The Unnamed Queen of Prophecy

The Greatest Player

You wiped the sweat off of Kuroko's face making him send you a thankful smile, "I'm getting the gist of Kise's play."

Furihata looked in hope, "Seriously? Then if all goes well..."

"It's still incomplete. I need to watch more closely to beat his next play." Kuroko stated, "So I have a request."

You perked up at the request, "You're not going to do what I think you're going to do..."

You couldn't object since there was no other choice, "All right. I'm in. It's the only play we can do."

"Thank you, (Y/N)-san." The light blue-haired male spoke to you, grateful you agreed.

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Returning to the court, Seirin had determination written over their faces as they walked to their stations.

Hyuga passed to Izuki to start their attack, all of the Seirin players sprinting towards the basket.

'No. We're doing this as our last resort. Maybe we should take it with care, but, we don't have enough time for our deadline.' You stated in your head, watching Kiyoshi get past Kobori and pass to Hyuga.

He went to do a three but you noticed his leg limping slightly, 'He's putting pressure on his good foot because of injury...! I knew it was worse than he intended...'

Not being able to jump and shoot a three, Hyuga ran past Moriyama who jumped to block his shot but was surprised at the change of plans.

Using Aomine's agility and fast reflexes, Kise moved to be in front of the captain.

Before being able to steal the ball, Kuroko moved it out of his captain's hands to get it away from Kise.

Kagami caught the ball and went for the basket as Kise went to stop him, his finger barely touching the ball. Luckily, it went it despite the interruption.

"Yeah!" Kagami yelled with his teammates, "Yes! Great job, Taiga!" You smiled.

"We did it!" Furihata shouted in joy with the other benched players.

Kaijo — 78

Seirin — 78

Only 26 seconds before the game ends.

"Calm down! We've got time! Use it all! Make one shot, and we'll win!" Kasamatsu stated, not letting his teammates' spirits dim, "Yeah!"

While watching Kise play, Kuroko stood back to speak to Kagami, "I have my answer now. It's what I told you during the timeout. The rest is up to you."

The redhead nodded, "Okay."

Going for their counterattack, Kaijo was surprised to see their opponents change their strategy.

"This is the end, Kise."

"Come!"

Kuroko was the one marking Kise this time.

"This is our last chance! Give everything you've got!" Hyuga yelled, his team doing a man-to-man defence strategy.

"Yeah!"

You gave a small smirk, 'Thinking we're going for a coordinated attack again? We're not disappointing you, in fact. We're merely giving what you wanted from us, a real challenge.'