Seijuro Akashi's eyes suddenly widened, and a ring of light began spinning wildly.
Clang!!!
Powerful waves of air burst from Seijuro Akashi's body like raging dragons, surging with overwhelming force.
Like a storming sea, the waves instantly wrapped tightly around Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko.
In that moment, Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko felt as if they had been completely seen through.
Off the court, Shintaro Midorima shot to his feet and muttered in disbelief,
"How is that possible?"
Over on the Kaijō side, Ryota Kise looked just as stunned and cried out,
"How can this be?!"
From the Kirisaki Daiichi side, Shogo Haizaki was equally dumbstruck and shouted,
"How is that possible?! Isn't that Tokima-san's?!"
Makoto Hanamiya's expression turned grave as he said in a low voice,
"No. It isn't Tokima-san's [Eye of Truth]. It looks very similar to Tokima-san's [Eye of Truth], but he can't observe the entire court the way Tokima-san can."
"His eye is focused only on Kagami and Kuroko."
Miyamoto Tokima stared blankly at the sudden waves of air appearing on the court.
Wait.
Why can I see the special effects?!!
Miyamoto Tokima started to panic. Had he spent so much time around these people that he was catching their chuunibyou too?!!
...
On the court, the ring of light in Seijuro Akashi's golden eye continued to spin as his gaze locked onto Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko.
At that moment, every action Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko could take appeared before Seijuro Akashi's eyes.
And their next moves appeared there as well.
It was as if the moment Taiga Kagami or Tetsuya Kuroko made even the slightest move, Seijuro Akashi would catch it.
That's right. This was the full power of Seijuro Akashi's [Emperor Eye].
More precisely, it was the [Emperor Eye] fused with Miyamoto Tokima's [Eye of Truth].
Seijuro Akashi's primary personality had always wanted to possess strength like Miyamoto Tokima's. At one point, that desire had even become an obsession.
That obsession had subtly changed the abilities of his secondary personality.
Simply put, the [Emperor Eye] now held by Seijuro Akashi's secondary personality was far more terrifying than it had been in the original story.
Once Seijuro Akashi fully activated the [Emperor Eye], he immediately saw through Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko.
He dribbled the basketball again and again, then said coldly,
"Kneel."
Bang, bang, bang!!!
The next moment, Taiga Kagami and Tetsuya Kuroko's bodies dropped to their knees beyond their control, as though they had truly obeyed the command.
Seijuro Akashi slowly dribbled the ball and walked between them.
Thud, thud, thud...
At the same time, Seijuro Akashi said coldly,
"This is an order."
Seeing this, Junpei Hyuga immediately rushed over to help defend, and Teppei Kiyoshi did the same, quickly closing in.
Seijuro Akashi showed no expression at all. After a rapid series of dribbles, Teppei Kiyoshi and Junpei Hyuga also dropped to their knees, their bodies out of their control.
In the end, Seijuro Akashi reached the basket without anyone stopping him and put the ball in.
The atmosphere turned heavy.
Every Seirin player's expression darkened.
They truly had not expected Seijuro Akashi to be this strong.
Compared to the other members of the Generation of Miracles, Seijuro Akashi shook Seirin the most.
Daiki Aomine's strength had shocked them too, but even that had not been as overwhelming as Seijuro Akashi.
The ability to make someone fall with a single glance felt terrifying beyond words to everyone on Seirin.
Over the next few possessions, Seirin finally saw Seijuro Akashi's strength clearly.
On defense, Taiga Kagami was completely locked down by Seijuro Akashi. He had no way to shoot at all.
Seijuro Akashi's [Emperor Eye] saw straight through Taiga Kagami, dismantling every move he tried.
At the same time, Seijuro Akashi's [Emperor Eye] locked onto Tetsuya Kuroko as well, leaving Kuroko, the Shadow, with nowhere to hide in Akashi's sight.
That ability to suppress the opponent's ace also sent Rakuzan High School's morale soaring.
They all broke out in force and shut down Seirin's other scoring options.
Seirin's offensive plans were completely crushed.
On offense, Seijuro Akashi stuck to a lone-wolf style of play, with no regard for his teammates at all.
But that did nothing to weaken him.
His [Emperor Eye] made every defender kneel at his feet.
Seirin knew Seijuro Akashi would not pass and tried to double-team him more than once.
But against Seijuro Akashi's [Emperor Eye], they still could not control their bodies' instinctive reactions.
Again and again, Seijuro Akashi shook them to the floor.
The scales of victory gradually tilted toward Rakuzan High School.
...
"Huff... huff... huff... Damn it, what kind of monster is he?"
Junpei Hyuga panted heavily and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his palm.
Teppei Kiyoshi was also panting with his hands on his hips as he looked toward the scoreboard.
92 to 107.
Seirin High School was trailing Rakuzan High School by 15 points.
A 15-point lead was not the frightening part. What was frightening was that every point in the fourth quarter had been scored by Seijuro Akashi alone.
Shun Izuki gritted his teeth and looked at Seijuro Akashi.
At that moment, Seijuro Akashi's face was indifferent, and the golden ring in his eye was still spinning.
A terrifying aura radiated around him.
In that instant, his edge was fully revealed.
"Beep! Seirin High School calls a timeout!"
At this point, Riko Aida had no choice but to call another timeout and discuss a countermeasure.
She had never imagined Seijuro Akashi's strength would be this terrifying.
After leaving the court, Taiga Kagami sat silently on the bench, lost in thought.
Shinji Koganei muttered,
"I never thought things would turn out like this."
Tetsuya Kuroko spoke then.
"Akashi has already locked onto me and Kagami. My [Misdirection] is useless against him now."
Riko Aida was about to speak when she suddenly realized something and cried out,
"Wait, Kuroko. Are you going to..."
Tetsuya Kuroko met Riko Aida's gaze with a determined expression, then said each word clearly.
"If the shadow is useless now, then I'll become light!"
"Even if... I can only use it once!"
...