There will be a total of seven rounds in the Winter Tournament, and the first three rounds will have a bye, Lingnan finally had a lucky bye in the third round of the draw after two games.

Lingnan, who got a precious day of rest, Coach Taoka did not arrange a training plan, but gave everyone a day off and told the players to rest well!

Some of the Lingnan players choose to stay in the hotel to rest, while most of the players go to watch other teams' games.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is a hundred battles!

But Wang Zhengyang didn't join it, he chose to wander around and precipitate himself.

Because there was a competition in Xiangbei, Haruko couldn't come out to accompany him, so Wang Zhengyang strolled through the streets of Nagoya alone.

With the increase in strength, Wang Zhengyang feels that his mentality has changed, and it is becoming more and more difficult to contain!

Especially when there is no one around him who can match his strength, his pace will not stop slowing down, whether it is Zebei, Xiandao or even Liuchuan Feng in the past, it will give him a motivation to continue to fight.

But now the strength pull between the three of them makes Wang Zhengyang's mentality more and more arrogant!

As a veteran player, Wang Zhengyang has many ways to adjust his mentality, such as watching NBA videos to remind himself that there are people outside the world and there is a sky outside the sky.

But some time ago, when watching the video of the finals of the Bulls vs. the Suns again, watching Jordan descend like a god, Wang Zhengyang actually had the idea of "he can take his place"!

Although it was only for a moment, it was quickly snuffed out by Wang Zhengyang, but it still made Wang Zhengyang startled.

This kind of arrogant thinking, which borders on arrogance, has slowly penetrated into his bones.

Wang Zhengyang was very arrogant before, unlike the arrogance of Sakuragi Hanamichi, nor like the restrained pride of Rukawa Kaede, Wang Zhengyang's arrogance depends on his judgment of the future, and his confidence that he can reach the top deep down!

However, his current strength is far from enough, and the average value of the general environment is too low, making it difficult for him to have a sense of exhaustion in actual combat.

This leads to a lack of concentration on the game, which can be won casually, and the dopamine secretion in the mind is naturally insufficient!

This is also the reason why Wang Zhengyang is urgently preparing to land in the United States, and a more high-intensity confrontation is conducive to his growth!

At the age of 15, it is the stage of rapid rise in strength, if you choose a corner of safety, it will only lead to missed opportunities and bury hidden dangers in the future!

At this time, the most important thing for Wang Zhengyang is to correct his mentality and prepare for landing in the United States!

Frankly speaking, Wang Zhengyang's strength at this moment is top even in American high schools, if according to the standards of later generations, he is a proper five-star high school student!

Even if there are Hall of Fame-level players such as Iverson, Kobe, Marbury, Ray Allen, Nash and other players in the same year, Wang Zhengyang can still be ranked in the top three, which can be called "crossing the river dragon"!

But the water of American basketball is deep enough, and countless geniuses were fighting for the upper reaches of the river.

If Wang Zhengyang doesn't want to change from a "dragon crossing the river" to a "loach", he can only precipitate himself and find an "anchor point" for himself.

The so-called anchor point is to find another support point outside of basketball life, and Wang Zhengyang has something ready-made, that is, food!

Making food and tasting food will make the mood feel comfortable, and at this moment, Wang Zhengyang is wearing a wide hoodie, walking the streets of Nagoya City, looking for food to soothe the soul, which can be called a lonely gourmet!

The weather is getting colder, and the people on the street are in a hurry, only Wang Zhengyang walks on the clean street with his head down, raising his head from time to time, letting the warm sun shine on his face.

His tall stature made him stand out in the streets, and from time to time passers-by in a hurry passed him, and then slowed down and looked back.

With a red hoodie, blue pale jeans, and Nike's latest Jordan basketball shoes, this outfit will not be outdated even if it is put in 20 years!

Fashion is a circle, the simpler it is, the easier it is to reincarnate, and the trend you appreciate at the moment may shine again when your grandchildren's generation comes.

"Welcome!" When you open the wooden door, the bell hanging at the door makes a crisp sound of "jingle bell", alerting the staff in the store.

Wang Zhengyang has long been surprised by the enthusiastic attitude of the Japanese service staff, after all, his home is a restaurant, and he nodded slightly and went to the position near the bar under the guidance of the waiter.

"Hello, here's the menu!" After warmly serving water and disinfectant towels, the waiter handed over a thick menu.

Unlike most small restaurants, where the variety of dishes is hung on the wall, this restaurant has clearly put a lot of thought into the menu.

The red copper color is full of heaviness, and the big store name "Penglai Xuan" on the cover makes people who don't know why think it's a Chinese restaurant.

In fact, this is a high-end restaurant that serves traditional Japanese food, and there is only one main dish, and that is eel rice!

Eel rice, also known as eel rice bowl, is one of the traditional summer foods in Japan. Eel rice is a rice bowl made by dipping eel in a sweet and salty sauce and then topping it with white rice, which is also called eel bowl.

In addition to the quality of the eel, this sweet and salty sauce is the soul, and it is said that this shop has been in business for more than 4 generations and has a history of more than 100 years!

And their sauce is the recipe of a hundred years ago, and it has not changed to this day, and even the jar where the sauce is placed is an antique from a hundred years ago, and it has never been cleaned!

The sauce is one jar a day, and when it is sold out, it closes and then boils the next jar directly in the jar!

Wang Zhengyang opened the menu, and the fragrance of lilies came to his face, this faint fragrance was refreshing.

The content of the first page is the main thing: three eel eats! Wang Zhengyang glanced at the price: 3,980 yen (excluding tax).

Even local tyrants such as Wang Zhengyang feel smacked, after all, the ordinary high-end eel rice is only about 2,000 yen, and the price of this one will exceed 4,000 yen after adding tax, an absolute luxury accessory!

Although the price is expensive, the store has obviously done its homework, and it is known as the ancestor of the eel to eat three times!

The meaning of the ancestor is that this dish is the first of its kind in the store, and it is an extra bonus!

The heavy menu, Wang Zhengyang didn't continue to flip through, so he decided to try this dish!

"A la carte!" Greeting the waiter, Wang Zhengyang pointed to the eel dish with the picture and placed an order.

"Hey, eat three eels!" The waiter nodded, and then beckoned to the back kitchen with a note.

"What kind of drink do you need?" I recommend the sake in the store, which is brewed at home! "The clerk is trying to recommend drinks,

"Sorry, I don't drink! Oolong tea is good! Wang Zhengyang directly waved his hand and refused.

"Huh? Excuse me! Although there was some surprise, the clerk nodded and left.

At this time, Wang Zhengyang picked up a disinfectant towel and wiped his hands, casually looking at the decoration of the store.

The traditional Japanese style, coupled with the "Dharma" decorated all around, looks particularly ethnic style. In particular, the partition between the back kitchen and the front hall is also decorated with Kyoto ukiyo-e patterns, which is even more impressive!

After a while, Wang Zhengyang smelled a vague aroma.

The wings of his nose moved slightly, and the corners of his mouth showed a chuckle, Wang Zhengyang understood that this meant that the eel had been roasted on the shelf!

As long as it is a famous restaurant for eel rice, it must be charcoal-grilled after the customer has ordered, so a while is necessary, but it is definitely worth the wait, because the fatty and salty aroma of the eel is completely ruthlessly forced out through the charcoal grill.

Sure enough, after a while, the clerk appeared with a large plate of food.

"Excuse me! Your order – three eels! The clerk was disturbed and put the food in his hand in front of Wang Zhengyang.

Japanese food, like Korean food, likes to fill the table with plates and plates.

However, compared with Korean cuisine, Japanese cuisine is more exquisite and elegant, from high-end restaurants to civilian restaurants, all of which have excellent requirements for containers.

At this moment, the food in front of Wang Zhengyang's eyes is matched with a unified blue and white porcelain tableware, which makes the obsessive-compulsive patients very satisfied!

After putting down the food, the clerk did not leave but introduced how to eat it, don't look at the small eel rice, but there are still a lot of doorways inside.

First of all, there are three kinds of eels, how to eat them, and in what order!

Wang Zhengyang didn't act as an expert at this time, so he listened carefully to the introduction of the clerk.

To put it simply, when you eat, divide the eel rice into 3 portions, the first part is eaten normally, the second part is eaten with seaweed and wasabi rice, and the third part is poured with juice and served with pickled vegetables, and you can eat "chazuke"!

There are three kinds of eel rice in one serving, so it's no wonder it's expensive!

Wang Zhengyang picked up a small bowl and took the lead in tasting the original aroma of eel rice, feeling the excellent balance formed by plump eel, plump white rice and rich sauce!

The small bowl of rice disappeared in an instant, licking the rice grains at the corner of his mouth, Wang Zhengyang showed a satisfied smile.

With the bottom in the stomach, the second part can naturally be tasted slowly.

The second taste is sublimated, and on the basis of the original eel rice, condiments are added to form a new taste!

It is usually supplemented with supporting roles such as green onions, seaweed, and okra, but don't underestimate these supporting roles, each of which affects the taste of the eel rice in the bowl. Different from eating the eel rice itself [heavy], these condiments often make the eel rice more delicate and appetite renewed!

Switch to a regular rice bucket (such as Sakuragi) and eat five more bowls without a problem!

If you finish the eel rice after the first two meals, you will miss out on the last delicacies.

The third is to eat hot soup to warm the heart, the so-called hot soup is soup soaked rice, which is different from the solid one to eat and the wonderful two to eat, after the third eat to add the soup soup, it is more [warm and mellow] that the first two eats do not have, and the hot soup blends all the tastes, presenting a perfect and coordinated sense of unity! After eating, my stomach is warm and super comfortable!

I patted my stomach, and frankly it was complicated to eat, but in fact, it was still the same as other Japanese dishes, and the portions were not that much.

But fortunately, Wang Zhengyang didn't exercise today, and he wasn't very hungry, if the only drawback was probably that he couldn't post on Moments, so that others would be envious!

Just when Wang Zhengyang was full of tea and food, Xiangbei fell into a bitter battle.

The opponent in the third round of Xiangbei is a team from Okinawa, and the team from a small place gives people the feeling that there will not be a team that is too strong, but this time it is different...

This high school is called an international high school, and Okinawa's specialties are the most famous for the U.S. military stationed in Japan, except for brown sugar and Aragaki Yui!

And this high school was formed by the children of the US military stationed in Japan, including mixed-race children, and it entered the third round for the first time in the national competition.

The first two rounds were basically complete victories against their opponents, causing quite a stir, and the Japanese have mixed perceptions of this group of mixed-race people.

Of course, there are many orthodox American babies among them, with the global deployment of the United States, there are many family members of the military who follow the American GIs, and even many NBA players have such experiences!

Like O'Neill, the big shark followed his stepfather as a child and lived in Germany for a while, and it was during that time that O'Neill played with the players in the army, which made him stand out as a young man!

So Xiangbei is facing such a team with a complex composition at the moment!

There are blacks, whites, and more mixed-race people, and this group of guys has great talent and good skills, except for the problem of coordination, there are basically no major problems!

Xiangbei was a little powerless for a while, especially Miyagi, facing the opponent's average height of more than 1.8 meters, and his performance on the field was very poor.

It has become an obvious loophole, and has been misplaced and attacked many times!

And Coach Anzai also changed his optimistic style in the past, and rarely stood up to command the team!

The number one player in the International High School is a purebred black player, who is not tall and is just over 1.8 meters tall, but his style of play is super energetic and he is good at breaking through dunks!

And the speed is first-class, a few points faster than Miyagi, so that the next captain of Xiangbei will completely stop cooking!

And the second leader of the international high school is not a fuel-efficient material, and the white inside line who is more than two meters tall is an excellent seedling even in the United States.

The height and weight completely crushed Akagi, and he also has a good mid-range shooting ability, which can be pulled near the three-point line, which makes Xiangbei's inner line very empty for a while!

At the end of the half, Xiangbei trailed by 15 points at 38:53.

With a huge score gap, the Xiangbei generals entered the locker room silently.

And the players of the other teams who came to watch the game in the audience looked very ugly!

Xiangbei is no longer an unknown dark horse in the summer competition at the moment, and the status of the top four in the country makes them regarded as one of the important challengers in Lingnan.

And Xiangbei, which was given high hopes at the moment, faced the test of being out of the game early.

And the opponent is a mercenary army, which makes many people very uncomfortable psychologically.

For foreigners and even mixed-race children, most people maintain a respectful attitude, like Wang Zhengyang is also mixed-race, but his skin color is the same as that of Japanese, so many times everyone will deliberately forget about it.

But this group of guys who look different from the locals at first glance makes it impossible to treat everyone equally. Especially in terms of the media, there was no mention of the first two rounds of the international high school, as if they tacitly ignored each other.

But if they beat Xiangbei and enter the top 16, they can no longer ignore their existence!

And at this moment, Xiangbei is not only fighting for himself, but also fighting for his complexion.

Xiangbei players will prove one thing, that is, yellow people can also play basketball!

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