Chapter 300

What kind of joke is this guy pulling?!

Near the baseline of Seihou High, Yukimiya Kazuma, who had just completed a block and secured possession, suddenly made a shooting motion right under the basket.

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Moreover, that motion was all too familiar to Aomine Daiki.

Aomine Daiki: "!?!"

What's going on?

That stance is... Midorima's three-pointer!?

"Before you get serious, let me show you my Perfect Imitation!"

"Midorima's full-court three-pointer!"

【Rolling Pencil (Golden · Non-upgradable)...】

【Effect loaded...】

【Remaining uses for this match: 0...】

From the preparatory stance to the extended wind-up time caused by the extended range, Yukimiya Kazuma's shot looked identical to Midorima's in terms of motion.

As for the trajectory...

Thanks to the effect of the 'Rolling Pencil', just throw it as high as possible; the rest is purely up to luck.

Whoosh~!

The basketball traced an extremely high arc; to the spectators, the ball seemed to have been thrown up to the gymnasium's dome, almost merging with the dazzling Bai Chidengguang, making its path invisible!

Until...

With a swish, it plummeted straight down from the high sky toward Touou's basket, swishing cleanly through the net, the net rippling like water splashing from a stone dropped on a lake!

Boom~!

The basketball crashed heavily under the basket on Touou's half-court!

At the same time...

In the stands, Midorima, who had undergone a series of disguises yet was easily exposed by Kise, suddenly widened his eyes!

"It's actually..."

"Real?!"

Beside him, Kise Ryota wore a stunned expression, and his focus lay on the fact that Yukimiya Kazuma could actually 'imitate' Midorima's shot...

That was something he had always wanted to do but never could...

So...

It really is possible!

On the court.

Yukimiya Kazuma looked at the shocked Aomine, pretended to push up the frames of non-existent glasses on his nose, then continued applying pressure: "My shooting range covers the entire court."

As for why he did this right at the start instead of saving this precious shot, which could decide the outcome at a critical moment, for the end: first, he believed the likelihood of such a one-shot-decides-all situation occurring was too low.

Second, he needed to use this shot to maximize the defensive pressure on Aomine; having defended against Midorima, he knew exactly how much effort one must invest to guard someone capable of shooting full-court three-pointers.

Even in the worst-case scenario, if he could only fool Aomine for a few possessions, that would create opportunities for fake shots followed by real drives to break through easily, while simultaneously draining Aomine's stamina from several rounds of high-intensity jumping and pursuit defense.

One shot.

Extremely high cost-performance ratio.