[You don't know how they can still smile after losing the game. Are they satisfied with just a Top 32 finish?]
[Your ambition has been completely activated. Your previous life was full of failure; you need success!!!]
[The third-year members retired from the club. You became the next captain of Homi Academy.]
[Before leaving, the third-year members all found you, hoping you would continue to work hard next year. They threatened to keep watching you.]
[You nodded and agreed without hesitation. You told them, "My goal hasn't changed. Only the championship."]
[They suddenly felt huge pressure, but thinking that they had already left the basketball club, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.]
[The National Tournament ended. Teiko Middle School undoubtedly successfully defended their title.]
[You watched the final. They have completely gone crazy. Aomine Daiki chopped melons and vegetables (dominated easily), blasting 40 points in the first half, making the game lose suspense in just 20 minutes.]
[You felt immense pressure.]
[It was summer vacation, but club activities didn't end. You required members to return to the basketball club at least two days a week for full-day training camps.]
[You said to them, "Whether to fall at the Top 32 again next year or go a step further, you choose for yourselves."]
[The members dared not breathe loudly. They felt you didn't give them any room to choose at all.]
[After you became captain, their pressure became even greater!]
[The vacation began. You still conducted high-intensity training every day.]
[The members gradually discovered that for every training camp, you were the one who arrived earliest and also the one who left latest. The complaints in their hearts lessened a lot.]
[But still, some overwhelmed members chose to leave the basketball club. You expressed nothing about this.]
[Guys without a sense of shame like that aren't worth you trying to keep.]
[Under day-after-day high-intensity training, your physical condition has recovered to its peak. You feel that if you played another game with Hayama Kotarō, your chances of winning would be higher.]
[After the National Tournament ends, the Autumn National Sports Festival and the Winter Cup follow immediately.]
[The island nation has three large-scale national tournaments every year: the Summer Inter-High (Nationals), the Autumn National Sports Festival, and the Winter Cup.]
[However, as middle school students, Homi Academy is not qualified to participate in the latter two tournaments; those are prepared for high schools.]
[Before you knew it, a year had passed.]
[Your first simulation ended.]
"Phew!"
"So it ends just like that."
Yuuto took a deep breath.
Looking at himself in the simulated world, he fell into brief contemplation.
He felt that the version of himself in the simulation was too paranoid. He couldn't always be like Jordan and Kobe.
Living like that is too tiring.
[This simulation has ended.]
[You obtained Talent: The Big Fundamental.]
[You obtained National Tournament competition experience.]
[You obtained Daily Training experience.]
[Your Simulation Level increased to Level 3. You obtained 15 Attribute Points.]
[Do you wish to receive immediately?]
"Receive."
Yuuto chose to receive immediately without hesitation.
The next second.
A large amount of memories flooded into his brain.
Miraculously, this didn't cause any impact on his mind, as if these memories had existed in his mind from the beginning.
Yuuto got up and moved his body.
"A long-lost feeling."
Like a rusty machine being irrigated with top-grade lubricating oil, he felt very relaxed all over now.
He knew this was proof that his body had recovered to the state most suitable for competition.
"Then the attribute points. A total of 15 attribute points; every increase in simulation level gives 5 points."
Yuuto was quite satisfied with this, then turned his gaze to his panel.
[Yuuto.]
[Gender: Male.]
[Age: 14 years old.]
[Simulation Level: Level 3.]
[Occupation: Amateur Basketball Player.]
[Special Skills: None.]
[Special Talent: The Big Fundamental.]
[Attribute Points Remaining: 15.]
[Victory Points: 0 (Cannot simulate).]
[Strength: 70, Speed: 65, Stamina: 78, Technique: 77, Spirit: 118.]
Very watery (weak).
Except for the Spirit aspect, which probably reached triple digits because he has lived two lives, all other physical attributes are below 80 points.
From this, one can see how awesome The Big Fundamental is. It allowed him to attract Momoi Satsuki's attention and get Hayama Kotarō's praise even with such attributes.
"Stamina is enough for now. Young people recover fast; sleep a bit and I'll be lively again. Let's increase speed first."
Yuuto dumped all attribute points into Speed, raising his own speed to 80 points in one breath.
Although there are only five attributes, they include a lot.
For example, Strength includes his grip strength, core strength, lower body strength, upper limb strength, etc.
Stamina includes physical fitness, muscle fatigue susceptibility, injury probability, etc.
Speed includes startup speed, sprint speed, jump speed, etc.
Spirit reflects basketball IQ, learning ability, tactical understanding, desire to win, and other aspects.
A rich harvest.
Just one simulation, and Yuuto felt he was more than twice as strong as he was last year.
Knock knock knock...
Just then, the door was knocked.
Haruka's voice came from outside the house.
"Yuuto, come out for dinner."
"Coming."
Yuuto walked out to the dining table.
There were only 3 people in total: him and the Kasugano siblings.
Although it was dinner, it was too simple. Meat was scarce, vegetables were the majority.
Even this food was offered by Haruka's childhood friend next door.
There was no way around it; they were too poor. After the Kasugano parents passed away, their family lost all sources of income.
The fact that they have food to eat now is thanks to the savings left by the Kasugano couple.
Honestly, Haruka is quite responsible for the two brats, Yuuto and Sora.
Besides going to school daily, he also has to take care of the two of them daily, be responsible for all housework, and worry about the family's financial source.
Yuuto looked at his face, which was written full of worry.
That is an emotion only the head of the family would have, yet he is only 14 years old this year...
"Next simulation, I must find a way to solve the financial problem too."
Yuuto ate his meal without saying a word.
When reading web novels, he knew that many transmigrator seniors possessed the skill of photographic memory.
With just a computer, they could transform into great world-class literary giants, gaining both wealth and fame. If they transmigrated to the right place, they could even have something happen with their 2D waifus.
He didn't have such skills, and his academic grades were hard to describe.
He had to think of a damn way.