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On the other side, Ryu and Karupin were walking down the street.
"You successfully absorbed it?" Ryu asked.
"Yes, I successfully absorbed it," Karupin replied. "That thing seems to only appear at certain times; when I found it, it was already almost gone."
"So how do you feel now?"
Karupin naturally understood what Ryu meant.
"About the same as before, just a little more. Now, the energy in my body can convert about 1.5 units of [Cat Energy] per day, and the distance has also increased by half."
"I see!"
Although Ryu didn't think much of it, it was better than nothing; even a small amount is still something.
He knew the principle of accumulating little by little.
"Ryu…"
Just as he was lost in thought, a voice entered his ears.
He looked up and saw Momoi Satsuki waving at him.
Ryu also saw that there were other people beside her.
It was Aomine Daiki, Murasakibara Atsushi, Midorima Shintaro, Kuroko Tetsuya, and Kise Ryota.
Ryu walked towards them.
"Oh, it's you guys!"
Aomine Daiki asked, "Hey! Ryu, why did you leave halfway through training?"
Ryu smiled, looking at the popsicles in their hands. "I had some things to take care of. As for you guys, are you welcoming a newcomer?"
Kuroko said, "Aomine said he wanted to celebrate Kise Ryota joining the first team."
Hearing Kuroko's words, Kise immediately bristled. "What?! You guys said you wanted to celebrate for me, but why did I have to pay for the popsicles?"
"Because you're a model! Models are rich, right?!"
Hearing Kuroko's words, Kise completely lost his temper. "What the hell! Being rich has nothing to do with you guys!"
Momoi Satsuki stood in front of Ryu and said, "Ryu, join us! Kise-kun has money too!"
"Hey, hey, hey!" Kise Ryota looked at Momoi Satsuki speechlessly.
"I won!" Kuroko Tetsuya said, looking at the popsicle stick in his hand.
"Really?" Aomine Daiki excitedly looked at the popsicle stick in Kuroko's hand. "Ah, it really is! That's amazing!"
"This is the first time I've seen this. It's probably hard to win this!" Kise Ryota cheered.
But he quickly paused, wondering to himself, 'Why am I getting excited too?'
"What? What's wrong?" Just then, Murasakibara Atsushi walked out of the convenience store next door.
"Huh? Yu-chin."
"Hey, Murasakibara, you're going to eat so much again?" Ryu teased, seeing Murasakibara holding a box of popsicle sticks.
Murasakibara replied with an expectant smile, "Yeah, I want more."
Kuroko walked up to Ryu and said, "Ryu-kun, this popsicle stick I won is for you!"
Ryu didn't refuse and took the popsicle stick.
There was a line of small print on the end of the stick: "One more, please."
Ryu noticed Momoi Satsuki looking at the popsicle stick in his hand with an envious expression.
"Satsuki, you probably haven't had a popsicle yet! This one is for you!"
Ryu's sudden words struck Momoi Satsuki as if struck by Cupid's arrow.
She was completely dizzy, grabbing the popsicle stick from Ryu's hand and becoming entranced.
"Ryu-kun, I'll definitely keep it safe."
Aomine Daiki spoke up at this moment, "It's pointless if you don't exchange it."
"Aomine, shut up."
Just as Momoi Satsuki finished speaking, a roar suddenly rang out from afar, followed by a blinding flash of light that made everyone unable to open their eyes.
"Get out of the way!"
Buzz...
The roar grew louder, flashing past them.
Although it was only for a moment, Ryu still saw it—it was a motorcycle.
Momoi Satsuki was startled and lost her balance, falling towards the ground.
Ryu reacted quickly, catching Momoi Satsuki before she fell.
"Are you alright?!"
"No, I'm fine," Momoi Satsuki said, still shaken.
Just then, a panicked female voice rang in everyone's ears: "Robbery! Grab him!"
Aomine Daiki and Kise Ryota didn't hesitate for a moment, dropping their bags and chasing after the motorcycle.
"Idiot, there's no way you can catch a motorcycle!"
Saying this, Midorima Shintaro grabbed the Delicious Sticks from Murasakibara Atsushi's hand, aimed, and threw them.
A box of Delicious Sticks was thrown.
Immediately afterward, Murasakibara Atsushi flashed, chasing after the direction the sticks had flown.
After helping Momoi Satsuki to her feet, Ryu turned to look at the fleeing motorcycle.
His silver eyes flashed with an icy coldness.
He picked up a small pebble from the ground.
The Eye of Hyotei activated.
He searched quickly and soon spotted a wooden stick on the ground in the distance.
Without hesitation, he swung the pebble at the stick.
A gust of wind whistled past, whizzing past Kise Ryota and Aomine Daiki's ears in an instant.
The two men's hearts skipped a beat, and they instinctively looked at the flying object.
They clearly saw that it was a pebble.
The pebble struck the wooden stick on the ground, sending it flying.
Just then, the motorcycle arrived, and the stick, by sheer coincidence, became embedded in the motorcycle's wheel.
The stick snapped instantly.
The robber was startled by the sudden turn of events.
His hand trembled, and the motorcycle tilted instantly.
As a result, the robber and the motorcycle crashed to the ground, sliding at least twenty meters.
When Aomine Daiki and Kise Ryota caught up, the robber was already lying on the ground howling in pain. Although he was wearing a helmet, so his expression couldn't be seen, he hadn't gotten up, indicating he was seriously injured.
The two men were panting heavily, both looking incredulous.
At that moment, Murasakibara arrived and picked up the delicious sticks that had fallen to the ground.
Thankfully, only the packaging was damaged.
Ryu didn't pay attention to the rest. He began to comfort Momoi Satsuki.
"It's alright, I avenged you."
Momoi Satsuki stared blankly at Ryu, her eyes filled with gratitude and admiration.
Her girlish heart pounded wildly.
Midorima and Kuroko stood by, completely dumbfounded.
They had seen it clearly just now.
The distance to that wooden stick was at least a hundred meters, yet Ryu had struck it with such precision.
Moreover, both the point of impact and the timing were perfect; it was a decisive blow.
Midorima was once again awestruck by Ryu.
Kuroko was also in a state of shock.
He knew Ryu was strong, but this was too outrageous! How could he have achieved such precision?
Neither Midorima nor Kuroko could truly understand Ryu.
As teammates, they felt an unprecedented sense of security.
'But what if he were an opponent?' This thought suddenly crossed Midorima and Kuroko's minds.
A bead of cold sweat rolled down their foreheads.
On the way back, Momoi Satsuki kept praising everyone's bravery.
Kise Ryota also learned that everyone present was a member of the First Army.
This shocked him—that Kuroko was a member of the First Army.
As for Ryu, he didn't know much about it and couldn't feel the same pressure from Aomine, so he considered Ryu the weakest person besides Kuroko.
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