"Yes, coach!" Chimu came to stand in front of Shen Long, and Mu Mu led the others to leave quickly. After a while, they were the only two left in the basketball gym.

"Akagi, you will be in your senior year of high school in a few weeks. This is your last chance to compete in the national competition." Shen Long said slowly.

"Yes, I believe that Shohoku can definitely dominate the whole country!" Akagi shouted loudly. In the first year, his skills were not mature yet. In the second year, he met Lingnan in the first round, although he defeated Uozumi. , but other players could not stop Xiandao, allowing him to score 47 points. Lingnan also defeated Xiangbei and eliminated him. This year, he is more fully prepared and has more mature skills. I believe he can achieve better results than last year.

"You are now the number one center in Kanagawa Prefecture, but except for Miyagi, the other players on the team are far inferior to the players from Lingnan, Xiangyang and Hainan. You alone cannot reach the national competition. "Kanagawa Prefecture is a strong basketball prefecture, and the first place player every year can occupy a seeding team in the national competition.

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

Deliberately explaining the current situation first, Shen Longcai continued, "So, the basketball team needs new players. Xiangbei is a public school, and there is no way to attract talented players with scholarships like Lingnan and Hainan. I'm afraid the situation for the new students in the next semester will not be good either." Optimistic. "Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi said that it was a coincidence. Judging from the situation in previous years, this statement is not wrong.

Shen Long also thought about whether to recruit new players, such as Tsukutake's first-year high school center Nango Koichiro, but considering the reality in Shohoku, it seems unlikely, and Hisashi Mitsui probably hopes to see Shohoku's Will the original lineup win the championship?

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

"Akagi, if Hisako Mitsui comes back and waits for Gaoichi to recruit one or two capable players, then dominating the country will no longer be a dream." Shen Long knew that Akagi had a bad impression of Mitsui because of Mitsui's withdrawal from the team. So after deliberately saying so much, and seeing that Akagi seemed to be trying to defend himself, 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 out with bad boys all day long." Akagi was still a little reluctant.

"In his eyes, I saw his love for basketball. This love will never be lost to you. Such a person will not give up basketball easily. Is he still in school? I will go there tomorrow. Get 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 wouldn't understand him so clearly, "Coach, I'd better go and talk to Mitsui first. Let’s talk.”

"As a coach, it was my fault that I didn't care about Mitsui after he quit the team, so I should handle this matter. You don't have to go to him first. Well, it's getting late, so you should go back. "After understanding the situation, Shen Long and Chimu left one after another.

The next day, Shen Long went to the hospital to check up on his health. Fortunately, he came back early. The heart problem can be controlled by taking medicine and does not require surgery.

By the time he arrived at Shohoku 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 lunch and lie down on the table to take a rest.

Shen Long first went to the second and third classes of high school to see that Mitsui Hisashi had left the classroom and went to the rooftop as Akagi said. He saw Mitsui Hisashi laughing surrounded by Horita Tokuo and others, but the laughter was a little bit... On the surface, it seems that Mitsui Hisashi is actually not that happy.

"Sanjing!" Shen Long stood at the door and shouted.

"Coach Anzai?" Mitsui Hisashi was stunned, and his laughter stopped abruptly. He did not expect that coach Anzai would come to him.

"Classmates, can Mitsui and I have a chat alone?" Shen Long said to Tokuo Horita and others. They glanced at Mitsui and found that Mitsui had no objection, so they left quickly and closed the door for them.

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

"Coach, you..." Mitsui was a little flustered. He stretched out his hand to help Shen Long, but he didn't dare.

"Mitsui, I know you came to Xiangbei because of me, but I ignored you after you were injured and left the team. This is my fault, and I should apologize to you." Alas, I was not careful when I dug a hole. What a trouble I've caused.

"Coach..." Mitsui Hisashi's eyes were filled with tears. Adolescent boys are so easily moved, especially when the person who said these words was his most respected coach Anzai.

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

"...Because of my strict requirements, Gu Ze was very dissatisfied with me. He left the team and went to the United States to pursue his dream. However, there were too many basketball talents in the United States. Gu Ze was repeatedly hit, and finally left the club due to an accident... …This incident hit me deeply and has become a permanent pain in my heart.”

"Then I came to Shohoku from college. Because of Tanizawa, I had doubts about my coaching. I couldn't focus on basketball for several years. I didn't even ask when you left the team..." It seems that this can also explain why coach Anzai has always let Shohoku go as he did in the past.

After saying this, Shen Long turned to look at Mitsui Hisashi, "It wasn't until a few days ago when I saw you venting your anger on the children playing basketball on the basketball court outside that I realized that my lack of cheer had hurt me. You actually made a child who loves basketball so much start to hate this sport."

"Coach!" Mitsui Hisashi was already in tears at this time. The sadness of his knee injury and the grievance of being abandoned by coach Anzai all came to his mind at this moment.

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

"Coach, I want... I want to play basketball!" Mitsui Shou knelt in front of Shen Long, crying uncontrollably, his shoulders twitching constantly.
Chapter completed!