The shop door swung open, and a boy and a girl walked in.
"Welcome!" the mustached owner greeted them warmly.
But when the mustached owner saw the red-haired Hanamichi Sakuragi, he suddenly had a bad feeling for some reason.
It was clearly his first time seeing Hanamichi Sakuragi, yet he had the strange impression that he was going to lose money today.
Haruko Akagi walked up to the owner and asked in her pleasant voice, "Do you have basketball shoes that will fit him? Could you recommend a few pairs? Sorry for the trouble."
The mustached owner showed little interest in the youthful, pretty Haruko Akagi. Instead, he kept staring at Hanamichi Sakuragi.
That redhead looked all too familiar. He had seen him in the game the Kainan Team lost, though his hairstyle seemed different.
"Are you a player on the Shohoku Team? I watched your game against Kainan. You played beautifully!"
At the thought of Kainan losing, the mustached owner grew so excited he nearly cried.
Hanamichi Sakuragi pointed at his own nose and asked, "You know me? Am I already that famous?!"
"Of course! Your name is Hanamichi Sakuragi, right? Your rebounding is incredible. You're a very talented player, and I really like you."
As he spoke, the mustached owner seemed to make up his mind. He took out a box he had treasured for a long time from below.
Inside was a pair of Air Jordan 1 "Bred" shoes. These were Jordan's very first signature shoes and were extremely precious, and their colors were also close to those of the Shohoku Team's uniforms shown in their materials.
Many people had offered the mustached owner high prices for them as collectibles, but he had turned them all down, saying they weren't real basketball players.
"Try these on and