The moment the three-pointer went in, fragments of memories flashed through Mitsui Hisashi's eyes from when he first joined the Shohoku team more than two years ago.
At that time, he had just graduated from Wushi Middle School and entered the unfamiliar Xiangbei High School.
Despite having the MVP title from his junior high school days, as a first-year student, he still has to compete against upperclassmen, just like all first-year students.
For some freshmen who have just entered the school, participating in a competition against senior students can be a very stressful thing, but for Mitsui Hisashi, this is exactly the opportunity he longs for!
An opportunity for him to shine!
Therefore, the same thing will have different attributes in the eyes of different people.
The world as seen by people is different.
People's joys and sorrows are never shared.
Mitsui Hisashi from Class 3, Grade 1, raised his fist with high spirits and said confidently, "Now! It's our chance to show our strength! If we beat those older students, we can become official players directly and have a chance to start in matches!"
As the captain of the Takeishi Junior High School basketball team, Mitsui Hisashi is used to giving orders to everyone and is also very good at boosting morale.
Having led Wushi Middle School to the national junior high school basketball league championship, he is a man who has experienced big games. This is just a match against senior students, and he is not afraid at all.
He was actually very excited because his most admired coach, Anzai, was sitting next to him, and he was eager to show his best side to Coach Anzai.
Kogure Kiminobu gripped his clothes tightly, his voice trembling slightly as he spoke, "Huh? Really? Nobody told us~"
Most of the other first-year students around him were in the same state as Kiminobu Kogure, lacking confidence and extremely nervous.
However, many of the first-year students were big fans of Mitsui Hisashi, and one of them said, "With Mitsui around! There shouldn't be any problem!"
Another person looked at Mitsui Hisashi with admiration and said with a smile, "Yeah, yeah! Mitsui was the MVP in middle school!"
Others echoed his sentiments.
There's no way around it; people with a celebrity aura can't hide their dazzling brilliance no matter where they go.
Mitsui Hisashi was secretly pleased, but feigned modesty and said, "It's alright~"
Just as Mitsui Hisashi was enjoying this unique spiritual nourishment, the tall Akagi Takenori beside him said in a deep voice, "You've just been discharged from the hospital, don't push yourself too hard."
These words were actually meant to show concern for Mitsui Hisashi, but for some reason, Mitsui Hisashi felt very uncomfortable listening to them, so he squinted his eyes, gave a soft hum, and ignored Akagi Takenori.
Akagi Takenori ignored Mitsui Hisashi's reaction and instead looked at the other first-year players: "This is a test of our abilities! If we can win, we can become official players!"
At this moment, Takenori Akagi's leadership qualities were unmistakable.
Mitsui Hisashi was immediately displeased.
I just said it once, but you're saying it again?
What does that mean?
You look down on me?
Mitsui Hisashi thought to himself, "Whether you can become a full-fledged player is hard to say, but at least I can! Heh heh heh!"
Kogure Kiminobu looked at Akagi Takenori and Mitsui Hisashi and felt that the two seemed to be competing for some kind of position. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he felt that both Akagi Takenori and Mitsui Hisashi stubbornly believed that their own ideas were correct.
Thus, the first-year students, under the dual leadership, concluded their pre-competition pep talk.
It is common knowledge that when there are too many leaders, their ideas will not be unified, and then things will become a mess.
After the game started, the first-year students played without any strategy or plan!
Mitsui Hisashi kept running outwards, while desperately shouting for his teammates to pass the ball to him.
Akagi Takenori kept waving and begging for the ball inside the paint.
Both of them believed that they should be the ones scoring, and that everyone else should cooperate with them.
With this disagreement, Kiminobu Kogure and the other two first-year students were also in a difficult position, unsure of who to pass the ball to.
After hesitating for a while, he finally managed to pass the ball out, only to have it stolen by the older students.
In no time, the senior students had completely crushed the first-year students, easily taking a 20-point lead.
Seeing this, Mitsui Hisashi completely lost his composure.
What a joke! He was the MVP of his junior high school days, the superstar Mitsui Hisashi!
Under his leadership, the first-year students of Shohoku High School actually lost by 20 points!
This is so embarrassing!
Mitsui Hisashi pointed at Akagi Takenori's nose and cursed, "Akagi! You bastard! Didn't I tell you to hold off the enemy so I could use the opening to unleash my long-range shooting ability?"
"Your job is to set screens for me!"
"You must follow the strategy I, as the team leader, devise! Cooperate fully with my operations!"
Akagi Takenori was already furious. None of the upperclassmen were taller or stronger than him, so they should have followed his strategy.
But Mitsui Hisashi kept asking for the ball, and even when he got the ball, he wouldn't pass it to him, wasting many offensive opportunities.
Good grief, I'm not even angry yet, and you, Mitsui Hisashi, are already angry?
Akagi Takenori couldn't hold back any longer and abruptly interrupted Mitsui Hisashi's rambling with an even louder roar: "Who wants to cooperate with your actions?! You arrogant bastard!!!"
The sudden roar startled Mitsui Hisashi.
In Mitsui Hisashi's memory, no teammate had ever dared to speak to him like that!
"You should be passing the ball to me!" Takenori Akagi lectured Hisashi Mitsui domineeringly. "My height is a great advantage in the paint, so passing the ball to me is the best option! That's the strategy! Don't make me explain what strategy is anymore! Do you even understand it?"
ha?
How dare this stupid gorilla yell at me?
Mitsui Hisashi was stunned at first, but then he grinned and sneered, "Are you kidding me? You're letting a stupid gorilla like you shoot a basketball?"
Yes, you absolutely cannot get angry when you're arguing; you should tease the other person with a playful and joking attitude!
Akagi Takenori gritted his teeth and said, "What did you say?!"
A wicked smile flickered across Mitsui Hisashi's lips as he deliberately slowed his speech: "I said, you are... an idiot!"
The word "idiot" was spoken much faster!
And when Mitsui Hisashi uttered the word "idiot," he suddenly raised his right fist and slammed it into Akagi Takenori's face.
Good heavens!
Mitsui Hisashi actually made a move!
And it was a sneak attack!
It's still a slap in the face!
After the successful sneak attack, Mitsui Hisashi gloated and ran away!
"Ah!!! Mitsui Hisashi!!! You despicable scoundrel!!!"
"Stop right there! I'll beat you to death!!!"
Enraged, Takenori Akagi relentlessly pursued him.
Mitsui Hisashi smugly taunted, "Shut up! Chirp! You can't catch me~ Hey~ You can't catch me~ La la la~"
This scene truly stunned everyone present.
However, no one expected that not long after, Akagi Takenori and Mitsui Hisashi, these two mortal enemies who had fought each other, would start to join forces.
Moreover, the two worked together very well!
Once Akagi gets into a good position inside, Mitsui will make an excellent assist, passing the ball to Akagi so he can score inside.
When Mitsui Hisashi wants to make a shot, Akagi Takenori will also take the initiative to help set screens and clear obstacles for Mitsui Hisashi.
At that time, the person who cooperated best with Akagi Takenori was Mitsui Hisashi, who initially clashed with Akagi Takenori and later became the leader of the Shohoku delinquent youth group!
Only third-year students like Kiminobu Kogure and Coach Anzai knew about this.
At that moment, seeing Takenori Akagi set a screen for Hisashi Mitsui, Mitsui successfully made a three-pointer.
Watching Akagi Takenori and Mitsui Hisashi bump fists with each other from behind.
Kogure Kiminobu couldn't help but say, "Akagi! Mitsui! We've been waiting for two whole years!"
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