The moment the basketball was swatted down by Chi Tong, it did not linger in his hands, instead flying directly out of bounds along the momentum of the force.
The basketball bounced half a man's height off the ground, and just the instant before it was about to roll out of bounds, a white figure flashed past like a gale, five fingers accurately clamping onto the basketball and steadily intercepting it in his hands—it was Sento!
Hey, I knew you could do it!
Sento grinned, revealing a flash of clean white teeth, his gaze filled with complete trust in Chi Tong.
Before his voice even faded, he exerted a sudden burst of explosive force under his feet, his body darting out like an arrow off a string, heading straight with the basketball toward the empty half-court of Ai He Academy.
At that moment, most of Ai He Academy's players were still lingering near the Ryonan restricted area, immersed in the astonishment of being blocked, and their half-court defense was virtually non-existent.
This was undoubtedly a fatal fast break fierce enough to completely extinguish Ai He Academy's momentum for a counterattack.
Opportunity.
Damn it, he's still in midair without having landed yet, Zhu Xingda thought as his peripheral vision caught sight of Sendoh already charging out, his heart instantly sinking.
He forcefully twisted his body in the air, landing with an unstable center of gravity as he staggered two steps, his knees even grazing the floor with a slight sound, yet he did not pause for even a fraction of a second.
Gritting his teeth, the soles of his feet slammed hard against the ground as he turned and sprinted wildly toward his own backcourt, a single thought echoing in his mind: I have to stop Sendoh!
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