Chapter 77 - Aomine Daiki (2/2)

Aomine: ”Heck yeah!”

On the court, Midorima was also impressed by Aomine's quick thinking and ability to execute so quickly.

Midorima: ”Excellent!”

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Aomine continued to reign terror on the court as he also contributed to defense.

Aomine was quick, so when he saw that Harada's small forward jump for a layup, he ran towards the basket and jumped behind the small forward.

The small forward was just near releasing the ball to the basket when the ball was smacked straight into the backboard.

His eyes widened as he saw a hand smack the ball from his grip.

Harada's small forward: ”Shit!”

Aomine: ”Take that!”

Then Aomine started doing things that made all the players in the gym couldn't believe what they were seeing.

Aomine was sprinting to the basket, and as he reached the free-throw line, he did something that got him a warning from the coach in charge.

Aomine didn't bother to go in for a layup or a dunk, or even a jump shot from the free-throw line. He just stopped and practically threw the ball into the net without any traditional form.

As he returned to his side of the court, he heard from the coach in charge.

Coach: ”Aomine, don't do that again; those shots won't go in.”

Aomine frowned but didn't say anything.

Aomine: 'Then I have to prove you wrong through my play.'

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Unlike Shun, who had the ball from the start and carried it through the court on his own, Aomine was a player who got the ball fed to him in fast attacks.

Aomine ran without the ball near the three-point arc and then got the ball from one of his teammates.

Aomine, as he had asked for, got the ball, and he continued to score as he wanted.

Aomine was dribbling the ball and was inside the three-point arc, just outside the low post, he assessed the situation and found that he can score the best from his current position.

Usually, a player would go with a simple jump shot to score easily, but Aomine once again went with another unconventional shot.

With two defenders on him, Aomine jumped and speared his hand in the space between the defender's lifted arms.

The people who saw that doubted Aomine.

Midorima: ”What is that idiot doing?!”

Kise, who was on the bench, just looked at his idol and clenched his hands.

The defenders smiled as they saw Aomine not getting into a shooting position.

Defender: 'He is not getting in this one.'

Aomine, who was mid-air, looked at the rim and rolled his finger up, sending the ball into the air in an arc.

Both teams' rebounders got ready for the ball. No one was expecting the ball to go in, but everybody's expectations were betrayed as the ball followed the questionable arc, touched the backboard, and dipped into the rim.

Everybody on the field went silent when they saw the ball go into the net.

All of them snapped out when they saw Aomine pumped his arms and yelled a mighty roar.

Aomine: ”HELL, YEAH!”

All the people in the gym finally understood that they were finally experiencing something magically.

Aomine Daiki was going through a metamorphosis.