Kuroko’s Basketball: Before Generation Miracles, I Already Crowned Chapter 373: The Ball’s Trajectory in Midair—A Twisting, Eer

From the mont, back in middle school, when Midorima Shintarō first saw a player—other than Captain Nijimura—challenge Senior Shigure seriously, he beca certain:

No matter the personality, no matter the behavior…

The boy before him was a thousand-li stallion—destined to gallop magnificently one day.

And because of that

In all the countless mories he wrote together with Teiko…

He may have overlooked Kurokami Shinji at tis,

but never—not once—did he overlook Fukaya Reiji.

The na Fukaya Reiji stood shoulder to shoulder with the Generation of Miracles in the race for the strongest.

Everyone was standing on the sa starting line.

No fear.

Only fighting spirit.

Glowing

Radiant.

Just like that straight, lightning-fast charge from monts ago

That sharp stop, that sudden cross, even the slowing of his movents felt like a sin…

Everything was real. Not a mirage.

Strong.

Powerful.

And stylish.

That was exactly the ideal form Midorima wanted to reach.

On the court

Midorima received the ball on the baseline and advanced steadily toward Kaijō's half.

At the sa ti, he watched Fukaya Reiji's movents with calm precision, examining every detail of that stylish silhouette.

His mind

Focused more and more!

Good…

As expected

The mont Midorima closed in, Reiji exploded with straight-line acceleration, using that overwhelming speed to execute the most effective option

A front-steal!

Next, with their bodies colliding, he would disrupt Midorima's rhythm by force, then follow with a steal attempt

50%.

With his current speed advantage, and being right-hand dominant, Reiji angled his body perfectly to shut down Midorima's left-hand dominance, forcing him to attempt a step-through

30%.

In this situation

Bam!

During the fierce body bump, Midorima suddenly made a completely illogical stagger-step breakthrough.

And yet—just as he predicted

Fukaya Reiji reached down for the steal!

However

His ultra-high-speed Spider Guard moved at the sa ti as his hand

his feet instantly matching Midorima's step-through!

Bam!

Intercepted again!

Midorima: "…"

There was still a considerable distance from the hoop, and Reiji would never loosen his pressure

not when Midorima could pull a surprise ultra-long three.

So he compressed the distance with another burst of acceleration, filling every gap created in their skirmish.

Ssshh!

Reiji bent low—closing in!

Midorima glanced at him. He knew Reiji could reach the ball…

But to do so, Reiji would have to gamble on a diving steal.

However—considering Reiji's personality

The probability…

20%.

The more likely option

Yes…

60%.

Spider Guard

Pressure

Constriction!

Bam!

Reiji's hand grazed the ball—but Midorima narrowly shifted it away!

"What?!"

"No way! Reiji clearly had the speed advantage!"

"How fast is Midorima's reaction?!"

"What a waste…"

But at that mont—nobody noticed:

Midorima, shielding the ball with his back, suddenly froze with a strange expression.

Sothing was happening.

Facing Reiji

His beach-training enhanced wide-vision kicked in, gathering data, feeding it into his brain

His subconscious analyzing it

His Tactical Fortune-Reading climbing past the limit of ordinary 1-on-1.

And then suddenly

he saw it.

Endless

The world of prediction!

Bam!

Midorima backed down against Reiji, and in his mind, Reiji's movents kept replaying

No…

Not just replaying.

If he kept analyzing

he could go even further!

Reiji's Spider Guard, in order to maintain deceleration effects, would tighten and release at certain intervals…

Bam!

The mont that micro-burst ended

Right here!

100%!

Bam!

Mid-spin, Midorima abruptly chained into a behind-the-legs shift

blowing past the man who had bound him monts earlier like spider silk!

Then

In one fluid motion

as if he already knew this drive would succeed

He launched forward

leaning, drifting

Quick shot!

Swish!

It dropped.

Everything

exactly as Midorima had foreseen.

Kaijō vs. Yōsen.

Score:

27–33.

"WOOOAAAHHH! MIDORIMAAA!"

"What a sharp drive-and-shoot!"

"Eh?! That felt… weird but amazing!"

"This keeps Kaijō's 6-point lead alive!"

anwhile, unlike the excited Kaijō bench, Midorima stood silently, still imrsed in that sensation

That feeling of total control

A realm he had imagined when naming his ability, but had never been able to reach.

Tactical Fortune-Reading.

The na suggested a predictive skill for team tactics.

But now… what was different?

It wasn't just sharper focus.

There was

Sothing more.

That sensation—like he processed vast incoming information, filtering useful from useless within a heartbeat…

So much data

so fast…

It felt familiar.

Too familiar

Captain Nijimura's instantaneous analysis ability

combined subconsciously with Midorima's Tactical Fortune-Reading simulations.

He actually

rged them?!

In an instant

It was like a new ridian burst open inside him

Fwhumm!!

Within his irises, the green hue was suddenly stained by a streak of rainbow light!

"Reiji…?"

"Snap out of it!"

On the court, Kurokami Shinji called to Fukaya, who had montarily fallen into thought.

A mont earlier, from behind, Kurokami had clearly sensed it

A pressure even sharper and farther-reaching than the Emperor Eye.

And just then

Unexpectedly

Fukaya Reiji…

smiled.

A completely mismatched, excited grin.

"…Amazing. Interesting."

Kurokami: "?"

Strange.

The next second, Reiji received the inbound

and without hesitation, sprinted up Yōsen's half

Sa as before.

Straight-line.

Double-A speed and power.

Midorima's defense—whether foot speed or hand interceptions

was useless.

Reiji ripped straight through

Then hurled the ball forward!

Fukui Kensuke froze

He understood what Reiji was doing.

Reiji wanted to repeat that direct-line blitz

But

Wasn't that pass a bit too far?!

What joke

BAM!

The thudding bounce gave the answer.

It wasn't a simple long pass.

It was a curving spin-pass

a high-level self-setup return ball.

At full sprint, Reiji's spinning ball hit the floor and bounced back precisely

steady as if resting on a feather.

Fukui: "!"

But his shock wasn't aid at Reiji

It was at Midorima.

When did he get THERE?!

During the mont Reiji burst past him, Midorima was also collecting data

information he could never catch before

Pouring fast, accurate, overwhelming

He evaluated:

Spin-pass… 60%!

Return angle… 80%!

Arc height

Landing point

Fukui's defensive delay factor

Stride

Hand dominance—right.

His speed disadvantage ant he couldn't reach the first touch,

but the instant Reiji received the ball

It should happen

right now.

Right now!

The mont Reiji touched the ball—preparing to accelerate again

Before he could repeat the previous lightning charge

…!

SMACK!

A hand flashed from behind

tid perfectly

slapping the ball straight toward Fukui.

Furthermore

Midorima had arrived at that exact spot

At the exact ti.

"Senpai!"

"It's not that easy!"

"Fukui-senpai!"

"Pass!"

"Fast break!"

Fukui sent it back and Midorima pushed from the backcourt

and from that one action, he felt even more deeply the strength of his yet-unnad new ability.

The feeling of complete dominance over the court

it made his heart thrill

So this…

was basketball?!

Fukui stared at him like he was a monster.

Reiji's straight-line burst and self-spin-pass had already been monstrous

But Midorima

Despite lacking speed and power,

despite being blown past

Still flawlessly countered a move used for the first ti.

A monster beyond monsters.

On the court

Midorima accelerated!

Good!

Don't stop thinking!

Gather more data—process more

predict deeper

understand what you can do

understand what he is seeing—what he is thinking

"Midorima!"

"Watch out!"

"That guy's fast!"

"One blink and he's caught up!"

Reiji's hair stread backward from the pressure

His Spider-Thread burst kicked in, catching Midorima instantly.

But

While Yōsen worried

Midorima suddenly STOPPED.

He saw it

The perfect attack choice.

The cleanest shooting line.

And

He already knew what Reiji was thinking.

"It's coming…"

"Awakening ti!"

Bam!

A huge lateral step-back!

Location

The center circle!

Still inside Midorima's range.

And by "range," that ant:

a zone where his shooting speed remains completely unaffected.

"Reiji!"

"Block him!"

Reiji heard the words awakening ti still echoing.

From mid-court, the shot angle existed.

Spider Guard could still reach.

He could block

or at least disrupt

Midorima knew that.

This shot should be sealed.

But

He still went for it.

In midair

Reiji's late-start burst rose to match Midorima's height

almost guaranteed to block

Yet Midorima's expression…

did not change.

Midorima: "…"

That's right, senpai.

Good defense.

But

If my goal is to be the strongest

Then I must break limits just like Tactical Fortune-Reading itself!

Thup!

At the mont of release, the ball left with a shockingly small wrist motion

producing almost no spin.

Which ant

The fastest shot speed imaginable.

But the arc

Drew a twisting, irregular falling-leaf path!

Only now did the audience realize

This ultra-long three

Had no spin!

No rotation

Mid-court

And from that distance…

Below the hoop, Okamura, Liu Wei, and Murasakibara all froze

watching the slow, drifting, wobbling ball

already preparing for a rebound.

But then

Swish!

The ball

Despite its bizarre path

Dropped cleanly through the net.

Nijimura: "?"

Shigure Akihito: "?"

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