Chapter 15: 14.A New Era for Ryonan"
After Kenichi Uesugi took the ball away from Sendoh, the players of the Red Team
launched a counterattack right away after an instant of stunning. With the great combination of Kenichi Uesugi and Hiroaki Konosuba, the red team scored two points again. Until this moment, it can be seen that Sendoh was still dribbling the ball through Makoto Masaru's defense and approached Kenichi Uesugi. But this time, Sendoh
seemed to learn to be smarter. He let his other teammates create space with him so that Kenichi Uesugi would hardly use his wide field of vision known as Eagle Eye to predict his attack direction. Furthermore, Kenichi Uesugi now didn't have sufficient defensive skills anymore. Finally, Sendoh broke through Kenichi Uesugi's defense as he had wished and completed the final score. This left
Kenichi Uesugi feeling quite helpless. After all, the power of Eagle Eye is limited. " If only it was possible for me to get that advanced talent: Perfect Imitation! The whole scenario must be so very different from today. For I could successfully imitate Akashi's Emperor
of the Court back then, after all! I truly believe that it is an invincible, most deadly technique among Black and Blue, and one that could surely knock even immortality below! Emperor of the Court gives rise to thrilling anticipation indeed! " While Kenichi Uesugi couldn't block Sendoh 's offence entirely on the defensive, his still frenzied firepower on offense also troubled Sendoh at large.
Compared with an opponent as powerful as this in offense, that's the first time since loss to Hainan during his first year, now seemed this time, Coach's vision was not wrong at all, Ryonan really welcomed an ultra-strong man this year. At that Kenichi Uesugi and Sendoh, fantastic offense performance in the court, in court there, Tanaka Shigeichi stood up once
more, his eyes shined tearfully. After all these years, finally waited for this opportunity. Now finally proved that Kenichi Uesugi is truly as strong as Sendoh. Even in terms of offensive ability alone, he may be even more powerful. Last year, Sendoh joined the team; this year, Kenichi Uesugi, who is no less talented than Sendoh, has arrived. It seems the era of
Ryonan has finally arrived! Shigeichi Tanaka suddenly remembered Rukawa Kaede who had rejected him. "What best newcomer? I am afraid our Kenichi Uesagi will be better!" The game on the field is still ongoing.
Although Shigeichi Tanaka no longer cares about the result, after all he has gotten what he wanted. Also, Kenichi Uesugi and Sendoh of each team affected the players in red and blue with wonderful offensive and defensive battles. And then all the players started to play this game with strength. Finally,
However, the two core players, Kenichi Uesugi and Yuzumi, made it possible for the Red Team to win the game. After the game, Ryonan's veteran players all expressed their feelings about Kenichi Uesugi, the newcomer who surprised them : "This guy is really capable!" "Yeah! Before, he shot at Sendo,
and I thought he was asking for trouble, but I didn't expect him to have a real trick!" "He actually tied with Sendo and even scored 2 more points than him, which is truly amazing!" "Maybe he is even better than Sendo! " Hearing the seniors praising him,
Kenichi Uesugi, who happened to pass by, wiping the sweat off his body with a towel, said modestly, "That's not the case, Senior Sendo didn't use his full strength!" Everyone thought so too. Sendoh had never revealed his true strength in their team's training. But even so, the power of Kenichi Uesugi really sent shock waves to them. At that moment,
Sendoh, overhearing the discussion about him, approached the group. He looked at the figure of Kenichi Uesugi, who was leaving, and said, "Actually, he didn't use his full strength either!" As soon as Sendoh said this, the players of Ryonan were shocked. He was competing with Sendo without his full
strength? The strength of the new entrant! There was instant surprise on everybody's faces as a beaming mood came in to everybody. Let Kenichi Uesugi become the stronger one, all for the sake of more possibilities that Ryonan may get in
competing against national tournament participants. Last year, with the entry of Sendoh alone, they had only not gotten inside the national tournament:. This year, with Kenichi Uesugi joining, it seems that entering the national competition is no longer just a dream! Soon, Tanaka Shigeichi
gathered all the players again. According to what he had said before the game, he punished the blue team members who lost the match. From today on, their training volume will be doubled for continuously three days. A wail soon echoed through the team. But in an instant, under the cold glare of
Tanaka Shigeichi, it ceased. Then Tanaka Shigeichi distributed jerseys to the four new members. Kenichi Uesugi got the number 9 jersey envied by the other three new players, including Hikoichi Aida. In the world of slam dunk, the distribution of jersey numbers is done according to not only grade and
generation but also the strength of the players. He earned the number 9 jersey in his first year - proof that Shigeichi Tanaka recognizes Kenichi Uesugi's strength. The last person to earn such recognition was Sendoh last year. Then came Masahiro
Masaru with No. 10, Kazuki Kishino with No. 12 and Hikoichi Aida with No. 15. After all the jerseys were given out, Shigeichi Tanaka disbanded the team. When everybody left,
Shigeichi Tanaka took the team list and pondered alone in his office. There are still two days before going to Kyoto for a practice match. He must hurry to arrange the team's
starting lineup. In fact, others are easy to say. It was at this point with Kenichi Uesugi that Shigeichi Tanaka felt a little hesitant. Since the beginning, he had always wished that Kenichi Uesagi could replace Ikegami and Fukuda as the starting power forward, but
after today's game Shigeichi Tanaka wanted to make a change. Let Kenichi Uesugi play the small forward position which he excels in, let Sendoh play the shooting guard. But put Kenichi Uesogi in the interior, where an excellent shooting talent is wasted. Sendoh can play shooting guard himself from time to
time. Still, he sometimes needs even to play a point to organize the team's offense so two of them plays in one position. The moment the two combine their strength on the court, this powerful offense will make Shigeichi Tanaka not dare to think about what team can stop it! He can even imagine the two leading Ryonan into the national competition together! No,
they can definitely lead Ryonan to the championship! After repeatedly reconsidering, Shigeichi Tanaka finally came to this decision.