Shohoku High School Teaching Building.
Classroom for Grade 6, Year 1.
As soon as Jack Carter and Kara Smith entered the classroom, the previously noisy room suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Everyone's attention was attracted by Jack Carter and Kara Smith.
The boys' eyes naturally fell on Kara Smith.
"Wow... so... so beautiful..."
"How can there be such a beautiful and cute girl?"
"Oh my God! Have I come to heaven?"
"I'm already deeply attracted to her. I wonder if she has a boyfriend."
...
The girls' eyes were on Jack Carter.
"Wow... so... so handsome..."
"How can there be such a handsome boy?"
"Tall and handsome, so safe."
"Oh my God! I'm already mesmerized by his handsomeness."
"I've decided. I want to be his girlfriend."
...
The appearance of Jack Carter and Kara Smith completely captivated all the boys and girls in the class.
However, when they saw Jack Carter and Kara Smith coming in hand in hand, they all showed envy, jealousy, and hatred in their eyes.
The boys were naturally targeting Jack Carter.
The girls were naturally targeting Kara Smith.
Jack Carter didn't even look at the other people in the class; he just found an empty seat and sat down.
Kara Smith also sat in the empty seat next to Jack Carter.
Several boys at the back of the class looked at each other, wanting to step forward and make an impression in front of Jack Carter.
However, the aura emanating from Jack Carter made them feel fearful, and they were hesitant to approach.
The sense of oppression from Jack Carter was so strong that not only the boys who wanted to cause trouble but even the girls who wanted to approach and chat with him kept their distance, even though their eyes had turned into heart shapes.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the classroom fell into a strange harmony.
Kara Smith naturally felt the gazes of the people around her and their fear of Jack Carter.
This wasn't the first time she had encountered such a thing.
She didn't know whether Jack Carter did it on purpose or unintentionally.
Did he not want to be disturbed by others?
As she thought about this, the corners of her mouth rose slightly without any expression.
Soon, the homeroom teacher walked into the classroom.
Because today was the first day of school, the homeroom teacher only asked everyone to introduce themselves. Jack Carter had no idea what happened after that.
He didn't know when he closed his eyes and began to doze off.
He didn't know how long it was before the corridor outside the classroom started to become noisy.
Jack Carter was awakened by the noise and slowly opened his eyes.
The noise outside the classroom also came in very clearly.
"Hey! Hurry up, hurry up..."
"Come quickly, come quickly…"
"What's going on?"
"Someone wants to challenge me in a one-on-one duel. A one-on-one duel!"
"There's a good show going on in the gym right now! Someone is going to play basketball with the captain of the basketball team. I heard that he's a freshman this year, and he has red hair."
...
Hmm?
After hearing this, Jack Carter roughly understood what was going on.
This seems to be the scenario in the original story.
"Ace, it looks like someone is going to play a basketball game. Let's go and watch together!" Kara Smith suggested.
Jack Carter looked uninterested and said lazily, "I don't want to! What's so interesting about that kind of competition?"
"Let's go! Let's go! Don't you want to join the basketball club? It's a good opportunity to take a look at the level of our school's basketball club!" Kara Smith said, and pulled Jack Carter's arm and walked out.
Jack Carter was also helpless and could only let Kara Smith pull him towards the gymnasium.
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Shohoku High School Gymnasium.
The place was already crowded with people at this time.
When Jack Carter and Kara Smith arrived, the game in the venue had already started for a while.
"Ah! It's already started. Really, it's all your fault, Ace." Kara Smith said with some blame.
Jack Carter half-closed his eyes and selectively filtered out Kara Smith's words.
Seeing him like this, Kara Smith couldn't even get angry.
She didn't know how many times she had experienced this kind of thing.
She snorted softly, then focused her attention on the game on the field.
At this moment, on the basketball court, two figures were engaged in a fierce confrontation.
One of them was the red-haired boy Jack Carter had met before, Hanamichi Sakuragi.
The other one had a rough and resolute face, dark skin, and strong, bulging muscles visible from his exposed arms.
Jack Carter looked at this person and muttered to himself, "This person must be Takenori Akagi! With this appearance, no wonder Hanamichi Sakuragi called him a gorilla."
On the court.
Takenori Akagi dribbled past Hanamichi Sakuragi.
Hanamichi Sakuragi was chasing after him desperately.
Seeing Hanamichi Sakuragi approaching Takenori Akagi quickly, Kara Smith was also surprised and said, "Wow! He runs so fast, Ace, look, there is actually someone who is almost catching up with you!"
Jack Carter curled his lips and said with disdain, "He is still far from it!"
Seeing Jack Carter like this, Kara Smith was also very helpless.
She didn't know since when, her childhood sweetheart became lazy, as if he had lost his former interest in basketball and no longer had the drive he had as a child.
Bang...
At this moment, a deafening noise suddenly sounded.
Everyone's attention was attracted by the loud noise.
Jack Carter and Kara Smith also looked in the direction where the sound came from.
Then they saw a surprising scene.
Ah...
After a moment of stunned silence, Kara Smith screamed and quickly covered her eyes.
Jack Carter's mouth twitched as well, unable to bear to look directly at it.
On the court, Hanamichi Sakuragi and Takenori Akagi had both fallen.
The loud noise just now was caused by the two falling down.
But that's not the point.
At this time, Takenori Akagi's pants were down, revealing his dark buttocks.
In broad daylight, spring is here.
The stadium suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Soon, after the silence, there were bursts of laughter that broke through the air.
Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter.
After the laughter died down, the showdown resumed on the court.
The following plot is similar to the original.
Hanamichi Sakuragi used a trick and beat Takenori Akagi with a dunk.
Hanamichi Sakuragi's final human wall defense was still somewhat impressive.
In that situation, if it were Jack Carter, there would be some solutions, but it would still take some effort.
Hanamichi Sakuragi is still too young now.
Jack Carter had no interest in continuing to watch, so he turned around and left. "Let's go, Kara."
"Ace..." Seeing Jack Carter leave, Kara Smith glanced at Hanamichi Sakuragi and Takenori Akagi who had finished their duel on the court, then turned around and chased after him.
When walking out of the stadium, Kara Smith also caught up with Jack Carter.
She asked, "How is it?"
"What's going on?" Jack Carter was puzzled.
Kara Smith analyzed, "It's the basketball club! The captain of the basketball club is quite capable, but I don't know how capable the other members of the basketball club are.
But I heard that Shohoku's basketball team was eliminated in the first round last year, so I think the other members of the basketball club may not be as good as expected."
Jack Carter said with an indifferent expression, "It doesn't matter. I won't count on them anyway."
"That won't work! Now that you've joined the basketball team, you have to get along well with your teammates." Kara Smith said earnestly.
Jack Carter scratched his ears, then said impatiently, "I know."
A strange smile appeared on the corner of Kara Smith's mouth, and then she said, "By the way, Ace, I have submitted your application for joining the club for you!"
Jack Carter: "…"