Chapter 70 3 Wells, I'm Sorry

"Yes, coach!" Akagi came to stand in front of Shen Long, and Mu Mu led the others to speed up the pace of leaving. After a while, there were only the two of them left in the basketball hall.

"Chimu, you will be in your third year of high school in a few weeks, and this is your last chance to compete in the national competition." Shen Long said slowly.

"Yes, I believe that Xiangbei can dominate the whole country!" Akagi shouted loudly. In the first year, his skills were not yet mature. In the second year, he met Lingnan in the first round. , but other players couldn't stop Xiandao, allowing him to score 47 points, and Lingnan beat Xiangbei to eliminate him. This year, he is more prepared and his skills are more mature. I believe he can achieve better results than last year.

"You are now the No. 1 center in Kanagawa Prefecture, but apart from Miyagi, the strength of other players in the team is far inferior to that of Lingnan, Xiangyang and Hainan. You can't make it to the national competition alone. Yes." Kanagawa County is a strong county in basketball, and the first place every year can occupy a seed team spot in the national competition.

If placed in competition areas other than Kanagawa, Akita, Aichi, Osaka, and Tokyo, Akagi Takenori and Miyagi Ryota still have a chance to lead the team to qualify, but in Kanagawa, Shohoku's current strength is far from enough.

After explaining the current situation first, Shen Long continued, "So, the basketball team needs new players. Xiangbei is a public school, and there is no way to use scholarships to attract talented players like Lingnan and Hainan. The situation of new students in the next semester may not be optimistic either. "It was a coincidence between Rukawa Feng and Yingmu Huadao. Judging from the situation in previous years, there is nothing wrong with this statement.

Shen Long also thought about whether to recruit new players, such as Tsuhisa Takeshi's first-year high school center Nango Koichiro, but it seems impossible to connect with the reality of Xiangbei, and Mitsui probably also hopes to see Xiangbei. The original team won the championship, right?

"Coach, we will work hard!" Akagi didn't know what Shen Long was thinking, so he could only promise again and again.

"Akagi, if Mitsui Shou is willing to come back and wait for Gaoyi to recruit one or two capable players, then it is not a dream to dominate the country." Shen Long knew that Akagi had a bad impression of Mitsui because of Mitsui's withdrawal from the team. So after saying so much on purpose, seeing that Akagi seemed to be defending, he raised his hand to stop him and said, "Akagi, you have to know that basketball is a sport for five people."

"Coach, that Mitsui guy has given up basketball now, and hangs around with bad boys all day." Akagi was still a little reluctant.

"In his eyes back then, I saw his love for basketball. This kind of love will never lose to you. Such a person will not give up basketball easily; is he still in school? Bring him back!"

"Mitsui Shou comes to the classroom to sleep every day, and often goes to the rooftop with those bad boys at noon..." It seems that Akagi still cares about Mitsui, otherwise he would not understand so clearly, "Coach, I should go and chat with Mitsui first. Let's talk."

"As a coach, it's my fault that I didn't care after Mitsui retired from the team, so let me handle this matter, you don't need to go to him first, well, it's getting late, you should go back. "After understanding the situation, Shen Long and Chi Mu left one after another.

The next day, Shen Long went to the hospital for a physical examination. Fortunately, he came back early, and the heart problem could be controlled by taking medicine without surgery.

When he arrived at Xiangbei High School, it was already 12:30 noon. Japanese high school students only have a 40-minute break at noon. Students usually use this time to eat bento and lie down on the table to rest for a while.

Shen Long first went to the second and third classes of high school to check, Mitsui Shou had already left the classroom, went up to the rooftop according to what Akagi said, and saw Mitsui Shou laughing surrounded by Hota Tokuo and others, but the laughter was a little superficial. On the surface, it feels that Mitsui Shou is not that happy.

"Mitsui!" Shen Long shouted standing at the door.

"Coach Anxi?" Mitsui Shou was stunned,

The laughter also stopped abruptly, he didn't expect Coach Anxi to come to him.

"Students, can I have a chat with Mitsui alone!" Shen Long said to Horita Tokuo and the others. They took a look at Mitsui and found that Mitsui had no objection, so they left quickly and closed the door for them by the way.

"Mitsui, I'm sorry!" Shen Long walked up to Mitsui and bowed slightly, which was an apology for Coach Anxi.

"Coach, you..." Mitsui was a little flustered, he reached out his hand to help Shen Long but was a little afraid.

"Mitsui, I know that you came to Xiangbei because of me, but I didn't care about you after you were injured and left the team. What trouble I have caused.

"Coach..." Mitsui Shou's eyes were moist, adolescents are so easily moved, especially the one who said these words was his most respected coach Anxi.

"Come on, sit down, let me tell you a story." Shen Long sat on the ground with difficulty, coach Anxi's belly is too big, it is not easy to make such a move, "I was a basketball coach in college At that time, I discovered a talented player named Ryuji Tanizawa..."

"...Because of my strict requirements, Gu Ze had a lot of dissatisfaction with me. He left the team and went to the United States to pursue his dream. However, there are too many basketball geniuses in the United States. Gu Ze was hit repeatedly, and finally left due to an accident... …This incident hit me hard and became a permanent pain in my heart.”

"Then I came to Xiangbei from university. Because of Gu Ze, I had doubts about my coaching. I couldn't focus on basketball for several years. You didn't even ask about leaving the team..." Such a statement It seems that it can also explain why coach Anxi has been laissez-faire with Xiangbei before.

After saying this, Shen Long turned his head and looked at Mitsui Shou, "It wasn't until a few days ago, when I saw you venting your anger at those kids playing basketball on the basketball court outside, that I realized that my lack of composure hurt you. You, you actually made a kid who loves basketball like you start to hate this sport."

"Coach!" Hisashi Mitsui was in tears at this moment, the sadness of his knee injury, and the grievance of being abandoned by Coach Anxi all came to mind at this moment.

"Mitsui, I'm sorry, but I still want to ask, do you... still want to play basketball?" Shen Long asked while touching Mitsui Shou's head.

"Coach, I want...I want to play basketball!" Mitsui Shou knelt in front of Shen Long, crying uncontrollably, his shoulders twitching non-stop.

"Okay, don't cry, welcome back, Mitsui."