Chapter 262: Shred You Useless Arthropod Clean, Limb by Limb!

"Beautiful steal!"

"The Uncrowned Generals, and he's a point guard, yet he got stripped by Yukimiya Kazuma!"

"Can't catch up!"

"Hanamiya Makoto, the point guard, can't catch up to Yukimiya Kazuma!"

"Dunk!"

Hanamiya Makoto's face was terrifyingly dark; he couldn't imagine that in front of Yukimiya Kazuma, he couldn't even control the ball.

A player from Kirisaki Daiichi silently threw an inbounds pass from the baseline, but the target wasn't Hanamiya Makoto.

Because Hanamiya Makoto was currently being defended by Yukimiya, who had abandoned part of his 'Super Wide-Range Defense' to add more 1v1 man-to-man marking specifically against Hanamiya Makoto, to the point of not even letting him touch the ball.

The purpose was simple: to strike at Hanamiya Makoto from all angles, physically and mentally.

In the set offense, Yamazaki Hiroshi of Kirisaki Daiichi found Guqiao Koujiro, who had cut through a screen to get open, and immediately passed the ball to him.

Guqiao Koujiro, who was just about to catch the ball and shoot, was immediately blocked by Dakou Longzhi, who had cut through the screen with decent speed.

Guqiao Koujiro: "Tsk!"

Hiss~!

Guqiao Koujiro stopped his shooting motion; when passing, he swung an elbow, but Dakou Longzhi, with good fighting reflexes, dodged it and even counterattacked as if nothing had happened.

"What's wrong, Dead-Eyes?"

"You gonna drive with the ball, 707?"

Before the match against Kirisaki Daiichi, Dakou Longzhi had always been annoyed by Guqiao Koujiro; perhaps, as fellow masters of expression control, an idol type like Dakou Longzhi naturally found Guqiao Koujiro's madman-like expression repulsive.

Facing Dakou Longzhi's provocation, Guqiao Koujiro chose to pass the ball away.

But the hollow look in his eyes flickered with a strange light in that instant.

Seto Kentaro ran over and received the ball hand-to-hand.

In that instant.

A front-and-back double team against Dakou Longzhi by Seto Kentaro and Guqiao Koujiro was formed.

Seto Kentaro leaped into the air!

Shot!

His back completely obscured Dakou Longzhi's figure, simultaneously blocking the referee's view.

"Idiot."

"Die right here."

Seto Kentaro's shot, with one knee slightly raised in a one-legged stance, was met as Guqiao Koujiro pushed from behind Dakou Longzhi, causing the latter's chin to collide directly with Seto Kentaro's knee.

Dakou Longzhi never expected Kirisaki Daiichi to have such a two-person combo move; for a moment, he couldn't react, and it looked like he was about to fall for it.

Doing something like this...

I won't get disfigured, will I?

Dakou Longzhi's thoughts, for a split second, spawned such an idea.

However...

A figure suddenly swept past from the side, moving so fast it left only a streak of snow-white; immediately following, Heavy Footsteps slammed onto the court as he leaped sky-high, blocking out the sun and saving Dakou Longzhi's 'handsome' face.

It was Yukimiya Kazuma!

The block height, in Seto Kentaro's eyes, was nothing short of flight!

Seto Kentaro: "..."

So high!

That bastard...

Just where exactly are you flying to?!

Not until Seto Kentaro's eyes were level with Yukimiya Kazuma's chin did the latter finally come to a halt; and even this was the result of Yukimiya's 'I Love Jump Shots' jump shot; if it were a vertical jump for single defense, the height difference would probably be even greater.

Boom~!

A thunderous sound in mid-air!

The basketball was slammed down by Yukimiya Kazuma as if it were a volleyball, and the angle was truly like a close-range volleyball spike, targeting Guqiao Koujiro, who had orchestrated this dangerous move!

That's right...

It's still that unlucky guy!

Boom~!

The second sound was clearly much duller than Yukimiya Kazuma's spike; after all, it was a solid smash right into someone's face.

In that instant, from the perspective of the stunned Dakou Longzhi, one could even see Guqiao Koujiro's crooked chin, his mouth slightly open, with his tongue and saliva flying out.

The spectators were also dumbfounded; the pace of this play was too fast, from Kirisaki Daiichi suddenly forming a double team on Dakou Longzhi to Yukimiya Kazuma executing a full-speed, volleyball-style spike!

In the blink of an eye, the spectators saw an orange basketball smash into Guqiao Koujiro's face, then ricochet towards the stands, tracing an orange line.

In the stands, the members of Touou, who had appeared at some point, were all dumbstruck.

Facing Qingfeng stared intently at Yukimiya Kazuma on the court, his rising battle spirit causing the surprise in Imayoshi Shoichi's eyes beside him.

However, after watching Yukimiya Kazuma's game live today, even though he hadn't seen the full picture, just from the exaggerated ability displayed in the opponent's defense, he could already understand Qingfeng's recent changes.

This is an opponent that even Qingfeng needs to take seriously; no wonder Momoi brought Qingfeng specifically to Izumidai to watch their practice match.

And at this moment on the court.

Guqiao Koujiro no longer wore that neurotic calm expression.

Or rather...

One couldn't even tell what expression he had.

On his face at this moment, nose blood was gushing fiercely, and at the same time, wailing sounds never ceased in his ears.

The referee called a halt to the match, and everyone around, including those from Fog Peak First, fell silent as they watched the terrifying state on Guqiao Koujirou's face.

Just now, that 'spike' struck Guqiao Koujirou's face with such ferocity that even the scant flesh of his cheeks rippled, and by now had rapidly swollen into a single mass.

Then, Guqiao Koujirou's hollow gaze gradually turned dazed.

That was a negative effect produced by the brain's sudden, violent shaking, commonly known as a 'concussion'.

Thump~

He landed on his backside, unable even to stand steady, and collapsed onto the ground.