Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 270 The final fight
"No, Dei... was discovered?" Mibuchi Reio's hand suddenly trembled when she caught the ball, and a strong sense of disobedience surged in her heart.

"I've waited for so long, and finally this moment has come..."

Just as Reo Mibuchi raised her hand to throw the basketball into the basket, Ichiro Katsume suddenly rushed forward, jumped up and fanned the basketball in Reo Mibuchi's hand out of the court.

"Oh, what a pity..."

"That No. 5's pass seems to be more powerful than that of Seirin High School's phantom sixth man! It's a pity that the ball was blocked and failed to turn into an assist..."

"Seirin was just lucky, the next shot wasn't so easy to block..."

"Don't panic, Reo!" Akashi Seijuro saw that Mibuchi Reo was panicking and comforted her, "It's nothing more than missing an open three-pointer. Just respond with more three-pointers!"

"Oh, I understand." Mibuchi Reio looked at Katsume Ichiro in front of him with a serious expression and nodded.

"Things may not be as simple as you think, Akashi." Aomine Daiki crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the field with a playful look on his face. "The audience on the sidelines can easily spot Dai Chihiro... Such a bright light is no longer just a shadow!"

"But even if Dai Chihiro can't play a role on the field, Seirin and Rakuzan are just a pair, right?" Wakamatsu Kosuke said hesitantly, "Without Kuroko, Seirin's combat power will probably be greatly reduced!"

"Who told you that Seirin's fighting power will be greatly reduced?" Aomine Daiki looked at Wakamatsu Kosuke with a strange expression and said, "Did you just...see Azhe?"

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"I have to admit that your performance just now was beyond my expectations."

While Aomine Daiki was still talking to Wakamatsu Kosuke on the sidelines, Mibuchi Reo had already received the sideline ball from Takeyoshi Netani, and once again held the ball and made a three-threat move, staring at Katsume Ichiro in front of him with burning eyes, and said in a playful tone.

"Is this beyond your expectations? There are more things that will surprise you!" Katsume Ichiro laughed and counterattacked, "You'd better sit tight and don't fall off your chair in shock!"

"You are such an unpleasant person, you sharp-tongued fellow." Mibuchi Reo's expression turned ugly. "As punishment, I will shoot five three-pointers over your head!"

"You said five, so five?" Kumei Ichiro curled his lips in disdain and said, "I'm telling you that you won't be able to make any of the next ones!"

"Then let's give it a try!" Mibuchi Reio narrowed his eyes, bent his knees slightly, and suddenly jumped back.

"Damn it, it's indeed a shot from heaven..." With an unsightly expression, Katsumi Ichiro gritted his teeth and jumped up, trying to block the ball from Mibuchi Reo - but before Katsumi Ichiro jumped, someone moved faster than him.

"Excuse me, could you be a little gentler?" Kuroko Tetsuya suddenly appeared from the side and slapped the ball off when Mibuchi Reo was raising the ball above her head.

"Kuroko?" Mibuchi Reo looked at Kuroko Tetsuya in the corner of her eye in surprise, "When did this guy appear? No, why didn't I notice this guy approaching?"

"Huh, isn't this normal?" Aomine Daiki looked at Mibuchi Reo's surprised eyes and smiled as if he had known this would happen. "When the background color is the same, when a brighter light source appears on the field, the weaker light source will naturally disappear... Not to mention a guy like Azhe who is proficient in misdirection... Even if Azhe doesn't play basketball, he will be an outstanding magician in the future, right?"

"Good steal, Kuroko!" The moment Kuroko Tetsuya completed the steal, Kagami Taiga's figure rushed out like an arrow from a bow, and the electric light in his pupils seemed to draw a long band of light under Kagami Taiga's speed.

"Time!"

Just when Kuroko Tetsuya was about to pass the ball to Kagami Taiga, a clear sound of lightning suddenly rang out behind him. Immediately afterwards, Akashi Seijuro's figure turned into a crimson stream of light that streaked across the court, and in the blink of an eye he appeared behind Kagami Taiga.

"So fast..." Kagami Taiga looked at Akashi Seijuro in front of him. For some reason, he felt unusually calm at the moment. "But... I am no longer the Kagami Taiga who would panic if I was slightly forced to rob!"

As Kagami Taiga finished speaking, Akashi Shojuro felt a flash before his eyes. Kagami Taiga turned around lightly and used his tall body to trap Akashi Shojuro firmly behind him.

"Well done, Kagami-san!" A look of satisfaction flashed across Kuroko Tetsuya's eyes, and then he accelerated and passed the ball back to Kagami Daigo.

"You can't get past me, Kagami!" Akashi Seijuro stared at Kagami Daiga in front of him with burning eyes. His left hand tightly gripped Kagami Daiga's waist and his left leg was pressed between Kagami Daiga's legs, leaving him no chance to turn around.

"If I can't get past you...then don't do it!" Kagami Daigo felt Akashi Seijuro's defensive position with his back, then suddenly lowered his shoulder and pushed Akashi Seijuro away half a step, then suddenly jumped back and shot the ball into the basket with a fadeaway jump shot.

"Make it, Kagami!" The players of Seirin High School looked at Kagami Daigo floating in the air and roared at the top of their lungs.

"You underestimate me a little bit. The God of Fire is greater than me!"

Just when everyone thought that Kagami Daiga's fadeaway jump shot was a sure win, Akashi Nakasho's cold words suddenly rang in Kagami Daiga's ears.

"What..." Kagami Dawo only felt a flash before his eyes, and a palm like a sharp blade cut into his hands and slammed the ball down.

"Shimata!" Furuhata Mitsukiri muttered grimly, "If we get forced into a defensive counterattack again, we're done for..."

"Run, Kagami-san!" Just as Kagami Taiga was about to return to defense, Kuroko Tetsuya's voice suddenly rang in his ears. The tacit understanding of long-term cooperation made Kagami Taiga subconsciously cut into the inside.

"Tetsuya?" Akashi Seijuro muttered to himself in shock as he looked at Kuroko Tetsuya who grabbed the basketball before him, "He shouldn't be able to keep up with me and Kagami's movements..."

"I didn't expect that Akashi would sometimes forget to eat and not to fight..." Kaneki Ken muttered as he looked at Akashi Seijuro's ugly expression in the field, "It's just the Eye of the Pseudo-Emperor. With Kuroko's excellent observation talent, it's easy for him to reproduce this move."

"Bang!" With the sound of a basketball hitting a palm, a stream of orange-red light brushed Akashi Seijuro's temples and flew into the inside. Kagami Taiga jumped up with his feet in the paint area, caught the flying basketball in the air, and stuffed it into the basket.

"Things are getting interesting." Kaneki Ken said with a smile, looking at the field, "The situation where Rakusan High School was suppressing Seirin High School... has been torn open."

"It's just a ball, right?" Tao Jing Satsuki looked at Kaneki Ken with some doubt and said, "And Akashi-san will definitely be careful later..."

"Things are not as simple as they seem." Kaneki Ken shook his head and said, "He has become an omnipresent shadow on the field again. The triggering conditions of Kuroko's Misdirection. Zone have been met. The players of Rakuzan High School will no longer be able to have their way as they did in the first half... Then, it's time for Kagami and Kuroko to beat up Akashi for justice~"

The result was just as Kaneki Ken had expected. After Kuroko Tetsuya entered the Misdirection.zone, all the players of Rakusan High School began to play with restrained hands on the court. Mibuchi Reo and others began to miss shots due to the interference of Seirin High School players. Kagami Daiga and Katsume Ichiro also took the opportunity to chase points. At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was 121 to 102, and the difference was only 19 points.

"I didn't expect that Kuroko Tetsuya could play such a big role on the court..." Imayoshi Shoichi said in disbelief, "By the way, why didn't Akashi Seijuro use the perfect pass he made in the IH finals?"

"It's a matter of physical strength, right?" Aomine Daiki said with some speculation in his tone, "Although I haven't experienced the feeling of being guided into the Zone by Akashi, it should be roughly the same overall. After entering the zone, the whole person is like a bathtub filled with water but with the plug pulled out. The better you perform, the faster your physical strength will be lost... I guess Akashi still wants to use this trick as a killer move to deal a fatal blow to Seirin High School?"

"Maybe..." Imayoshi Xiangyi said, adjusting the frame of his glasses, "But judging from Akashi's expression now, he seems to be very unhappy."

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"Are you there?" Akashi Seijuro sat quietly on the sidelines, staring blankly at the void in front of him. This was the first time Akashi Seijuro had a conversation with the secondary personality in his mind since the IH finals.

"You are such a rare guest~ It's rare that you still remember to look for me." The other Akashi Seijuro said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "What's wrong? Are you afraid of losing again? Afraid of breaking your promise to Kaneki Ken?"

"I am a little worried indeed." Akashi Seijuro said honestly, "But I am no longer afraid. If I really lose, it just means that my strength is not enough."

"Since you have already made up your mind, why did you come to me?" the other Akashi Seijuro asked leisurely.

"I just want to talk to you." Akashi Seijuro came to sit next to the other Akashi Seijuro, looked at him sincerely and said, "Although you and I share a pair of Celestial Emperor's Eyes, you and I use them in completely different ways... In terms of individual combat power, I can't compare to you."

"You didn't come to me just to say such polite words, did you?" the other Akashi Seijuro said coldly.

"Actually..." Akashi Seijuro said with a chuckle, "I want to borrow your power."

"What do you think of me? A tool for winning?" The other Akashi Seijuro sneered, "Using high-sounding reasons to do extremely selfish things... You are really very similar to our father, Akashi Seijuro!"

"You misunderstood me. I definitely didn't mean that! I know very well that you are me and I am you, and we are equal." Akashi Seijuro looked at the other Akashi Seijuro sincerely and said, "It's just that I really don't want to lose this game. If you can help me, I will be very happy."

"...Get out! I don't care whether you are happy or not!" The other Akashi Seijuro roared after a moment of silence, and then gradually disappeared into the deepest part of Akashi Seijuro's mind.

"Alas... Is it still not working?" Akashi Seijuro sighed softly and closed his eyes helplessly.

"Forget it, let me show you my power." At this moment, the voice of another Akashi Seijuro suddenly sounded in Akashi Seijuro's ears.

"Well, thank you very much." Akashi Seijuro was stunned at first, then he chuckled and muttered to himself.

"What did you say, Xiao Zheng?" Mibuchi Reio looked at Akashi Seijuro curiously and asked.

"Nothing." Akashi Seijuro smiled and shook his head, "An old friend is just willing to lend me a hand."

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"Well done, everyone." At this time, on the Seirin High School bench, Aida Reiko looked at the players in front of her with satisfaction and encouraged them, "Next, we will continue to use the style of play we used in the third quarter and try to overtake the score in the middle of the fourth quarter!"

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy, coach." Kuroko Tetsuya turned his head and looked in the direction of Akashi Seijuro and said, "Although I don't know why Akashi hasn't used the perfect pass or the pass, but I have a feeling... In the fourth quarter, Rakusan High School's counterattack will be stronger than ever!"

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"Buzz!"

Just as both teams were making arrangements for the next game, the sound of the timer on the sidelines suddenly rang, announcing the end of the intermission.

"Let's go, let's go together!" Kagami Daigo stood up, looked at his teammates, stretched out his arms and said loudly, "This game... must be won!"

"We must win!" The players of Seirin High School formed a circle around Kagami Daiga, stretched out their fists and bumped them with Kagami Daiga's fists, shouting Kagami Daiga's slogan loudly.

"The guys from Seirin seem to be very motivated!" Takao Kazunari said as he looked at the field with interest, "It looks like the fourth quarter will be even more exciting... Rakusan High School might even suffer a setback."

"That's hard to say." Midorima Shintaro pushed up the frame of his glasses, looked at Akashi Seijuro in the field with a hint of expectation in his eyes and said, "Akashi is... full of energy now!"

"Vulcan, ball!"

As the fourth quarter began, Teppei Muji decisively kicked the ball from the baseline to Kagami Taiga, and the final battle between the two teams began.

(End of this chapter)