Chapter 426

"For Tatsuya, Tiandao as a challenge object is still too difficult."

Tatsuya Himuro is not weak; it's just that the opponent is too strong.

The opponent is a proud son of heaven on the same level as Nash, a top-tier genius looking at the world, destined to be a basketball star in the future.

Seeing that there is little time left for the offense, he simply pulls up for a shot on the spot.

Kojiro Furuhashi sees this and jumps simultaneously, followed by Hiroshi Yamazaki completing his jump in the second instance.

The Flame Shot is a god-tier move for one-on-one, but its weakness is also obvious; if there are two defenders, the Flame Shot will no longer be a threat.

"Sure enough, it's much easier than Tiandao."

Hiroshi Yamazaki easily swats down Tatsuya Himuro's shot.

Tatsuya Himuro's heart grows colder and colder.

"Cracking the Flame Shot on the first attempt; Kirisaki Daiichi's preparations are really sufficient."

"That's right; whether it's Tiandao switching to play the 5th position or the double-team on Tatsuya Himuro, the reactions are too fast."

They have completely seen through Yosen.

The ball hits the ground; Kirisaki Daiichi's counterattack.

The effect of replacing Kentaro Seto with Kojiro Furuhashi is obvious.

Tiandao rushes with the ball; in front of him are 4 passing routes, meaning he has 4 passing choices.

Although Kentaro Seto is not a heavy-duty center, he is still a proper number 5 position, and his rate cannot keep up with the team.

And having many choices means more scoring opportunities.

"*Whoosh! *"

Tiandao tosses the ball out suddenly; the ball is like a laser passing through the court, breaking through the air, and finally landing in Kojiro Furuhashi's hands.

Murasakibara has to mark Tiandao, and Yosen's two big men are a beat slow.

Relying only on Kensuke Fukui and Tatsuya Himuro, they cannot construct a good defensive line at all.

Kojiro Furuhashi receives the ball, dribbles once to adjust, and hits an open mid-range shot.

The game's rhythm falls back into Kirisaki Daiichi's hands.

Yosen seems very unaccustomed to Kirisaki Daiichi's lineup change, and upon coming up in the second quarter, they were successfully hit by two effective counterattacks by Kirisaki Daiichi.

"*Beep~*"

The game is blown to a stop; Masako Araki calls a timeout.

Now the score gap has been pulled to double digits; if it cannot be stopped in time, it is very likely they will be killed by a wave from Kirisaki Daiichi.

But what to do?

She feels that if the team loses today, she must take responsibility.

As a proper basketball head coach, her preparation is not as good as two teenage kids from Kirisaki Daiichi.

Leading the team into a predicament, she cannot make a timely reaction.

"Sorry, Coach."

"It's not your reason; it's that my preparation is not sufficient; the responsibility is mine."

Masako Araki tells Tatsuya Himuro not to blame himself.

But saying so is one thing, but how to get out of the current predicament is another problem.

Especially Murasakibara, this big kid.

Based on her understanding of Murasakibara, Murasakibara is probably already wanting to give up at this time.

After all, his catchphrase has always been something like, "Basketball is a sport of who has more talent; if you can't win now, you will never win in the future."

But surprisingly, Murasakibara does not give up on himself.

He lies on the bench, covering his face with a towel.

Some images from the past emerge in his mind.

For what reason was he playing basketball?

In his memory, it seems like when he was in elementary school, an uncle saw him and ran over very excitedly, not asking for his opinion at all, and took him to the basketball club.

He seemed to have done quite well at the time, blowing out the opponent on his first appearance.

Even though he was still a beginner at the time, those who had practiced for a long time were so vulnerable.

But since boredom is boredom, Murasakibara simply kept playing.

And then he arrived in middle school, arrived at Teikou.

Completely different from elementary school, there were many guys here who even he felt were very powerful.

Tiandao, Aomine, Akashi, Midorima, Kise, Haizaki, and even Kuroko—they were all very powerful.

Playing basketball with such people, success became easy to obtain.

He stayed very comfortably at Teikou.

Because he doesn't like to use his brain, and he is not good at using his brain.

There were many people in the team who were good at using their brains; following behind them, he lived very comfortably and freely.

At first it was Tiandao; he had been playing basketball with him the longest.

Every game he could blow out the opponent and solve many troubles; as a result, when it was his turn to play, things would become very simple.

He just followed behind them like this for three years.

No matter what situation appeared, Tiandao and the others could handle it.

Even though they were not as tall as him, he should have been the one protecting them.

"It is time for you to grow up, Atsushi."

In a trance, Tiandao's words echoed in his mind again.

Grow up?

Could it be that he hasn't grown big enough?

Murasakibara, upon hearing Tiandao's words, first thought of his 2-meter height and 99-kilogram weight.

He grew bigger than anyone!

Thinking of this, he pulled the towel down, looking at the low-morale bench, feeling very uncomfortable inside.

It seemed like he had returned to the time in the second year of middle school, when the originally lively rebounds suddenly became cold.

The people were still there, and they were still those people, but the feeling had become different.

He hated this atmosphere. ===== CHAPTER 428 =====