Tokyo, night.
In the designated dormitory area near the National General Gymnasium, the lights in the Shohoku team's dorm were blazing. After a day of intense matches and spectator games, everyone had just finished dinner and gathered now in the guest house meeting room, where the complete tournament bracket for the national top eight was already pinned to the whiteboard on the wall.
"The top eight of all-Japan have been decided." Takenori Akagi stood before the whiteboard, arms crossed, his voice resonant yet steady.
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