Kuroko No Basketball: The Black Ace

The Emperor vs the Divine Demon

Azure: '... When will I be able to find that one type of person again?'

Azure shot a three with Kise trying to block him, before turning around to go back on defense.

Score: 94-40 Tooh

Kise: 'He... I just don't get how this guy does it! Is he even trying against me?!'

Azure: 'Even against Ryu, he didn't last long enough for me to really get into it. I desperately need someone who can keep up. I dropped 50 points in 1 half.'

The Kaijo players all went up to defend, but seemingly having anticipated a move, Azure blocked a shot from Kasamatsu. It was no secret that he was disappointed.

Azure: 'If I can't struggle even a little, then what's the point of playing at all? Even when I switch to playing more defense than offense.'

Ryu watched the game, folding his clenched hands.

Ryu: 'That guy... He's got better scoring abilities than Midorima Aomine and I, his defensive range seems to be even more than Murasakibara's, and he's even more skilled than Akashi. He's got a property of every player in the Generation of Miracles. Even if Kise can finish that copy of Aomine, it's worthless in Azure's presence.'

Ryu gritted his teeth, with the others seeing this.

Ryu: 'Coming to see him play from this view has only made me realize that I'm even further than I thought.'

Azure: Let me guess, your cutoff for Kise to copy Daiki was 15 points.

Kasamatsu: 'H-He knew?!'

Azure: I guess you didn't expect me to go in on the defensive end though. Though let's be honest here.

Kise got the ball again, as his movements changed while Aomine was on him.

Kasamatsu: 'He did it, but-'

Kasamatsu noticed Azure was gone, before looking over, seeing him swipe the ball out of Kise's hand, with his Divine Eye active.

Azure: An imitation of the second best player wouldn't have helped you one bit. Save your body the strain if that's the best you can do.

Kise: 'E-Even after all that time... It meant nothing to him!'

Azure: 'Up next is Seijuro Akashi I hope. I desperately need a challenge.

The game continued, as the gap in the scores only increased. When the game did finish, the difference between the two teams was so wide it would seem like the numbers came out of a video game.

Score: 160-52 Tooh

Kuroko: '... They more than tripled the score.'

Daiki: 'Rakuzan will be our greatest challenge, but now I'm not sure if even Akashi can keep up.'

After lining up and thanking each other for the games, the teams left to their locker rooms.

Wakamatsu: ALRIGHT!! WE'RE THE WINNERS OF THE INTER HIGH QUARTER FINALS-

The center was immediately splashed in the face with water.

Imayoshi: Do we have to do that after every game?

Sakurai: Hold on, where did Azure go to?

Daiki: He dipped out of here the first chance he got.

Wakamatsu: Come on, I know we crushed those guys, but why aren't we more excited? Even that jackass gave it all he had towards the end.

Daiki: ... You're joking right?

Imayoshi: I guess most of you don't know.

Sakurai: What do you mean by that?