[You lost. You lost to the Complete Emperor Eye.]
[At the final moment, to defeat you, the secondary personality Akashi chose to return everything to Akashi Seijuro.]
[His existence was for victory. To defeat you, he chose to let himself disappear completely.]
[Akashi Seijuro obtained the Complete Emperor Eye that originally belonged to him.]
[The disappearance of the other personality completely ignited his fighting spirit.]
[Ultimately, you lost to Akashi Seijuro and his Rakuzan.]
"I knew it. This is basically treating me like Nash to beat."
Yuuto looked calmly at the simulation text.
Starting from that guy Aomine, the Generation of Miracles were no longer the people from the original work.
Although he didn't face Murasakibara Atsushi, he was certain that the giant purple baby definitely wouldn't hold back anymore and would play with the strength used to fight Jason Silver.
"Complete Emperor Eye!"
Troublesome thing.
Seeing the future of one person and seeing the future of everyone on the court were two different concepts.
Because Rakuzan possessed the best lineup in the country.
[Losing the match left you extremely unwilling. You immediately threw yourself into training after returning to Tokyo.]
[You started grinding the Pass Without Warning to death.]
[Soon, summer vacation passed, and you welcomed the last major tournament of the year, the Winter Cup Qualifiers.]
[Due to achieving runner-up in the Nationals, you didn't need to play the qualifiers and directly entered the main tournament.]
[Everyone thought the Winter Cup would see Tōō and Shutoku advancing together, but the dark horse Seirin rose abruptly.]
[They actually cut down the Tyrant Tōō in the group stage. Taiga Kagami exploded with combat power comparable to Aomine Daiki in this match.]
[At the final moment, with Kuroko's assistance, he eliminated Tōō with an alley-oop buzzer-beater.]
[In the round-robin, they encountered Shutoku and ended in a draw. Since both had won 2 games in the round-robin beforehand, it was already confirmed before this match that they would advance together, so they entered the Winter Cup main tournament directly without overtime.]
[Winter Cup Main Tournament. You encountered Seirin's challenge in the second round.]
[You lost again.]
"This word 'again' is quite succinct."
Yuuto wanted to smash this broken system.
Just tell the story; why poke at me?
Afraid I'm not angry enough?
[Taiga Kagami opened the second door of the Zone. Kuroko Tetsuya used the Quasi-Emperor Eye (Misdirection Overflow?), paying the price that Misdirection would be ineffective against you in the future, in exchange for a victory.]
[After the match, you seemed to have matured. As the team's new captain, you left only after shaking hands with the opponent.]
[But only Sora and Momoi knew you hadn't changed a bit. That night, you ran to the street courts, cleaned everyone up, and practiced until early morning before going home.]
[Spring went and autumn came. Tsutomu Iwamura and the other third-years left Seiho. The basketball club welcomed some newcomers.]
[The Nationals started again. You didn't encounter strong enemies in the group stage, leading the team to win three consecutive games to break out.]
[One year is up. This simulation ends.]
[You may choose three from the following talents.]
[Dunk Smash (Blue), Bible of the Star (Purple), Petty Theft (Green), Diary (Blue), Bad Boy (Blue).]
"Bible of the Star, Diary, Bad Boy."
Yuuto made his choice quickly.
[Congratulations Host, obtained talents: Bible of the Star, Diary, Bad Boy]
[You obtained extensive training memories of Pass Without Warning]
[You have preliminarily mastered Pass Without Warning]
[You obtained extensive match memories]
[You obtained extensive training memories]
[Your Simulation Level has increased. You obtained five Free Attribute Points.]
[...]
"Pity I couldn't draw the Zone. Otherwise, I would have fused Demon Mode no matter what."
"Complete Emperor Eye, Zone's Second Door—neither are easy to deal with."
Yuuto absorbed the match memories, especially the memories of the two losses against Rakuzan and Seirin. He recalled them repeatedly.
Two losses, neither by a large margin. But Yuuto knew clearly that the way he usually defeated opponents was by keeping this seemingly small gap forever.
These seemingly small gaps required a lot to cross.
Compared to a year ago, he had actually improved a lot.
It was just that the Generation of Miracles improved faster and more than him.
This was due to talent. He had already seen the limit of his talent.
Every improvement now required simulation and grinding.
He looked at the Pass Without Warning, which wasn't ready for real combat yet, wondering how many years he'd have to grind to fully master it.
"Time to eat, Yu."
The rooftop door was pushed open. The person coming was naturally Sora.
Now all of Seiho knew that the basketball club's genius, Yuuto, treated the rooftop as his territory.
This made many boys who wanted to emulate "School Days" (Makoto Itou) feel incredibly regrettable.
"Got it." Yuuto stood up and went to the cafeteria with Sora.
"What's wrong? You look like you're unhappy..."
"Is it that obvious?"
"Yeah, because I'm always watching you, Yu. You look like you lost a game."
Indeed lost, and twice at that.
"Nothing of the sort. And I have this."
He took out the wristband Sora gave him from his pocket. The cartoon avatars of the two hadn't changed over the past year.
Infinite possibilities.
Yuuto threw the extraneous thoughts to the clouds.
That's right.
He possessed infinite possibilities. Failure meant nothing; just climb up from the dirty ground!
...
One day later.
The final round-robin of the Tokyo regional qualifiers began.
Seiho's first opponent was Senshinkan.
Also one of the three Kings of Tokyo. With the precedent of the Seiho vs. Shutoku duel, fans looked forward to this match immensely.
Especially Senshinkan fans; they had long clamored to teach Seiho a lesson.
Although they failed to get one of the six geniuses last year.
But this year they retained all the main lineup from last year and absorbed a group of geniuses from junior high.
Up to the group stage, they hadn't encountered decent trouble.
Naturally, the strongest teams were knocked down by Seiho and Tōō.
Seirin and Shutoku both lost to Seiho. Hanamiya Makoto's Kirisaki Daiichi was cleaned up by Tōō.
It's worth mentioning that the Bad Boy Hanamiya Makoto was exceptionally well-behaved against Tōō. Because Tōō's Imayoshi Shoichi was a guy so black-hearted that even Hanamiya Makoto would be afraid.
That's why Senshinkan's path to advancement was so smooth.
But this didn't mean Senshinkan possessed strength comparable to Seiho and Tōō.
In the original Winter Cup qualifiers, Senshinkan didn't even enter the final round-robin.
Given that Tōō automatically advanced as the runner-up of the Nationals without playing qualifiers.
Senshinkan didn't encounter Seirin in the group stage.
It could almost be proven that they lost to either Shutoku or Kirisaki Daiichi.
Therefore.
The result of this match was doomed from the start.
Match started.
Seiho played their superstar tactic—Triangle Offense—on the offensive end.
Although called Triangle Offense, in Seiho's hands, this tactic had mutated.
Yuuto could isolate and facilitate; one person could do a lot of work.
Therefore, Seiho's current Triangle Offense, while maintaining space utilization, also incorporated the use of time.
Ryuhei Kasuga and other teammates would perform a large number of cuts after the ball moved on offense.
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