Chapter 232: Hakone Ekiden, Strong Wind Blows (First Update)
In the distance, Nishimura saw through the telescope that Higashino Qiang and Sho Asano had met.
"Really?"
"Hahaha...... There must be no problem, and there is absolutely no problem with that guy in Asano. ”
"It's the rumored senior who likes to run?"
"That's right, it's him, Senior Asano in order to realize his dream of playing, he will definitely recruit the strongest in Higashino. ”
"Appearance?hahaha...... Does Asano-senpai really have such a dream? It's so funny. ”
"But is running really fun?"
"How is that possible!haha......"
Next to him is Omatsu Wenbo, Nishimura chatted well with this attendant.
That Sho Asano is the one who is connected to Omatsu.
So, what exactly is an appearance?
......
"Hakone Ekiden!"
"Huh?"
It's really tiring to talk while running, so just walk.
Higashino was caught up by Sho Asano, an eccentric guy, and as a result, he heard such a word.
Hakone Ekiden.
Higashino certainly knows what this event is.
To put it simply, Hakone Ekiden is a marathon relay event, but it is about a half marathon, and the distance from Tokyo to Hakone is reached.
This Hakone, a simple introduction, is that you can see Mt. Fuji from this Hakone.
The whole distance is about 100 kilometers, which is divided into five sections, that is, each section is about 20 kilometers.
One team selects ten runners because it is a round trip.
From Tokyo to the lake on Hakone, called Lake Ashi, run back from this lake.
The reason why I understand it is because there is no way not to understand.
This event is the top, hottest, and hottest marathon in Japan.
The most special thing is that all the contestants are college students.
That's right, this event is the number one event for Japanese university students.
What basketball, what football, what baseball, in front of this event, is not worth mentioning at all.
It is held every year from January 2nd to 3rd of the year.
Higashino had watched many television broadcasts when he was in Okinawa, and it was almost impossible not to watch them.
To put it bluntly, that's how the Japanese spend the New Year.
After watching the Red and White Song Party, I just watched this Hakone Ekiden.
Particularly interesting is the fact that the Red and White Song Club is NHK's, which is Japan's national television.
Hakone Ekiden is a Japanese television broadcast, and don't forget, this is the first private Japanese TV station.
It feels like a ring.
However, why did this Sho Asano mention this event?
"Higashino-san, you like running so much! So, you must really want to participate in Hakone Ekiden, right?"
"What?!"
Higashino Qiang really can't understand this Asano Sho's brain circuit.
"Why do I want to participate in Hakone Ekiden?"
yes, that's weird.
But Sho Asano laughed and said: "Higashino-san, every runner should have such a dream in his heart! In particular, you are still the strongest high school student in Japan! You were admitted to Todai, I really didn't expect that you still like running so much, this is great, let's work together! Let Todai play in Hakone Ekidden!"
This one...
After Higashino Qiang heard this, he probably understood.
Hakone Ekiden is indeed very famous, but in recent years, at least as Higashino remembers strongly, the University of Tokyo has not played in this event.
Such a well-known competition naturally has a strict selection process, and the specific details of Higashino Qiang are also unknown, but it is obvious that Toda should have been brushed down before.
In retrospect, it seems that there are more appearances, and there are more private universities.
What Waseda, Meiji, Aoyama, Tokai, Komazawa and so on.
It's funny, it seems that Todai is really bad at this.
That's right, we are all intelligent heroes, this kind of physical competition, forget it.
But Sho Asano didn't give up.
"Higashino-san, don't you think that through our efforts, the University of Tokyo has been able to make a name for itself in Hakone, which is a particularly rewarding thing?"
Hearing this, Higashino Qiang noticed one thing, "Asano-san, you are also from Todai?"
"Oh, haha...... I forgot to introduce myself, but I am a fourth-year student in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. ”
"Huh, senior?"
"Haha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, that, it's okay if you don't call me senior, it's my negligence. ”
Sho Asano scratched his head with a smile, he, he was so excited just now that he forgot a lot of things.
Higashino Qiang complained directly: "Senior Asano, since you are a senior, please be more mature? Since we are not good at this event, why do we have to participate? Moreover, if we need ten people, can we get together? Besides, I seem to like running, but I don't like to participate in this so-called event." ”
After saying that, Higashino Qiang pulled up his long legs and ran again.
His speed is not slow, but Sho Asano is faster.
"Higashino-san, I'm really sorry, I know it's abrupt, but, I'm really in a hurry, I'm already a senior, this year's preliminaries are the last chance, time is running out, this time it's scheduled for November, that is, a month later is the qualifier, that, I've had a certain chance many times before, but, I haven't, I'm ......"
What Sho Asano said was a little weird, and it seemed that there were some things that were hard to say.
Higashino Qiang doesn't care about this, and his steps are still moving forward.
However, it is true that he is not the opponent of this Sho Asano.
But I heard Asano Sho continue to soak and say: "Higashino-san, you can do it, although you are not very strong now, but your quality is already very good, we have a collective, and we have already gathered nine people! Higashino-san, please join us, running, everyone is the best together, isn't it?"
It's really hard not to be moved by these words.
"Nine people?" Higashino Qiang was quite curious about this collective.
"Yes, counting me, there are nine people, and as long as you join, then you can make up ten people! Higashino-san, with your intelligence, you must understand how difficult it is to find ten people who are good at running at Tokyo...... Please!"
Sho Asano even stopped and took a deep bow.
Faced with such a situation, Higashino Sho had no choice but to stop, after all, the other party was a senior in the same year, and he couldn't go too far with it, and this Asano Sho did say something that attracted him very much.
Running, if you are alone, is indeed very lonely.
"What kind of guys are the nine people?"
When Sho Asano heard this, he was very happy.
"Higashino-san, I know that people who like to run are good people!"
This...
Higashino Qiang wants to complain, what does it have to do with this.
......
"Saikyo! Why are you here?"
"Huh? Asano?"
Unexpected, really unexpected.
After the end of the morning class, Higashino Qiang came to the so-called, East Continent Race Walking Club according to the agreement with Asano Sho.
This is a club, after all, Tokyo University is also a university, and there are many clubs, but Higashino Qiang didn't care about these activities at all before.
He thought early on that his college career was over, and the wave of energy was the main content of the past four years.
Unexpectedly, he still entered a club inexplicably, and of course, he didn't fill in any application for entry.
However, I saw Asano Ken head-on, what the hell is going on?
"Huh, Xuan-chan, do you know each other?"
"Brother, don't call me by that name!"
Sho Asano appeared, and his words instantly embarrassed Asano Xuan.
Why can't Higashino Qiang understand?
"You're brothers?"
Well, it's all surnamed Asano, and it doesn't seem wrong that they're a pair of brothers.
Sho Asano was overjoyed, "Haha! Great! Then, Higashino-san will definitely join our club!"
Higashino Qiang hurriedly shook his head, "I never agreed. ”
Yes, let's make our position clear.
Asano Xuan pulled his old classmate to chat privately first, "Saikyo, why did you get involved with my brother?"
When Higashino Qiang heard this, he really wanted to give this Asano a hammer, it was an ordinary thing, why did this guy say it so full of emotion.
But I had to say: "I haven't known your brother for more than 12 hours, and I'm just interested in running, so I'm here to take a look." ”
After hearing this, Asano Xuan showed a sudden expression, "My elder brother, he is very good at studying, and he was admitted to Tokyo University, but he really likes to run, originally he thought about being admitted to Tokai University, but if he can enter Tokai University, why should he go to Tokai, right." ”
In this regard, Higashino Qiang nodded.
Tokai University is located just north of the Higashi-Okoba Campus, and the distance is very close.
However, Tokai University's running level is better than Tokai's level, and people are frequent visitors to Hakone Ekiden.
Wait a minute, Higashino Qiang remembers, it seems that Asano Ken was admitted to Tokai University.
However, then Asano Xuan said very solemnly: "Saikyo, I apologize to you, my brother is good at everything, he just likes to run too much, he may have done something out of the ordinary, please forgive him, he is actually not bad, and even sometimes very stubborn, originally, he had the opportunity to achieve a performance in Hakone Ekiden, but he refused." ”
"Refuse?"
Higashino was a little confused.
Asano had no choice but to explain.
Hakone Ekiden has a total of 20 universities participating, of which 10 are seeded and the other 10 need to be put together in the qualifiers.
In addition, there is another existence that is not a university, called the Kanto Sports League, which is actually a team of outstanding characters selected from the unsuccessful universities.
A total of 21 teams.
In other words, Sho Asano gave up the opportunity to participate in this 'alliance', then...
"Participate with your friends! With the sleeves of Dongda on their backs, everyone runs to the top of the mountain one by one, and then runs down, there is nothing better in life!"
When Sho Asano said this, the smile on his face seemed to be lit up.
After hearing this, Higashino Qiang inexplicably thought of one.
What is running?
Don't get caught up in anything and run freely. He did not obey any command, only listened to the cry from the depths of his body and soul, and ran to the ends of the earth.
Running is life.
"The Strong Wind Blows".
At this moment, an inspiration appeared in Higashino's mind.
Inspiration for the new work...
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