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The Yosen locker room.
The room was filled with sobs.
Everyone was grieving their recent defeat.
Murasakibara, his lips pressed together and tears streaming down his face, looked like a bullied child.
Just then, the locker room door opened.
Araki Masako walked in, carrying a bamboo sword.
Looking at her players' dejected expressions, she snapped at them irritably.
"Look at you all! It's just one loss. Go back and train extra hard. Win it all back next time!"
Hearing her words, the Yosen players' enthusiasm subsided slightly.
Yes!
Being sad and upset now wouldn't help.
The most important thing was to improve their skills.
Next time they met, they would repay today's humiliation.
Most of the players had calmed down, except for Murasakibara, who continued to sob intermittently.
Seeing him like this, veins bulged on Araki Masako's forehead, and she couldn't help but raise her bamboo sword and strike Murasakibara's back.
Thud...
A dull sound echoed in the locker room.
The sound made everyone in Yosen shudder.
Murasakibara, however, remained oblivious, still immersed in his grief.
...
The locker room at Toho Kotei Gakuen.
Laughter and cheerful voices filled the room.
Everyone was very happy.
Ryu sat on a chair to the side.
Karupin lay on the chair beside him.
The two—one human and one cat—looked exceptionally warm and affectionate.
"Ryu, this time it's all thanks to you. If it were just us, we definitely wouldn't be a match for Murasakibara."
Kamimono's words drew the attention of the others.
Everyone turned their gaze toward Ryu.
"That's right, Kamimono is right. Ryu, you're too strong. If it weren't for you, we might have lost. That Murasakibara on the other side is a monster. Without you, we would have had a very difficult time."
Ryu smiled at everyone.
"Don't say that. Without everyone's combined efforts, I couldn't have defeated them alone."
This was the truth from Ryu.
If Murasakibara had disregarded everything and relied solely on his own strength to force a fight against him, even if Ryu had won, it would have been a very difficult victory.
He really hadn't expected Murasakibara's strength to be so terrifying.
He muttering to himself:
'Once I have enough Cat Energy, I must get Karupin to give me a technique to counter 'power'.'
The next day.
The result of the match between Toho Kotei Gakuen and Yosen High School spread throughout the entire high school basketball world.
Toho Kotei Gakuen's reputation once again resounded throughout the high school basketball world.
However, this wasn't the most important thing.
Now everyone's attention was focused on the finals.
Because everyone knew that Toho Kotei Gakuen had fought their way through the competition and entered the finals.
Their next opponent was the team that had won the three major tournaments for five consecutive years—and was also the nightmare of all high schools, like an insurmountable mountain.
That was Rakuzan High School, known as the strongest high school team.
It was said that this year's performance was their strongest since the team's founding.
Therefore, everyone's attention was focused on the finals of this tournament:
Toho Kotei Gakuen VS Rakuzan High School.
News about the finals between these two schools had overshadowed the topic of Toho Kotei Gakuen's victory over Yosen.
On a basketball court in Tokyo, a figure stared at a magazine in his hand, his eyes practically overflowing with icy coldness.
A wicked smile played on his lips as he muttered with a hint of amusement:
"Heh heh heh..."
"Win! Win! Keep winning! It would be best if you could defeat that Akashi guy too; that way, when I beat you, it'll feel even more satisfying."
Suddenly, he gripped the magazine tightly, then tossed it away.
He picked up the basketball from the ground, looked at the backboard, and a sinister smile appeared on his face.
"Just you wait! Ryu, the next time we meet, it will be when I trample you under my feet."
As soon as he finished speaking, he flashed forward, transforming into a streak of light and appearing beneath the backboard.
The figure leaped high, carrying a chilling aura, and floated toward the basket.
He was like a hungry wolf locking onto its prey—dangerous and frenzied.
Clang...
A dull thud echoed from the basketball court.
The creaking of the backboard seemed to proclaim the power of the shot just made.
Evening.
When someone arrived at the basketball court, they noticed that one of the hoops was slightly tilted.
"Strange, why is the hoop bent?"
"It must be old!"
"That can't be! The hoops here are clearly new. Someone must have done it!"
"Are you kidding me? Who would do something like this to a hoop?"
The crowd discussed among themselves, each lost in their own thoughts.
...
Meanwhile, inside a hotel, Ryu lay on his bed in his room, lost in thought.
Karupin lay beside him, feigning sleep.
Ryu opened his personal status panel.
Personal Information Panel:
[Name]:Shirogane Ryu
[Age]:16 years old
[Height]:191 cm
[Weight]:83 kg
[Strength]:S
[Speed]:S
[Stamina]:S
[Mental]:S+
[Ball Skills]:[Basketball Basics (Max)], [Basic Ball Skills (Max)], [Data Basketball 3.0], [Tightrope Walking (S-rank)], [Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, Thunder, Yin], [Special Skills Basketball], [Zero Style], [Zero Style Three-Point]
[Abilities]:[Eye of the Ice Emperor - Ice World (Evolvable)], [Ryu Illusion], [Beast's Breath], [Chaotic Dance (S-rank, can grow)], [Wrist of Divine ], [Selfless Realm] Triple Mystery
Looking at his [Ball Skills] and [Abilities], Ryu suddenly felt a strange sense of accomplishment.
This was something he had accumulated over three whole years, and it had also required his own hard work.
Thinking back on these three years, it felt like a dream.
'More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye since I came to this world.'
Sigh…
He sighed.
Then he looked at Karupin's attribute panel.
Karupin's Panel:
[Activity Range]: 2,380,298 meters
[Special Items]: None
'350,000 Cat Energy... Just 150,000 more Cat Energy needed to inherit the [Asura Path].'
However, this was just the beginning.
Ryu wasn't sure how to awaken the otherworldly ball skills after obtaining the [Asura Path].
'Forget it, I won't think about it too much. Anyway, this step is necessary; I can't keep those 500,000 Cat Energy.'
He checked the various ball skills again:
...
Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, Yin, Thunder (Choose one for 20,000)
Waltz Towards Destruction (30,000)
Tezuka Zone (50,000)
Black Aura (50,000)
Locked Heart (30,000)
...
Extinguish the Five Senses (Choose one for 50,000)
Ability Resonance (100,000)
Synchronization (100,000)
Selflessness (One-third of 500,000)
Asura Path (One-Nth of 500,000)
...
He looked through them for a long time.
There were just too many ball skills; he was getting a little dizzy.
But in the end, he focused his attention on [Extinguish the Five Senses].
'Should I inherit this first?'
After thinking about it, Ryu decided to postpone it for now.
The [Asura Path] was far more important than [Extinguish the Five Senses].
The next match was against Akashi.
The most crucial element in defeating Akashi was his eyes.
'I wonder if my [Hyotei Eyes] can surpass his Emperor Eyes.'
'Akashi… I truly look forward to our duel.'
Meanwhile, inside the Akashi family manor, in an exquisitely decorated room, Akashi half-closed his eyes, gazing at the gradually darkening view outside the window.
"Ryu, we're finally going to meet!"
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