Chapter 194: Can the senior members of the Izumitani starting lineup form a team?!

Yukimiya Kazuma and the others were undoubtedly special; as soon as they finished filling out their club application on the first day, they joined the team for some simple training that same day.

However, Tsuchiya Dahe, who seemed very familiar with the basketball club's affairs, told Yukimiya Kazuma that the joining process was not yet over; it would only be considered complete after all first-year applications were collected and the selection process ended.

And indeed, the facts were exactly as he said.

……

Time passed quickly, and before long, it was the afternoon of the second day.

The new recruits aspiring to join the Izumitani Basketball Club this year gathered in the gymnasium.

Most of the new recruits looked nervous; after all, the "King of the West," Izumitani, was quite famous in the Tokyo district. Even if it was just a club entry test, whether they could pass this level of basketball powerhouse remained unknown.

Yukimiya Kazuma had fought the Generation of Miracles, underwent eight months of high-intensity meditation training after the All-Japan tournament, and cultivated a set of all-around attributes; he was at the peak of confidence, so this situation had absolutely no effect on him.

Tsuchiya Dahe and Dakou Longzhi, although they had been completely crushed by Yukimiya Kazuma at the All-Japan tournament, were almost the NO. 1 players in their respective regions during middle school.

And Long Tian Zhang was purely accustomed to being arrogant; after all, the slogan on the magazine cover he once appeared on was a declaration of war: "East of the Capital is the NO. 2 in the district."

At this moment, he showed no sign of worry at all; instead, he watched the second and third years with great interest, as if selecting targets to knock off their pedestals.

Among the five, only He Xiuyang seemed a bit worried: "I say, how exactly will the entry test proceed?"

"Usually, it's just some basic items. Since it's just joining the club, having sufficient basic ability is enough. However, Izumitani is called the King of the West in the Tokyo district, and this is high school basketball; I guess they will increase the difficulty of the tests a bit."

"And in this situation, the most suitable choice is undoubtedly..."

Before Tsuchiya Dahe could finish speaking, Captain Kiki Already stepped forward to explain.

"Now, all new students are free to form teams of your choice and play a 5-on-5 practice match against the senior members of the Izumitani team for this test."

Upon hearing this, the entire hall erupted in uproar.

"What?"

"Directly compete against the seniors?"

"It's probably just about watching the match content; we don't need to win. How could us first-years possibly beat Izumitani's second and third-year players?"

After listening to Kiki Already's words, Dakou Longzhi immediately clapped his hands: "Just what I wanted. Starting right here, let's directly defeat Izumitani's starting lineup."

"I'll take the small forward position."

As soon as Dakou Longzhi finished speaking, the eyes of the first-year new recruits suddenly turned in unison towards... hmm, not Dakou, but Yukimiya Kazuma.

When first-years form a team to play against Izumitani's seniors, everyone's first choice in the room is undoubtedly 'Yukimiya Kazuma,' famous throughout the middle school basketball world.

Yukimiya Kazuma glanced left and right; compared to the other new recruits of the first year, it was immediately obvious that their strength differed by a world of difference from the five of us.

Immediately...

"He already has a team!"

"A bunch of small fry want to be on the same team as Yukimiya? Hah? Are you kidding?"

Long Tian Zhang, looking fierce, glared at the surrounding new recruits who were clearly first-years like him.

He Xiuyang, standing nearby, did the same; although this guy was introverted, let's not forget that the 'Rookie Ace's War Cry' originated from this brother.

On the other side, as soon as Tsuchiya Dahe entered the match state, he immediately shifted from his usual energetic self to being cold and aloof, while Dakou Longzhi nodded at Yukimiya, giving off a strong vibe of 'I know the experts, I'm on the experts' side.'

Regarding Yukimiya Kazuma's group, Izumitani was actually well-prepared, but before Kiki Already could speak, Yukimiya Kazuma spoke first, and it was an immediate, all-in move that caused a huge uproar, directly disrupting Coach Kakita Yishi and Kiki Already's plan to proceed slowly.

"Can the senior members of Izumitani's starting lineup form a team?"

"Please give us your guidance."

"……"

Upon hearing this statement.

The group of new recruits who had been slowly approaching suddenly scattered like birds; in the blink of an eye, more than half of them were gone.

And among the crowd of second and third years, some commotion also arose; a super new recruit challenging the entire starting lineup on the first day of joining the club carried a meaning too obvious to miss. Many substitute players from the second and third years immediately looked at Kakita Yishi and Kiki Already, while the starting members, instead, remained silent and stepped forward directly.

Although the coach and captain did not explicitly say so, they actually understood clearly; after all, since the end of last year's I·H, the coach and captain's moves had been too big.

At the same time...

The impact of the three former members of the Five Without Crowns leading a first-year team to a strong Interhigh run and a Winter Cup championship victory made many teams in the high school basketball world unable to sit still.

The strength of the Five Without Crowns was obvious to all, and the 'Generation of Miracles,' who were even stronger than them and had won three consecutive middle school championships, naturally became the target of fierce competition by all teams this year.

As for the person right in front of us.

He was even a ruthless figure who, at the All-Japan tournament, dragged the Generation of Miracles into the fourth quarter single-handedly before the winner was decided, earning the title of 'Uncrowned King' from the middle school basketball world as a monster.

Handing over the starting lineup positions was almost inevitable.

However...

Izumitani's starting players looked at Tsuchiya Dahe and the others...

"Come on!"

"Kids, we will make you clearly see the difference between high school basketball and middle school basketball!"

……

Soon, everyone had finished warming up.

Compared to the other timid first-years, Yukimiya Kazuma and the others stepped onto the court without hesitation.

Yukimiya Kazuma, playing as center, stepped onto the center circle jump ball area for the first time.

Izumitani's center, Gassan Masahiko, was just 190 centimeters tall; looking at his build, he was clearly a power-type center. He raised his head slightly, staring at Yukimiya Kazuma in front of him.

To be honest, he had never watched the Generation of Miracles' matches, nor had he watched the matches of this Uncrowned King right in front of him; as a third-year student, in the final year of middle school, he had never faced off against a first-year middle schooler who hadn't yet established the Generation of Miracles' reputation.

But after hearing that the coach and captain, upon the end of the I·H, had even started recruiting the Generation of Miracles before waiting for the Winter Cup, he, like his teammates, had collected quite a bit of material regarding the Generation of Miracles and this Uncrowned King.

When the I·H ended, the only national tournament for middle school basketball, the All-Japan tournament, also ended almost simultaneously.

At that time, it was the period when middle school and high school basketball weekly magazines exploded with content; regardless of whether you followed middle school or high school basketball, you could see news from the other side in many of these weeklies.

Among them, the evaluations of Yukimiya Kazuma were mostly 'Uncrowned King,' 'passing and control genius,' 'all-around skills with no blind spots,' and the like, with extreme praise for his techniques.

However, when he truly saw this person with his own eyes, he realized that less than a year had passed, and the other person's body was still continuing to grow explosively.

He must be over 195 centimeters tall, right?

With a height like that...

Can he still possess his original technical skills?

Tsukiyama Yoshihiko had deep personal experience with this point: as height increased, flexibility worsened, to the extent that in his later years he simply trained himself into a power-type center.