A familiar voice entered Mitsui's ears. Looking in the direction where the voice came from, Mitsui saw Jinguji Takeshi standing at the entrance of the passage.
"Why are you here? Aren't you training today?" When Mitsui saw that it was Jinguji Budou, his dejected look quickly disappeared, and he forced a smile and asked.
"I wanted to watch the Shohoku game, but I didn't see you on the court."
"How did you hurt your foot? How long will it take to recover?"
Wudao glanced at Mitsui's leg in plaster and asked in a deep voice. When he saw Mitsui some time ago, his leg was still fine. He didn't expect that when he saw it again this time, Mitsui's leg was injured.
Although Mitsui's development trajectory has changed dramatically and his shooting posture has changed since his trip to the United States, he still suffered injuries. I just don't know how serious Mitsui's injury is this time.
"I got hurt during a practice match. It will be fine in a few months."
"No problem."
Mitsui Shou shook his head and said softly. Mitsui Shou was a man who cared about his reputation. In front of Wudao, he would not say that the injury was caused by his previous injury not fully healed, which led to a second contusion during the subsequent training. If Wudao knew this, he didn't know how this bad-tempered guy would ridicule him.
"Yeah?"
"It seems that without you, Xiangbei High School will not advance to the county tournament."
"What? You don't want to watch the whole game? You can go and comfort your teammates after they lose."
Wudao walked to the side of Mitsui Shou, holding the railing with both hands, and looked at the court. At this time, the situation of Xiangbei on the court was already very bad. For Xiangbei, if that person did not come down from heaven to lead the team, defeat would have been a foregone conclusion.
"I don't want to see it anymore. I want to go back." Mitsui Shou didn't turn around. He raised his head slightly, looked towards the passage, and prepared to leave with his crutches.
"... .." Although Mitsui Shou tried hard to behave normally, Wudao could still feel his loneliness. This injury seemed to make the young man feel very guilty.
Wudao had always thought that Mitsui Shou was optimistic, strong, and full of confidence, and that some minor setbacks would not affect him, but it turned out that Wudao was wrong, and Mitsui Shou's sensitive heart had never changed. This 15-year-old boy took all the pressure and blame for Xiangbei's failure to qualify on himself.
After all, Mitsui Hisashi was just an underage boy in the first year of high school.
"Xiao San, I can sense that you seem to be under a lot of pressure."
"Although I don't know where your pressure comes from, but most of the time, you don't need to bear inexplicable pressure."
"Next year, my suspension period will be up, and then I will join Xiangbei High School."
"But I hope that when I come to Xiangbei High School, this team will not be like this."
"Even though you have just entered Xiangbei High School, even though you are only a freshman, even though you are still injured."
"But I know that you have the ability to change this team. The reason why people like Chiba Daishi went to Xiangbei High School is just because you are in Xiangbei, that's all."
"I remember when I first talked to you, you said that you had been playing basketball since elementary school and that your dream was to dominate the country. Don't let all your hard work over the years lose all its meaning because of these few months of training."
Jinguji Budou did not turn around to look at Mitsui Shou. He was watching the game going on in the stadium while speaking. Mitsui Shou's expression changed after hearing this. He turned his head slightly and looked at Jinguji Budou behind him.
This teammate, with whom he had been working for two years, seemed to have discovered something and was trying to enlighten him.
Mitsui Hisashi is not a stubborn person. The reason why Mitsui Hisashi in the original time and space was injured and silent was more because he was stuck in a dead end. Moreover, during the period when Mitsui Hisashi was stuck in a dead end, no one could enlighten him, neither Coach Anzai nor Takeishi's former teammates.
Mitsui's love for basketball would not diminish because of the injury, otherwise he would not have said "Coach, I want to play basketball" when he saw Coach Anzai again when he was causing trouble for the basketball team.
"Thank you..." Mitsui Shou's heart was touched. Just when he was about to say thank you, he heard Wu Dao continue:
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you are too injured to play. When I lead Xiangbei to dominate the country, I will let you touch the trophy."
"Don't thank me, we are friends after all."
Wudao's tone was deep and persuasive one second ago, but the next second his tone changed, he turned his head and said to Mitsui Shou with a smile.
"... ..."
"asshole!"
"What do you mean by serious injury that I can't play?! I just got some minor injuries, I just need some time to recover!"
"How dare you say you can lead Xiangbei to dominate the country?!"
"Just wait and see. In this year's winter competition, I will lead Xiangbei to dominate the country!"
"Before you came to Xiangbei High School, Xiangbei was already the champion!"
Mitsui Shou came to Wudao angrily, stood in front of him, raised his hands, and shouted at the top of his voice. He was very fast and didn't look injured at all.
"Hahaha, impossible, impossible, you can't do it without me." Wudao smiled and shook his hands, narrowing his eyes slightly, as if he didn't take Mitsui Shou seriously.
"You bastard, wait and see!" Mitsui Shou was angry, and after a low shout, he quickly walked towards the entrance with his crutches. He was afraid that if he continued to chat with Wudao, this bastard, he would be angry to death.
"How dare this bastard Wu Dao look down on me."
"I will recover well and lead Xiangbei to win the championship in the winter competition."
"Then let this guy touch the trophy I won."
"No, you can't let him touch you, this bastard doesn't deserve it!"
When Mitsui Shou walked, he leaned his crutches against the ground, as if he wanted to vent his anger on the floor. At the same time, he looked forward to the scene after winning the championship, and a smile appeared on his face.
Watching Mitsui Shou's departing back, Wu Dao smiled, turned his head to look at Akagi Takenori and Chiba Daishi who were fighting on the court, and whispered softly: "Wait a little longer, I will lead you to dominate the country!"
After saying that, Wu Dao walked along the passage and left the gym.
Xiangbei High School's journey in the county competition came to an end in the first round of the competition, but the basketball career of the Xiangbei players is far from over.
Because Takenori Akagi played a crucial role in the county competition, Akagi, who was only a freshman, was immediately given important positions and his status in the team rose sharply.
The third-year players withdrew from the team one after another after the county competition, and there were no outstanding players among the second-year players. Therefore, Akagi, the most popular rookie of Xiangbei High School, suddenly had a lot of say.
Even during the normal training of Xiangbei High School, the person leading the exercises is Takenori Akagi. As a first-year Akagi, he has already begun to take over the responsibilities of captain.
Akagi Takenori was also a calm person. He did not get complacent because of his improved status in the team. He also lowered his posture when facing the second-year seniors. Half a month after the loss in the county competition, Akagi Takenori felt that the team was too weak and the training volume was too little, so he proposed to coach Anzai to increase the training volume.
Akagi's suggestion was approved by Mitsuyoshi Anzai. He felt that Akagi was a young man who could be cultivated. Although in his eyes Akagi could not become a professional player like Tanizawa, he would have no problem becoming a strong player in high school basketball. Therefore, Coach Anzai showed the greatest tolerance and convenience to Takenori Akagi.
However, the sudden increase in training volume made Xiangbei's fish-raising players at a loss for a while. Many of them joined the basketball team just for fun. The heavy training volume made these people lose their enthusiasm for basketball. Gradually, older players began to be late and leave early, and later on, some people simply stopped coming.
As for the first-year students, many of them did not expect the training workload to be so heavy, and many of them dropped out directly.
Chiba Daishi and other players from Takeishi adapted well and didn't cause any trouble. However, they had some complaints about the training plan formulated by Akagi, and there was even a big conflict between Chiba Daishi and Akagi Takenori.
Although both of them were very restrained and did not fight, this conflict still had a huge impact on Xiangbei. Chiba Daishi gathered a group of players who were biased towards him and began to oppose Akagi's training plan. Unless Coach Anzai directly issued training instructions, Chiba Daishi and his group would practice on their own and ignore Akagi.
As for Coach Anzai, he didn't seem to care about the team's current situation and allowed the team to split into two factions.
If the conflicts within the team are not resolved well, the morale of the team will be low. If the morale of the team is low, the team will be difficult to lead. The cohesion of Xiangbei High School has visibly declined.
This situation lasted until Mitsui returned to the team after recovering from his injury. Many of Chiba Daishi and his team were Mitsui's loyal fans. After Mitsui returned to the team after recovering from his injury, these people seemed to have a backbone and spontaneously gathered around Mitsui.
Although Mitsui Shou had just returned to the team, he was aware of the current situation of Xiangbei. The first thing he did after returning to the team was to propose to Coach Anzai to hold an in-team practice match.
Mitsui Hisashi's idea is to resolve conflicts between basketball players on the court.
Coach Anzai naturally agreed to Mitsui's proposal. In this way, the players led by Mitsui Hisashi and the players led by Akagi spontaneously formed two teams and held an intra-team practice match.
Although Mitsui Shou was injured for several months, his touch, physical fitness, and basketball awareness did not decline seriously. Although Mitsui's legs could not move during the injury, Mitsui Shou never missed the ball training.
Mitsui Hisashi returned to the court again and fully demonstrated his "junior high school MVP" level strength, leading the team to a big victory.
It was after this game that the freshman Mitsui Hisashi was appointed as the captain of the new class by Coach Anzai. In this era, Coach Anzai appointed a freshman captain.
Although Mitsui Shou was only a freshman, his prestige in the team was not low. Soon, Mitsui Shou completed the integration of the team, and the training of Xiangbei High School began to get on track.
Mitsui Shou was not a weak person. He also knew that the players of Xiangbei High School were weak, so the training intensity was even greater than that of Akagi. Mitsui Shou did not tolerate the players who complained and directly said: "If you can't even stand this little training, leave the basketball team as soon as possible!"
Under the leadership of Mitsui Hisashi, the enthusiasm of the group of people from Takeishi Middle School for training was unprecedentedly high, and they really worked hard for a while. The original one-day training session became two-day training sessions in the morning and evening, and the two-hour training session in the evening was stretched to five or six hours by these people.
The club activities started at 3 o'clock, and some people even had to stay in the gym until 8 or 9 o'clock.
After several months of training, the number of players in Xiangbei High School was sharply reduced to 20, but the spirit of the players had changed greatly.
This year, no player from Shohoku High School was selected for the Autumn National Games. It was not until the arrival of winter that Shohoku High School, led by Mitsui Hisashi, officially appeared in front of everyone.
In the winter season, Shohoku High School defeated veteran powerhouses such as Buri and Ryonan, but was defeated by Kanagawa Prefecture's perennial runner-up Shoyo High School in the quarterfinals and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
In this game, although Mitsui Shou scored the highest 33 points in a single game, Xiangbei still lost to Shoyo by 11 points. The biggest problem of Xiangbei is the immature Akagi.
He was beaten by Shoyo's third-year county star center.
After learning that Xiangbei High School was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the winter tournament, Budo went to Mitsui's house to congratulate Mitsui Shou for leading the team to the quarterfinals, which really made Mitsui very angry. However, after this game, Xiangbei High School began to be taken seriously by various colleges and universities in the county.
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"Time~Once~gone~can~never~come~the~past~can~only~recall~~"
Winter has gone and spring has come. It is the season of cherry blossoms again. Wearing a black school uniform, carrying a small bag, Jinguji Budou strolled along the street, humming a little song from his hometown.
A gentle breeze blew, blowing off the pink petals, which landed on the shoulders and on the ground, forming a pink picture.
After a long time, Jinguji Budo stopped in front of the gate of Shohoku High School. The tall young man stood at the gate of the school, watching the students coming and going, and couldn't help whistling.
"Shohoku..."
Jinguji Budo looked at this school that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and a smile appeared on his handsome face.
"Wow! This person is so tall!"
"He looks about the same height as Takenori Akagi from the basketball team, but he's really handsome!"
"Is he a freshman? He must be a freshman! So handsome!"
The arrival of Takeshi immediately attracted the attention of many boys and girls. Takeshi Jinguji, a freshman in high school, was already 195cm tall, handsome, and bright as a star. Just standing there, he attracted a lot of attention.
After such a long time, Wudao has become accustomed to the way people around him look at him. Under the gaze of everyone, Jinguji Wudao walked into the campus of Shohoku High School.
As Wudao left, the crowd standing at the school gate gradually dispersed.
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