"I'll become your eyes, Kagami-kun!"
Beyond everyone's expectations.
While Tendou and Kagami were engaged in high-level confrontation, Kuroko's figure had somehow emerged from behind Kagami.
Tendou immediately planted one foot on the floor and pulled back to create distance.
If he didn't retreat, he would probably be called for an offensive foul.
"A pseudo Emperor Eye, is it?"
He immediately thought of the patch the production team had given Kuroko during the finals.
Back then, Kuroko had used this method to team up with Kagami and completely shatter Akashi's spirit.
"Kuroko? How did he appear there?"
"Could it be that he saw through little Tendou's movements?"
Kise was so surprised his mouth hung open.
In such intense confrontation, at such a fast game pace, how did Kuroko keep up?
This was simply too absurd!
The Rakuzan players on the other side were equally amazed.
Tendou had actually been forced to retreat by the combined defense of Kuroko and Kagami.
"What's going on here?"
"He probably saw through Kagami's movements."
After thinking for a moment, Akashi arrived at this answer.
"Saw through Kagami's movements? Aren't they teammates?" Nebuya Eikichi was confused.
"Sei-chan, are you saying Kuroko predicted Kagami's actions?"
"That's right, Kuroko predicted Kagami's future, like the Emperor Eye."
Akashi's eyes suddenly lit up.
"It's not imitation, but rather using his excellent dynamic vision and understanding of Kagami Taiga to see Kagami's future actions."
"This is Kuroko's own Emperor Eye, completing defense against Tendou by predicting Kagami."
This was possible?
The Rakuzan players had their eyes opened—they never imagined Seirin had this trick up their sleeve.
"Kuroko?!"
The Seirin players were overjoyed. This small-framed first-year always managed to surprise them.
They saw hope again—hope for victory.
Even if it was just a sliver, they would grasp it tightly and gradually fan this flame of hope until it blazed.
Many hands make light work!
"Kuroko, you really are the best teammate," Kagami was equally delighted.
This partner of his, though small in stature, contained infinite power within, always able to give the team a push when things got difficult.
"Let's do our best together, Kagami-kun!"
Kuroko looked directly at Tendou, speaking to Kagami with firm determination.
"Yeah, let's win this together!"
Tendou watched their performance, his heart unmoved.
The monster whispered in his ear that their combined defense would be very difficult to break through.
"Is that so? If it's difficult, then I want to try it even more."
After thinking for a moment, Tendou charged forward again.
The Black-Fire duo exchanged glances and reacted simultaneously.
The three players quickly collided together.
Tendou used the nation's fastest breakthrough to tear through the double-team, but met stubborn resistance.
The Black-Fire duo seemed connected at heart, coordinating perfectly, one in front and one behind, one left and one right, blocking his path and engaging in intense offensive and defensive warfare with Tendou.
Tendou suddenly felt like he was in "Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw," facing the combined assault of Johnson and Statham's two powerhouses alone.
Knock down one with a punch, and the other would quickly deliver a blow to his handsome face—there was no way to completely defeat the opponents.
"De...defended?"
"Seirin actually defended against Tendou?!"
"Can't get through, can't pass by, they really stopped him!"
The venue suddenly erupted. Tendou, who had been unstoppable, was being held back from crossing the three-point line for the first time in history.
"Kuroko, amazing!"
Aida Riko's heartbeat was accelerating.
That combination of light and shadow had once again brought her hope in despair.
"Yes, as long as we can stop Tendou, we still have a chance!"
They saw the dawn.
"We're going to succeed!" Hyuga Junpei noticed only 6 seconds remained on the shot clock.
As long as they could defend these 6 seconds, Seirin's defense would succeed.
At that point, having contained Tendou, they could close the gap in one breath!
"Go for it, Kuroko, Kagami!"
The Seirin players cheered loudly for the duo in their hearts.
The Black-Fire duo seemed to hear their encouragement, moving forward simultaneously without needing to make eye contact to pressure Tendou.
"Tendou!" Momoi showed worry and unconsciously called out.
But Aomine noticed that when the Black-Fire duo moved forward together, Tendou's expression didn't change at all—he even smiled.
Then, as if remembering something, Aomine's eyes widened suddenly. "Could it be..."
"Domain Expansion!"
"Unlimited Void!"
Tendou's voice echoed eerily in their ears.
Then, with a "buzz" sound, as if they had gone deaf, the Black-Fire duo suddenly felt the entire world become different.
Massive amounts of information surged toward them at this moment, forcing their brains to think continuously, trapping them in an endless loop.
Both players' movements stopped simultaneously, their limbs temporarily paralyzed by the mental overload.
Tendou even had time to observe the two in front of him, who seemed to have lost focus, their eyes vacant.
Snap~
He easily slipped past Kuroko's side, accelerated into Seirin's paint, and leaped high to face Kiyoshi Teppei.
"I won't let you succeed, Tendou!" Kagami roared.
He quickly recovered under the dual support of Wild instinct and Zone.
Being in the Zone domain, he already possessed the strength to break through Unlimited Void.
"As expected, the only way to break Unlimited Void is to surpass Tendou in strength."
Seeing Kagami escape from Unlimited Void so easily, Akashi wasn't overly surprised.
During the national tournament finals, he had already deduced the method to break Unlimited Void.
"However, only Kagami can break through Unlimited Void."
"Which means Kuroko's pseudo Emperor Eye has failed!"
Sure enough, Kagami, returned to one-on-one combat, couldn't completely stop Tendou.
The original plan for a layup suddenly became an air reversal as Tendou brought the ball behind his back, attracting Kagami's attention before his other elbow struck the basketball, sending it to Haizaki.
Hyuga Junpei noticed and immediately dove over, but saw that Haizaki wasn't shooting at all—instead using a pump fake to draw him into the air.
Then Haizaki crashed into the airborne Hyuga Junpei, drawing a foul!
"Beep!"
"Seirin number 4, defensive foul, two free throws!"
The referee immediately blew the whistle without hesitation.
The flame of hope that had just risen in Seirin was extinguished once again.
"This kid surpasses his peers by far too much," Aida Kagetora noticed his daughter's despair.
But this was the world of basketball—there would always be one or two unreasonable players.
Like Magic Johnson, like Larry Bird, like Jordan, like Kobe, like LeBron, like Durant, like Curry, and so on.
These historic-level players could always break conventions, bring visual feasts to fans, and bring despair to opponents.
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