Chapter 22: Eyes in the Dark

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The next day.

The overwhelming news swept across Kanagawa like a storm.

The news that Shohoku defeated Tsukubu and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals spread quickly in the high school basketball community in Kanagawa.

At the same time, the name Jack Carter also caused a stir in the high school basketball community in Kanagawa.

His amazing dribbling, unpredictable shooting, extraordinary speed, and almost undefendable offense.

These characteristics made him famous.

All kinds of titles were given to Jack Carter as if they were free.

All of a sudden, Jack Carter's popularity skyrocketed, and Shohoku also became very popular.

Some even boldly speculated that Shohoku is very likely to become the team that overthrows the reign of the king Kainan.

Of course, these are just topics of conversation after dinner, used to entertain and shock people.

Another piece of news has become the most eye-catching focus at the moment.

[The Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament semi-finals are about to begin! Shohoku VS Shoyo]

This news was like a bombshell, attracting the attention of all high school basketball team members in Kanagawa.

In everyone's mind, Shoyo and Kainan have the same weight.

Although the championship in previous years has always been firmly occupied by the king Kainan, Shoyo has always been able to maintain a stable second place, which is enough to prove Shoyo's strong strength.

It can be said that no team has been able to break the situation created by Shoyo and Kainan for many years.

In a cold drink shop in Kanagawa, Takenori Akagi and Kiminobu Kogure sat face to face and talked quietly.

"I never thought that we would actually get this far," Kiminobu Kogure said with emotion, his eyes revealing a hint of excitement that was hard to conceal.

Recalling every detail of his three years of high school, he felt as if he was in a dream.

Takenori Akagi stirred the iced coffee in his cup silently without saying anything, but his expression showed that he agreed with what Kiminobu Kogure said.

Kiminobu Kogure continued: "The next match will be against Shoyo..."

At this point, he paused, with an undisguised look of anticipation on his face, and then continued, "Maybe this year we really have a chance to compete for national dominance, Akagi."

Takenori Akagi's eyes flashed with determination, and he nodded heavily. "Yes!"

Kiminobu Kogure suddenly spoke up again: "Come to think of it, Jack Carter really gave us a big surprise. I don't know why, but as long as he's around, I feel particularly at ease."

"Huh." Takenori Akagi snorted and said stubbornly, "Who knows! He is a guy who can only fight alone. Shoyo is not like the teams we met before. What should we do if he is restricted by the opponent?"

Kiminobu Kogure was stunned for a moment. He had never thought about this question before.

However, thinking of Jack Carter's amazing strength, he said, "I don't think so. With Jack Carter's strength, it's probably hard to find an opponent in the high school basketball world."

Takenori Akagi reminded them seriously: "Don't forget, we are participating in the county competition now."

"Don't be so nervous. You need to relax a little, Akagi," Kiminobu Kogure said with a smile.

Takenori Akagi may not know it yet.

But Kiminobu Kogure heard from Kara Smith that the super-high-speed dribbling and Formless Shot demonstrated by Jack Carter last time were just the most basic ones, and he hasn't used more difficult techniques yet!

This means that Jack Carter still retains a considerable amount of strength.

Thinking of this, Kiminobu Kogure's mouth corners unconsciously rose up, thinking to himself, "It will be fine."

In an open-air basketball court, Jack Carter was sweating alone on the court, playing basketball to his heart's content, as if there was an opponent in front of him who was equally strong as him.

Kara Smith sat quietly on a bench outside the venue. She would lower her head and fiddle with her mobile phone, her fingers sliding quickly across the screen, and then she would pick up a pen to write and draw on her notebook, busy and happy.

The "bang bang" sound of the basketball hitting the ground came one after another, but it did not disturb her thoughts at all. It seemed that in this vibrant atmosphere, her mind was more active than usual.

Jack Carter was already used to such scenes. He dribbled and shot without disturbing her.

Time passed by minute by minute, and it was unknown how long it had been before Kara Smith finally stopped what she was doing, raised her head, and a relaxed and confident smile appeared on her face.

"Finally done." She stood up, stretched, and relaxed her stiff body.

At this moment, the sound of a basketball hitting the net was heard. Jack Carter could no longer remember how many times he had thrown the basketball into the basket.

As if he noticed something happening over there, he turned around and asked, "Are you done?"

Kara Smith nodded slightly and said, "Well, I have sorted out the information of each player of Shoyo. How about it, do you want to see it first?"

Jack Carter said with disdain, "Tsk," and replied without any interest, "No, that would be too boring."

Kara Smith continued to persuade with a sly look on her face: "I think it's better for you to take a look. Shoyo is really strong. Maybe you will lose, Jack!"

"Ah?" Jack Carter raised his eyebrows, and a gleam of confidence flashed in his eyes. "I will lose? What nonsense are you talking about? The one who can defeat me..."

Having said that, Jack Carter suddenly stopped, with a hint of doubt flashing across his face.

Strange, why am I saying this?

Seeing him suddenly stop, Kara Smith asked in surprise, "What's wrong? What did you want to say just now?"

Jack Carter came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "Nothing. It just so happened that I didn't have enough fun last time. I hope Shoyo can hold on for a while longer!"

After hearing this, although Kara Smith felt a little strange, she did not ask any more questions and said, "I have to go back to the school basketball team to sort out the information. Let's go!"

"Hey! Why do I have to go too?" Jack Carter muttered reluctantly.

Kara Smith immediately put on a pitiful look and said coquettishly, "You are a grown man! It's getting late now, do you have the heart to let a girl walk on the street at night?"

Jack Carter rolled his eyes at her. They were childhood sweethearts who grew up together. How could he not see that she was acting?

"Ah..." Jack Carter sighed helplessly and said, "I know."

Seeing that Jack Carter agreed, Kara Smith immediately put away her pitiful expression and a sweet smile bloomed on her face.

In the evening.

Shohoku High School Basketball Hall.

There is a warm atmosphere in the quiet stadium.

Bang...

The sound of the basketball hitting the ground sounded rhythmically.

Kaede Rukawa's figure quickly shuttled across the court, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and the fire of fighting spirit burned in his eyes.

At this moment, his mind was filled with Jack Carter's heroic performance on the field.

Super-fast dribbling, unpredictable shooting...

As he thought about it, he began to imitate Jack Carter's dribbling.

However, right at the beginning, the basketball slipped out of his control and rolled out.

Kaede Rukawa frowned slightly, but was not discouraged. He quickly picked up the basketball and tried again.

But every time ended in failure. The basketball was either thrown out by him with too much force or accidentally hit his foot. He was simply unable to control it as accurately as Jack Carter.

His brows were tightly knitted together, and his heart was filled with resentment.

He had never thought that the gap in strength between himself and Jack Carter would be so huge.

Thinking back to the previous duel, the opponent was clearly letting me win.

No, it's not just releasing water, but releasing the sea, the sea of stars.

When he thought of this, a nameless anger surged in his heart, but he quickly suppressed it.

He knew that with his current strength, he was no match for Jack Carter, and it would be a waste of effort to challenge him in a duel.

Then, he thought of Jack Carter's seemingly random yet extremely accurate shot.

He stood in front of the free throw line, jumped, and imitated Jack Carter's casual shooting movements.

Bang...

The basketball hit the rim hard and bounced out of bounds.

He didn't give up and kept trying.

Bang...

The sound of basketballs missing the target could be heard constantly in the gym, and there were even a few times when the ball missed all three shots.

Kaede Rukawa then deeply realized that Jack Carter's seemingly simple and casual shooting method was actually much more difficult than he had imagined. Not only did he have to grasp the timing and strength, but even the angle was extremely difficult to control.

"That guy actually makes the shot every time." He secretly marveled in his heart.

At this moment, he did not notice that outside the stadium gate, someone was staring at him through the half-open door.

"Damn stinky fox, actually imitating that godless devil." Hanamichi Sakuragi looked at Kaede Rukawa who was practicing hard in the gym, muttering to himself, but did not push the door to go in.

He also longed to score points on the court, but he just couldn't do it.

Seeing Jack Carter and Kaede Rukawa shine on the field, he felt very uncomfortable.

These are the two people he hates the most in the basketball team.

"Sakuragi Hanamichi." Suddenly, a voice came from behind Hanamichi Sakuragi. He was so scared that his face turned pale, his whole body trembled, and he almost lost his soul.

He turned his head stiffly and found that Haruko Akagi was standing behind him.

Instantly, his expression became silly and cute, with a flattering look on his face. "Haruko..."

Haruko Akagi smiled sweetly and asked curiously, "Sakuragi Hanamichi, why are you standing here and not going in?"

"Ah? I...I...I...that..." Hanamichi Sakuragi was speechless for a moment, stammering and unable to speak.

He subconsciously moved his body to block the gap in the door, fearing that Haruko Akagi would find out that he was peeking at Kaede Rukawa's practice, which would be too embarrassing.

Haruko Akagi tilted her head and looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi with curiosity, feeling that something was wrong.

Hahaha...

Hanamichi Sakuragi suddenly laughed, scratched his head, and explained: "I was just passing by here. Haruko, what a coincidence, we met here."

Haruko Akagi looked confused.

Isn't this a basketball court?

Isn't it normal to encounter this here?

On a small road not far away, the dim street lights cast a soft light, and a fat figure stood quietly.

The white hair swayed gently in the evening breeze, as if telling the story of the years.

The glasses on his nose reflected cold light under the moonlight, giving people a deep and unfathomable feeling.

The person standing there was none other than Mitsuyoshi Anzai, the coach of the Shohoku Basketball Team.

He was bored and passed by this place, but unexpectedly saw Hanamichi Sakuragi standing alone in front of the door of the basketball hall, peeking inside furtively.

From time to time, the sound of basketballs hitting each other could be heard in the basketball hall.

Mitsuyoshi Anzai pondered in his heart and roughly guessed who was inside.

At this point in time, most of the members of the basketball team have already returned home.

The only people who usually stayed this late, besides Takenori Akagi and Kiminobu Kogure, were Kaede Rukawa.

The sound of high-speed dribbling coming from the gym is obviously not something Takenori Akagi and Kiminobu Kogure can do.

Well, the answer is self-evident. The person practicing inside should be Kaede Rukawa.

As for why it wasn't Jack Carter, Mitsuyoshi Anzai couldn't help but chuckle.

That guy always looks lazy on weekdays. We should be thankful if he doesn't come late. No one would believe that he would stay for extra practice!

He looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi there, saw his problems with basketball, and wondered if he should find some time to teach him some shooting techniques.

Mitsuyoshi Anzai stroked his chin, lost in thought.

However, he did not realize that not far away from him, two people were looking at him with strange eyes.

"Is that Coach Anzai? What is he doing there?" Kara Smith asked softly with a puzzled look on her face.

Jack Carter glanced at them casually and said nonchalantly: "Who knows? Why do you care so much about the lives of the elderly?"

Kara Smith blinked and thought to herself, "That's right, the coach is so old, it's normal for him to do something incomprehensible."

Ahaha…

Jack Carter yawned, with a hint of impatience in his tone, and urged: "Okay, let's go! I haven't eaten yet!"

"Oh, okay." Kara Smith also felt a little hungry.

The two walked side by side out of the school and soon disappeared into the night.

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