A week later, the new semester at Miuradai began.
Already familiar with this place, Alex Walker's first stop after entering the school was not to go to the classroom but to head to the basketball hall first.
In the basketball hall, Ken Mura and Ted Naito had already arrived early to practice.
Since Alex joined the basketball team, it has been a great motivation for these two.
"Yo! Captain Mura, Ted, you're here so early!" Alex walked into the basketball hall, put down his backpack, picked up a basketball on the sidelines, and joined them.
"You're not late either; it's not even seven o'clock now."
"Well, my daily routine is too regular. I wake up naturally at six o'clock and then can't fall asleep again, so I thought of coming here to practice."
Now there is still a whole hour before the official school starts, which is perfect for practicing basketball.
"Ted, let's practice the pick-and-roll tactics again!"
"Okay!"
"Then I'll be your sparring partner."
In the past week, Alex often asked Ken and Ted to practice tactics with him, with the purpose of letting these two improve their understanding with him as soon as possible.
According to Alex's expectation, whether Miuradai can break out of Kanagawa Prefecture this year, enter the national competition, and create a new school history depends on himself and the two in front of him!
Ken has skills, Ted has a body, and Alex has his own organization. On the offensive end, as long as the three can cooperate effectively, the other two teammates only need to do a good job of blue-collar work.
On the defensive end, it mainly depends on Ted to sit under the basket. After all, with his height and weight, most centers in the county and even in the country cannot shake Ted. With good block and rebounding skills, plus the cooperation and assistance of blue-collar Adam Kawasaki, such an inside combination will definitely not be inferior to the gorilla brothers of Shohoku. Even the strongest combination of Yamatoda + Nobe of Sannoh will at least be guaranteed not to be beaten!
As long as this expectation can be perfectly achieved, let alone entering the national competition, even if they meet Sannoh, Alex has the confidence to play with them!
An hour seems like a lot of time, but after the three of them put their heart and soul into it, it passed quickly.
"Okay, today is the first day of school. Don't be late, Alex. Go to the classroom first. The team training will start at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Be careful not to be late. You can come to the gym to eat with us at noon."
"Okay, then I'll go first."
After packing up his things and picking up his bag, Alex walked out of the basketball gym and headed towards the teaching building.
"Hey, isn't that Alex Walker? The one from last year's middle school."
"Yes, yes, our middle school played against them last year and was beaten badly. Our captain went back and cried for several hours."
"He actually came to Miuradai this year? I thought he would definitely be recruited by Hainan or Shoyo."
"Isn't this great? That means we'll be teammates with him for the next three years!"
On the way to the teaching building, many freshmen who also pay attention to or like basketball recognized Alex, who shined in the junior high school basketball world last year, and talked about it.
After arriving at his class and finding his seat, Alex sat down directly, leaning on the table with a bored expression on his face, looking at the sky outside.
"Hey! Isn't this Alex Walker! Long time no see!"
Suddenly, a person Alex didn't know at all walked up to him and greeted him excitedly.
"Hey... Excuse me, who are you?"
Alex really didn't know the person in front of him.
During this period, Alex would dig into the memories in his mind whenever he had time, which also allowed him to slowly restore many memories of the original owner of this body.
But for the person in front of him, Alex really didn't know him.
"That's too much!! It's me! Jun Ishiyama! We played against each other in the junior high school county meeting last year! Fujiyuan Middle School!"
Jun Ishiyama's tone was full of resentment.
"I shook hands with you after the game!"
Fujiyuan Middle School...? Um...
Alex tried his best to search for the memory of these words in his mind.
"Oh! I remember! It's Fujiyuan who we defeated in the first round last year!"
Alex finally vaguely remembered something. It was last year when Alex was in the third grade. In the county junior high school meeting, the first round of the game against Alex's middle school was Fujiyuan Middle School.
At that time, Alex seemed to have a perfect record of 40+15+15 in one game, and his middle school also defeated the opponent by a considerable margin.
The captain of the Fujiyuan Middle School team at that time seemed to be Jun Ishiyama.
"You've changed a lot in this year..."
Alex looked at Jun Ishiyama in front of him, and he couldn't match the person in front of him with the image in his memory.
Compared with the person in his memory, Jun Ishiyama in front of him was taller, about five centimeters taller, and his limbs were more sturdy, and his skin was darker.
It seems that Jun Ishiyama has worked hard in the past year.
"Hehe! Ever since I was defeated by you, Alex, I've learned from my mistakes and haven't wasted a single minute in the past six months! And during the holidays, I went to Tokyo to attend a basketball training. Now I'm ten times better than before!"
Jun Ishiyama said proudly.
Alex also smiled, "Really? That's great. We'll be teammates for the next three years. Let's work hard together. My goal is to dominate the country!"
"Dominate... the country? That's a really impressive goal..."
Looking at Alex's outstretched hand, Jun Ishiyama was stunned, and after coming to his senses, he immediately smiled and shook it.
"But if it's you, it shouldn't be a problem. Please give me your guidance!"
Swish!
The door of the classroom was opened, and a middle-aged man walked in.
"Good morning, everyone. I'm glad to meet you. I'll be your class teacher for the next three years. My name is Mr. Yamada. Next..."
First, the classmates introduced themselves to each other. Everyone was very familiar with this part. Everyone stood up in order according to their seat numbers and introduced themselves, including their names, hobbies, etc.
"My name is Alex Walker, an international student from the United States. My specialties are singing, dancing, and ra... No, no, no. My specialties are basketball, only basketball! I hope you will give me a lot of advice in the next three years. Thank you."
Alex did not say that his goal was to dominate the country. After all, this was just a self-introduction between classmates, not a swearing-in ceremony for the basketball team. There was no need to say too much.
Then came the familiar freshman enrollment part. They gathered in the auditorium and listened to the lecture of the old man with white hair.
It seems that leaders love to give long speeches, no matter which country they are from.
Alex almost fell asleep on the spot, and the opening ceremony finally ended successfully.
After all, it was the first day of school. Every teacher who came later basically just introduced themselves briefly and then talked about the general situation of their own high school course.
Soon, the morning was over.
"Alex, let's go eat together!"
Jun Ishiyama came to Alex with his lunch box.
"Oh, I can't. I have an appointment with my teammates on the basketball team to have lunch together. By the way, we can also practice basketball at noon..."
Alex just said the words of refusal, and suddenly thought of something.
"By the way! Aren't you going to join the basketball team too, Jun? Why don't you come with me now!"
"Really? I thought I had to wait until the afternoon to go to the basketball hall! I didn't expect that you, Alex, have already established good relationships with the seniors of the basketball team? I want to go, I want to go!"
With an excited face, Jun Ishiyama and Alex left the teaching building together and came to the basketball hall.
"Excuse me!...Huh? Why is there no one here?"
Looking at the empty basketball hall, Jun Ishiyama said puzzledly.
"Of course, everyone must be eating in the lounge, come with me."
After all, Miuradai is a well-known private high school in the county, and the basketball hall is naturally very standard. Not only does it have a basketball court, but it also has locker rooms, lounges, and a dedicated recording studio.
Alex took Jun Ishiyama to the lounge with ease, and sure enough, he heard the sound coming from inside.
Dongdongdong...
"Oh! It looks like Alex is here. I'll go open the door!"
Zhi...
"Hey! Alex, you're finally here! Who is he?"
The one who came to open the door was John Gao, the good guy in the team. After seeing Jun Ishiyama standing next to Alex with an excited face, he asked in confusion.
"Hello, senior! My name is Jun Ishiyama from Class 1A. I also want to join the Miuradai basketball team!"
Jun Ishiyama immediately introduced himself.
Everyone got together because they love basketball. In addition, Jun Ishiyama's optimistic and friendly personality made it easy for him to get along with the seniors in the second and third grades.
After lunch, everyone took a short break and then practiced basketball in the basketball hall.
There was no special arrangement for the coach to practice basketball at noon. It was just everyone's spontaneous behavior, so naturally, there was no formal training.
It was just that everyone practiced tactics, played bullfighting, or found a basket to practice by themselves, anyway, whatever they liked.
Alex practiced until there were still twenty minutes before class in the afternoon. He changed his clothes and packed his things. He agreed with his teammates to leave the gym with Jun Ishiyama after the team practice in the afternoon.
The afternoon class was also quite boring for Alex.
After all, Alex had been admitted to a top-tier university in his previous life and had secured a scholarship, so he could be considered a half-student master. So the high school level courses for Alex were just like a high school student attending a first-grade math class in elementary school. If you were asked to go back to the 1+1 course in elementary school, would you still be able to stay alert? It would be good if you didn't fall asleep on the spot.
After the afternoon classes, the entire Miuradai High School officially entered the club activity time.
Alex and Jun Ishiyama went straight to the basketball hall.
"Hey! Alex and Jun, you are here. It just so happens that the newcomer selection is going on now, so you should also go through the process."
Ken Mura looked at the two people who appeared at the door of the basketball hall and explained with a smile.
Oh, right! I forgot there was such a link.
Alex then remembered that he and Jun Ishiyama were first-year freshmen who had just officially enrolled today, and it was reasonable to go through such a formality.