Akashi's arm shot out swiftly, knocking away the basketball in Yuuto's possession.
However.
Eagle Spear.
Almost simultaneously, Yuuto, who was prepared, reached back to grab the dislodged ball.
He smoothly transitioned into a behind-the-back dribble, feigning a change of direction, but his body only swayed slightly before returning to his original path for a straight breakthrough.
"It's useless! No matter how many futures you extend, the future is in my hands!"
The duel was abnormally intense, dazzling everyone watching.
"This isn't a level that kids this age should possess!"
Yukio Kasamatsu felt the hair all over his body stand on end.
He felt that even if he went out there, he would be easily instant-killed by these two juniors.
One was the leader of the Generation of Miracles, possessing the Emperor Eye that nullified all attacks.
The other was the Lion of Okukozome, possessing infinite possibilities and the ability to correct his own weaknesses time and again.
The collision between the two could simply be described as Mars crashing into Earth.
On the court.
Akashi's vision.
The Emperor Eye had already captured scene after scene of the future and shattered them one by one.
But no matter how many times he shattered them, new futures would extend out without pause.
"Enough! No matter how many times you try, it's useless!"
Akashi reached out again, slapping away Yuuto's "invincibility."
But immediately.
Brilliant golden light erupted from Yuuto's body again.
Like an unkillable cockroach, he continued to impact the Emperor Eye's forbidden zone.
Sweat was already dripping from Akashi's forehead.
A new future extended again, playing out before his eyes.
Finally.
He didn't know how many times, nor how long it had been.
After Akashi "seized the future" yet again, a new variable appeared.
But this time, he couldn't grasp it.
"What happened to me?"
Akashi suddenly froze. In his eyes, Yuuto's figure suddenly towered over him.
But it wasn't that Yuuto had suddenly grown taller, but rather...
"I've been crossed over?"
The future was still clear, but he could no longer catch it.
Yuuto, having corrected his weaknesses countless times, used an offense as fast as lightning to shock Akashi's body off balance, stripping away his center of gravity.
"Akashi!"
From the sidelines came the horrified shouts of the coach and teammates.
Akashi completely lost focus.
He could still see the future, but physically and technically, he was defeated by Yuuto, who was infinitely approaching perfection.
It was also at this moment.
The golden light erupting from Yuuto reached its peak, like the noon sun, bright enough to drive away the darkness in any corner of the earth.
He swept past Akashi like a hurricane, yet Akashi was powerless to stop him.
BOOM!!
Yuuto gathered the ball, jumped, focused all his strength into his right arm, and smashed the ball viciously into the hoop.
The Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium fell silent for a few seconds, followed immediately by a tsunami of fanatical cheering.
"Yuuto!"
"Dunk score!"
"He did it! He crossed over the captain of Teiko and defeated the leader of the Generation of Miracles!"
"The carefully nurtured heir of the Akashi conglomerate has been defeated by Yuuto!"
The commentator for the Tochigi Prefecture channel stood up excitedly in the studio, feeling the urge to flip the table in front of him.
He did it.
Yuuto finally did it. He had waited a full two years for this moment.
The voice of the man from Tochigi was already hoarse, but he was still roaring.
This moment.
It was incredibly dreamlike. A poor kid from the countryside of Okukozome had defeated the elite of Tokyo!
"Aka... Akashi-cchi..."
Kise's expression was one of pure terror.
The invincible Akashi, the Akashi Seijuro who took pleasure in ankle-breaking others, actually had a day where he was ankle-broken in a game.
Midorima Shintaro, who knew Akashi even better, felt the eyes behind his glasses trembling uncontrollably.
He couldn't imagine it.
He couldn't imagine what level one had to reach to break through the Emperor Eye's super prediction.
Nullifying all attacks was no joke.
Akashi, possessing the Emperor Eye, could see through every step of the opponent's movement.
That was why they said "The future lies in Akashi's hands"!
But...
This scene was too shocking.
Akashi himself had long lost his initial composure, elegance, and dominance.
He looked like a student who always scored 100%, only to face a disaster in the entrance exams, standing dejected before the results board.
But Homi Academy, or rather Yuuto's counterattack, had just begun.
"Defense!"
Yuuto, having completed an earth-shattering offense, landed and let out a roar that brought the team's morale to its peak.
He stood near the free-throw line, looking ready to defend the entire paint by himself.
His teammates pulled out to the high post, strictly guarding against Teiko's three-pointers.
Especially Midorima, who faced a double team.
And Akashi.
He seemed not to have recovered from the blow yet, and actually committed a fatal error.
He shook off the defense and stepped inside the three-point line with one step.
Of course.
If it were before, this would be nothing, but Akashi's current state was clearly unusual.
"Wait, Akashi!"
Midorima's warning came too late. When Akashi looked up, Yuuto's crimson eyes were already in view.
Immediately after...
Snap!
Akashi's ball was stolen by Yuuto again.
Yuuto squeezed past Akashi and grabbed the ball.
"Fast!"
"Run for it!"
The old coach saw this and immediately roared from the sidelines.
Without needing his reminder, Homi Academy had turned into a torrent of steel charging at the Teiko defense.
Kise and the others hurriedly turned to run back.
Soon.
The two sides swapped positions.
At the top of the three-point arc.
The person Yuuto faced this time was not Akashi, but Aomine.
The successive blows had caused Akashi to sink completely.
"Heh, although I don't know what happened to that guy Akashi, this suits me just fine!"
Aomine's fighting spirit did not diminish; instead, it surged straight to his brain.
From beginning to end, his goal was only one person.
Yuuto!
No unnecessary words.
Yuuto looked at this opponent, familiar to the point of exhaustion, and crashed toward him like a humanoid sun.
Yuuto, reaching 1.9 meters in height, possessed speed unmatched at this stage.
Furthermore.
He possessed ultimate ball-handling skills not inferior to Akashi.
Yuuto exploded forward; a playing style simple to the extreme could also be deadly.
While driving at high speed, he suddenly lowered his center of gravity and swept past Aomine using a Shammgod integrated with fundamental mastery.
Aomine wouldn't be passed so easily; he twisted his center of gravity to follow.
But Yuuto, who had corrected his weaknesses countless times, unleashed a follow-up offensive as fierce as a monstrous wave.
Heavy. Aomine felt his ankles bearing immense pressure.
Body coordination, balance, flexibility—for someone at his level to feel this, it showed what level Yuuto's offense had reached.
"Don't look down on people, Yuuto!" Aomine's animal instincts erupted fully as he gave chase.
However.
The Yuuto before his eyes vanished like a bubble.
"That guy Haizaki's move?!"
Aomine quickly realized something. His ankles felt like iron, and his body spun like a top to pounce on Yuuto again.
But this time, he couldn't reach.
Under his gaze, Yuuto had already stepped back outside the three-point line.
No.
Not one step, but two. The process was just so perfect it felt like he only took one step back.
Yuuto retreated beyond the arc.
This was a shot no one could "violate."
Swish!
Yuuto hit the three-pointer. The 9-point gap was instantly cut to just 4 points.
The arena boiled over again!
This burning furnace was forging victory!
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