The person was still the same person, but the feeling given was completely different.
The warm smile had disappeared, replaced by dominance overriding everything.
Mibuchi Reo and other Rakuzan players swallowed hard.
They probably guessed what happened.
They had seen the secondary personality Akashi, briefly meeting him when Akashi attempted the Complete Zone.
"In other words..."
"It's the other Sei-chan!"
Mibuchi Reo felt immense pressure, even if the person in front was his teammate.
This was the secondary personality Akashi; the invisible superior aura was enough to make people fearful.
"Next, I will try to defeat Yuuto head-on."
"However, this doesn't mean you can sit back and relax; be ready for me at all times."
Akashi spoke in a commanding tone.
Rakuzan people naturally wouldn't have a second voice because Akashi was also for victory.
Brief exchange ended; Akashi dribbled past half-court with a cold face.
Yuuto noticed his change immediately.
That heterochromatic left eye was particularly eye-catching.
"Met again, Yuuto."
"Does winning against me once make you that proud and arrogant?"
"That calm posture is the best proof of your arrogance!"
Akashi looked directly at Yuuto. The man in front of him was the opponent who gave him the first defeat in his life.
Also the object he must defeat.
And today.
He wanted to wash away the biggest stain in his life.
No extra nonsense.
With a smack, accompanying the basketball hitting the floor, the two collided rapidly.
After a brief slowing of rhythm, it was a fiercer confrontation.
Akashi's left eye, like the most advanced precision instrument, scanned Yuuto from head to toe at all times.
And Yuuto?
His brain operated like a computer, analyzing through the seen data combined with intelligence.
Red and golden ringed pupils expanded, colliding together.
Clearly no one else could see clearly except them, but the position of their duel seemed to form a wall, isolating the other eight people on the court.
A moment later.
With the basketball hitting the floor, Akashi accelerated past Yuuto's side.
He was extremely fast; although not tall, he utilized agility to the extreme.
Some felt that while the Emperor Eye was powerful, Akashi's body—static talent—would limit his future.
Perhaps among all Generation of Miracles, his future path would be the hardest.
This is simply a joke.
Isiah Thomas, the first leader of the Bad Boys Pistons, was only 1.85m tall.
One of the best point guards after 2000, No. 1 pick Chris Paul (CP3), was only 1.83m tall.
1996 Golden Generation No. 1 pick, MVP level player Iverson, the Answer of Philadelphia, was also only 1.83m tall.
When a player possesses such amazing vision talent, while dribbling ability reaches the ceiling level, discovering and creating opportunities at any time...
How could such a player's future be difficult?
"Passed?!" Seeing this, people exclaimed immediately.
Akashi won this matchup very cleanly.
The power of the Emperor Eye was too strong, seeing Yuuto's future directly.
Thinking deeply, everyone felt chills; didn't this mean the opponent's every offensive and defensive move was within his expectations?
Swish!
The ball went in. Akashi rushed into Seiho's paint in one breath, shaking off Giichi Omuro and Tsutomu Iwamura simultaneously with a toe tap, turning for a floater.
Too elegant, and too composed.
"King?"
"In front of Rakuzan, there is no King!"
Akashi's shooting hand hadn't dropped yet, as if declaring his strong return.
Rakuzan fans went crazy, shouting "Emperor."
"Dai-chan?!" Momoi's tone carried uncertainty.
"Yeah, that guy is back."
Aomine was particularly keen, discovering Akashi's difference immediately.
The opponent.
Returned to the past again... no, should say performed a personality switch.
"Hmph, what this and that; in the end, isn't he just a mental patient?" Sora opened her mouth, directly causing the surrounding people's brains to crash.
This girl really dared to speak. That was the Emperor of Rakuzan, the sole heir of the Akashi conglomerate, the favored son of heaven with many halos!
Akira Mottosua knew even better; although their family was quite rich, compared to the Akashi conglomerate, it was like a glowworm to the bright moon.
Everyone knew this young master had mental problems.
One soul split into two was abnormal in itself; Akashi was an incomplete person.
But you can't say it out so directly!
"Is he going to collide head-on with Yuuto now?" Eiji Shirogane watched from the sideline.
This wasn't the best time, but since it was Akashi's choice, what he needed to do was trust Akashi's decision.
"Opportunities are fleeting; come at me, Yuuto." Akashi's posture was strong to the extreme, completely different from the original Akashi.
"You were defeated by me." Yuuto's response was concise and powerful.
Subtext: You're not qualified to teach me how to play yet.
"It is this conceit that will make you bury yourself in flames." Akashi's voice was indifferent and aggressive.
"I prefer to call it confidence." Yuuto was stronger than Akashi. "That's how I pulled you down from the throne last year."
People on the side watching the two leaders talk felt that such verbal confrontation was even more intense than the confrontation on the court.
"I don't hate such a Little Sei-chan, but isn't it too lonely?" Mibuchi Reo wanted to intervene, but Tsugawa stopped him.
However.
At the three-point line position, the aura of the two was still rising.
An invisible domain isolated their approach.
They stared at each other, engaging in a fierce confrontation.
Then.
Yuuto moved, golden light erupting from his body, moving forward as a beam of light.
He saw Rakuzan's Dead Spot, but the enemy in front was trying his best to prevent him from sending the ball to that position.
"Oh? You can see our Dead Spots?"
"The Emperor Eye is absolute."
Akashi spoke Akashi-language (chuunibyou); Yuuto wasn't surprised. The secondary personality Akashi was such a person.
"This is true arrogance, Akashi. Nothing is absolute."
Familiar lines, like yesterday.
Yuuto exerted force with five fingers simultaneously during the drive.
Without any preparatory movement, more than 20,000 spectators in the arena, even cameras, couldn't catch it without slow-motion replay.
But Akashi's eyes could see.
"I said, the Emperor Eye is absolute!"
Smack!
He thrust his arm abruptly, destroying Yuuto's pass as fast as lightning.
"Actually intercepted!"
"Even that kind of pass can be cut off?"
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