[Teiko's bench, everyone was silent.]
[They never thought the game would reach this point.]
[Akashi's expression was very cold.]
[He said he would grant Yuuto the most painful defeat, but at this moment Yuuto led his team to briefly defeat Teiko.]
[He absolutely does not allow such things to happen!]
[He turned to look at Aomine, just about to speak, but his pupils suddenly contracted.]
[Current Aomine, covering his head with a towel, no one can see his expression.]
[But the aura on his body became very subtle.]
[No longer that wildness full of nature, and naturally not Yuuto's suffocating brutality.]
[Aomine became very calm, calm to a scary point.]
[Akashi couldn't feel anything special from him at all.]
[Like a lurking beast, the moment the prey relaxes vigilance, it will immediately deliver a fatal blow.]
["Aomine, Aomine..." The coach called him a few times, but Aomine had no reaction.]
[It wasn't until the moment the timeout ended and the whistle blew that he pulled down the towel and walked onto the court step by step.]
[Clearly he raised his head, but his eyes seemed to be covered by inexplicable blackness, making people unable to see his eyes clearly, silently emitting a terrifying aura.]
[You felt a huge sense of crisis; every cell in your body was emitting danger signals.]
[You turned your head to look.]
[Looking at Aomine's eyes, calm as stagnant water, without any vitality, as if dead.]
["Zzzzt!"]
[Suddenly, a cyan lightning bolt flashed across the corner of Aomine's eye. Your eyes widened abruptly.]
[By the time you came back to your senses, Aomine's figure had already crossed by your side.]
[Before the whole audience could react, he had already completed this attack.]
["Zone." Your eyes became clear, but immediately followed by a more brutal aura.]
[Your ferocity was completely activated. He rushed up to tangle with Aomine; you didn't want to fall short of success.]
[But today is different from the past. You, who could suppress Aomine not long ago, were now beaten extremely miserably by Aomine.]
[You appreciated the power of the Zone. You also saw the true Aomine.]
[You lost!]
Can't even contend in Red Eye Mode...
Yuuto's enthusiasm faded.
He wasn't surprised that Aomine could step into the ZONE domain.
Many aspects proved that Aomine had mastered the Zone long before high school.
From Imayoshi Shōichi's words, it can be known.
Aomine let Imayoshi Shōichi see the existence of the Zone before the high school National Tournament began.
And Aomine.
He started slacking off in the second year of middle school and hadn't trained properly.
Does not meet one of the conditions for entering the Zone: hard practice.
So it is highly possible.
Aomine had already discovered the existence of the Zone in the second year of middle school.
Plus his trigger to enter the Zone only needs a strong enough opponent to give pressure...
Everything fell into place.
[You lost, falling under Teiko's iron hooves again.]
[Soon after, the news of Teiko achieving the National Tournament three-peat spread throughout the country.]
[The reputation of the Generation of Miracles reached its peak.]
[Of course, as someone who could fight them, you also received extremely high praise.]
[The Lion of Okukozome and the Generation of Miracles are a heavenly group of the same level.]
[However, after that battle, high school basketball coaches generally aimed at Aomine.]
[Even you and Akashi were no longer the first choice.]
[After the National Tournament ended, you resigned from the position of basketball club captain.]
[On the day of the farewell ceremony, you did not attend.]
[That day's game replayed constantly in your brain, torturing your nerves constantly.]
[You know very well what kind of thing the Zone is, but you just can't help thinking about it.]
[You hope to master the Zone completely in your own hands like Aomine.]
[You failed because the Zone is so cruel.]
[The more you want to approach, the further it will be from you.]
[Subsequently, summer vacation arrived.]
[Many high school basketball coaches came to Okukozome in person to send you invitations.]
[But you don't have much interest now. You just want to become stronger, stronger than anyone else.]
[Even.]
[To complete revenge on Teiko, you did not attend high school.]
[You spent all the remaining time practicing.]
[You also said to Yuuto outside the simulation, "I can only do this much; the rest is up to you..."]
[Simulation Ended.]
Simulation ended.
Yuuto was speechless for a while.
He became stronger; Red Eye Mode gave him a huge improvement.
However.
The stronger he is, the more he can discover how strong Teiko is.
Such a feeling is depressing.
But he still accepted the one-year memory belonging to himself in the simulation without hesitation.
He wants to taste that heartache and unwillingness of failure personally, and then become more "firm."
[This simulation has ended]
[Obtained Purple Talent: Red Eye Mode]
[You obtained memories of National Tournament up to Top 16 matches]
[You obtained massive Barrier Jumper memories]
[You obtained massive Double Step-Back practice memories]
[You obtained massive Phantom Bubble memories]
[You completely mastered Phantom Bubble]
[Your Technique attribute increased by 1 point]
[This Simulation Level did not increase...]
Yuuto didn't care about those rewards, but replayed Aomine's posture at that time over and over again.
Then.
He finally knew why the simulated self was so obsessed with the Zone.
That kind of power makes people fascinated.
It's just a pity.
After that game, no matter what Yuuto did, he couldn't approach the threshold of the Zone.
"Don't think about it. The more I think, the less I can master it."
Yuuto urgently needed to divert his attention.
He asked the driver to stop.
Then.
He gave the backpack to Sora, picked up the basketball himself, and ran towards Okukozome while dribbling.
"What's wrong with the Captain?"
"Clearly won the game but still working so hard."
"As expected of the Captain, always demanding of himself so strictly."
"We have to work hard too..."
Teammates looked at his back with admiration in their eyes.
Sora felt that her Yuuto indeed had too much "essence" (energy).
This scene.
Was captured by people from Tochigi Prefecture.
Then the next day.
A report almost identical to last year appeared in Morning Okukozome.
The difference is that this time it was no longer the whole team, but only Yuuto alone.
They gave such a title.
The Lonely Traveler!
Yuuto touched his head when he saw the report the next day.
"This works too?"