Without realizing it, tears slowly started rolling down Gyo's cheeks, accompanied by slow and heavier steps. Gyo is no longer able to look at the sad face of his teammate who is now bowed down holding back a feeling of disappointment. Only said sorry when Gyo arrived near his friends who were gloomy while occasionally staring at the scoreboard that read the numbers 32-56.
"I'm sorry friends ... this ... this is all my fault," said Gyo quietly.
Shin stared at Gyo who had just arrived and could no longer hold back the overflowing emotions. He pulled Gyo's collar, who was standing still with tears in his eyes, then took a square to land a punch on Gyo's face.
"This is what I deserve for destroying this team once again." Gyo resigns what Shin will do to him.
Hearing Gyo's words, Shin grew more emotional but not a punch landed on Gyo's face but a text full of emotion.
"What are you saying idiot? Hurry up and change your clothes and get ready to fight,"
Deg ...
Gyo's heart felt like it was about to stop hearing Shin's response. He seemed to not believe what he heard from Shin's mouth and slowly looked at the faces of his friends one by one.
"Just came and said as if our team had already lost, what do you mean huh?" said Raito emotionally.
"Quickly change your clothes and I wait for an explanation from you later when we win this match," Hiruka ordered with a cold gaze.
"S-so we haven't lost yet? But why do you guys look like ...."
Not finished Gyo continued his words, Ren immediately grabbed his shoulder and landed a hard header on Gyo's forehead and made him grimace in pain while rubbing his forehead.
"Hurry up and change your clothes because the second half will soon begin !!" snapped Ren.
Apparently the sound of the long whistle that Gyo heard earlier was a sign of the end of the first half, but Gyo mistook it as a sign of the end of the match. With a relieved smile while rubbing his sore forehead, Gyo rushed to the changing room and immediately changed the clothes he was wearing with his proud basketball uniform.
The second half finally started and Gyo finally came in to replace Raito as well as Kaze who came in to replace Ryu to increase their attack power.
"Finally they entered their Ace Player so it's time for us to be more serious," said Bato encouraging his friends.
Jump Ball is done again and Shin is ready to jump to get the ball together with Kura who is ready to do an aerial duel with Shin.
As soon as the ball is floated, Shin tries to grab it but the closer his hand gets to the ball, the farther the ball is from his reach.
"What exactly is this? Could this be the same as Raito and Ryu who have trouble scoring?" Shin wondered about the situation that had happened until finally his body had unwittingly passed the ball so that the ball could easily be caught by Kura.
The ball quickly changed hands after Kura passed it to Fuji who was standing in front of him. Fuji immediately ran while dribbling the ball towards his opponent's ring but Gyo swiftly blocked him.
"Pass me if you can," said Gyo loudly.
Without thinking, Fuji immediately jumped high and suddenly a replica of a mountain was created in front of Gyo which made Fuji seem to have entered the crater of the mountain before finally coming out like a bullet fired from a cannon.
"Mountain Eruption Barrage"
Fuji shouted the name of his technique and immediately appeared several other clones of himself from the replica of the mountain and one by one did a dunk until finally the points increased for his team.
"W-what exactly is it?" Gyo asked with open mouth.
"Don't worry, there are other techniques that we haven't shown you," replied Tora who was on near Gyo.
Cyoku High School basketball team again has to pick the ball from under their ring and is now ready to counterattack. Kaze immediately created his own sand area and without further ado immediately ran looking for an opening. As if he understood Kaze's intention, Hiruka quickly threw the ball towards Kaze who was already in position but suddenly the ball bounced before landing on the targeted area.
"T-that ...."
Hiruka is shocked to see a mountain appear on the field again and block the ball so it doesn't reach Kaze. The ball quickly returned to the defense line of Cyoku High School basketball team and Shin hastily grabbed it before it was taken by the opposing team members.
Seeing Shin who got the ball, Gyo immediately ran towards the opponent's defense and asked for the ball. Bato who realized this immediately used his ability to stop Gyo's movements.
"Floor Trap"
The ball is now easily obtained by Gyo but Gyo realizes that he is stepping on something.
"What is this?" Gyo notices something strange on his feet.
"I advise you not to move at all from that place because something could happen," warned Bato.
Gyo, who couldn't believe what Bato was saying, started running back but when he lifted his leg, he suddenly bounced and let go of the ball he was holding.
"Don't tell me that I didn't warn you beforehand," said Bato as he picked up the ball that Gyo had released earlier.
A counterattack is now being launched but Gyo doesn't stay silent. Gyo immediately stood up and activated the second seal, preparing to steal the ball with his time jump. Kura, who accidentally saw Gyo's left eye glowing, realized that Gyo was going to do something so he quickly recited his technique.
"Mirror Move"
Shortly after Gyo regained the ball with his eye ability, mysteriously the ball he was holding disappeared again and is now held by Kura.
"Fortunately, I quickly realized this," said Kura.
Counterattacks continued and again it was Fuji who became the executor to score points with his technique.
"Unfortunately the difference in points is increasing and now our score is almost half of their score," said Shin.
The match resumed but it felt like it made no difference before and after Gyo entered the field. The solid defense and strong attack of the opposing team was so perfect that it seemed like there was no gap that would allow them to score to turn the tide.
"What should I do?" muttered Gyo.
Kaze who saw what happened began to force the second phase of his ability trying to make the opposing team exhausted quickly.
"Looks like this has already started ... Let's do the third stage plan," said Bato when he realized Kaze's second phase was active.
With a nod of his head, the four members of the Kyura High School basketball team began to form a rectangular formation with Fuji standing in the middle. A moment later the temperature inside the field felt cold and the sand created by Kaze began to turn into rocks.
"Feel the natural abilities of the mountains that come from where we live," said the five members of the Kyura High School basketball team.
The feeling of despair felt by every member of the Cyoku High School basketball team began to become unbearable, especially when they saw their opponents' abilities were so solid that they seemed unable to fight anymore.
"I thought they were just an easy opponent but I never thought that they were wolves hiding their fangs," said Shin.
whats next?
To be continued ...