On the court
Aomine Daiki stood in front of Shigure Akihito, defending him head-on, feeling firsthand the overwhelming power of what Akihito called his "Domain of Ice and Snow."
Even though...
It was supposedly just the simplified version, as Akihito had said.
In that instant
the moment Shigure moved, his hands blurring into motion, the ball control speed surged dramatically, leaving afterimages in midair!
Aomine frowned slightly.
Still within the range he could follow
It was just the kind of wild, instinct-driven agility Akihito had mentioned earlier.
Akihito had demonstrated this type of instinctive quickness earlier when training with Kiyoshi Teppei, showing how fluidly it could manifest—but what came next… completely surpassed Aomine's comprehension.
In a flash
Shigure Akihito darted to Aomine's side at breakneck speed.
As Aomine tried to turn and react
He suddenly felt
Like his feet were frozen solid!
BAM!
The slam dunk echoed behind him.
Aomine stiffly turned his head just in time to see the ball sink through the hoop.
All around him, the Generation of Miracles were frozen in shock. Haizaki Shōgo's jaw slackened—though he and Aomine didn't get along, he understood better than anyone how terrifyingly fast Aomine was.
That speed just now
Aomine should've been able to respond.
And yet
He'd been effortlessly blown past.
That…
Was that what Akihito meant by "the final freeze"?
Incredible.
While the Generation of Miracles watched with a mix of awe and disbelief, Shigure Akihito turned, passing the ball back toward Aomine.
"Just now was offense. Now you attack, and I'll defend. Feel it for yourself."
Aomine tightened his grip on the ball, his tone low but steady.
"…Got it."
He exploded forward, ball whipping in dazzling flashes, his ultra-high-speed dribbling flickering like lightning
But
Akihito suddenly lunged in!
At that instant, Aomine swore he saw a blizzard surge toward him, as if an entire frozen world was collapsing down upon his body!
The moment Akihito closed in, Aomine felt himself being locked in ice—no matter how furiously he tried to accelerate or break through, Akihito would effortlessly block him, reducing his speed until it didn't even feel like his own.
And then
He got slower.
And slower
PAH!
Until the ball was cleanly stolen from his hands, frozen mid-dribble before being ripped away.
SWISH!
The next second, Akihito passed the ball back.
"Again."
This time, Aomine quickly adapted.
Even as his speed was suppressed, he stayed calm, surviving Akihito's tight defense and breaking through to the free-throw line.
Then
He spun, bursting forward, unleashing his full wildness and agility—rising for a powerful dunk!
But
Frost shimmered behind him, and in midair, a sudden stiffness seized his limbs! His movement faltered for a split second
And Akihito effortlessly snatched the ball straight from his hands.
For that moment, Aomine felt as if time itself had stopped.
Turning, leaping, and blocking all in one fluid motion—Akihito's sudden counter left everyone breathless.
From the first step, to the body contact, to the freeze that locked Aomine in midair
it all combined into a performance so exaggerated, so unreal, it defied logic!
THUMP!
THUMP!
The steady bounce of the basketball drew everyone's attention back to the court.
Akihito dribbled at full speed, his movements now faster than before, gliding across the floor as if skating on ice.
"Watch closely," he said calmly.
"Beyond maximizing agility through wild instinct, this ability also borrows from Nijimura's Flow of the Rainbow—a modified power control."
"In terms of speed, this is the result."
"And jumping…"
"…is the same!"
Then
He leapt.
His body shot upward like a drawn bow!
Facing Aomine's defense, Akihito twisted midair, turning his back to the rim
and slammed the ball in reverse!
BOOM!
The shock echoed across the court.
Aomine barely saw a blur of white snow pass before his eyes.
On Seirin's side, the air felt like it froze
and Coach Riko Aida, her eyes wide, could only mutter blankly,
"…You've got to be kidding me…"
——
In just a few minutes, Aomine was completely stunned.
Once again, Akihito moved—fast, cold, unstoppable.
And with Domain of Ice and Snow surrounding him, he appeared right in front of Aomine.
SMACK!
Aomine saw Akihito's hand press down on the ball
and for a split second, the ball looked encased in frost.
At the same time, his body stiffened again, like the creeping freeze was climbing up from his feet.
Then
A tremendous force burst from Akihito's frame.
Not the Wild Mammoth power of instinct,
but something refined
a reconstructed version of Rainbow Flow.
The sensation of "entanglement"
borrowed from Hagioka's As Still as a Forest.
And then
Came the sound of the block.
Even when Aomine broke into the paint—perhaps because Akihito had allowed him in for the demonstration
the slam was crushed flat by a single palm strike!
With the Domain active, the block looked effortless
but the ball flew halfway across the court!
WHOOSH!
The ball sliced through the air
and landed right in front of the stunned Seirin players.
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