The day for the practice match agreed upon by Coach Anxi and Coach Lufeng's big ship soon arrived.
For the Xiangbei team who are focusing on preparing for the national competition, time passes very quickly.
As the Xiangbei bus stopped at the door of Lvfeng, the Xiangbei team got off the bus under the leadership of Coach Anxi.
Before and after the county competition, Japanese colleges and universities actually entered their summer vacation. Green Wind Private School was no exception.
Arriving at the gate of Green Wind High School, the Xiangbei team members couldn't help but sigh, "It's worthy of being a private aristocratic school." But the "luxury" of this school can be seen from the gate. Looking to the left and right, the head of the school can't be seen at all. The area is so large that the Xiangbei team members have never seen it before.
"Wow~~ This Green Wind High School is really rich."
"So this is what a private school looks like. From this perspective, the basketball stadium in this school must be very big."
Miyagi Ryouta looked around, his expression full of emotion.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kiyota Nobunaga and a few other jumpy guys had already run out of the team on their own and were looking towards the Green Wind campus.
Even someone with a cold personality like Rukawa Kaede showed a little curiosity in his eyes and looked around.
"Humph, no matter how well-built the school is or how great the facilities are, what's the point?"
"We are here to play a practice match, not to visit."
"One by one, all of you, restrain yourself."
Mitsui Hisashi is a man who cares about face, and his family is well-off. He is also a worldly-wise man, so he is not surprised that Green Wind High School has such a campus environment.
The inexperienced look of Sakuragi Hanamichi and others made Mitsui Shou, the captain, feel embarrassed.
“Hohoho.”
"Let's go in. The big ship coach is waiting for us."
Coach Anxi laughed and said to his players, then walked towards the campus.
Although Green Wind School is big, the Xiangbei people who come to this school for the first time will not get lost. The reason is very simple, because there are many road signs on the roads in the campus, and these road signs can guide the Xiangbei people to find the gymnasium.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was amazed by this. It was the first time for him to see such a thing as a road sign in a school. His naive look made Mitsui Hisashi frown repeatedly.
Not long after, the Xiangbei team arrived at the entrance of the gymnasium of Green Wind High School. There was no need for anyone to lead the way. Coach Anxi walked forward and gently opened the door of the gymnasium.
“Wow!
!
”
The moment the door opened, amazing cheers came from the gym. Looking into the gym, the Xiangbei people found that the Green Wind basketball gym was full of spectators. It seemed that they were Green Wind High School's own students. It was obviously a holiday, but these Green Wind students actually came to support their school's basketball team.
When the Xiangbei players entered the stadium, everyone looked around in surprise. The four-sided stage filled with people made the Xiangbei players feel as if they were back in the county competition.
No one would have thought that a high school basketball stadium would have four sides. Judging from the capacity, it could easily accommodate one or two thousand people to watch the game at the same time. This kind of grandiose move made the Xiangbei players, who were used to playing in the Xiangbei stadium, dumbfounded.
"oh!
”
“It’s like a game, there are so many spectators!”
After entering the stadium, even Mitsui Shou couldn't help but sigh. Such a lively scene was just like a practice game.
Mitsui Hisashi, who was originally a little uninterested, became more enthusiastic because there were quite a lot of spectators.
When the Xiangbei players entered the stadium, the players of the Green Wind High School basketball team were still moving freely on the sidelines. Several players were even carrying the ball and doing simple warm-up exercises on the sidelines.
However, when the Xiangbei players entered the court, the Green Wind players all looked at the Xiangbei players.
"Oh! Mike, look, the Xiangbei players are here."
"Look, the tallest one following the old man is Jinguji Budo from Shohoku."
"The person you want to challenge is him, right?!"
When Ebina from Green Wind High School saw the people from Shohoku entering, he immediately pulled the blond boy beside him and said excitedly.
"Jinguji Budo?! He's coming?!"
Mike Okita raised his head upon hearing this and turned to look in the direction of the Xiangbei team. While the Green Wind team was looking at the Xiangbei team members, Sakuragi and the others were also looking at the Green Wind team members.
“Foreigners!”
"Is that person the four-star high school student?"
Although everyone in Xiangbei had only heard of the name Mike Okita, when they saw the blond boy sitting in the Green Wind rest area, the Xiangbei players instantly determined that the other party was the "four-star high school student" who returned from the United States.
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't even call the other person by his name, and directly called him a four-star master.
At this time, Green Wind's coach Ohana also saw the Xiangbei team arriving at the stadium, and quickly stood up from his seat and went to greet Coach Anxi.
At this moment, Wudao did not listen to the greetings between Coach Anxi and Coach Ofuna, but looked at Mike Okita.
Although he had never heard of this person when he was in the United States, Wudao was still somewhat curious about Mike Okita.
After all, it was the first time he heard that the NBA was paying attention to a four-star high school student.
You know, when he was playing for Oak Hill Academy, he also caused some waves in the American high school basketball world.
But even so, there is no news of any NBA team showing interest in him.
As for paying attention to something, at most, some college teams have had some contact with martial arts. But even those college teams that have had contact with martial arts are very few.
A martial artist should not think that a four-star high school student is better than himself. If he cannot get attention from the NBA, then the other party can
However, Wudao himself seemed to have forgotten that Mike Okita was different from him. Although they both played the small forward position, Wudao's ranking among American high school students was much higher than Mike Okita.
But Mike Okita has white skin. Although he is mixed-race, his blond hair and blue eyes are obvious white features.
In this era, there is no precedent of Asian people achieving success in the NBA. In the 1990s, no one can surpass Jinguji Budo's current achievements.
The reason why Jinguji Budou has not received enough attention is, on the one hand, because there are too few competitions to refer to, and on the other hand, it is because of Jinguji Budou’s skin color!
"Oak Mountain's 'Yellow Storm'!"
"I've only seen him in magazines before, this is the first time I've seen him in person."
“Such a strong aura!”
Mike Okita looked at Jinguji Budou in the Shohoku team from afar, feeling the aura emanating from Jinguji Budou, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Ebina beside him was also surprised when he heard what Mike Okita said, and asked curiously: "Yellow Storm? This is the first time I heard of it."
"Is that the nickname of Jinguji Budo? Is he famous in the American high school basketball world?"
"No way, didn't he just go to the U.S. to fight for half a year and then couldn't make it and came back?"
Ebina's words also stunned Mike Okita. He had just returned and it was the first time he knew what the reputation of Jinguji Budo was here.
Then he scratched his hair and explained:
"He is very famous. He is the ace of Oak Hill High School. He has performed amazingly since he joined the team."
"As for Oak Hill... .emmm, to put it simply, it is the top-ranked high school in the United States. In terms of strength, it is far beyond the reach of the high schools here."
Mike Okita's words also surprised Ebina. It was the first time he knew that Jinguji Budo actually had such a reputation in the American high school basketball world.
Looking at Jinguji Budou in the Shohoku team, Ebina couldn't help but ask, "Hey, Mike, how do you compare with Jinguji Budou?"
When Mike Okita heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. He shook his head at first, then nodded and said confidently: "My school is not as good as Oak Hill, but in terms of ability, I should not be much worse than him!"
"after all... ."
Mike Okita hadn't said half of his words yet. He wanted to say that he was white, had better talent than the yellow people, and his upper limit was higher than the yellow people. But Mike Okita was not a fool. He would never say such a stupid thing in front of Ebina and his teammates from Green Wind High School.
Ebina didn't care that Mike was still talking halfway. He was already intimidated by the reputation of Jinguji martial arts.
The Green Wind players around the two of them also heard these words, and everyone's eyes were focused on Jinguji Budo.
At this time, Green Wind Manager Eri came to Xiangbei and greeted everyone in Xiangbei in a familiar manner.
"Welcome everyone from Xiangbei to our Green Wind High School."
"It is really an honor for us at Green Wind High School to have a practice match with the nationally renowned Xiangbei High School."
Huili's first two sentences were quite decent, giving enough face to everyone from Xiangbei High School, but the second sentence made the Xiangbei players' faces change slightly.
"But it's a pity that our Green Wind High School basketball team was just formed this year and cannot participate in the summer competition yet."
"Otherwise, we can also go to the national competition and see the best teams in the country!"
"After all, a public high school like Shohoku can make it to the national tournament. If a private powerhouse like us, Green Wind, can participate in the IH qualifiers, we will definitely be able to qualify."
Even the slowest person could react to Eri's words. Even Ayako, who always had a good temper, snorted twice when she heard this:
"hehe.."
"Then we in Xiangbei really need to see the strength of your Green Wind!"
When Huili heard this, she covered her mouth and laughed, glanced at Ayako with contempt, and said indifferently:
"Ah! I'll show you what I can do!"
"Mike on our team is a high school student who returned from America."
"In the United States, he is also a famous four-star high school student!"
"Do you know the value of a four-star high school student? The only ones who are better than a four-star high school student are five-star high school students. Among all the high school students who play basketball in the United States, only about twenty of them can be rated five stars!"
"You have to know that America and Kanagawa are different!"
"Shohoku High School isn't even the strongest in Kanagawa. Facing us, Midorikaze, there's no chance of them winning!"
After saying that, Huili covered her mouth and chuckled, looked at the Xiangbei people with contempt, turned around and walked towards her team's rest area. Her purpose of inviting Xiangbei to play a practice match had been achieved, and at this point, there was no need to pretend anymore.
After defeating Shohoku, her goal was achieved.
The purpose of Huili organizing today's practice match is to defeat Shohoku High School and make their Green Wind famous!
“Wha…what!
”
"That woman actually dared to look down on us!"
Eri's words made Sakuragi Hanamichi furious. He looked at Eri who was leaving angrily and said with gritted teeth.
Eri's attack was too wide-ranging. Not only was Sakuragi Hanamichi upset, but the rest of the team members also looked indignant.
The most indifferent ones were Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi.
"Four-star high school student..."
"That way the game is still a little interesting."
Mitsui Shou said with a smile, not caring. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Jinguji Takeshi. Seeing Takeshi with his hands behind his head and a nonchalant expression on his face, he also laughed.
"Hey, Budo, are you planning on playing in today's match?!"
Mitsui asked with a smile, waiting for Budo's answer.
"Go ahead. He is a four-star high school student after all. I haven't fought many of them. Let's see what he is capable of."
"It should be interesting."
Jinguji Budo looked at Mike Okita from a distance and said with a smile. To be honest, he didn't play at all in this year's county competition. Either the opponent was too weak, or he didn't have enough playing time.
Wu Dao was also looking forward to fighting with Lu Feng.
While the Xiangbei players were communicating, Coach Anxi had already discussed the relevant matters of the warm-up match with Green Wind's Coach Ofune.
After returning to the team, Coach Anxi led the players to the rest area and asked them to change their clothes and start warming up.
Before the warm-up, Coach Anxi made personnel arrangements.
"Everyone must take this practice match seriously."
“Although Green Wind High School is a newly formed team this year, their players are all talented players recruited from all over the country.”
"Ace Mike Okita is a player who has returned from America!"
"This is a rare opportunity, you must cherish it."
"Today's starting lineup is Nango Koichiro, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Mitsui Hisashi, Jinguji Budou, and Rukawa Kaede."
"You five will start as the starting lineup."
"Miyagi, get ready. I'll send you into action at any time."
After hearing the arrangement of Coach Anxi, the players who were selected as the starters became excited. The players who were not selected were a little disappointed. When Akagi Takenori heard that there was no chance to play, he didn't care. He smiled and patted the backs of several starters to encourage them.
His foot injury hasn't healed yet. It would be good for him to play fewer games before the national competition!
"Go change your clothes and go warm up."
"Let's see today what a four-star high school student is capable of!"
Mitsui Shou clapped his hands and shouted to his teammates, looking at Jinguji Budo intentionally or unintentionally while speaking.
He really wanted to know what the situation would be like when a four-star high school student faced off against a five-star like Jinguji Budou.
This kind of confrontation can also help Mitsui Shou find his own strength.
Mitsui Hisashi's ambition is not limited to Kanagawa or Asia!
The players entered the field to warm up. Takeshi Jinguji was doing warm-up exercises with his teammates, glancing at Mike Okita on the opposite side from time to time.
"Is it possible to boast about a four-star? If I beat him, will the NBA pay attention to me?!"
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