Yuuto's voice wasn't loud, but like a needle, it constantly pierced into his teammates' hearts.
They felt unwilling, but mostly ashamed.
Yamashita Shio was ready to call a timeout, but seeing this situation, he returned to his original position.
Yuuto's approach was considered treasonous in Japan.
Don't you see in Prince of Tennis, those seniors in Seigaku hit Tezuka whenever they wanted?
After being hit, you can't make a sound. Twisted social etiquette; seniors and juniors are like two classes.
But here with Yamashita Shio and Seiho, everything was fine.
Rather, if Yuuto didn't scold, he would have started scolding.
Of course.
If Yuuto only had this means, he would have to cooperate by playing the good cop.
Did Yuuto need his cooperation?
Of course not.
Thought that possessing the Iron Heart talent would eliminate the worry of encountering such problems.
In the end, he took it for granted.
Thinking about it, even with Teppei Kiyoshi himself, when participating in the Winter Cup, Seirin suffered many blows and once lost confidence.
Iron Heart isn't omnipotent.
"Are you all sober now?"
Yuuto scolded his teammates in front of the national audience, leaving no face at all.
But the Seiho players didn't blame Yuuto for being too domineering; instead, they were grateful he scolded them awake.
"Sorry..."
"Don't apologize to me; say those words to yourselves."
"If we lose this match, thinking back on it one day in the future, you will only regret why you were so weak then. Wishing you could go back to the past again, finally finding there is no medicine for regret in the world, and time won't flow backward."
"Of course..."
Everything has an "of course." Yuuto turned around.
"If we can win today, it means you defeated yourselves. In the future, you will be grateful that you were strong enough at that time."
"Just as I said, that's not impossible. Your abilities are enough to overcome these difficulties. I believe you can do it."
"Finally, remember this, all of you: You are very strong!"
You are very strong.
These four words fell as if containing some magic power.
Like Coach Anzai's "We are the strongest" in Slam Dunk, all Seiho members woke up instantly.
"Ah!" Ryuhei Kasuga responded first, the first to follow Yuuto's footsteps back on defense.
Others saw, stopped dawdling, and all returned to their positions.
"Although this handling method was overly domineering, anyway, the effect of boosting morale is obvious."
Teppei Kiyoshi could see.
Seiho, repositioned, had particularly terrifying morale.
Their expressions changed; there was no fear.
That King of Seiho was simply a born leader.
"The army's heart is usable."
Next, only you are left, Kise.
Yuuto refocused his gaze on the Kaijo Ace in front of him.
Kaijo's turn.
Kise attacked immediately upon receiving the ball. Golden light like the Tezuka Zone erupted from his body. Under perfect rhythm, he switched back and forth between the technical characteristics of other Generation of Miracles and Yuuto.
Wild street basketball presented in the form of the Tezuka Zone.
"Is this a combination of Yuuto + Aomine?"
"Truly an ability exclusive to monsters!"
Many people marveled that Kise could merge the killing moves of those few geniuses alone.
His agility was outrageous; the basketball seemed sucked to his palm.
Every move was as swift as thunder.
Yuuto utilized the Death Coil talent to the extreme, blocking Kise near the free-throw line.
"This evolution speed!" Kise was surprised inside. The opponent's speed of self-correction was too fast.
In just a few rounds, the pressure surged like a tide again.
Smack!
He made a passing motion, but before the ball flew out, he turned and controlled the ball in his hand again.
A fake pass real drive that could pass for genuine.
Completing this step, he jumped quickly.
"Too arrogant, Kise!"
The Seiho King still remembered Kise's trash talk.
The opponent dared to call him "lukewarm"; this was simply a great humiliation.
He jumped quickly, his arm firmly blocking the path of the basketball.
Then.
Both exerted force with their waists and abdomens simultaneously, seeming to freeze in mid-air for a second.
Seeing no chance, Kise could only pass to Yukio Kasamatsu.
The Kaijo captain caught the ball and cut, but encountered Ryuhei Kasuga's tenacious sniping.
"This guy!" Kasamatsu gritted his teeth. Finding no chance, he could only pass again.
Result.
Others also encountered Seiho's death defense. Seiho was biting the opponent hard with their iron-wall-like defense.
"Concentration is on a completely different level from before." Kagami watched dumbfounded.
Riko Aida keenly sensed something wrong and hurriedly reminded him, "Kagami, quickly throw those thoughts that shouldn't be there out of your brain."
He was the player most influenced by Yuuto.
She didn't want this idiot to suddenly start spraying his teammates on the court one day.
After all.
Seiho wasn't Seirin, and Yuuto wasn't Kagami.
Kagami's control over the team couldn't compare with Yuuto.
While speaking, the offensive clock was running out.
The ball returned to Kise's hands again. Kaijo's Ace caught the ball, strode, jumped, turned his body in mid-air, and smashed toward the basket with both hands using inertia.
However.
Yuuto crashed under the basket like shuttling through space and jumped. His arm seemed to reach out from the void, hitting the side of the basketball fiercely.
Bible of the Star talent activated.
Strength Specialization.
Suddenly, Kise's expression changed drastically. The immense force transmitted through the basketball actually surpassed him.
"You can only imitate their techniques, but what makes Aomine and the others powerful isn't just technique."
BOOM!
The basketball was swatted away fiercely, hitting the floor with a muffled sound.
Kaijo members' hearts trembled.
"It's that specialization ability that appeared against Tōō."
"Strength not too inferior to Atsushi."
"In this way."
"Yuuto is equivalent to being able to briefly obtain the physical talents of the five of us."
The secondary personality Akashi's tone appeared somewhat serious.
One side imitated the techniques of the Generation of Miracles; the other side could briefly obtain the talent of a certain person in the Generation of Miracles through specialization.
In such a duel, what would be the result?
The answer was about to be revealed.
"Counterattack!"
Iwamura shouted and threw the ball to the frontcourt.
Yuuto and Kise killed their way forward almost simultaneously.
Both were players with incomparable balanced body data; their most prominent aspect was basketball IQ.
Running speed was almost the same.
But this balance would soon be broken.
Speed Specialization!
Yuuto poured strength into his legs. With one step down, his body rushed forward a distance fiercely as if hit by nitrous oxide acceleration.
"Damn it!"
Only this point, he couldn't imitate no matter what.
He imitated that perfect match rhythm but couldn't specialize a certain attribute of his own.
Yuuto pierced the air like a black light.
"Not yet!"
Kise naturally wouldn't let such a thing happen, instantly turning into Murasakibara, arriving at the paint, and raising his arms to intercept.
But he saw that before his body fully soared, Yuuto smashed the ball out aiming at the gap between his hands.
Small-range Meteor Jam!
Swish!
The basketball tore through the air, crossed Kise's hands, and fell into the net like a meteor.
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