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

The tactics were quickly deployed.

The Mingpeng power forward suddenly moved up, setting a solid screen for the point guard.

The palace was delayed by half a second.

In that half-second gap, Mingpeng's point guard flicked his wrist.

The basketball drew an extremely high parabola, flying straight over the Shohoku restricted area!

"Deadly lob pass!"

Akira Sendoh sat up straight in the stands.

"Our target is Morishige Hiroshi's height advantage!"

"Oh no!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi tried to get back on defense, but was blocked by the Meihou players.

Rukawa rushed to cover from the flank at full speed, but the distance was too far.

The basketball glided through the air, heading straight for Morishige Hiroshi's head.

"elder brother!"

In the stands, Haruko Akagi suddenly stood up.

She clasped her hands tightly to her chest, tears welling up in her eyes.

"Trust him."

On the sidelines, Lin Bei remained seated in his chair, his posture unchanged.

He watched the ever-changing events on the court.

"If he can't even get over this hurdle, he doesn't deserve to be called Akagi Takenori."

"Gorilla!" Sakuragi roared.

"Captain!" Miyagi and Mitsui exclaimed at the same time.

"It's up to you now." Rukawa Kaede stopped and looked at the restricted area.

The voices of the Shohoku fans seemed to transform into an invisible force, converging on that tall figure.

Inside the restricted area.

"Hahaha! The ball is mine!"

Morishige Hiroshi burst into laughter.

His massive body seemed to defy gravity, rising directly from the ground!

His terrifying wingspan was fully extended.

"Trying to score against me?"

"dream!!"

Takenori Akagi gritted his teeth. The muscles in his legs were taut to the limit.

"Shaquille O'Neal once said, 'The paint is the lifeblood of a center!'"

"Not an inch will be yielded!"

Akagi stomped off the floor and soared into the sky like a black Vajra!

midair.

Morishige Hiroshi's fingers were about to touch the basketball.

He had even planned out how to mock the gorilla after landing.

Just then, a suffocating pressure erupted from beneath him.

"What?"

Morishige looked down and his face was full of disbelief.

Akagi Takenori's eyes suddenly burst forth with a captivating black-gold light!

That's the Zone!

"Buzz—"

The air in the entire stadium seemed to freeze.

From Akagi's perspective, everything around him slowed down.

The trajectory of the basketball and Morishige Hiroshi's movements are clearly visible.

This is the door he finally opened after three years of hard work and special training!

Zone: Absolute Territory!

Within this small area of ​​the restricted zone, he is the master!

"Get out of here!!"

Takenori Akagi let out a roar that echoed throughout the stadium.

His thick arms left black afterimages in the air.

They came from behind but surpassed others!

Just a second before Morishige Hiroshi's fingers touched the basketball.

"Snapped!"

A violent, crisp sound exploded in mid-air!

Akagi Takenori's large hands were like iron clamps, firmly gripping the basketball in mid-air!

"It was cut off alive?!"

Maki Shinichi, standing in the stands, suddenly stood up.

"How is that possible!"

Coach Mingpeng's cold smile froze instantly.

Tens of thousands of audience members fell silent.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the war god-like figure in mid-air.

"Counterattack!"

Takenori Akagi landed.

His feet slammed heavily on the floor with a loud thud.

He neither passed the ball to Miyagi nor looked for Rukawa.

He stared intently at Mingpeng's half of the field.

"This gorilla is going to launch a fast attack himself?" Sakuragi Hanamichi was stunned.

Takenori Akagi dribbles the ball.

Although it lacks the flashy moves of a defender, every step it takes is full of destructive power.

He charged straight into Mingpeng's half of the court like a heavy tank at full speed.

"Stop him!"

Meihou's power forward and small forward duo slammed their fists on the goal, attempting to stop Akagi beyond the three-point line.

Akagi didn't slow down at all.

He slammed the ball down hard while moving at high speed.

With incredible agility, the body completed a giant turn!

"Shaquille O'Neal's signature move: the Heavy Tank Spin!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The two defenders felt like they had crashed into a spinning iron wall.

They were instantly stripped of their strength and sent flying with screams.

Inside the penalty area, only Morishige Hiroshi, who had just returned to his defensive position, remained.

"Don't be so arrogant!" Morishige Hiroshi roared and jumped up, trying to regain his temper in mid-air.

But at this moment, Takenori Akagi had gone berserk!

"Get out of my way!"

Akagi arched his body completely in mid-air.

He forcefully pushed aside Morishige Hiroshi's blockade with his shoulder.

The enormous reaction force caused Morishige Hiroshi to lose his balance and fall awkwardly to the ground.

Akagi then swung his right arm in a wide arc.

A powerful tomahawk dunk that splits Mount Hua!

"boom!"

The basketball hoop groaned in agony.

Akagi Takenori hung on the basketball hoop with one hand, looking down at Morishige Hiroshi who had fallen to the ground.

The referee's whistle blew:

"Defensive foul! Goal stands! One penalty!"

The score is now 11-9!

Xiangbei takes the lead!

"roar!"

Akagi loosened his grip on the basket, landed, and let out a long roar.

He pounded his chest with both hands.

After a brief moment of deathly silence, the audience erupted in a frenzy of shouts that seemed to lift the roof off.

"What a terrifying man."

Coach Mingpeng looked at the scoreboard with a gloomy expression.

He took a deep breath and looked toward the end of the substitutes' bench.

There sat a tall, slender boy with eyes as cold as a snake.

"Go warm up and get ready to go on stage."

"Coach, are we going to use that tactic?" The starting defender next to him swallowed hard.

"Since Shohoku's inside game has become an impenetrable wall, then we'll break through them from the outside."

The coach turned to look at Mitsui Hisashi, who was high-fiving, and let out a cold laugh.

"Switch on a top-tier 3D shooter, and I'll let that number 14 experience what true hell is like."

On the sidelines, Lin Bei squinted.

"Oh? So you're finally going to reveal your other trump card?"

He looked at the substitute player from Mingpeng who was walking onto the field, and his eyes became playful.

"Mitsui-senpai, the test ahead is not easy."

Akagi steps up to the free-throw line.

His chest heaved violently, and his breathing was heavy yet rhythmic.

Staring at the basket, he dribbled the ball twice and then gently flicked it with his wrist.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball swished through the net without causing a ripple.

The free throw is made! Score 12-9!

Shohoku not only overtook Meihou Industrial, but also forcefully suppressed Meihou Industrial's invincible momentum.

"Well done, Captain!" Miyagi Ryota pumped his fist hard.

"Gorilla, not bad at all."

Sakuragi Hanamichi had a smug smile on his lips.

Rukawa Kaede didn't say anything.

But she quietly stepped forward and gave Akagi a high five.

The momentum of the entire Xiangbei team reached its peak at this moment.

Just then, an extremely piercing short whistle blew from the sidelines.

"Beep—!"

"Mingpeng Industrial, we request a replacement!"

The referee gestured and pointed to Mingpeng's bench.

On the sidelines, Mingpeng's white-haired old coach's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He stared intently at the scoreboard, which read 12:9, his eye muscles twitching incessantly.

"Since we can't gain an advantage by fighting inside, let's completely penetrate them from the outside."

The old coach turned his head, his gaze fixed like a venomous snake on a boy at the end of the bench.

"Kageyama, go."

"It's your turn."