Kuroko's Basketball template: the king of slacking off, Shohoku's strongest sixth man.

Inside the Hiroshima Stadium.

The cheers grew louder and louder, almost lifting the roof off.

On the sidelines, Sannoh Kogyo's head coach, Goro Domoto, didn't shout or yell.

He simply made a gesture towards Masashi Kawada on the field.

He stretched out both hands and pressed down, his index fingers pointing directly at the heart of Shohoku's restricted area.

Kawada understood immediately and nodded emphatically.

The coach's meaning is very clear.

Since the red-haired number 10 has an incredible jumping ability and can catch Lin Bei's strange passes, then we should physically disable his jumping space.

Squeeze every last bit of tactical value out of Miki's 130 kilograms!

"Nail that red-haired guy to the floor!" Kawada gritted his teeth inwardly.

At this point, the interior of Shohoku High School was like a meat grinder arena.

Sakuragi Hanamichi gritted his teeth and engaged in a fierce struggle with Kawata Mikio behind him.

"Get out of my way, you fat pig!"

Sakuragi braced his hands tightly against Miki's thick, barrel-like waist.

The sneakers made a screeching sound as they rubbed against the floor.

But to his horror, he discovered that no matter how hard he tried, the mountain of flesh in front of him remained completely still.

This is like pushing down a load-bearing wall!

Miki lowered her head, blinking her small eyes as she looked at Sakuragi, who was straining against her chest.

From his perspective, Sakuragi's fiery red buzz cut was incredibly eye-catching.

"Hmm... up close, it really does look like a big red tomato."

Miki thought to herself, "It's the kind that's just ripe."

Sakuragi's beast-like intuition immediately caught that adorable, bewildered gaze.

He looked up abruptly and met Miki's chubby face.

"What are you looking at?!"

"His stupid, pathetic look infuriates even a genius like me!"

Sakuragi instantly became furious and pointed at Mikio's nose, scolding him.

Miki didn't get angry even after being scolded.

Instead, he stretched out his large, fan-like hand, scratched the back of his head, and revealed an extremely simple and silly smile.

"Haha, really?"

"I'm often told that."

Sakuragi almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he saw this stubborn and foolish look on his face.

What kind of reaction is that?

I'm provoking you!

Does this guy have any dignity at all?

Before Sakuragi could continue his attack, Kawata, who had retreated to defend, had already reached the edge of the restricted area.

He pointed at Mikio and roared like a raging brown bear.

"Mikami! What are you dawdling for?!"

"That red-haired monk is yours. Use your weight to lock him down completely!"

"He is absolutely forbidden from stepping into the restricted area again!"

Miki's fat trembled as her older brother yelled at her, and she straightened her back reflexively.

"Yes, brother!"

"I see!"

Sakuragi's ears were ringing from Kawada's raspy voice, and he picked at them in annoyance.

"It's so noisy!"

"You grotesque, dead ape!"

"Stop yelling and disturbing this genius's game!"

Upon hearing this word, Mikio was completely stunned.

His not-so-bright mind seemed to have frozen, and he looked down at Sakuragi with curiosity.

"Um... excuse me..."

What are apes?

Sakuragi rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and spoke in a matter-of-fact tone.

"You didn't know that?"

"Apes are even bigger than gorillas, aren't they? They're just apes."

"Look at his face, apart from having less hair, what about him doesn't resemble an ape?"

Following the direction Sakuragi pointed, Mikio secretly glanced at Kawada's gloomy face, which was so dark it seemed to drip water.

I mentally compared my older brother to the giant apes at the zoo.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Miki couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Looking at it this way, what you said seems to make sense."

That laugh sent Kawada's blood pressure soaring.

Veins bulged on Okawada's forehead.

"Mikio——!!"

"You still have time to chat and laugh like an idiot with your opponent?!"

Okawada's roar was so powerful it could have lifted the dome of the sky.

Miki was so terrified that her smile was instantly replaced by fear.

"I'm so sorry, brother!"

"I'll never do it again!"

After saying that, he suddenly opened his incredibly long arms like an enraged giant ape.

A huge shadow fell directly over Sakuragi.

"I'll mark number 10 tightly! I'll make sure he doesn't touch the ball again!" Mikio shouted confidently.

At the other end of the court, the tension was far greater than inside.

The Mountain King's attack round.

Kazunari Fukatsu dribbles the ball past half-court.

Seeing that Sawakita wanted the ball, he decisively passed it to Sawakita Eiji at a 45-degree angle on the right.

The moment Zebei received the ball, the deafening roar of the entire stadium miraculously subsided.

Everyone held their breath.

Because standing in front of Zebei was the monster rookie who tore apart the backboard with one hand at the start of the game and then ripped apart the Sannoh defense—Lin Bei.

"That was a good pass, Shohoku's number 16."

Zebei held the ball with both hands, slightly lowered his center of gravity, and his clear eyes were completely filled with a wild white light.

Lin Bei chewed his gum, his lazy eyes revealing a cold killing intent.

"It's alright, it's still better than that fat guy who only knows how to use his weight to bully people."

Zebei snorted coldly.

"Don't be so arrogant, first-year student."

Before he could finish speaking, Zebei stomped his right foot hard on the floor.

"Bang!"

The explosive power of the first step is terrifying!

Zebei transformed into a white blur, hurtling towards Lin Bei's left side while skimming along the floor.

"Too fast!" Aida Yayoi exclaimed from the sidelines.

But Lin Bei's reaction was equally monstrous.

"Wild Black Panther" in full power!

Lin Bei's body reacted instinctively, moving quickly to the left.

They precisely blocked Zebei's breakthrough route.

The two men's shoulders collided violently as they were moving at high speed.

It made a sickeningly loud sound of muscles colliding!

"It's blocked?!"

Kiyota Nobunaga in the stands was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

But Zebei didn't slow down at all!

Just a second before he lost his balance, he managed to force a wide behind-the-back dribble while moving.

The ball, like a living spirit, circled around him from behind.

Using the reaction force, Zebei forcefully stopped his momentum and then rose up from the ground!

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Bei also exerted force with both legs and leaped up together with Ze Bei.

Two hands, like dark clouds that blot out the sky, firmly covered Zebei's head.

"You have no chance to make a move!" Lin Bei shouted coldly in mid-air.

Just when everyone thought the ball was bound to be blocked.

While suspended in mid-air, at the critical moment before falling, Zebei suddenly exerted force from his waist and abdomen.

Perform an extremely exaggerated folding lever maneuver in mid-air!

He skillfully avoided Lin Bei's fingertips and lifted the ball high through an extremely narrow gap.

The basketball traced a high parabola.

"Whoosh—"

Hollow into the network!

The referee signaled: "Two points are valid!"

Xiangbei 22:16 Mountain King.

After scoring, Zebei landed steadily, looking at Linbei with an arrogant gaze.

"Did you see that?"

"This is the true strength of being number one in the country."

Lin Bei blew a bubble, which popped with a "pop".

A haughty smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"All that fancy stuff, and they only managed to score one goal after all that effort?"

"I haven't even used my full strength yet."