The match between Xiangbei High School and the youth team ended with Xiangbei High School winning the game.

Although the lineup of the youth team is really very strong, in front of the martial arts of Jinguji Temple, which is full of hands, such a lineup is still a little insufficient.

In the face of a player like Jinguji Martial Arts, if there is no good enough player and a sufficiently targeted tactical system, it is impossible to let him go.

If you want to win the game in such a situation, unless you bump into Jinguji Martial Arts is not in good shape, and only in this way can the youth team have a chance to win.

But it's a pity that Jinguji Martial Arts is in excellent condition today.

It was only half past eight when the two teams finished the training match, and there was still time in the morning, and it was not easy to get in touch with the youth team, and Coach Anzai did not want to let go of such an opportunity.

After giving the players a break of nearly half an hour, the players were asked to play a warm-up match with the members of the academy team.

However, in the second game, the players on the side of Xiangbei High School have changed greatly, and Jinguji Martial Arts did not continue to lead the team on the field, but formed a new team with Kiyota Nobunaga and other first-graders to compete with the youth team.

Coach Otani did not refuse Coach Anzai's invitation to play, and even generously put Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota back to Xiangbei High School, signaling for the three of them to return to Xiangbei and play in a team with Xiangbei.

Seeing Coach Ohtani put the three players back, Coach Anzai was not polite, and directly changed the lineup, replacing the more tired Nango Koichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga.

The two of them, one is the main center who needs to fight against Masashi Kawada under the basket, and the other is the main point guard who holds the ball frequently.

The two of them were replaced by Jinguji Martial Arts, who came back from the youth team, Sakuragi Hanamichi and others.

A physical monster like Sakuragi Hanamichi is still full of physical strength after such a game, and although Rukawa Kaede has also fought for a long time, he can still fight for a while after such a long rest.

As for Ryota Miyagi, he hasn't played before, and now he's in his prime.

For a lineup like Xiangbei High School, Coach Ohtani also sent five players from the youth team, and the five people sent this time were all excellent players selected from other prefectures.

And this second round of the game is less intense than the first game.

Xiangbei High School, led by Miyagi Ryota, a second-year, showed very good tenacity in this game, but with the play of the elites of the youth team, Xiangbei led by Miyagi still lost to the opponent with an 11-point difference.

After playing two games in a row, Rukawa Kaede's physical fitness is also almost bottoming out, and Sakuragi Hanamichi is also a huge consumption, and after the game, he lay directly on the floor and didn't want to get up at all.

After two consecutive training matches, Coach Anzai did not want to let go of the youth team, and ordered a few players to let Wu Dao take them to feel the level of the youth players.

In the third practice match, the teammates who were equipped for Martial Arts were center Satoru Tsunoda, Shiozaki and Yasuda on the back line, and Ryumasa Oda, who played the small forward position.

In this game, although Jinguji Takemichi still continued his fiery shooting touch, the guard line formed by Yasuharu Yasuda and Shiozaki was too weak.

Jinguji Takemichi broke free from his opponent's bag countless times during the game, but these two teammates always missed passing opportunities.

Under the siege and interception of many people, the number of times that Jinguji Martial Arts connected the ball became quite small, so that in the end, Xiangbei High School was defeated.

Practice matches with the youth team were played from morning to noon.

And the weather, too, is getting hotter and hotter as time goes by.

The form of the players has also dropped significantly in this hot temperature.

It was almost 11 o'clock in the afternoon when the training match was finally stopped. The players of the youth team did not stay long in Xiangbei High School and took the bus back to Lufeng High School.

The training ground for the youth team is at Midorifu High School, a private school with some of the best facilities in Kanagawa. Even the lunch meal is not comparable to the canteens in Xiangbei.

Although it is summer vacation, the school cafeteria is still open, but the windows are much less open than usual.

Although it is a holiday, there are not many students who engage in club activities during the holidays.

After lunch, Xiangbei did not continue training, but announced his disbandment.

"Squeak-squeak-"

In the afternoon, Jinguji Takemichi, who had eaten lunch, lay in the shade of a tree on the school lawn, with his hands behind his head as pillows, and took a nap.

The breeze blew, making the sweaty Jinguji Martial Arts feel a burst of coolness, the smell of grass penetrated into the nose, listening to the cicadas on the trees, and the martial arts fell into a deep sleep.

The hot summer really makes people lazy no matter what they do.

After the morning training, none of the players planned to practice in the stadium in the afternoon.

In the evening, as the sun shifted, the shade of the tree where the martial arts were lying shifted its place. Wu Dao, who was awakened by the heat, stood up dizzily, and after rinsing his head with cold water, he finally felt a little sober.

Back in the arena and looking at the empty stadium, Wu Dao couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

"Although the weather is relatively hot, the team members have finally relaxed a little after experiencing the national competition."

"Now last year, when the juniors were still in the team, how could there be no one in this time period?"

As he spoke, Wu Dao took off his shirt, walked into the arena, went to the sideline to pick up a basketball, and then walked towards the basket.

"Because for most people, basketball is just a club activity."

"The national championship may be what they are striving for, and now that the national championship has been won, for those players with mediocre talents, training or not training has become not so important!"

"After all, there are only a few people who plan to take the path of basketball."

"The vast majority of the team members, it's just. They can only be ordinary people. ”

Just as Takeshi was about to train himself, at the gate of the arena, a figure blocked the sunlight shining into the arena.

Martial Arts, who heard the voice, turned his head sideways and saw that Mitsui Shou was wearing a loose sportswear at this time, standing at the door of the stadium, and said with a smile towards Martial Arts.

"Little three? How did you get here? ”

Seeing Mitsui Shou, a smile appeared on the face of Jinguji Martial Arts, and he greeted.

"It's a little boring to be alone at home, come to the stadium and have a look."

"I didn't expect you to be the only one."

Mitsui Shou raised his eyes and looked around the arena and sighed lightly.

"As you said, there are only a few people who follow the path of basketball."

"Besides, the weather is really hot, and it's normal that you don't want to train."

"We just played against the academy team in the morning, and the training intensity is not small."

Although Wu Dao felt that the atmosphere of the team had deteriorated a little, he was also able to understand the psychology of ordinary players and help explain.

He himself is a hard-working person, but he also respects the choices of others and will not ask others to work as hard as him. However, for those players who want to become stronger, Martial Arts will not be stingy with their own experience, and will also give the other party some guidance.

But so far, there are not many players with this kind of motivation.

"Academy."

"That's when you met Sakuragi?"

"How are those boys doing in the academy? Is there any progress? ”

When Mitsui Shou heard this, he asked with some curiosity, in fact, before he confirmed to play in the United States, Mitsui Shou also longed for the youth team, but now that he has a higher goal, the youth team is not much more attractive to him.

At this time, I heard that Wudao had already fought with Sakuragi and others in the youth training, and I was a little curious about the strength of Sakuragi and others.

People are like this, like the current Mitsui Shou, who has decided to study and play in the United States, in his heart, he actually expects to hear words like "progress is so-so" from the mouth of martial arts.

In this way, Mitsui Shou will be more confident in the choices he makes.

"It's not bad, whether it's Sakuragi or Rukawa Kaede, or Miyagi Ryota, the progress is quite great."

"Rukawa Kaede has completely changed his thinking about playing, Sakuragi's kid, although his personality has not changed, but when he is on the court, he is much more reliable than before."

"There are fewer mistakes."

"Miyagi, he seems to be developing three-point shots during this time, and his long-range shooting ability has become stronger, but he still needs to work hard."

"Overall, the effect of youth training is immediate."

Martial arts' words made Mitsui Shou fall into silence, and after a long time, Mitsui Shou nodded and said with a smile: "Really?!" ”

"That's really good!"

"I wonder if I can make such a huge improvement if I go?!"

Mitsui Shou heard that Sakuragi and the others had made progress, and after all, he was still happy for a few of them, and at the same time, he couldn't help but think about some things in his heart.

"You?"

"It's difficult, their thinking on the court is not mature enough, if someone guides them, they will improve immediately after they figure it out."

"But like you, if you want to rely on a few words from others to make a huge improvement, it's simply impossible."

Martial Arts shook his head and vetoed it directly, while chatting with Mitsui Shou while starting shooting training.

If you want to ensure your own hit rate, you must not miss training.

"Hmm." Mitsui Shou nodded, watched Martial Arts start training, and didn't bother him anymore, found a place on the sidelines and sat down, quietly watching Jinguji Martial Arts practice shooting.

After watching for a few minutes, Mitsui Shou stood up, moved his body briefly, and also found a ball on the sidelines and went to the other half of the court to shoot and grab himself.

Watching the martial arts practice, Mitsui Shou also felt that it was a little unseemly to sit and look like that, and he also joined in the practice.

For a while, the stadium was filled with the sound of brushing nets and striking iron, and the sound was until the sun set in the west.

At six o'clock in the evening, it was still bright.

Jinguji Martial Arts, who had finished training, took a shower by the pool, and then returned to the stadium to look at Mitsui Shoulang, who was still training, and asked:

"Hey, junior, I'm going to get ready to leave, are you still practicing?!"

"Let's go to dinner? I'm in for a treat, as a reward for thanking you for practicing with me! ”

Basketball is like this, although Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou both practiced on their own, they didn't say much. But as long as you practice on the same course, you don't feel lonely.

Martial Arts began to thank Mitsui Shou for accompanying him.

"I just don't want to waste my time."

"I don't mean to practice with you."

The three-point shot is shot, and the basketball goes straight into the net. Covered in sweat, Mitsui stopped training, his hands on his knees, panting.

"But you can invite me for dinner."

Glancing back at Jinguji Martial Arts standing at the door, Mitsui Shou suddenly smiled.

"Let's go."

The sun is setting in the west, and the sunset is all over the sky.

Jinguji Takedo and Mitsui Shou walked towards the outside of the school.

Suddenly, there was a sound in the sky, and Mitsui Shou looked up to see a plane flying over the two of them, leaving a white cloud mark in the sky.

"Martial arts, I'm leaving the day after tomorrow."

"I contacted a private high school in the United States, and I was going to go to school for a year and a half."

"In addition to the second half of this year, I will also play a senior year in high school."

"I'm afraid I won't be back in a while."

Mitsui Shou looked up at the plane that gradually disappeared from sight, and suddenly said in a deep voice.

Jinguji Martial Arts didn't reply, and walked side by side with Mitsui Shou in silence, and after a long time, he responded lightly: "Hmm." ”

"I don't know how long it will take to see you when I leave this time."

"I hope that in the future, we will have the opportunity to play together."

Mitsui Shou turned his head sideways to look at Takemichi's side face and continued.

"Yes."

Hearing the news that Mitsui Shou was leaving, although Martial Arts had known about it for a long time, when the other party really wanted to leave, Martial Arts couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Since junior high school, he has been playing with Mitsui Shou, and now that Mitsui Shou is leaving, he is really a little uncomfortable.

Although there is no feast in the world that will never be dispersed, when the banquet is over, it is inevitable to be lost.

At dinner, Jinguji Martial Arts's mood seemed to have recovered a little, and while eating with Mitsui Shou, he chatted about the past.

Mitsui Shou talked about his first impression when he saw Takemi, and when he thought that Takedo was a pervert who slipped into Takeshi High School outside of school, Takedo couldn't help but chuckle.

The two of them ate this meal for a long time, and they talked a lot, until the moon was on the branches, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and the topic of the two became less.

The street outside the window began to darken, and the number of guests in the hotel became fewer and fewer, and Takemichi and Mitsui Shou looked at each other and finally fell silent.

In the end, it was Mitsui Shou who broke the calm, got up from his seat, and said with a smile:

"Gone!"

Martial Arts did not respond to Mitsui Shou, still sitting in his seat silent. Mitsui Shou could feel the loss of Martial Arts, patted Martial Arts on the shoulder, and left the hotel after settling the bill at the bar.

On the way home, Mitsui Shou couldn't hold back his emotions anymore, covering his cheek with one hand, tears streaming down his fingers.

The parting of young people is warm and subtle.

Every young person will eventually progress and grow up in the process of gathering and separating.

A few days later.

Everyone at Xiangbei High School bid farewell to Mitsui Shou at the international airport, and after this day, Xiangbei High School officially entered a new journey.

(End of chapter)