After a week, Hikaru Haneda, accompanied by Kazushi Hasegawa, once again set foot in the Xiangyang Basketball Stadium.

It's different from the basketball hall last time because of the start of school, so it was quiet and uninhabited, so you could only entertain yourself. On this trip to the basketball hall, Hikaru Haneda was still outside, and the boiling sound of practice and shouting in the basketball hall had already broken through the heavy gate and penetrated straight into Hikaru Haneda's ears.

"What an exciting and nostalgic sound."

Hikaru Haneda, who was outside the door of the basketball hall, didn't push the door in for the first time, he just stood there quietly, as if recalling something.

Once upon a time, I was in another time and space, and I often heard the same voice as at this time, although there are differences in language, but in this hustle and bustle, everyone's sweat and efforts are no different. It's all about dreams, for hobbies, or for something important.

Recalling this, Haneda Hikaru had a glimmer of clarity in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was.

Hasegawa Kazushi saw his friend standing at the door, and although he didn't know what Hikaru Haneda was thinking, Hasegawa was still wise and didn't choose to bother. He stood quietly aside, and after a long while, he said, "Ah Guang, let's go in." ”

Haneda Hikaru came back to his senses, mumbled, and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the basketball hall.

Due to the outstanding performance of the basketball team, Xiangyang Basketball Club can attract many new students to join every year. There are more people in the club, and a basketball court is not enough, and if it is expanded, the cost of expansion is obviously not affordable by the club's funds.

Therefore, during the most recent renovation of the arena, the school adopted a compromise approach: on the basis of the original court, the two halves were the center, and the new course was extended to both sides. After demolishing some of the spectator seats, a two-in-one stadium was successfully built.

Usually train, divided into two courts for training. When there is an important game, then use the most complete main court through the movable basketball hoop. It not only saves money, but also expands the capacity of the club, and the only drawback is that when the team practice match is held, the two courts are too close to each other, which seems a bit cramped.

It's too crowded! The first thing Hikaru Haneda saw when he stepped onto the field was the feeling that fed back into his brain. At least 30 people gathered on the basketball court near Haneda to practice basic training such as passing and layups. There are also some players who may be beginners, practicing dribbling outside the court.

On the court, a little further away from Haneda, Kenji Fujima and Hiroshi Kobayashi are each in the team, and they are engaged in a practice match within the team. Hikaru Haneda stood on tiptoe and glanced at it, but he didn't see a flower on the other side of the playing field. When I closed my feet, I saw that the flower was lined up in the court in front of me to practice layups, and there were too many people before, so I didn't notice it for a while.

As the No. 2 person in the future Xiangyang team, Hanagata Toru is still training with the public here, and who is playing on the other side of the field, Haneda Hikaru feels that he can probably guess.

Hikaru Haneda suddenly understood better why the island country, which is not low in average height, is a basketball desert in Asia. Even if it is a basketball powerhouse like Xiangyang, training purposefully for an afternoon, many players may not touch the ball for more than an hour or two than a junior high school student in the Heavenly Dynasty. The basic ability may have improved, but the field ability and the face frame ability are far behind.

Basketball is still a competitive sport in the end, if you don't play with others, fight, and only practice the basics, what progress can you have? Moreover, boring basic training can easily wear out people's patience. After practicing for a period of time without seeing improvement, beginners can easily lose motivation to continue and think that they don't have the talent to basketball.

"So what are we going to do now?" Hikaru Haneda looked around for a while, then asked Kazushi Hasegawa, who was beside him.

Kazushi Hasegawa had already found his destination when Haneda Hikaru was looking around, "Let's go to the arena first, Coach Mizuno asked me to bring you here and go directly to meet him." ”

"Coach?" Yu Tianguang recalled it, and only remembered that the coach of Lingnan was Shigeichi Taoka, and the mascot of Xiangbei - Coach Anzai. Xiangyang's coach? Which one is it? Hikaru Haneda said that it was too long to remember, and he must be a featureless guy.

In the practice court, Hanagata Toru noticed Hikaru Haneda shortly after Hikaru Haneda pushed the door in, and was he discharged from the hospital so quickly?

Of course, Hanagata wasn't the only one who noticed Hikaru Haneda, many people noticed Hikaru Haneda, the guy who didn't enter the door until some time after the training time began.

Nagano Mitsuru, who was lined up behind Hanagata, poked Hanagata with his hand and asked in a low voice, "Hanagata, do you know the person who came in with Hasegawa?" ”

Hanagata pushed his glasses, which had slipped a little from sweat, and said, "Well, that's the guy you've always wanted to see." ”

After speaking, Hanagata took the basketball from his teammates under the basket, and after completing the three-step layup, he ran around the other side of the basket.

The guy we want to meet? Could it be! That man!

"Hikaru Haneda!"

Nagano Mitsuru, who reacted, exclaimed in surprise and looked in the direction of Hikaru Haneda.

At the same time, Nagano was not noticed by Mitsuru Nagano's distraction, and his teammate in charge of passing the ball under the basket continued to pass the ball mechanically.

"Be careful!"

Syllable!

The basketball smashed firmly into Nagano's face, who turned his head when he heard the sound.

"Nagano! What are you thinking! The second-grader who was overseeing on the side roared.

"I'm sorry!" The grief-stricken Nagano Man not only took a blow to the face, but also had to apologize himself.

"Next..."

Not to mention the vignettes of the driving range.

Hikaru Haneda, under the leadership of Kazushi Hasegawa, came to the coach of the Shoyo basketball team at the time, Kenji Mizuno.

I saw Kenji Mizuno standing straight next to the scoreboard on the side of the arena, his hands crossed in front of his chest, his face in his thirties giving people an inexplicable sense of vicissitudes, and he was wearing a suit that did not match everyone in the stadium but did not look abrupt.

Before Hasegawa Kazushi could open his mouth, Kenji Mizuno's sharp eyes looked at Hikaru Haneda, and he took the initiative to say, "You are Hikaru Haneda." ”

Kenji Mizuno is half a head taller than Hikaru Haneda, and he looks like he has 1.9 meters. With a condescending posture and a cold tone, Hikaru Haneda felt a sense of oppression in front of strangers for the first time.

"Yes, I'm Hikaru Haneda." Hikaru Haneda raised his head slightly and looked directly into Kenji Mizuno's gaze.

The two looked at each other for a long time, but Hasegawa Kazushi couldn't feel the smell of gunpowder in the air.

Kenji Mizuno was the first to retract his gaze, glanced at the timer in his hand, and said, "Go warm up, you only have ten minutes." ”

"Understood."

After Haneda Hikaru finished speaking, he turned to Hasegawa Kazushi and said, "Where is the locker room?" ”

"This, this way!" Kazushi Hasegawa looked a little excited, and although he didn't fully understand the conversation between Haneda and Mizuno, there was one thing Hasegawa still felt: the coach seemed to want to see how Hikari performed on the court.

After watching Hikaru Haneda walk away with Kazushi Hasegawa, the tall man waved for Hiroshi Kobayashi on the field to come down.

"How? Instructor. Kobayashi asked with a pant, and it was obvious that Kobayashi was asking Hikaru Haneda.

Kenji Mizuno didn't answer the question, and asked his right-hand man with a smile: "Wait a minute, are you going to try it yourself, or let the two newcomers come by themselves?" ”

Kobayashi Hiroshi hesitated, the psychological shadow brought to him by Hikaru Haneda a week ago has not been erased. Although Kobayashi Hiroshi also knows that the strength gap between himself and Hikaru Haneda is not as big as he imagined, there are many accidents in his last failure. But if he really wants to compete face-to-face with Hikaru Haneda again, Hiroshi Kobayashi always feels that there is something missing in his heart.

Seeing this, Kenji Mizuno sighed in his heart, knowing that Kobayashi Hiroshi still had fear in his heart, afraid that the kneeling scene in the last game would happen again.

But, Hiroshi Kobayashi! This hurdle can only be crossed by yourself, and no one can help you. Only by overcoming the fear in your heart can you go further. Kenji Mizuno sighed in his heart as his disciple.