Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 353

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 353

"What's going on with this grouping?!"

On the train, Hisashi Mitsui held the magazine and shouted in a low voice. His words immediately attracted the curiosity of the surrounding Shohoku team members, who gathered around him.

Previously, coach Anxi, who had already learned about the grouping situation of the national competition, had not told the players about the relevant matters.

It wasn't until today that Hisashi Mitsui, who was looking through the magazine, learned about the specific situation of the grouping in northern Hunan in the national competition.

Seeing his opponent in the second game, even Hisashi Mitsui couldn't help but shout.

"What happened?!"

"What happened to the grouping?"

"Huh? Toyotama High School, junior, is this opponent very powerful? Does it surprise you so much?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi rushed forward excitedly, resting his chin on Mitsui Hisashi's head, and looked at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand from behind. After meeting the first opponent in the Shohoku group - Toyotama High School,

asked in confusion.

Sakuragi really doesn't pay much attention to high school basketball. His eyes are currently limited to Kanagawa Prefecture.

"What a stupid thing to say."

"Look at our opponent in the second game."

Hisashi Mitsui pointed at the magazine and when he saw the name of Sanno Industries, Sakuragi Hanamichi still had no idea and had a puzzled expression on his face.

On the contrary, Akagi and Mu Mu Gongyan, who were sitting across from each other, were horrified when they heard this, and subconsciously shouted in unison:

"What?! Sanno Industries!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi had no idea about Sanno Industries, but Takenori Akagi and Konobu Kigure were very familiar with the name "Sanno Industries".

Before Ryonan High School, Sanno Industries in Akita Prefecture was undoubtedly one of the strongest high schools in the country!

The extremely dominant Sanno Industries has dominated the high school basketball world for decades and is the common goal of all players aiming for the national championship.

In last year's Aki no Kuni Sports, Takenori Akagi also played against players from Akita Prefecture. Although in the Aki No Kuni Sports, their Kanagawa Prefecture team defeated Akita Prefecture and won the championship.

But in that game, the Akita Prefecture team still showed great strength.

Unlike the Kanagawa Prefecture representative team, most of the Akita Prefecture representative team players were selected from a Sanno Industrial team.

In other words, Kanagawa Prefecture brought together the elites from the entire prefecture to successfully win the championship from Akita Prefecture.

Last year in IH, the game between Sanno Industries and Ryonan High School was watched by Akagi, Konobu Kigure and others. It can be said that under Ryonan High School, Sanno Industries is definitely the team with the best chance of winning the national championship.

Perhaps in the eyes of most viewers across the country, Sanno's popularity and strength are even stronger than Lingnan and Xiangbei. Even though Lingnan High School has won the national championship, the deep-rooted thoughts in the hearts of the audience cannot be completely reversed by one IH.

Came here.

The King of the Mountain is definitely the top player in the high school basketball world! He is an opponent that no team wants to encounter prematurely.

But now, Shohoku High School is about to meet the Sanno in the second game of the national competition. For Shohoku, this is not good news.

It is precisely because of this that Mitsui Hisashi's reaction was so great.

"Sanno Industries is actually Sanno Industries!"

"We are really unlucky to meet the Mountain King so early. This is a tough battle!"

Takenori Akagi regained his composure after a brief surprise, but looking at the magazine in Mitsui Hisashi's hand, Akagi still couldn't help but lament his bad luck.

In the corner of the carriage, Cai Zi also heard the discussion of the team members. Looking at the Xiangbei players who had gathered together, Cai Zi couldn't help but ask the coach Anxi next to her:

"Coach, is it really okay not to tell the players about their grouping status before?"

"Today we are going to Hiroshima. After the opening ceremony this afternoon, we will face Toyotama tomorrow. If we successfully win Toyotama, the day after tomorrow, we will face Sanno Industries back to back."

"Although Sanno Industrial lost its reputation as the national hegemon last year, there is no doubt that for us in Shobei, Sanno is definitely an opponent that cannot be underestimated."

"Isn't it good to tell the team members about their grouping status early so that they can have enough time to mentally build up?"

The Xiangbei team members who got the grouping situation gathered together and discussed the grouping situation. In the words of Akagi and Mumu, their worried emotions could also be heard, and such emotions quickly spread among the team members.

.

Sanno Industries, with its huge reputation, put huge psychological pressure on the Shohoku team members.

Caizi is also a little worried about this, fearing that the grouping will affect the mentality of the team members. As the game is approaching, this is not a good thing.

"I don't want to put any unnecessary pressure on them."

"And, Ayako."

"Don't underestimate our team members too much."

"As long as that guy's mentality is stable, the rest of the team members will calm down soon."

"The role of the trump card can not only be reflected on the court!"

When Coach Anxi heard this, he turned his head and glanced at the players, then turned back and said with a smile, not caring at all.

"We are about to meet the Mountain King for the second time! We are so unlucky!"

"Yes, yes, they still got a bye in the first round. We have to face Sanno directly after beating Toyotama. This is back-to-back, and there is no rest time at all."

"Hey, I heard that Sanno's players this year have basically maintained the configuration of last year. In my impression, in last year's IH, Sanno's center, guard, and small forward were all first- and second-year players."

"In other words, the strength of the Mountain King this year will not be much worse than last year!"

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Sanno doesn't have any outstanding substitute players this year? If so, wouldn't his strength be inferior?"

The Shohoku players were all talking about Sanno's team and its players, and they were a little worried about Sanno's strength. Even Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango, who were usually the most arrogant, were full of worry at this moment.

They are not rookies like Hanamichi Sakuragi. To be honest, if there was a chance back then, they would have wanted to go to Sanno Industries.

"Okay, farewell to the Mountain King, it's the Mountain King's."

"Now that the grouping has been decided, it's useless to talk about anything else!"

"I have expectations for the strength of Sanno Industrial. Their main players are still there this year, and their strength is only stronger than last year. You don't have to have any illusions about this."

"However, for us in Xiangbei, it doesn't matter whether the mountain king is strong or weak."

"These are the opponents we need to defeat!"

Mitsui Hisashi also seemed to notice that something was wrong with the mood of the team members. Some of the young first- and second-year team members were timid before fighting, and hurriedly clapped their hands to comfort them.

Mitsui Shou's words had some effect. The simple Sakuragi nodded heavily and shouted directly:

"That's right! It's the same whether we meet early or late!"

"Since our goal is to win the national championship, then we can defeat the mountain king or the mountain people together!"

Sakuragi's response made Mitsui Hisashi very satisfied. Seeing Sakuragi's fearless appearance, Kiyota and Nango couldn't help complaining about Sakuragi's "What a big talk a rookie said."

But after Sakuragi Hanamichi's words, the mood of the Shohoku team members apparently stabilized.

However, at this moment, a discordant voice sounded.

"He has always been the King of Mountains. I was very unhappy after hearing this!"

"Defeat the Mountain King?!"

"You guys, haven't you seen that your opponent in the first game is our Toyotama High School?"

"Are we, Fyotama, some kind of inferior team?"

"What do you say about defeating the Mountain King now? It's too early to talk big, hey!"

While he was talking, someone hooked the shoulder of Nobunaga Kiyota who was standing next to him from behind. He turned around and saw a young man who was looking at him sideways.

"Are you a member of Toyotama?" Takenori Akagi heard the words and turned around to look. Only then did he suddenly realize that the train seemed to have arrived at Osaka Station.

"Hey! What are you doing! Let go quickly, Kishimoto!"

"Sorry, sorry, you weren't hurt, were you?"

At this moment, the coach of Toyotama High School hurriedly ran over and yelled at Minori Kishimoto.

"spit--"

"Coach, why are you apologizing? They ignored us Fengyu first. This is an insult!"

Although Kishimoto Minoru let go of Kiyota Nobunaga, she still looked unhappy and complained.

"Fengyu, we really don't take you seriously!"

"Sa, what are your plans?"

At this moment, I, who had been sitting in a nap and had not participated in the Jinguji martial arts discussed before in Shohoku, suddenly straightened up, leaned on the back of his chair, and smiled at Kishimoto Minori.

Kishimoto Minori's eyes moved over and when she saw the martial arts of Jinguji Temple, her pupils couldn't help but shrink.

"Shōhoku High School's Jinguji Martial Arts, one of the rumored Kanagawa Twin Stars!"

"Last year, we lost to him!"

After carefully looking at Jinguji Martial Arts, Kishimoto suddenly chuckled and said harshly:

"The name is quite resounding, but it's just a name."

"Look at the book in your hands!"

"Shohoku High School is an A-level school just like our Toyotama. Why should we look down on our Toyotama?!"

While talking, Toyotama's coach saw that the train was about to leave and the team members had not yet sat down, so he couldn't help but urge: "Let's go, Kishimoto, go to our own carriage."

Hearing this, Minori Kishimoto waved her hand casually and said with a hint of sting:

"Jinguji Martial Arts, see you on the field, I will make sure that you and your Xiangbei will not pass the first round!"

"You still want to fight the mountain king? You are a frog in the well!"

As he spoke, Kishimoto Mari followed the team coach and other team members to their own car. Jinguji Budo's sleepiness faded away at this moment, and he narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Kishimoto Mari's leaving back.

Then, he lowered his head and looked at the magazine in Mitsui Shou's hand.

Sure enough, the magazine not only posted the team's lineup, but also marked the word "A" next to the team's signature. There is no doubt that this is the rating given by the magazine to the participating teams.

Shohoku High School's rating is A-level, and similarly, Toyotama High School's rating is only A-level.

Looking away, Wu Dao took a rough look at the ratings of all the other teams. There were only two teams whose comprehensive evaluation exceeded the A level and reached the AA level. One was last year's national hegemon, Lingnan High School, and the other was them.

Shohoku’s opponent in the second game is Sanno Industries!

As for Shohoku High School's third opponent, it was Aichi Prefecture's Mingpeng Industry, which also had an A-level rating.

Among the dozens of teams participating, only a dozen have reached the A-level rating. In the series of knockout matches in Xiangbei, the opponents they faced were either A-level or AA-level, let alone C-level teams.

We can't even meet a B-level team, so our luck can be said to be quite "wow".

However, what worries Martial Arts the most is not the upcoming schedule of Shohoku, but the A rating of Shohoku.

It is really.

"I'm actually only an A, not an AA like Lingnan and Sanno. Is it because we in Xiangbei are underestimated? Or is it because the editor-in-chief of the magazine thinks that I, the ace of Xiangbei, am not as strong as Sanno's Zebei or maybe...

The fourth palace in Lingnan?"

Wu Dao was a little unhappy, although he didn't care about these false reputations.

But then again, if the old guys in Oak Hill saw him acting like this, would they laugh at him?

Those universities that were originally interested in him saw that the Xiangbei team he led could not reach the top here. Do they have other ideas? Martial Arts had to consider these.

"Hey, Martial Arts, here is your player profile."

"I didn't expect that your personal evaluation actually reached the AA level."

It wasn't long before Martial Arts' eyes fell on the magazine. Hisashi Mitsui, who noticed Martial Arts' eyes, began to turn the pages. Just behind the national competition table, the magazine published some players who were well-known across the country.

Two pages, introducing more than forty players.

Jinguji Martial Arts is at the beginning of one of the pages, juxtaposed with Shinomiya Fields.

Looking at it at a glance, Jinguji Budo is not the only one whose individual players have received AA-level evaluations. Let’s not talk about Shinomiya Tano for the time being. Sendō Akira and Fujima from Ryonan High School have also received this evaluation, and in Shohoku, except for Shinomiya

In addition to Miyaji Martial Arts on the list, Mitsui Hisaya also received an AA-level evaluation.

There are many Sanno Industries here. Eiji Sawabita, Masashi Kawada, Kazunari Fukatsu, and Minoru Matsumoto all have AA-level evaluations. Aichi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, etc.

There are nearly 20 people who have achieved AA level evaluation.

At first glance, Wu Dao was not happy that he had received an AA-level rating. He only felt that the rating from this magazine was of little value.

Budo admitted that some of the AA-level players he knew published in magazines were indeed good in ability, but they had to be compared with each other.

Is Zebei Eiji's AA level the same as Nanlie's AA level?

And compared with Zebei's AA level and Jinguji martial arts, there is a big gap in strength between the two.

"It seems that last year's IH results and this year's county competition results have made us in Xiangbei look down upon."

"Xiaosan, I have decided that in the competition with Toyotama, Sanno and other teams, we in Shohoku must show our overwhelming strength!"

"You, Akagi, Chiba, they are all in their last year. We need a big victory in Shohoku to open up a path for your future!"

"I'm not worried about you. The University of Tsukuba has promised you before, but Akagi and Chiba, I heard that no university has offered an olive branch yet."

"I feel that a simple victory is not important enough!"

The train roared and sped towards Hiroshima.

At noon, the train finally stopped at Hiroshima Station. Under the leadership of coach Anzai, the Shohoku players officially checked into the hotel hosting the team.

In the afternoon, the opening ceremony of the national competition was held at the Hiroshima Center Arena.

Powerful players from all over the country gather together to welcome the upcoming national competition!

(End of chapter)