The Demon Sixth Man (KNB)

Episode 18.2

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Up the bleachers, Kise looked visibly relieved as he slouched on his chair, looking weary at that. He thought she was going to pass out longer than that. That was the first time he has seen her passed out whilst on the court; though, a thought has been nagging him by then as he saw that the sky-bluenette looked lively, instead of looking much exhausted. 'It's not... my imagination, is it?'

Kasamatsu sighed in relief as well, as he saw that the sky-bluenette looked fine after her passing out, but he was still worried about her well-being. With her like that, are they still going to put her back in court? "Looks like she's out of it for now, but just by looking at her... she's not going to stay still."

"Hey, are you really okay?" Kagami asked the sky-bluenette with concern.

The girl nodded a little, her attention on the court. "I'm fine." In the few minutes after waking up, the color gradually came back to her once-pale face, making her look livelier then, despite having a few etches of weariness on her face. "I may have enough stamina to play for the third quarter, but if I'll play now, I won't be able to help out for the fourth quarter anymore."

"All right, for now, Miko-chan can't play," Riko passed the t-shirt that the sky-bluenette had worn before the start of the game to her, who gingerly took it and wore it on. "That means we have to make do with whatever manpower that we currently have. Koganei-kun, you're in." She told the cat-faced boy.

"Leave this to me!"

"All right!" Hyuuga slapped his own cheek. "It is going to be tough without Kamiko to stop Midorima, but we're going to do it!" He said. "That's why stopping Midorima is going to be your responsibility, Kagami," he told the redhead, who grinned.

"I would like nothing better!"

"Let's do this!" Hyuuga ordered. "We're going to win!"

"Yeah!"

"Can they win this?" Kawahara wondered even as they watched the players return to the court. "Without Karadai-san to stop Midorima, won't this be tough?"

The sky-bluenette was sitting comfortably on the bench, cross-legged. "I might as well be blunt then. As far as I know, Kagami may be the only one who can stop Shintaro..." she trailed off as she fell silent, recalling what they talked about during the time Kamiko was cooling off after the practice match against Kaijo High.

"You saw a raw talent that will enable Kagami to reach the level of the Uncrowned Kings and the Generation of Miracles on the first day. It's not as obvious now, so I'm not surprised if the rest of the team and even Kagami hadn't noticed it," Akkiko said as Kamiko was dribbling the ball before shooting it into the basket. "He has the ability to reach and open the 'door.' His special talent is..."

"... an intrinsic jumping ability," she tsk'ed.

The end of the second quarter had the two teams of Seirin and Shutoku retiring back to their individual locker rooms for a strategy meeting and the spectators of the match of Seirin versus Shutoku were all buzzing, especially with what was shown during the second half of the second quarter.

The second half of the second quarter was a complete slaughter for Seirin. Without Kamiko, who had been vital in stopping Midorima's three-pointers and also responsible for creating scoring opportunities for her team, Seirin's power went down drastically. Shutoku had also taken the chance of Kamiko's absence to attack like a demon.

Thus, the second quarter ended with a game count of 30-45, with Shutoku being in the lead.

Tsugawa was not pleased with Seirin's poor show during the second half either.