Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 346 Illusion: I have followed!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 346 Illusion: I have followed!

Although it is just a practice match, the players from Shohoku High School still attach great importance to this opportunity to compete with "American four-star high school students".

Therefore, during the warm-up, the team members were very serious. Even if they were not selected as starting substitutes, they actively participated in the team's warm-up exercises. After all, the practice matches were not a competition, so the substitutes were still very likely to win.

A chance to play.

When Jinguji Martial Arts was warming up, there were players from Green Wind High School looking at him from time to time. However, the warm-up at Xianghoku High School was really unremarkable. Apart from the fact that Jinguji Martial Arts was relatively high, nothing else could be seen.

That’s a lot of stuff.

Twenty minutes later, the players from the two teams who had completed their warm-up returned to the rest area. After listening to the coach's final arrangements, they walked towards the court. (Although Coach Anxi did not arrange anything more.)

The average height of the Green Wind High School team is pretty good. The team’s ace, Mike Okita, who wears jersey No. 13 and plays the small forward position, is 192cm tall and weighs 85kg. Looking at the figure alone, he is almost the same as Sakuragi Hanamichi.

, can be regarded as a relatively solid high school player.

The captain's name is Gao Guang. He wears the No. 4 jersey and is a center forward. He is 195cm tall and weighs 88kg. After standing in the center circle, he stands face to face with Takenori Akagi. His momentum is not inferior to Akagi's.

The two brothers Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji on the back line are a bit thin in stature. Although they are 175cm tall, they weigh only 68kg. Just looking at their bodies, you can tell that they are small and quick defenders.

As for the power forward position, Jinguji Budo saw an unexpected figure, a player that Budo had not seen during the previous warm-up period.

His name is Tetsuya Naito.

He is 196cm tall, weighs a terrifying 100kg, and is a second-year player whose physical fitness is as strong as Mori's shoulders.

When the players from both teams stood in the center circle, Jinguji Budo noticed Naito Tetsuya in the Green Wind High School team. He really didn't expect that he would actually see each other in the Green Wind High School team.

figure.

During the prefectural competition before, Budo had never seen a person named Tetsuya Naito in Miura Taichung. Initially, Budo thought that this character did not exist, but unexpectedly, he actually saw this guy in the team of Green Wind High School.

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Now it seems that it is clearly this talented high school student who was valued by Green Wind and poached from Miuradai!

According to legend, Tetsu Naito is also a "superman" who is 196cm tall, weighs 150kg, and can run 100 meters in only 11 seconds!

But today it seems that Naito Tetsuya's body is indeed very strong, but there is obviously a huge gap between his legendary weight of 150kg. Looking at his figure, he is only half a circle wider than Morishige. Judging from the height of the two

, the actual weight of the two is only between the same.

The appearance of Tetsuya Naito also made Budo have some interest in this game, because although the players in other positions of Green Wind were poached from all over the country, in Zi Budo's view, except for Mike Okita, the other players were recruited from all over the country.

Several of them have not yet left the category of "ordinary" players.

With Mike Okita alone, it is absolutely impossible for Green Wind to have the capital to compete with Xiangbei.

But Tetsu Naito is obviously different. This guy is not an "ordinary" player. At least, he is not ordinary to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who also plays the power forward position!

If Tetsuya Naito can help the team suppress Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro and control the rebounds, then this game will become intense.

When the game started, Jinguji Budo couldn't help but glance at Naito Tetsuya a few more times, and the little moves of Budo were also seen by Mike Okita who was standing next to him at this time.

"Oh! You are really arrogant, 'Yellow Storm'."

"Ignoring your opponent and looking at other players is not a good habit!"

Mike Okita said with a smile. Although there was no dissatisfaction between his eyebrows, the meaning revealed in his words was very obvious.

He seemed to feel that he was being ignored, and his tone was somewhat dissatisfied.

When Jinguji Martial Arts heard this, he looked at Mike Okita and said nothing.

"Ho!"

"Really an arrogant guy."

When Mike Okita saw the look in Jinguji Budo's eyes, his smile faded and he thought to himself. Jinguji Budo's posture also completely angered him. While a blazing fire rose in his chest, his body began to tremble slightly due to excitement and anger.

"Beep——"

On the center line, the referee looked around and signaled the players on both sides to get ready. After a long whistle, he threw the ball into the air.

"Roar!"

With a strange cry, Nango Koichiro grasped the timing extremely accurately. In less than a second after the basketball fell, he directly put one hand under the basketball and swatted the ball towards Hisashi Mitsui, who was playing the point guard in today's game.

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"Oh! You did a good job, Nanxiang."

“Very good, very energetic.”

"Come on, let's score first!"

Hisashi Mitsui picked up the ball in the backcourt. After receiving the basketball, he praised Nanxiang for dropping the ball immediately. He slowly dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt and shouted to the players.

Hisashi Mitsui is a very versatile player. He played point guard in today's game and blended in seamlessly.

When Xiangbei High School won the jump ball, the Green Wind High School players also quickly returned to the field and positioned themselves to defend early.

When Hisashi Mitsui dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Seiji Tsurumi of Green Wind High School quickly came forward. The height of Hisashi Mitsui, a junior in high school, has reached 192cm, while Seiji Tsurumi, who is opposite him, is only 175cm tall.

Not even 180cm.

There is a 17cm difference in height between the two.

Hisashi Mitsui controlled the ball comfortably, his eyes drifting away from the two scorers in Shohoku. Jinguji Budo stood bored outside the three-point line in the corner on the right, with no thought of moving, but turned slightly sideways, raising his left arm.

Looking at Mike Okita, he bent slightly and asked for the ball.

Compared with him, Rukawa Kaede is much more active. After entering the frontcourt, he slides from the bottom corner to the baseline and runs quickly towards another one. He cooperates tacitly with Nango inside, who chases Rukawa after Keiji Tsurumi.

When Kaede hit the opponent, the opponent was slightly stuck, allowing Rukawa Kaede to easily run out of the open position.

"Hey, hey, hey, you inactive guy, how can you deserve to get the ball!"

Hisashi Mitsui glanced at Budo, easily hit the ground sideways, and passed the ball directly. Tsurumi Seiji, who was guarding him, tried to block him, but Hisashi Mitsui bumped him with his body when he turned sideways, making him unable to reach out.

Block the basketball.

"Bang!" The basketball hit the ground and bounced into Rukawa Kaede's hands. Rukawa Kaede, who was passing the ball, had just reached the left side of the court, the middle distance of the baseline. The moment he got the ball, Rukawa Kaede turned over and leaned back to throw the ball.

Throw.

Rukawa Kaede's catching and shooting was done in one go. Keiji Tsurumi, who was guarding him, couldn't keep up with Rukawa Kaede's movements at all, and watched helplessly as the basketball passed over his head and flew towards the basket.

"Whoosh!"

With a soft sound, Rukawa Kaede scored, taking the lead to help Shohoku High School score two points.

"Not bad, Rukawa Kaede!"

Hisashi Mitsui saw Kaede Rukawa score an easy goal, and celebrated with high fives when Kaede Rukawa returned to defense.

"Shh~~"

When Jinguji Budo saw Rukawa Kaede scoring the ball so easily, he couldn't help but whistle and smile.

Shohoku returned to defense, and Green Wind began to counterattack. Green Wind High School advanced very quickly. Instead of one player, it was two twins, Seiji Tsurumi and Keiji Tsurumi, who controlled the ball together. The basketball was passed back and forth in their hands.

, quickly advancing towards the frontcourt.

That weird and skillful ball control technique made everyone in Xiangbei look askance.

"What a fancy thing?!" Hisashi Mitsui was greatly surprised. After the opponent entered the frontcourt, he quickly rushed forward, spotted the moment when the basketball was in Tsurumi's hands, and started to steal it.

Mitsui Hisashi's steal played right into the hands of the Green Wind duo. Tsurumi Seiji just pushed the ball lightly and passed the ball out. At the same time, Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji also did the same.

Accelerating in an instant, he passed Mitsui Hisashi on the left and right, and quickly approached the Shohoku defense line.

"Uh-huh?"

Budo turned his head and just when he looked at the Tsurumi brothers, Mike Okita pulled away directly in front of Budo's eyes and quickly cut towards the basket.

Tsurumi Keiji, who was approaching the three-point line with the ball, saw this and matched up with Mike Okita's running speed and threw the ball directly into the air.

"That is?!"

"They're going to alley-oop!"

When the players on the Shohoku bench saw this scene, they all shouted in low voices and shouted reminders to the players on the field. And Sakuragi on the inside was just about to make a move when a huge body got directly stuck on his side and broke.

The possibility of Sakuragi starting to speed up. The huge force even directly pressed Sakuragi to the bottom of the basket, making it impossible to prevent him from getting out.

Although the situation in Nanxiang is slightly better, he is further away and cannot catch up!

"Frog in the well, look at the world outside!"

Mike Okita looked at the flying basketball. After taking two steps to gain momentum, he jumped up. His eyes were full of excitement and fanaticism.

However, just when the basketball was about to be acquired, a handsome boy with broken hair and bangs suddenly appeared on the path of the basketball.

"Rukawa Kaede!" Shohoku team members shouted upon seeing this, all of their faces were full of excitement.

Sure enough, in the next second, Rukawa Kaede, who was positioned early, jumped up and grabbed the ball in his hands, perfectly intercepting the alley-oop from Green Wind High School.

The basketball started. Rukawa Kaede dropped the ball from a long distance after landing. Then he rushed forward and launched a fast break. Tsurumi Seiji from outside the three-point line had just stretched out his hand to intercept, but Rukawa Kaede directly penetrated the crotch and completed the man-ball separation.

Pass.

"Quick attack!"

As Rukawa Kaede's figure moved forward rapidly, the substitute players from Shohoku cheered. However, these people also quickly noticed that behind Rukawa Kaede, who had passed everyone and launched a fast break, there was a blond and blue-eyed boy following.

In the blink of an eye, Rukawa Kaede entered the Green Wind inside with the ball. After a pause, he grabbed the ball with one hand and jumped up, trying to dunk. At this moment, Mike Okita also appeared behind Rukawa Kaede.

From behind Rukawa Kaede, I touched a basketball.

"clang!"

The basketball was directly dunked by Rukawa Kaede on the edge of the basket, and he quickly poked it out. Rukawa Kaede, who failed to dunk, quickly turned his head to look after landing, and happened to see Mike Okita behind him, and the next second, a familiar figure suddenly appeared next to Mike

Behind Okita, Rukawa Kaede, who had just stood firm, frowned slightly and quickly left the basket.

"Oh, you're lucky!"

Just when Mike Okita was happy that he could stop Rukawa Kaede's dunk, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears. When he turned his head to look, he couldn't see the person who spoke, but his eyes were full of red.

"Bang!"

Jinguji Budo jumped into the air, grabbed the basketball in the air, hit Mike Okita's face with his body, and poured the ball into the basket with one hand, making a loud noise.

The powerful and heavy one-handed dunk, the huge sound made everyone in the audience cheer up. The cheers of the Green Wind cheerleaders stopped suddenly at this moment, and everyone looked at Mike Okita who was dunked in shock.

Jinguji Budo lowered his eyelids slightly as he fell back to the ground. After glancing at Mike Okita, he said nothing and turned back to defend himself.

On the basketball court, after all, the ball speaks for itself.

The Green Wind people felt that Mike Okita, a four-star high school student, was better than the players from Shohoku, so the martial arts response was very simple.

Use basketball to declare your status!

Rukawa Kaede took a deep look at Mike Okita, who was a little distracted, and quickly followed the steps of Jinguji Martial Arts to return to defense.

After a brief daze, Mike Okita rubbed his cheeks, adjusted his emotions, looked at the back of Jinguji Budo leaving, his expression was solemn for a few seconds, and then he was relieved.

"His speed doesn't seem to be very good. The kid with broken bangs had it patched up from the side, but he didn't catch up immediately."

"Although I was dunked by him this time, the main reason was that he sneak attacked me. I was unprepared and did not dodge."

"If I confront him head-on, there is absolutely no way I will lose."

Mike Okita has a very good mentality. In other words, if you want to make a name for yourself in a basketball environment like the United States, you will never be able to do it if you have a bad mentality.

After adjusting his mentality, Mike Okita served the ball from the baseline to his teammates who were returning to the court. After signaling the opponent to pass the ball, he quickly ran towards the frontcourt.

Tsurumi Seiji and Tsurumi Keiji, who received instructions from Mike Okita, quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt. This time, Mitsui Hisao did not attack rashly, but sat back and watched the opponent pass the ball to outside the three-point line at this time.

Mike Okita.

Mike Okita turned sideways to catch the ball, and in front of him, Jinguji Budo leaned slightly, raised one hand high, and looked at Mike Okita who was catching the ball indifferently.

Half-turning to face the basket, he swept the ball and took a test step. Just when Mike Okita was about to use a test step to check Jinguji Budo's strength, Jinguji Budō seemed to see through Mike Okita's movements, and quickly reached out and pointed the basketball accurately.

below, allowing the basketball to fly out of Mike Okita's hands in an instant.

Mike Okita, who was holding the ball unsteadily, reacted quickly. He turned sideways and quickly held the ball in his arms. At the same time, he made a slight mistake in his steps and protected the ball to his side.

"Oh? Good response."

Budo was a little surprised and chuckled. At this time, Mike Okita, knowing that he could not wait any longer, turned sideways and dropped the ball to the left, trying to force a breakthrough. However, as soon as his body left its original position, Jinguji Budo directly stuck to it.

There was huge power on his body, and Mike Okita's body stagnated when he was directly pushing against him, and his momentum was completely gone.

Jinguji Budo took advantage of the opponent to adjust his posture, jumped forward and hit the basketball directly, completing the steal.

"What?!"

As soon as his hand was empty, Mike Okita's eyes flashed, Jinguji Budo was already running towards the frontcourt with the ball.

"As expected, it's only four stars."

In just a few seconds, Jinguji Budo rushed into the Green Wind basket with the ball, grabbed the ball with one hand, and muttered before slamming it towards the basket.

"Don't even think about scoring so easily!"

A loud shout rang out from behind Budo. Mike Okita actually followed Jinguji Budo's single fast break and reached out to slap the basketball from behind Budo.

"Rukawa Kaede and I are different!"

As soon as Mike Okita's hand touched the basketball, the basketball was directly poured into the basket by Jinguji Budo. He performed a strong one-handed chop without any impact on the path of the ball. The huge force smashed the entire basket.

They all fell sharply downwards.

"Bang!"

There was another loud bang, and this time, not to mention the Green Wind students on the sidelines were stunned, even Mike Okita himself looked at Jinguji Martial Arts in stunned silence and murmured.

"Obviously, I have already followed you!"

(End of chapter)