"So this didn't work, huh?" Murasakibara asked his puppy slowly. The animal only looked up at him before continuing eating his biscuit before drinking some water.

"Maybe it was to be expected." The boy continued thoughtfully. "That's Sei-chan after all."

The plan for the first half was for Murasakibara to shout his commands and his puppy to follow. Obviously, that didn't work. So what had to change? The boy thought of letting his pup run freely like in their previous match but somehow had the hunch that Akashi would manage to shut that off quickly.

Murasakibara knew Akashi's puppy preferred playing on two legs now but was still fast and scored easily on all four of its legs. Aomine and Senshi had tried to make him fall but that hadn't worked. The pup wasn't scared from the purple pup's speed or jumps either.

But he had to have a weak point. Everyone had one.

And Murasakibara had noticed it while training with Akashi. The reddish puppy was the leader of the same gang that the purple puppy had come from. So of course the leader helped his friends. The reddish pup still behaved like that, helping the other animal with his moves or even when he stumbled and fell.

The reddish puppy's weakness was the purple one.

Smiling a bit, Murasakibara called his puppy and quickly told him the new plan. Akashi wouldn't figure that one out so fast.