Time flies, and a week has passed in no time.
That day, the doors of the Shohoku basketball gym were suddenly flung open.
"Coach Anzai, we're back!"
Led by Takenori Akagi, the Shohoku team strode in with great pride and high spirits.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was training, turned to his good buddies and greeted them happily: "Brothers, long time no see! How did the game go?"
Akagi Takenori glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi. He was also very curious about Sakuragi Hanamichi's special training. From Sakuragi Hanamichi's confident expression, he could tell that Sakuragi Hanamichi had made great progress this week.
Now, Takenori Akagi is finding his future brother-in-law more and more pleasing to the eye!
However, Takenori Akagi turned to Coach Anzai and reported, "Coach, we played three practice matches against the Changcheng team, winning two and drawing one."
Coach Anzai nodded in satisfaction and said, "Yes, very good!"
You should know that Changcheng's team was among the top eight in last year's national competition!
Moreover, and most importantly, the genius Sakuragi Hanamichi has not yet participated in these three practice matches!
If the genius Sakuragi Hanamichi were also there, the Shohoku team could definitely win all three games and completely crush the Changcheng team!
It's fair to say that Shohoku High School is really strong!
At that moment, Ryota Miyagi approached Sakuragi Hanamichi, put his hand on Sakuragi's shoulder, and asked with a grin, "Hanamichi, what kind of special training have you been doing this week? How's it going?"
At Sakuragi Hanamichi's request, Coach Anzai did not tell everyone what kind of special training Sakuragi Hanamichi would receive.
Only Coach Anzai, Haruko Akagi, and Yohei Mito and his friends knew that Sakuragi Hanamichi shot 20,000 three-pointers in a week.
It wasn't that Sakuragi Hanamichi wanted to surprise his brothers, but rather that he wasn't sure what the result would be after shooting 20,000 three-pointers.
After all, three-pointers and mid-range shots are not the same thing.
Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled and replied, "Actually, it mainly involves special training under the basket and some shooting drills."
Upon hearing this, Haruko Akagi and Yohei Mito both smiled but said nothing more.
Coach Anzai also smiled with satisfaction. In his opinion, Sakuragi Hanamichi was not only a genius player, but also a genius player who was very humble and low-key.
He completed 20,000 three-point shots in a week and eventually reached the level of a sharpshooter, but Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't tell anyone about it. Isn't that what it means to be low-key?
If Sakuragi Hanamichi knew that Coach Anzai thought of him this way, he'd probably be furious!
When Sakuragi Hanamichi was speaking, Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi Takenori, and others were all focused on him.
As good friends, they now know very well what kind of person Sakuragi Hanamichi is.
Looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi's confident expression, they all knew that he had definitely made new progress this time.
Although I don't know exactly what kind of improvement it is, it's certainly a good thing that my brother can become stronger!
Coach Anzai then said, "Then everyone should rest well today. We'll have one last training session tomorrow afternoon, and then we'll prepare to head to the national competition!"
"Great!" the crowd roared excitedly.
As everyone left one by one, only Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Haruko remained in the basketball court.
Today, Sakuragi Hanamichi volunteered to clean the basketball court, and unexpectedly, Akagi Haruko stayed behind without saying anything.
This made Sakuragi Hanamichi very happy.
"Haruko, you should have gone home with your brother. I was worried that your brother would be unhappy that you stayed with me in front of so many people."
Sakuragi Hanamichi said as he mopped the floor.
Haruko Akagi pouted, deliberately feigning a conflicted expression, and said, "Huh? Is that so? Well~ okay~"
With that, Haruko Akagi put the mop back in its place and followed Hanamichi Sakuragi's advice to go home.
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately became anxious, "Uh! No! Since you've already stayed, you don't have to leave."
Sakuragi Hanamichi hurriedly walked towards Akagi Haruko, revealing a mischievous smile, and put his arm around Akagi Haruko's shoulder.
Haruko Akagi rolled her eyes at Hanamichi Sakuragi, snorted, and scolded, "You're getting away with this! Hanamichi, you're getting worse and worse~"
Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed loudly, "Really? Am I that good? Ahahaha..."
Haruko Akagi couldn't help but burst out laughing at Sakuragi Hanamichi's shameless behavior.
"Alright! Let's mop the floor first."
Haruko Akagi pushed Sakuragi Hanamichi aside and started mopping the floor.
Sakuragi Hanamichi stopped causing trouble and joined in the mopping.
"By the way, Haruko, why did you cut your hair?"
"What? Hanamichi, don't you like my short haircut?"
After Shohoku High School won the Kanagawa championship, Haruko Akagi cut her long hair. The reason was simply that Sakuragi Hanamichi had a shaved head, and Haruko felt that if she cut her hair shorter, she would look like a perfect match for him.
Upon suddenly hearing Sakuragi Hanamichi ask this question, Akagi Haruko subconsciously assumed that Sakuragi Hanamichi disliked her short hair.
Therefore, Haruko Akagi seemed a little nervous.
Sakuragi Hanamichi replied decisively, "How could that be? Of course I like your hairstyle now! My Haruko loves you whether you have long hair or short hair!"
"Hehe~" Haruko Akagi smiled broadly.
A moment later, Haruko Akagi casually asked, "Hanamichi, I heard that a girl gave you a love letter a while ago?"
As she said this, Haruko Akagi seemed nonchalant, deliberately avoiding looking into Hanamichi Sakuragi's eyes, and instead mopping the floor with her head down.
With a hiss!
Sakuragi Hanamichi gasped.
Caught cheating!
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked anxious and hurriedly explained, "Haruko! I really have nothing to do with those three women! I don't know them at all, and I don't know where they came from..."
At this moment, Haruko Akagi smiled slightly, looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi, blinked, and said, "Oh? Is that so?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi nodded hastily, "Yes! I swear to God! My heart belongs only to Haruko! How could I possibly like anyone else?"
Haruko Akagi didn't say anything and continued mopping the floor.
Sakuragi Hanamichi carefully observed Akagi Haruko; in his memory, this was the first time Akagi Haruko had ever been jealous!
A moment later, Haruko Akagi asked again, quite casually, "There must be lots of sweet nothings written in those love letters, right? What did they write?"
Looking into Haruko Akagi's innocent eyes, Hanamichi Sakuragi blurted out, "On the love letter..."
But as soon as those three words left his mouth, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly shut his mouth!
Damn it!
I almost fell into their trap!
Immediately, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly changed his story, saying, "I threw the love letter away! I had no idea what was written on it!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi spoke these words with great determination and a very serious expression!
Haruko Akagi said "Oh," and added, "I see~ I was thinking of using it as a reference~"
refer to?
Sakuragi Hanamichi was completely stunned and asked incredulously, "Haruko! What do you mean by that?"
Haruko Akagi slowly pulled a beautifully folded card from her pocket, her face slightly flushed, her eyes sparkling, and she said softly, "Hanamichi~ I wrote you a love letter too~"
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