The hall was blocked at noon, and there was no training camp after school, so Lin Dong went to the field court in front of his house to complete the last 200 shots of the day and the rest of the basic training.

Sweating profusely, it was natural to go to Mito Yuyu to relax.

I bought a copy of the weekly basketball magazine at a newsstand on the street.

The Mito bath usually starts after 8 p.m., and it is quiet from 4 a.m. to 6 or 7 p.m. after school at high school, so you can soak in the bath and read a book or newspaper.

Boss Chuan Lai played him the nostalgic golden song that he had been used to listening to recently.

Soaking in the hot springs, listening to music and reading the newspaper, the fatigue of the day seems to dissipate.

At least one-third of the newspaper coverage was related to his performance in a single quarter of yesterday's big win over Xiangbei, but there were also many pages with all sorts of other interesting information.

At this time, although there were already some professional clubs in Japan, they were usually mixed with corporate basketball teams to play, and the professional B-League would not appear until 15 years later, so high school basketball, college basketball, national youth, and national teams were the main components of Japanese basketball in this era, and most of the news reported in basketball weekly was these news.

Now that the summer league is in full swing, most of Kanagawa's basketball weekly is dominated by reports on high school basketball leagues.

Lin Dong flipped through the whole circle of the newspaper, but he really saw a familiar name - Yuhiko Sugishita.

The trainer of the Japanese national youth team in the 2025 U17 World Championships was also invited by the NCAA to serve in the Florida Pumas for a year, and he is one of the top trainers in Asian basketball, but it is a pity that he ......

Although the name, experience, age, etc. all match, this guy is now one of the assistant teachers of Sanno Industries, and with the courage of the Xiangyang School Council, he probably doesn't have the courage to go to Sanno Industries to dig people, even if he wants to dig most of them, he can't dig them.

Nothing else.

…… It's okay.

At least the first time I read the newspaper, I saw a familiar name.

Lin Dong thinks this is a good start, pay more attention in the future, and there will always be some discoveries.

I was looking at the newspaper and heard a customer entering the store, and the sound insulation effect of the Mito bath was really average.

"No, no, I said that I'll have a treat with Sakuragi today, no problem, Dad?"

"It's all from the Xiangbei Basketball Club, I played well in the game yesterday, and I went to the scene to see it, and the guy in the flower arrangement is still crying......

"Uncle Kawari!"

"Hahaha, okay, okay, no money, no money, go in and have a good bubble, yesterday's game must have been very hard, let's relax."

"Excuse me." The two voices in unison, quite steady, obviously did not belong to the chattering Sakuragi army.

People from the Xiangbei basketball team? Listening to that voice, it seems to be Mitsui and Miyagi.

Lin Dong bathed here every day, and met the Sakuragi Army several times, but it was the first time he saw other people in the Xiangbei basketball club here.

"Well, even Akagi doesn't want to fight, and I don't think we'll ever want to break out of Kanagawa...... Bother. ”

"Can you bother me? Akagi that guy can still get into college, but I don't want to think about this grade, I was expecting some results in the summer league and doing a college special move, but I ran into that obstacle. What's even worse is that most of the winter league is also a dead end, after all, the winter selection is one county and one team, even if Fuji Zhen and Amu don't participate in the third-graders, as long as there is Xiangyang's No. 13 in the ...... I don't think I even have the chance to go to college. ”

"Hahaha, it's okay, there's still a few months left for the winter selection or something, right? We have ikebana, ikebana is a genius! ”

"Yes, yes, maybe in this winter league, Hanamichi won the master's brother?"

"You can't win, you guys don't understand anything." Sakuragi Hanamichi's depressed voice sounded: "Dad said there was no chance, that guy is too powerful." ”

"Wow, ikebana also has times when she admits defeat? It's not like your style, ikebana. ”

"He's not exaggerating." Ryota Miyagi said: "Coach Anzai said that guy is at the level of the national team, so Akagi even gave up the winter selection, so I think I don't see hope at all." ”

So Mitsui Shou's voice was even more melancholy: "Such a guy is actually only in the first grade...... My basketball dream is to be completely strangled by this guy, hey, it's still the life of playing small steel balls for the rest of my life. ”

It seems that he was really beaten and autistic.

The voice was getting closer and closer, and soon, several people had appeared at the entrance of the bath, it was the Sakuragi Legion of 5, as well as Mitsui Shou and Miyagi Ryota.

Seeing that there were people in the bath, several people were slightly stunned, and when they saw that it was Lin Dong in the bath, the expressions of several people became a little embarrassed.

It's even more depressing to be beaten by this guy to the point of being autistic, but he still has to be heard by this guy to admit his own words, which is even more depressing.

Miyagi Ryota and Mitsui Shou both coughed dryly, Sakuragi Hanamichi looked listless, but it was Gao Gongwang and the others who greeted first: "Brother Gaoren!" ”

And the Sakuragi Legion is also already very familiar.

"Party?" Lin Dong responded.

"I lost the game yesterday, let's go out and relax together, comfort and comfort this guy." Yohei Mito patted Sakuragi Hanamichi next to him on the shoulder.

"It's just a game." Lin Dong smiled.

"Of course the one who wins says so." Mitsui Shou got out of the bath, and if it weren't for the fact that this guy was the first to applaud after yesterday's game, he would have to curse.

"It's not just a game!" Sakuragi Hanamichi said indignantly: "The gorilla said that he won't play basketball in the future, and the junior could have relied on basketball to go to college, but now he can't go, Anzai's father said...... Damn it! Even Daddy said we couldn't catch up with you, no matter how hard we tried, we couldn't ......"

Lin Dong looked at him.

Frankly, he didn't really like Japan as a country.

But basketball is pure.

And a person like Sakuragi Hanamichi who has a pure heart and basketball talent should not be buried by a game and a few bad friends before he has a correct understanding of basketball.

He asked Sakuragi, "Do you believe what others say?" Have you tried hard? ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned when she heard it, and she couldn't find anything to refute for a while.

"People are a real genius who is praised by the newspapers, and a guy like him who can play by talent and can be in the newspaper by playing a random game, I'm afraid he has never tasted losing in his life."

Miyagi Ryota leaned his back against the edge of the pool and said lazily: "What does he know about the pain of losers?" He knows what it means to be powerless and desperate to catch up with all his might? This was already Mitsui and Akagi's last prefectural tournament, and he understood what that meant? So, no matter how much you talk to him, you're playing the piano to the cow. ”

Mito Yohei saw that the atmosphere was not right, and he was afraid that the two sides would quarrel: "Don't say that, Lin Dongjun also has good intentions, not to mention that he is still our friend......"

The pain of the loser? Desperate to catch up?

Lin Dong did not speak.

The mist in the hot springs steamed before his eyes, as if it brought him back to some kind of memory.