Chapter 153: Hey, Shorty, Swap for Facing Qingfeng!

"Akashi is specifically guarding the opponent's ace right from the start; that's not his style!"

Akashi Seijuro's move not only surprised Yukimiya Kazuma and Bai Shui, but even the teams from other schools in the stands found it quite strange.

"Perhaps Akashi..."

"... also sensed something."

On the stands, Tsuchiya Taiga of Hagitani Middle School lowered his gaze and said.

"In that case, we should act too!"

Haru Yuji's eyes flashed, then 'Nanba Ayumi' suddenly accelerated, taking a very bold jump shot close to the restricted area.

Sure enough, before he could finish the move, the monster Zōhara stationed in the restricted area rushed up to block, while at the same time, Kise Ryota on his side, who hadn't fully broken free, moved up to defend.

Noticing Kise Ryota beside him going for the steal, Haru Yuji changed his shot into a throw; the motion looked exactly like Aomine's Unpredictable Shot for a moment, but he was merely tossing the ball toward the hoop without aim.

Such a move, of course, no one but Aomine could make go in, but the ball's purpose wasn't a shot to begin with; the next moment after the ball flew out, Takefune Masaki standing beside the hoop suddenly leaped, caught the ball, and looked about to slam it down toward the basket while in mid-air.

"Whoa!"

"It's an alley-oop?!"

The audience section instantly erupted in shouts of surprise.

But just at that moment, a heavy dark shadow suddenly appeared behind Takefune Masaki, threatening him as if ready to devour a person.

"So slow~"

"So, what are you even striving for, disgusting~"

Slap~!

Zōhara, who had just rushed out to block Haru Yuji, suddenly returned to the lane with a lazy tone, blocking Takefune Masaki's shot; meanwhile, the power struggle between the two in mid-air made Takefune Masaki's body feel like it was made of paper, and he was whipped backward.

The sudden turn of events startled everyone at Bai Shui.

"Masaki!"

"Captain!"

Fortunately, Takefune Masaki got up quickly, looked fine, and tugged at his jersey, saying, "Nothing serious, no big deal."

Not knowing what had provoked Zōhara, he stood aside, glanced at Takefune Masaki, and suddenly spoke with a terrifying expression: "I'll crush you~"

"Hah?! What did you say?!"

Teruyama Daisuke, hearing Zōhara's clearly 'provocative' words, felt some anger in his heart, but before he could go and question him, Takefune Masaki patted his shoulder and dissuaded him.

Takefune Masaki looked at Zōhara very calmly, "You're more motivated today than last time, aren't you? I've gotten stronger, haven't I?"

Zōhara looked at Takefune Masaki's calm expression and frowned.

He still couldn't understand.

The feelings of someone who knows victory is impossible yet still fights desperately.

The match between Bai Shui and Teiko, from the very beginning, drew gasps from the venue.

Akashi Seijuro dribbled the ball to mid-court, and Yukimiya Kazuma moved up to defend.

But Akashi immediately passed the ball to Aomine Daiki.

Aomine looked at Akashi and Yukimiya restraining each other not far away, then looked at Bai Shui's number 6 in front of him, revealing a hint of displeasure in his eyes.

"You picked a good opponent yourself, having a lot of fun, Akashi."

Damn it.

The expression on Aomine Daiki's face was clearly a smile that wasn't very happy.

Intense fighting spirit radiated from him; even on the audience seats dozens of meters away, many team members could clearly feel it.

Aomine Daiki's dribbling motion seemed careless, but in the next second, he suddenly launched; that innate gift, an agility incomprehensible to mortals, the acceleration from zero to top speed, completed the zero-to-hundred launch in an instant.

Of course.

It refers to speed surging from 0% to 100%.

Liang Huayin felt a flash before his eyes, and Aomine Daiki disappeared from his line of sight.

Before his eyes, only a basketball remained suspended in mid-air.

Aomine Daiki's entire set of exquisite ball skills were forged on the streets; this technique before him was obviously one of them.

He slapped the ball to the right with his hand, then, when the opponent's attention was all focused on the ball, broke through from the left. When he rushed halfway, he immediately reached out to scoop, pulling the ball used to distract the opponent's attention back.

This is a streetball technique that tests speed and reaction ability very heavily.

Middle schoolers facing this move, let alone seeing through it, even if they could see through it, their bodies' reactions couldn't catch up.

"So fast!"

Liang Huayin was startled in his heart.

Although he had previously received from Yukimiya Kazuma the moves Aomine might use that he had organized, when actually fighting, he realized that imagination was indeed just imagination.