Akashi sighed softly.
The game developed like this; from the beginning, they were wrong, and wrong outrageously.
Starting from Fujimura Kentaro, to the assessment of Yuuto's strength.
Everything was wrong. Teiko didn't walk on the correct path.
Such a mistake made Akashi drift further and further away from his absolute victory.
He doesn't need such a narrow victory. Teiko, possessing them, should crush everything horizontally.
As the captain, he needs to pay for such mistakes.
"I will steer Teiko back onto the correct path."
Amidst the excited expressions of the fans.
Yuuto engaged in fierce confrontation with Aomine for the umpteenth time.
This is definitely the fiercest and highest-level confrontation in the National Tournament.
Aomine felt his body seemed to come alive.
The chaotic basketball style made him seem like a mad demon.
After an unknown number of complex movements, he passed Yuuto's side quickly like a bolt of lightning.
What about Yuuto?
Viewpoint in the brain changed immediately. The moment Aomine brushed past his body, his arm formed a claw and grabbed backward.
"Eagle Spear!"
Tyrannosaurus Wildness endowed him with full aggression even on the defensive end.
He not only pursues causing opponent turnovers but wants to disintegrate the opponent's offensive head-on.
Steals, blocks, all are fine.
His hand stuck out like a ghost shadow straight for the basketball.
"Smack!"
Aomine's reaction was already very timely, but he was still touched by Yuuto's hand, and the basketball immediately escaped his control.
"Possession!"
"Possession!"
Both bench coaches roared simultaneously.
Players on the court rushed to the landing point of the basketball immediately.
However.
Someone was faster than any of them.
He seemed to know where the basketball would appear.
A pair of phoenix eyes, colors of pupils different, carrying the domineering air of "I alone am honored."
"Smack!"
Akashi reached out and intercepted the ball with one hand.
"You are too arrogant, Yuuto!"
With a whoosh, Akashi, with his back to the backboard, flipped his wrist and threw the ball vigorously above the rim.
That position.
Before Ota could react, Murasakibara Atsushi's body had already soared, grabbing the ball with both hands, followed by an extremely violent two-handed slam dunk.
"Boom!"
The basketball hoop shook violently, exploding loudly, giving the illusion that the backboard was about to explode at any moment.
In an instant.
Homi Academy's people felt the air become sticky.
A sense of suffocation arose spontaneously.
"Don't do unnecessary things, Akashi." Aomine was dissatisfied with Akashi's intervention. Just now, he didn't completely lose control of the ball; the winner between him and Yuuto had not been decided.
"If you could win the game magnificently, I would be happy to watch you play from the side."
Akashi's implication was that he was dissatisfied with Aomine's performance.
Aomine's eyes instantly became dangerous.
Clearly teammates, yet staring directly at each other with death glares at this moment.
"What's going on?"
"Infighting? At such a time?"
"This is in a game!"
"..."
People noticed something wrong with the atmosphere. Midorima Shintarō and others had to intervene between the two.
"Still in the game. Talk about it later."
"That's right. Little Akashi, Little Aomine, calm down."
Kise hurried to stand horizontally between the two, preventing the gaffe from amplifying further.
Aomine and Akashi then turned their heads away.
Beep~
The harsh whistle sounded. The second quarter ended.
First quarter.
Homi Academy lost to Teiko by 8 points. After halftime, they trailed Teiko by 15 points, losing another 7 points in the single quarter.
The points Yuuto finally chased back, after Akashi intervened, turned unfavorable for Homi Academy again.
He only intervened on the offensive end, stabilizing the situation when Aomine made a mistake or was defended by Yuuto, not giving Homi Academy a chance to continue chasing points.
Throughout the second quarter.
Teiko produced an appalling 95% shooting percentage.
And on the defensive end.
Since Akashi intervened, Aomine seemed to be stimulated, his condition improving by half a gear again.
Heaven, Earth, and Void shots are not things that ignore defense.
Even with the blessing of The Big Fundamental, including the Mirage Shot, they were all seen through by Aomine one by one.
Subsequent game.
Yuuto played extremely hard.
He did almost everything he could do, but still lost 7 points in the single quarter.
"Teiko's victory is absolute."
"Remember it well, Yuuto."
Akashi's indifferent words rang out. Yuuto, walking towards the tunnel, stopped immediately.
The Dual Personality Shooter talent hadn't been deactivated yet. He looked over with equally icy eyes.
The two looked at each other like this, and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot.
"Nothing is absolute, Akashi."
Yuuto withdrew his gaze and led his teammates into the tunnel.
....
"So amazing!"
"Yeah, definitely the fiercest game this year."
"Pity it didn't happen in the final; bit less meaningful."
"Homi Academy definitely has runner-up strength. Even if it were other tournaments, they would definitely win the championship."
"That's right. It's a pity their opponent is Teiko, an SS-level strong team that is guaranteed to win the championship no matter which year."
"..."
Halftime break.
The audience was still enthusiastically discussing the first half of the game.
Whether it was Yuuto or Aomine, including others from Teiko, they all played a high-level game.
In other National Tournaments, Homi Academy or Yuuto would be absolute favorites to win the championship, but they were unlucky enough to encounter the unprecedented super team Teiko Middle School.
And in the locker room.
Aomine was finding trouble with Akashi.
"Akashi, don't interfere in the matter between me and Yuuto."
He hadn't played such an enjoyable game for too long and didn't want any interference.
"If I hadn't interfered, the score wouldn't be like this now. I gave you enough respect, Daiki. You just need to focus on doing your own thing well."
Akashi's tone was unhurried.
Even if the personality is different, for Akashi, every member of the Generation of Miracles is special.
They are the few teammates and friends in his life who can gain his recognition and sincere treatment.
"Tch. Anyway, don't come to intervene in the duel between me and Yuuto. The same goes for others."
Aomine's aggressive gaze swept over everyone in the locker room.
Kuroko sat aside without saying a word.
He felt such a locker room was too strange.
Are they still teammates of a team?
...
On the other side.
Yuuto returned to the locker room and covered his head with a towel, also asking substitute members to help cover his whole body with hot towels to ensure body heat doesn't escape.
Halftime break is more than ten minutes long.
Such time is enough to cool down most of a player's body.
Therefore, in some important games, professional players will try every means to keep their body heat from losing severely during halftime.
This way, in the second half, they can almost guarantee excellent game condition.
"Thanks."
Yuuto thanked his teammate with a cold face.
Although teammates felt strange, they still smiled and said "You're welcome."
The atmosphere in the locker room wasn't particularly good.
The pressure given by Teiko was still too great.
If not for the influence of Iron Heart, these guys' performance might have been even more unbearable.
Yuuto was just preparing to stimulate this group of guys, but Ota spoke first...
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