Chapter 96: Lottery Enhancement, First Meeting with Jordan

“So this is an Asian kid?”

“Yes Michael.”

“He’s only fucking 13?”

“Yes Michael.”

“He’s fucking 13 years old?” Michael Jordan pointed at the devastating Kaneki Ken on the screen. “At this age… no, even if we relax it to 18 years old, this kid has a very high level of technical accomplishment and excellent physical talent. I kind of agree with you, Falk.”

“Not just him.” Falk pulled up another player’s game video. “This kid, a kid who immigrated from the United States to Italy, is called Kobe Bryant, the son of Sweet Pea Joe. He has balanced left and right hands, and has good physical talent and technical completion. I am very optimistic that he and this Asian kid will become the stars of this training camp.”

“Fuck, are the kids nowadays so interesting?” Michael Jordan watched the video with interest. “How is the training schedule arranged?”

“Tomorrow you will attend the opening ceremony of the training camp, symbolically run laps with them, shoot some basketballs, and then leave it to the trainers.” Falk checked Michael Jordan’s schedule, “Then come every two weeks to play a few basketballs with the best performers symbolically, and that’s it.”

“Haha, I hope they can continue to pursue their basketball dreams in the future.” Michael Jordan said with some gloating.

……

“Ding-ling-ling…” At 7:30 in the morning, the alarm clock on the bedside woke up Kaneki Ken who was sleeping soundly.

“Ha~” Kaneki Ken stretched and sat up, stopped the alarm, looked at the day circled in red on the calendar and said with emotion, “Today is the day to officially join the training camp~”

Kaneki Ken got out of bed and went to the bathroom. He looked at himself in the mirror and said to himself, “It’s time to show my real skills. System, start!”

As he finished speaking, the system interface that had been silent for a long time popped up again.

“Host: Kaneki Ken;
Age: 13;

Height: 186cm/200cm;

Weight: 88kg;

Wingspan: 206cm/220cm
Talent: The First One (teenager);

Strength: 85/110;

Speed: 91/110;

Bounce: 85/110;

Coordination: 85/110;

Agility: 85/110;

Durability: 85/110;

Flexibility: 85/110;

Skills: Basketball Bible (A+), Swallow Flash Back (A), Dual Blade Flow (A), King’s Blessing (SS), Air Walk (S), Shura Shinto. Domain. Absolute Prediction (SS).

Badges: Giant (Hall of Fame), Speedster (Gold), Black Mamba (Gold)

Current number of draws: one B-level draw, five A-level draws, and one S-level draw;
Currently available skill points: 12 points

Current skill upgrade card fragments: 286;

Current victory points: 80;

Rating: SS grade (one of the top 15 players in U50). ”

“There hasn’t been a lottery for two months~” Kaneki Ken sighed as he looked at the introduction on the system interface.

Yes, the last time I drew a lottery to strengthen myself was two months ago. In Japan, the Miracle Generation had not yet blossomed, and Kaneki Ken’s previous strength was simply a dimensionality reduction attack, so Kaneki Ken did not continue to draw the lottery, but only exchanged 2 skill upgrade cards to upgrade Zone and Shura Shinto to SS level. Now that he has come to the United States, involving the blind box reward of Michael Jordan, Kaneki Ken opened his system again.

“Although the plan cannot keep up with the changes, the skill points accumulated are a little less, but it is still enough.” Kaneki Ken calculated and stuffed all the skill points into the speed column. “The speed exceeds the peak of human beings, which is enough to make Danzi drink a pot. The next step is the highlight! System, draw a lottery!”

“Buzz~”

As Kaneki Ken finished speaking, the lottery wheel on the system interface began to spin wildly. Soon, a purple, 5 gold and 1 silver gift boxes appeared in front of Kaneki Ken.

“Congratulations to the host for winning a cash reward of 200 million yen.”

“Continue.” Kaneki Ken was already accustomed to receiving cash as a B-level reward, so he continued unpacking without even raising his eyelids.

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Skill Smelting Furnace.”

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Badge Upgrade Card x2.” “Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Skill Blind Box x2.”

“Congratulations to the host for winning: a badge blind box.”

“It is detected that the host has made 5 consecutive draws for the first time, and the special skill is awarded: Eye of Insight (no grade).”

With a flash of light, the prize of this lottery appeared in front of Kaneki Ken.

“Skill Refining Furnace?” Kaneki Ken curiously clicked on the prize introduction, his eyes gradually brightening.

“Skill Smelting Furnace: The host can put 2 A-level and above skills into the smelting furnace for smelting, and obtain a guaranteed S-level skill.”

Just a few words made Kaneki Ken feel extremely excited. You know, Kaneki Ken had long envied Jordan’s top skills and badges. Although the A-level skills could satisfy him to be the king in Neon Country, it was still not enough when facing the God of Basketball.

“This one is a gift,” Kaneki Ken happily clicked on the blind box, “Open it first. If I draw a skill that’s not useful, it’s just right to collect some fusion materials!”

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Basketball Bible! (Already owned)”

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Master of Fake Moves!”

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the badge: Basketball God II (Hall of Fame)!”

“What a rubbish lottery, how can it come up with a heavy prize~” Kaneki Ken curled his lips in disdain, “But the God of Basketball badge is not a unique badge, right?”

“Report to the host, there is more than one way to become a god. Theoretically, as long as one has enough talent, everyone has the possibility to awaken his or her own Basketball God Badge. However, currently only the host and Jordan have their own Basketball God Badge.” The system gave Kaneki Ken a rare reminder.

“That’s interesting.” Kaneki Ken said with a playful tone, “Let me see what the difference is between my godhood and Jordan’s.”

“Badge: God of Basketball II, Skill Type: Spirit, Badge Term: Suppress the World, Badge Level: Temple (Unique), Badge Effect: Can mark games/opponents, in marked games/when facing marked opponents, can improve own attributes by 50% without side effects, improve own skills or badge level by 2-3 levels (SSS-level skill bonus increased by 50%), immune to all negative badge effects, shield all insight and prediction skill effects.”

“Amazing.” Kaneki Ken’s eyes flickered, “It looks like another lucky draw~ This skill is a natural counter to Jordan and Akashi. Let’s take a look at the other rewards~”

As he spoke, Kaneki Ken turned his attention to the first appearance of the levelless skill Eye of Insight.

“Skill: Eye of Insight, Skill Type: Concept, Skill Term: Identification, Skill Level: Ungraded, Skill Effect: After obtaining this skill, the host will be able to identify the opponent’s attributes, skills, badges, etc. at any time. This skill cannot be smelted.”

“Well, actually I’m not that lucky.” Kaneki Ken shrugged helplessly, “It’s a useless skill, but it’s better than nothing.”

Kaneki Ken closed the skill introduction of Eye of Insight and began to look at his own skill list carefully. After careful consideration, he finally decided to test the waters by melting two identical Basketball Bibles and Dual Swords. After all, he would be guaranteed to be S-level at the minimum, so he would not lose out.

“Buzz~” As the three skills were thrown into the smelting furnace by Kaneki Yan, the smelting furnace began to run at high speed. After a few seconds, with a ding sound, a purple skill pattern appeared.

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Basketball Oracle (SS)”

“Skill: Basketball Oracle, Skill Type: Skill, Skill Term: Skill is close to Tao, Skill Level: SS (upgradable), Skill Effect: After acquiring this skill, the host’s various technical movements with both hands will become more smooth and natural, and whether it is dribbling past the opponent, mid-range and long-range shooting, post-up singles, rebounding positioning, block selection, or stealing shots, the host will permanently gain a 10% success rate bonus.”

“Beautiful!” Kaneki Ken pumped his fist excitedly, “I knew I was the chosen one, and I got a good result with my first shot! Keep going!”

Having said that, Kaneki Ken decisively threw Air Walk, Swallow Flash and Fake Master into the smelting furnace. Another buzzing sound was heard, and a new skill pattern appeared in front of Kaneki Ken.

“Congratulations to the host for obtaining the skill: Heaven and Earth (SS).”

“Skill: Heaven and Earth, Skill Type: Skill, Skill Term: Ethereal, Skill Level: SS (upgradable), Skill Effect: After acquiring this skill, the host will 100% avoid steals when dribbling, and each dribble will have a 50% chance of triggering the ankle breaker effect. When doing a layup/dunk, flexibility will increase by 20%, coordination will increase by 20%, the chance of being blocked will decrease by 50%, and the hit rate will increase by 20%.”

“That’s great! It looks like the Jordan blind box is not far away.” Kaneki Ken used the last two badge upgrade cards on the Speedster and the Black Mamba respectively. Looking at the two badges upgraded to the Hall of Fame, the curve of his mouth could hardly be suppressed. “I’m determined to get Danzi this shot. Even Jesus can’t stop him!”

“Badge: Speedster, Badge Type: Body, Badge Term: Speedster, Badge Level: Hall of Fame, Badge Effect: Equipped with this badge, the host can obtain a 20% breakthrough speed bonus.”

“Badge: Ultimate Black Mamba, Badge Type: Skill, Badge Term: Precision, Badge Level: Hall of Fame, Badge Effect: When equipped with this badge, every time the host scores three goals, starting from the fourth goal, the hit rate of each goal will be increased by 20%, and the bonus will be doubled for five goals in a row. Note: The bonus will be doubled when facing a double team of three or more people.”

Just as Kaneki Ken was excited about his own strengthening, Nijimura Shuzo’s voice interrupted his thoughts.

“Kaneki, have you washed up? The car arranged by Akashi is here to pick you up. I packed breakfast for you, you can take it with you on the way.”

“Right away.” Kaneki Ken hurriedly washed up, took the breakfast prepared by Nijimura Shuzo, and got into the Maybach at the door.

“Really, you’re such an impetuous kid.” Nijimura Shuzo looked at Kaneki Ken’s back and scolded him with a smile, “Come on, Kaneki.”

As the car slowly stopped, Kaneki Ken arrived at the entrance of the training camp’s gym. As he gradually approached the gym, a series of banging sounds came from the gym.

“It’s only eight o’clock now, it’s not time for training yet.” Kaneki Ken looked at his watch and pushed open the door of the stadium in confusion.

“Hey, you’re late, kid. It’s far past four o’clock now.” In the court, a bald black figure, who was already soaked all over, appeared in Kaneki Ken’s eyes, “Go, help me pick up the ball.”

(End of this chapter)