Chapter 14: NBA

The crowd of onlookers, after a brief silence, became noisy again. This kind of scene was really rare.

Everyone couldn't control their desire to express themselves at this time.

Unlike them, Aizen had now regained his composure. He looked at his opponent, who had just woken up and was muttering cowardly words.

The contrast between his fierce demeanor earlier and his current cowardly expression was too great, and Aizen was speechless.

The opponent's current appearance made Aizen lose interest. He murmured to himself, "It's like this again; the passion always fades into dullness."

Aizen was a person who pursued excitement. When his opponents showed aggressiveness, he often responded with equal intensity.

But every time the passion faded and calm returned, the feeling was really uncomfortable.

When the two teammates of the opponent came forward to check the injury, Aizen even hoped they would fight him so he could continue the pleasure.

But the opponents avoided him as much as possible, like a mouse avoiding a cat, extremely scared.

After a while, the opponents hurriedly left as if they were running away, fearing that Aizen would stop them.

After they left, everyone who knew Aizen came forward to talk to him.

They were all very happy but also a little scared.

"Aizen, it has to be you. It was really dangerous just now. If it was someone else, the consequences would have been disastrous."

"Yeah, why do I feel that your strength has improved again?"

Aizen replied, "Haha, don't praise me too much. You know I get stronger every day."

"..."

They were right. Aizen's strength had indeed improved greatly.

His purpose for coming to the court today had been achieved, and he was very satisfied with the test results.

The results even greatly exceeded his expectations. After obtaining the skill [Core Confrontation], the stability of his body was greatly improved.

Previously, he didn't dare to confront adults too much, but now he wasn't afraid of them at all.

Aizen couldn't think of anyone in junior high school who could compete with his [Core Confrontation]. 

Perhaps only Atsushi Murasakibara in the "Miracle Era" could do it, as his physical fitness was unique among the "Miracle."

Everyone started chatting.

The crowd could see they would not continue playing.

There was no fun left to watch, so most people left one after another.

However, many people shouted to Aizen before leaving, "Good job, keep it up!"

"Remember you, do well in the national competition."

"Yes, we will come to see you."

"..."

Aizen smiled when he heard this. He no longer looked crazy as he had on the court just now. 

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...

After the audience left, he didn't plan to go home.

Aizen had originally planned to train, and since he was already at the court, he decided to finish his training routine for the day.

After saying goodbye to the old guys around him, they all left one after another, leaving the half-court to Aizen.

Some went home, and some went to another court to continue playing.

In the past two months, Aizen had conquered this place with his strength.

This half-court had become his exclusive training ground. Usually, when Aizen wasn't there, everyone played here.

When Aizen arrived, they would tacitly move aside for him to train.

The focus of his training was shooting: three-pointers, mid-range shots, lobs—every kind of shot needed practice.

Aizen's shooting was definitely better than most junior high school students.

However, compared to his other skills, it was still not excellent.

Moreover, Aizen compared himself not with most junior high school players but with the "Miracle Era".

He even wanted to expand his horizons further.

This world was real. Although he had only awakened his memories for a short time, according to his time here, he had lived in this world for over ten years.

After awakening his memory, he also inherited over ten years of life experience.

This experience constantly reminded him that everything was real.

Aizen was a basketball fan in his previous life. He knew that the place symbolizing the highest level of basketball in the world was the NBA!

Naturally, when he traveled to the world of Kuroko no Basket, he also thought of the NBA.

After searching, he found that the highest hall of basketball in this world was also the NBA!

Aizen still remembers watching NBA game videos.

He was speechless for a long time because he didn't know how to describe those scenes.

If he had to say it, it was incomprehensible, totally beyond understanding.

But Aizen knew that the reason he couldn't understand might be because they had entered some special realms.

Aizen knew there was a Zone here, which greatly enhanced performance.

So he didn't continue to delve into that mystery.

Aizen felt that with his talent and the blessing of the system, one day, he would get a glimpse of the top of the mountain in this world.

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After training for almost two hours, he finally ended.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the lights on the court were on, making the surroundings clear.

Aizen, sitting under the basketball hoop, was breathing heavily.

"Hu! Hu!"

He was sweating all over, and his clothes were soaked.

He hadn't even sweated when playing basketball with that group of people just now.

Now, training by himself, he was drenched.

But this was normal for Aizen; he was extremely strict with himself.

He always aimed for perfection in every training session.

Without this mentality, he wouldn't have improved his strength to this level in just two months, even with the buff.

Aizen sat quietly for a while, restoring his breath to a stable state.

It was late, and there were almost no people on the court.

Feeling the quiet environment around him, Aizen closed his eyes and recalled his past life.

Grudges, regrets, unwillingness—all kinds of ups and downs came to his mind.

At this time, a breeze blew.

The cool feeling made Aizen calm, and he opened his eyes.

"The past is gone; let's focus on the future."

"This time, I want to take it all!"