Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 129 National Top Four
"and many more!"

Just when Sakuragi and Yohei were about to leave, Murasakibara suddenly called them.

The two stopped and turned to look at Mu Mu in confusion.

"Sakuragi, Yohei, our team still has a vacant room. If you don't mind, you can stay there for one night."

The national competition organizing committee allocated five rooms for each team.

Among them, coaches and team managers all have standard single rooms, while players have rooms with four people.

The status of a team manager is not higher than that of a player, but all team managers are girls, so it is naturally impossible for them to sleep with boys.

Since Xiangbei doesn't have a team manager, the single room is naturally empty, which is just right for Sakuragi and Yohei to use.

As for eating, you can eat with the team, it’s just a matter of having two more pairs of chopsticks.

As the team's ace, he does have this power.

Sakuragi and Yohei felt a warm feeling in their hearts at Murasakibara's acceptance and care.

"Kumure-senpai, you really are a top-notch friend!"

Sakuragi gave Murasakibara a thumbs up.

"Senior, excuse me!"

Yohei responded with a smile, gratitude in his voice.

After watching this game, they naturally don’t want to miss the next one.

At this time, Yayoi Aida came to Mugure with her assistant Nakamura.

Yayoi Aida asked politely, "Kumure, can we interview you?"

As soon as she saw Murasakibara, Yayoi Aida couldn't help but think of his heroic figure on the court.

Murasakibara never expected that he would replace Sendoh.

I wonder if Yayoi Aida will fall in love with Sendoh again after he joins Ryonan next year?

In addition, it is possible that it was Yayoi Aida who came up with the idea of ​​Hikoichi Aida joining Ryonan, and his purpose was naturally for Sendoh.

"Okay, but I'm sweating all over, so I can only interview you for five minutes!"

Murasaki responded with a smile. After all, the two of them were old acquaintances.

Looking at Murasakibara's warm smile, Yayoi Aida couldn't help but think of the spring sunshine, gentle but not scorching.

For a moment, Yayoi Aida felt her heart beating violently and her mind went blank.

"Ms. Aida!"

On the side, assistant Nakamura hurriedly reminded Yayoi Aida to pay attention to her personal image.

"Cough cough!"

Yayoi Aida reacted quickly and pretended to cough to cover up her embarrassment.

"First of all, congratulations on leading the Xiangbei team to the national semi-finals. How do you feel about this?"

Mu Mu pondered for a moment, then answered seriously: "Advancing to the semi-finals is not my own achievement, but the result of the joint efforts of the entire team.

Whether it's the coach, the starting line-up or the substitutes, everyone has made a huge effort."

Faced with such a question, Murasakibara, who had seen many NBA post-game interviews in his previous life, naturally had no problem giving the credit to his teammates and coaches.

Aida Yayoi was not surprised and continued to ask: "What do you think about tomorrow's game against Sanno Industries?"

Mu Mu's expression suddenly became serious, and he said, "Sanwang Industrial is a very strong team, they have many excellent players and coaches.

However, we are ready to face the challenge. No matter what the result is, as long as we have tried our best, we can have no regrets!"

In fact, Murasakibara had no idea at all.

That's Sanno Industrial, which won the double championship last year and is truly the strongest team in the country.

In terms of lineup, it goes without saying that Sanno Industrial is far superior to Shohoku.

The best players that Xiangbei can come up with are Murasakibara and Mitsui.

As for Akagi, he is not qualified yet, but at least Sanno Industries can deal with him easily.

In terms of current condition, Shohoku, which had two consecutive tough battles with Toouou and Aiwa Academy, can be described as a spent force.

Xiangbei’s only advantage may be its coach!

Although Coach Domoto's coaching ability is very strong, he is still inferior to Coach Anzai.

This can be seen from the Xiangshan Battle in the plot year.

In that battle, Coach Anzai's on-the-spot command firmly suppressed Coach Domoto, and he even saw through Coach Domoto's intentions, allowing Xiangbei to win the final victory.

This game describes in detail how Coach Domoto, who had two kings and four twos in his hand, ruined this good hand step by step!
To be honest, if it weren't for a platform like Sanno Industrial, Coach Domoto might not be more famous than Takato, Kitano, and Tanoka.

Many times, the platform is more important!
Aida Yayoi was deeply moved by Mugure's words and continued to ask: "What do you think is the biggest advantage of your team?"

Mu Mu thought of Mitsui and said, "I think our greatest advantage is our cohesion and indomitable spirit. Even in extremely bad circumstances, we will not give up easily."

"Finally, what are your expectations for the future of the Xiangbei team?"

"That's the national championship, of course! I believe as long as we keep working hard and making progress, we will be able to achieve this goal!"

After the interview, Murasakibara dragged his tired feet back to the locker room, ready to wash away the fatigue and sweat of the day.

He stepped into the shower, the hot water rising and a stream of warm water pouring over his head.

Mu Mu let out a long sigh and showed a comfortable expression.

After taking a shower, Mu Mu was about to leave.

Suddenly, the door of the shower room next to him opened, and Mitsui, who had also finished taking a shower, walked out.

Mitsui came in front of Mumu, sniffed subconsciously, and praised sincerely: "Mumu, you smell so good!"

Upon hearing this, the corners of Murasakibara's mouth twitched slightly and his expression almost couldn't hold.

You'd better say Itachi instead of Uncle Bat, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!
"Let's go watch Buri's game first!"

The two left the locker room and came to the seats specially prepared for Xiangbei by the organizing committee. The fourth group match was between Buri and Jimbodai Affiliated School.

Judging from the evaluation of Basketball Weekly, both teams are A-level teams.

However, Murasakibara is clearly more optimistic about Buri.

Although Jimbodai Affiliated School was one of the top eight teams in the country last year, it is still inferior to Buri.

Yesterday, Murasakibara watched the game of Jimbodai High School.

As a national powerhouse, Jimbodai Affiliated School has no shortage of quality players, and its lineup depth is even better than Buri.

The only thing this team lacks is top players, that is, players at the core level of a strong team!
And Buri has two, and both are inside players.

Among them, Masao Watanabe is one of the top four centers in the country.

In Yamuguro's opinion, the Jinbodai affiliated school is not even as good as Shoyo and Touou, let alone Buri.

Buri's twin towers in the interior are among the best in the country. Coupled with the one-star and four-shooter system, in this era where center is king, the advantages can be said to be quite obvious.

The gap between the two teams can be said to be visible to the naked eye.

Murasaki even felt that Buri was not inferior to the "second" Hakata University of Commerce affiliated school.

Of course, the basketball is round, just like in the plot that year when Shohoku defeated Sanno Industrial.

If Buri is in poor form and makes many stupid moves, the Jimbodai affiliate may still have a chance of winning.

When both sides took to the court, Mitsui asked the same old question out of boredom.

"Kumure, which team do you think will win in the end?"

"Buri, what about you?"

"me too!"

Mitsui felt that he asked a stupid question. After all, Takeshi defeated their Shohoku team, so how could they not be strong?

And Buri, which has gone through the baptism of the national competition, is bound to become stronger.

"By the way, where is the captain?"

Murasaki looked around and found that Ikeda Yuho was not there.

"He went to the hospital for a checkup!"

"how is the situation?"

"We don't know yet. We have to wait until he comes back. Okay, let the game begin!"

The two stopped talking and focused on watching the game.

On the court, the two teams started to play.

At the beginning, the two teams mainly focused on probing each other.

Wu Li's tactics have not changed, it is still a one-star four-shoot system.

Compared with a month ago, Buri's one-star-four-shooting tactics have obviously become much more skilled, the players have a better understanding of each other, and they can always easily tear through the defense of the Jimbodai subsidiary.

As for the Jimbo University affiliated school, they imitated the Hakata Commercial University affiliated school and played team basketball.

The difference is that the affiliated school of Hakata University of Commerce is obviously stronger.

From the beginning of the game, Buri had the upper hand.

Masao Watanabe played very well on the court and could be described as having whatever he wanted. The Jimbodai branch could not limit his performance at all, not to mention that his inside partner was his twin brother.

On the other hand, Jimbodai affiliated school could only float outside and shoot the ball, because the Watanabe brothers were too intimidating.

However, Jimbo University Affiliated School is ultimately a team ranked among the top eight in the country. Although it fell into a disadvantage, its offensive efficiency is still considerable.

But compared with Buri, it is obviously much worse.

By the end of the first half, Buri had already gained a double-digit score advantage.

In the second half, Buri obviously strengthened its defense.

In just five minutes, the score advantage was expanded to 20 points.

At this time, Kashima Fengshuang, who was not far away, stood up and prepared to lead the team away.

In order to deal with Shohoku, the cautious coach Domoto specially invited a group of outstanding graduates from Sanno Industrial to prepare to imitate Shohoku and play a game against Sanno.

Murasakibara and others did not leave. Shohoku and Buri have a good relationship and they are both Kanagawa teams, so naturally they have to support Buri.

When the game was over, nothing unexpected happened and Buri defeated the Jimbodai Affiliated School and advanced to the national top four.

Shohoku and Buri advanced to the national top four at the same time, which made history in Kanagawa.

"Okay, it's time for us to go back!"

Murasaki stood up. He could clearly feel his body was tired, and even his spirit was not very good.

It's not just Murasakibara, his teammates are also in poor form, especially Mitsui.

In the unusually noisy gymnasium, Mitsui actually fell asleep leaning on a chair.

Xiangbei has fought two tough battles in a row, and the aftereffects are inevitable. It is only slightly better than Xiangbei in the plot year.

I don't know how well I will be able to recover tomorrow.

In short, tomorrow's game is quite unfavorable for Xiangbei.

We have to say here that in tomorrow's game, Shohoku's starting power forward Yuho Ikeda will be absent due to injury.

Coincidentally, in that year, Shohoku's starting power forward Sakuragi was also absent due to injury.

The difference is that in the plot year, Shohoku defeated Sanno Industrial, but was picked up by Aiwa Academy.

But now the situation is just the opposite. They defeated Aiwa Academy and are about to be picked up by Sanno Industrial.

After returning to the dormitory, Murasakibara prepared to go to a nearby convenience store to buy some toiletries for Sakuragi and Yohei.

On the way, he met a giant!
(End of this chapter)