Difficult Win

The refraction of light slowly began to decorate the course of the match, accompanied by the flying sand and the field filled with sand, making the match feel like being in a desert.

The five members of the Risato Academy basketball team who carried out the attack began to feel something strange about themselves but did not know what it was. Easily they make attacks and end up scoring points but not their numbers increase but the opponents' numbers increase.

"What the hell happened? Didn't we score the numbers?" Tomoi wondered because of the strangeness that had happened between them.

Slowly they began to realize by seeing the ball that they pushed into the opponent's ring was actually under their ring while they were like idiots trying to score points without the ball.

"I think you guys have already felt what is called a true illusion," said Kaze as he passed Tomoi who was still confused about what had happened.

The score is now 77-80 and it will be a little more balanced but with the technique used by Kazemaru it makes the numbers increase for the Cyoku High School basketball team to make the score now 89-80 and lead the tally.

"Damn, the illusion is too troublesome ... how are we supposed to stop it?" Taki starts to give up because of his opponent's abilities but doesn't know how to deal with it.

In the midst of the match that was getting to its climax, slowly the sand that was created by Kaze began to disappear followed by the roar of irregular breath indicating that Kaze's stamina had been drained away.

Seeing this, Mr. Yagami finally replaced Kaze with Ryu who had been resting since earlier so that his stamina had almost completely recovered. The opposing team coach also replaced Taki and Tomoi with twin team members named Kizu and Hazu.

"Finally we were played by the coach," said Kizu.

"Yes, and this is the time to show how terrible our abilities are that we are made secret weapons by the coach," Hazu continued arrogantly.

The match was finally resumed with the Risato Academy basketball team carrying the ball and carrying out attacks. Hazu, who gets the ball, signals his twin to do something and something unexpected happens.

"Synchronization - Double Attack"

The two twins alternated in passing the ball and each time they passed each other the passes also accelerated as their speed increased significantly.

Raito who saw this tried to keep up with their movements with his speed but it was useless because he was fighting two people with almost the same speed as him.

"T-it's like fighting two Raitos at one time," said Ryu, dumbfounded at the ability of his twin siblings.

"If your ability is speed then let me stop you with my ability," said Shin while activating his gravitational field ability.

"We've been privy to your abilities since watching from the bench," Hazu replied.

"Your gravitational pressure only affects a portion of the area around you and if we do that then it shouldn't be affected by that ability of yours," continued Kizu.

"Dragon Essence"

Ryu activates his ability and absorbs Kizu and Hazu's speed so that his speed increases and tries to stop them followed by Raito who overshadows their movements but the sibling bond that the two twins have far exceeds his cooperation with Raito because he has just joined the team so the two brothers finally can add numbers to his team.

"They're too strong !! What should we do?" said Ryu who was almost discouraged.

"Calm down, there must be a way to break the combined attack of the twins," Hiruka replied trying to encourage.

While they were looking for a way to break the combination of the twins, the numbers continued to grow and the score was again led by the Risato Academy with a score of 95-108 accompanied by a whistle sounding the end of the third quarter.

"We are lucky enough to score with a three-point shot from the captain but as long as we can't break the combination of the two twins, the numbers will be even wider," Shin said while sipping the drinking water he was holding.

By clenching his fists, Gyo held back his emotions because he couldn't play during the third quarter and begged to be played in the last quarter.

"Pak Yagami, please send me off during the last quarter," asked Gyo.

"Are you sure? With your current condition you can't play until the end," replied Mr. Yagami reminded him.

"I will try my best to survive to the end," Gyo replied confidently.

After arguing for a long time, finally Mr. Yagami allowed Gyo to compete and replace Raito, but suddenly Hiruka refused to do so.

"Let Gyo replace me, at least this is for the sake of victory and my body is also very tired because of their rain technique," Hiruka said.

"Are you sure?" asked Mr. Yagami.

"Yes, this is my decision," Hiruka replied.

"Well then, with this then Gyo will come in to replace Hiruka," said Mr. Yagami giving a decision.

Finally the last quarter game begins and the ball quickly passes from hand to hand trying to score. With Gyo's ability, the speed of the two twin brothers meant nothing to him who used his second seal which was able to jump through time.

"Let's pass the ball to me," asked Ren who was preparing with his wind ability.

Gyo quickly passed the ball in his hand to Ren but suddenly Hazu and Kizu blocked him trying to grab the ball. Seeing this, Ren immediately threw the ball towards the opponent's ring but it was seen that the ball had missed far and would soon be out of the field.

"Shoot where are you? Even though you try to control it with your wind ability but it's too late because the ball will come out soon," said Hibike who saw the ball missed.

"Who said I was aiming for the ring? I have teammates and I trust them," replied Ren.

Sure enough, the ball that was about to leave the field was swiftly caught by Shin, who floated in the air and immediately dunked.

"It's not just about scoring points but playing as a team and trusting each other in the team," said Ren as he returned to defense.

The match continues until there are only 3 minutes remaining and the Cyoku High School team's points almost match their opponents with a score of 116-118 but it looks like the members of the Cyoku High School basketball team are getting tired and reaching their limits. This is not wasted by the opposing team and immediately attacks until it finally adds to the score.

The scoreboard shows the numbers 116-120 where the Cyoku High School team has to score 5 more points to surpass their opponent's score but their body condition is no longer supportive.

As their legs started to wobble because they could no longer be moved, suddenly a red light hit the five members of the Cyoku High School team and they felt like their stamina had completely recovered.

"I don't want you to be defeated by other people so I will wait for you in the final, Brother and at that time let me beat you." Nick, who was apparently still around the field, used his eye ability to give suggestions so that the target's body would be fit again.

With their stamina recovering, the remaining 3 minutes were not wasted and added to the scores in a row so that until the long whistle sounded they surpassed their opponent's score with a score of 151-120.

Thus, they were confirmed to get tickets to the finals but after the long whistle sounded, the five teenagers collapsed and fell unconscious.

whats next?

To be continued ...