Chapter 449: Akashi's Preparation

"Release!"

In a trance, Akashi seemed to see a blade of light slashing toward him, exuding a daunting aura that made his skin ache.

But he quickly saw clearly that it was not a real blade of light, but Tiandao's outstretched hand.

"Slap~"

Akashi had already reacted in time, pulling the ball backward, but he was still hit by Tiandao a step earlier.

The basketball left his control and flew toward the three-point line.

There, people from Kirisaki Daiichi and Rakuzan were diving toward it.

Hayama Kotaro was the fastest, controlling the ball in his hands at the first opportunity.

With this, all ten players on the court had crossed the half-court line, and both sides fell into a positional battle.

It was only at this moment that the audience seemed to remember to breathe.

The two teams' opening all-out attack and their tit-for-tat struggle, where neither would yield an inch, made people's goosebumps rise.

"Phew... I thought I was going to stop breathing." Koganei Shinji took a very exaggerated deep breath.

The others looked much more normal, but their expressions also held the illusion of having survived a disaster.

Just now, they had projected themselves into the match between Kirisaki Daiichi and Rakuzan.

They discovered they couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the match at all.

On the court.

Akashi circled out from the paint to receive the ball.

Tiandao followed closely behind; following his stint playing the 5-position against Yosen in the previous match, his position today was the 1-position.

At the level of the Generation of Miracles, ordinary players could not contend; Himuro Tatsuya was the best example.

Time ticked away second by second, yet Akashi made no new moves.

If the opening was a collision like Mars hitting the Earth, now both sides had completely quieted down.

Facing their respective opponents, neither acted rashly, waiting for the actions of the two leaders.

Like an active volcano, it could erupt at any moment.

"Why did they stop?"

"It's Tiandao's defensive range; he has shrouded most of Rakuzan's offense."

Kise looked down and indeed discovered that Kirisaki Daiichi's positioning was the same as it had been against Yosen.

Tiandao stood alone near the free-throw line, taking on the entire defensive workload inside the three-point line.

"Could it be that even Akashi-chi has no way?"

"Who knows? The things they can see are far more long-term than what we can."

Aomine watched the court with his hands in his pockets.

On one side was Akashi with the Emperor Eye, and on the other was Tiandao with the Six Eyes.

Both could see the future simultaneously; such a showdown was full of unknowns, a realm they could not step into.

It was highly likely that one mistake, even a very low-level one, would decide the outcome.

Only six seconds remained on the shot clock.

Akashi knew he couldn't wait and finally made a move; he performed a ball-gathering motion extremely quickly.

However, this was a fake; after the fake, he suddenly twisted his wrist and drove forward with the ball.

Because when he performed the ball-gathering motion, Tiandao's body also reacted.

Aomine was right; such a showdown was extremely lethal, and a subtle mistake could lead to one of them winning.

But this kind of mistake wouldn't be a personal blunder, but rather, who could better grasp the time difference!

What Akashi was playing now was the time difference of Tiandao's body movement.

He lunged forward with one step.

Just one step, and because Tiandao's center of gravity was leaning forward, Akashi was suddenly level with Tiandao's body.

However.

"Slap!"

Tiandao turned quickly, his right arm whipping out like a long spear, poking the ball away with one "shot."

"So that's it, Tiandao-chi is catching Akashi-chi's blind spot!" Kise saw through Tiandao's plan.

Although the Emperor Eye could see the future just like the Six Eyes, the Six Eyes possessed an even more heaven-defying ability.

The Six Eyes had no blind spots in their field of vision!

"If you thought I hadn't prepared for this, then you've underestimated me too much."

Akashi's expression remained unchanged, as if he had long expected this.

Upon learning that Tiandao could also see the "future" and had no blind spots, Akashi had been simulating the showdown with Tiandao in his brain the whole time.

Therefore, when the ball in his hand was poked away again, Akashi reacted before the basketball completely left his control.

He swung his arm and slammed it out, tossing the ball into Hayama Kotaro's hands. ===== CHAPTER 451 =====