[Successfully advancing from the group stage, you moved into the final round-robin tournament for the Tokyo district.]
[Joining you were Tōō Academy, Senshinkan, and a dark horse team that emerged this year.]
[Almost everyone assumed that Tōō and Seiho had already secured the two qualifying tickets; the only difference would be who took the top seed.]
[The Tokyo media felt it was a pity. If you hadn't met Shutoku so early, Tokyo would have had three super teams this year.]
[Seiho, Tōō, and Shutoku all possessed the strength to compete for the national championship, yet one of them was eliminated in the brutal internal competition.]
[In the round-robin, your match against Tōō was scheduled as the very last game.]
[In the first match against the "King of the West," Senshinkan, the intense battle fans expected did not happen.]
[Facing you, Senshinkan chose to forfeit voluntarily. They were already preparing to fight for the final ticket against the dark horse, knowing they didn't have the strength to contend with Tōō, who possessed Aomine Daiki, or your team.]
[You played half the game before being subbed out, as there was another match the next day.]
[The next day, in a back-to-back game against the tournament's biggest dark horse, the opponent also chose to forfeit.]
[After two rounds of the round-robin, both Seiho and Tōō achieved a solid 2-0 record, confirming their advancement to the Nationals.]
[In the final battle of the round-robin, one year later, you met Aomine Daiki on the court again.]
[Although he lost to you last year, he didn't look much different from the past—still wild and untamable...]
"Yuuto, why are you up here again? You should go to class occasionally."
At this moment, Yuuto in the real world turned his head and saw Sora.
"Why did you come up?"
"You have the nerve to ask me? Class is already over. I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Hearing this, Yuuto realized that Seiho had become noisy.
Students were walking out of classrooms, gathering in groups of three or five to find a place for lunch.
The rooftop was a great spot, but now the whole school knew it.
This was the "Lion King" Yuuto's territory. Under normal circumstances, no one dared to come up and disturb him.
"Let's go eat. I'm hungry..."
Sora didn't give Yuuto the right to refuse, dragging him toward the cafeteria.
They didn't have the habit of making bento boxes because they wouldn't be able to make them well anyway.
Besides, as a prestigious school, Seiho's cuisine was quite exquisite.
Yuuto could only shift his attention. After having lunch with his sister, he accompanied her to sit under a tree and chat.
When the lunch break was about to end, he returned to the rooftop and opened the simulator. Then, he saw these words:
[You lost.]
[Simulation Ended.]
"???"
"Lost?"
Yuuto was stunned for a moment. Was it Rakuzan?
He hurriedly flipped through the simulation records, only to find that he hadn't even met Rakuzan.
He had actually lost to Kise Ryota and Kaijo High.
Yuuto wasn't arrogant enough to think he was invincible, but losing to Kise was still hard for him to accept.
He watched the entire simulation process, frowning deeply.
Perfect Copy, Zone, and a buzzer-beater!
The simulation text told him that Kaijo used the same strategy as Shutoku in this match.
They isolated Yuuto from Seiho's defense, leaving the others to play 4-on-4 against Seiho for the first half.
In the third quarter, Yuuto began to take over the game, but Kaijo persisted with their 4-on-4 strategy.
Moreover, their captain, Yukio Kasamatsu, and Yoshitaka Moriyama stepped up simultaneously, ensuring the point gap didn't widen by more than 1 point.
By the final quarter, Kise Ryota exploded.
He combined the skill sets of all five geniuses, including Yuuto, and led Kaijo in a frantic chase for points.
And Yuuto?
He didn't let his guard down. According to the simulation text, he didn't make mistakes and quickly entered his "Demon Mode" to stop Kaijo's momentum.
But the Zone, which was only unlocked in the movie Last Game, was opened early by Kise Ryota. In the last second of the game, he suppressed Yuuto and hit the game-winner against Seiho.
Then came the Winter Cup.
Seiho met Seirin in the group stage and lost to the second door of the Zone.
Yuuto looked at the cold text and pulled his hair in frustration.
He originally thought his biggest rival was Akashi, but he didn't expect to fall before even seeing him.
"Let's accept the rewards from the simulation first."
He let go of his hair and silently accepted the gains.
[Simulation Ended. You may choose 3 talents from the following 5:]
[Hawk Eye (Blue), Acrobatic Shot (Purple), High-Speed Jumping (Blue), Brute Force (Blue), Wildness: Lynx (Purple).]
Yuuto first selected Hawk Eye and Brute Force, then pondered which of the remaining three suited him best.
High-Speed Jumping was a Blue talent but very practical.
Acrobatic Shot would allow him to do more "work" in the air.
As for Wildness, although it was Purple, it was only fit for feeding to a "Tyrannosaurus."
Even among talents of the same rank, there were disparities.
He looked at the talents for a long time before finally choosing Acrobatic Shot.
[Obtained Talent: Brute Force]
[Obtained Talent: Acrobatic Shot]
[Obtained Talent: Hawk Eye]
[Obtained extensive match memories from the Inter-High to the Winter Cup]
[Obtained extensive practice memories of the Lightning Dribble]
[You have mastered the Lightning Dribble. Your Technique attribute increased by 1 point.]
[Obtained extensive practice memories]
[...]
[Your Simulation Level has increased. Obtained 5 Free Attribute Points.]
Yuuto quickly reviewed the match memories.
He finally concluded that his defeat a year ago had accelerated the overall evolution speed of the Generation of Miracles.
Of course.
Although Kise won, he also didn't really win.
To defeat Yuuto, he completely drained himself in the fourth quarter, forcing his body to perform many moves that didn't belong to him.
When he threw that buzzer-beater, his body had reached its limit. He was sent to the hospital that night and couldn't play in the subsequent matches.
(Damn it.) Yuuto didn't care about Kise's condition; he only knew that he had lost.
Turning his attention back, he prepared to add his points.
Currently, his five attributes were: [Strength: 93, Speed: 90, Stamina: 98, Technique: 89, Mentality: 143.]
He first threw two points into Mentality to reach 145; he could reach 150 at the next level up.
Of the remaining three points, he put one into Technique to satisfy the requirement for unlocking a talent, and the remaining two went into Stamina.
Demon Mode was a talent that consumed a lot of stamina, and he didn't want to end up like Kise—hospitalized after fighting to the end.
After adding the points, his stats became: Strength 93, Speed 90, Stamina 100, Technique 90, Mentality 145.
Two attributes had broken into triple digits.
"Just one more level up, and I can permanently activate the Weakness Revision talent."
"By then, whatever I've corrected won't disappear anymore."
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