Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 35 The Strongest Inside Twin Towers

"I've been waiting for this day and night, the county competition schedule is finally out!"

"Yeah, I don't know which group we will be assigned to!"

"We are very strong this year and hope to be placed in a weaker group. As long as we are not in the same group with Hainan High School and Xiangyang, we even have a chance of qualifying from the group stage!"

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While Yuho Ikeda was pasting the county tournament match schedule, the players were talking about it.

However, Takahashi Itachi shook his head and said, "It's not just Kainan High School and Shoyo, Buri is also very strong. If we face them, I'm afraid we won't have any chance at all!"

As a third-year player, Itachi Takahashi is familiar with all the strong teams in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Nobuhiko Okamoto asked in surprise, "Takahashi-senpai, is Takeri, who was third last year, so strong?"

"Very strong, stronger than you think!"

Takahashi Itachi looked nostalgic and continued, "In last year's county competition, although both Kainan High School and Shoyo beat Buri, the difference was only in the single digits. In other words, Buri is not necessarily inferior to Kainan High School and Shoyo!"

At the side, Sato Ichiro added: "Buri's most outstanding point is the inside line. Their core, the Watanabe brothers, are recognized as the strongest inside twin towers in Kanagawa!"

Not far away, Mu Mu had a thoughtful expression.

This year in Kanagawa Prefecture can be said to be the most competitive in history.

Needless to say, Hainan High School has dominated Kanagawa Prefecture for 15 consecutive years and has won the top four spots in the national competition several times. It is undoubtedly a well-known national team, second only to Sanno Industrial and Hakata University of Commerce High School.

Although Shoyo is not as famous as Hainan High School, it is also a traditional powerhouse in Kanagawa. It lost to Aiwa Academy in last year's national competition and stopped in the top eight.

Like Shoyo, Buri High School is also a traditional strong school in Kanagawa. Buri is now at its peak and is not as weak as it appeared in the plot years.

Since the Watanabe brothers joined, Buri has been qualified to challenge the dominance of Hainan High School.

The Watanabe brothers are both tall and strong. As twin brothers, the level of tacit understanding between them is far beyond that of ordinary players.

Among them, the elder brother Masao Watanabe is recognized as the best center in Kanagawa. He was the rebounding champion and block champion last year. He even broke the record by grabbing 22 rebounds in a single game and averaging 25+14 per game.

That’s right, it was the rebounding record that Sakuragi Hanamichi almost broke in the plot year.

Unfortunately, Sakuragi Hanamichi fouled out, otherwise he would have broken the single-game rebounding record.

Although his younger brother Masayasu Watanabe is not as good as his older brother, he is also one of the top three power forwards in Kanagawa, averaging 23+8 per game.

One can imagine how strong the Watanabe brothers form their twin towers.

Unfortunately, although having the strongest twin towers in Kanagawa, Buri's outside line was obviously lagging behind. This is also the main reason why Buri lost to Kainan High School and Shoyo despite having an advantage in the inside line.

This year is also the last year for the Watanabe brothers. They are at their physical and technical peak and are likely to be even stronger than last year.

It is precisely because the competition in Kanagawa is too fierce and the internal competition is serious that in order to enhance the strength of the team, the coaches of Hainan High School and Shoyo had to invite "foreign aid".

Among them, Hainan High School recruited Shinichi Maki from Aichi Prefecture, and Shoyo recruited Kenji Fujima from Chiba Prefecture.

Both of them have the ability to become the team's starters in their first year, and there is still potential to be tapped.

Compared with Kainan High School and Shoyo, Buri was unlucky and only recruited Imamura this year. Although Imamura is also excellent, he is not on the same level as Shinichi Maki and Kenji Fujima.

At this time, Yuho Ikeda finally posted the match schedule for the county competition.

He used his body to block the county competition schedule and said with a smile: "Here is good news and bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Captain, it's already this time, stop keeping us in suspense!"

The Xiangbei players were already waiting anxiously, so they were naturally impatient with Ikeda Yuho's bad taste.

Among them, the chubby Suzuki Ohno is eager to try.

Ikeda Yuho was afraid of offending the crowd, so he quickly said, "The good news is that we are in Group 4. The seeded team in this group is Tsukuba Takeshi, who finished fourth last year!"

The Xiangbei players all breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that they were assigned to the same team as Tsukubu. Although Tsukubu was not weak, it was undoubtedly inferior to the other three teams.

However, Ikeda Yuho's next words made them nervous again.

"In Group 4, there are strong teams like Miuradai and Takenoko. If we go well, we will probably face Takenoko in the second game and Miuradai in the third game!"

When they heard the names Miuradai and Takezono, the expressions of the Shohoku players became noticeably more serious.

Miuradai was one of the top eight teams last year, and their strength is likely to be above Ryonan, because in last year's quarterfinals, they lost to Shoyo by less than 20 points.

Although Wuyuan is not as good as Miuradai, it is not much worse.

"Although they are strong, we are not weak either. After all, we defeated the Ryonan team!"

Encouraged by Yuho Ikeda, the Shohoku players' eyes were filled with renewed fighting spirit.

Since defeating Ryonan in the friendly match, the fighting spirit of the Xiangbei players is obviously much higher than before.

Soon, the Xiangbei players left the basketball hall and prepared to go to school.

For a moment, Murasakibara was the only one left in the gym.

As for Akagi, due to family reasons, he only took a week's sick leave and had to continue going to school.

Murasakibara observed the group that Ryonan was in and found that Ryonan was assigned to the third group. The seeded team in this group was Buri!

"Poor fish!"

Thinking that Yuzumi might face the strongest twin towers in Kanagawa, Mugure couldn't help but observe three seconds of silence for Yuzumi.

After looking at the county tournament match schedule, Murasakibara began training.

There are still three days left before the county competition, and his strength can continue to improve, especially his newly acquired extreme pull-up skill.

Soon, Murasakibara picked up the basketball and started extreme pull-up training.

Due to his low jumping ability, Mu Mu jumped up after rushing to one meter away from the basket.
Although Murasakibara's jumping ability is not as good as a matchbox, it is not much better. His vertical jump is just over half a meter, which is incomparable to Rukawa.

In terms of skill connection, both the cross step and the European step can be connected with the extreme pull-up to maximize efficiency.

Compared with other skills, pull-up training requires a high level of waist strength, consumes more physical energy, and is bound to be unsustainable.

Every ten minutes, Murasakibara has to stop and rest for a while, and its efficiency is obviously not as good as other skills.

It was not until almost noon that the extreme pull rod was finally promoted to LV2, which took more than three hours.

[Ultimate pull rod: LV1→LV2]

[Bounce: 63-65]

[Strength: 65-66]

[Flexibility: 85-86]

【Layup: 82-83】

Mu Mu was breathing heavily and showing a shrimp dumpling-like smile.

As we all know, this is a guarantee of health!

Although it takes longer, the improvement after the extreme pull-up upgrade is also greater, rewarding Murasakibara with five attribute points.

Among them, flexibility and layup are both attributes above 80.

By the time of the county competition in three days, his strength will surely increase a lot.