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

Miyagi muttered to himself.

The bitterness and timidity at the corners of her mouth melted away like ice and snow.

Instead, there was an extremely arrogant sneer.

Near the center circle, Rukawa received a weak pass from Mitsui while making an off-the-ball run.

However, the angle at which he received the ball was extremely awkward.

Ai and ace Moroboshi, who were already poised to pounce, swiftly and decisively poked the ball away!

The basketball rolled and tumbled on the wooden floor, hurtling towards the direction where Miyagi was.

Aiwa's number 11 and another tall defender were like two bloodthirsty wolves.

They lunged at Miyagi and the basketball simultaneously from the left and right!

Double-team!

An absolute dead end!

"Don't even think about getting the ball, shorty!"

Number 11 roared, attempting to use its massive body to smash Miyagi away.

Facing two towering, moving walls hurtling towards them.

At that moment, Miyagi's mind entered a strange state unlike any he had ever experienced before.

Clear and bright.

The deafening noise around us seemed to have been suddenly muted by an invisible hand.

The audience's enthusiastic shouts and the ear-piercing screeching of sneakers rubbing against the floor.

Even the heavy breathing of his opponent vanished without a trace at that moment.

The whole world was left with only him and that rolling basketball.

In Miyagi's mind, countless images from the past few days flashed by like a revolving lantern.

That was the sweat he shed while tirelessly repeating the monotonous dribbling in the basketball gym of Shohoku.

Those were bruises on his knees from endless back-and-forth running up and down the stairs in an effort to improve his explosive power.

That was the fragrant towel that Ayako would smilingly hand over every weary evening...

"I can hear you..."

The palace's auditory and visual senses were amplified to an infinite degree at this moment!

He could even clearly see the trajectory of every texture on the surface of the basketball as it rotated in mid-air.

You can hear the subtle sound of your opponent's shoe sole making contact with the floor.

"My speed..."

"It's an absolute weapon, unrestricted by height!"

"boom--!"

In the palace's spiritual world, it was as if an incredibly heavy bronze door was being violently pushed open by a pair of invisible hands!

That's a sign that you've reached the threshold of Zone!

Just as Ai and the two were about to touch the basketball with their fingertips.

A fleeting afterimage accompanied by orange lightning.

It moved at a terrifying speed that completely defied the common sense of physics and exceeded the limits of human reaction.

It cut right through the gap between them, which was less than half a meter wide!

too fast!

So fast that even the afterimage cannot be captured by the naked eye!

Miyagi Ryota did not slow down at all.

He scooped up the basketball from the floor with one hand, as if he were fishing for the moon in the sea.

He transformed into a bolt of lightning, piercing straight into the seemingly indestructible heart of Love and Academy!

"Quick! Stop him!"

Kenji Tsurumi was terrified and roared as he tried to rush out from the inside to help defend.

But it was too late.

It's too late for anything!

The speed of this straight-line acceleration was even faster than when Rukawa Kaede activated his Wildness!

The entire Love and Academy team hadn't even had a chance to commit a foul.

Ryota Miyagi had swept across the entire half of the field like an unstoppable hurricane!

"Whoosh—!"

Miyagi leaped with the agility of a swallow just inside the free-throw line.

Facing an empty basket, he gently flicked the basketball into the net with one hand!

The score became 6-4.

Xiangbei takes the lead!

silence.

The entire Hiroshima Stadium fell into a deathly silence.

Three full seconds passed before a frenzied cheer erupted, like a dormant volcano suddenly bursting into action, seemingly about to lift the dome off!

"That's incredible! What kind of speed is that?!"

"Teleportation?!"

"I didn't even see how he got past those two!"

The entire audience.

Whether they were die-hard fans of Shohoku or neutral fans, they all stood up from their seats at this moment.

This is for a point guard who is only 168 cm tall but has torn apart all doubts with his speed.

They gave it the warmest applause and the most substantial cheers!

Miyagi Ryota landed lightly.

He ignored the stunned, ghost-like stares of Ai and the players behind him.

She simply stood quietly in place, reaching out to adjust the iconic earring on her earlobe.

If someone were to look closely into his eyes at this moment, they would be shocked to discover...

Deep within his unruly eyes, a faint, irregularly flickering orange electric light, like that of a lightning snake, was flashing!

That's absolute proof that one foot is already in Zone territory!

"Well done, quick and efficient."

Watching this scene from the sidelines, Lin Bei's lazy lips finally curled into a satisfied smile.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the field.

Aiwa Academy's ace, Moroboshi Dai, stared intently at Miyagi Ryota's short yet towering figure.

His eyes, which always carried a hint of nonchalance.

At this moment, it has been completely replaced by coldness and solemnity.

"Shohoku... truly a place where hidden talents abound."

"Can a point guard really do that?"

Moroboshi Dai spoke coldly, and his aura began to undergo a dramatic change.

However, he had barely finished speaking.

A tall, slender figure, exuding a chilling aura, had silently appeared in front of him.

Rukawa Kaede.

Those eyes, as cold as an abyss, met Moroboshi Dai's gaze directly.

There were no superfluous words, only pure and unadulterated fighting spirit.

The air around them collided violently, as if the temperature had dropped to freezing point at that moment.

"The Star of Love and War...?"

Rukawa Kaede slowly lowered his center of gravity, his voice sounding as if it had been tempered by ice for millions of years.

"You're next."

Moroboshi Dai's pupils contracted slightly.

He felt a terrifying sense of oppression emanating from the first-year student in front of him.

The gazes of the two aces met in the air.

The tension instantly reached its peak.

A true clash between the aces is about to erupt!

The air in Hiroshima Stadium was incredibly oppressive at that moment.

Ryota Miyagi's supersonic breakthrough tore apart Aiwa Academy's defenses.

This was a resounding slap in the face, a public rebuke to all the fans and players.

The score of 6:4 on the scoreboard made Moroboshi's eyelids twitch wildly.

Give me the ball.

Moroboshi Dai walked up to the point guard.

His voice was frighteningly deep, and his eyes were filled with fury after being provoked.

Looking at his ace's face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot, he obediently handed the ball over.

Moroboshi Dai took the basketball and gripped the leather tightly.

He is a true "Star of Aichi".

On this nationally televised stage, they were actually forced to clean up the mess by a C-level team.

This is practically rubbing his face into the ground.

"You rookies from Shohoku, do you really think luck can protect you forever?"

Moroboshi's dribbling advances the ball.

The basketball hit the floor with a heavy thud.

But as soon as he stepped into the three-point line, a chill ran down his spine.

It's Rukawa Kaede.

This first-year student, wearing the number 11 jersey from Shohoku, was like a cold-faced killer, defending directly up close.

Their eyes met, and the tension instantly escalated.

"You want to stop me?"