[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master":3,"chapter-kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-chapter-41":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Kuroko no Basuke: Starting as a Playmaking Master with Hair Color Abilities",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2123668,3467,"Chapter 41: This Pass Basketball magazine knows how to play!","kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-chapter-41",41,"\u003Cp>“Oh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya Kazuma took the weekly magazine handed over by Kasuga Yuji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One page was a layout of Long Tianzhang holding a basketball, with the title in the usual ‘Pass Basketball’ style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Tochikudo Middle School is the real No. 2 in the district!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Yukimiya is an extremely excellent player, but I have played many games with him, there must be some exaggeration!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Me and Yukimiya Kazuma? There is no comparability between us, if he can make it to the Final Four, I will let him see the gap between us!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, this was an interview Long Tianzhang accepted before the game between Baishui Hall and Teiko; if he still dared to say this after watching that game, then he, Yukimiya Kazuma, would respect him as a man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pass Basketball, this weekly magazine, knows how to play; they even released Yukimiya’s interview before the Final Four, something like ‘I have prepared for the battle’, while Long Tianzhang’s interview, which was clearly earlier than his, only came out now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Setting up dramatic conflict, holding it back, waiting to see the face-slapping scene, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Tianzhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So familiar, in the other’s interview, he also said he had played many games with himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, it’s him.” Taketo Masaki glanced, “Tochikudo’s ace, in the past when our strength was average, their coach always came to our school for training, and every time he made Coach Niimatsu so angry he threw his cup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya Kazuma nodded, following Taketo Masaki’s words, recalling that scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the grievances between two old men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Speaking of which.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This time, Long Tianzhang is probably going to have his jaw drop; although this interview was taken before the round-robin, he himself definitely hasn’t seen our game with Teiko yet.” Taketo Masaki smiled, “Even the previous rounds of games, he might not have been willing to show up, after all, you two didn’t get along before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this also have to do with me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you forget?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tochikudo’s Senior Shibata, their team’s former manager, sent you a love letter after the game, and Long Tianzhang saw it; his face turned green at that time, I still remember it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Shibata is really a beauty, unfortunately, she has already graduated, I heard she went to a high school in Kyoto.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was such a thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key is, the original owner actually rejected it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a basketball idiot...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vision of bringing girls along after transmigrating was directly broken!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Wait...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guy, how do you know so much? You even know they went to Kyoto?\" Yukimiya Kazuma suddenly turned his head to look at Taketou Yashiki, squinting his eyes. \"Yashiki, I didn't realize, you're also quite...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taketou Yashiki: \"...!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard it from someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding the weekly magazine interview with Ryuta Akira, everyone on the team was just there to watch the drama, and they all suggested that Yukimiya should let loose and play in the next match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Coach Shinmatsu Osamu kept hinting at him; it seemed he had a deep grudge against the opposing coach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya gave everyone an affirmative answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the system also had tasks to complete. 6 points of freely allocatable attribute values might seem small, but with the words \"freely allocatable,\" it was no small amount.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already thought it through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could just put them into his Mid-Range Shot and Three-Point Shot attributes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sum of the two attributes 'Mid-Range Shot + Three-Point Shot' affected the stamina consumption and negative emotions of 'Monster Immersion: Bird'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By pulling both to 85, a threshold where attribute performance improves significantly, and having the sum reach the integer of 170, perhaps 'Monster Immersion' would also undergo a positive change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, a 40+10 stat line wasn't necessarily easy to grind. He would see what the situation was like with the opponent; he might have to activate 'Monster Immersion'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, facing Tou-Chikuto Junior High and Ryuta Akira, Yukimiya Kazuma was definitely not intimidated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You have to know...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing in front of you is a man with two gold, one purple, one blue, and one green badge—5 badges in hand, balanced in offense and defense, with all attributes over 80.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without going all out, and without the opponent having miracle-level defense, just pulling out 'Playmaking Master'—that basketball IQ, vision, judgment, and overall perspective—was enough to make the opponent's scalp tingle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ryuta Akira knew the person on the other side had this kind of strength, perhaps he wouldn't have had the courage to challenge him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day of the match arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he entered the gymnasium, Yukimiya Kazuma was shocked by the basketball atmosphere of Tou-Chikuto Junior High. A basketball powerhouse with a history is different; just this professional-level cheering was...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...truly cool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendance in the spectator stands today was high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although yesterday afternoon, during the match between Hakusuikan and Wu Ze, Teiko slaughtered Tou-Chikuto with an exaggerated score of 135:11, this did not affect the enthusiasm of the Tou-Chikuto students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They sat in perfect unison in the same section of the stands, holding high the school motto 'Tou-Chikuto, Firm and Resolute' in the front row to show their support for Tou-Chikuto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Yukimiya Kazuma was warming up with shots on the court, there was even an organized pressure display from the Tou-Chikuto side of the stands, the booming drumbeats full of momentum.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a junior high level match, especially a district qualifier, such a scene was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taketou Yashiki, as captain, responsibly comforted his teammates, \"Don't mind it, just pretend they don't exist. The pressure they are deliberately creating only proves they are afraid of us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yukimiya Kazuma was actually quite happy. Following the drumbeats, although it affected his shooting rhythm, dribbling the ball felt great, with the sense of rhythm maxed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And soon, the match began.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Taketou Yashiki won the jump ball against the Tou-Chikuto center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yukimiya Kazuma got the ball, he began to advance to the front court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ryuta Akira switched from shooting guard to point guard to defend Yukimiya Kazuma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under normal circumstances, Yukimiya Kazuma would call for a screen, or use his master-level ball handling to attract a double-team and pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was a head-to-head confrontation with Ryuta Akira, who had just mocked him in the weekly magazine. Yukimiya Kazuma immediately made a 1v1 tactical gesture, and the whole arena was in an uproar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The uproar was mainly from the Tou-Chikuto students who came to cheer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! Who does this kid think he is? He actually wants to play 1v1 against Ryuta-kun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's Ryuta Akira!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That person is very strong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tou-Chikuto spectators in the stands began to jeer, but there were also those who had seen Yukimiya Kazuma's strength with their own eyes, nervously sweating for Ryuta Akira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was actually not surprising. Just like a home game in a professional league, the vast majority of Tou-Chikuto students surely only watched Tou-Chikuto, and furthermore, they carried the task of cheering, needing preparation and practice, so it was even less likely they would have specifically watched Hakusuikan's matches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya Kazuma made a small-range shake at the top of the three-point arc, testing Ryuta Akira's level slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defense was cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The positioning was also good; he didn't lose his spot following the shake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was all there was to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya Kazuma skillfully leaned his body against Ryuta Akira, then suddenly performed a Crawford-style back-dribble slide. Ryuta Akira was at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Yukimiya and, having been shaken, suddenly retreated step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The help-defense awareness on Tou-Chikuto's side was almost non-existent, which was clearly unusual; perhaps the opponent had reached some kind of 'let's play 1v1' consensus before the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yukimiya reached the vicinity of the free-throw line very easily, his left hand shielding his front, his body slightly turned, and his right hand raised to hook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this sudden hook shot, it was already impossible for Ryuta Akira to block it. Yukimiya Kazuma had already reached a height of 186cm, and his height and wingspan on the guard line were undoubtedly crushing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For short players, unless they had the unreasonable rule-breaking power of someone like Akashi who could steal the ball just by glaring, if others reacted a bit slowly, didn't stick close to provide resistance, or were shaken out of space, they could only watch helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hook shot went in!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was actually a hook shot...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hook shot was an offensive method Yukimiya Kazuma often used in the last few rounds before the round-robin tournament. As for high-end skills essential for scoring like the pull-up jumper, now that he had 'Monster Immersion: Bird', Yukimiya didn't need to worry about researching them; after all, this skill looked simple, but it was actually extremely difficult to truly master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an immature offensive technique, Yukimiya still preferred the hook shot, simply because it was very efficient when playing against shorter players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When playing against Teiko in the round-robin, he certainly didn't dare to use it. This type of offensive method was too close to the basket, and whether it was Murasakibara, Aomine, or Midorima, they could easily block his half-baked hook shot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tou-Chikuto spectators didn't know Yukimiya Kazuma particularly well; it was rare for junior high perimeter players to use hook shots, and even in professional leagues, it was rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, on the spectator stands opposite Tou-Chikuto, two middle-aged men were commentating passionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two were the fans who had asked Yukimiya for an autograph outside the gymnasium earlier and seemed to love junior high basketball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yukimiya Kazuma scores with a hook shot as soon as he gets on the court. This kind of offense isn't very common, but it's very suitable for Yukimiya Kazuma.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven't seen a point guard in junior high as tall as him. Teiko has a few who could do it, but they have Akashi...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's really great. At this height, to have such monster-like flexibility and ball handling, it often allows him to have a physical advantage at the point guard position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He knows how to use his advantages well; using a hook shot to attack is indeed very comfortable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The problem is still Teiko. This level of offense won't be able to break through Teiko.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tou-Chikuto's turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ryuta Akira reached the front court, he also chose to play 1v1 against Yukimiya Kazuma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, the entire gymnasium was boiling under the leadership of the Tou-Chikuto cheering squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators cheered and shouted for Ryuta Akira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ryuta-kun, take him down!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ryuta Akira, score over his head, show him the power of Tou-Chikuto!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the cheers from his own school, Ryuta Akira felt full of motivation. He performed a crossover dribble in front of his body, attempting to shift Yukimiya Kazuma's center of gravity to win the initiative in the offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he clearly miscalculated. Yukimiya Kazuma's defensive judgment against dribbling was terrifyingly strong. He could handle even Akashi and Aomine for a while, let alone Ryuta Akira.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Ryuta Akira's dribbling was the type that relied on rhythm. It would be better to play physically, but playing with technique?\u003C\u002Fp>",1877,"2026-06-16T10:58:15.272Z","2026-06-16T11:06:59.202Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fac9d131721503be80a8c6a562d0e8497a863af42deea95b4a127497ecdb7839","kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-chapter-42","kuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-chapter-40",159,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fkuroko-no-basuke-starting-as-a-playmaking-master-cover.jpg"]