"Wow~"
Amidst cheers, players from both teams walked out of the player tunnels one after another.
"Seiho~"
"Kaijo~"
Similar shouts spread to every corner of the arena.
Both were national respectable powerhouses with large fan bases.
"Met again, Little Yuuto."
"Today I suddenly really don't want to lose."
Kise took off his jacket and came to greet Yuuto.
Or rather, provoke.
In the usual sunny smile, was there a hidden, imperceptible determination?
"Because of Kasamatsu?"
"Little Yuuto knows?"
"It's no secret; a little look at the recordings reveals it."
Yuuto finished organizing his equipment, took off his jacket, and walked slowly onto the court.
"Deciding what to do is your freedom, but don't block my way."
Kise stepped aside, watching Yuuto's back, and touched his head.
"So cool."
"Well, that's how it should be."
The corners of his mouth raised in an arc as he returned to his own half to wait for the match to start.
...
After a while.
The referee brought the basketball onto the court, and both sides took positions across the "Chu River and Han Border" (center line).
Seiho wore black jerseys, starting five: Ryuhei Kasuga, Tomoki Tsugawa, Yuuto, Giichi Omuro, Tsutomu Iwamura.
Kaijo wore white jerseys, starting five: Yukio Kasamatsu, Yoshitaka Moriyama, Ryota Kise, Mitsuhiro Hayakawa, Koji Kobori.
Jump ball segment.
With a smack, Koji Kobori defeated Tsutomu Iwamura and won the victory.
Kaijo's possession.
"How will they play? Kise vs. Yuuto." Riko Aida sat quietly in the audience, thinking, "To be honest, I feel Yuuto is superior."
Yuuto's strength deepened her impression through that temporary training camp.
That unfathomable strength with no visible limit... she still couldn't forget it.
Yukio Kasamatsu dribbled past half-court and handed it to Kise.
The latter adopted a triple-threat stance, standing at the top of the three-point arc.
The person responsible for guarding him was naturally Yuuto.
Yamashita Shio didn't play the mutated 2-1-2 zone today, but honestly played a 3-2 zone.
He understood now; against teams with Generation of Miracles, shrinking into the paint comfortably wasn't possible.
"Didn't shrink in the formation?"
"Good!"
Kise swept a glance from the corner of his eye, attempting to deceive Yuuto with his gaze.
But this couldn't escape the insight of the Left Eye of God.
Eyes might lie, but the body won't.
Kise's every move was imprinted on his limbs.
Whoosh~
Extremely fast first step start; Kise flashed past Yuuto's side like a gale.
However.
Yuuto's cold eyes swept sideways, his right arm swinging backward like a spirited snake, tearing the air and pointing straight at the basketball.
Smack!
The ball was stolen. Yuuto slapped the ball away with his back to Kise.
"Izuki."
"Mm, it's mine... no, it's Yuuto's Eagle Spear."
Izuki Shun wasn't without gains from this training camp; the Eagle Spear was a new move he learned from Yuuto.
"But his eyes are above mine; what he sees is wider and farther than me."
Yuuto possessed some unknown vision talent.
At first, they thought it was something like Izuki Shun's Eagle Eye, able to change the viewpoint from the brain, looking down on the court from another angle without blind spots.
But later, Riko Aida judged that Yuuto also possessed an ability similar to hers.
Which is the fusion of Eagle Eye and Eye of Data.
However, that wasn't all. Later, Yuuto also displayed abilities similar to Tōō's female spy.
Kuroko clearly told them that Yuuto didn't possess similar abilities in junior high.
In other words, his talent awakened after entering high school.
One person possessing all the abilities of Izuki Shun, Riko Aida, and Momoi Satsuki... perhaps even supplemented with some unknown power.
No one knew how many things Yuuto's eyes could see!
"What?"
Ball stolen, Kise gritted his teeth and turned back.
"Still so naive. This level of passing (dribbling past someone) doesn't even reach 50% of Aomine."
Yuuto dropped this sentence and ran forward.
Duels with Aomine and Midorima triggered his Weakness Revision talent many times; his individual ability improved a lot.
Kise's dribbling was now so immature in his eyes.
The Left Eye of God had already seen a corner of the future.
Giichi Omuro would grab the possession, and next would be their counterattack opportunity.
Almost simultaneously.
The moment he started, Giichi Omuro picked up the ball, scanned the frontcourt, noticed Yuuto's figure, and decisively threw the ball forward.
"It's not over yet, Little Yuuto!" Kise shouted, his body launching a pursuit immediately.
Last year he was like a child, escorted by teammates like Akashi, Aomine, Midorima, and even Murasakibara.
Someone organized, someone shot threes, someone drove, someone grabbed rebounds.
Although he was hailed as an all-around small forward and his talent was highly regarded, he could only stand behind his teammates in the end.
Even in the match lost to Hozumi Academy, he didn't have a moment belonging to him.
Naturally, no one would blame him, because when the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up.
But this situation became different starting this year. He is now Kaijo's ace, Kaijo's pillar.
Strong desire to win took his form to another level.
The moment Yuuto received the ball, Kise's chase-down defense arrived simultaneously. The two began to entangle at mid-court.
Buzz~
Golden light bloomed from Yuuto's body, carrying blue-white electric arcs.
Then, he slapped the basketball with five fingers, dribbling rhythm suddenly escalating a level.
"Here it comes!" Kise held his breath and concentrated.
Result.
He suddenly saw that Yuuto, who was charging to the left, suddenly lost control of the basketball. The ball flew towards the right, out of his control.
"A mistake?!" Kise was stunned for a moment, but immediately recovered. "No!"
It's Little Aomine's Formless Basketball!
Sure enough, in the moment Kise was stunned, Yuuto swung his other hand out, grabbing the basketball again with one hand and five fingers carrying golden lightning.
Kise looked up at Yuuto; the opponent's face was calm to a frightening degree.
"Roar!"
Yuuto swept past Kise's side like a gust of wind, straight into Kaijo's hinterland, then jumped and scored 2 points with a layup.
2:0.
"Dai-chan's chaotic basketball?!"
In the stands, Momoi and Sora sat together.
"What chaotic basketball? That's streetball," Aomine said solemnly. He felt his childhood friend was being a bit disrespectful to him recently.
"Could he have learned it then?" Momoi ignored Aomine, thinking of the time Yuuto actively sought Aomine for a one-on-one. "Did I guess wrong?"
Yuuto's correction talent didn't evolve; was his purpose in finding Dai-chan just to master Formless Basketball?
Can't figure it out; still need to observe.
Landing, the golden light quickly dissipated. Yuuto glanced at Kise slightly and ran past quickly.
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