"Excuse me, eh, aren't you that Kise who works as a model and is super famous in school?"
That was his first meeting with Aomine.
The other party looked harmless to humans and animals. At that time, Little Aomine's eyes were still clear, not as domineering and sharp as now.
But when Kise walked into the basketball club out of curiosity.
He witnessed with his own eyes how that "harmless" Aomine crushed his opponent with a beast-like strength.
Then.
His life became no longer boring; he had a goal to chase and defeat.
He met a guy he might not be able to defeat no matter how hard he tried!
After that day, he joined the Teiko basketball club and became a team regular at an extremely fast speed.
Kise thought they were invincible and couldn't lose.
In fact, he won until the end in his first Nationals and got the championship.
But the process wasn't without waves.
In the Round of 16 match in his second year, they encountered big trouble.
A guy from the countryside got a higher score than anyone in their Teiko team, attracting nationwide attention.
Naturally including Kise himself.
Even though they won the match, for some reason...
Looking at the back of Yuuto leaving still standing straight, he felt the other party was very cool in his heart.
He thought in his heart at that time.
"Someday, someday..."
"No, it's now. Right here, right now, I will defeat you."
Memory and reality converged briefly.
Kise stomped his legs heavily, accelerating to get in front of Yuuto.
Buzz~
Golden light erupted from Yuuto.
"Full speed start first step, maximum power Lightning Dribble, probability of going right is 90%!"
Almost simultaneously, Yuuto moved, charging towards the right.
Maximum power Lightning Dribble and starting speed made him look like a bolt of lightning streaking across.
However.
Kise reacted, his body blocking in front of him.
But this wasn't over.
"Center of gravity leaning left to fake, behind-the-back dribble first left then right, target is still my right side."
Kise's brain spun fast.
Miraculously, all of Yuuto's actions were just like the simulation in his brain, as if playing according to Kise's thoughts.
Behind-the-back dribble, body tilting slightly to the left, but immediately Yuuto killed back towards the right.
In the eyes of others, he swayed left and right like a tumbler, performing a highly deceptive crossover.
One step past, Yuuto gathered the ball and jumped immediately.
Kise followed closely, his long arm blocking the path of the basketball.
However.
Yuuto flicked the ball into the air. The ball in his hand rose vertically to a certain extent. Waist and abdomen exerted force again, allowing him to stay briefly in mid-air waiting for the ball to fall.
Result?
Momoi suddenly widened her beautiful eyes. Under her gaze, Kise actually exerted force with his waist and abdomen too, almost parallel to Yuuto.
"Yu was actually seen through?!"
She found it incredible; Aomine beside her was also astonished.
Yuuto's calm eyes showed fluctuations.
Emperor Eye?
No, it should be said Imitation: Emperor Eye.
"I will defeat you, Little Yuuto!"
"Right here today!"
Kise roared, his arm swinging down swiftly.
Yuuto wouldn't let him succeed. Before the opponent's arm slapped the ball away, he changed the shot to a pass in mid-air, smashing the ball towards the back point.
Not blocked, but forcing Yuuto to pass—Kise's performance was shocking enough.
"Actually forced Yuuto to pass?"
"So amazing, what happened?"
Fans felt incredible, but the match on the court continued.
Ryuhei Kasuga caught the ball and shot, but unexpectedly encountered the Kaijo captain's quick swipe again during the jump.
Smack!
His shot was destroyed. Yukio Kasamatsu scooped up the ball and shouted "Counterattack!"
In an instant.
Players who just ran to the frontcourt immediately turned and rushed towards the other half.
Kasamatsu's mind was clear; he targeted Seiho's empty basket.
He forcefully flung the ball to Moriyama in the corner. The latter stared at Tsugawa's defense and missed the shot.
For players other than the Generation of Miracles, Tsugawa's defense was an iron wall.
But!
"Hayakawa!"
As soon as the words fell, Mitsuhiro Hayakawa soared quickly again. His jumping speed talent once made Yuuto want to take it.
Overpowering Iwamura and Omuro, he grabbed the ball bouncing off the rim with both hands.
However.
Just as he was about to snatch the rebound, Yuuto's figure broke into the paint like a hurricane, rising later but arriving first to snatch the rebound away.
"Nani!" Hayakawa looked astonished, mouth wide open.
Jumping speed and rebounding awareness were his unique skills to become a starter for the powerhouse Kaijo, yet they were crushed at this moment.
BOOM!
The scene erupted with a huge wave of sound. These few rounds of super-fast offense and defense made their blood boil.
Sure enough.
Duels between these genius teams never disappointed them.
Amidst the noise, Yuuto started again.
He spewed golden light, like a humanoid sun streaking across the court quickly.
Kise chased up.
Perfect Copy hadn't fully exploded yet, but clues were already emerging.
His pupils stared dead at Yuuto's every move, not letting go of any detail.
Imitating the Emperor Eye.
Of course.
Innate talents like the Emperor Eye couldn't be truly imitated, just like his Left Eye of God, Demon Mode, and Wildness talents.
However, Kise found a new path, imitating the opponent deeply, shifting his brain's thinking to do the opposite, thereby making absolute predictions about the opponent.
If it were me, how would I pass?
It was a feeling like that!
"Quick turn after a huge stride; be prepared for the impact."
Time flow seemed to slow down.
Under Kise's gaze, Yuuto, radiating golden luster, crashed towards him with the ball.
Zzzzt!
Golden lightning suddenly emerged from Yuuto's hands; that was the symbol of maximum power Lightning Dribble.
Then...
Smack!
Gone!
The ball in Yuuto's hands actually disappeared.
"What happened?!" Kise's solemn expression fluctuated; he turned his head hurriedly.
Only to find that unknowingly, the ball had already hit Kaijo's hinterland.
No one reacted.
Whether on the court or on the sideline, including Iwamura who received the ball—none were absolutely prepared.
Result: the ball appeared in his hands unknowingly.
Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough to put the ball in with a layup.
"What was that?!"
"A brand new pass Yu developed."
Such a pass, Momoi had seen with her own eyes.
She thought of that night where she even bet herself; Yuuto had tried this kind of pass in the training camp.
Only his pass wasn't complete at that time.
Of course.
It wasn't complete now either, but it could already be put into actual combat.
The golden light on Yuuto dissipated. He raised his right hand to look a few times, eyes blurred for a moment.
He was correcting, making his Pass Without Warning go a step further.
A moment later, his correction was complete. Turning to the somewhat sluggish Kise, he said, "Do everything you can, Kise."
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