On the eve of the national competition. The moon hangs high, and a little starlight fills the night sky. However, not many people have the heart to appreciate such a beautiful night scene.

In the common room of the hotel where Xiangbei stayed, the lights were bright, and the TV was playing the video of the game between Sanno Industry and Lingnan High School in last year's national competition.

Coach Anthy sat on a blanket, leaning back on the sofa stool, resting one hand on the coffee table, staring intently at the video of the game being played on the TV.

This afternoon, the opening ceremony of the National Championship was held at the Central Arena in Hiroshima. Tomorrow morning, Xiangbei High School in Group A will face Toyotama High School from Osaka in the first match.

Although the first match of Xiangbei High School tomorrow is Fengyu High School, the TV in front of Coach Anzai is playing the match between Sanno Industry and Lingnan last year.

In the eyes of Coach Anzai, the threat of Fengyu High School to Xiangbei High School is almost equal to zero.

"There is no doubt that Sanno Industries is indeed a very good team."

"Last year, Martial Arts fought against the Mountain King in the Autumn Country, but... Autumn sports are still different from national competitions. ”

"The reason why Lingnan was able to win the King of the Mountain is not how good the four palaces are in the field, the problem is that the King of the Mountain's Eiji Zebei is too young."

"This Kawada Masashi of the Mountain King is definitely the top center in the country, if the Mountain King plays the inside line and mobilizes the Shinomiya Field to make up for the defense, the outside team will have enough room to play."

"Fukatsu Issei's strength is also significantly higher than Fuji Zhenjianji's line, the two complement each other, in front of Lingnan, he can definitely catch Lingnan's flaws and break it with one blow."

"Don Ben trusts Zebei's power too much, so much so that the Mountain King has suffered such a big loss at the hands of Lingnan!"

"After last year's IH and Autumn National Sports and Winter Races, Sanno Industry will definitely pay attention to this issue."

"Zebei Eiji's personal strength, compared to last year, is definitely a huge improvement!"

"I'm afraid, there will be a huge change in the style of play!" While watching the game, Coach Anzai grabbed the tactical board next to him, scribbled on the tactical board with a marker, and deduced in his heart the possible battle situation when Xiangbei High School encountered Sanno Industry.

This is the first time since Coach Anxi coached Xiangbei that he took it seriously, examining the opponent as seriously as he is now, and deducing the battle situation.

"The inside combination of Akagi and Sakuragi, I'm afraid there is no way to suppress this Kawada Masashi of the Mountain King."

"In terms of rebounding, we in Xiangbei should still have a chance to play against each other."

"Our biggest advantage in Xiangbei is actually the absolute advantage of Wudao in attacking with the ball."

"But if you rely too much on the power of martial arts, his consumption is definitely not small, and under the back-to-back competition system, even if it is martial arts, he may not be able to bear it. So... Mitsui Shou and Rukawa must be able to assist him on the court. ”

"In tomorrow's match with Fengyu, we also need to win the opponent with the minimum physical exertion." Coach Anzai was doing deductions on the tactical board, and he had already established the tactics against Sanno Industries in his mind.

Just then, the door to the lounge rang softly twice, and then someone pushed it open.

"Teacher Anzai, haven't you rested yet? This is... Watching the Mountain King vs. Lingnan match? ”

"Has this started to study our opponents in the second round of Xiangbei? He is worthy of being a teacher of Anzai. Mitsui Shou stood at the door, saw Coach Anzai watching the video, and smiled and complimented Coach Anzai.

“oh... Mitsui! ”

"Come in."

"It's so late and you haven't rested, what's wrong with you?" Coach Anzai turned his head, saw that it was Mitsui Shou, pushed his glasses, and asked with a smile, but the eyes behind the glasses revealed a surging sternness.

It's already 11 o'clock at night, and Xiangbei's game tomorrow is at 8 o'clock in the morning. Normally, the players have to get up at 6.30 to rush to the stadium to do some pre-match preparations.

Mitsui Shou hasn't slept at this point in time, and the rest time is simply not enough.

"I'm sorry, teacher."

"I can't sleep when I'm excited." Mitsui Shou felt Coach Anzai's emotions, scratched the back of his head, and said with some embarrassment.

Hearing this, Coach Anzai was surprised, he didn't expect that a player like Mitsui Shou would have such emotions.

If it was a first-year rookie who said this at this time, he would still be able to understand it, but Mitsui Shou's words should not have such emotions.

Mitsui Shou, who is now in the third year of high school, doesn't know how many big and small competitions he has played, and it is not the first time he has played in the national competition, and Coach Anzai did not expect such an emotion.

"Excited... Isn't it nervous? ”

"Mitsui..."Coach Anzai didn't finish speaking, Mitsui Shou walked directly into the door, sat on the blanket next to Coach Anzai, and said to himself: "Teacher, I'm already a senior in high school, if I can't win the national championship this year, I won't be able to win it in the future." ”

"We must be strong, I'm pretty sure of that."

"But, teacher, how can there be a certain thing about the competition?"

"In addition to the excitement, I am also a little scared, afraid of Xiangbei mistakes, afraid of losing."

"I don't want to...."Mitsui Shou hasn't finished speaking, Coach Anzai already knows why Mitsui Shou has such emotions.

People who want to be strong also have strong self-esteem, and the more such people are, the heavier their minds. The pressure on Mitsui Shou was not only given to him by himself, but also by the team members, and even, he Anzai Mitsuyoshi gave him!

patted Mitsui Shou on the shoulder, and Coach Anzai's eyes were full of softness.

"Mitsui, I've always believed in you, you."

"It's the strongest!" [Please enter the team immediately.] In the Hiroshima Center Gymnasium, the sound of the radio sounded.

The players' tunnels on both sides of the basketball court opened, and the players of Fengyu High School, wearing blue team uniforms, slowly entered the court amid the cheers of the audience.

"Huh~~ There are really a lot of people!"

"Okay, defeat Xiangbei in front of so many people and advance to the second round! Fight your way to the finals and win the national championship! ”

"We must prove to everyone that Coach Kitano's tactics can win the national championship!" Minori Kishimoto looked at the cheering crowd around him and said excitedly, while his eyes quickly scanned the stands, trying to find the skinny old man.

Coach Kitano, the former coach of Toyotama High School, once guided a series of Toyotama third-year players such as Nanlie and Kishimoto to the right path of basketball.

But a year and a half ago, Coach Kitano was dismissed from the school. The reason is also very simple, that is, under the leadership of Coach Kitano, Toyotama High School has never broken through the best result of the top 8 in the national competition.

Not all school leaders are like Xiangbei and do not pay attention to the awards and achievements of basketball games.

Fengyu High School, which has basketball as a development focus, cannot tolerate such a thing. Therefore, Coach Kitano was replaced and Coach Muramasa was replaced, but last year, Toyotama was eliminated in the second round, and Coach Muramasa was directly dismissed and replaced with Coach Jinping.

But Nanlie and others, who were trained by Coach Kitano, have a deep affection for Kitano, knowing that Kitano's departure was actually because of their bad grades, and while blaming themselves, they also desperately want to make achievements and correct Coach Kitano's name, in order to let Coach Kitano return to the team.

But last year, Fengyu's luck was not good, and in the second round, he met Xiangbei High School led by Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou, and finally ended in a fiasco.

This year, Fengyu met Xiangbei High School again. Although when he was on the train, Kishimoto had a very hard mouth, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that it was not easy to cross the obstacle of Xiangbei!

Coach Jinping is a latecomer, but his prestige in the team is not bad now. Fengyu High School experienced last year's fiasco, and Coach Muramasa also had a good heart-to-heart with these players of Fengyu before leaving, which somewhat changed some of the extreme thoughts of Fengyu players.

After Jin Ping took over, he originally planned to completely deny running and bombing and switch to defensive counterattack, but under the persuasion of his former coach Muramasa, he still decided to let the team focus on running and bombing, supplementing other offensive tactics.

This makes the run-in between Jinping and Fengyu players a lot better, this year's Fengyu, although it still bumped into Xiangbei, but the players are very confident in their teams one by one.

What? Lost to Xiangbei last year? That's just because our team hasn't gotten together yet! Fengyu's team members think so in their hearts, they want to find their victory in Xiangbei!

"Step... In the player's tunnel, footsteps sounded, and the Fengyu players looked sideways, and happened to see Coach Anzai leading the Xiangbei players out of the passage, standing behind Coach Anzai, Jinguji Martial Arts, and glanced at Fengyu High School from afar, with a smile on his face.

And when the Xiangbei players entered, in the stands

There was a "whoosh", and an amazing cheer erupted. The enthusiasm of this cheer was completely different from the previous Fengyu team members' entry.

Sakuragi Hanamichi beckoned to the stands on all sides, enjoying it, and Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango were wrapped in this cheering wave, and they also secretly said in their hearts

"It's amazing, our Xiangbei is really famous!" , but on the face, he is trying to maintain a calm and serious appearance.

Quite a bit

The demeanor of a "strong team player".

"It's coming, Xiangbei!" Nan Lie saw the martial arts of the Jingu Temple in the team of Xiangbei from a distance, his expression froze, and he couldn't help but recall the scene when he was in the opposite position with the martial arts of the Jingu Temple last year.

That one

"Military training", he, the Osaka scoring champion, has not forgotten until now. After that, Nanlie also saw the scene of Jinguji Martial Arts leading Xiangbei against Lingnan, and from that time on,

He doesn't care about the false name of "Osaka Score King", what he wants is to defeat the martial arts of Jinguji Temple!

Use running and bombardment to defeat Xiangbei High School!

"Let's go, today, we want to get back our own victory!" Nan Lie was secretly ruthless in his heart, and led the team members into the stadium to warm up.

The Xiangbei team members entered the venue, and after putting down their things in the rest area, they also began to warm up. Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango Kuichiro, Miyagi Ryota and Kiyota Nobunaga changed their jerseys early to warm up.

Jinguji Takemichi and Mitsui Shou were wearing white training clothes and walked to the middle of the field to pass the ball to these players.

The rest of the Xiangbei team members entered the warm-up, and they were all wearing team uniforms, which made Wudao and Mitsui Shou, who were wearing white training uniforms, particularly eye-catching.

"Eh~ Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou didn't change their clothes."

"Aren't they going to play?" In the stands, Lingnan High School, which had a bye in the first round of the game, was still fully present, watching today's game, Aida Hiko held a notebook in his hand, saw the warm-up situation in Xiangbei, and shouted in a low voice.

"Well, it seems, that's how it should be."

"And... The team members who warmed up actively in Xiangbei were all in the first and second grades. The Xiangbei players began to warm up, and Coach Taoka looked at the Xiangbei half and nodded slightly.

After speaking, Coach Taoka suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that Coach Anzai is planning to save his strength." ”

"After the match with Fengyu, Xiangbei will fight against Shanwang Industry!"

"There is no doubt that the King of the Mountains is one of the strongest teams in this conference besides our Lingnan."

"It's normal to be prepared and vigilant!" Coach Taoka instantly understood Coach Anzai's plan and explained to the players with a smile.

However, Aida Hikokachi, who heard this, scratched his hair suspiciously, frowned and asked, "I see." ”

"But... Wouldn't that be too much? ”

"I know Fengyu High School, although they lost to Xiangbei last year, but this year's Fengyu record in Osaka is almost all victorious, only one loss."

"Moreover, the games won are all big leads, and even the one that lost, Daei Academy, only won them by three points."

"Nanlie of Fengyu High School is still the top scorer in Osaka."

"Fengyu High School, which is the same A-level team as Xiangbei, Xiangbei doesn't send those players from Jinguji Martial Arts to play, and sends some first-year players who haven't played in the national competition, have they really won Fengyu?" In the end, it is the same Kanagawa Prefecture team, and at this moment, Yokoichi Aida actually began to worry about Xiangbei High School.

"Unnecessary worries, Coach Anzai may have already calculated the strength of the two teams."

"A teams are not the same as A teams! The strength of Xiangbei High School is difficult to describe thoroughly. ”

"And... First-grade quality in Xiangbei.... Very excellent! After saying that, Coach Taoka pouted and looked unhappy.

The new stars of Xiangbei High School are all excellent players who make him blush, even the most unobtrusive Sakuragi Hanamichi, Coach Taoka also sees a lot of talent from the other party.

Compared with Xiangbei, which is full of talents, Lingnan High School led by Coach Taoka.... It's really....

"Damn!" Coach Taoka gritted his teeth, his fists clenched, and he already had a plan in his heart! After this year's competition, the third-grade Fujima Kenji, Usumi Jun, and Hanagata Toru are about to go to school, although the four palace fields and the fairy road are still there, but Lingnan has begun to face the situation of lack of green and yellow, on the other hand, Xiangbei, the first grade is full of talents, and the second grade also has the martial arts of Jinguji Temple.

Next year, the strength of Xiangbei may not necessarily be weakened, and it may even become more terrifying.

Absorbing outstanding freshmen is already something that Lingnan must consider. Coach Ogaoka is not only worrying about the team's games during this time, but he is also keeping an eye on the games in the country in order to find enough good players.

In fact, now, there is a third-year junior high school point guard named Yuta Tawo on the Yokohama side that has attracted his attention, and this kid has performed brilliantly in this year's National Middle School Basketball Conference, and many teams have paid attention to each other, and Coach Taoka is also waiting for an opportunity to intervene and include that player in the bag.

This year's national championship is what Shigeichi Taoka is seeking

"Timing"! While Coach Ogaoka was thinking, the warm-up of the players on both sides of the field was over. As expected by Coach Taoka, as the referee blew the whistle, the players from both sides entered.

The players on the Xiangbei side are the first-year Nango Kuichiro, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede, Kiyota Nobunaga, and a second-year Miyagi Ryota.

Many of the spectators on the sidelines know Xiangbei, and they also know that the most famous ace in Xiangbei is the second-year Jinguji martial arts.

But at this time, I saw the formation of Xiangbei, in the stands

"Hum" began to discuss. Nan Lie, who walked into the court, was adjusting the position of his bracers, and when he looked up and saw the players on the field in Xiangbei, he was stunned for a short time, and his heart swelled with anger.

"Ju . . . Actually..."

"Dare to underestimate us!!"

"Xiangbei!" .................................