The new semester started, but the school had not officially started classes. After the freshmen learned about their class divisions, they were busy joining clubs.
Judo has always been a popular sport among Japanese students, so the recruitment of students for the Judo Club is quite complicated and busy. The selection of the Judo Club is different from that of the basketball team. The basketball team of Takeishi has a screening and elimination process afterwards, but the Judo Club does not have this process. Anyone who wants to join the Judo Club can join.
But joining is joining, and if you want to participate in the county competition or other trials, you still need to go through the performance test and team selection. The list of participants is often finalized just before the start of the competition, so the judo club's recruitment work today is tedious, but not complicated or time-consuming.
By noon, there were not many new students submitting applications for membership, and the Judo Club also "closed up" early and did not stay in the first-year area. When school was about to end in the afternoon, the martial arts club gathered all the members, and after a brief announcement of a few rules, they hurriedly left the dojo and rushed to the gymnasium.
The training of the judo club is arranged by the coach. Practicing judo is somewhat dangerous, so unlike the basketball team, the captain is in charge of the usual training. All judo training requires the presence of the coach.
In the past, Wudao usually did not participate in the training of the Judo Club. Although he was the president of the Judo Club, he did not spend much time in the school dojo. After school, Wudao usually went directly to Fujima Shinichi's house to practice judo under Fujima Shinichi's guidance, or do some basic exercises.
The coach of the judo club is well aware of the situation in martial arts and has given martial arts players enough freedom. He does not think that his teaching is more professional than Shinichi Fujima's.
When Wu Dao arrived at the gymnasium, the basketball team had just gathered and lined up in the gym. Wu Dao, wearing a judo uniform, immediately attracted the attention of the freshmen, and the originally quiet team began to make slight discussions.
"Who is that guy? He's so tall!"
"Judo uniform? Is it from the Judo Club? Does the Judo Club also train in this gymnasium?"
The freshmen showed a great deal of curiosity about Wudao, who appeared on the court in a judo uniform, but the second and third year players were already used to it and lined up on their own, ignoring Wudao who entered the court.
After Wudao entered the stadium, he smiled at Anzai Zhengyi who was standing in front of the line as a greeting, then walked to the rest area on the side, put down his backpack, took out his jersey and sneakers, and started changing.
"Hey, hey, is that guy changing his jersey?"
"A judo guy is changing his jersey? Is he from the basketball team?"
"Such a tall guy, he should be a very powerful center, right?"
The first-year players' chatter has not stopped since Budou walked into the gym. Everyone is very curious about Budou. Among the entire first-year team, only one person was staring at the coach Anzai Masayoshi in front of him and did not look at Jinguji Budou who was changing clothes at the side of the court.
This person is the boy who joined Takeishi Junior High School today, Rukawa Kaede.
"Hello, first-year rookies!"
"I'm the captain of the basketball team, my name is Mitsui Shou!"
"I'm glad you guys are joining the basketball team. Today, let's get to know each other briefly."
Mitsui Shou stood next to Anzai Zhengyi. After the new team members finished lining up, Mitsui Shou stepped forward and made a brief self-introduction. Then he looked at Rukawa Kaede who was at the head of the freshman team and continued:
"Now, please ask the first graders to briefly introduce themselves."
"Let's start with you!"
Rukawa Kaede is estimated to be around 175cm tall, the tallest among the new students who are entering junior high school this year, so he was at the front of the line.
When Rukawa was called to introduce himself, Mitsui's attention was also on Rukawa, with curiosity in his eyes. In the morning, the "player" that Budou had mentioned to her was this handsome boy in front of him. However, at that time, Rukawa had just quickly filled out the application for joining the company and left, so Mitsui didn't have the chance to observe him carefully.
But now, I have time to take a good look at this young man who is favored by martial arts.
"My name is Rukawa Kaede, I'm 12 years old, 177cm tall, I've played basketball for four years, and I used to be a forward on the team."
Rukawa's self-introduction was very brief, without any extra words. After saying this information, Rukawa stopped talking and looked at a team member standing behind him.
The second team member was about to introduce himself, but Anzai Zhengyi, who was standing next to Mitsui Shou, suddenly asked, "Rukawa Kaede-san, how much do you weigh?"
"62kg." Rukawa looked up at Anzai Masayoshi and replied.
Hearing this, Anzai Masayoshi nodded, then looked at Rukawa Kaede, touching his chin and sizing him up.
"You've been playing for four years in your first year of junior high school. In junior high school, you should be considered experienced."
"He's 177cm tall at the age of 12. It doesn't look like he's the type to develop early. It shouldn't be a problem for him to grow to 190cm in the future, and he won't have any problem playing as a forward."
"Although he is a little skinny, judging by his frame, he should be a speed-type player with great potential for development!"
Anzai Zhengyi's attention was focused on Rukawa Kaede at this time, and he didn't really listen to the self-introductions of other players. Except for Rukawa Kaede, the other players were of average height and did not show any significant talents. Whether they were worth training or not needed to be observed from other aspects.
After changing his clothes, Jinguji Budou sat on the bench and watched the new players introduce themselves silently, hoping to hear if there were any familiar players. Unfortunately, among the players who joined Takeishi this year, only Rukawa Kaede was known to him.
After all the players had introduced themselves, Anzai Zhengyi began to arrange a training match between the new and old players.
This is an old tradition of Takeishi Junior High School. When new students join the school, they will have a training match like this to test their basics. After that, they will have a half-month long physical training, followed by a physical test.
The purpose is to discover players with potential and eliminate some players with weak will.
The first-year players were arranged by Anzai Zhengyi, while the second- and third-year players were arranged by Mitsui Shou. It was at this time that Jinguji Budo, who had been sitting in the rest area, stood up, stretched his body a little, and mixed with the second- and third-year players.
By the time Anzai Masayoshi had arranged the order for the first-year players to play, five senior players were already doing warm-up exercises on one side of the court. Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi were among the warm-up team, obviously preparing to play.
"Wow, I'm going to play against my seniors from Takeishi Junior High School. I'm so nervous!"
"He won the county championship last year. I'm really looking forward to it."
"I just hope the seniors can be gentle with the abuse."
Several first-year starters gathered together, warming up while occasionally looking towards the other end of the court. Some were nervous, some were expectant, and some were full of fighting spirit. Their moods were mixed.
"Budou, give it a try!" On the other side of the court, Mitsui Hisashi took the basketball, patted it, and said to Budou who was not far away.
Hearing this, Wu Dao nodded silently and retreated to the three-point line.
"Come on!" Mitsui Hisashi walked to the sideline of the three-second zone with the basketball in one hand and said to Wudao. At the same time, the other players had already retreated far away.
"Here it comes!" Wudao looked at Mitsui Shou, nodded, murmured something, and quickly rushed towards the basket.
Wu Dao was extremely fast and in the blink of an eye, he crossed the free throw line. At the same time, Mitsui Shou, who was near the basket, threw the basketball directly into the air.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Takeshi Jinguji jumped up quickly less than three meters away from the basket, grabbed the basketball thrown by Mitsui Shou with one hand in the air, and then glided towards the basket quickly. After a loud bang, the basketball was poured into the basket by Takeshi.
An alley-oop slam dunk, a ball that should not have appeared on a junior high school court, now appeared in the basketball hall of Takeishi Junior High School.
Jinguji Budo grabbed the basket with one hand, and his body swayed slightly as the basket shook.
At this time, the first-year students on the opposite half were staring at the figure in the opposite frame in amazement, unable to speak for a long time. Even Rukawa Kaede, who was wearing a training suit, widened his eyes with disbelief on his face.
When Rukawa was training with Budo before, he had never seen Budo slam dunk!
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