When Ryonan finished second in Kanagawa and qualified for the national tournament, Yayoi Aida immediately featured Akira Sendoh on the front page of Weekly Basketball.
I have to say, my sister's love is truly overwhelming!
Young men who don't appreciate older women and mistakenly treat young girls as treasures, wake up!
Of course, the older sister's age cannot exceed 30 years old.
Anyone over 30 is an auntie!
People over 30 who still call themselves "little sister" are truly disgusting!
Shameless!
Shameless!
tui!
Thanks to Aida Yayoi's report, Sendoh Akira's popularity across the country increased dramatically, resulting in a very high evaluation of him in the national competition ranking handbook.
Besides Akira Sendoh, Jun Uozumi and Kichijou Fukuda of the Ryonan team also have good ratings in the National Tournament rating book.
Like Shohoku, Ryonan also received an A rating.
At this moment, the members of the Ryonan team also arrived at the schedule.
Seeing the Shohoku team members standing in front of the schedule, Jun Uozumi said directly, "Akagi, you guys are lucky! There's only Toyotama that's really strong in our group."
Looking at the group draw, among the opponents that Shohoku faced before the quarterfinals, only Toyotama was a strong team in the A-level category; the rest of the teams were not particularly well-known strong teams.
So, Shohoku team really had great luck!
Takenori Akagi confidently stated, "Our goal this time is the national championship, so no matter which team we face, we will do our best to defeat them!"
Although his words were arrogant, Akagi Takenori's confident demeanor was indeed infectious, so much so that Uozumi Jun couldn't help but chuckle and say, "Akagi! I hope you guys are really as strong as you say. See you in the finals!"
Jun Uozumi's unspoken meaning was that Ryonan would also defeat all their opponents and strive for the national championship.
Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun felt a mutual respect between them, so Akagi Takenori replied with a smile, "See you in the finals!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others standing to the side all smiled. If the final of the national tournament were a showdown between Shohoku and Ryonan from Kanagawa, that would be really prestigious!
But at this joyous moment, a discordant voice broke the happy atmosphere.
"Tch! Two unknown teams dare to spout nonsense here? What do you mean by 'see you in the finals'? You guys overestimate yourselves. Putting aside everything else, you don't even consider Sannoh Industrial, the three-time national champion, a threat?"
The person who said this was none other than Toyotama's power forward, Kishimoto Minori.
The Shohoku team had already met the Toyotama team before, so they naturally knew Kishimoto Minori. However, the Ryonan team members were seeing Kishimoto Minori for the first time and all looked puzzled.
Before the Shohoku team could explain to the Ryonan team, Kishimoto Minori continued, "Isn't the strongest team in Kanagawa the Hainan team? I didn't expect that the Hainan team would be defeated by these two third-rate teams. It seems that the Hainan team is all talk and no action!"
Whether the Hainan team is overrated or not is none of the business of the Shohoku and Ryonan teams, but Kishimoto Minori's provocative tone made both the Shohoku and Ryonan teams very unhappy.
Even the usually nonchalant Sendoh Akira frowned at Kishimoto Minori.
Earlier on the train, Kishimoto Minori had been beaten up by the Shohoku team. Now that he finally had a chance, he naturally wanted to mock the Shohoku team and all the teams that had a good relationship with Shohoku. Ryonan team, which was also from Kanagawa, was naturally the first team to be targeted.
Kishimoto Minori continued her arrogant mockery: "Even an unknown team like yours can be rated A-level? I think this year's judging panel is blind! Hey, did you pay money? Did you buy the ratings and player evaluations in the rating manual?"
At this point, Kishimoto Minori suddenly remembered something, perked up, and angrily questioned, "Oh, right! Who is Rukawa Kaede? There should be a bottom line to paying for evaluations! Look at your evaluation! Super handsome? Super cool? Super popular with girls? Called the most handsome man in Kanagawa? Do you, Rukawa Kaede, have any shame? You dare to write such comments in the rating book? Don't you know that the rating book should describe basketball skills and characteristics? Corruption! I didn't expect the rating book to have become this corrupt..."
Minori Kishimoto is a woman who constantly criticizes everything and everyone.
The players from Shohoku and Ryonan couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Sudden!
Sakuragi Hanamichi roared, "Hey! You little ponytail! Are you ever going to shut up?"
The reason why Kishimoto Minori lost face in front of the Shohoku team was because he was instantly subdued by this red-haired guy. Now, hearing Sakuragi Hanamichi's roar, Kishimoto Minori became even angrier!
Kishimoto Minori, in no way inferior to Sakuragi Hanamichi in terms of imposing manner, retorted angrily, "What? You dare to do it but not admit it?"
"Damn it!" Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't help but curse!
Putting everything else aside, in the entire Kanagawa region, the person Sakuragi Hanamichi respects the most is Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede is handsome and cool, and his basketball skills are outstanding. The rating manual's evaluation of Rukawa Kaede is reasonable!
Even if there's just a tiny bit of bias, so what?
Does the person who's not allowed to write the rating manual like Rukawa Kaede?
It's none of your business, you Toyotama team's Kishimoto Minori, mocking Rukawa Kaede!
Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately wanted to arrange a massive social death scene for Kishimoto Minori!
But just then, Sendoh Akira interrupted, "Sakuragi, who is he?"
Before Sakuragi Hanamichi could answer, Kishimoto Minori glared at Sendoh Akira and shouted angrily, "We're a top eight team in the nation, Toyotama! You ignorant country bumpkin, you don't even know who Toyotama is, and you think you can just jump straight to the finals? I think you're daydreaming!"
Akira Sendoh is indeed the kind of person who likes to sleep during the day and often daydreams, but when Kishimoto Minori mocks him like this, even the easygoing Akira Sendoh gets angry.
The usually nonchalant Sendoh Akira looked at Kishimoto Minori with a solemn expression.
The arrogant Kishimoto Minori sneered, "What are you looking at? You spiky-haired country bumpkin! You're not happy with that?"
This scene stunned even Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Good heavens, someone actually dares to mock the Immortal Path like this?
Sakuragi Hanamichi was also quite curious about how Sendoh Akira would react in this situation.
Sendoh Akira pondered for a moment, then suddenly revealed a faint smile, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. He turned to the Ryonan team members beside him and said, "The National Tournament starts tomorrow. Let's go back."
Seeing that Sendoh Akira had chosen to yield, the hot-tempered Uozumi Jun instinctively wanted to stand up for Sendoh Akira, "Sendoh! You?"
Sendoh Akira shook his head slightly, indicating to Uozumi Jun that he didn't need to pay attention to Kishimoto Minori.
But Kishimoto Minori got excited, "These country bumpkins actually have some self-awareness! Not bad! Better than the arrogant Shohoku team!"
In the end, Kishimoto Minori turned his attention to the Shohoku team, and the Ryonan team became the victim of Kishimoto Minori's attack on the Shohoku team.
To be honest, Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that Sendoh Akira was being a little too low-key.
Why don't you respond when someone mocks you like that?
What's the point of living then?
Have you not heard that a person lives on a breath?
Sendoh Akira can tolerate it, but Sakuragi Hanamichi cannot. Sakuragi Hanamichi is about to have a three-hundred-round battle with Kishimoto Minori!
But just then!
A voice broke the atmosphere!
"You are...Sendou?"
Everyone turned around in confusion.
The person who said this was wearing a white jersey with the words "Sannoh Industrial" prominently displayed on it.
The number on his jersey is: 9!
The players from Shohoku and Ryonan were not familiar with Sannoh Industrial's number 9.
Toyotama's Kishimoto Minori exclaimed incredulously, her voice trembling, "You...you are...the number one high school basketball player in the nation, Sannoh Industrial High School's Sawakita Eiji!!!"
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