"Is that person... a member of Xiangbei High School?"
"Those on the sidelines... are all Xiangbei players!"
As Sakuragi Hanamichi took off his coat and walked into the court, the Teiko players who had just left the court saw Sakuragi and the Shohoku team not far behind him. The Teiko players who were originally cheering for the team's victory now all looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi, Jinguji Budou and others with curiosity.
Kanagawa Prefecture Shohoku High School basketball team.
This name is quite famous in the local campus basketball circle in Kanagawa Prefecture. Any junior high school student in the prefecture who has some aspirations for a career in basketball has heard of the name of Shohoku High School.
"Shohoku High School! They look really strong!"
"Hey, coach, can we play basketball with the players from Xiangbei High School?"
"The match with Mingchuan is so boring!"
"How about competing with high school students?"
Aomine Daiki took the towel handed over by his teammate, wiped the sweat off his face, and said to the coach Sanada who was not far away. Aomine Daiki is a typical ace player. Whenever he meets some famous and powerful players or teams, he will want to play against them, and he doesn't care whether the other party is the same age or not.
This kind of personality is a typical Mamba personality.
Aomine Daiki didn't enjoy the match against Mingchuan Junior High School to his heart's content, so when he saw the players from Shohoku High School, he was excited for a moment.
"Fight against Shohoku High School?"
When he suddenly heard Aomine Daiki's request, Director Sanada was also stunned. He didn't expect Aomine Daiki to make such a request. Before this, he had never even thought about it.
There is a huge difference between junior high school students and high school students. A 3 to 4 year age difference between children of this age can make a world of difference.
This can be seen just by looking at the physiques of the players from Xiangbei High School. The red-haired player who walked into the field was estimated to be around 190cm tall, and the players in uniforms off the field were all very tall.
On Teiko's side, the tallest player, Murasakibara Atsushi, is only 185cm tall, and the rest of the team members are far behind.
This kind of height disadvantage cannot be made up simply by relying on technical and tactical means. And to be frank, as one of the top eight teams in the national competition, how weak can Xiangbei High School be in terms of technical and tactical means
Fighting against high school students, especially against Shohoku, was too ridiculous in the eyes of coach Sanada.
"Qingfeng, I know you didn't enjoy your match with Mingchuan, but..."
"Playing against high school students is too much, and they may not play against us."
"Let's pack up and leave early so as not to disrupt Xiangbei's training."
When Kuroko Tetsuya heard what Aomine Daiki said, he was speechless for a moment, but he knew Aomine's character quite well, so he walked over to Aomine and tried to persuade him.
"It was a rare opportunity to come to Xiangbei and meet the Xiangbei players."
"If we just leave like this, wouldn't it be a waste of opportunity?"
"Kuroko, don't you want to see the strength of Xiangbei High School? This is the second strongest high school in our county!"
"As for what you said, the other party won't fight us? I don't think we need to worry about that at all!"
As Aomine Daiki spoke, he turned his head and looked at Kuroko Tetsuya, and his words were also heard by the other team members around him.
Midorima pushed his glasses and lowered his head slightly. He didn't say anything, but his eyes were cast towards the field with a hint of expectation. Murasakibara Atsushi looked indifferent, slumped on the bench, neither supporting nor opposing, eating snacks by himself.
After a long silence, Kuroko sighed and turned to look at Akashi Seijuro. Akashi saw his teammates' expressions and smiled after a brief silence:
"If you want to fight, I'll fight alongside you, Aomine."
"But I don't think Shohoku will play against junior high school students like us."
"Go and ask for their opinion. If they disagree, forget it."
Akashi finished speaking and smiled at Aomine Daiki, showing his support.
Coach Sanada was also helpless when he saw this. He certainly didn't support it. Playing against high school students would not benefit the team at all.
Even if the game didn't start, Sanada was not optimistic about his players, even though they were praised as once-in-a-decade geniuses.
However, Akashi, Aomine and others were the first-year players that Teiko focused on training, so he didn't want to dampen their enthusiasm, so he evaded the issue:
"Shohoku's coach Anxi hasn't arrived yet. When coach Anxi arrives, I will ask for his advice."
When Qingfeng heard the supervisor's words, the corners of his mouth cracked and he smiled: "Why bother with so much trouble!"
After whispering, Aomine Daiki walked into the court and walked towards the Shohoku players on the field.
At this moment, some of the Xiangbei players have changed their clothes and shoes and entered the court. Sakuragi Hanamichi twisted his neck to stretch his muscles while circling the ball, while Kiyota and others were also doing simple warm-up exercises on the court, preparing for the next training.
Aomine Daiki's action did not attract the attention of the players on the field, but instead attracted the attention of the audience who had not yet left the field.
"Hmm? What's that junior high school kid going to do?"
At the side of the court, Mitsui Hisashi, who had tied his shoelaces, was just about to walk into the court when he saw Aomine Daiki walking towards Sakuragi Hanamichi and others, and was stunned.
Wu Dao had taken off half of his clothes. He was stunned when he heard this and looked towards the court.
"Aomine Daiki? What is this kid going to do?"
“Could it be that… ..”
Seeing this, Budo raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Qingfeng Daiki.
Under the gaze of everyone on the sidelines, Aomine Daiki walked to the field where the Xiangbei players were warming up and said loudly:
"Hello!"
"High school students! Isn't it too boring to just warm up by yourself?"
"How's it going? Do you want to warm up with us?"
Aomine Daiki's voice was very loud, and his words instantly reached the ears of Sakuragi and others.
"Um?"
"ah?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga and others all snorted when they heard the words. They stopped their warm-up activities at the same time, turned their heads and looked at Aomine Daiki with unfriendly expressions.
Seeing Aomine Daiki standing not far away, Sakuragi, who was closer, threw away the ball, put his hands in his shorts, stretched his neck slightly forward, and walked slowly in front of Aomine Daiki like a bully. He bent down, put his face in front of Aomine Daiki, looked straight into Aomine Daiki's eyes, and asked in a bad tone:
"Junior high school student!"
"What did you just say?"
"I didn't hear you clearly, say it again!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's gangster look immediately scared the Teiko players on the sidelines. Kuroko looked at Aomine Daiki with a worried look, fearing that Aomine Daiki would suffer a loss at the hands of a high school student.
Murasakibara Atsushi, who had been eating snacks, stopped chewing and looked straight at the field.
"I say, do you want to play a game with us?"
Aomine Daiki straightened his back unconsciously and spoke loudly, without any fear in his voice.
As his voice fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi's face became more and more gloomy. Qingfeng looked at the other party's face and his heart sank. Although he was not afraid of such bad people, it was better not to be beaten by others.
Just when Qingfeng thought Sakuragi was going to take action, Sakuragi Hanamichi, with a gloomy face, suddenly burst into laughter.
“Haha! Hahahaha!”
!”
"You middle school student, you actually want to compete with us, Xiangbei? Are you crazy?"
"You don't think that if we beat that middle school by a few dozen points, we can play against Xiangbei, right?"
"How can a junior high school student like you be qualified to fight with us?!"
"Go away, I don't have time to play around with middle school students. Don't disturb our training."
Sakuragi Hanamichi stopped laughing and waved at Aomine Daiki as if he was chasing away a puppy. He didn't intend to argue with Aomine Daiki and turned to walk towards the other players. The rest of the Xiangbei players didn't argue with Aomine either. They all smiled at Aomine and ignored Aomine Daiki, continuing their training.
"Are you guys in Xiangbei scared?"
"Are you afraid of losing to us junior high school students?"
However, just as Sakuragi Hanamichi was about to leave, Aomine Daiki's voice came from behind Sakuragi again. And this time, his words also made Sakuragi Hanamichi stop in his tracks. The Xiangbei players who were originally focusing on their warm-up also turned their heads and focused their attention on Aomine Daiki again.
“Boy… ..”
"I can't pretend I didn't hear what you said."
Sakuragi Hanamichi slowly turned his head and looked at Aomine Daiki with a squint, and there was no trace of smile between his brows anymore.
This simple and crude method of provoking others is very useful to adolescent high school students like Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kiyota Nobunaga.
Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi's expression, Aomine Daiki knew that his provocation had worked, and he looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi with a smile on his face. Sakuragi Hanamichi opened his mouth and was about to agree, but suddenly closed his mouth and turned his head to look at Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budou on the sidelines.
Behind Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga and others, who had also heard Aomine Daiki's provocation, all turned their eyes to Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Takeshi on the sidelines.
"You, Hanamichi, Kiyota and the others are looking at you, Xiaosan."
"I thought this guy would agree right away, but I didn't expect that he would even think of you, the captain, and ask for your opinion."
"You've really matured!"
Wudao looked at Sakuragi and others, suddenly smiled, and turned to look at Mitsui Shou.
Mitsui Shou pursed his lips when he heard this, and was also a little unhappy:
"These middle school students are really too arrogant."
"Faced with high school students, he actually took the initiative to provoke them."
In this country with a strong sense of hierarchy, it was quite extraordinary for a junior high school student like Aomine Daiki to say such words to a high school student.
Not to mention his respectful attitude, Aomine was even unwilling to call Sakuragi "senior".
Impolite.
Mitsui Hisashi attracted the attention of the team members, looked around and did not see Coach Anzai, then nodded slightly to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Junior high school student, aren't you going to compete?"
"Get ready, get going!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi got the affirmation from Mitsui Shou, turned his head to look at Aomine Daiki, and agreed directly. Sakuragi did not ask for the opinions of Kiyota Nobunaga and others. He knew the personalities of Kiyota and others. Facing such a provocation, they would never refuse the game.
After he finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi walked back to his team and briefly explained the situation to his teammates. In fact, they also listened to what Aomine Daiki said.
When they learned that they were going to have a practice match with the junior high school students, all the team members immediately signed up enthusiastically.
Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango Koichiro both have good natures and joined Sakuragi Hanamichi's team as soon as possible.
With their joining, Sakuragi also turned his attention to Rukawa Kaede and Katsuragi Ichiro.
Although Sakuragi was reluctant to admit it, there was no way he could admit it. The strength of Rukawa and Katsuragi was indeed outstanding.
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't even think about calling other sophomores and juniors from Xiangbei. It was embarrassing for a group of freshmen to play against junior high school students. How could the sophomores and juniors join them in fooling around? Although Mitsui Shou acquiesced, he couldn't play against the junior high school students himself.
"I'm not interested in playing against junior high school students." Rukawa said indifferently while looking at Sakuragi, and walked off the court with the ball.
Instead, Katsumi Ichiro smiled and said gently, "Then I'll join in. It's just a warm-up anyway."
There was still one person missing. Sakuragi Hanamichi ignored some first-year students who were trying to raise their hands in front of him and looked at Oda Ryumasa from the second team.
"Oda, do you want to join?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi invited him, and Oda Ryumasa hesitated for just a second, then immediately nodded heavily.
He is different from Sakuragi, he is in the second team, and the opportunity to show himself is far less than that of Sakuragi. And he is different from Rukawa Kaede, who is also in the second team. After so long in school, Oda Ryumasa has long known that Rukawa Kaede is also a special recruit. He knows that Rukawa Kaede will be selected as a regular sooner or later.
If Oda Ryumasa wants to be promoted to the starting lineup sooner rather than staying in the second team to gain experience, he needs to seize every opportunity to demonstrate his strength!
The five players gathered, and the other players who were not selected all wailed in disappointment, followed Rukawa Kaede off the court, and stood on the sidelines to watch the game. The Xiangbei students who had not yet left, seeing that there was still excitement to watch, all stopped and turned around to surround the court tightly again.
The people from Mingchuan Middle School who were originally packing up to leave did not intend to leave immediately after packing up. They stood on the sidelines with their things and watched the game.
"I hope these guys like Sakuragi don't embarrass us at Shohoku."
"If the junior high school students can't beat them... just relegate them to the second team."
Mitsui Hisashi looked at the court and murmured.
At this time, Teiko Junior High School had also sent out players who were ready for the game. They were the same group of people who had played against Mingchuan Junior High School before. The colorful hair color was so dazzling that even though Wudou had already watched a game, he still felt a little uncomfortable with it.
"It's not like we'll lose. The difference in physical fitness can't be made up."
"It's good to play a game of ball. It's a good opportunity to give Sakuragi a hard time. This guy has become arrogant since the practice match with Ryonan."
"I've made some progress in my shooting practice lately. My tail is about to hit the sky."
Wudao said with a smile, and he was full of confidence in Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others.
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