Monsters in Sendoh's Eyes

Episode 12, Shendai Liufei also started learning about the sport of basketball because of Chi Tong.

Seeing Chi Tong dominate the court for the first time, directing formations like a general, she was deeply captivated.

Watching Chi Tong's brilliant passes time and time again, along with those incredible steals, gave her the feeling that everything in the world was under Chi Tong's control.

When Shendai Liufei witnessed this scene, she was actually somewhat entranced; such a Chi Tong was simply too attractive, and coupled with Chi Tong's unique crimson hair and those heterochromatic eyes, a blush unconsciously appeared on Shendai Liufei's pretty face.

Ever since then, she would often come to the basketball gym to watch Chi Tong play basketball.

Shendai Liufei pushed open the door to the gym directly, and was immediately drawn to Chi Tong and Sendoh dueling on the court.

She was somewhat surprised, but curiosity quickly replaced it. She naturally knew Sendoh, who was the undisputed ace of the current basketball team.

Of course, this was without factoring in Chi Tong. Although no one said it out loud, everyone was clear that with Chi Tong's strength, calling him the basketball team's second ace was no exaggeration.

Shendai Liufei did not disturb the duel between the two inside the court, but instead found a spot for herself and quietly watched the interior of the gym.

At this moment, the duel between Chi Tong and Sendoh had not yet ended. Judging from the state of the two individuals, they should have been fighting for quite a long time.

Sweat was visibly sliding down both of their foreheads, and their training jerseys also had traces of being soaked by sweat, making the intensity of their battle imaginable.

"I never thought you'd be strong to this extent!"

Sendoh panted heavily, looking at Chi Tong before him, and praised.

Normally, he could only sense that Chi Tong was unusual. Even during practice matches, he could only experience the pressure brought by Chi Tong's passing, but only when facing Chi Tong directly did he clearly realize that Chi Tong was not just great at passing.

After just a few rounds of dueling, Sendoh felt that he was unfathomable, having the illusion of being seen through, and many times the opponent could act a step ahead of him.

Then there was Chi Tong's stealing ability. If he hadn't raised his vigilance to the maximum and locked his eyes on Chi Tong at every single moment, he probably didn't know how many times Chi Tong would have stripped the ball from him.

This stealing ability that could bring pressure to him almost every single second was truly terrifying.

Chi Tong dribbled the basketball, likewise panting heavily as he said, "You're strong too."

He also hadn't expected Sendoh's strength to already be this formidable back in middle school. Aside from not using the Eye of Heaven, he had used pretty much all of his strength.

Although he could currently only unleash about 20% to 30% of Akashi Seijuro's various abilities, it still wasn't just anyone who could push him to this degree.

It was imaginable that Sendoh's talent and strength were definitely not to be underestimated.

If evaluated according to Kuroko's Basketball, even if Sendoh's talent fell short of the Uncrowned Kings, he would still be considered the number one person beneath the kings.

Chi Tong stabilized his posture, then let out a long breath. "Although I haven't completely mastered this last shot yet, I'd like to try out its effect."

Sendoh looked somewhat perplexed.

Yet before he could think further, Chi Tong had already begun to move.

As the tempo of the basketball pounding quickened, the pupils of Chi Tong's eyes also underwent flickering changes. One could see that within Chi Tong's heterochromatic pupils, faint halos of light were continuously flashing—this was the Eye of Heaven, one of the talents Chi Tong had inherited from Akashi Seijuro.

At the same time, Chi Tong's aura underwent a tremendous transformation, the entire person shifting instantly from approachable to aloof, and even the surrounding temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

Feeling this abnormality, Sendoh's expression changed as well.

Startled by the change in the Chi Tong before him, he simply couldn't believe everything happening right before his eyes; a person's aura could actually change by such a massive margin.

You had to know that aura was something that required prolonged exposure to certain things to cultivate, and even if there were differences, it would only alter somewhat upon that foundation.

Yet Chi Tong's display at this moment completely shattered that perception, acting quite literally as if he had turned from one person into an entirely different person.

Shendai Liufei outside the court also noticed this scene, the expression on her pretty face shifting repeatedly.

Although she didn't know what had happened, she still managed to restrain her curiosity.

She prepared to wait until the duel between these two concluded to ask Chi Tong about it in private.

On the court, Chi Tong slightly bent his knees, lowering his center of gravity, his gaze locked onto Sendoh ahead like a hawk.

He held the ball at his side, lightly tapping it with his right hand, the rhythm steady yet impossible to ignore.

Suddenly, his gaze tightened, his right foot violently stepping out a step to the front left, his toes touching the ground as his body rapidly leaned forward in tandem, launching forth like a streak of crimson lightning. Sendoh instinctively moved in that direction.

However, Chi Tong halted his footsteps in an instant, his wrist flicking to switch the ball from under his crotch to his left hand, while his left foot pushed off the ground like a spring, the entire person changing direction and driving to the right like a phantom.

His footsteps were extremely light and swift, his ankles flexibly driving his calves to rotate as if drawing an arc upon the ground. The very fraction of a second before Sendoh could react, Chi Tong had already shaken him off, his figure charging into the paint like a panther.

Seeing this, Sendoh instinctively forced a lateral shift of his center of gravity. The exact moment he twisted his body, he only felt his feet suddenly go empty, the center of gravity of his entire lower body spinning into chaos.

Sendoh lost his footing and was about to pitch face-first toward the ground, but he quickly steadied his body, thus avoiding an actual tumble.

Yet because of this, he also lost the optimal timing to defend Chi Tong.

Chi Tong made his way all the way to the rim, using no flashy shots whatsoever, merely executing a simple layup, and the basketball was steadily deposited into the hoop by Chi Tong.

As the basketball went through the net, Chi Tong slowly turned around, looked at Sendoh who was currently wearing a stunned expression, and smiled, "Five-five tie!"

Pulling himself back from his daze, Sendoh helplessly revealed a bitter smile. "Sigh, looks like it's not going to be so easy to beat you. Let's call it a day here."

Finished speaking, his entire person relaxed.

Chi Tong had no objections either, glancing at the sky outside the window. "Mm, it certainly is getting late."

"Can you tell me what you just did to me?"

Sendoh asked with a curious expression.

Chi Tong didn't conceal it either, replying directly, "Actually, it's nothing much. I just disrupted the center of gravity beneath your feet." "Is that so?"

Sendoh was lost in thought.

Disrupting someone's center of gravity sounded easy, but wanting to pull off such a feat wasn't something you could accomplish just by talking about it; even for him, disrupting an opponent's balance was no simple task.

Thinking back to how Chi Tong had disrupted his balance moments ago with a completely casual expression, as if there had been no difficulty to it whatsoever.

Sendoh looked at Chi Tong with a complex expression, muttering beneath his breath, "You really are a monster!"

Chi Tong merely smiled faintly and said nothing.

He wasn't much right now; once he developed Akashi Seijuro's innate abilities to 100%, that would be when he was a true monster.

Soon, he noticed a familiar figure outside the court.

"Shendai." Chi Tong called out in greeting to Shendai Liufei.