The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

Bang bang bang bang... squeak squeak squeak...

The sound of basketball hitting the ground, mixed with the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor, kept colliding in the arena.

There are posters all around the arena, including the school's star players Kenji Fujima and Toru Hanagata, as well as senior stars from Shoyo High School such as Ryota Mikami and Yu Ido.

Of course, there are the annual basketball league honors that cover almost half of the arena wall, as well as a huge banner with the slogan: Down with Hainan!

This is the basketball gym of Kanagawa Shoyo Public High School. Today is only the first day of training, but there are still many students gathered outside the gym to watch the game after school.

In the gymnasium, the seniors are playing games, while in the corner of the court are a dozen first-year newcomers who have just joined the club training.

After all, it is a famous basketball school in Kanagawa. Most of those who can apply to enter the basketball club of Shoyo High School already have a good basketball foundation in junior high school.

Under the guidance of the assistant coach, more than a dozen newcomers were skillfully doing basic training such as dribbling and passing. A tall boy who was more than 1.9 meters tall stood out among the newcomers.

However, not to mention the students who are crowding outside the arena to watch the 'stars' outside the door and window glass, even the assistant coach who is training them for newcomers is mostly focused on the senior game at this time. side.

This is an intense intra-squad match.

Kenji Fujima led a group of second- and third-year substitute students against the five absolute main players of Shoyo High School, Toru Hanagata, Hasegawa, Nagano, Shoichi Takano, and Taku Ito.

The tight score on the scoreboard and the pouring sweat on everyone's bodies all indicate the intensity of this intra-squad match.

As Fujima Keyji knocked down defender Hasegawa, who was close to his physical limit, he hit the net with a three-pointer.

——Shhhhhh!

The final whistle sounded, and the score on the scoreboard finally settled at 87-86.

"You can win this way, Fujima-senpai is so awesome!"

"That sophomore Nomizu senior is also very good. He actually scored 25 points by himself!"

"Didn't you notice that almost all of his 25 points came from Fujima-senpai's assists? That's because Fujima-senpai fed the ball so well! If it were Hanagata-senpai, he would have scored 40 points conservatively!"

"Long live Senior Fujima! We must defeat Hainan this year!"

The stands were filled with cheers and discussions.

Fujima Keyji pulled up Hasegawa, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, and slapped him on the butt: "You have to continue to strengthen your physical training. Don't let a long vacation to relax defeat you. Don't forget, our opponent is Hainan is known for his physical strength.”

Hasegawa nodded with an apologetic look on his face. This winter vacation, he went back to his hometown in Hokkaido with his parents. He was indeed a little neglected in training. If he faced an opponent like Fujima, he would inevitably be unable to cope with it.

"Okay, it's almost time." Fujima Keyji looked at the clock on the wall, took the whistle handed over by the assistant coach, and walked towards the newcomers.

Shh! Shh!

He blew the whistle and gathered the new guys who were training the basics together.

This is their first day in the club. Simple lectures and incentives are naturally indispensable, but more importantly, they still need to make a future training plan for the new people, explain the rules and regulations of the team, and work arrangements for the new people. .

In terms of training, as the head coach, Kenji Fujima has to prepare for the summer league this year, so most of the time he does not have time to manage the new players. He can only be responsible for the assistant coaches. The previous month was basically spent on basic skills such as dribbling. Train, and then decide the next step of training based on each person's performance.

In terms of rules and regulations, no late arrival or early departure is allowed, or there are regulations such as changing shoes when entering the stadium.

As for the newcomers' work, the arena has to be cleaned after closing every day, mopping the floor, wiping the ball, etc. The twelve newcomers are divided into groups and take turns taking responsibility.

These are things that must be explained by him as the captain and head coach.

"Sorry to interrupt."

The tall man who stood out among the newcomers stood up and said with a smile in Japanese that he was not very proficient in: "There is no problem with the cleaning of the arena, but I would like to apply for separate training."

The chatter in the arena suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at the newcomer in surprise.

As Xiangyang High School has a long history of basketball, and seniority is deeply rooted in the bones of Xiangyang High School, these have long been unwritten default rules, and no one has ever dared to challenge them.

But unfortunately, this year there was the first thorn.

"Hey, first-year boy, who do you think you are, that you dare to disobey Senior Fujima's arrangements?"

"Training alone? Do you think you are strong?"

"This guy seems to have transferred from Dragon Kingdom. I saw him at the orientation party."

"So what if they come from the Dragon Kingdom? This year's newcomers are really brave!"

After a brief period of silence, the third-year seniors scolded each other, and there was laughter on the sidelines of the court.

The first-year freshman from the Dragon Kingdom was unmoved. He just looked at Fujima with a smile, as if waiting for his answer.

Tengzhen pressed his hands slightly towards the surroundings, and the chatter in the arena suddenly became much quieter.

Although he was in a competition just now, he was not at full strength. Instead, he was distracted and paying attention to the training of the newcomers.

The quality of this new batch of newcomers is quite good, especially this tall boy who transferred from Dragon Kingdom.

He is just over 1.9 meters tall, but his dribbling skills are no less than those of smaller guards. Even if simple basic training can't reveal more for the time being, it is enough to feel that he has a pretty good basketball foundation.

This guy just needs to be trained properly, and he may have the opportunity to join the team in the summer league this year, and maybe he can even become a Xiangyang weapon.

It is normal for such people to be a little arrogant and unwilling to do boring basic training.

But he obviously didn't know the purpose of Xiangyang's basic training for newcomers.

Those who can apply to enter the Xiangyang Basketball Club will not be true novices. Many of them were already the main players of their respective teams when they were in junior high school. Therefore, this is not just for practicing the basic skills of the new people, but also for We need to polish off their arrogance that they had achieved little while in junior high school.

High school basketball and junior high school basketball are two completely different worlds, and holding that arrogance will not do them any good.

It doesn't matter whether he transferred from the Dragon Kingdom or rose up from the Japanese Junior High School.

"May I have your name."

name?

The young man smiled.

I have two names.

One is from the past life and the other is from the present life.

Perhaps Fujima's words brought back some memories, and scenes flashed through his mind involuntarily.

——Beat the United States in the 2025 Basketball U17 World Championship finals, championship MVP, U18 Asian Youth Championship champion and most valuable player, U19 World Cup quarterfinals...

——When he visited the United States for training as the captain of the National Youth Team, he defeated the Florida Cougars, a veteran team in the NCAA, with a large triple-double that attracted overwhelming spotlight from domestic and foreign media, and also received the attention of the old K from Duke University. A handwritten invitation from the coach.

There were countless training balls that were worn bare by him, and they were filled with honors and focused lights.

The prestigious future Jordan of the Dragon Kingdom, as well as an invitation letter from the strongest coach on the planet, means a ticket to the highest halls of the NCAA and even the NBA...

That's when a kid who loves basketball is closest to his dream.

Unfortunately, malignant thymoma suddenly appeared next, causing him to undergo various types of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in bed for more than a year.

Time travel, rebirth.

This was what he fantasized about most during the entire year of treatment, when he read novels to kill time.

Unexpectedly, I was actually reborn after death, but the geographical location was slightly different, and I came to Japan, and it seemed to be the Japan in the Slam Dunk story.

Kanagawa Prefecture, Xiangyang, Hainan, Shohoku... When Lin Dong learned the names of these schools when he was first reborn, Lin Dong was really a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, I soon learned that except for the names in these slam-dunk plots, everything else in this world seemed to be exactly the same as the real world.

And unlike the chronological background of Slam Dunk, it is now the millennium, Japan in the year 2000.

The names in those comics are just a few names and don't mean anything. At least he can start playing ball again now.

Moreover, I am still a native of the Dragon Kingdom. However, due to my father's job transfer, I transferred to Japan this year to study in my first year of high school. I will probably stay here for two or three years.

It has been more than a month since time travel and rebirth.

My name in this life is...

"My name is Lin Dong."

he said with a smile.

Teng Zhen smiled slightly, and he could hear a kind of arrogance coming from the other party's voice.

This kind of arrogance is helpful for growth, but it also needs to be polished, otherwise it will only make people a frog in the well.

Fujima waved his hand to stop the noise and scolding around him.

"You can train alone if you want, as long as you can defeat me."

The arena fell silent instantly.

After a brief reaction, boiling followed.

"HOHOHO! Boy, don't be a coward! Be tough and stick to your personality to the end!"

"You can see Fujima-senpai abusing vegetables again!"

"Fujima..." Hanagata Toru frowned and shouted.

In the intra-team match just now, he didn't go all out. Instead, he was distracted and paying attention to the training of the newcomers.

This big man from the Dragon Kingdom has a very good foundation. He may have a chance to fill the vacancy in Xiangyang's bench this year, but if Fujima takes action against him, it may ruin this potential newcomer's interest in basketball.

Fujima is too serious about this first-year newcomer...

"It's better not to give it up." Lin Dong smiled and said an answer that made Hana Xingtou feel relieved.

Fortunately, this newcomer is not as arrogant as he thought.

But the second half of Lin Dong's sentence immediately made Hana Xingtou become dumbfounded in an instant.

"I'm afraid that will destroy your belief in basketball."

He spoke to Fujima calmly, using the same tone as Fujima, as if Fujima Keyji was the challenger standing at the foot of the mountain looking up at the peak.

The arena, which was still buzzing and buzzing just now, suddenly quieted down and became completely silent.