Chapter 2 Competition for Talents

The summer of inaction has passed, and in the blink of an eye, it is winter again. This year's autumn national body has nothing to do with Xiangbei. Only Suzuki still remembers from time to time that when Taiga was still alive the year before, he was selected for the Kanagawa Prefectural team and won the championship.

In last year's Winter Cup, Xiangbei's results were even worse. It was difficult for Maki to stand alone, and Xiangbei lost in the first round to Sunrise West, which was still the top eight last year.

Seeing Shigeru Arakawa in the middle of the house as if he was in a no-man's land, Suzuki felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

In this year's Winter Cup, only Xiangyang of the Red Forest was left, and failed to complete the great cause of three consecutive hegemony, and was defeated by the hands of the old enemy Mountain King for the first time in several years.

Now the trump card of the King of the Mountains is not the rookie Cave Water of the year, but the Ice Room Chenya who switched from Yangquan to the King of the Mountains with Liu Wei.

This handsome shooting guard, with his skills that are not inferior to his appearance, pierced Xiangyang's hoop again and again, helping the Mountain King return to the top.

There are many people who believe that Xiangyang's hegemony will decline.

For this argument, Suzuki has only hehe.

You've thought too much! Mitsui, Fujima, and Hanagata, these three people are in the hands of Anzai, who is good at training newcomers, and I'm afraid that in the first year, they will shine!

Suzuki touched the bottom of several players who still had vague impressions in his memory, but found that other people's players were destined to be someone else's, and none of them could be dug up.

Among the school directors in Xiangyang, there is one surnamed Fuji Zhen.

As for the flower shape, it is from the primary school of Xiangyang and the middle of the country all the way up, and it is impossible to leave Xiangyang at all.

Among the remaining players who were impressed, Suzuki only found Akagi and Uozui.

The two have already made their mark in the national and prefectural competitions. However, Uozumi has been surrounded by coaches and supervisors from all walks of life, and I don't know who will end up with it, and Suzuki gave up the 199cm Uozumi after a little contact, and instead focused on Akagi, who is only 190cm.

Thanks to Suzuki's timely change of target, when Uzumi finally decided to go to Lingnan, he turned his attention to the other center Naeko, he was already sitting at Akagi's house, and with the advantage of scholarship, he defeated Coach Hayama of Takeyuan and took Akagi under his command.

However, apart from Akagi, Suzuki has nothing to gain, only looking forward to the Sakuragi Flower Road being promoted to the next level and joining Xiangbei in the following year.

Sakuragi, who received basketball training in advance, was in the basketball club of the High School Affiliated to Lihai University in just one year, and he became a major player and made a name for himself throughout the county.

The fast-break combination he formed with point guard Ryota Miyagi made many strong teams fearful, and there was no place for the giant center.

Compared with Miyagi, who has just been transferred from the football club, Sakuragi, who has suddenly jumped to 176cm in height, is only a first-year, but he is more mature in terms of skills and appearance, and is often stopped by teachers and coaches from various colleges and universities.

Fortunately, Suzuki is not worried about this, Sakuragi is only a first-year student, and he will have to wait two years to enter the college basketball world. He just told Sakuragi to bring his friends to the house to play more when it was time for the holidays.

By the way, last spring, Suzuki and Sakuragi moved into their new home, mainly on the concrete floor of the small basketball court, and then laid a new layer of soft materials. There is a small basketball court in his yard, so it's no wonder that Sakuragi's skills have improved by leaps and bounds.

The location of the new house is on the edge of the block, and the small basketball court is separated by a small road that is the fence of the hospital parking lot.

And Suzuki's left neighbor, when they first met, surprised Suzuki a little.

When he knocked on the door and saw the beauty who opened the door, Suzuki exclaimed in surprise, "Miss Fujibayashi, I didn't expect you to live here." After the call, Suzuki felt a little embarrassed, and when I saw the name tag in this house before, the head of the household was clearly surnamed Hiiragi.

The beauty smiled slightly, and said softly to Suzuki: "This gentleman has seen my sister." ”

Suzuki also reacted at this time, the woman in front of him was dressed as a woman, and she had short hair, and there were still some differences from the Miss Fujibayashi who had met on a blind date before, so she hurriedly bent down and apologized, and said, "I'm sorry." I am a new resident next door, my name is Suzuki Hirofumi, and I am a teacher at Xiangbei University. This is my nephew Sakuragi Hanamichi. ”

The woman took a look at Suzuki's appearance, recalled that when she was decorating next door, she had seen this face, and now she was still with a half-grown child, she believed Suzuki's words, returned the salute, and introduced herself: "It's an honor to meet you." I'm Hiiragi, a nurse at the hospital next door. Fujibayashi was my last name before I got married. I don't know where Suzuki-kun met his sister? ”

Suzuki touched his head and laughed dryly, a little hesitant, not knowing whether to tell the story.

Hiiragi was very empathetic and said, "If it's inconvenient, Suzuki-kun doesn't have to say it." ”

Suzuki waved his hand and said, "It's not a big deal." Someone introduced Sister Ling to me. ”

Suzuki didn't say it was a blind date, but Hiiragi immediately understood the true meaning of his words, and exclaimed: "It seems that Suzuki-kun is a pretty good person!" ”

Suzuki came out of college in his life and went into middle school again, and his face had not yet been trained to be as thick as a city wall, when he heard the praise of himself, he blushed and humbled himself.

Hiiragi pursed her lips and smiled: "My mother's vision is very high. Regardless of whether the sister of the family has taken a fancy to Your Excellency, being able to enter the eyes of the mother of the family has already proved the excellence of Suzuki-kun. ”

The two sides continued to talk.

When Suzuki said that Sakuragi played basketball and sometimes made some noise, hoping that his neighbors would understand, Hiiragi smiled and immediately said that he would understand.

Suzuki was going to explain to the housewife what basketball was, and the other party agreed so directly that he was speechless for a while.

Hiiragi then explained that her two sons were both campus basketball players.

Suzuki became interested, according to the position of the Hiiragi family, Hiiragi's son must be within the enrollment range of Xiangbei, and if the age is right, it may be able to become a powerful supplement to Xiangbei.

So he asked.

Hiiragi's eldest son is named Hiiragi Hito-sei, and he is now a special student for sports at Imperial University.

And the second son, Hiiragi Yoshisei, is in his first year of high school, and now he is following in the footsteps of his brother and studying at Luo'an High School.

Speaking of Luoan, Suzuki finally remembered why he was somewhat familiar with Hiiragi, a relatively rare surname.

In the year when Xiangbei entered the national competition, among the five best players selected in the end, the only one who was not from the Kanagawa team was this Hiiragi Hitoshi.

It has always been Kanagawa Prefecture that poached people from other prefectures, and Suzuki never thought for a while that there would be players from Kanagawa Prefecture who would go to other prefectures to play.

Suzuki then asks the Hiiragi brothers why they are far away from their parents to study in another county, revealing his identity as an advisor and supervisor to Xiangbei, and trying to persuade Hiiragi to transfer her son to Xiangbei.

Hiiragi smiled and rejected Suzuki, it turned out that Luoan's Okazaki coach was an old acquaintance of the Fujibayashi sisters.

Hearing Hiiragi say this, Suzuki gave up, exchanged a few more pleasantries, and ended the visit.