Kuroko's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

The reduction in life-or-death situations has lightened Kise's burden considerably, and consequently, his desire for the "zone" is not as strong.

"You idiot... don't let me down at this crucial moment..."

Xiangyang muttered something, glanced at Hirakawa Takeshi who was defending him, and finally passed the ball to Kise on the wing.

Regardless of

Whether Kise can enter the "zone" in this match or not, he is the most important force in defeating Rakuzan!

"Okay, Xiao Xiangyang, I received your pass."

Kise licked his lips, looking at Akashi in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, just like what Xiangyang said, Akashi is much more intimidating now..."

"Even so, as the ace, I will never back down!"

A golden light flashed in his eyes, and a surging aura emanated from Kise.

A flawless imitation of Qingfeng!

Of all the talented players, Kise's favorite style of play is to imitate Aomine's. Whether it's because he admired Aomine in the past or because Kise and Aomine are very similar in physique, he always finds it very easy to imitate Aomine.

With a sudden stomp of his left foot, Kise launched himself into the air. With the boost from Aomine's form, his speed increased several levels.

Like a gust of wind, lightly passing around Akashi, even if it was just a "perfect imitation," Kise's offensive ability was already no weaker than any of the Generation of Miracles.

However… Akashi, now possessing a dual personality, would definitely be at the very top of any miracle team.

Without uttering a word, even after being passed by Kise, Akashi's expression remained unchanged, except that his pupils slightly dilated.

The Eye of the Heavenly Emperor!

Akashi suddenly turned around, snatched the ball away, and just as Kise got past him, he circled behind him, anticipated his move, and successfully sliced ​​the ball away.

Just as Kise felt he had gotten past Akashi, before he could even feel happy, he suddenly felt the hand he was dribbling suddenly become lighter. Looking down, he saw that the basketball had somehow slipped from his hand and was flying towards Nebu.

"Oops!"

Kise's expression changed, but even with his increased speed, he couldn't catch up with the ball after it was intercepted.

At this moment, Genwu had an expression as if a pie had fallen from the sky. He hurriedly stepped forward to take the ball that had been handed to him. Just then, a figure suddenly darted out from the side.

"Tell me, what would you do without me?"

Xiangyang made a diving save and caught the ball, speaking as he fell to the ground while simultaneously handing the ball back to Kise.

"Nice little Xiangyang!"

Kise's eyes lit up. He grabbed the basketball and, using the momentum from his earlier sprint, jumped up. Nebu, who had just been trying to steal the ball, couldn't dodge in time and was dunked on by Kise, who pushed against his body!

With a loud bang, the basketball slammed into the hoop. At the same time, Kise accelerated so fiercely that he crashed into Netake and knocked the big man to the ground!

That wasn't the end of it. Because Nebu's feet weren't firmly planted when Kise knocked him down, it was an illegal defensive stance according to the rules. Kise not only dunked on Nebu but also drew a defensive foul on him!

Hai Chang No. 7's goal (2+1) stands!

The referee blew the whistle, and the audience cheered. Even the members of Rakuzan couldn't help but secretly admire Kise's dunk.

Only Genwu lay on the ground, looking utterly dejected.

In the second quarter, he underestimated Yuki and was dunked on by her. In the fourth quarter, he was dunked on by Kise again!

In a single match, to be dunked on by two different opposing players in quick succession, both times with spectacular and explosive scores, is a rare and memorable event in the history of national tournaments.

Unfortunately... in such a memorable record, Genwu was relegated to the background and nailed to the pillar of shame.

Years later, when people look back at the highlights of today's game, the scenes of Genwu being dunked on in the second and fourth quarters will naturally be included.

Eikichi Nebuya has already secured the title of best backdrop in the history of the National Tournament!

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Chapter 175 The Road Ahead Is Long and Difficult

"Kise receives the ball on the wing and goes one-on-one against Akashi, then breaks through and starts... He's past him! Wait, Akashi steals the ball with a backhand and cuts it away. It's a chance for Netake. Can Rakuzan seize this counter-attack opportunity?"

"Wait, it's not over yet! Kise's mistake didn't deter Xiangyang, who leaped to steal the ball... and got it! Xiangyang passed it back to Kise, who, facing Netake's defense, jumped and dunked it over him!!!"

"Kise Ryota!!! At the start of the fourth quarter, he once again delivered an explosive and spectacular dunk that put the audience on the spot! This is Kaijo's ace, this is Kise!"

Inside the live stream, as the match footage was played frame by frame, Bobo's mouth kept chattering like a machine gun. It has to be said that this big blogger's current number of fans is not only due to his ability to balance things out and his cleverness. He is also very professional in commentating on the match and the players!

After all, not everyone can explain a round of offense and defense so clearly and fluently without breaking a sweat. Sasha and Nini's gazes towards Bobo have changed; what was just polite flattery between colleagues has now turned into admiration.

The number of comments in the live stream skyrocketed because of Bobo's brilliant commentary. Besides praising Kise, many of the compliments were also directed at Bobo.

Seeing this, Popeye's mustache twitched, and he covered his mouth with one hand to hide his smile, maintaining his gentle and humble image—a necessary lesson for public figures, after all. He cleared his throat and said to the camera, "Alright, viewers, let's turn our attention back to the game. Kise successfully made the extra penalty..."

……

……

No matter how brilliant the scoring combination between Xiangyang and Kise was in the last round, in a basketball game, even the most spectacular shot is only worth two points.

As expected, Kise made the free throw, and the gap between the two sides widened again to nine points at the end of the third quarter.

Haichang leads 87-78.

With a nine-point lead, Haichang is undeniably the dominant side at the moment. However, the fourth quarter has only just begun, and there are still a full ten minutes left. In basketball, it's possible for someone to score 13 points in 35 seconds. If you convert that to ten minutes... then it would be an extremely terrifying score.

Of course, even a god descended to earth couldn't guarantee that he'd maintain that "35-second" offensive touch for ten minutes straight, but...

Ten minutes is enough to change a lot of things.

"Defend against it!"

With a sharp shout, Xiang Yang took the lead in stepping forward to meet Akashi. Although the latter's dribbling ability was so terrifying that he was almost impossible to steal the ball, the most basic close defense was the first thing to do.

"Ouch!"

A roar suddenly came from inside. Without even turning around, Xiang Yang could tell that it was his own senior, Kogoro, who had done it. However, at this critical moment, Xiang Yang had no time to turn around and check whether Kogoro was dead or alive. His eyes were fixed on Akashi's crotch, trying to read the direction of his breakthrough.

However, defensive experience that is very useful for ordinary players has little effect on Akashi.

Akashi dribbled the ball with both hands alternately, but instead of feints, he showed absolutely no signs of deception.

The rest of the actions.

Yet, this simple and straightforward ball-handling attack can effortlessly tear apart the opponent's defense.

Just as Xiangyang felt his center of gravity being affected again, Akashi moved his feet and, with a simple push and change of direction, easily passed Xiangyang.

However, Xiangyang did not sit idly by. Knowing that he had been beaten, he imitated Akashi's previous steal from Kise and made a gamble by turning around and attempting to steal the ball from Akashi's hands.

Unfortunately, without the blessing of the "Eye of the Heavenly Emperor," Xiangyang's luck wasn't very good either, and he failed to steal the ball.

"Damn it..."

He cursed under his breath and immediately turned to follow Akashi. This time, he finally understood why Hori had suddenly shouted out.

In the first half, Hoshino's interior player, who had been battling closely with Nebu for nearly four quarters but had been suppressed the whole time, actually managed to gain an advantage in positioning this time!

His eyes were bloodshot and veins were bulging on his forehead, indicating that he was not in good condition. However, even in this situation, he still managed to suppress Genwu in this round and block him in front of him, thanks to his smaller size!

Not only that, seeing Akashi gradually approaching the basket after being beaten, Kobo immediately abandoned his advantageous position under the basket and pounced on Akashi.

Unfortunately, it was too late. Akashi measured the distance between Hori in front of him and Hikaru chasing behind, and used a finishing move he rarely used: a mid-to-long-range floater, which he successfully made. For smaller players, facing the defense of larger players, the floater is always the most cost-effective way to score.

Akashi certainly knows how, but he rarely uses it.

"I can shoot like that anytime I want, including dunks."

Akashi's face was gloomy, and perhaps influenced by his golden personality, his speech now carried a hint of hostility.

"Tsk tsk, this guy is really terrifying..."

Xiang Yang clicked his tongue, turned around and was about to go to the out-of-bounds to serve when he heard Xiao Jue suddenly apologize behind him: "Smith, what?! I failed to defend again!"

"what?"

Xiang Yang was taken aback and turned to look at him.

Kobori continued apologizing, this time even bowing: "Smith Marseille, if it weren't for me... this match wouldn't have been this close at all..."

As Kobori spoke more and more, his head drooped lower and lower until it seemed as if it was about to fall to the ground.

Xiangyang looked at him speechlessly and raised his hand to signal Takeuchi to call a pause.

Haichang applied for suspension

"Seriously... Your two kids at home haven't even had any problems yet, and you, a third-grader, are already having a mental breakdown? Do you know I didn't even let the coach call a timeout in the third quarter? Huh!"

Xiangyang grabbed Xiaojue by the back of his jersey and dragged him to the bench for a meeting.

Takeuchi glanced at him, and this time he didn't sit idly by either. Instead, he took the initiative to gather the rest of Kaijo together and began to explain the key points of defending against Rakuzan's attack.

Before being spoiled by Xiang Yang, this former national team player and coach of Haichang was quite capable.

"Listen, Genwu is bigger than you, that's genetic, nobody can change that."

"As an inside player, it's perfectly normal for the team that's physically disadvantaged to be suppressed. And being suppressed isn't shameful at all. Neither you nor I are the best in the world. Even that red-haired kid on the other side was suppressed by me before, and look at him, he's doing just fine and didn't commit suicide!"

Akashi: ? ? ?

Xiangyang's tone was very convincing. Kogoro, who had just felt guilty and remorseful, suddenly brightened up. However, he still felt that he hadn't done well in some aspects: "Just now... I failed to defend against Akashi again. This has happened so many times in this match. Every time he rushes in, I can't stop him..."

As he said this, Kogoro sniffled, as if he was about to cry.

Just then, Xiang Yang delivered a karate chop to Xiao Jue's head.

"hiss…"

However, this time, unlike when he was hitting Kise, Xiangyang couldn't help but gasp a few times as he shook his hand.

He frowned as he looked at Xiaojue's head, and couldn't help but mutter to himself: Are all these people who are physically strong but not very smart different from normal people in terms of their brains? They're so hard.

Despite the pain, Xiangyang had carefully adjusted his lecturing tone; how could he lose face now? He casually put his arm around Kogoro's shoulder and said, "It's normal that you can't defend against Akashi, because..."

"I was the one guarding Akashi all along!"

"Uh... huh?"

Kobo was stunned, but Xiangyang didn't give him time to think. He said matter-of-factly, "It's not that you failed to defend, but that I failed to defend Akashi. That's why he was able to successfully drive into the paint time and time again, and he got past me. It's your skill to help defend successfully, and it's his own fault for failing to help defend and letting him score. He deserves to score."