Despairingly powerful.
The small flame of hope Seirin had painstakingly raised was blown out by Yuuto with a gentle breath.
That golden light could dispel all ghosts and monsters.
Just as the Tokyo area commentator said:
"Geniuses like the Generation of Miracles usually appear once in ten years."
"The past three years were special. In the same era, five geniuses of this level appeared at the same time and played on the same team. This is unprecedented."
"But Yuuto is the most special one. The Homi Academy he led cut down this historically strongest Teiko."
"If the members of the Generation of Miracles are once-in-a-decade geniuses, then Yuuto's existence is a super genius appearing once in fifty years!"
"Seirin's Number 10 is strong, but he has not yet reached the level of Seiho's Number 10!"
On the court.
Yuuto's performance hadn't ended.
Kagami cheered up quickly and wanted to continue improving himself.
However.
He currently had no possibility of improvement. Whether Wildness or jumping ability, he needed time to digest these things.
Maybe he would become stronger in the future, but not now.
One-on-one single defense, Kagami concentrated, daring not miss any of Yuuto's movements.
"Did you think something like, 'Wait until that guy (Kuroko) comes on and there's a chance'?"
Yuuto dribbled at the top of the three-point arc, his cold gaze seemingly mocking the opponent.
Kagami didn't respond because he had indeed imagined this.
Joining hands with Kuroko to reverse the battle situation.
"Pinning hope on a 'Shadow' is your biggest failure."
"When you, as the Light, choose to rely on the Shadow, Kuroko's advantage will vanish."
As if to prove his words.
As soon as Yuuto's voice fell, dazzling golden light spewed from his body.
He turned into a golden man, rushing past like a sun.
Kagami only felt his vision filled with gold. When the golden light dissipated, Yuuto was nowhere to be found.
Only the swish of the basketball entering the net in his ear told him Yuuto scored again.
In just a few rounds.
The score Seirin painstakingly chased back was pulled back to the original point.
Beep~
The whistle sounded again; the third quarter ended.
At this moment, Seiho's lead had officially broken through 30 points.
They led Seirin by a full 36 points.
This was already a score impossible to reverse.
Perhaps Seirin's scoring ability could score 36 points in a single quarter, but they couldn't prevent the opponent from scoring a single point.
Moreover.
They were facing Seiho, known as the Iron Wall.
The number 36 was enough to make them despair.
When coming off the court.
Yuuto suddenly said to Kagami, "Your legs haven't prepared well yet."
Like a child getting a new toy, after his jumping ability awakened, Kagami used it unscrupulously too many times.
Yuuto could clearly see that his leg data had dropped a lot.
This meant his leg muscles showed signs of fatigue.
Kagami couldn't listen at all, let alone understand, but Riko Aida's eyes widened abruptly.
Her attention was on the game, not noticing Kagami's condition at all.
Hearing Yuuto's reminder at this moment, she quickly looked over and indeed saw Kagami's leg data had dropped much, much lower than peak.
But...
"Why does he know so clearly? Can he see players' body data like me?" Riko Aida thought of this possibility.
The problem was.
Her eyes were honed by following her father in the gym since childhood.
It was a product of innate talent combined with acquired effort.
What about Yuuto?
She looked at the team members in front of her with a heavy heart.
At this moment, the Seirin bench was covered in gloom.
Everyone lost their usual vitality, the ignorant panting (bravado) before the game.
As a result, Riko Aida brought them bad news.
"Fourth quarter, Kagami, you rest first."
"Why?!"
Kagami couldn't believe it.
He didn't want to be a deserter in such an important win-or-go-home game.
More importantly, he still wanted to continue playing.
Others didn't understand either. Kuroko could come on in the fourth quarter; with him and Kagami together, maybe they could make a charge.
At least not lose so ugly...
"No why. You know your legs yourself; your body is not fully ready yet."
Riko Aida was decisive at this time.
After all, a huge gap of 36 points lay in front of them; why risk injury to fight a game impossible to win?
You have to know, that King of Seiho, his condition was even higher than at the start; the data almost hadn't dropped.
"Good job. Rest well in the fourth quarter. Others control the pace, focus on consuming game time."
Shio Yamashita praised the players' performance.
He obviously didn't expect that last year's scrub team would welcome such strong new aids this year; it almost caused him insomnia.
Fortunately, he made the most correct decision last summer.
Otherwise, this year Seiho might have gone home fishing without even seeing the faces of Shutoku and Touou.
"Yuuto, rest for a while too. I'll take over; let's change the formation."
He planned to change the defensive formation, using the traditional zone defense.
Focusing on guarding the paint. Seirin's Number 10 matched the collected intelligence; scoring was more in the paint, shooting wasn't enough to kill them.
"Ignore that guy. If their coach is smart enough, he won't be put on the court in the fourth quarter."
"Huh?"
Others looked at Yuuto in confusion.
He told his teammates about Kagami's leg condition.
Sure enough, when the break between quarters passed and players from both sides came on again, Kagami's figure was indeed missing.
Seeing this, Shio Yamashita started meditating again, not subbing Yuuto in for the entire fourth quarter.
And Kuroko used the Misdirection he painstakingly recovered a bit to help the team chase points with all his might.
But under Seiho's iron-blooded defense, they worked hard for a whole quarter, yet couldn't chase back much.
The game ended.
National Tournament District Preliminaries Group Stage Round 2.
King Seiho defeated Seirin by a 31-point margin.
This time.
The dark horse Seirin had its legs cut off just as it started, unable to run.
Kagami lowered his head, covered by a white towel.
The huge sense of loss made him feel as if all strength was drained.
Yuuto's sentence kept echoing in his ears.
"Your biggest failure is that you shouldn't rely on a shadow."
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