Checkmate

Chess...

This is one of the many sports that sharpen the brain where the right strategy is needed to be able to beat your opponent. It never occurred to them that someone could turn a basketball match into a chess match. The black and white pattern that is closely attached to the game of chess is now clearly plastered on the floor and no one knows how this ability works.

"What's this? It's as if we're like chess pieces even though it's a basketball game." Shin looked at the ground floor and saw himself standing in a white box.

Not only Shin but the other members also stood in a different box where Gyo, Ren and Kaze stood on a black box and Hiruka stood in a white box just like Shin.

"This is what I am capable of ... try to score as best you can." Hirusu stared at his opponent while smiling broadly as if everything in that place was under his control.

Shin did not waste the opportunity and took the initiative to attack and began bouncing the ball he was holding. While going through the checkered pattern on the floor where he stood, Shin ran and passed three boxes at once until he finally stopped at the third box as if something was blocking his way.

"What's this? Why can't I move forward?" he muttered to himself.

Shin tried to pass the ball in his hand to Ren who was nearby but it seemed like something was holding him from passing.

"Shin try to form an L on the box." Hiruka shouted loudly giving direction to Shin.

Without thinking anymore, Shin immediately moved according to the direction of the captain and proved himself to be able to move again. Soon Shin again tried to pass the ball to Ren but it was too late because the whistle now sounded a sign that a violation had occurred.

"8-Second Violation"

Apparently Shin took the ball too long during the attack without passing it. Without bothering to grab the ball, the Kyura High School basketball team gets the ball easily.

"Do you like my abilities?" Hirusu again provoked his opponent and made Shin, who heard it, start to get emotional.

While patting Shin's shoulder, Ren shook his head to warn Shin not to get carried away. Stunned Shin tried to suppress his emotions and returned to defense. They try to adapt to circumstances that make them unable to move at will because of their opponent's abilities, in contrast to their opponents who seem to be used to that situation.

"Let's widen the difference in points," said Bato, who is now starting the attack.

With a well-coordinated attack pattern, they try to get points by taking advantage of the circumstances of their opponents who are still trying to adapt to those circumstances.

"Let me hold them." Shin prepared to use his eye ability to withstand the opponent's attacks but in anticipation of Kura's counterattacking ability, he looked for the right position.

Shin started to move to make an L letter pattern but suddenly his steps stopped because he could not move based on that pattern anymore.

"Why isn't this useful anymore?" complained Shin.

"I created this area so I can freely change the type of chess pieces to my liking," Hirusu said.

The ball quickly changed hands and now Hirusu got the ball, Gyo hurriedly tried to block him and made contact with Hirusu but the closer he got to Hirusu the more he felt the distance he was from his opponent.

"This ability again ... I have to find a way to break their attack," thought Gyo.

"Let me tell you something ... Right now you are a king and I am also a king so no matter how hard you approach me it will not bear fruit," Hirusu explained.

"Don't forget I'm here !! I already know that I become queen pawns so you shouldn't be able to move since I've checked you, "said Hiruka causing Hirusu's movements to stop.

"No !! Right now you are a pawn," said Hirusu while moving back.

Hirusu then threw the ball in his hand towards Fuji who was ready with his technique and executed the ball perfectly and scored.

"I told you I can change you according to my wishes," said Hirusu as he hurried off to his team's defensive area.

The attack was carried out again by the Cyoku High School basketball team, but there was something strange about Gyo who looked stunned and didn't move at all. His mind felt blank and slowly began to fill with memories about the defeat of his team and made him lose the ability of Gold Eyes at that time.

In silence, Gyo began to enter his soul realm where Pride was standing as if waiting for him. Gyo looks confused by the situation and starts to wonder if the fourth seal exam will start soon but seems to understand Gyo's way of thinking finally shows something.

"I need your help ... watch your reflection start to stir and the dark side starts to devour the white part." Pride showed a reflection of Gyo's self that he got during the previous third seal exam and saw the white part began to decrease.

"What really happened? Was it my emotional influence?" asked Gyo.

"It's not like that, this is a sign that you have too restrained your dark side and can't control the white side." A man who Gyo knew slowly revealed himself.

"Grand? Why are you in a place like this?" Gyo became even more surprised when he saw Grand's figure who suddenly appeared.

"There's no time, you have to get hold of the black part of your reflection before it spreads," Grand insisted.

Gyo pauses for a moment thinking about what to do and it makes Grand know that Gyo still doesn't understand how to control the black part of his reflection.

"You have to focus on bringing out the dark side you've been suppressing and I'm going to take over your body for a moment to suppress your dark side from the outside because I have a mirror image of myself that's entirely white," Grand explained.

Gyo finally understood what to do then sat in front of his reflection and took out all the negativity that he had been suppressing. Grand who saw it smiled then made a portal and immediately entered it.

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Meanwhile in the field, Gyo who was previously silent now starts to emit a black aura and makes his teammates who see it start to worry. They thought something bad would happen to Gyo until finally they saw a golden white light coming out of Gyo's Gold Eyes and slowly began to merge with the black aura.

"So this is Gyo's body? It's been a long time since I felt the pleasure of competing," muttered Grand who was currently possessing Gyo's body.

As soon as Grand starts moving and helping out with the attack, the rest of the Cyoku High School basketball team begin to wonder about what really happened to Gyo.

"Are you okay Gyo?" asked Ren.

"I'm fine ... let's continue this fun," replied Grand who was in Gyo's body with a smile.

Attack after attack is intensified but with Hirusu's ability, he manages the type of pieces that make it difficult for his opponent to score.

"So he wants to play chess with me huh ... It's still 100 years too fast for you to beat me son," muttered Grand as he gestured for the ball.

By using the ability of Gold Eyes, Grand now moves the positions of the Cyoku High School basketball team members one by one, making Hirusu confused about who to change the type of piece.

"Finally checkmate, you lost this game kid," Grand said, shooting and scoring.

whats next?

To be continued ...