Chapter 121 Invitation Letter
However, these days were not in vain for Akutsu, because at least he found the person in the photo that his mother Yuki gave him.

Akutsu’s biological father was a complete stranger to Akutsu, and he had no intention of forcing himself to recognize him.

I took a photo from a distance, just to give an explanation to my mother Yuki.

From then on, Akutsu and Hanyu began a life of shopping and eating.

Of course, Akutsu did not forget to train. He would get up early every morning to train for a while, then play with Hanyu during the day, and train again before going to bed at night.

This amount of training is definitely much lower than before, but it is enough to maintain Akutsu’s feel, and that’s enough.

“Brother Long is really great, worthy of being a great Eastern country with vast land and abundant resources.”

After touring the whole place, Akutsu couldn’t remember how many times Hanyu had expressed such emotion.

Of course, unlike general tourism, in addition to visiting scenic spots and taking photos, Akutsu also specifically goes to places like basketball halls and baseball courts.

A month later, Akutsu’s ban was lifted and he was finally able to officially participate in the competition.

After a month’s trip to Dragon Country, Hanyu was very satisfied and boarded a flight back to Cherry Blossom Country with Akutsu.

After returning to the Land of Sakura, Akutsu reported back to Jinno School.

After taking leave for more than a month, Akutsu officially returned to the team and began training.

In this year’s national competition, due to some dramatic factors, the core players of the championship, runner-up and third place teams were unable to play.

However, Tonghuang defeated Shenye with an absolute lead.

Coach Gangcun was very dissatisfied with this, so as soon as the national competition ended, Jinye plunged into an intense and exciting training camp.

Because Akutsu wanted to accompany Hanyu, he asked for leave from coach Gangcun in advance.

Coach Gangcun also understood that the training he designed for ordinary people would probably not be of much help to Akutsu.

I just gave him a few simple instructions and agreed readily.

As soon as Akutsu walked into the stadium, he felt the strong training and competition atmosphere.

After winning the runner-up in the national competition, the Shinno basketball team’s fame soared to the top in the school, attracting a large number of people to sign up.

Therefore, the number of people in the basketball team now is much larger than when Akutsu first arrived.

“Aren is back~”

“You’re back, Ren!”

Not long after Akutsu entered the gym, he was recognized.

After playing ball with everyone for a while, Akutsu was called away by Coach Gangcun alone.

“Please sit down and let’s have a simple chat.”

Coach Okamura led Akutsu to his office, then got a glass of boiled water and spoke.

“Did you gain anything from this trip?” Coach Gangcun did not get straight to the point, but chose to chat with Akutsu first.

“When I was young, I also followed the team to the Dragon Country to participate in the competition.”

“However, Dragon Country was still relatively backward at that time, and its facilities were also relatively backward.”

Hearing that Coach Okamura had also been to Longguo when he was young, Akutsu smiled and began to share his development in Longguo with Coach Okamura.

“By the way, coach, why haven’t I heard of players like the Miracle Generation in Dragon Country?”

Akutsu searched BJ for a long time with hope, but nothing satisfied him.

“This is a rather complicated matter, and I can’t explain it clearly in a short time. Anyway, just remember, don’t underestimate the Dragon Nation.”

Coach Gangcun said with a complicated expression. It was obvious that the game had left a deep impression on Coach Gangcun. Hearing this, Akutsu nodded. In fact, he would be very careful without Coach Gangcun’s reminder.

Coach Okamura chatted with Akutsu for more than half an hour, and when Akutsu almost forgot what he came here for, Coach Okamura took out an envelope and pushed it in front of Akutsu.

“What is this?” Akutsu looked at the envelope in front of him. Although he had some guesses, he still asked.

“Aren, you’re so smart, haven’t you guessed it?”

Coach Gangcun did not answer, but smiled and said.

Hearing this, Akutsu knew that his guess was correct.

“Where are you from?”

“This is an invitation letter from an international joint school.”

“International Joint School?”

Akutsu was stunned when he heard this. It was the first time he heard of such a school.

“Well, the International United School brings together many elites from all over the world, and each of them is a basketball genius.”

Coach Gangcun said, “Not 100%, but at least 50%.”

Hearing this, Akutsu listened attentively.

Don’t think that 50% is not a high proportion. Compared with the whole world, it is already very exaggerated.

“Then the standards should be very strict, right?” Akutsu thought to himself that he had never heard of the name of this school before.

“The standard is really high, and most of the students there are members of their respective national U17 and U20 youth teams.”

Coach Gangcun continued, “In other words, many of them will definitely join their respective national teams and fight for their country in the future.”

“Do we have to join the national team once we get in?” Akutsu frowned and asked in a low voice.

Coach Gangcun did not notice anything unusual about Akutsu and thought it was just pure curiosity.

“Of course not. It’s not that easy to join the national team. You need to go through multiple levels of screening.”

“Of course, passing the assessment doesn’t mean you have to join the national team. You can choose to give up.”

Hearing this, Akutsu nodded in understanding, and then continued to ask:
“Who sent this envelope? Was it just for me or for the entire basketball team?”

“Oh, I forgot that you’re only a freshman in high school this year, and you’re experiencing a lot of things for the first time, so I’ll just give you a brief introduction.”

From Coach Gangcun’s introduction, Akutsu finally had a general understanding of this international joint school.

When the International United School was first established, everyone worked together to train many outstanding basketball players.

However, as the men’s professional basketball league held in the United States has become more and more outstanding, the focus of the United States has shifted there, and no outstanding talents have gone to international schools for several years.

The end of June and the beginning of July every year is usually the time when the school sends invitation letters to outstanding high school students from all over the world.

“If I go, will I be unable to participate in the Winter Cup?”

“That won’t happen. The holidays of the United School are different from those of our country Sakura. The Winter Cup just happened to be over.”

Holding the envelope and leaving Coach Gangcun’s office, Akutsu felt the long-lost excitement again.

Just when he was about to ask Hanyu for relevant information, Qingfeng called.

“Hey Ren, you got the invitation too, right?”

On the other end of the phone, Aomine was lazily lying on the roof, with an envelope similar to the one in Akutsu’s hand covering his eyes.

(End of this chapter)