The game ( Last part )

(MC POV)

After the dunk, Haizaki landed and turned to look at all the defenders who had awe and shocked expressions on their faces and said a with a smirk

" You're making it too easy for me boys~"

After saying that we both started jogging back to our side of the court.

"What did you think of the dunk?" He asked me

"It was aight~. What did you think of the assist?"

"Well~ you could've done better." He replied

We both looked at each other and then laughed.

(Game POV)

Score 5:0

" What the hell are you guys doing! You're loosing against a bunch of rookies!!" Yelled the coach

His players just kept theirs down until Iwamura woke up from his trance.

"We can't keep going like this. Pass me the ball after I get under the basket!" He shouted and they noded.

Ryuhei got the ball the across the half court line, And Yukimura immediately defended, but he had no intentions of going through.

Iwamura ran under the basket and asked for the ball which he immediately received and started posting up against Haizaki, using all his strength, he managed to push him away and dunk

5:2

As Yukimura crossed the half line, he saw both Ryuhei and Sakamoto double teaming him and he wasn't surprised or scared, he sped up acting like he was about to force his way through the middle which prompted both of them to block that path, after which he stopped, then dribbled the ball between his legs and caught it with his right hand. He jabs right acting like he was about to go that way which worked since Sakamoto leaned trying to stop him but then Yukimura rolled back and at the same time got through their double team. As soon as he got through, he didn't waste any time and passed the ball to Tsugawa who was free.

Tsugawa caught the ball and went for a layup but then he heard someone shout :

" Pass it here baldie! " which he did instinctively and he was lucky that he did because a soon as he passed the ball he felt a huge shadow looming above him.

It was Iwamura who was about to slap the ball out of his hand him.

' Darn it !' Cursed Iwamura

The ball went to Haizaki who caught it, jumped and [boom!] slammed it in the rim with one hand.

The game kept going like that with both Yukimura and Haizaki ripping through the regulars defence, even Tsugawa contributed by scoring a couple of layups.

Actually Tsugawa did a hell of a good job since he managed to completely lock Sakamoto the power forward while on defence.

So with 4 minutes left on the scoreboard, the score was :

{ 27 - 11 }

At this time, the coach could be seen sitting on his chair staring at the score with lifeless eyes.

{ MC POV }

With only four minutes left, I look at the regulars, saw their hopeless expressions and thought:

' I need this whole team to completely accept me as their leader, and to earn that respect, i have to show them just how superior I am!.'

So without stalling I closed my eyes, and completely activated «God's mind!».

As soon as I did, as if an ancient beast, that finally woke from it's slumber, my body started emitting some kind of pressure that everyone that stood close to me felt.

' [sigh] I always get the chills when he goes into that state ' Thought Haizaki

' Wh what is happening!!?' Thought Tsugawa and the two no-names, feeling their hair stand on ends.

But I ignored them, as I was deep into my mind palace.

My mind palace is in the form of a basketball court, and on this court , were phantoms of every players who are playing with and against me right now, both my teammates and the regulars. But that's not all, on that court there's also my phantom. Those phantoms were created using all the info I gathered during the game.

Then, as if a god overlooking this world, I make my phantom simulate my actions against my enemies and I do so until I get the result I want, and all of that is done speed of thought. For example I can now see Ryuhei phantom going near me with the ball while looking around for an open pass, Omuro's phantom gets free and as Ryuhei's phantom was about to pass it, I make mine try to intercept it but didn't work. So just like a movie, I pressed pause, and replayed this part while making my phantom take a different approach. And I did this countless of times till I got the result I wanted. And all of that didn't take more than a second.

After coming out of my palace, I turned around saw the shocked look of my teammates, but I ignored that and told them :

" Have no mercy, don't stop until the time runs out, and as of now, every time we attack, I want you to do everything you can to get rid of your defence and into a spot where you're sure you will score." I ordered with a calm voice

" If you can do that, I promise that the ball will come to you so just trust me alright " I finished

"Yes!"

As soon as they finished replying , Ryuhei crossed the half line and came near me while dribbling the ball.

[Game POV]

As soon as Ryuhei got close to Yukimura, he felt the pressure coming off him.

' The hell?' He thought. He had no intentions of going 1 v 1 with him, as every time he tried to, he kept seeing past pictures of Yukimura stopping him with ease in his mind, but at least his passes were still going through.

So with that out of the way, he started looking around for an open pass which he got, as he saw Omuro getting rid of his mark and run toward the basket asking for a pass, so he immediately held the ball with both hands and was about to pass but then Yukimura appeared exactly in the direction he was gonna use to get the ball to Omuro and he didn't have time to do anything else as Yukimura dashed straight to him and popped the ball right out his hands. ' the fuck?!?' Though Ryuhei in horror.

As the ball got out of Ryuhei's hands, and bounced on the floor, Yukimura didn't even hold it, he turned that bounce into a dribble, and rushed straight to the opponent's basket, this time he stopped holding back, and used his full speed, although he didn't have Aomine level of speed, he was still quite fast. No one caught up to him as ended the play with a beautiful lay up.

' How the heck did he how what I was going for? Did i make it obvious' though Ryuhei as he started doubting himself. ' And what is up with that speed, was he holding back this entire time?.' He didn't even know what to believe anymore.

Yukimura ran back to the defence ignoring all the looks he was getting.

Ryuhei took the inbound and passed it to Iwamura before he even crossed the half line, Iwamura was surprised but just accepted and as he forced his way in, he thought Yukimura would come and try to stop him but the guy didn't even move, heck he didn't even spare him a glance, and allowed him to pass by,

' Something's wrong !' He thought.

But then Haizaki appeared in front of him and tried to steal the ball, but luckily he was on alert as he used his body to protect ball,

" Watch out! Behind you" He heard Ryuhei shout

But it was too late because as soon as he used his body to protect the ball, Yukimura sneaked behind him and stole the ball.

'Shit! Shit! Shit!' He kept cussing as he ran back defence.

Yukimura walked slowly while dribbling the ball, and as walked pass half line, Ryuhei and Sakamoto came running to try and double team him again but this time, he didn't let them. He immediately took off at full speed to the left side of their basket, Sakamoto tried to follow him, but he suddenly stopped, did a crossover from left to right, which made Sakamoto slip and fall in an awkward position, he kept going and as he was about to enter the 3 point line, Ryuhei finally caught up and tried to stop him but then Yukimura suddenly threw a hard pass that went just a few inches away past Ryuhei's face, into the 3 point line, on the left side of the basket, no more than 2 steps away from the lane and into the hands of—

{A few seconds earlier}

Tsugawa was standing outside the 3 point line on the left side, and was being guarded by Omuro.

' What did he mean by < the ball will come to you>' he thought.

'[ Sigh] why am I even racking my brain on this, let's just do as he says and see what happens. '

decided Tsugawa as he saw Yukimura drop one the seniors.

He then looked at Osamu who was staring Yukimura in shock and then used that chance to get rid of his defence but then something weird happened. He had just crossed the 3 point line and the ball appeared just a step away from him as if waiting for him. His body reacted and he caught it instinctively. He was stunned for a second before doing a simple jump shot that went in.

{ Now }

Nobody reacted, no, It's more like no one could.

Heck even the scorer was surprised!!

" Ooooo! Captain!!!!!What was that? That was the most creepy and the most amazing assist I've ever received!!" Screamed Tsugawa

Yukimura just chuckled, gave him a fist pump and told him :

" Good job~"

After he saying that he ran back to the defence.

'So cool!' Tsugawa thought

The game kept on going with Yukimura's total domination. With ten seconds left, the score was

{41 : 11}

" Ryuhei, guys[ huff huff]I know we already lost but [huff] let's at least, get the last shot!" Said Iwamura while huffing.

" Yes" They all replied with serious expressions

" Thanks, Ryuhei, I don't know how he does it but if you get to close to him, he's gonna steal the ball from you, so keep your distance, wait for me to go in, and then give me an alley-oop, throw it high above his head, make sure he doesn't get it, if you do that, I swear I'll get in!" Promised Iwamura with passion.

" Alright let's do this!" Ryuhei said with focus.

{ 10 } He then took the inbound, and ran with all his strength.

{ 7 } He crossed the half line and stopped a few steps away from Yukimura, watching him closely, as he didn't want any surprises.

{ 6 } But surprisingly Yukimura didn't even try to get close, heck he wasn't even defending, he just stood there with a hand on his hip, while looking at him stray in the eyes.

" It's now Ryuhei! Do it!!" Screamed Iwamura as he finally got under the basket.

{ 5} When Ryuhei heard that, he held the ball with both hands, still carefully looking at Yukimura who still didn't make any move. But as he was about do the alley-oop, he froze, and a picture of Yukimura blocking him appeared in his mind. He looked back at Yukimura who was still in the same position, with the same blank expression, and cold eyes he had every time he blocked him, every time he stole the ball from him and every time he passed him. And then it happened, his body completely froze up.

{ 3 } " Ryuhei do it now!!" " Ryuhei what are …" "Ryu.." "…" Iwamura's voice kept getting farther and farther until it completely disappeared.

His vision started getting blurry and then went completely dark. He couldn't scream or shout as he couldn't feel his mouth. He couldn't feel anything at all, not his arms, nor his legs, not even the ball he was still holding somehow.

[ 2 ] Then, Yukimura walked slowly, step by step, his presence, full of grace, and authority. Nobody spoke, some even forgot to breathe as he arrived and stopped just a foot away from Ryuhei.

[ 1 ] His cold eyes and cold face expression melted away and was replaced by a kind look and sincere smile as he gently picked the ball from Ryuhei's hands and said with a gentle voice :

" Thank you for the gift, but you really shouldn't have~."

[BUZZER!!!!]

{ END OF THE GAME }