Shortly after the match between Jaguar and the Ninja began, Sakuragi was unbalanced by the opponent's various provocations, and knocked the No. 5 Ninja Team Takano Thunder to the ground, and the game was suspended for a long time.

The referee watched the video repeatedly, and in the end, he blew a penalty for Takano Thunder's unsportsmanlike foul, and Sakuragi, a first-degree malicious foul, was directly expelled from the game.

Sakuragi's first race for Jaguar ended hastily.

"Sakuragi, are you okay?" In the Jaguar team's locker room, Kawaguchi asked about Sakuragi's injury.

"No problem, it may be the relationship between the previous special training, and now I feel that the waist strength is much stronger." Sakuragi calmed down.

"That's good, but ,,,Sakuragi,,,," Kawaguchi stopped talking.

"Don't say it, Kawaguchi, it's my fault, I shouldn't be so impulsive." Sakuragi made a rare admission of his mistake.

"Sakuragi ,,,," Seeing that Sakuragi was so honest, Kawaguchi didn't say anything more.

The game on the field is still going on, the players on both sides are also cautious, the intensity of the confrontation is not very high, and the players on both sides are also like going through the motions, a little careless. Takano Thunder may also be seriously injured and did not return to the court. The follow-up two sides also sent substitute players, and in the preseason, the main thing was to inspect the players.

In the end, the Ninja still won 86-77 at home against the Jaguar team. Ended this rather bizarre game.

"Huh? What about Sakuragi? Miyagi, who returned to the locker room, saw that he didn't see Sakuragi, so he asked.

"Oh, Sakuragi, he said he was fine, but we were on the safe side, and the team doctors took him to the hospital for further examination." Kawaguchi walked into the house at this time.

"This guy is still the same as before, always making all kinds of situations." Akagi said.

"Sakuragi also reflected on it just now, so let's encourage him a lot." Kawaguchi said good things for Sakuragi.

"Even if Sakuragi's body is not in serious trouble, today's behavior is likely to make him pay a terrible price." Oki's words caused silence in the locker room.

As we all know, a first-degree malicious foul ejection is just the beginning.

After leaving the venue, the Jaguar team took a bus to return to the hotel.

There was quite silence in the car, no one spoke, only the sound of the car's engine could be heard. Akagi's phone call suddenly remembered, waking up all the team members in the car.

"Hey, Akagi, I'm sorry,,,, it turned out to be Sakuragi on the other end of the phone.

"Okay, it's all over, it's just a preseason game, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's just that your body is fine." Akagi also seems to have forgiven Sakuragi for his irrational behavior.

"Captain,,,,," Sakuragi choked up a little when he saw that Akagi had forgiven him.

"Don't cry and cry manly." Akagi has always treated Sakuragi like an older brother taking care of his younger brother.

"Akagi, since I came back, I haven't had a good get-together, I've been training all day, and today I finally had a game to test everyone's training results, but I ,,, so I'm in for a treat tonight, let's get together." Sakuragi found a very popular local Chinese restaurant after the hospital examination, and wanted to have a small reunion with old friends in Xiangbei.

After knowing that it was Sakuragi who called, everyone in the car listened, and from Akagi's answer, everyone seemed to know the content of the conversation.

"Coach ,,,," Akagi hung up the phone and wanted to ask Oki for instructions, but he didn't know how to say it.

"Go ahead, don't play too late, don't drink, don't make trouble." The Oki Sect should already know the content of the conversation between the two of them.

"Don't worry, coach, I'll take care of it." After saying that, Akagi walked to the driver and drove to the hotel where Sakuragi was.

Soon, the bus arrived at the hotel, and Akagi saw that Rukawa Kaede was sleeping so soundly in the car, so he couldn't bear to get off the bus.

Sakuragi had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and when Sakuragi learned that Chirugawa Kaede had not come, he was even more smiling.

"Sakuragi, you really don't have a problem!" After the four of them sat down, Mitsui was still worried about Sakuragi's physical profile.

"No problem, junior, but your three-point shot is not very accurate today!" Sakuragi teased Mitsui.

"This time we were finally able to get together, and we have been training behind closed doors for the past two months! It's a pity that Rukawa Kaede didn't come. Miyagi said.

"Even if he hadn't fallen asleep, he probably wouldn't have come, he was used to being alone!" Akagi analyzed.

"Ignore that guy, it's better if he doesn't come!! Ha ha! The dish is coming, let's eat and chat. Sakuragi seemed to have forgotten the previous unpleasantness and seemed excited.

The night was dark, and there was only one table left in the restaurant, Sakuragi, still talking and laughing. Akagi also put down the shelves on weekdays, and talked with these old alumni, old teammates, and new teammates.

The next day, the Jaguar team flew back to Kobe, and in a week's time, the curtain will officially kick off on the new season.

And the "painful price" that Oki predicted before that Sakuragi would pay really came.

The players were training in the arena when Kawaguchi hurried in and started talking to Oki. After the conversation, Da Mu didn't say anything, and was still guiding the players' training.

At the end of the day's training, the team members came to the conference room to summarize.

"Everyone trained very hard and committed today, which is very good! The first game of the new season is just three days away, so everyone has to work harder! Daki first encouraged the players.

"One more thing that I regret, Sakuragi, about you." Da Mu changed his words.

"About me, sorry ???" Sakuragi was a little puzzled.

"Could it be ,,," Akagi knew in his heart that this matter had come to an end.

"That's right, it was the previous game, Sakuragi's beating incident, and the JBA committee made further punishments." After speaking, Oki handed a document to Sakuragi.

After receiving the document, Sakuragi suddenly realized what he had done before.

"Didn't you already sentence me to leave the field at that time, why did you punish me?" Before he could read the documents, Sakuragi questioned first.

"Stupid, such an obvious bad injury incident, the league will definitely have additional punishment!" Akagi said.

"Moreover, I heard that Takano Thunder who was knocked down by Sakuragi seems to be injured a lot, and he has 18 stitches in the corner of his eye." Oki added.

"Who told him to resort to despicable means first! Deserve! Sakuragi finished speaking, and read the document.

"For the 2006-2007 JBA preseason match between Kobe Jaguar and Nagoya Ninja,,,,,, against Jaguar No. 6 player Sakuragi Hanamichi was suspended for three games, fined 500,000 yen, and suspended for ,,, three !!!! Field!!!!!! Sakuragi recited the most prominent words, and was amazed.

"That is, the first three games of our new season, Sakuragi, you will not be able to play." Damu interpreted this punishment from a different angle.

"No, the coach ,,, suspended for three games!! I'm ready for the opening match today!! Sakuragi reacted quite aggressively and was somewhat unable to accept this fact.

"The result of the punishment can't be changed, accept it, Sakuragi. Okay, let's go back and rest, and we'll talk about the details tomorrow. "Coach Ohki doesn't seem to want to dwell on this matter for too long.

"Don't be too upset, Sakuragi!!" Mitsui, Miyagi and some other team members walked over to comfort Sakuragi and left. In the conference room, only Sakuragi was left in a daze with a penalty ticket.

After a while, Sakuragi's phone rang. When I took out my phone, it turned out to be a text message from Haruko.

"It must be Haruko who also knows about it, it's over! Finished! Sakuragi thought to himself, reluctant to open it, but after hesitating, he opened it anyway.

"Sakuragi, are you okay?" Haruko came up with this concerned question, so that Sakuragi was no longer afraid, and continued to read.

"I already know about that, it's not all your fault, in fact, I knew it happened the day after I finished the race, and I just wanted to wait until the results came out before contacting you. Don't take it personally, Sakuragi, this may be the price of growth! Wouldn't it be better to take advantage of this time of hiatus, Sakuragi, to practice a little more, and then give everyone a stunning debut! I'll definitely go to the scene to cheer Sakuragi on that occasion. So, keep it up!! Sakuragi. ”

Sakuragi burst into tears after reading the text message, the person at this time should be the most easily moved, and the other party is still Haruko.

"Don't worry, Haruko! I'm going to make a stunning debut! Sakuragi almost finished typing with a trembling and replied to the text message.

After replying to the text message, Sakuragi walked out of the conference room and shouted loudly.

"Uncle, please turn on the lights, I'm just going to start practicing today!!"