A New Level of Respect

That was right. Just like three years ago, when he had yet to graduate from middle school and had won over Coach Harada and Murasame Kengo's group at Miuradai with a single in-team scrimmage!

Wu Yufei had every confidence in this!

As people from all sides gradually arrived, the team entered the final countdown before training officially began.

Whoosh—!!

At exactly eight in the morning, the doors to the training hall were pushed open once more. Team manager Furukawa Eiko and another middle-aged man appeared before everyone.

"Assemble!!"

At the powerful shout, the Tokyo Thunder players, who had been scattered around the training hall attending to their own business, quickly gathered where the voice had come from.

Wu Yufei naturally moved with the rest of the group.

In less than thirty seconds, everyone had assembled, standing tall before Furukawa Eiko and the middle-aged man.

Furukawa Eiko and the middle-aged man nodded at the sight.

Wu Yufei naturally recognized this middle-aged man as well.

He was the head coach of the Tokyo Thunder Basketball Team, Oyama.

Coach Oyama's experience was somewhat similar to Coach Anzai's at Shohoku. He had once worn the National Team jersey and competed on the court, achieving considerable success. After retiring, he had also become the head coach of a university basketball team.

However, unlike Coach Anzai, Coach Oyama had not suffered through the Yazawa Incident. After successfully developing a large group of outstanding players at the university level, he caught the Tokyo Thunder's attention, joined their coaching staff, and rose smoothly through the ranks to become head coach at a fairly rapid pace. He had remained in that position for a full ten years.

Over those ten years, under Coach Oyama's leadership, Tokyo Thunder had become one of the most successful clubs in the Japan Professional