[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball":3,"chapter-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-216":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Popular Character in Kuroko's Basketball",{"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},2209316,3844,"Chapter 216","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-216",216,"\u003Cp>As for passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashi wasn't afraid at all; he was confident he could cut off all connections between Tiandao and other Kirisaki Daichi players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But would things really go as he expected?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiandao suddenly accelerated the force of his dribbling. This change in rhythm made Akashi instantly distinguish that he intended to pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his left eye suddenly and reached out his left arm to swat at the basketball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to find that Tiandao suddenly pulled the ball back, completed a behind-the-back dribble, and instantly launched an attack toward his left side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flaws, it's not just you who can sell them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashi was shaken off once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rakuzan's players saw this and couldn't help but shrink the restricted area and come over to help defend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of this was seen by Tiandao, and even their upcoming actions were clear to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mibuchi Reo arrived in time and stood firm on Tiandao's path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he wanted to imitate Hanamiya Makoto and draw an offensive foul on Tiandao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Tiandao stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Success!\" Although he didn't cause an offensive foul on Tiandao, at least he forced the person to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mibuchi Reo was secretly pleased, but looked down to find that the basketball originally controlled by Tiandao had disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where's the ball?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the basket.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The basketball went into the net as expected. Mibuchi Reo's help defense being in place also meant that Yamazaki Hiro was in an open position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, Tiandao still maintained the sudden-stop posture, comparable to Nash in the theatrical version, with a posture quite mesmerizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the audience in the real world couldn't help but shout after watching, \"Nice butt!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fortunate that Tiandao didn't watch the show when playing important matches, otherwise, if he saw the barrage, he would definitely lose his composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't want to be discussed by a group of men about his butt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4:2!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kirisaki Daichi took the lead again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly an incredible player.\" Shirogane Eiji on the sidelines sat steadily like a fisherman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since even Akashi, who possessed the Emperor Eye, couldn't stop Tiandao's passing, such passing was almost an unsolvable existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, we, Rakuzan, also possess an unsolvable existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Shirogane Eiji had this thought, he saw Kirisaki Daichi's defensive deployment change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One-on-one man-to-man defense, eliminating the possibility of Mayuzumi Chihiro passing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even, to prevent missing their man, Kirisaki Daichi's bad boys were very skilled at secretly pulling the jerseys of the players they were marking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant they were letting Mayuzumi Chihiro shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Completely letting Mayuzumi Chihiro shoot? But he's different from little Kuroko; he has scoring ability!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That guy is probably planning to deal with Mayuzumi Chihiro as quickly as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aomine saw through Tiandao's plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kuroko's misdirection effective time is about 20 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They believed this limitation also existed on Mayuzumi Chihiro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiandao didn't want such trouble to stay on the court for 20 minutes, so he could only take extreme measures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what about Akashi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What would he choose?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pass or not pass?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He passed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashi didn't make people wait too long, very decisively passing the ball to Mayuzumi Chihiro's hands and letting him shoot boldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mayuzumi Chihiro didn't know the weakness of his misdirection; he was only transformed into a shadow this year, so he caught the ball and threw it directly into the basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A shadow without offensive ability is a good shadow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not all new things are better than the old ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiandao gave Akashi a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Mayuzumi Chihiro's scoring method wasn't the flashy phantom shot or vanishing dribble like Kuroko's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was still scoring, and scoring continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players, including the audience, are creatures that follow the basketball with their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Mayuzumi Chihiro keeps scoring, he will always be exposed to the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to remind me; I know this level of causality better than you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashi, of course, knew that using Mayuzumi Chihiro this way would compress his misdirection time to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Rakuzan, this was also an opportunity to widen the score gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key was that Rakuzan could defend against Kirisaki Daichi's offensive. In this way, even if Mayuzumi Chihiro's misdirection time reached its limit, Rakuzan would have established a sufficient lead by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a sacrifice was very worth it!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Akashi had already mastered the instruction manual for the sixth man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ideal state, naturally, was to let Mayuzumi Chihiro play until the misdirection effect ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But reality often doesn't develop in the most favorable direction, full of unknown variables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he needed to do was to ensure he gained the most benefit when an accident occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the survival rule injected into him by the Akashi Consortium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sacrificing Mayuzumi Chihiro alone to gain a lead for the team was very worth it, because they had a great chance of winning the game through such a lead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The premise was that he had to subdue the beast in front of him, or at least reduce Tiandao's shooting percentage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akashi no longer took the initiative, lowered his center of gravity, kept his body in the best state for attack at all times, and waited for Tiandao to make the first move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those open opportunities, Kirisaki Daichi will not have again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rakuzan also adopted a man-to-man defensive strategy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was their confidence; with the most luxurious lineup in the country, they could completely do this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So that's it, cutting off the connection between Tiandao and other Kirisaki Daichi players, forcing Tiandao into a one-on-one duel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, even if Akashi can't completely stop Tiandao, Kirisaki Daichi's scoring efficiency will drop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was adopting the Jordan Rules against Tiandao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Betting that you, Tiandao, can't kill Rakuzan alone, because the person defending him is Akashi Seijuro!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only he could cut off that unsolvable pass of Tiandao's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Tiandao's passing couldn't be truly cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As early as the theatrical version, Nash had shown how to bypass the Emperor Eye and send the ball out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing Akashi's cold gaze, Tiandao stepped back and hid the ball behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next second...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Release!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silvery-white blade light bloomed again. In a situation where even Akashi couldn't see clearly, Tiandao sent the ball out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He passed it! He dodged the insight of the Emperor Eye!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, the quality of such a pass cannot be guaranteed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Midorima calmed his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiandao's pass this time was not in his best state; the posture and force of the pass were much worse compared to the original pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tiandao's mouth curled slightly, and he said, \"For him, any time can be the best opportunity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ball shot out from Tiandao's hand like a cannonball and fell into Hanamiya Makoto's hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bad boy had simply done an off-ball screen with his teammate in advance, which made the defender standing in front of him change from Ye Shan Kotaro to Mayuzumi Chihiro!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter, as a new type of sixth man, was better than Kuroko in every aspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his various data, after all, did not exceed the level of an ordinary player.\u003C\u002Fp>",1182,"2026-06-17T07:29:39.774Z","2026-06-17T07:46:54.958Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","6b816988789bf591b34c3fd27af1b7c037cf88c399620e127b3811cb7ab95327","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-217","the-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-chapter-215",256,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-popular-character-in-kuroko-s-basketball-cover.jpg"]