Chapter 78: Section Two, The Rookie Ace's Battle Cry, Activate!

Snap~

Pat~

Snap~

Pat~

The sound of the basketball hitting the floor rang out simultaneously with the whistle ending the first quarter.

Takeki Takefushi's pupils contracted; when he turned back, Seijuro Akashi had already completed his layup, while he himself still held his hands high in a blocking motion, completely fooled by a simple fake, looking like a little clown.

"Captain!"

"Towel!"

"..."

"Thank you for your hard work, seniors!"

On the Diguang Sect side, the basketball club members, after Akashi and the others left the court, performed logistical duties with restrained but barely concealed excitement, while on the Bai Shui side, everyone on the bench stood frozen in place, eyes vacant.

8:38.

Bai Shui Middle School versus Diguang Middle School, the first quarter ended in a crushing defeat.

Clap clap clap~!

On the bench, the first to come to his senses was Shinjiro Hiyomoto; he clapped his hands with effort, "Don't mind it, everyone!! We... we next, next..."

As a substitute among substitutes who couldn't even enter the substitute lineup, first-year Shinjiro Hiyomoto tried hard to say something, but his clenched fists and eyes involuntarily filling with tears, equally shocked and distressed, caused his words to stick in his throat repeatedly, unable to come out.

"Hey."

"Hiyomoto"

"Towel."

A tall figure walking toward them from the court patted Shinjiro Hiyomoto's shoulder; the latter shuddered and instinctively answered loudly, "Yes, Captain!"

Takeki Takefushi: "Hah..."

Gulp!

Gulp~!

Haru Yuji's legs went weak; holding a water bottle with both hands, he chugged it down; normally, doing this as a player is not good, but under the dual drain of physical and mental energy, he couldn't worry about that anymore.

He, who usually talked a lot, remained silent at this moment, only thinking as he looked at Yukimiya Kazuma.

Senior Yukimiya, while on offense, was constantly battling against monsters like Akashi throughout the entire court.

He is truly amazing.

"Good work." Yukimiya Kazuma noticed Haru Yuji's gaze, and while replenishing his water, put an arm around his shoulder and said.

"No..."

"It's the senior who..."

Yukimiya Kazuma shook his head noncommittally.

Regarding the defense against the Generation of Miracles in just this one quarter, aside from the possibility of offensive time being stolen by Facing Qingfeng, and the lazy Yuta Murasakibara who had not yet participated in the offense.

The hardest to defend and most physically draining would probably be Ryoma Midorima and Seijuro Akashi.

If he were to defend them himself, facing Ryoma Midorima, the opponent's half-court shooting range, shooting height, and exaggerated arc meant that every time the opponent held the ball, he would have to start defending from very far away until entering the half-court range, with highly concentrated spirit unable to relax for a single moment.

Every shooting preparation motion required jumping with all one's strength to block; once a judgment error occurred and a fake caused a jump, everything would become Futile Effort.

And facing Seijuro Akashi, with the understanding of ball control as a 'Passing and Control Master', although one could, to a certain extent, avoid the power of the Emperor's Eye just as he does when controlling the ball.

But the frequent adjustments of movements under the high concentration of spirit and the intimidation of the Emperor's Eye also require consuming a great deal of physical energy and mental focus, so this part, he had to leave to his teammates.

That phrase "good work"...

Yukimiya Kazuma absolutely did not mean it as mere politeness.

Both sides took a timeout to rest.

The Diguang Sect coach did not Deploy Tactics; after being sidelined by Akashi, he lacked the right and there was absolutely no necessity, though at the very beginning, he was indeed startled by number 5, Yukimiya Kazuma.

The defense was good.

However, the opponent seemed to pay special attention to Facing Qingfeng.

Even when he spread out, they pressed him step by step; the Diguang Sect coach reviewed Facing Qingfeng's statistics: in the first quarter, aside from 13 points during main attacks, there was not a single score from a secondary offense, and he had only one foul, which was enough to show the intensity of Yukimiya's man-to-man defense on Facing Qingfeng in an off-ball state.

Moreover, the help defense was also strong, at least having a significant effect on Ryota Kise.

In terms of offense, limited by the opponent's playing style and the constant defense facing the outside Akashi and inside Yuta Murasakibara, the full picture was not yet clear, but from the ability to withstand Akashi's Emperor's Eye while controlling the ball, he should be a type skilled at breaking through.

Overall, he might even be stronger than Ryota Kise, but that was merely all there was to it.

After seeing so many changes in Akashi and the others, even he had to admit that with Yukimiya Kazuma's physical abilities, if the evolution direction of his playing style could be a bit more selfish, perhaps the intimidation would be greater.

As for the others on the Bai Shui team, there was no need to mention them.