Chapter 37: Purple Badge 'I Love Blocking Dunks'!

On the court.

As the game neared its end, the pace on the court was nowhere near as intense as before.

Of course…

This was under the deliberate circumstances of Yukimiya Kazuma going easy.

Facing an opponent already leading by over 50 points, Yukimiya Kazuma found it hard to keep crushing them the way the Generation of Miracles would.

After all, the Generation of Miracles had nasty personalities at this stage, on top of having KPI requirements.

If he remembered correctly, it was a rule Akashi had set to motivate everyone on the court—something like 20-plus points per player per game.

However, Yukimiya Kazuma's leniency seemed to give the opponents some kind of illusion, and a few of them gradually started getting restless.

For example, the power forward on the other side, who had barely been involved all game, took advantage of the Bai Shui Hall players going easy and played with a strong sense of presence.

At that moment the ball happened to pass to his hands, facing Yukimiya Kazuma, who had already stopped pressuring Enjoji's perimeter and retreated to the paint to slack off.

The guy, for whatever reason, stuck his butt out and barreled in, and once under the basket, he rose up to dunk.

However…

Setting aside the stamina issue.

This power forward, whether in terms of vertical leap or strength, was clearly no longer in his opening-game condition.

Yukimiya Kazuma could tell that if the opponent had previously been at a normal dunking level, now he could probably only manage a勉强 dunk at best.

In other words.

Don't be fooled by how he looked barreling in with apparent force—underneath it all, he was nothing but an empty shell.

Moreover…

【Badge Mission: In the match against Enjoji Middle School, block opposing players 5 or more times】

【Completion Reward: Chance to obtain a block-related badge (Currently completed 5/5)】

【Auto-loading badge reward…】

【Badge loading complete…】

【Obtain Badge: I Love Blocking Dunks】

【I Love Blocking Dunks (Purple): Your dunks are utterly ordinary, always giving me the urge to block them. When facing dunks, block success rate increases by 50% (Block attribute ≥ 80)】

This was the badge reward obtained from completing a previous mission.

Yukimiya Kazuma had never found a chance to test it, after all, the only opponents capable of dunking were probably the center and power forward on the other side, whose height matched his own.

That center looked completely drained of fighting spirit, but this power forward seemed rather thick-skinned and carefree.

Squeak~!

Sneakers screeched violently against the floor as Yukimiya Kazuma's body suddenly shot upward. Facing the opponent's motion of gripping the ball with both hands and reaching for the rim, the 'I Love Blocking Dunks' badge in the system flickered.

At this moment, Yukimiya Kazuma's eyes glinted slightly as he precisely predicted the opponent's movement trajectory.