Chapter 224: Don't Mind It Too Much, Because This Year's Me Is the Strongest!

On the court.

Kagami Taiga was breathing hard, sweat streaming down his forehead in torrents.

And in contrast, Yukimiya Kazuma, positioned at the heart of the Izumi Shinken half, had barely been involved in the offense, and the look on his face was incomparably relaxed.

Compared to everyone else on the court, he looked—way too relaxed.

Qingfeng's brows were tightly knit, his gaze fixed on Yukimiya Kazuma in the middle of the court.

Momoi Mayuko suddenly cried out in surprise:

"Eh?!"

"It's Tetsu! What an amazing lateral pass!"

"Seirin's number 10 — that's the Kagami that Xiao Huang mentioned?"

"He jumped so high?!"

Kagami Taiga caught the extreme lateral-feed pass, then exploded upward into a jump shot — his release point was very high.

"Be careful…"

"No good — even though the ball got to Kagami, Yukimiya Kazuma is defending him!"

"He's still going to get blocked…"

Momoi Mayuko was precisely picking up the information buried in the chatter from Seirin's bench.

A lateral ball movement across such a wide range, combined with a jump shot from such a height — and they're still so sure it'll get blocked? The defense they're talking about, Yukimiya-kun's defense, is…

Thump—

Thump—

Two sudden, explosive footfalls on the court, the rhythm between them shockingly fast.

The next second!

Under Momoi Mayuko's stunned gaze, Yukimiya Kazuma's snow-white hair whipped violently backward in midair, his whole body spreading like a bird taking flight as he suddenly lunged at Kagami!

"So fast!"

"So high!?"

"And this defensive pattern…"

Yukimiya-kun actually pulled off Xiao Zi's defense?!

How is that possible…

Keep in mind Xiao Zi has two hundred… eh?!

Yukimiya-kun has actually grown this tall!!

Smack—

"Hey~ hey~ you jumped pretty high."

"But sorry, your movement was just too slow — caught up to you real easy~"

Yukimiya Kazuma completed the block with ease. In the first half of this game, within the defense Yukimiya had thrown his whole body into, this scene had actually already played out many times.

But this time was a little different.

Yukimiya Kazuma had simply snatched Kagami's shot right out of the air with his hand!

A swat!

The instant he landed, he was off at full speed!

"Wait!"

"Tch!"

"Kagami's chasing back on defense!"

"He's running so fast…!"

"But… he can't catch up!!?"

The moment Yukimiya Kazuma grabbed the ball, he took the lead. Behind him, Izumi Shinken, Seirin, those helping on the fast-break counter, those chasing back on defense — in short, everyone was chasing.

However…

They simply couldn't catch up!

A Speed stat as high as 94.4, boosted by a height of 196 centimeters — the actual performance…

Yukimiya Kazuma figured, compared to his own past estimates, his height must have a positive effect; perhaps this 'Speed' referred to the frequency his legs could reach when running.

Anyway…

He was just plain fast!

Hyuuga Junpei was breathing hard, his eyes wide with shock!

How could…

No matter how you looked at it…

Dribbling the ball, and still faster than Kagami?!

On Izumi Shinken's side, Long Tian Zhang was sprinting with arms pumping, head tilted back as he muttered, "Dammit, stop that bastard! He's only playing defense, yet he still stole the whole spotlight!!"

"And now he's even running the fast break…"

"Don't come messing around in our offense! Just go play defense properly!"

He Xiuyang shot the other guy a look, then simply gave up — no point chasing, chasing was pointless, and with Yukimiya Kazuma's ability, did he really need their fast-break help?

The two closest to Yukimiya on the whole court were Kagami Taiga and Dakou Longzhi, but Dakou Longzhi had started from farther away, and now instead of closing the gap, he was being pulled farther and farther behind.

Being so easily surpassed at the thing he prided himself on most — for a moment, a tangled mess of feelings churned in Dakou Longzhi's heart.

Swoosh—!

Yukimiya Kazuma reached his takeoff spot — just one small step inside the free-throw line!

Swoosh~

He took off!

A 91.2 vertical leap, guaranteeing both the height and the distance of his jump!

A 93.7 dunk...

Let him complete a jaw-dropping 360-degree mid-air spin in the air!

Bang~

Thud~

The former was Yukimiya Kazuma's slam dunk going in, the latter was Kagami colliding into Yukimiya Kazuma mid-air.

Beep beep~~

"The basket counts!"

"Izumi Shōkan No. 4, one additional free throw!"

The scene before his eyes made Facing Qingfeng's eyes widen in excitement!

This guy...

Has he actually already reached this level?!

Truly...

Amazing!

In that instant, Facing Qingfeng could almost hear his own heartbeat, pounding away in wild exhilaration!

Ha!

As always, you never disappoint, Yukimiya!

From This Showdown at the national middle-school third-year preliminary tournament until now, the only one who can make my blood boil is you!

Seirin bench.

Everyone was deathly silent.

No matter what, they could never have imagined that the Kagami who had defeated last year's Seirin seniors who had Enter Round-Robin Finals at the Seirin rookie match would be so utterly at a loss like this.

With Kise, although Kagami was defeated by a single shot, in the confrontation, at the very least he had made corresponding reactions in both speed and blocks.

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