Merciless

"Originally, I thought our strength had only improved slightly compared to last season."

As the game continued, Coach Oyama's expression at the sidelines visibly grew more and more delighted.

"But now it seems we've really struck gold!!"

"Of course. If it hadn't produced results like this, then all the effort I poured into this over the past year would've been a huge loss, wouldn't it?"

Furukawa Eiko beside him wore an equally gratified expression.

The person they were naturally evaluating was Wu Yufei, who had performed the best on the court so far.

The game had now reached the fifth minute of the first quarter, with the Red Team leading the Blue Team 14-6.

If the two teams' starting lineups had been laid out before this scrimmage began and shown to spectators familiar with Tokyo Thunder, at least seventy percent of them would have confidently guessed that the Blue Team would win!

There was no other reason. Among the Blue Team's five starters, three of them—Honda, Kikuchi, and Alexander—had been key players for Tokyo Thunder last season. One of them, Takahashi Takeshi, had also once been a key player, while the last one, Kojima, had only been traded here for the new season but had already proven himself on other teams.

A lineup like that would unquestionably be a solid starting lineup on any team in the Japan Professional Basketball League.

As for the Red Team, while they had Sugiyama Shota, currently recognized as one of the top three centers in the Japan Professional Basketball League, as well as two newly traded powerhouses, Takeuchi Taiga and Sanada Isamu, of the remaining two players, Kishimoto Kazuki had always been Alexander's backup during his years with Tokyo Thunder, while Wu Yufei had only graduated from high school yesterday.

Comparing those two lineups,