Chapter 9: Upgrade
[Ding! Congratulations, Winning over Sumino (1/1). Please check the 2,000 gold coins reward in your Inventory.] System said.
"Convert all my money into points, add it all points into my Stamina." Mitsui said, as the team wins big against the Sumino and the next games will tougher.
[Here's your current status, Host.] System said while a translucent panel appeared in front of him.
Athleticism
70 Speed
67 Acceleration
55 Vertical
40 Strength
50 > 54 Stamina
85 Hustle
65 Durability
Offense and Defense
63 Playmaking
74 Outside scoring
56 Inside scoring
70 Defenses
51 Steal
40 Block
69 Shot contest
63 Rebound
Mitsui scored 18 points 7/12 beyond the arc), 3 assists, 1rebounds, and 1 block in 20 minutes he played and arranged by the coach Anzai to slowly adapt to the game.
The Shohoku's second and third round was a blow out game 160 vs. 24 of Sumino. In the third match, they scored another a hundred plus points w/ a score of 123 vs. 49 of Takahata.
Shohoku no. 10 Hanamichi Sakuragi graduated during his fifteen minutes of playing in the first half.
Causing him to be in bad mood in the next few days, Shohoku's in high morale and will meet a strong team and their fourth game is against Tsukubu.
[Ding! Congratulations, Winning over Takahata (1/1). Please check the 2,000 gold coins reward in your Inventory.] System said.
"Convert all my gold coins into points, add it all points into my Stamina, System." Mitsui said, as the team wins big against the Takahata and the next games will tougher as they gonna face the top two and nrunner-up two consecutive years Shoyo.
[Here's your current status, Host.] System said while a translucent panel appeared in front of him.
Athleticism
70 Speed
67 Acceleration
55 Vertical
40 Strength
54 > 58 Stamina
85 Hustle
65 Durability
Offense and Defense
63 Playmaking
74 Outside scoring
56 Inside scoring
70 Defenses
51 Steal
40 Block
69 Shot contest
63 Rebound
Mitsui scored 21 points 8/14 beyond the arc), 2 assists, 1rebounds, and 1 steal in 20 minutes he played and arranged by the coach Anzai.
At the beginning, Tsukubu's three pointers were accurately gone in and give them an early lead in the first half. But Shohoku's no. 7 Miyagi successfully steals, did a fast break and sent balls to his teammate.
Also during this game, no. 10 Sakuragi got fouled out, in the last minute and left the game.
In the second half, Tsukubu couldn't reverse the point difference between them and the lead remained at least thirty points. The final score was Shohoku 121 vs. 79 Tsukubu, therefore Shohoku winning their fourth match!!
"5... 4... 3... 2... and 1!!!" Ayako watched the time ends.
"Yeah!!" Shohoku will face Shoyo in the next match and this will decide who will proceed to semifinals.
"We are going to the quarter finals!!"
"Yeah!!! 3x"
"This is great!!"
"Four games... twenty fouls... and zero point...Maybe I'm not a genius" Sakuragi Hanamichi said.
Back home, Akagi's family is having a dinner and was so hungry after the blown game.
"Ding! Dong!" the dinner was interrupted by a sudden doorbell.
"We don't want newspaper!!" Akagi said.
"What newspaper?" Sakuragi said. "Oh it's only you! What the hell are you doin' here?" Akagi said.
"How can i stay longer in the game?" Sakuragi said.
"Defense relies on thorough practice, defense is something that's hard to grasp in a short time"
"But I don't want to be disqualified anymore!! Akagi" he said.
"You have already experience with so many fouls, you should think of way to this problem so that you commit a lot of fouls" Akagi said.
"Damn that Gori! He actually look down on this genius... You just wait and see!!" Sakuragi leave the neighborhood of Akagi and gone back home.
After the game against Takahata, Mitsui went to a nearby hospital and happily went out after the check-up.
"Congrats! You've completely recovered; you won't have any problem playing basketball, Mitsui" his doctor said.
"I don't want to come here again.. Our next opponent is the team that can match up w/ Kainan.
Shoyo... As long I'm here, Shohoku won't lose!!" he said. Walking to the parking lot, he saw a familiar rider on the motorcycle.
"It's you Mitsui..." Tetsuo said.
"Tetsuo... I was just checking if my knee was okay..." he said
"Hmn... You cut your hair! You look just a real basketball player! Mitsui. Heh... this suits you better!" Tetsuo said.
"Wang!!3x" a police car was approaching them.
"They're onto me again! I thought I lost them already... See yah later! Basketball star" Tetsuo said and run before the police arrived.
"Young man on the motorcycle, Stop!!! 3x" a police car passed him and chased Tetsuo's direction.
"It's a bit colder at night... See yah, Tetsuo" he said and his car arrived.
"Do you want to go somewhere or go back home, young master?" Butler Ada asked.
"I'm pretty tired now, let's go home Uncle and have dinner." He said.
After eating dinner, he went up in his room and remembered to check the system.
[Ding! Congratulations, Winning over Takahata (1/1). Please check the 2,000 gold coins reward in your Inventory.] System said.
"Convert all my gold coins into points, add it all points into my Stamina, System." Mitsui said, as the team wins big against the Miuradai and the next games will tougher.
[Here's your current status, Host.] System said while a translucent panel appeared in front of him.
Athleticism
70 Speed
67 Acceleration
55 Vertical
40 Strength
58 > 62 Stamina
85 Hustle
65 Durability
Offense and Defense
63 Playmaking
74 Outside scoring
56 Inside scoring
70 Defenses
51 Steal
40 Block
69 Shot contest
63 Rebound
Mitsui scored another 21 points 7/12 beyond the arc), 2 assists, 1rebounds, and 1 steal in 20 minutes like he played last game and it was arranged by the coach Anzai.
Seeing Mitsui slowly getting his feel back to his past level and coach Anzai felt happy to have him back playing in the team. It will be a tough game since the tournament started
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