After a month of training and preparation, the national competition officially kicked off in Hiroshima.

Hiroshima, located southwest of Honshu, Japan, was rebuilt in 1958 after being damaged by atomic bombs in World War II. Hiroshima was the first city in the world to be severely damaged by the atomic bomb, so a Peace Memorial Park was built at the site of the atomic bomb to pray for eternal peace.

Perhaps it is also because of this historical reason that the organizing committee will hold this year's national competition in Hiroshima.

The Ryonan Basketball Club set off by Shinkansen early in the morning, waited until Hiroshima and arranged everything, and then slowly entered the gymnasium of the national competition team.

This year's National Tournament is slightly different from the previous ones, mainly because one team has been added, bringing the total number of teams in the National Tournament to 60.

And just half a month ago, in order to compete for this last spot, Shoyo, who won the third place in the Kanagawa Prefecture Competition, and the second place in the Akita Prefecture Competition, faced off.

Although in this race, the second place in the Akita Prefecture Prefectural Competition did their best, but due to the huge gap between their own strengths. As Ikegami had predicted, Shoyo won the spot without pressure and became the third team from Kanagawa Prefecture to participate in the competition, and the second team to have this honor in the past years outside of Tokyo.

Sixty participating teams will meet in the gymnasium, and the organizing committee will still arrange the same as last year, and say some official or such words as some competitions second, friendship first.

Since Lingnan won the semi-finals of the national competition last year, the position arranged at the time of the meeting this year is naturally in the center, next to Sanno, Hakata and Hainan.

As the captain of the team, the job of taking dog tags at this time is naturally none other than Chishang, standing at the front of the team, Chishang is holding a dog tag with Lingnan written in his hand, and his eyes are solemnly looking at the front of the table. In his position, he naturally can't look around like other teammates, otherwise if he is discovered by the members of the organizing committee, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not give you small shoes to wear at a critical moment.

At this critical moment, he is naturally the first, even if he always wants to see the composition of players from several other strong teams.

Like him, the dog tags of the other teams are also held by the captains of the teams, acting as symbols and gateways for their respective teams, while the other three semi-finalists last year were captained by Sanno's Kazunari Fukatsu, Hakata Shodai's Nobisuke and Hainan's Kazuhiro Ikeda.

After a long time, several bigwigs of the organizing committee finally stepped down, and then the representative of the mountain king, who won the championship last year in the national competition, that is, Fukatsu Issei, came to make the so-called speech.

Unlike last year's Mountain King captain Kashima Kaede, the ace teams of other strong teams were a little disdainful of Fukatsu Yisei, but looked at Ikegami more.

No way, no matter which industry, strength is the most important, although the strength of Fukatsu is also very good, but in the end it is inferior to Chi Shang, especially last year's game was completely suppressed by Chishang, and the aces of other teams will subconsciously look at him.

Fukatsu may also know in his heart that he stopped speaking in just a few words, and then the master of ceremonies announced the dissolution.

That said, most teams stayed in the stadium to get closer to the teams they knew and get the inside scoop on their national rivals.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is the key to winning all battles, and this is especially true for elite teams that can enter the national competition. You don't see a king like the King of the Mountain, when facing Xiangbi, he has to conduct in-depth research.

As soon as Chi Shang thought about gathering and chatting with the Hainan and Xiangyang teams, a figure came from his side and stood in front of Chi Shang.

At the sight of this figure, Ikegami couldn't help but smile and look at him with a slightly surprised gaze.

The person who came was Masashi Kawada, a player of Sanno Industries, who had not seen him for a year, and Masashi Kawada's height had changed dramatically, even if his current height was not 190 cm, it was extremely close.

Masashi Kawada didn't speak, he stood in front of Ikegami and compared his height several times, and then a fat face suddenly pulled down and became extremely depressed.

Immediately after that, with a little hope on his face, he asked in a pitiful tone: "Chishang, have you worn the inner height, it's okay, even if you wear it, I won't tell anyone else!"

As soon as he heard this, Chi Shang suddenly felt several black lines rise from his forehead.

"I'm so tall, it's necessary to wear inner height! But I haven't seen you grow so fast for a year, and I don't know if it's a tumor in your head, I suggest you go to the hospital for a good check-up, and if you have a disease, you can be cured!"

"Poor God, I've grown 25 centimeters taller in a year, but I still can't compare to you. It's over, and they're going to laugh at it again this time. But you wait, I'll definitely be taller than you next year!"

Masashi Kawada looked dejected, glared at Ikegami viciously, and turned back to the camp of the Mountain King.

As soon as Masashi Kawada returned to the camp of the Mountain King, he saw his teammates smiling at him.

"What's the matter, seeing is believing, this time I won't say that the information is fake!" Fukatsu hugged his shoulders with a serious face, but there was some banter in the depths of his eyes.

"Senior Hetian, if you are sick, I also recommend that you go to the hospital to have a look!"

It was the little monk Zebei Rongzhi who said this, Zebei has a cheerful personality, although he is only a first-year freshman, but he quickly mingles with the Mountain King players, and often makes jokes about other people, of course, there is also a relationship of strength.

"Hetian, in fact, everyone is jealous of you, a year has grown by a full 25 centimeters, who doesn't envy!"

Minoru Matsumoto pretended to be cheerful and patted Masashi Kawada's sturdy shoulder, but a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

Minoru Matsumoto never expected that he would be excluded from the starting seat of the Mountain King this year.

The Sanno inner line was supported by two third-year seniors, and due to the birth of Zebei and the abrupt growth of Masashi Kawada, the two and Fukatsu, who was the point guard, occupied the other three positions, so the tragedy occurred.

Minoru Matsumoto, who is a top player, turned out to be a substitute in a tragic manner.

For a player, competitiveness and face are undoubtedly very important, if they are missing, the strength will be affected.

It was precisely because of the loss of the starting position that Minoru Matsumoto's confidence was hit, so he suddenly envied Wada's growth in his heart, because if he can also grow ten centimeters, he can completely occupy the position of the inside line with his strength.

Masashi Kawada touched his head, the unhappiness in his heart was swept away, and he touched his head and smiled, looking like a South American gorilla.

Due to the relationship with the county, even if Tiangang and Gaotou do not deal with each other, the Lingnan Basketball Club and the two teams of Hainan and Xiangyang gathered, and each found familiar players to chat.

"Ikegami, which team will you play against in the first game?" Ah Mu Xian was extremely bored, and asked this kind of topic.

"Maybe it's Akizuki High School in Tokyo, maybe it's Yurai Kogyo in Hiroshima, what about you?"

"Luo'an, with Luo'an's strength, I will definitely be able to pass the first round, but I didn't expect our first game in Hainan to be a tough battle! However, Xiangyang's luck is the worst, he met Fengyu in the first round, and I don't know if he can get through. ”

Hainan, like Lingnan, is the top four in the national competition, and naturally has a bye in the first round.

"It's a bit unlucky, but I'll cheer for Xiangyang when the time comes. ”

"Together. ”