Scott Howard, a typical good student, wasn't tall or fast, and due to his somewhat timid personality, he was the type of person bad kids loved to bully in high school.
Yet, this thin young man had an incredibly strong passion for sports, especially basketball.
Therefore, after successfully being admitted to Columbia University, he tried every possible way to join the school's basketball team.
However, his extremely poor athletic ability and weak personality meant he continued to play the role of a 'punching bag' on the basketball team.
Yet, all of this changed on Scott's eighteenth birthday.
On his birthday, he inexplicably discovered that his body seemed to have inexhaustible strength, and his hearing and vision reached unimaginable levels for ordinary people.
His ears could hear a baby crying miles away, and his eyes could see clearly in the dark.
This change made Scott extremely excited, just like Spider-Man after gaining superpowers.
However, Scott then discovered that when he became too agitated, something seemed to want to burst out of his body—
That feeling was like an instinct.
Finally, as Scott could no longer suppress his excitement, a thick layer of long fur emerged on his body, sharp claws grew on his hands, and a violent emotion welled up in his heart.
Frightened, he quickly went to the mirror. Only then did he realize that his appearance had also changed.
Two pointed ears, a ridiculous black nose, and even fangs growing in his mouth.
Unable to accept himself becoming a monster, he rushed out of the room to find his father for 'help'.
However, when the door opened, his dad, also covered in long fur, seemed to be waiting there for his son.
After his father's explanation, Scott finally learned that his family possessed a part of werewolf bloodline, meaning they were the last of the werewolves, or perhaps could be called half-werewolves.
Subsequently, Harold taught his son the trick to transforming: he could turn back into a human as long as his mind was calm.
At the same time, he sternly warned his son never to reveal his werewolf identity in front of outsiders.
However, Scott, being in his adolescence, couldn't control his emotions at all.
During another scrimmage on the school basketball team, having been suppressed by his opponents for the entire game, he finally erupted.
Scott, transformed into a werewolf, overturned all his opponents and completed a solo dunk.
Just as he turned to celebrate with his teammates, he realized that everyone present had terrified expressions on their faces, seemingly fearing something.
It was then that Scott realized he had transformed into a werewolf again in his emotional state.
Afterward, not knowing how to face everyone, he chose to flee the campus.
Next, things became magical.
The matter of Scott transforming into a werewolf was intentionally suppressed before it could fully escalate.
The New York Daily and the school jointly stated that Scott's condition was merely an atavistic phenomenon, and they gave him the moniker of Teen Wolf.
And Scott, the person involved, seemed even more satisfied with his werewolf form, which made him omnipotent on the court.
In an instant, Teen Wolf became the school's basketball star.
"Hi, Mike. What a coincidence~" This afternoon after school, on the way to the basketball gym, Caroline, dressed to the nines, coincidentally 'ran into' Mike again, as expected.
"It's quite a coincidence." Mike looked at the girl with a bright smile in front of him and said speechlessly, "Are you this free every day?"
It had been over a month since school started, and in that past month, the girl had 'coincidentally' met Mike at least fifty or sixty times for various reasons.
Meeting twice a day, who could stand that?
"You're not exactly busy either; you go to the basketball gym every day after school," Caroline retorted. Through their interactions over this period, she had gained some understanding of Mike's personality.
Although he was handsome, he wasn't aloof, and a little joking was occasionally acceptable.
"By the way, where's your little tail?" Caroline asked curiously on the way to the gym.
"Are you talking about Paige? She's not anyone's tail," Mike explained. "The little girl doesn't like the atmosphere of the gym; she's already gone home to study."
After all, she was a super genius. After experiencing a period of confusion in high school, Paige, upon arriving at university, rekindled her passion for learning.
And for a pure-minded genius like her, the satisfaction of gaining new knowledge was clearly more captivating than the satisfaction of gaining honor or material possessions.
This was probably the joy of learning.
At the school, as Mike and Caroline walked into the basketball gym, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone present. Then, someone proactively made way for them, giving them the best viewing spot courtside.
On the court at this moment, Scott, covered in long fur, was performing a windmill dunk.
[Constitution attribute +1]... [Jumping attribute +1]... [Strength attribute +1]...
[Super Sense of Smell (Trait)]
Mike, who had unexpectedly grabbed a special large light cluster, unconsciously showed a happy smile on his face.
Wasn't this why he insisted on coming here every day to watch the basketball training games?
After integrating the trait light cluster into his body, Mike immediately felt his sense of smell magnified countless times.
Tiny scent molecules rushed directly to his brain, making him feel like vomiting.
After getting used to it for a while, Mike learned to filter out unnecessary scents.
"You seem very interested in Scott. Could it be that you...?" Seeing Mike staring blankly at the court, Caroline, with a teasing smile, leaned in and continued, "Do you want to dissect Teen Wolf? That sounds very interesting~"
The popularity of Teen Wolf hadn't faded. Given his powerful physical talents after transforming, there were quite a few biologists who wanted to study him.
Of course, this did not include Mike, who was in the know.
"I'm not interested in dissecting human bodies." Mike shook his head, his nose still filled with the girl's fragrance, which included the faint scent of rose from Clive Christian perfume, as well as the unique scent of the girl herself.
Then, before the girl could blush, he turned his gaze back to the basketball court.
In fact, in the basketball training game Mike was currently watching, besides Scott, his target, there was also Mark Friedman, a handsome and sunny-looking illegitimate son of a rich man.
On the basketball court at this moment, Mark was the only one who could somewhat contend with Teen Wolf by relying on his exquisite ball skills.
[Basketball Experience +99]... [Basketball Experience +66]...
[Administrative Experience +66]... [Copywriting Experience +50]... [Management Experience +10]...
Yes, this Mark, whose handsome and sunny appearance was one-tenth of Mike's, always dropped strange things besides basketball experience.
For this, Mike had even specifically paid attention to him. This classmate Mark looked young, but his behavior always gave people a feeling of being old-fashioned.
That strangeness was as if a middle-aged soul resided within that young body.
Of course, those strange experience clusters he had dropped so far hadn't been of much help to Mike.
So Mike's primary target now was still Scott.
On the basketball court at this moment, Scott, relying on the powerful physical qualities of his werewolf transformation, once again completed a difficult between-the-legs dunk performance.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Scott looked towards Lisa Marconi on the sidelines.
This classmate Lisa, with blonde hair, blue eyes, long legs, and big waves, plus being very good at dressing up, was considered a famous figure of Columbia University.
Although she couldn't compare to Caroline, captivating a young man like Scott was more than enough for her.
However, the flowers had intentions, but the flowing water had none.
Lisa, who was being watched by Scott, was at this moment 'obsessively' staring at the incredibly dazzling Mike in the audience.