Chapter 123 - Training Camp Arc; Begins (1/2)

[A/N 1: From now on, let's assume that all the characters are speaking English, there will be no communication gap. Anime world rocks.

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A/N 2: The participants in the Training Camp are all from taken from different sports animes, and have their names and country of origin changed.

You can look for their information in the Auxilary Chapter titled, Training Camp.

I have no bias for any country, as my country doesn't have a representation in this camp.

The players that I gave to the countries don't represent their level of basketball, and this is a work of pure fiction. I have no intention of comparing countries and their talent as I write this fanfiction.

Thank you.]

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After ten and a half hours later, the flight landed in LAX at 5:30 am. The time difference between Tokyo and Los Angeles was a total of sixteen hours with Japan ahead of Los Angeles.

Shun looked at Hattori as they boarded a taxi from the airport.

Shun: ”So, where is the training facility?”

Hattori looked at his young charge and answered the question.

Hattori: ”UCLA is providing its facilities for the training camp. You guys would be training in their gyms and staying in the dorms.”

The conference was named Pac-12. The Pac-12 was primarily conference famous for its American Football teams, but they also had good basketball teams.

UCLA has won eleven national titles in basketball, the most of any Division I team.

Shun was excited to see college sports facilities.

In America, college sports were an influential thing. For college administrations, sports programs were a significant business opportunity.

So, the colleges put a lot of money into their facilities to get high returns.

Because it was early morning in Los Angeles, Shun and Hattori were able to reach UCLA campus quite early and avoided the LA traffic.

They reached the campus, and one of the university staff members escorted Shun to his room.

The dorm room was for accommodating two people. The room had two beds, bedside tables, closets, study tables.

The university staff gave Shun two keys and spoke to him.

Staff: ”As you can see from the layout of the room, you will have a roommate staying with you.

The keys I handed to you are the keys to the door of the room and the closet. Please, keep them safe.”

Shun choose a bed and put his suitcase and backpack into the closet.

He called home and informed his parents that he had reached the dorms.

Shun hadn't slept at home because of excitement for the training camp, and he wasn't able to sleep on the plane, so Shun hit the pillow top immediately and slept till noon.

Shun didn't get up on his own. He was woken up by a stranger.

Shun opened his eyes and saw a black-haired person with Asian ethnicity.

Shun sat up in his bed and looked at the person in front of him.

The person looked at Shun and extended his hand for a handshake.

???: ”Hey, my name is Lin Ming. I am from China, and we will be roommates for the duration of the camp.”

Shun: ”Hi, my name is Kageyama Shun. I am from Japan. Let's get along.

And, you can call me Shun, I think using family names here in the west will confuse others.”

Lin Ming smiled and nodded.

Lin Ming: ”Alright, then you can call me Ming. It's nice to meet you, Shun.”

Shun rubbed his eyes and asked.

Shun: ”What time is it?”

Lin looked at his wristwatch that he had corrected to match the current time zone.

Lin: ”It's noon. So, when did you get here?”