Chapter 361

"That can't be right?"

"It's just that all the female high school students were drawn to Yukimiya, so no one asked for your autograph?"

Dakou Longzhi's face turned black!

"No..."

"That's not what's depressing me..."

It's that gorilla from Yozen, Kenichi Okamura, saying "733"!

This guy actually complained to me like we were brothers in misfortune!

Damn it!

Who has as little luck with women as him? It's absolutely because Okamura, with his beard and huge chin, stood too close to him, which is why no girls came over!

The entire Izumizaka team walked out of the player tunnel. Inside, the familiar Bai Chidengguang lights shone. Everyone arrived at the bench on the Izumizaka half-court and put down their gear.

At the same time.

Yozen also entered the court.

As expected, because of their extraordinary average height, a wave of exclamations rose from the stands.

"Wow! It's Akita's Yozen High!"

"So tall? That's ridiculous!"

"As far as I know, Yozen's three interior players are the tallest lineup in this year's I·H!"

"Everyone is over two meters!"

"Atsushi Murasakibara of the Generation of Miracles even reached 208 centimeters, and remember, he's only a first-year."

Amidst the audience's heated discussion, players from both teams took the court to warm up.

"Eh?"

"Although I can't just lounge under the basket all day today, but... it's the first time I've seen you warm up properly. What a rare event."

"Hmph!"

Atsushi Murasakibara looked toward the Izumizaka direction and sneered, "Today, there's someone I particularly want to crush!"

On the other side.

Long Tian Zhang looked at Kengo Fukui, who was about to match up against him today.

176 centimeters.

In terms of height, this was the only advantageous matchup for Izumizaka in the entire arena.

Except for this Yozen vice-captain...

Everyone else...

Long Tian Zhang glanced sideways.

Good lord.

Seeing them again, they were indeed just as outrageous; each one was like a small mountain.

Like a gorilla, the 2-meter tall captain Kenichi Okamura; the international student Liu Wei at 203 cm, who was also 7 cm taller than Yukimiya and Tsuchiya.

It felt like they had skipped high school competition entirely and jumped straight into the professional level.

Just as Long Tian Zhang was, as usual, deeply resentful about the height difference.

Yukimiya Kazuma and Atsushi Murasakibara met in the center of the court.

"This time, I will crush you into pieces, Yuki!" Atsushi looked down slightly at Yukimiya Kazuma.

"Hmm?" Yukimiya Kazuma picked up the ball, wearing an expression that said, "What are you talking about?" "I seem to remember we played each other in middle school? That line sounds familiar too..."

"But I'm still perfectly fine now, right?"

"You have to keep your word, Atsushi~"

Atsushi always had just those two lines for threats; encountering someone like Yukimiya, who had been trained for years amidst monsters, and after a few exchanges, he immediately couldn't hold on.

Soon, he could only glare at Yukimiya with a resentful expression.

In the end, Kengo Fukui couldn't stand it anymore and pulled Atsushi back with one hand.

The warm-up time ended.

Masako Araki of Yozen was giving her final pep talk before taking the court. "Everyone knows what level our opponent is!"

"We must go all out from the very start!"

"However..."

"Our playing style doesn't need to change!"

"Block everything!"

"Let them see just how strong Yozen's iron wall really is!"

"Oh!!"

"Oh!"

The two teams' members walked onto the court.

At the center circle, Yukimiya Kazuma and Atsushi Murasakibara waited for the jump ball.

Just then, the referee blew the whistle. Yukimiya Kazuma and Atsushi Murasakibara immediately assumed their jumping stances. The moment the referee tossed the ball into the air, both leaped simultaneously!

Immediately following...

The Izumizaka team realized that Yukimiya's jump ball today truly couldn't be like usual.

The first to touch the ball was Atsushi. It wasn't that Yukimiya's jumping ability had a problem, but because of Atsushi's height advantage and arm length far exceeding normal humans!

Like a gibbon!

At the start, Atsushi Murasakibara seized the initiative.

Below, everyone at Senkan High was taken aback; this was the first time they had ever seen Yukimiya lose a jump ball. Although they had anticipated it during pre-game analysis, they still couldn't help but widen their eyes.

For an ordinary person's build, Yukimiya's limbs were already long, but Murasakibara was much taller than Yukimiya Kazuma. When he bent his knees slightly, his lowered arms could almost touch his knees.. 0

After all, jumping high is not as good as reaching high, and precisely because of this, Murasakibara could gain the upper hand in jump balls against someone of Yukimiya's caliber.

In the stands.

"Huh? Midorima, you're here to watch Little Yukimiya's game again? You brought new hats and sunglasses today too?" Kise Ryota suddenly saw Midorima Shintaro sitting in the row ahead of him. Seeing there was a seat beside him, he immediately happily rushed over.

Midorima Shintaro: "……"

Midorima looked speechless; he truly couldn't figure out why this guy always managed to appear near him and easily see through his disguise!

"Ah! Here it comes!"

"The jump ball!"

Midorima Shintaro was growing impatient with Kise Ryota's harassment, but at this moment the game finally began, and his gaze was immediately drawn over.

"Oh! So high! As expected, even Little Yukimiya cannot compete with Little Murasakibara in the jump ball!"

Fukui Kensuke caught the ball passed by Murasakibara, nodded, and said, "Murasakibara is actually quite serious today."

Okamura Kenichi followed up, saying, "Mm, no jump ball violation means he is indeed focused today."

After Yangquan gained the opening possession, they launched an offensive.

At the Inter-High, Yangquan's lineup did not yet include Himuro Tatsuya from the Winter Cup, so at this stage their attacks were conducted more often inside the paint.

This point could be seen from the area under the basket at Senkan High's half-court at this very moment.

At Yangquan.

The small forward is also counted as an interior player.

At this moment, three guys over 2 meters tall had Yukimiya Kazuma and Tsuchiya Dahe cornered inside!

In Yangquan's 0.9 plan, targeting Senkan High's interior, the small forward Dakou Longzhi had average height, and the power forward Tsuchiya Dahe had average weight.

The only one who could truly pose a threat to them was Yukimiya Kazuma alone, who looked less bulky but possessed terrifying actual strength.

Boom~!

Okamura Kenichi took the ball first and made his move!

With a back-to-the-basket post-up, Tsuchiya Dahe visibly stepped back one step!

However...

Yukimiya Kazuma suddenly activated 'Ice and Snow World', forcefully pushing past a bewildered Murasakibara Atsushi and stepping in to block the gorilla Okamura Kenichi's advance for Tsuchiya!

In that instant.

Okamura's post-up felt like hitting a steel plate; he couldn't move an inch!

Okamura, facing away, didn't see it for the moment, but from others' perspectives, under the assault of Yukimiya's aura, they could vaguely see a magnificent, howling snowstorm gradually manifesting!

And it was subtly freezing Okamura Kenichi's feet onto an ice surface extending outward with Yukimiya as the core!.