Chapter 421

A very clumsy provocation, leaving the teammates speechless.

But the effect is unexpectedly good.

"I'm not scared; isn't it just passing? Isn't it something you can do as long as you have hands?"

Murasakibara's retort directly includes his teammate Kensuke Fukui in the sarcasm.

The latter is very annoyed but not angry, because Murasakibara is just that kind of person.

Although he usually has a lazy, indifferent appearance.

The people from Yosen know that Murasakibara has a desire to win that is beyond imagination.

Murasakibara, he super-duper doesn't want to lose!

Back to the game.

Yosen's changes have significant effects.

On the first offense, Murasakibara uses a bulldozer-style breakthrough to knock Kirisaki Daiichi's paint area into chaos.

Tiandao kills out from the flank again, concentrating his whole body's strength to collide with Murasakibara, this "big truck."

"*Boom! *"

People seem to hear the loud noise of steel colliding, their adrenaline soaring from this primitive violence.

"Atsushi!" Tatsuya Himuro sees this and rushes over to support.

Atsushi Murasakibara sees him, grits his teeth, but still tosses the ball to Tatsuya Himuro.

"Don't even think about it!" Hiroshi Yamazaki pounces over immediately.

Only to find that the basketball, just like before, passes through his palm and flies into the net.

It is indeed the Flame Shot again!

A mirage is an optical phenomenon usually occurring in sunny, hot, and windless weather, where light rays present a water-like jumping scene.

However, in Japanese, "mirage" is sometimes used to refer to a "fata morgana"!

Hiroshi Yamazaki has no way to deal with this move at all.

"*Swish! *"

The ball goes in; Yosen seems to have found a way to open up their offense.

"Really troublesome."

Tiandao exhales; the level of Kirisaki Daiichi's players is already excellent, but compared to Tatsuya Himuro, they are still a bit lacking.

If that guy Haizaki were already on the roster at this time, Yosen would only be left to be slaughtered by them.

"You are not Tiandao; you alone cannot stop me!" Tatsuya Himuro's expression is calm, having recovered some confidence.

After all, he learned of his own mediocrity long ago; even if he feels bad inside, he won't lose his reason.

That is to say, he has already accepted the fact that he is not as good as Tiandao.

On the side, Makoto Hanamiya sneers, "Why are you admitting defeat so quickly? Didn't you say at the beginning that you wanted to take down that bastard Tiandao?"

"You are even worse than your idiot brother; at least that double-eyebrow guy wouldn't admit defeat so easily."

His lips are practically smeared with arsenic; the words he speaks stab straight into Tatsuya Himuro's heart, each sentence piercing and stinging.

Tatsuya Himuro clenches his fists and turns back to defend without a word.

*Beep~*

In the blink of an eye, the first quarter of the game ends.

The score is 28:20, with Kirisaki Daiichi temporarily leading Yosen by 8 points.

Ever since Yosen started playing that inside-out combination, their offense has become smooth.

Therefore, the game has also become intense.

Masako Araki gives the players full affirmation, praising Atsushi Murasakibara, this big kid, heavily.

Murasakibara acts disdainful on the outside, but he is quite happy inside.

If only it could always be this easy.

Murasakibara is actually not stupid; he knows his friend's capabilities better than anyone.

Just as Tiandao said, they have been playing basketball together since the first day they joined the basketball club.

They were both chosen by Kozo Shirogane, becoming the two great gates guarding the interior and exterior of Teikou.

Together during scrimmages, together during practice games, and together on and off the court during matches.

In his memory, he seems to have always been standing by Tiandao's side.

With him there, he never had to consider more problems; just grab the rebounds that should be grabbed, score the points that should be scored, and doing his own job was enough.

As for now, he is the only one left. 193

"This isn't looking good."

On the other side, the players of Kirisaki Daiichi are also miserable.

Don't look at the fact that they are leading in score now; that is because Tiandao's passing is clearing the way for them.

Tiandao scored 12 points and added 5 assists in the single quarter; of the 28 points Kirisaki Daiichi scored, 22 were related to him.

"That's right; if it weren't for Tiandao, I really don't know how to break their absolute defense." Kentaro Seto wipes his sweat.

He performed quite well in the first quarter, scoring 6 points, but he knows his own situation.

Several times facing Murasakibara, he was knocked almost flying by the center of the Generation of Miracles.

Now his body is still covered in blue and purple bruises.

"Should we maintain this playstyle in the second quarter?" They turn their gaze toward Tiandao and Makoto Hanamiya.

They are used to listening to the arrangements of the two generations of leaders of the Bad Boy Army.

"Turn up the intensity on them." Makoto Hanamiya advocates violent basketball.

Tiandao has no objections; iron-blooded defense is the style of Kirisaki Daiichi.

But besides that...

"Let's change the lineup slightly for the second quarter; Furuhashi, you go in for the second quarter."

Kojiro Furuhashi nods upon hearing this, supporting his dead-fish eyes.

He asks, "But who to replace?"

"Replace Seto."

"Oh... huh?"

The bad boys are shocked; replacing Kentaro Seto, then who will serve as their center?

"No way." They collectively turn their gaze toward Tiandao. ===== CHAPTER 423 =====