"Beep! Timeout over! Both teams, take the court!"
Hearing that, Miyamoto Tokima and the others all got up, ready to go back in.
But the moment Miyamoto Tokima stepped onto the court, a strange aura swept over him.
Off the court.
Daiki Aomine's expression tightened.
"He entered Zone?"
From Shūtoku's side.
Shintaro Midorima's expression also shifted slightly.
"Zone..."
On the court.
The moment Seijuro Akashi stepped onto the court, wild lightning flashed in his eyes.
The lightning crackled through the air, violent and restless.
Seijuro Akashi's face was completely indifferent as he looked at Miyamoto Tokima with contempt and said:
"Tokima! The winner can only be me!"
Miyamoto Tokima noticed Seijuro Akashi's expression and helplessly rubbed his head, muttering:
"Well, looks like I'm being looked down on."
"In that case..."
As Miyamoto Tokima said that, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
"Then I'll get a proper workout!"
The game continued.
Kirisaki Daiichi's ball!
The moment Makoto Hanamiya got the ball, he saw Miyamoto Tokima reach out, signaling for the pass.
Makoto Hanamiya did not hesitate at all and passed the ball to Miyamoto Tokima.
After receiving the ball, Miyamoto Tokima dribbled toward Seijuro Akashi.
Off the court.
Junpei Hyuga's expression turned serious.
"Is it finally happening?! The ace showdown!"
Tetsuya Kuroko also kept his eyes fixed on the court, his heart filled with anticipation.
On the court.
Seeing Miyamoto Tokima walk straight toward him, Seijuro Akashi immediately spread his arms and took a defensive stance.
At the same time, the golden ring in his golden eye began spinning wildly, analyzing everything.
With Zone activated, he could predict a person's immediate future to a certain extent.
In other words, through the [Emperor Eye], he could see a brief glimpse of a person's future.
Seijuro Akashi began looking without hesitation. When he saw himself steal the ball on Miyamoto Tokima's first drive, he smiled.
A cold smile appeared on Seijuro Akashi's face, and he thought to himself:
'As expected! I'm the strongest!'
Miyamoto Tokima froze for a moment when he saw Seijuro Akashi suddenly give a cold smile.
Was he... looking down on him?
Oh, now that pissed him off! If he didn't go at him a few times today, Akashi really wouldn't know what hit him!
Miyamoto Tokima's gaze sharpened, and the rhythm of his dribbling began to increase rapidly.
In only a moment, the basketball was moving so fast in Miyamoto Tokima's hands that it left afterimages.
Kotaro Hayama's eyes widened when he saw it, clearly shocked.
"S-So fast!"
Reo Mibuchi's mouth fell open, and he was just as stunned inside.
'I can't even see the basketball clearly. As expected of Master!'
Seijuro Akashi showed no reaction at all. Other people might not be able to see the basketball clearly, but through his [Emperor Eye], the ball was perfectly clear.
Besides, in the future he had seen, no matter what Miyamoto Tokima did, he would steal the ball the moment Miyamoto Tokima tried to break through.
So Seijuro Akashi was not panicking at all. In fact, he even felt a surge of excitement.
It was as if he were saying that the person his primary personality had always been chasing was still nothing special against him.
The next second, Miyamoto Tokima moved!
The basketball in his hand vanished in an instant, followed immediately by Miyamoto Tokima himself.
Miyamoto Tokima was unbelievably fast, breaking through from Seijuro Akashi's right side before anyone could react.
Seijuro Akashi naturally saw it too, because it was exactly the same as the future he had just seen.
But just as Seijuro Akashi was about to reach out and steal the ball, he discovered something in shock.
Miyamoto Tokima... was not going that way at all!
That had been a fake!
Miyamoto Tokima's real breakthrough was on his left side!
"What?! Are you kidding me?!"
Seijuro Akashi's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly turned to chase him down, but it was already too late.
After breaking past Seijuro Akashi, Miyamoto Tokima did not slow down in the slightest and charged straight into the paint.
Seeing this, Eikichi Nebuya immediately took a deep breath and stepped up to defend with a look of grim resolve.
But, as expected, the unexpected happened.
Eikichi Nebuya's defense was useless. Miyamoto Tokima sent him flying with a single fake.
He went straight into the empty space under the basket.
After Miyamoto Tokima broke past Seijuro Akashi, Kentaro Seto immediately moved away.
He did not want to get caught under one of Miyamoto Tokima's indiscriminate poster dunks.
Facing an empty basket, Miyamoto Tokima naturally showed no mercy.
He pushed off with his left foot, and his entire body soared high like a rocket shooting into the sky. After spinning twice in midair, he slammed the basketball into the hoop!
Bang!
A 720-degree dunk!
A dunk was the best way to set the court on fire.
Miyamoto Tokima's dunk completely ignited the entire arena.
The spectators watching from the sidelines began shouting at the top of their lungs.
"Magic Cube! Magic Cube! Magic Cube!"
The others did not think much of the chant, but there were two people on the court who were very uncomfortable hearing it.
One was Miyamoto Tokima.
'Can this nickname just disappear already?'
The other was Seijuro Akashi.
'Damn it!!!'
Seijuro Akashi's face was now so dark it looked ready to drip water.
At the same time, panic began to stir inside him.
Because according to what he had seen with his [Emperor Eye], he had clearly stolen the ball from Miyamoto Tokima.
But when the play actually happened, everything changed, as if what his [Emperor Eye] had shown him was fake.
That inevitably made Seijuro Akashi start to doubt himself.
'Could the [Emperor Eye] be useless against Tokima?'
'No! Impossible! It had to be a coincidence! It had to be a coincidence!'
Seijuro Akashi reassured himself inwardly, then called for the ball, ready to regain his confidence on the next offensive possession.
Possession changed.
Rakuzan High School's ball.
Seijuro Akashi brought the ball into the frontcourt, and the moment he arrived in front of Miyamoto Tokima, the [Emperor Eye] activated instantly.
His eyes seemed to pierce through time, showing him a scene from the future.
In that future, Seijuro Akashi shook off Miyamoto Tokima after three dribbles.
Seeing that, Seijuro Akashi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, then began his attack.
He moved in front of Miyamoto Tokima and started dribbling for the breakthrough.
One dribble!
Two dribbles!
Three dribbles!
'No! How is this possible?! Why is it different from what I saw?! Why can't I get past him?!'
Seijuro Akashi stared in horror at Miyamoto Tokima, who was still keeping up with him, his heart filled with panic.
He simply could not believe it. His [Emperor Eye] had clearly shown him the future, so why was that future completely different?
'How is this possible?! How is this possible?! Something like this... how is this possible!!!'
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