No More Suspense

Tokyo, Yoyogi Gymnasium, Court One—the Winter Cup quarterfinal between Miuradai and Toyotama.

As Miuradai's main lineup, led by Wu Yufei, officially took the court, the entire Toyotama team was immediately stunned within the first minute of the second half.

The eight-point lead they had painstakingly built in the first half was reduced to just three points in the blink of an eye.

If they could still overcome the physical exhaustion of having started in the first half and played until now,

then the fierce counterattack launched after Wu Yufei took the court was the truly fatal blow to every Toyotama player's mentality.

Was this the universally acknowledged strongest high school player? Was this the universally acknowledged strongest champion team?

How were they supposed to beat opponents like this?

Once such self-doubt arose, if it could not be curbed in time, it would quickly spread from person to person throughout the team, corroding everyone's fighting spirit.

Beep—!!

"Toyotama requests a timeout!!"

Therefore, despite the second half having only just begun, Coach Kanahira immediately called a timeout.

He did not want to see his players get knocked flat before their opponents had even finished swinging their opening three blows.

Once the players returned to the bench, Coach Kanahira did not criticize anyone. He understood that it was not because his players were weak; their opponents were simply far too overwhelming.

So Coach Kanahira seized the time to first calm his players down, then immediately analyzed the current situation and arranged their next tactics.

The one-minute timeout quickly passed, and the entire Toyotama team had calmed down under Coach Kanahira's reassurance.

At the very least, the budding atmosphere of self-doubt had temporarily been cut off. Whether it would emerge again later was another matter.

"Let's go!!"

"Roar!!"

The reinvigorated Toyotama players roared as