Rebirth of Akutsu, dominating the Black Basketball Team

Chapter 24 Talent
Just when Qingfeng blossomed and entered the [zone], Akutsu also stepped into this area.

Compared to Aomine's feeling of being immersed in water, Akutsu felt like he was in a fog.

At this moment, a "ding" sound, like the sound of a chain breaking, rang in Akutsu's ears.

Akutsu opened the panel, and the words "unawakened" after "zone" and "unconscious" had disappeared.

And the proficiency of the seven abilities has increased significantly.

A strong sense of expansion arose in Akutsu's heart, and he felt that he was the strongest basketball player in the world.

Fortunately, Akutsu's heart is much more mature than his body, so this feeling comes and goes quickly.

"Is this the zone?" Akutsu muttered to himself as he felt the wonderful feeling coming from his body.

According to the setting of the original work of Kuroko, zone is a state of extreme concentration in which one excludes all unnecessary thoughts and emotions and is immersed only in the game.

It is difficult for athletes to be 100% focused when playing on the court due to various factors.

Even top athletes can only reach around 80 percent at most.

Zone can break this shackles, allowing players to concentrate 100% and fully demonstrate their strength.

Such a powerful zone is naturally what all basketball players dream of obtaining.

However, it is said that only players who train hard and persistently can reach the zone gate.

However, even so, they can only wait for fate to decide and wait for the opportunity to open the door.

Aomine Daiki's talent seemed to be a mockery of all this. He easily pushed open the door of the zone and entered the ultimate realm that was said to be accessible only to the chosen ones.

Looking at Aomine in front of him, Akutsu also admitted that he was worthy of being the ace among the miracles in the original work. Such talent was indeed beyond reproach.

Because the zone will "exclude" players who have entered it before.

Or to put it another way, entering the zone requires absolute focus on basketball.

However, players who have experienced it once will instinctively hope to enter the zone when faced with a desperate situation.

But at this time, the zone would always close the door coldly.

Therefore, a saying gradually began to spread that a player can only enter one zone in his entire life.

However, in the original novel, Qingfeng not only entered easily, but was also able to enter freely.

The rest of the people entered passively under external stimulation. For example, the God of Fire in the original novel opened the zone under the strong drive of unwillingness.

Only Qingfeng can open the zone independently.

This is the absolute talent of Aomine that Akutsu saw in him.

Many people believe that genius is 99% hard work and sweat, plus 1% talent.

But Akutsu understands that in the face of true talent, hard work and sweat are nothing.

Soon, the duel started again. After the score was one to one, Qingfeng still had the ball, and this time Qingfeng took the initiative.

After opening the zone, Qingfeng did not hesitate too much. He feinted left and right twice and then burst out with extreme speed.

In an instant, he broke through and got close to Akutsu. Akutsu stared at the trajectory of the basketball and defended it without giving an inch.

Compared to before, the speed of the two this time was much faster, making Momoi and Hanyu who were watching outside feel dazzled.

Taoi and Hanyu both opened their eyes wide in shock, looking at the scene in disbelief.

After several lightning-fast rounds of attack and defense, the two sides were once again in a stalemate.

Akutsu knew that judging by pure speed, he was slightly inferior to Aomine. Although not much, in a high-level competition, it was enough to decide the outcome.

Fortunately, Akutsu's previous weight gain played a role. He kept pressing Aomine closely and confronting him, so as to delay the situation a little.

With just a little interference, Akutsu would be able to catch up with or even surpass Aomine.

After several attempts, Qingfeng also discovered the problem. It was very difficult for him to break through Akutsu's defense alone.

Once Aomine breaks through to the basket, Akutsu will quickly wrap around him, covering Aomine like a huge cage. The intense muscle confrontation often affects Aomine's dribbling balance.

The blue lightning kept leaping and trying to rush to the basket, but the silver-white electric light always blocked it in the first place and stopped it.

This is the feeling that Momoi and Hanyu saw. Their vision could not keep up with the speed of Akutsu and Aomine, and a situation similar to hallucination appeared.

Although the attack was thwarted, the smile on Qingfeng's face became more and more intense, and he enjoyed this feeling very much.

The feeling of being fierce, confrontational, back and forth, and unable to determine the winner until the very last moment.

This feeling fascinated him and allowed him to rediscover the joy of playing basketball.

"Ada, he is smiling~"

Although Taoi didn't know what had happened to Aomine recently, she could clearly feel that something was wrong because Aomine hadn't played basketball with a smile for a long time.

You know, in Taoi's heart, Aomine is just a basketball idiot who only has basketball in his eyes.

However, this person has recently started to miss training.

Now it's okay. Aomine starts playing basketball with a smile again, and Momoi feels happy from the bottom of her heart.

Aomine and Akutsu confronted each other for a while, both of them breathing heavily.

"Ah Ren, how about trying this trick?"

Suddenly, Qingfeng jumped back with the ball, then raised the basketball with one arm and slammed it hard on the backboard, just like the goal he had scored before.

"Don't even think about it! Don't even think about using the same trick in front of me a second time!"

Seeing this, Akutsu jumped up without hesitation, his eyes quickly caught the trajectory of the basketball, and he stretched out his hand to block it.

"boom!"

Akutsu blocked the basketball this time, but he did not feel the slightest joy, instead his heart was cold.

Because the basketball just doesn’t feel right!
"That's great, Ren~"

Qingfeng had fallen back to the ground without knowing when, and was already waiting where the basketball landed.

At this moment, Akutsu instantly understood Qingfeng's plan.

The "shot" was fake, Qingfeng was just trying to trick him into the air.

Even Aomine believed that Akutsu could block the basketball, so the basketball rotated with a very strange backspin, and it would fall strangely when it touched Akutsu's palm instead of bouncing off.

"What a joke!"

Akutsu stared at the basketball in mid-air, and then his body, which was originally stretched out when he jumped up to intercept, was forcibly twisted in mid-air, making an extremely awkward posture with his head up and his feet down.

However, this posture allowed Akutsu's hand to get closer to the falling basketball.

Then, Akutsu slapped the basketball hard before it fell.

(End of this chapter)