In the second round of the JBA League, when the Tokyo Great White Sharks faced the Kobe Jaguar at home, Akagi accidentally injured his right ankle and left the game.

After losing Akagi, the Jaguar team was united, especially Hanamichi Sakuragi, who almost did all the rebounding!!

Led by Sakuragi with 20 points and 18 rebounds, the Jaguar team won away against Jaws and won the opening two consecutive games.

But no one in the team was happy, because Akagi's injury touched everyone's hearts.

After a consultation with specialists, conclusions were drawn.

And found Coach Damu and explained it.

"You have to be mentally prepared!!"

Experts say.

"It's okay, just say it!!"

"Okay, then I'll briefly talk about Akagi's new injury. This time, the key part of Akagi's ankle is like an Achilles tendon, but it didn't suffer any damage, but here~~!!"

The expert pointed to the X-ray as he spoke, the position next to the Achilles tendon, to be precise, the position between the ankle joint and the Achilles tendon, like two tendons, and if you look closely, you can see that these two things seem to be about to break off!!

"This is the medial deltoid ligament, and we now preliminarily judge that Akagi's current medial deltoid ligament should be torn!!"

"Ah~~!!"

After hearing the expert say the word tearing shoes, Coach Oki couldn't help but be shocked, because he knew that no matter what the ligament was, the tear was a big injury!!

"The ligament tear in his area is really rare in the clinical practice of sports injury, maybe this ligament tear is related to his old ankle injury, which does not provide enough protection, making the ligament very fragile. ”

"So, what are we going to do next??!!"

Coach Oki now has no intention of knowing how to cause the tear, he just wants to know Akagi's treatment!

"This is also the reason why we are hesitating, and it is also the reason why we invited you, in most cases, ligament tears need to do ligament recovery surgery, but the process will be quite long, as the head coach I think you should know very well about the postoperative recovery period of ligament tears, and there is also a way to treat conservatively, because now his ligaments have not been completely ruptured, after our instrument and laser treatment, it should be possible to ensure that the ligament tear is stopped, but this treatment method is also very risky, although in this way Akagi can come back as soon as possible, but this is equivalent to pressing a time bomb at Akagi's feet, once Akagi has a similar injury, if it's serious, it will ruin Akagi's athletic career, and it will be branded with sequelae!!"

In the process of explaining by the expert, Coach Ohki clenched his fists, because this is really bad news for bad news!!

"Sequelae??"

Coach Oki interjected.

"The right foot is crippled~~, after conservative treatment, if you are injured again, the ligament cannot be healed by surgery, and it can only be removed, and at that time, Akagi's right foot is furnished,,, so you have to think clearly. ”

Coach Ohki may have prepared for the worst, but he never thought that it would be so bad that he risked being disabled.

At the same time, Sakuragi and others also learned about Akagi's condition through other experts.

"How long does it take to recover if you have surgery!!"

Sakuragi asked the expert a little impatiently.

"In the case of surgery, there is a three-month healing period, during these three months, the patient can only walk on crutches, and then in three months, you can take off the protector and slowly adapt to walking, and then there is another month, that is, seven months after the operation, the patient can walk normally for a month, but if you want to wait until you participate in basketball-related sports, it may take a long time, this time, it depends on the patient's recovery at that time!!"

"These three months, those three months, I dare to love that I can't touch basketball for a year!!Are you mistaken, can you take that long??!!

The expert's explanation completely infuriated Sakuragi.

"Because the nature of the ligament is that the recovery is slow, besides, he still injured the rare medial deltoid ligament, what I said are ideal situations, if the postoperative recovery is not ideal, it will take longer!!"

"Hmph, what kind of hospital are you, I obviously don't want Akagi to return to the field, I won't be treated by you, I know that there are several specialized hospitals for sports injuries in the United States, and it will definitely get better faster!!"

Sakuragi's words were very excited, even though someone next to him was persuading, but Sakuragi's tone was still compelling.

"It's useless, it's useless for him to go anywhere in this situation, you can't ...... if you don't believe it"

"Hmph!!I see that you just don't want to treat Akagi well, you just ,,,," Sakuragi Hanadao, don't say it, people are doctors, what are you shouting nonsense there, this is the hospital. Calm down!!"

Just as Sakuragi was going toe-to-toe with the expert, Coach Ohki walked over.

"Akagi ,,, Akagi ,,,"

Sakuragi lowered his head, a little crying.

"Think about it, whether it is conservative treatment or surgical treatment!"

The specialist left the room.

The Jaguar team and others came to Akagi's ward, and they have been in the hospital for most of the day, and they have not seen the person concerned.

"Sakuragi, what do you look like??!! you're not in the state where you just led the team to victory!!"

Sakuragi walked into the ward first, and Akagi looked at Sakuragi's dejected appearance and said.

"Captain,,, have you heard of everything??"

Sakuragi walked over to Akagi's hospital bed and said.

"Captain??? you don't call me by my name anymore, why did you suddenly change your name to captain again??"

Akagi said in surprise, listening to Akagi's tone, it didn't seem to be too much pressure.

"You're the captain!"

"Okay,,,"

"How's it going, Akagi, how does your body feel??"

Mitsui then walked in and asked.

"It's okay, eh, I missed the appointment, we were supposed to assemble in the training hall, but I didn't expect it to be here, really!!"

Speaking of this, Akagi also looked a little sad.

"Akagi, do you know all the specifics??"

Coach Oki walked in last and asked. followed Coach Oki in, as well as the general manager of the Jaguar team~~ Kawaguchi.

"Got it, Coach!"

"This is not a trivial matter, the team management will weigh the pros and cons to make a decision, and you will have the absolute right to speak, so, we also want to hear your thoughts!!"

Kawaguchi said, and at the same time, Coach Oki called Sakuragi and the others out of the ward, and only Akagi, Kawaguchi, and Oki were left in the room.

"It's a tough choice, you know, I love basketball, I love this team, and I'm eager to get back on the court, and if I do have surgery, it's not just that this season, it's hard to say when I'm going to be back next season, it's a nightmare for me!!"

Akagi spoke his mind.

"Then what do you mean ,,,,"

Kawaguchi probably heard Akagi's attitude, but he still wanted to hear Akagi say it in person.

"I want to go to conservative treatment so that if I recover quickly, I can be back on the court before the end of the regular season this season!!"

Akagi expressed his attitude, but was immediately refuted by Coach Ohki: "Do you know the risks of conservative treatment??? If you really think so, then I will definitely not agree here, I will not watch my players take such a big risk!!"

"I also agree with Coach Ohki's thoughts, although our team management respects the choice of players, but this conservative treatment is indeed too dangerous, and the risks brought by the operation are beyond the reach of our entire team from top to bottom!!!

It seems that the team management led by Kawaguchi and Coach Oki have the same attitude.

"But ,,,"

Akagi still couldn't bear it.

"I know Akagi is concerned about the team, and I can't wait to return to the team and continue training with Sakuragi, but we have to focus on the future, you are only 25 years old now, and your future career is still very long, we have to be responsible for your future!

Coach Oki began to persuade Akagi.

In any case, as Akagi said, it was a difficult choice.