Chapter 296: Flipping the table and stopping the act

"Really, nothing has changed at all."

What kind of sentence was that?

It sounded like mockery, and it also sounded like disappointment.

Of course, all of these were interpretations by the audience; Tiandao just felt that it wouldn't be appropriate not to say a line at a time like this.

But he couldn't think of any earth-shattering lines for a moment, so he said something ambiguous.

Who knew it would be "eloquent."

Many viewers especially liked to interpret the parts the director left blank.

An expression, a sentence, including a look, could all be interpreted.

On one hand, the audience hoped things were as they imagined, conducting deep interpretations of a sentence or a shot.

Some were over-interpretations, while others were true—the director had arranged it that way.

And Tiandao, out of his self-cultivation as a basketball actor, had arranged such a line for himself.

He spoke without intention, but the listener took it to heart.

These words hit Kuroko right in the heart.

A long time ago, he couldn't find his own path forward.

After parting ways with Aomine under the overpass that day, he tried to make himself stronger.

In the end, he discovered that he could only be a shadow, only able to attach himself to the radiance of "light."

He was not of the Generation of Miracles; he hadn't made any progress at all in the past year or so.

"Whoosh."

Tiandao rushed past him with the ball, his whole body radiating a dazzling white light, dazzling enough to disperse Kuroko.

"Bang."

He went for a solo fast break, dunking over Kagami's defense and sending Kagami flying away in the process.

The new generation's light and shadow combination—one was standing in the backcourt in a daze, while the other was sitting on the floor, looking up at Tiandao.

The animation team gave close-ups for these few shots.

I have to say, it was very high-level; this is the charm of cinematic language.

On the court, Seirin was trailing by a large margin, and Tiandao's figure stood between Kuroko and Kagami.

This signaled that Kagami and Kuroko were being affected by Tiandao, and their inner hearts were wavering.

It also signaled that if they couldn't combine, they would be unable to defeat Tiandao.

Looking back, Kuroko had already pulled himself together.

Compared to the present, the setbacks of the past were a much greater blow to him.

He was better than Midorima and Kise in one aspect: Kise and Midorima had never lost before; they had been winners since birth.

Kuroko was not; he was a loser from the start.

So he recovered faster.

"Even if what you say is right, even if I can only mark time for the rest of my life."

"I still firmly believe that basketball is not just a sport of winning and losing."

Damn.

As expected of the protagonist, he could still spout such cool lines from a hot-blooded manga when death was imminent.

Tiandao silently opened the virtual screen; the animation, as expected, inserted BGM to accompany Kuroko's performance.

"I won't give up. Only when I give up myself will the possibility become zero."

"No matter what others say, no matter how meaningless they think it is, I don't want to let my possibilities become zero."

I really shouldn't have given him the chance to speak.

Tiandao glanced around; although he didn't need to do that to see, he still habitually made the movement.

With just a few simple sentences, the Seirin teammates suddenly seemed as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

There was a sense that they weren't fighting for victory, but for dignity.

Even, to highlight Kuroko's courage, the director's team arranged for Kuroko, who had no offensive ability, to dribble toward Tiandao, like an ant trying to shake a big tree.

This action was completely meaningless; just after saying he wouldn't give up, he voluntarily gave up possession the next second.

Just to highlight Kuroko's shining moment.

Tiandao didn't take the bait; he didn't want to be a stepping stone for others, so he let him pass directly.

Yamazaki Hiroshi saw this and easily walked over to slap Kuroko's dribble away.

It was clear that the time for Misdirection had reached its limit; now Kuroko was not even as good as a beginner.

Seirin had to face this cruel fact once again.

Director's team: "Damn! Why aren't you acting according to the script?"

Tiandao knew clearly that it was different for him to steal from Kuroko versus Yamazaki Hiroshi stealing from Kuroko.

Losing to Tiandao, the audience would only think it was natural for Kuroko to lose, and would instead praise his courage.

But losing to Yamazaki Hiroshi, the effect wouldn't be as significant; instead, it would make him look brave but foolish.

Heaven knows how many Kuroko fans had a breath stuck in their throats because Tiandao didn't take the bait.

Kuroko's move was at most only 0.5 cool.

What was even more extreme was that Tiandao directly flipped the table and stopped acting, taking the starters off the court to rest, leaving Kuroko to show off his courage and tenacity against Kirisaki Daiichi's substitutes.

Director's team: "..."

125:75, Seirin ultimately lost to Kirisaki Daiichi by a full 60 points.

No matter how crazy a dark horse is, in front of a lion, it is ultimately just food.

"Tiandao!"

"Tiandao!"

"Tiandao!"

"..."

The match ended, and the entire arena was calling Tiandao's name.

The debut of this leader of the Generation of Miracles in the high school national tournament brought the audience a brilliant visual feast.

He played a total of 33 minutes in this match, recording a super-sized quadruple-double of 60 points, 13 rebounds, 15 assists, 13 steals, and 6 blocks, all game-highs.

Just a little bit more—just 4 blocks away—and he would have achieved the unprecedented feat of a quintuple-double.

The audience in the real world was also shocked by these stats, but they didn't feel it was detached from reality.

In that world, basketball had already developed into the small-ball era; there were no 60+ quadruple-doubles, but 60+ triple-doubles had already appeared.

The Beard had produced another masterpiece for his Rockets, scoring 60 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in a single game against the Magic.

Heaven knows if the Thunder manager gets a toothache and can't eat every time he sees Harden put up such a performance.

My goodness, a 60+ quadruple-double?

Mom asked me why I'm kneeling to watch TV!

He didn't play the whole group stage, and then he held in a big one. ===== CHAPTER 298 =====