The Battle of Kings Concludes.
Tokyo's newspapers were fast. The night the game ended, reporters worked overtime with the material in hand.
Therefore, by the next day, many reports with similar titles were freshly published.
Japan's basketball culture isn't particularly strong.
People here prefer baseball and soccer.
However, with the emergence of those six geniuses, people's interest in basketball suddenly became intense.
They couldn't help but pay attention to the games and reports of those few geniuses.
With traffic, reporters were motivated to work.
They detailed the course of the match, using a photo of Yuuto with white hair as the layout, labeling his astonishing stats from the match.
At the end of the article, they wrote words like: "The genius who conquered Okushirazome has set Tokyo as his next target. With the defeat of the King of the East, who will be the next team to stop the Lion King's journey?"
They attempted to incite hostility from fans of other teams.
Although the method wasn't very clever, fans ate it up.
On this day, the players of Tōō and Senshinkan were discussing this matter.
"For the past two years, every time Seiho played Tōō, there was only one outcome: defeat! This year's round-robin will be no exception. If they are smart enough, they should forfeit the match voluntarily and focus on the remaining two games to fight for the second qualifying spot in Tokyo."
"That's right. Every player in Tōō is an elite from all over the country. Coach Katsunori Harasawa is one of the best high school coaches. As long as Tōō exists, that country bumpkin can't conquer Tokyo."
"But they brought in Yuuto."
"We also have Aomine. Plus, we brought in Hozumi Academy's starting shooting guard, Ryo Sakurai. Our lineup is stronger than the championship team."
"In last year's Winter Cup, our Senshinkan was in the top 8 nationally. What about Seiho? They didn't even make it to the main tournament. They only beat Shutoku, who plays 'machine' basketball. They haven't passed our Senshinkan's test yet."
The fans clamored loudly.
Whether Tōō or Senshinkan, they were the teams with the largest fan bases in the Tokyo district.
The latter had deep heritage and a glorious history; the former had remained strong in recent years.
Tōō used money to pave the way in recent years, collecting geniuses from all over the country. This team swept the nation with individual ability and gained numerous fans in a short time.
Now.
These fans were all shouting about teaching Seiho a lesson in the round-robin.
As for Yuuto.
He was currently on the rooftop, preparing for his second simulation.
After defeating Shutoku, his win count accumulated to 3 again, allowing him to start a new simulation.
[Simulation Starting]
[Randomly Drawing Talents]
[Drawn Talent: Dunk Smash]
"That one from Momoshiro Takeshi?" Yuuto was stunned for a moment. This system really liked plucking wool from the neighboring set (Prince of Tennis).
[Congratulations, you have obtained the Blue Talent "Dunk Smash": Greatly improves the player's jumping ability and physical balance, and fully masters inertia.]
"Heh, missed out on the High-Speed Jump Shot (High-Speed Jumping?), but got an unreasonable version."
Momoshiro Takeshi, a second-year regular at Seigaku, was always known for his physical athletic ability.
The Dunk Smash was one of his signature skills. Relying on super strong jumping ability and body balance, he could exert full force even in mid-air.
Fully mastering inertia was easy to understand; it meant literally what it said.
When applied to dunking, it probably enhanced the confrontation during dunking and increased the destructive power of the dunk.
"Can be one of the backup options."
He had already experienced the benefits of jumping. If he had High-Speed Jumping against Shutoku, dealing with Midorima's shots would have been easier.
[Drawn Talent: Bible of the Star]
[Congratulations, you have obtained the Purple Talent "Bible of the Star": Freely adjust the values of Strength, Speed, Stamina, Technique, and Mentality. By weakening other abilities to concentrate on specializing in a certain ability, the player's overall value remains unchanged.]
Jackpot.
Yuuto's eyes lit up.
If he remembered correctly, this should be Shiraishi Kuranosuke's ability.
In the U17 World Cup doubles match against France, he constantly specialized a certain physical ability to display extreme strength, speed, jumping, or even stamina for a short time.
Perfect control over the body allowed Shiraishi to remain refreshed and maintain good competitive form while others were panting and sweating profusely.
Just this ability alone was enough for Yuuto to lock in this talent as a must-have.
That Blue talent from Momoshiro Takeshi could be ignored.
"My current five attributes are already the best of the best. If I specialize one..."
He could be like Kise's Perfect Copy...
Briefly obtaining speed like Aomine, strength like Murasakibara, and shooting and passing like Midorima and Akashi.
Not acquiring the Generation of Miracles' skill sets, but their physical talents!
Moreover, the Bible of the Star's perfect control over the body could make the Demon Mode last longer.
"I just like durable talents, like me."
In the original work, Shiraishi's five dimensions were an extremely balanced 4 each, totaling 20 points. But through specialization, he displayed the physical abilities of his other Shitenhoji teammates.
Shitenhoji was a place full of outstanding people.
[Drawn Talent: Petty Theft]
A Green talent that enhances the awareness of baseline cuts.
Such a talent could be achieved through his correction; ignore directly.
[Drawn Talent: Diary]
[By taking notes, strengthen match memories of opponents, including tactics and individual player characteristics. At the same time, infer to a certain extent the actions the opponent might take.]
A Blue talent similar to Momoi's ability.
"I wonder if it can be integrated into the Eye of the Sky."
If so, he would be equivalent to simultaneously integrating Hawk Eye, Eagle Eye, Eye of Data, and Momoi's ability.
This wasn't an ability Yuuto needed, but it might be material needed for the Eye of the Sky.
Continue to the last one.
[Drawn Talent: Bad Boy]
[Congratulations, you have obtained the Blue Talent "Bad Boy": Extremely high basketball IQ, granting the player the ability to perfectly replicate a match after just one observation, and analyze the opponent from it.]
"Perfect. Now the fusion material for the Eye of the Sky is there."
Yuuto couldn't help but smile.
This talent combined with Momoi's talent was simply a golden combination.
"Let's begin."
Unsurprisingly, Bad Boy, like Iron Heart and Brute Force, was the talent of Hanamiya Makoto of the Uncrowned Kings.
[The day after defeating Shutoku High School, returning to the school rooftop, you started your second high school simulation.]
[You fused Diary and Bad Boy. You obtained the Purple Talent: Bible of Basketball.]
[You obtained Talents: Dunk Smash (Blue), Bible of the Star (Purple), Petty Theft (Green), Diary (Blue), Bad Boy (Blue).]
[You impatiently fused the excess materials.]
"Bible of Basketball?"
"Interesting."
Yuuto continued reading.
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