Asura Divine Path

"Welcome to my Domain, Asura Divine Path. Domain. The Matrix." A mysterious light seemed to flicker deep within Ken Kaneki's eyes.

"Skill: Asura Divine Path.Domain.The Matrix, Skill Category: Conceptual Type, Skill Level: S+ (Growable), Skill Attributes: Big Data Prediction, Skill Effects: Can collect data from all players on the court. After data collection is complete, a Domain unique to the host can be formed, allowing for motion capture and prediction of all members within the Domain's range for a certain duration. Current Domain Range: 2m x 2m x 5m, Prediction Duration: 1s. Note: This skill has minor side effects before it is fully evolved."

Yes, this was the wool he'd managed to shear from Atsushi Murasakibara. The reason Ken Kaneki had slowed his pace and reduced his own shots in the first half was precisely to gather enough data.

"Kuso (Damn it), Ken Kaneki really is someone who can always surprise you..." Daiki Aomine said with a complex expression as he watched Ken Kaneki on the court.

"Kaneki-kun's talent... is truly breathtaking!" Seijuro Akashi looked at Ken Kaneki with disbelief. Beneath his right pupil, a golden light flashed and disappeared, and he murmured so low that no one could hear, "As expected, if you can see it, you can be one step ahead..."

The older students on the court currently had no leisure to join those off the court in commenting on how terrifying Ken Kaneki was. In their eyes, Ken Kaneki at this moment was like a boss in Elden Ring, making them feel disgusted, nauseous, and want to vomit.

But there was no other way; the game had to continue. Koji Nishida and Taro Sugiya prepared to repeat their old trick, continuing the tactic of avoiding Ken Kaneki on offense.

"Hasegawa, step forward and intercept the pass!" Just as Jun Okazaki was about to catch the basketball flying towards him, Ken Kaneki, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, ordered Hasegawa. Ichiro Hasegawa instinctively took a step forward, and sure enough, the basketball was within reach.

Having successfully intercepted the ball, Ichiro Hasegawa didn't hesitate. He threw a long pass to Ken Kaneki. After receiving the ball, Ken Kaneki bounced it once, took two steps inside the free-throw line, and dunked the ball almost as if he were floating. This time, the older students' team couldn't even form a double-team before their entire defense was broken.

"Come on again, seniors!" Ken Kaneki spread his arms, his eyes bloodshot, his golden pupils looking so eerie at this moment. "Do your best to entertain me!"

"You bastard!" Taro Sugiya clenched his fists, his eyes seeming to glare blood.

"This guy... he feels a bit different from usual. I feel like something's off..." Daiki Aomine said, watching Ken Kaneki on the court with some worry.

"Even though it's only been an afternoon, Ken-chan is generally a gentle guy," Atsushi Murasakibara added in agreement.

Yes, Ken Kaneki's current state was indeed a bit different. Although he could be a bit cunning, he wasn't usually this flamboyant and aggressive. However, Asura Divine Path was different from ordinary skills. It was a high-level stage achieved by basketball players who, after experiencing multiple severe defeats, integrated their unwillingness and persistence into the basketball and reached it through hellish training.

At this stage, basketball players could comprehend their own Otherworldly Domain Ball Skills, which often possessed extraordinary power and effects. Take Ken Kaneki, for example. Having lived two lives and possessing powerful Soul Power, with the enhancement of Divine Void Vision that could perceive all moves and their effects, it was not surprising that he drew the Asura Divine Path awakening, such a Domain.

But at this moment, Shuzo Nijimura, watching from the sidelines, couldn't sit still. The Ken Kaneki before him was a carbon copy of himself last year. If they continued playing like this, and the First String, after Ken Kaneki going easy on them in the first half, were to be humiliatingly overturned by Ken Kaneki in the second half with a 20-point lead, these guys might end up like the seniors last year and never want to play basketball again.

"Coach, perhaps you should call a timeout," Shuzo Nijimura suggested as he walked over to Kōzō Shirogane.

"Oh? Why do you think so?" Kōzō Shirogane looked at his prized disciple with some surprise. "Isn't what Kaneki is doing now what you did last year?"

"Precisely because of that, Coach," Shuzo Nijimura said with emotion, as if recalling something. "That's why I hope you'll call a timeout. If you let Ken Kaneki continue playing like this, Taro Sugiya and the others' basketball careers, their efforts and beliefs, will be ruined. Just like..."

"Just like the two seniors you drove to quit last year?" Kōzō Shirogane seemed to know what Shuzo Nijimura wanted to say.

"Yes, Coach," Shuzo Nijimura admitted, lowering his head.

"You really are cold on the outside but warm on the inside, Shuzo. I told you, it wasn't your fault." Kōzō Shirogane's gaze shifted to Ken Kaneki on the court, sighing with emotion. "Shame is the beginning of courage. If one doesn't even have the courage to admit they are outmatched, or the belief to strive harder, such a person cannot speak of a basketball career."

Kōzō Shirogane paused and continued, "Although I don't know who could be strong enough to defeat Kaneki with his immense talent, it's clear that Kaneki's current state is that of a samurai who has crawled out of hell. He has likely lost more times than all of you combined."

"This..." Shuzo Nijimura looked at Ken Kaneki, who was currently dominating the court, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Enjoy the game, the first roar of a monster released from its cage is happening right now." Kōzō Shirogane patted Shuzo Nijimura's shoulder and said no more.

At this moment, the score on the court had reached 45 to 44. That's right, since the second half began, the First String hadn't scored a single point. Ken Kaneki, relying on his absolute individual strength and occasional brilliant small-scale coordinated plays, had pushed the First String back step by step, leaving them with no power to fight back.

"Are you sure you still need to defend me so seriously?" Ken Kaneki looked at the three players who came to double-team him, spreading his hands. "I don't even have the ball in my hands right now, you don't need to be so tense..."

"Stop your nonsense..." Before Koji Nishida could finish speaking, Ken Kaneki's figure once again became as elusive as a data stream. He tried hard to keep up with Ken Kaneki's movements, but only when he bumped into Taro Sugiya did he realize that Ken Kaneki had already left them far behind.

"This game..." Ken Kaneki, having shaken off the double-team, cut into the paint like lightning. In everyone's eyes, he soared into the air like a roc spreading its wings, caught Iizawa Shuji's pass, and slammed the ball into the basket with a windmill dunk.

"I won." After landing, Ken Kaneki didn't even glance at the First String players, who looked like defeated dogs. Like an emperor, he delivered the absolute verdict of the match.