After all, the strength Kanagawa had suddenly displayed in the finals had been far too overwhelming—and far too abnormal.
Without the slightest intention of hiding anything, Chi Tong wore a faint smile and replied frankly and casually, "It's actually very simple. It's not as outrageous as you imagine. I merely helped them raise their condition to its best possible level."
Hearing Chi Tong's understated answer, Sawakita instinctively shook his head. He clearly did not truly believe it, and his voice carried a certain insistence. "It should be more than that, shouldn't it? I saw your shadow in them. Though they weren't as strong as you in that state, the feeling of breaking through their own limits was somewhat similar."
Sawakita had always possessed sharp powers of observation, and Chi Tong had known that long ago. Therefore, he was not surprised by Sawakita's doubts. He simply nodded calmly, his tone still even but carrying an undeniable force.
"You can call it the Pseudo Limit Domain. Though it isn't a true Limit Domain and cannot reach that ultimate state that stands above everything else, it can still raise them to the closest level they can attain to the Limit Domain."
"So that was it?"
Sawakita Eiji murmured softly, realization coloring his voice as the confusion in his eyes finally faded. At that moment, he finally understood why Kanagawa's players had suddenly surged in strength during the finals.
Yet even after learning the truth, a tide of complicated emotions rose in Sawakita Eiji's heart—bewilderment, shock, and a trace of indescribable helplessness that engulfed him.
Being able to improve his teammates' strength in real time during an intense match, even allowing them to touch the edge of the Limit Domain—such an ability completely overturned his understanding of basketball.
No matter how he thought about