I Died on the Court, Now I'm Back to Rule It

Horizon 14 – Zenith 18 | Second Quarter

The crowd hummed like static. The arena felt tight—compressed by tension and anticipation.

We gathered at the bench. Sweat clung to our necks, but Coach Tsugawa's voice cut through the haze like a whip.

"Dirga," he said, eyes locking on mine, "you said you wanted to test that pass, right? One-touch. Creative. Whatever it takes."

I nodded.

"Then now's the time."

"Coach, I'll do it. No matter what."

He glanced over at Kaito. "You'll get in and move to shooting guard. Support Dirga. If anything goes sideways, you back him up."

"Got it," Kaito replied.

I pulled in a deep breath.

This was it.