A bone-deep chill—an overwhelming pressure—surged straight at Haizaki from Ryōta Kise's direction.
Shhh!
The moment Kise entered Icebound Domain, modeled after Nijimura's Rainbow Torrent but executed through raw control of explosive bursts, his speed spiked—clearly, forcibly.
And within that swirling frost and wind, Kise's eyes turned cold. Icy. Predatory.
Everyone on Tōō's bench—even Wakamatsu, who normally hated Aomine's guts—knew exactly how terrifying Aomine's "wild instinct" truly was.
So when Kise suddenly entered a state nearly identical to Aomine Daiki's…
Every single one of them widened their eyes in excitement.
Because they understood what was about to happen.
"Go!"
"Kise!!"
Shhh!
Shhh!
The instant Kise's body clashed with Haizaki's, frost erupted upward––freezing air, freezing space, freezing that single moment.
This technique—Icebound Domain
Was one of the rare moves openly taught by their predecessors: Sendō and Nijimura.
So Haizaki knew it well.
Besides the point-burst power control…
The other defining effect was
Entanglement.
Aomine's version was the feral, animal-instinct derivative—driving agility to its limit, training all predictive micro-movements into a habitual, delayed-reaction rhythm that warped opponents' timing.
Then, modeled after Nijimura Shuzo's violent Rainbow Torrent, came the explosive bursts from not just the legs, but the hands, elbows, chest—every limb, every angle.
After that…
Came the deeper layer:
Not only frame-delay through movement,
but micro-delay from the smallest, almost invisible motions
All feeding back into the larger movement frame.
To create absolute freeze.
Kise's version…
Nobody knew how his so-called Perfect Synchronization let him slip into nearly the same state as Aomine—but…
Its intensity was clearly weaker.
However
The effect was absolutely real.
Kise's entanglement froze Haizaki's movement for a fraction of a second.
Gritting his teeth, Haizaki unleashed his wild instinct to its absolute limit
And then, with Monster Immersion – Aomine Variant, he detonated forward with absurd acceleration, going from zero to full speed instantly
Chasing Kise from behind!
"Haizaki!!"
"Shut him down!!"
BOOM!
A heavy collision exploded in midair.
Haizaki slapped down on Kise's dunk attempt
But the moment his palm connected, frost instantly crawled up his arm.
In that instant
Haizaki felt his blocking motion freeze, just like his defense earlier.
Even his expression momentarily felt locked in place.
BANG!
Haizaki Shōgo, coming from behind to block, had his guard broken in that fleeting frozen instant
Kise slammed the dunk home.
"Haizaki!!"
"That one's for you"
"!?"
Kise didn't finish his taunt.
Because when he looked back…
He saw Haizaki—already huge to begin with
Suddenly appear even larger.
That terrifying monster
Baring fangs.
Breathing mist.
A towering shadow blotting out the arena lights.
When he tilted his head downward to look at Kise, the face hidden in that darkness
Was brutal.
Predatory.
Like something painted straight from a nightmare.
Kise's muscles involuntarily twitched.
PAH.
Haizaki took the ball from the baseline.
He advanced slowly.
Of course—Kise, wrapped in frost, stepped in to defend.
The entire arena held its breath.
"Haizaki versus Kise…"
"No…"
"That Kise—he's basically Aomine right now…"
"…So Haizaki, from the Generation of Miracles…"
"Is fighting two Aomines by himself!?"
"How is that even"
"Hey, did you forget? Seirin still has another Miracle
The Phantom Sixth Man, Kuroko Tetsuya!"
"Oh—yeah.
I always forget him. Weird…"
On court.
Facing the approaching Haizaki Shōgo, Kise suddenly laughed. Bright and confident.
Even if Haizaki's aura just scared him senseless,
He was excited.
Because he knew
This moment was the closest he'd ever been to Haizaki's level.
Under Icebound Domain, even Haizaki with the Emperor Eye couldn't act if he was frozen for even one frame.
Kise's gaze locked onto Haizaki.
At the same time
Haizaki's gaze drifted toward Aomine for a second…
Then returned to Kise.
The imitation specialist instantly understood what he was seeing.
"…So that's it. Aomine's carrying you."
"If it's imitation…"
"And you can't fully replicate it…"
"Then you're doing it like some on-the-spot copycat
And Aomine's even lowering his own Icebound intensity to match your physical limits."
He clicked his tongue.
"What kind of teamwork is that… dragging Aomine down?"
Haizaki spoke like a tsundere.
But inside
He was impressed.
Kise's ability was
In some way
A mutated version of Monster Immersion, built not from bonds like Haizaki's…
But because
Kise had a real monster standing beside him.
And Aomine Daiki
Had reached this level of teamwork?
Heh.
Interesting.
BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM!
Haizaki's dribble
Originally Aomine's high-speed rhythm
Suddenly erupted into thunderous, booming Raijin Dribble shockwaves.
Kise's eyes widened in disbelief.
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