Fast forward to June.

As the temperature continues to rise, the cicadas in all corners of the city begin to sing to their heart's content, just like the enthusiastic cheerleaders in the Yokohama City Basketball Stadium at this time, opening their throats and cheering hard for their respective teams.

Misakitaro from the football club of Xiangyang High School is an important part of Xiangyang's many cheerleading team members at this time - the team leader.

Behind him, all the members of the three major clubs of Xiangyang filled the seats of 200 spectators, and in front of them was a banner of the Xiangyang Basketball Club with the word "fighting spirit" written on it. Although he was reluctant, Misakitaro still earnestly fulfilled his original agreement, and shouted to the group of cheerleaders who had gathered together on the fly, "Who is the team that won this game?" ”

"Xiang-Yang-"

The cheerleaders rhythmically tapped the plastic bottles in their hands as they dragged out their voices and shouted.

The neat and powerful shouts of hundreds of young men made the audience in the arena suddenly fall silent, and then erupted into more and louder discussions than before.

"It's worthy of Xiangyang, just the cheerleading team is full of momentum!"

"Well, the traditional basketball powerhouse in the county really lives up to its reputation."

"Hainan's cheerleading team is probably not bad, you see, Hainan seems to be ready to shout slogans, it seems that there is a good show to watch before the game starts."

"I don't know if Xiangyang has the ability to pull Hainan down from the championship this year, I'm looking forward to it!"

“……”

While the audience in the stadium was discussing, Hainan's cheerleaders also began to exert their strength.

"Hainan—"

"Victory!"

"Hainan—"

"Victory!"

The same uniform slogan as Xiangyang, coupled with the banner hanging in front of the cheerleading team, there is no gorgeous text, just the word 'Chang Sheng', which is enough to show Hainan's kingly spirit of dominating the Kanagawa high school basketball world for 14 years.

In this way, in the hoarse shouts of Hainan and Xiangyang's respective cheerleading teams, the players of the two teams also appeared on the basketball court under the leadership of their respective coaches.

Facing Hainan again, Kenji Mizuno tried to hold back the entanglement and excitement in his heart, his eyes swept over every young player standing in front of him, and then said to everyone in a deeper than usual voice: "If you win Hainan, we will be the champions!" ”

"Good!" Hiroshi Kobayashi took the lead and responded loudly.

"Wow!" The rest of the people also shouted with enthusiasm.

In a simple sentence, it can even be condensed again, the two words 'champion', isn't this exactly the glory that this group of young players want to pursue?

Not only Xiangyang, but also many teams that have struggled before, every player in these teams. How many days and nights, how many exhausting trainings, how many drops of sweat spilled on the court, for nothing more than the two words in Kenji Mizuno's words - champion.

Therefore, Kenji Mizuno only said this sentence, but it was enough to arouse the fighting spirit in the hearts of all the players in Xiangyang.

"Smack!"

Kenji Mizuno clapped his hands, telling the players who were burning with strong desires not to be too anxious, and waited for everyone to calm down before continuing: "We must win this game, so we don't have to keep anything later, let's do our best to defeat Hainan." ”

In Hainan's rest area, Gao Touli is also boosting the morale of Hainan players. Compared to Xiangyang's use of players' desire for championships to motivate players, the approach of high heads is more simple and crude.

"Whether to defend the throne laid by your predecessors, or to stop Hainan's winning streak, you know what to do."

"Don't worry, coach, if Xiangyang wants to defeat us, it will be a hundred years earlier." No. 4, who wore a white Hainan jersey and was also the captain of this year's Hainan basketball team, Daito Kawada, spoke.

Gao Touli nodded, shook his head again, and then said to Nobita Kawada and the others who looked puzzled: "Don't underestimate Xiangyang this time, the lion fights the rabbit, and you have to go all out, remember, as a Hainan player, you must have enough self-confidence, but you must not let this self-confidence become arrogant." ”

Seeing this, Nobita Kawada quickly changed his words: "Yes, coach, I was too arrogant just now, we should use actions to tell Xiangyang who is the real strong." ”

"Well, that's good! Kawada, it's good that you can think like that. You don't have too much pressure, believe in yourself, believe in your teammates, just play as you usually do, victory, it must belong to our Hainan. ”

Gao Touli first hit a stick, cut off the arrogance of a young player in Hainan, and then give a sweet date, so that the player can maintain the self-confidence that belongs to the 'king'. A small trick shows the long-famous 'Confucian general' style of the tall head.

"By the way, Ah Mu, come over here, I have something to tell you."

Looking at the high-spirited players, Gao Touli suddenly called Mu Shen to the side to talk alone.

In the stands, Shigeichi Taoka sat in a corner of the audience with a dark face, and next to him was the tall but naïve Yuzhujun.

Yuzhu saw Shigeichi Taoka's face, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, coach, if it weren't for me being too stupid, we would have been able to play below now." ”

In the semi-finals a week ago, the veteran powerhouse Lingnan was eliminated by Tsuhisatake, and Lingnan was also the only seeded team to be eliminated. In this case, Shigeichi Taoka, who had been reprimanded by the school's senior management for several days in a row, was naturally unhappy.

"It's none of your business, Yuzhu, you've only been in contact with basketball for a short time, and it's good that you can have that kind of performance in the last game, but I'm too anxious, alas-"

Shigeichi Tagaoka looked at the players off the field and sighed, if it weren't for being stimulated by the excellent performance of Makishiichi and Mitsui Shou, Shigeichi Taoka wouldn't have been so early, so he let Yuzhujun, whose basic skills are still similar to Akagi, come on the field to exercise. As a result, Tsu Jiuwu seized the opportunity and opened the score in one go, while Lingnan, who is known for his defense, lacked an attacking player and was finally eliminated.

Therefore, when Shigeichi Taoka saw Hikaru Haneda and Makishen who were preparing to play in the field, he felt even more emotional, if only his team could have such a player, it would be great. The iron shield has been forged, and now there is a sharp sword missing, but this 'sharp sword', where are you?

On the other side of the auditorium, Mitsui Shou, Akagi and Ki Twilight sat together in their seats.

After the fiasco of the battle between Xiangbei and Hainan, knowing where he was defeated, although Mitsui also knew that it was unrealistic to change the status quo in the short term, Mitsui still desperately hoped that the strength of Akagi and Mu Du and others could be improved as soon as possible.

And seeing Mitsui doing his best, Akagi, who couldn't stop the Hainan players from scoring, finally recognized the gap between himself and the real ace player, became modest, and became a lot easier to learn.

Although the reasons are different, Akagi, whose personality has not changed, has returned to the old path of practicing basic skills, and because of the existence of Mitsui, an outside marksman, Akagi pays more attention to the practice of rebounding.

Watching the game between strong teams and strong teams can not only increase the vision of the players, but also recognize the gap between themselves and the strong teams, coupled with the desire in their hearts for Hikaru Haneda and others to defeat Hainan, so the three of them sat in the stands.

"Mitsui, what do you think of this game?" Knowing his shortcomings, Akagi asks Mitsui to know Mitsui's opinion.

"It's hard to say, although Xiangyang and Hainan have both played with us, but they are not official lineups, and I don't know their hidden strength, so I can't judge it. But there is one thing that I vaguely feel is important. ”

"Oh! Very important! What is it? Mitsui-san? Mu Dui, who didn't have much presence, wondered.

Mitsui Shou looked at the two teams of players standing in two columns on the basketball court, saluting each other, and then said slowly: "I feel that the victory or defeat of the game is focused on those two guys." ”