Hanamiya Makoto's pass was exactly what Seirin wanted to see.
But at this moment, the Seirin players couldn't feel happy.
Facing the relentless pressure from Kuroko and Izuki Shun, Hanamiya Makoto had actually delivered a brilliant no-look pass.
"How can he be this strong?" Aida Riko had long since stood up and never sat back down.
She looked at Hanamiya Makoto in disbelief. This Uncrowned King was indeed one of the nation's best players.
Second only to the Generation of Miracles, Haizaki Shogo, and Himuro Tatsuya, he was on the same level as their team's ace.
But was Hanamiya Makoto really this strong?
"Whoosh"
The basketball that Hanamiya Makoto passed transformed into a streak of orange light, piercing through Seirin's layers of encirclement to reach Haizaki's hands.
Kiyoshi Teppei and Hyuga Junpei, the two old teammates, immediately sandwiched him like bread.
But the next second.
Massive amounts of information flooded Haizaki's mind as well, and his brain immediately issued commands to his body.
Step back to create space.
Fake a drive.
Finally, a bounce pass to get the ball to Tendou.
With this.
Kirisaki Daiichi had dissolved Seirin's full-court press with just two passes.
When Tendou received Haizaki's pass, only Kagami Taiga remained in front of him.
A one-on-one in the front court—defeat Kagami and he'd face an undefended basket, worth at least 2 points!
"Move aside!"
Tendou spat out two words, his azure pupils radiating gem-like brilliance.
Kagami gritted his teeth and positioned himself silently in front of him.
He had learned his lesson—not giving himself a chance for trash talk.
Then I'll crush you in one breath!
"Whoosh!"
The basketball danced wildly in Tendou's hands like a mad demon.
Kagami was forced to retreat continuously, completely unable to resist, and finally ended up sitting on the floor.
Like Aomine, his overwhelmingly strong instincts caused his brain and limbs to fall out of sync, losing his balance.
"Bang!"
Having shaken off Kagami, Tendou stepped forward and slammed a one-handed dunk at Seirin's basket.
The point gap still couldn't be closed.
Seirin still couldn't see the dawn of victory—they still had one foot off the cliff.
But...
"Why is this happening?"
"If it were Tendou breaking Seirin's full-court press, I could understand, but why Hanamiya Makoto and Haizaki?"
Alex Garcia couldn't comprehend it.
Her disciple's team had already shown terrifying coordination.
They had almost displayed the theoretical limit of what Seirin could achieve.
She could understand not being able to limit Tendou.
Because that kid was an absolute monster—she felt the current Tendou was no worse than America's top-tier talents.
But what about Hanamiya Makoto?
What about Haizaki Shogo?
How had they seen through Seirin's movements?
Movements...
!!!
When Alex caught this word, she suddenly awakened.
"It's Unlimited Void!" Akashi on the other side also exclaimed.
"Unlimited Void? Sei-chan, what are you talking about?" Mayuzumi Chihiro looked at their first-year captain in bewilderment.
"It's Unlimited Void!" Akashi repeated. "Just now, whether it was Hanamiya Makoto or Haizaki, they both saw through Seirin's overall movements—they saw their future!"
If others might still doubt, then Akashi with his Emperor Eye could be certain.
Those weren't movements belonging to Hanamiya Makoto and Haizaki.
They acted as if they had seen through all of Seirin's actions, which was why they could so cleanly dissolve Seirin's 100% synchronized team coordination.
"How is this possible? They don't have eyes like you and Tendou, even if..."
Hayama Kotaro instinctively wanted to refute, but as he spoke, he seemed to understand as well.
"You're saying Tendou transmitted the future he saw to Hanamiya Makoto and the others through Unlimited Void?"
This was the only possibility!
Otherwise, how could they explain how Hanamiya Makoto and Haizaki had so easily dissolved Seirin's pressure?
They acted as if they had seen the future!
Such extremely clean and efficient movements—they had only seen this on Tendou and Akashi before.
"There's no mistake. Any player will simulate in their brain beforehand during offense and defense."
"Even players with instincts as strong as Aomine, Kagami, and including you, Hayama, all construct scenarios in their minds first."
"Unlimited Void targets this kind of simulation ability. Since it can bring despair to people, it can definitely bring hope as well."
The key was what Tendou wanted others to see!
He should have thought of this earlier.
Momoi had mentioned that Tendou only mastered Unlimited Void before the national tournament finals.
Now several months had passed since the national tournament, and everyone had been improving.
Himself, Aomine, Midorima, Kise, Murasakibara, Kagami, Kuroko...
Since everyone was improving, there was no reason for Tendou to remain stagnant.
"Momoi?" Aomine turned to look at his childhood friend.
Although she was supposedly his childhood friend, since high school, Momoi seemed more like Tendou's childhood friend.
The girl who used to follow behind him had now completely switched to following behind Tendou.
What a player!
"I don't know either—Tendou never told me." Momoi was equally surprised.
She only knew about Thunder Flash, but she had no knowledge of this usage of Unlimited Void.
Aomine could tell Momoi genuinely didn't know—after all, this player looked somewhat aggrieved, like she'd been deceived by a scumbag.
...
On the court.
Kagami took the inbound pass from his teammate and personally led the offensive charge.
They still felt shaken by what had just happened.
"Now isn't the time to think about such things."
He glanced at the scoreboard—the gap was still large. They had to chase the score to single digits before the third quarter ended.
With this thought, Seirin's core accelerated with the ball, not wanting to waste even a second.
The Seirin players seemed able to read Kagami's thoughts. After a simple glance, they moved faster and attacked more fiercely.
Tendou stood at the center of the free-throw line. The moment Kagami began his action, he murmured in a voice barely audible to others: "Domain Expansion, Unlimited Void!"
Buzz~
Instantly, an invisible aura swept over everyone inside the three-point line—exactly his maximum defensive range.
Domains were entities whose range could be determined by the user, as long as you were strong enough.
...
When Sukuna battled Gojo Satoru, Gojo had once expanded Unlimited Void to a massive range with a 200-meter radius and 400-meter diameter.
At the same time, he had also tried shrinking the domain to the size of just a fist.
Even the targets could be selected rather than indiscriminate attack—it was just that generally, bringing enemies into the domain meant complete annihilation.
This time, he had selected all of Kirisaki Daiichi's players, not Seirin's players.
Because selecting Seirin's players would be useless—they were now only following instinct, moving around Kagami, abandoning thought like Kazuya.
Unless he could turn Kagami into an idiot, there was no way to destroy Seirin's offensive flow.
The moment they were enveloped by the domain, all of Kirisaki Daiichi's players trembled.
Hanamiya Makoto and Haizaki were better off since they had experience, but the other two—Seto Kentaro and Furuhashi Kojiro—had their eyes go vacant.
What Tendou showed them was a future scene—a complete offensive sequence by Seirin.
"Slap!"
Kagami faced Tendou but didn't choose to break through, instead forcefully whipping the ball away.
The all-out pass made the ball shuttle like lightning.
"Slap!"
Kuroko stepped forward and struck the basketball hard, changing its flight trajectory.
At this moment, Kagami was cutting into the paint at incredible speed.
His other teammates' task was to build a bridge for him to reach the basket.
However...
"Slap!"
When Kuroko deflected the ball to the other side, Izuki Shun was already prepared. After receiving the ball and drawing defenders, he immediately prepared to pass.
But the ball never reached his hands—it was intercepted by Hanamiya Makoto's outstretched arm.
"What?!"
Izuki Shun maintained his receiving position, completely stunned.
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