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

Murasakibara suddenly turned around and reached out to Akashi on the outside.

"Red Boy, give me the ball."

"I'm going to crush this red-haired worm!"

Akashi lobbed the ball into the paint without hesitation.

The moment Murasakibara received the ball, his entire aura changed.

It's no longer that lazy defensive stance.

Instead, it transforms into an enraged ancient giant bear.

Violent bulldozing method.

"Bang!"

Murasakibara holds the ball with his back to the goal.

With its terrifying weight and power, it slammed into Sakuragi Hanamichi.

The impact was just like that of a heavy truck traveling at high speed.

Sakuragi grunted.

Two long black marks were left by his feet on the floor.

He was forcefully knocked back half a step.

"Lower your center of gravity!"

A rough, angry roar exploded in Sakuragi's ears.

Akagi Takenori had abandoned his defender at some point.

He stuck tightly to Sakuragi's side and behind.

He voluntarily used his broad shoulders to form a human wall to support Sakuragi.

"Sakuragi!"

Akagi's eyes gleamed with absolute trust in this red-haired problem child.

"Don't retreat! This is Shohoku's restricted area!"

"Leave it to me, gorilla!"

There was not a trace of fear in Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes.

Instead, it ignited an extremely fervent fighting spirit.

He stared intently at Murasakibara Atsushi, who was crashing down on him like a mountain.

Suddenly, images of Lin Bei undergoing grueling training at the Chicago Bulls' training facility flashed through his mind.

Rodman, the one with the flashy clothes and nose ring.

How did he manage to clump his opponent around like an octopus in the paint?

And then there was Lin Bei's voice, which was both playful and extremely stern.

"To defend against such a heavy, powerful center, going head-to-head is suicide."

"Use the Tai Chi technique I taught you to deflect force!"

"Unleash your super-powerful buttocks! Shift all your weight to your hips and waist!"

"Bang!"

Murasakibara's second back-to-the-basket attack came crashing down.

This time, Sakuragi didn't use his chest to force his way through.

He suddenly bent over, his legs digging into the floor like the roots of an old tree.

The enormous buttocks were positioned extremely cleverly at the weakest point where Murasakibara's thighs could exert force.

Tai Chi: Borrowing Force and Releasing Force.

Murasakibara felt as if he had been struck by something that could destroy the world.

It felt like running into an extremely tough ball of cotton.

The power was mysteriously reduced by more than half.

"How is that possible?!"

Murasakibara's expression finally changed.

He instinctively sensed something was wrong.

But he had no way out.

"Go to hell!"

Murasakibara let out a deafening roar.

His massive body forcefully rose from the ground in the three-second zone under the basket.

The battle of the muscle grinders reached its climax at this moment.

Murasakibara gripped the basketball with both hands.

It unfolded its body in the air like a demon god.

He was about to unleash a devastating, earth-shattering dunk right in front of the basket.

"Don't look down on me, Purple Black Tower!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi also let out a wild, beast-like roar.

His leg muscles swelled to their maximum.

His terrifying jumping ability propelled him into the air like a rocket.

Without the slightest hesitation.

There was no attempt to dodge.

At exactly 0.1 seconds, when Murasakibara slammed the ball toward the basket.

Sakuragi's hands slammed onto the basketball with extreme force.

"boom--!"

Two extremely terrifying inhuman forces.

A straightforward head-on collision occurred in mid-air.

Murasakibara's monstrous strength was enough to shatter the backboard.

It was abruptly stopped.

"Press it down for me!"

Sakuragi's eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

The core power derived from the Super Buttocks Technique.

It travels directly from the waist and abdomen to the arms.

"Crackling..."

The two players clung tightly to the basketball, locked in a stalemate in mid-air.

The bones and muscles even emitted a teeth-grinding grinding sound.

One second later.

Both of them lost their balance at the same time.

"Bang!!!"

A loud bang followed.

Sakuragi Hanamichi and Murasakibara Atsushi were like two falling meteorites.

They both crashed heavily onto the floor.

The entire arena floor even shook violently.

Even if you fall and get completely disoriented.

Sakuragi's hands were still tightly gripping the basketball.

Murasakibara's hand did not loosen either.

The two men wrestled fiercely on the ground, like two wild beasts tearing at each other.

The referee was dumbfounded.

He stood there stunned for a full two seconds before suddenly blowing the whistle from his mouth.

"Beep—! Fight for the ball!"

Dead silence.

Tens of thousands of spectators watched as Murasakibara was forcefully stopped and dunked on by that red-haired first-year student.

A deathly silence fell for five seconds.

Then.

"boom--!!!"

The entire stadium erupted in chaos.

The entire audience stood up uncontrollably.

A frenzied cheer erupted, lifting the dome off its height.

"Good heavens! We managed to defend against that red-haired kid!"

"He actually went head-to-head with that monster center and blocked his dunk?!"

"Shohoku! Shohoku!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi shakily got up from the floor.

He rubbed his sore bottom.

Hearing the cheers from the crowd, he grinned smugly from ear to ear.

"Hahaha!"

Sakuragi arrogantly raised his arms.

"Do you see that, mortals!"

Lin Bei, watching this scene from the backstage, burst out laughing.

"You've learned about 80% of my pretentious skills."

however.

Amidst the cheers and commotion of the entire audience.

Akashi Seijuro, standing near the center circle, was eerily quiet.

He coldly watched Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was celebrating wildly.

She glanced again at Lin Bei, who was panting heavily.

The last trace of warmth in those heterochromatic eyes vanished completely.

Instead, it was replaced by extreme cold, even more biting than polar glaciers.

"It seems it's time to end this lukewarm game of probing."

Akashi slowly lowered his head.

His red hair obscured his cold eyes.

"Since even Dun's power cannot completely crush these variables."

"But before the gods, all are but ants!"

Akashi suddenly raised his head.

An extremely brutal and chilling killing intent erupted from the eyes of the Heavenly Emperor.

"I will personally take over the competition."

The entire room fell silent.

The referee had the whistle in his mouth, but he didn't blow it for a long time.

The whistle finally blew, and the contest for the ball ended.

But at this moment when Shohoku should have been riding high, the atmosphere on the court was frighteningly cold.

Akashi Seijuro stood in the center circle with a cold expression.

His heterochromatic eyes gleamed with a sinister glint.

The pure power clash between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Murasakibara Atsushi just now made him extremely unhappy.

variable.

This is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.

"Change players."

Akashi coldly uttered two words.

Teiko Middle School requests a replacement.

This sudden turn of events left the previously boisterous audience momentarily stunned.

Shohoku's first half.

Lin Bei stared at Akashi's retreating figure and laughed.

"They're finally going to reveal their hand."

He twisted his neck, and his bones made a crisp cracking sound.

In front of Teiko's bench.

The atmosphere was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

Just as Kuroko Tetsuya was about to return to defense, Akashi stopped him.

"Step down, Tetsuya."