Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 54 Slogan of the Xiangbei Team
The next morning, Kanagawa Prefectural Gymnasium.

This day is the fourth round of the county competition preliminaries, and the winner will qualify for the joint finals.

The first game was between Ryonan and Takeshi, and the second game was between Shohoku and Tsukuba.

At the entrance of the stadium, enthusiastic fans couldn't wait to enter the stadium to cheer for the team they supported.

Among them, students are the majority.

As the game time approached, more and more spectators poured into the stadium.

By the time the game started, the stadium was packed and even the aisles were filled with people.

The Xiangbei players came to the gymnasium. Since their game was the second one, they sat at the entrance of the locker room, ready to watch the first game.

Not far away, sat Tsukushige's players.

Mu Mu sat on the floor, turned to Akagi and said, "Akagi, you must observe brother Watanabe carefully!"

"I know!"

Akagi responded in a muffled voice, his eyes fixed on the Watanabe brothers on the field.

As for his future good friend Da Gejun, Akagi didn't take him seriously at all.

“What a terrifying game atmosphere!”

Feeling the fanatical atmosphere in the stadium, Nobuhiko Okamoto couldn't help but sigh.

Ikeda Yuho folded his hands, shook his head and said, "I can only say that it is worthy of being Buri!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into warm cheers, and the competition officially began.

Almost all of these spectators were Buri fans. Their noise was so loud that the stadium became Buri’s home ground.

Although there are many fans supporting Ryonan, their voices are unlikely to make much of a ripple amid the noise from Buri.

Apart from the difference in the number of fans, Buri's fans are organized and disciplined, while Ryonan's fans are a mess.

The scene in front of us is similar to the match between Xiangxiang and Beijing in the plot. There is a clear gap between the two sides' fans in both quantity and quality.

In such a terrifying game atmosphere, Ryonan players will definitely be affected.

At this time, on the wall behind the Buri bench, there was a banner with the words "Mind and Skill as One".

As for Lingnan, the slogan on the banner is naturally "brave and courageous".

The slogans of Buri and Ryonan directly reflect the characteristics of the two teams.

Mu Mu asked in confusion: "By the way, why don't we have a slogan in Xiangbei?"

Ikeda Yuho didn't know what he was thinking about, so he asked instead of answering, "Before this county tournament, the biggest difference between our team and other teams, do you know what it was?"

"do not know!"

All the Xiangbei players shook their heads.

Ikeda Yuho smiled bitterly and said, "The biggest characteristic of our Xiangbei team is laziness. We can't use laziness as a slogan."

The Xiangbei players looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Among them, the senior players lowered their heads in shame, especially the pot-bellied Suzuki Ohno.

When it comes to laziness, Murasakibara thinks of the slogan of Touou High School - Work hard!
There are probably two reasons why the Xiangbei team is lazy.

1. Team performance!
2. Coach Anxi!

Needless to say, the team's performance was outstanding. Before this season, Shohoku had been eliminated in the first round of the county tournament for three consecutive years and was a well-known weak team in Kanagawa Prefecture.

There are also many weak teams in Kanagawa Prefecture that are as strong as Shohoku, but these teams' attitude towards training is obviously better than Shohoku.

The main reason for this is that Coach Anxi is to blame.

Coach Anxi is often absent from the team, and daily training is completely handed over to the team captain. In this case, do you think the players can still concentrate on training?
Murasaki recalls that when he first joined the basketball club, other club activities all started at three o'clock, but the Shohoku team delayed it to half past three, and being late and leaving early became commonplace.

Ikeda Yuho's eyes swept across the faces of his teammates one by one, and he couldn't help but sigh: "To put it another way, only strong teams are qualified to have their own slogans!"

Mu Mu stared at Ikeda Yuho seriously and asked, "Aren't we?"

As Murasakibara finished speaking, the scene seemed to fall into a brief silence.

They have defeated Ryonan before. Since Ryonan has slogans, there is no reason why they don’t have them too.

Ikeda Yuho was slightly stunned. He seemed to be touched by these words, and then he smiled with relief: "We weren't like that before, but now, we are!"

At this moment, he seemed to see the future and hope of the team.

“We are strong!”

Akagi summarized, his voice full of passion and determination, as if announcing the rise of the Shohoku team.

On the side, Mitsui curled his lips, and Akagi said what he wanted to say.

Ikeda Yuho turned to look at Mugure and asked, "Mugure, what slogan do you think we should choose?"

Mu Mu glanced at Mitsui and answered decisively: "Strive for self-improvement!"

"Self-improvement" encompasses the meaning of striving for progress and never giving up, which is very suitable as a slogan, equivalent to the motto of Murasakibara + Mitsui!

Akagi: All friends!
"Keep improving yourself! Very good, this will become the slogan of our team. I hope everyone can do this!"

Yuho Ikeda was very satisfied with Murasakibara's answer.

"Continue to strive for self-improvement!"

The Xiangbei players looked at each other, as if they could feel each other's beliefs.

At this moment, their mental outlook seemed to have undergone a transformation.

The game on the field was still going on. As soon as the game started, the Ryonan team fell into a disadvantage.

Buri has the strongest twin towers in Kanagawa, so they naturally focus on the inside, and every attack seems easy and natural.

Facing Buri's attack, Ryonan seemed powerless and was unable to form an effective defense.

Uozumi, who was highly expected by Coach Takaoka, seemed to have lost his way on the field, looking confused, pitiful and helpless.

Yuzumi can average 20+10 per game, which also gives him confidence.

However, facing Watanabe Masao, he was completely suppressed.

Masao Watanabe is good at both offense and defense, and is far from being comparable to the rookie Uozumi.

Uozumi is tall and has long arms, but Watanabe Masao is not much shorter than him and is not at all inferior in the fight.

Yuzumi, who only had three tricks, couldn't even score a point, and his efforts seemed to be in vain.

On the offensive end, Watanabe Masao is agile, skilled in post-up play, and even has a mid-range shot.

In his eyes, Yuzumi's relatively immature defense was full of loopholes. He was always able to easily fool his opponents and score frequently.

Apart from Uozumi, the other players of Ryonan are not much better. Only Yusaku Ozawa is still struggling. He is the only player in the Ryonan team who can score stably.

Despite Yusaku Ozawa's outstanding performance, the Ryonan team still fell into a disadvantage when facing the Buri team, which was obviously stronger in overall strength.

This game felt like the Hainan High School VS Wuyuan in the drama. Hainan High School only sent out two starters, but they defeated Wuyuan and even scored an exaggerated score of 150:78.

The strength of this Takeshita team is not far from that of Hainan High School in the plot, and they also played with all their main players. It is conceivable how badly Ryonan was beaten.

The Buri team quickly expanded their score advantage, making the game gradually lose suspense.

(End of this chapter)