Chapter 26: Body of Steel

The end of the second episode's plot was the part where Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan was teaching Kuroko.

"What is a meaningful thing..."

"Of course you don't know, because what you are doing right now is a meaningful thing!"

"Life is never smooth sailing; victory and success are surprises, while failure and setbacks are the main melody."

"It is precisely because of this that we must strive for success and surprises. Only after the storm can we see the rainbow. Setbacks and failures are the same; only after experiencing them will success be even more surprising and memorable..."

A bit of philosophical chicken soup for the soul suddenly raised Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan's image quite a bit.

Fan Shi and the audience shared the same feeling.

Reliable!

This was their unexpected discovery about Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan.

Someone who usually looks like they don't have their act together becomes more reliable the more important the moment is.

He habitually forgets what the club president and coach say, always wears sunglasses to act cool, and gets scolded to death every day.

He also has a bit of excessive self-confidence, confident to the point of arrogance.

But at critical moments, you can always trust him.

Most importantly, he is always encouraging Kuroko to move forward, rather than trying to persuade Kuroko to give up like the basketball club coach.

Beneath his cynical exterior hides a heart that warms others.

"The character who has given me the best impression so far in this show is Tiandao, even better than Kuroko." Fan Shi couldn't help but sigh.

Who wouldn't want a friend like this by their side?

When there's nothing going on, he can make everyone happy and liven up the atmosphere; when there is something going on, he will stand on your side and provide help.

Simply perfect.

Of course, it would be even better if he didn't have that mouth.

"Shut up, Riko!"

"It is precisely because we are the strong that we should give more encouragement to the weak!"

Pfft!

Fan Shi was once again amused by the sudden reversal.

"As expected of you, Tiandao!"

Amidst laughter, the ending theme played again, and the second episode finished.

Fan Shi didn't close the video immediately; he listened to the entire ending theme and watched the preview before sharing his thoughts on the episode with the audience.

"I'm still enjoying this show so far."

"The games haven't officially started yet, and most of it is daily life, but fortunately, there's Tiandao, who carried the daily life of the first two episodes."

"If nothing goes wrong, Kuroko should start developing his own ability in the next episode."

"As for what ability it is, Tiandao's line 'Go become a shadow' gives a glimpse of it."

"Kuroko will likely not become a player like Tiandao who is good at both offense and defense; his shooting problem still hasn't been solved, which is a setting issue by the production team. It should be mainly auxiliary, like assists and steals."

"The plot has now reached the point where Kuroko develops his ability, and next should be the official matches. Looking forward to next week's update."

The second episode finished, and Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan checked his popularity value, which had already risen to 130,000.

The biggest hook of this episode's plot was Kuroko finding the direction to develop his ability.

As Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan, who helped Kuroko complete this step, he successfully gained a large amount of popularity value.

"In that case, the second ability should be unlocked smoothly, right?"

"Why isn't there a 'ding' sound?"

The short-tailed cat heard this and rolled its eyes in a very human-like way, then took a remote control from somewhere and pressed it.

"Ding!"

Comfortable!

"This is the correct way to open the system."

Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan smiled happily as he checked his second ability.

Body of Steel.

Reduces the probability of the host suffering any injury during daily training and matches by 99%.

Good stuff!

Unlike the first ability, this one came with a skill description, rather than just adding a backstory for no reason.

This is absolutely the ability that professional athletes dream of most.

History really has too many geniuses destroyed by injuries.

Many geniuses who should have been incredibly dazzling faded into obscurity after one major injury.

If he is destined to walk the path of basketball in the future, Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan believes this is the ability he wants most, bar none!

"With this, I don't have to worry about any high-intensity training."

Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan was happy, and then he was happy again.

"Strike while the iron is hot, give me a draw!"

Then, after a round of scrolling.

Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan gained attribute points: Mid-range shooting +1, Post-up +1, Three-pointer +1, Stamina +1.

They were all attribute points; there were no rewards for "bringing people to life."

The most precious one was, of course, Stamina +1; this is a physical attribute, not a technical one.

Technical deficiencies can be polished over time. He now has 99% injury resistance, so he isn't afraid of devilish special training; he could even withstand Kobe's 666 training method.

But physical talent cannot be improved through exercise.

Of course, what he actually wanted most was strength, speed, and so on.

Strength represents not just raw power, but also defensive ability, core strength, etc.

Speed includes sprint speed, explosiveness, jumping speed, etc.

"Good luck today!"

Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan whistled as he walked out of the room.

Just as he stepped out, he happened to see Tennen Riko, who was raising her fist as if she were about to knock on the door.

"What's wrong?"

"Watch the TV drama with me!"

"Watching it again?"

"What do you mean 'again'? You've only watched it with me for one day. Today I'm going to watch until the finale!"

Damn it, Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan's whistle stopped instantly.

The only good news was that Japanese TV dramas are relatively short and won't just film dozens of episodes to torture people.

The next day.

Teiko Basketball Club.

As Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan entered, he could keenly feel that the atmosphere today was different.

"What's wrong?"

"The grouping table for the National Tournament preliminaries is out."

Akashi walked over and told him the news.

Tiandao Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan understood immediately; it was probably a bad draw.

If the grouping were good, everyone would probably be popping champagne to celebrate right now.

"Is the luck very bad?"

"I can only say it's very challenging."

Akashi had a smile on his face, as if nothing could change his expression.

Children carefully cultivated by big families are just different.

If the principal from Spy x Family came over, he would definitely say, "Ya, too elegant!"

"Since everyone is here, come over and gather."

Seeing that the members of the first string had all arrived, Platinum Kōzō immediately took them to the conference room.

It looked like they were going to hold a tactical meeting in advance.

In Japan, there are three comprehensive sports meets every year.

The Autumn National Sports Festival, the Winter Cup, and the most grand Summer National Tournament.

For the Teiko Basketball Club, the Autumn National Sports Festival and the Winter Cup were not in their consideration.

All Platinum Kōzō considered was the National Tournament, abbreviated as Inter-High!

The cruelty of this tournament doesn't need much elaboration.

There are 43 prefectures in Japan, but most prefectures only have one ticket to the National Tournament.

Large regions like Tokyo and Kanagawa are exceptions.