Chapter 77: National Competition: Preparation, Sanno Industries
The taxi following the bus had already caught the attention of Coach Sanno Kogyo Domoto. After seeing the woman in the passenger seat of the taxi, Coach Domoto shook his head, and the smile full of the charm of a mature man appeared on his face again. This Aida Yayoi, it's been so many years, and he still has such a temper, and he won't stop until he achieves his goal.
The bus stopped at the door of a basketball training gym 15 minutes later, and Coach Domoto instructed Sanno captain Fukatsu to lead the players in to warm up first, while he stood outside the stadium and waited for the taxi to arrive in the distance.
Aida Yayoi saw Domoto waiting on the side of the road with a smile on his face, knowing that he and Sanae Nakagawa's traces had been discovered, so he simply didn't hide it, and directly ordered the driver to stop at the door of the training hall, and Coach Domoto opened the car door for Aida Yayoi very gentlemanly.
"We're meeting again so soon, Miss Yayoi!"
"Sorry excuse me, Coach Domoto, you know that we at Basketball Weekly are the most professional ...... in the industry."
Coach Domoto raised his hand slightly, stopping Aida from continuing.
"Miss Yayoi, we have known each other for several years, and there is no need to explain much about the professionalism of you and your magazine, if it were to be changed to other media, I would definitely explicitly refuse today, but I can make an exception for you once, but for today's competition, I only have one request, you and this beautiful colleague next to you can only watch, not take pictures, and not report. For the sake of the friendship between you and me, do you think it's okay? ”
Looking at Coach Domoto in front of him, although he had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of determination without hesitation. Yayoi Aida knew that if she didn't agree, not only would she not be able to attend this wonderful match today, but it was likely that her friendship with Domoto would also end.
"Sanae~"
"Yayoi-san?"
"Take the camera off and give it to Coach Domoto, let's just watch a good game today as fans of Sanno Industries."
"Okay, Yayoi-san!"
Sanae Nakagawa took the SLR camera off her shoulder and handed it to Coach Domoto who was standing in front of the two. However, he was rejected by Coach Domoto shaking his hand.
"Beautiful Sanae-sanae, I believe in you and Miss Yayoi, since Miss Yayoi has already agreed, then please come with me."
Coach Domoto stretched out his hand, and then led the two into the training hall.
At this time, the five players of the old mountain king in the training hall have warmed up, seeing the figure of these five people, Aida Yayoi was surprised, among the five people of the old mountain king, three of them are star players in the current national college league, and two are superstar players in the college league, the strength is quite strong, if this team enters the current high school group national competition, it should be able to abuse more than 99% of the participating teams.
The most shocking thing is that they are wearing blue sports vests, and the number tags on their backs and chests are No. 4, No. 6, No. 13, No. 7 and No. 18 respectively, and the five positions correspond to the five starting players of the Lingnan team.
Among the five members of Shinsanwang Industries, in addition to the three core Sawakita, Fukatsu, and Kawada of the previous session, there are two players that Aida Yayoi is not very familiar with, No. 5 and No. 8.
After the players on both sides bowed to each other, the game officially began, except for the first 5 minutes of the opening, the old mountain king star team once led the new mountain king about 4 points difference, from the 6th minute, the new mountain king's captain Shen Lu began to take over the rhythm of the game, the center Kawada also completely dominated the inside line, "the ace of the ace" Zebei opened the personal offensive mode, a wave of 20:8 attack wave instantly overtook the old mountain king star team, at the end of the first half, The score has been stretched to more than 10 points. Entering the second half, the overall rhythm was completely controlled by the new mountain king industry composed of high school students, until the end of the game, the new mountain king team defeated the old mountain king star team with a score of 64:42, and won by 22 points.
On the way back, Sanae Nakagawa's face was very ugly, and the strength of this Shinyamano Industry was beyond her imagination. As the director of the interview department of "Basketball Weekly", Yayoi Aida has seen many big scenes, but he is still deeply shocked by today's game. The two of them did not discuss any more topics on the way back, and returned to the hotel where they stayed in silence.
The next day, Sanae Nakagawa, who hadn't rested all night, got up and found that it was already more than 9 o'clock in the morning, and after she hurriedly washed up, she rushed to the B&B area where the Lingnan team stayed, but was told that the Lingnan team had gone out for training in the morning, which made Sanae Nakagawa pounce.
In a university's basketball training hall 5 kilometers away from the B&B area, everyone in the Lingnan team sweated like rain.
"Run faster, isn't that tiring? Immortal Dao? Don't slow down!! Come on! And you, Xihao, what to see! Look at the extra 10 laps! “
"Yes, Coach!!"
Xiandao and Xihao, who were originally sticking out their tongues slightly, ran with their heads buried again.
At noon, everyone in the Lingnan team, who had completed physical training, began to talk behind their backs when they were taking a shower in the locker room.
"Guys, did you notice that the coach wasn't normal today?"
Chen Xihao is always the first person who dares to start commenting on Shigeichi Taoka behind his back, which also makes him a lot of people picked up by Coach Taoka.
Xiandao first stretched out his head and probed outside the locker room, and after finding that everything was normal, he also breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Well, yes, it's rare to see a coach add so much training on the day before the game. It's a little abnormal~"
"I paid attention to the coach's face, the coach seems to have two heavy dark circles under his eyes today, and the bags under his eyes are also very deep, I guess I didn't rest well yesterday, so we can't have a good time today. I'm guessing so~"
Zhicao gently rubbed his slightly sour calf and analyzed it seriously.
"Could it be that like Xihao, I can't sleep on the pillow in the hotel, so I haven't slept all night?? Is Xihao's condition contagious? “
Cross Country began to shake his little poisonous tongue again, guessing that Coach Taoka did not forget to bring Xihao with him, and completed the gun picking a line and sweeping a large area of spraying people to the highest realm.
"you!! If you want to be infected, you will be the first to infect you! “
A towel was thrown into the face of off-road by Chen Xihao, and then caused the whole team in Lingnan to laugh.
Aida Hikoichi originally heard the speculation of the seniors, and his lips squirmed several times, wanting to say something, but looking at the relaxed state of the seniors of the Lingnan team, and thinking of Coach Taoka's last advice to him that day, he finally endured it.
In the evening, Sanae Nakagawa came to the B&B area where the Lingnan team stayed again, and after showing her press card, she was told that the Lingnan team was forbidden to visit today, and after telling in vain, Sanae Nakagawa had to go back and prepare to come to find Chen Xihao again the next morning.
It's a pity that early the next morning, Sanae Nakagawa still pounced.
The Lingnan team had already set off early and came to the Ishida Memorial Gymnasium to adapt to the venue in advance to prepare for the upcoming battle with Sanno Industry in the afternoon.
In addition to the eight matches played on the first day, three matches will be played every day, one in the morning and two in the afternoon, starting on the second and third days, in the four tournament stadiums in Hiroshima Prefecture, for a total of 12 matches in one day.
When the Lingnan team arrived at the Ishida Memorial Gymnasium, the game here had just finished halftime and entered the halftime time, and the fighting team was a familiar old friend of the Lingnan team, the Xiangbei college basketball team, they were playing against the Ma Gongxi team here this morning, looking at the score of 64:32 on the scoreboard, it seems that the Xiangbei team won the first battle without any suspense.
"Huh? Hahaha! Xiao Hao?! Are you here? Are you here to cheer me on? Did you see that great dunk in my first half? “
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was sweating profusely and was about to leave, when he saw the Lingnan team in blue sportswear appear on the scene, he jumped in front of Chen Xihao like a wild monkey scattered in the mountains, and then began to brag about his wisdom and martial arts in the first half.
"I've said it all, don't call me Xiaohao, you're in the first grade, I'm in the second grade, you can call me senior, or, Master?"
"Master???"
"Hey~~ Yes, it's so good!!"
Seeing that the cherry blossom path was instantly put on the set, Chen Xihao quickly stretched out his right hand and rubbed the small red bald head of the cherry blossom road, he had long wanted to touch it, but he had never had a chance. I didn't realize it until I touched it, huh? It feels good~~
The conversation between Chen Xihao and Sakuragi Hanamichi instantly caused the Lingnan team to burst into laughter.
"You dare to take advantage of me! Xiao Hao, let me tell you, after Uncle Ben got angry, even I was scared, you know? The consequences are...... Ah~"
After a scream, a fist the size of a sand bowl appeared on top of Sakuragi Hanamichi's bald head, knocking him down. The tall Akagi Goken appeared behind Sakuragi.
Akagi Gangxian looked at his old friend and opponent, the captain of the Lingnan team, Yuzhu, and his wooden face showed a hint of color.
"Fish live?"
"Akagi!"
"Today's game of yours is Sanno Industries?!"
"I know!!"
"Don't fall here, you know?"
"Nonsense! Akagi, no one will try to defeat me until I defeat you!! “
"Okay, then our Xiangbei will be waiting for you in the semi-finals!"
"Humph! You have to have the ability to get into the top four, but don't overturn in the gutter! “
"Humph! Let's worry about your opponent today, I'll say it again, that's Sanno Industries!! “
Two old enemies and friends, Akagi and Uozui, who care about each other but never admit it verbally, do not stop moving forward, and they just staggered.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who didn't want to go, was dragged away by Akagi holding the back of his jersey, and on the way to be dragged away, Sakuragi Hanamichi was still shouting loudly
"Hey, Xiao Hao, after our game is over, I'll come to the scene to cheer you on! Those who are called the king of the mountain, you must kill them......"
Looking at the akagi and cherry trees in the distance, Chen Xihao smiled helplessly. Is...... Cute Sakuragi~