Shohoku High School is a high school in Kanagawa Prefecture. The quality of education is average in the prefecture. However, the judo club of this school is nationally famous, and in previous years a large number of students have joined the judo club.
Xiangbei High School also has a basketball team, but the strength of this basketball team is not up to par. Compared with the nationally famous judo club, the basketball club is not taken seriously by anyone. Even though the coach of the basketball club is former national player Anxi Guangyi.
The basketball club is the last stage of Anzai Mitsuyoshi's coaching career. Anzai Mitsuyoshi used to coach a nationally famous university team, and there were also talented young players like Tanizawa in the team. However, after this disciple who was highly expected by Anzai Mitsuyoshi jumped into the sea after suffering a setback in his trip to the United States.
This famous coach has completely lost his enthusiasm. He came to Xiangbei High School to coach the basketball team just to retire and wait for retirement. He no longer has the heart to carefully train the players.
Mitsuyoshi Anzai also figured it out. The basketball team was just a club activity for high school and college students. It was just a club activity.
As new students enrolled, the corridors of the first-year teaching building of Xiangbei High School were filled with seniors from various clubs recruiting new members.
It was during the break, and after distributing new textbooks and talking to the freshmen about some admission matters, the class teacher left the time for the students to themselves. The club culture of Neon High School was quite developed, and the first thing freshmen did when they entered school was not to attend classes, but to join their favorite clubs.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Don't worry! As long as I, Mitsui Shou, am here, I will definitely make Xiangbei High School the best in the country!"
"You guys will definitely not go wrong if you choose Xiangbei High School with me!"
In Class 10 of Grade 1, Mitsui Shou's hearty laughter came from the classroom. Not long after the sound fell, Mitsui Shou, wearing a sports suit, walked out from the back door of the classroom, followed by three classmates wearing the uniforms of Xiangbei High School.
The three people following Mitsui Shou were all former members of the Takeishi Junior High School basketball team. Chiba Daishi, the former starting power forward of Takeishi, was among them. The other two were just ordinary substitutes in Takeishi. They also chose Shohoku when they went to college, met Mitsui, and were assigned to the same class.
In the first round of the Takeishi basketball team, only Mitsui Hisashi and Chiba Oishi came to Xiangbei. The other students of the same class chose other strong schools. As a member of the powerful Takeishi basketball team in the county, he is quite popular in the high school basketball world. Few players can resist the temptation of private schools and choose Xiangbei.
Only Mitsui Shou, who was encouraged by Anzai Mitsuyoshi and wanted to repay Anzai Mitsuyoshi, would reject the strong basketball schools in the county such as Kainan, Ryonan, and Shoyo and choose the small fish Shohoku. As for Chiba Daishi, he simply came to Shohoku because it was close to home.
"Dominate the country! Mitsui, you have been saying this for several years. I have heard you say this since I was in junior high school."
"I didn't expect you to say this even after entering high school. Mitsui, it's much harder to dominate the country with Shohoku than with Takeishi."
"It must be difficult for you to achieve the best 5 in junior high school."
Chiba Daishi and Mitsui Hisashi were old acquaintances. As he followed Mitsui Hisashi towards the Shohoku basketball hall, he laughed and joked with him, making irrelevant jokes.
"Daishi, I am no longer the person I used to be. I can definitely lead Xiangbei to dominate the country!"
"Just wait and see. This year, I will accomplish this goal."
"But Dashi, don't hold me back on purpose!"
Mitsui Shou was in a good mood when he arrived at Xiangbei High School. He was not angry at Chiba Daishi's teasing, and said with a smile. The other two team members smiled at each other when they heard Mitsui Shou's words. They felt very relieved to hear Mitsui Shou's familiar words in this unfamiliar campus.
"Asshole, how is that possible?"
"You better fight well. I'm waiting for you to lead me to dominate the country!"
Chiba Daiishi laughed and put his arm around Mitsui Hisashi's shoulders.
As they were talking, four freshmen from Takeishi Junior High School walked towards the Shohoku basketball hall.
Today is the first day of school. Normally, the basketball team will gather in the morning. Anxi Guangyi, the coach of the team, should go to the gym early to wait and welcome the new students. But Anxi Guangyi did not do so. He no longer had any expectations for the new players.
The white-haired Anxi Guangyi was sitting on a chair in the office, holding a cup of tea, and flipping through the application form for new members. At this moment, a familiar name appeared in front of Anxi Guangyi, causing him to pause in his page-turning motion.
"Mitsui Shou?!"
"Why did this child come to this school?"
Mitsuyoshi Anzai still has a deep impression of the player Mitsui Hisashi. In the final of the junior high school county competition, he met the talented boy from Yokota Junior High School and still led Takeishi Junior High School to fight until the last moment. In Mitsui Hisashi, Mitsuyoshi Anzai saw his own shadow.
"Why would a child like this come to Xiangbei High School..." Anxi Mitsuyoshi sighed lightly, put down his teacup, slowly stood up from his seat, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the office.
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"oh!!!"
"This is the basketball court of Xiangbei High School. The floor looks new, not worse than Takeishi's!"
At the entrance of the basketball hall, Mitsui Shou stood with a backpack in one hand, looking inside curiously, but he didn't dare to step in with shoes.
Chiba Daishi and others were also standing at the door, looking inside curiously. They looked like country bumpkins, as if they were seeing a stadium for the first time.
The four of them had no idea that at this moment there was a burly man and a frail young man wearing glasses standing behind them, looking down at them.
"Hey, can you guys please stop blocking the road?"
Akagi Takenori, a freshman, was 193cm tall and had a sturdy build. His huge shadow blocked Mitsui and the others. Upon hearing this, Mitsui and the others turned their heads and suddenly realized that there was a bald gorilla staring at them.
"Big... gorilla!" Mitsui Shou looked at the burly Akagi Takenori and subconsciously muttered.
It's not like he had never seen tall people before, but this was the first time that Mitsui Shou had seen a real person who looked like a gorilla.
"You...what did you say?!" Akagi Takenori obviously didn't expect that the first words the other party said when he saw him would be mocking. His already dark face immediately turned red, veins on his forehead bulged, and he wanted to reach out to grab Mitsui Shou.
Mu Mu Gongyan, who was standing by, was quick to act and hugged Akagi, saying kindly, "Don't be angry, Akagi, don't be angry."
"They definitely didn't mean it. It's normal to have such a reaction when they suddenly see you."
It would have been fine if Mugure Konnosuke didn't say anything, but once he started talking, Akagi became really angry. The hands that were holding Akagi were immediately broken free by him. Akagi Takenori roared and was about to attack, when he suddenly heard Mugure Konnosuke looking at Mitsui Shou and said with a smile:
"You are Mitsui Hisashi from Takeishi Junior High School, right? I know you!"
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