Chapter 290

Even if Kuroko returned to the court, it was of no use.

This was the omen of a rout.

"But it's no wonder Kagami is so impatient; after all, he and his teammates have been getting hurt by Kirisaki Daiichi throughout the entire match."

"Moreover, playing against Tiandao can sometimes be truly despairing."

Kise could understand this feeling best.

He couldn't even remember how many times he had lost to Tiandao during junior high.

Every time he felt he had improved, he would challenge him.

In the end, nothing changed; that kind of change makes one feel extremely powerless.

"The force is decent, but the precision is lacking."

Tiandao didn't mind Kagami's iron elbow and even commented on it with great interest.

Upon hearing this, Kagami felt even more ashamed.

He couldn't believe he would resort to the same behavior as those bad boys from Kirisaki Daiichi.

More importantly, he had targeted the wrong person.

Tiandao hadn't played dirty once the entire match, yet he had made a move to hurt Tiandao.

"Beep! Seirin requests a timeout!"

Aida Riko had no choice but to call for a timeout once again.

She felt it was necessary for the team's ace, who had lost his reason, to calm down.

"Are you crazy? Are you still clear-headed? Do you even know what you're doing?!"

Three questions in a row left Kagami unable to even lift his head; only his tightly clenched fists proved his inner struggle.

Seeing him like this, Aida Riko didn't know what else to say.

Her ominous premonition only grew stronger; the entire team was on the verge of spiraling out of control.

They were already behind in the score and had to endure Kirisaki Daiichi's black elbows from time to time—a double torture of mind and body.

But right now, the most important thing was to solve the immediate predicament.

"Kuroko, do you have any information on Tiandao's eyes?"

Hyuga Junpei and Izuki Shun had already mentioned the issue of Tiandao's eyes, but they weren't certain.

"Eyes of the Azure Sky, or perhaps, the Six Eyes~"

"Eyes of the Azure Sky? Six Eyes?"

She searched through her memories, but there was no information about the Six Eyes.

Which meant it was likely a talent unique to Tiandao.

"What about the abilities?"

"A 360-degree field of vision with no blind spots."

Upon hearing this, everyone secretly thought, "As expected."

Tiandao had already performed brilliant no-look passes multiple times this match.

There were no traces of tactics; it felt more like a sudden flash of inspiration.

"Doesn't that make it the same as Takao Kazunari's Hawk Eye from Shutoku?"

Takao Kazunari of Shutoku also possessed a pair of eyes with no blind spots.

"It shouldn't be just that simple, right?" Aida Riko felt there was more to it.

If it were just a field of vision with no blind spots, it would be the Hawk Eye and wouldn't deserve the name Eyes of the Azure Sky.

"Super-strong dynamic vision, capable of seeing things ordinary people don't notice."

"Anything else?"

"Also, I'm not entirely sure of the specifics, but back in the basketball club, everyone analyzed that Tiandao-kun should be able to tell what type of player an opponent is with just one glance."

"One glance? An ability like the coach's Data Eye?"

"It should be even more powerful than that."

Aida Riko could only see a player's data; she couldn't see through what type of player they were, their preferred scoring methods, or details like their dominant hand.

"In other words, he knew everything about us the moment he first saw us?"

"That should be correct."

As expected of an ability only a monster would have.

Everyone's expressions became even more solemn; no wonder they couldn't stop him no matter how hard they tried—it turned out Tiandao knew their bottom line the first time he looked at them.

"And..."

"And?"

There's more? That's too much!

Hyuga Junpei and the others were dumbfounded. Did the Six Eyes mean six different abilities?

A field of vision with no blind spots, super-strong dynamic vision, unparalleled analytical ability...

"I'm not entirely sure of the specifics, but after Tiandao-kun awakened the Six Eyes, he briefly tested his abilities during a match."

Kuroko's thoughts returned to the National Tournament in the second year of Teikou.

That was the final stage of the National Tournament, and Tiandao had displayed superhuman athletic ability in a match, including techniques.

Speed, strength, passing, shooting, physical flexibility, balance... and so on.

At the time, the people at Teikou suspected that Tiandao possessed the ability to completely control his own strength.

"Completely control himself?!"

"In other words, this still isn't Tiandao's full strength?"

"Yeah, back in junior high, he had already erupted into a state faster and stronger than this."

Please, stop talking.

The Seirin team's mentality was about to collapse.

The leader of the Generation of Miracles, whom they couldn't stop even now, hadn't even used his full strength?

How were they supposed to handle the rest of the match?

"Alright, regardless of anything else, the match isn't over yet. We aren't finished. Don't forget the promise we made on the school rooftop." Aida Riko interrupted the topic.

Having little coaching experience, she didn't know how to encourage her players.

She could only make them recall the bold claims they made on the rooftop in front of the whole school.

The Seirin Basketball Club had such a tradition since its inception: every new member had to run to the school rooftop and shout their ambitions in front of the whole school during morning exercises.

This tactic was effective; the Seirin players quickly pulled themselves together.

The match continued.

It was still Kirisaki Daiichi's ball possession.

Due to the technical foul, Kirisaki Daiichi was awarded one free throw and one possession.

After the free throw, the ball possession still belonged to Kirisaki Daiichi.

"Swish!"

Tiandao took the shot himself and hit it, continuing to receive the inbound pass to hold the ball for the attack.

"I'm sorry, Tiandao." Kagami apologized sincerely for his stupid behavior.

"Don't worry about it." Tiandao didn't take that elbow to heart. He said, "I'm not Kuroko, Kise, or Midorima. In my eyes, basketball has never been a playground."

"This is a battlefield. Only those who win until the end are qualified to survive. If I were in your position, I probably would have attacked long ago."

"Eh?" Kagami was stunned. He had prepared himself to be severely reprimanded by Tiandao, but he hadn't expected Tiandao to say such things to him.

"But regardless, I'm sorry."

"I told you, I don't care about that level of physical contact, and I've already prepared a return gift for you."

A return gift?

What return gift?

Tiandao didn't answer, because he had already begun his move.

It was no longer that extremely rapid dribbling, yet it had a strange feeling to it.

Kagami moved along with Tiandao's attack, but suddenly had the illusion that he was like a marionette on strings.

He suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, as if a pair of eyes were staring at him from behind, seeing right through him.

Gradually, he felt as if his legs were no longer under his own control.

"Kneel!" ===== CHAPTER 292 =====