Slam Dunk:Starting with perfect copy

In the locker room of Ryonan, there was a peaceful atmosphere. Everyone had already begun to look forward to Ryonan winning the championship.

Tanoka Shigeichi walked to the center and addressed the team:

"In the second half, Kenichi will replace Yueyue. We will try to resolve this battle within 10 minutes!"

"Yes!"

The morale of the Ryonan players was high. Originally, when Kenichi Uesugi wasn't around, they had withstood the pressure of Shohoku's counterattack. Now that Kenichi Uesugi was back, they were naturally more confident!

The halftime break passed quickly. When the players of the two teams returned to the court, Kenichi Uesugi quickly became the focus of the audience again.

"Wow! Look, Kenichi Uesugi is on the court!" "Really! He's back!" "Then Shohoku has no hope at all!"

When the Shohoku players saw Kenichi Uesugi again, their faces changed. Although they all knew that Kenichi Uesugi couldn't dominate like he did in the first half, they still felt tremendous pressure when facing him.

"Beep!" "The second half begins!"

After the referee blew the whistle, Akagi and Yuzumi started to jump for the ball. Unlike the first half, this time the two were no longer evenly matched. Yuzumi easily gained an overwhelming advantage.

"Oh no, Akagi-senpai is totally off form! He lost so much to Yuzumi!" Ayako said worriedly. She didn't expect Kenichi Uesugi's return to bring so much pressure to Shohoku's players. If this continues, they really won't have any chance at all!

On the court, after receiving the ball, Uekusa quickly advanced to the frontcourt and passed it to Kenichi Uesugi. When Kenichi Uesugi faced Rukawa's defense, he chose to break through quickly. Rukawa followed closely behind him, determined not to give up the pursuit.

When Kenichi Uesugi reached the basket, Sakuragi suddenly appeared and blocked him. The two double-teamed Kenichi Uesugi. He casually passed the basketball to the left, and it landed perfectly with Sendoh, who cut in.

Sendoh then scored a dunk.

"It was Sendoh and Kenichi Uesugi's cooperation!" "These two are invincible when they cooperate!" "There's no hope for Shohoku!"

Then, Shohoku quickly inbounded the ball and attacked.

After thinking for a while, Miyagi passed the ball to the left, where Akagi received it, hoping he could continue his excellent form from the first half.

After receiving the pass from Miyagi, Akagi quickly turned his back to Yuzumi and started his attack. After advancing a few steps toward the basket, Akagi made a quick fake to the left and then turned to the right for a lightning-speed layup.

Just when Akagi thought the ball would go in, Yuzumi's voice suddenly reached his ears: "Don't even think about it!"

Yuzumi's big hand swatted away Akagi's layup.

"Bang!"

Yuzumi blocked the shot with great force. After landing, Yuzumi looked at Akagi and said: "Akagi, I told you, I'll definitely return that ball!"

"Damn it, don't be happy too early!" Akagi responded harshly, but his momentum was noticeably weaker. Even Yuzumi could see that he was already running out of steam.

The game on the court continued, but the situation had become increasingly one-sided. Faced with a 20-point deficit, Shohoku's players were finding it harder to keep up.

Though Rukawa Kaede still gritted his teeth to score, and Mitsui also made a difficult 2-point shot over Sendoh's defense, these efforts were just drops in the bucket.

Under the joint efforts of Kenichi Uesugi and Sendoh, Ryonan's players were scoring almost every time they attacked, widening the gap further.

Seeing that the game was slipping away, Coach Anzai even tried to replace the main players, but they collectively refused.

Even though they knew the final result, the Shohoku players continued to push on, especially Akagi. This was his last chance to make it to the national tournament, and as long as the game wasn't over, he didn't want to give up.

"Beep!" "The game is over!"

As the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the players on the field stopped.

92:61,

Ryonan had won the game!

On the court, the players of both teams met at the center circle to greet each other.

"Please give me your guidance!"

With those words, Akagi was already in tears, and Yuzumi, standing opposite him, was also crying with joy.

The two opponents, who had battled fiercely for three years, embraced. The audience applauded them in appreciation.

As they were leaving the court and shaking hands, the usually taciturn Rukawa said to Kenichi Uesugi:

"I hope you'll perform excellently in the national competition!"

"Thank you! I will!" Kenichi Uesugi responded.

In the audience, Kiyota Nobunaga of Hainan said with a bit of regret, "What a pity! With their strength, they should be able to go to the national competition!"

"There is no chance to regret in basketball. If you lose, there's no chance to come back. That's why every game should be played with all your strength!"

Amu beside him added, "Let's go! The award ceremony is about to begin!"

"Do you think I have a chance to win a prize?" "You should just go back and dream!"

On the basketball court, the staff quickly set up a simple awards platform in the center. The Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament award ceremony began.

Ryonan claimed the title of Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament Champion and would enter the national tournament as the seeded team from Kanagawa.

Ryonan's captain Yuzumi and vice-captain Ikegami took the stage to accept the award on behalf of the whole team. Yuzumi, usually very excited, nearly dropped the trophy, causing the audience to laugh.

The former Kanagawa overlord, Hainan, earned the runner-up title, and they too would enter the national tournament as the second-place team from Kanagawa. However, Amu and Takasago still had stern faces as they received their awards, clearly unhappy.

Finally, the best lineup of the finals was announced: Maki Shinichi, Kamiso Ichiro, Sendoh, Uesugi Kenichi, and Akagi.

Additionally, Uesugi Kenichi won the MVP title of the competition without any dispute. When he went on stage to receive his award,

countless fans applauded and cheered for him. His strength was clearly recognized by everyone!

While Kenichi Uesugi was receiving his award on stage, two people appeared in the corner of the audience. One of them, wearing a baseball cap and a mustache, said:

"This guy is quite interesting. Looks like Eiji won't be bored this year!"

Another person said, "From the reactions of the audience, he seems very strong!" "He can catch Eiji's interest, but that's it. He's definitely not Eiji's match!"

"Tetsuji, do you trust your son that much?"

The man with the baseball cap and mustache was Zekita Tetsuji, and his son, Zekita Eiji, was the ace player of Sanno Industrial, the defending national champion.

Zekita and his friends were originally traveling through Kanagawa when they learned that Hainan had been defeated. As an opponent eliminated by Sanno in the previous national tournament, Zekita had seen Hainan's game with his own eyes. They were very strong, and even against Sanno, they had fought hard before losing.

So, after hearing of Hainan's defeat, Zekita and his friend came to check it out. Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered to watch such a level of competition.

Hearing his friend question his son's abilities, Zekita Tetsuji responded confidently, "I told you, he's no match for Eiji. Never!"

His friend, still in disbelief, asked anxiously, "Could it be that he really...?"

"Yes, he has touched the threshold of the Zone. It won't be long before he completely enters the Zone field. He just needs the right opportunity!"

His friend was stunned by Zekita Tetsuji's words.

It was said that no one had entered the Zone field in Japan for years, and it was a realm only a small number of exceptionally talented players could reach. No wonder Tetsuji was so confident.

From this point of view, what Tetsuji said made sense. Against someone who had defeated an entire Ryonan, in front of Zekita Eiji, who had entered the Zone, he would be nothing more than a plaything.

After a few seconds of shock, his friend snapped back to reality, remembering what Tetsuji had just said, "What's the opportunity you mentioned?"

"A strong opponent!"

"There are very few domestic high school players who can challenge him. Without a worthy opponent, he always feels something is missing!"

"So you plan to send him abroad to find this challenge?"

"Yes, but this guy named Uesugi Kenichi seems promising. If they meet in the national tournament, he might just provide the opportunity Eiji needs!"

After the award ceremony, Ryonan's players were surrounded by reporters and photographers for interviews and pictures. This continued for nearly two hours before they finally dragged their exhausted bodies back to the locker room.

On the bus back to school, Kenichi Uesugi checked his system's experience value. He found that after the county competition finals, his experience had increased rapidly. His experience value was now at 70%, not far from reaching 99%. When that happened, he would have the chance to enter the Zone.

With perfect imitation and his growing power, he couldn't imagine how strong he would be when both the Zone and perfect imitation were active at the same time!