Chapter 65: Bai Shui Hall VS Teiko — Opening with a Green and a White Afterimage!

The first match of the Final Four round-robin.

Bai Shui Hall Middle School versus Teiko Middle School — Tokyo Second Gymnasium was packed with roaring voices.

Not long after.

The Bai Shui Hall Middle School group arrived at the court and began warming up.

Yukimiya Kazuma swept a glance around. Without false modesty, this match truly lived up to being the focal battle — the other two Final Four teams, as well as many opponents who had previously lost to Bai Shui Hall, had all come to the scene.

Yukimiya Kazuma also spotted some fans wearing his team's jersey. Of course, unlike commercial leagues, there were no official jerseys on sale here — these fans were all wearing light-blue-based jerseys, DIY-modified into Bai Shui Hall team kits.

Seeing these fans enthusiastically cheering for him, Yukimiya Kazuma very naturally waved back in acknowledgment.

Yukimiya Kazuma continued warming up. Before long, the fans in the stands suddenly erupted in cheers. Looking up, sure enough — it was Teiko Middle School emerging from the players' tunnel that had set off the cheers.

Moreover, when the Teiko players walked out, Yukimiya Kazuma could clearly feel the cheers around them far surpassed the moment his own team had taken the floor.

But this was only natural. Although there were quite a few outstanding middle-school basketball teams in Tokyo at present, compared to Teiko, these teams were on two entirely different levels.

The reason was simply this — Teiko possessed the Generation of Miracles.

"What an overwhelming presence!"

"Up close, their average height is so tall…"

"No way — what did these guys eat growing up?"

"Speaking of which…"

"We're actually really going to play against opponents like this…"

The first-year substitutes of Bai Shui Hall, gazing toward the direction of the Generation of Miracles, whispered among themselves.

Among the Generation of Miracles, aside from Akashi, the average height was indeed extremely tall. If we take the timeline at the start of the plot — Murasakibara 208, Midorima 195, Aomine 192, Kise 189.

But in this summer of their third year of middle school, with still a little over half a year before entering high school, their average height reduced by about 5 to 6 centimeters — still an absurdly exaggerated average height.

At the middle-school stage, height alone like this was enough to inspire awe, let alone a team that already possessed illustrious fame.

Facing such opponents, the confidence Bai Shui Hall had built through their string of consecutive wins was, before the game even began, physiologically clamped down.

However…

At this age, height was still a stage where it could grow.

Yukimiya Kazuma had recently felt that he had grown a little taller again.

Checking through the system earlier, he confirmed he had indeed grown 2 centimeters, reaching 186. With no disadvantage in height at all, Yukimiya Kazuma didn't feel much of Teiko's height pressure, and very naturally focused his gaze on Aomine Daiki.

Between the two quests, Yukimiya Kazuma barely needed to deliberate much — the sole objective of this match was to limit Aomine Daiki's scoring to under 25 points.

Although this was very difficult, and would also consume two 'Spider Dance' Divine Badges, compared to the temptation of the Aomine Wildness-Related Badge, all of that amounted to nothing. In this match, he was determined to devote more energy to limiting Aomine's scoring.

……

Beep!

The whistle sounded.

The game officially began.

The two teams' centers tipped off at center court.

Taketora Masaki looked at the lazy-faced but clearly two-meter-tall giant before him, and couldn't help feeling a twinge of nervousness in his heart.

Yet his tension was entirely unnecessary — Murasakibara Atsushi wasn't simply tall; those long arms of his were even more outrageous. The outcome of the tip-off, from the moment the two stepped onto the center circle, had Actually Already been sealed.