shining moment

The morning of June [-] was the day of the match between Xiangbei and Hainan.

"This year's Hainan is the strongest ever!"

"Do you know why?"

"Because my chief rookie Kiyota Nobunaga joined this year!" The rookie who belongs to Hainan High School declared loudly on the basketball court.

The first-year freshman named Kiyota Nobunaga had a hairband on his head, his hands on his hips, and his extremely confident appearance made Yasuda Mori in the stands think of the newcomer named Sakuragi Hanamichi from the Xiangbei basketball team. The girl always felt that this The two are really similar to some extent, not just because the jersey numbers are both No. [-].

Sure enough, after Kiyota Nobunaga finished speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi stepped forward, and without saying a few words, Kiyota Nobunaga knocked off the basketball in Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand, and dribbled the ball provocatively. After a quick dribble, the basketball got out of control and rolled to Rukawa Feng's feet.

"Sakuragi, there is one thing, I want to make it clear first! Rukawa Kaede is not the chief rookie!" Kiyota Nobunaga pointed at Rukawa Kaede behind him with disdain.

"Of course." Sakuragi said, dribbling the ball quickly, exactly the same as Kiyota Nobunaga did just now.

"I will not lose to you!" Kiyota Nobunaga and Sakuragi Hanamichi said to Rukawa Feng at the same time.

The captains of the two teams, Mu and Akagi gave the bloody idiots of their own teams a shudder at the same time, and the two monkeys were brought back to their respective teams.

"Ha, are you an idiot, you..." Both Mitsui and Miyagi looked at Sakuragi who was acting embarrassingly with Kiyota Nobunaga just now.

The episode before the game also made the audience on the field have a deep impression of the No. [-] members of the two teams.

The spotlights in the arena illuminated the light of the basketball court. The basketball was thrown up slowly, and then gradually fell after reaching the highest point. The match against Hainan finally began.

A beautiful pass from Miyagi gave Rukawa a chance to throw the ball, but it was intercepted by No. 4 from Hainan, Mu Shenyi. Rukawa made a pass behind the back, which should have been passed to Mitsui, but was scored by No. 6 from Hainan Defender Shinmune Ichiro intercepted and passed to Kiyota Nobunaga. After that, Sakuragi chased after him, "Don't jump, monkey!"

"Who are you calling a monkey!" Kiyota Nobunaga said dissatisfied.

"Wait a minute! Wild Monkey!" Sakuragi stared nervously at the basketball.

"Who are you calling a monkey! You red-haired monkey!"

Shohoku has always adopted man-to-man tactics. When facing Hainan’s shooting guard, Mu in Miyagi, due to the huge height gap, Hainan quickly had a scoring opportunity, but was blocked by Akagi, who was the center. After that, Miyagi's fast break gave Shohoku an opportunity to attack. After a pass from Miyagi to Mitsui, Mitsui made a gesture to shoot a three-pointer. , again dribbled past Ichiro Shinmune's defense.

Mitsui, who has been playing basketball for a long time and has accumulated rich experience, is not only good at shooting three-pointers.

However, Mitsui's subsequent shot was intercepted by Mu, and Hainan launched a counterattack. Kiyota Nobunaga and Shinmune Ichiro faced the defense of Rukawa and Sakuragi, and Shinmune Ichiro passed the ball to Kiyota Nobunaga. case, the slam dunk is successful.

"I will defend the opponent's No. [-]." Mu Shenyi from Hainan High School said to Kiyota Nobunaga.

"Hey! It's too cunning for you to find such an adult to compete." Sakuragi complained dissatisfied when seeing Mu's middle-aged appearance.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Senior Mu is only 17 years old this year!" Kiyota Nobunaga replied.

"Cut! Who are you kidding!" Sakuragi turned her head, expressing her disdain.

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The referee blew the whistle, "Communication is not allowed during the game. This time it is just a verbal warning. Next time, you will be sent off by delaying the game." The referee warned.

"Ah! Speaking of which, Akagi looks much older than me!" Mu Lue said loudly with some dissatisfaction.

Everyone was surprised by Mu's reaction. Did Mu really mind this matter?But for people who saw Mu for the first time, the fact that this middle-aged man turned out to be only 17 years old was really shocking.

Sakuragi also gradually learned a lot on the court. He avoided Kiyota Nobunaga's defense with a fake move, scored a slam dunk, and a rookie who has only learned basketball for less than a few months can have such growth. It is indeed a genius. He grabbed a lot of rebounds for Xiangbei on the field, and will soon become an indispensable and powerful player for Xiangbei.

After Hainan sent the No. 15 player Gong Yiyifan to replace the original Shenzong Ichiro, Sakuragi, as a player who is strong when he encounters strong players, made repeated mistakes and failed to perform as he should. There are levels.

Xiangbei fell into a hard fight, and the score was stretched immediately.

"No. 15 needs to focus on the other four players. Ichiro Shenzong has already been replaced. How can the score be stretched under such circumstances." Mitsui expressed his thoughts.

However, the situation was not optimistic. Mitsui looked in surprise at Gong Yiyi Fan, who thought there was no threat at first, but made a precise three-pointer. After that, Gong Yiyi Fan scored again with a three-pointer to tie Xiangbei and Hainan. The score widened again.

Xiangbei can only request a suspension.

At this time, the auditorium was also extremely lively, and An Tiansen looked at the Hainan High School in the opposite auditorium. Not only was there a huge red banner that read "Changsheng, the basketball club of the Higher School Affiliated to Hainan University", but the students in Hainan were also very excited. He kept cheering loudly for his team, "Hainan must win!" , holding a banner with the words "Rukawa Life--Rukawa Kaede's Guards Kanagawa Headquarters", loudly cheering for Rukawa Kaede, a first-year freshman in Shonoku, "Rukawa Kaede! Rukawa Kaede! Rukawa Kaede!..." From time to time In the auditorium, I heard the Mitsui support team headed by Horita Tokuo, a third-year student from Shonhoku, shouting "Come on, Mitsui!" Every time there is a game, there must be a banner with words like "热の男, Mitsui Shou" , although Mitsui will be preached every time.

After the start of the game again, Rukawa dribbled the ball, shot, and scored. The cooperation of the players still couldn't catch up with Hainan's score, and Akagi accidentally fell and injured during the game, and replaced him with Koyori Kigure.Mitsui was closely watched by Masamu Muto, Hainan's No. 9 player who is good at marking. Miyagi also found it difficult to cooperate with his teammates under Mu's defense. Let the members of Xiangbei feel the pressure.

At this time, Rukawa broke the deadlock. After Rukawa's several goals, until the end of the first half, Xiangbei and Hainan tied the score, and the teenagers on the field clapped happily.

"Akagi, can you play in the second half?" Mitsui asked when he saw Akagi coming out of the lounge.

"Of course!" Akagi's words undoubtedly reassured the Xiangbei team members a lot.

At this time, in the auditorium, the members of Lingnan who had just finished the game, and the members of Xiangyang who had just watched the match between Lingnan and Buri, Huaxingtou and others also came to the scene.

In the second half, Akagi, who was injured, went into battle and continued to engage in anxious score battles with Hainan. The fierce offense launched by Hainan made Miyagi and Mitsui a little tired on the field, and Akagi persisted on the field with an injury. Even under the joint marking of Mitsui and Miyagi, the good Mu Shenyi was able to get rid of it easily. When facing Rukawa and Sakuragi's defense at the basket, he immediately passed the ball to Ichiro Shenmune, who is the sharp shooter in Hainan. The ball was scored, but Mitsui didn't make a three-pointer when he got a chance to shoot, and the score was stretched again.

In the game after the break, Xiangbei mainly focused on Mu. At the moment when Mu got the basketball and was about to dunk, Sakuragi defended the basket. Seeing that Sakuragi's defense was about to block Mu's goal, Mu made a deliberate move. Foul, knocking Sakuragi to the ground hard.

The referee blows the whistle, White No. [-], Mu Shen No. [-] commits an intentional foul.

"Hey! You bastard! You bumped into him on purpose!" Mitsui said angrily, pointing at Mu.

"Mitsui, don't do this!" Akagi blocked Mitsui who was about to walk in Mu's direction.

"Ah!!!" At this moment, Sakuragi diverted his attention by jumping up on the spot.

"Sakuragi, are you okay!" Mitsui looked at Sakuragi Hana who had just stood up.

"Uncle! You bastard! I'll kill you!" Sakuragi stood up and walked towards Mu aggressively.

Seeing Sakuragi in such a posture, Mitsui quickly stopped the impulsive Sakuragi, thinking that it would be bad if he didn't stop Sakuragi in time.

After that, Sakuragi's free throw narrowed the score to 72 to 78. Xiangbei still has the possibility of catching up with the score and winning the game.

On the basketball court, the sound of cheering from Xiangbei, "Xianbei! Xiangbei! Xiangbei!" can be heard endlessly.

After several mistakes, Mitsui finally made a three-pointer. However, the score between the two sides was still stalemate between 4 and 6 points, and the time was gradually passing. Rukawa retired due to exhaustion and replaced Mugure. delay.

At this time, Mitsui was almost at the limit of his physical strength. Mitsui, who had a bad complexion, still firmly said that he would not give up in the end, and tried his best. In the last few seconds before the end of the game, he finally With a chance to shoot a three-pointer, relying on Mitsui's good ball sense and technique, the three-pointer that should have been scored did not go into the basket, and Akagi and Sakuragi under the basket did not grab rebounds. , In this way, Xiangbei lost to Hainan by two points, 88 to 90.

"Did you touch that ball?" Mitsui frowned and looked at Kiyota Nobunaga from Hainan, who jumped up to defend when Mitsui threw the ball.

The three-pointer that Mitsui was able to put into the basket, slightly changed the trajectory of the basketball because of Kiyota Nobunaga's touch, "The nails hit a point." Hainan's first rookie smiled and raised the ball with bloody nails. Hand, "It was really dangerous just now."

Although Xiangbei lost the game with Hainan High School, as long as they win the next two games, Xiangbei still has a chance to qualify.

On both sides of the road in the evening, the street lamps had already been turned on, giving off a soft light. In the 24-hour convenience store, An Tiansen was going to buy something casually in the supermarket, which was right for today's dinner.

About one night ago, in front of the shelf with POCARISWEAT, Anderson was hesitating what drink to buy when someone stuffed a bottle of POCARISWEAT mineral water into his hand. Looking up, the other party’s middle-length With blue hair hanging down to his shoulders, he frowned and said, "It's so late, hurry home after shopping."

"Mitsui..." When An Tiansen wanted to continue to say something, the other party only left a back that was fading away, and left with a group of teenagers.

Under the starry sky at night, there is only a lonely lamp standing alone, accompanied by the low chirping of summer insects, guiding the way home.

An Tiansen held the Nissin-CUPNOODLE and POCARISWEAT mineral water bought from the supermarket again, holding the blue and white matching bags in his hand, and walked briskly, turning corners of the street.

The author has something to say: Nissin.CUPNOODLE (Nissin, Nissin. A Japanese food company)

POCARISWEAT (Pocari Sweat, which appeared in the original book, so this brand is used here)