The bewildered Jousei players (II)

Chapter 284: Strange, where did she go?

Matsuoka Moxia's brows knitted tightly, his confusion growing deeper.

By normal defensive logic, the player guarding him should have stayed close. Yet his defender had not followed him at all—he could not even see her anywhere. The abnormal situation left him inexplicably uneasy.

Just then, a powerful sense of alarm surged up from deep inside him.

Matsuoka Moxia was about to speed up and pass to a teammate when a sharp smack suddenly rang out, making his heart skip a beat.

Immediately afterward, he realized that the basketball he had held so securely had vanished from his grasp.

How?

Matsuoka Moxia's eyes flew wide, his pupils contracting slightly, his face filled with bewildered horror.

He instinctively looked down at his hands. His empty palms left his mind blank, and he could not help murmuring, "Who was that?"

He jerked his head up and frantically looked around. From the corner of his eye, he finally caught a white blur—the color of Ryonan's uniforms.

It moved as fast as the wind, flashing before his eyes before disappearing from sight.

There! Matsuoka Moxia hurriedly turned his head toward where the white blur had vanished.

But by the time he looked, his target seemed to have disappeared into thin air.

The next instant, as though by magic, the basketball that had just left Matsuoka Moxia's control appeared in Yueye Hongming's hands.

No one saw how that pass had been made.

While Matsuoka Moxia was still reeling in confusion, the basketball had already landed securely in Yueye Hongming's palm.

Without the slightest hesitation, Yueye Hongming dribbled swiftly to the Great Wall's three-point line. His gaze focused, his wrist dipped slightly, and he set himself to shoot. The entire motion flowed seamlessly, giving the Great Wall no time to