oda Ryumasa's left side. Oda's reaction was also quite fast. After noticing the opponent's intention to break through, he immediately adjusted his steps and moved his right foot backwards, forming a defensive posture with his left foot in front of the left and his right foot behind the right, intending to block his left side at the moment when Kiyota Nobunaga rushed forward.
However, at the moment when Oda Ryumasa adjusted his defensive steps, Kiyota Nobunaga changed his direction with the ball, made a beautiful cross over, and went straight through Oda Ryumasa. In the blink of an eye, he had entered the inside and attacked the basket.
After crossing the free throw line, Kiyota Nobunaga took the ball, took two big steps and then jumped directly, gliding towards the basket under the observation of the surrounding spectators.
"ohhhh!"
"It's time to dunk!"
"With this height, can you do it?!"
Kiyota's actions caused the audience to exclaim in surprise, but in the next second, Kiyota Nobunaga gave everyone the answer.
“Bang!”
With a loud bang, Kiyota Nobunaga, who was only 178cm tall, dunked the ball into the basket with one hand. This made Oda Ryumasa, who was chasing after Kiyota, stunned. The students who had questioned him a second ago also cheered at this moment.
“Slam dunk?! It’s a real slam dunk!
!”
"The basket in the gym is a standard one. This guy is less than 180cm tall, right? How can a mortal like him dunk?"
"Who... who is this guy?"
Kiyota Nobunaga, who performed a dunk, instantly became the focus of everyone, and Kiyota himself quite liked this feeling. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked very enjoyable.
Sakuragi, who was standing off the court, saw that Qingtian was stealing the show, curled his lips in dissatisfaction, rolled his eyes at Xiaotian, and shouted loudly: "Hey, Xiaotian! Aren't you the ace of our Wako basketball team? How could you lose to that wild monkey?!"
"How can you, the ace, be so bad?!"
Sakuragi shouted as if no one was around. He simply watched a lot of games, but his understanding and definition of ace was Jinguji Budou and Shinomiya Tano. He felt that ace needed to have that kind of strength, at the very least, he had to be similar to the bald guy who challenged Jinguji Budou at that time.
As both are ace cards, how could Oda lose to Wild Monkey
Sakuragi's words made Oda Ryumasa's face darken. He didn't want to be said like this by a bad boy.
However... the opponent's ability is indeed very strong, stronger than all the players Oda has played against before, which makes Oda Ryumasa excited.
"It was indeed the right decision for me to come to Xiangbei!"
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