Thunder Demon(Part 3)

If he had gotten the ball during the 4th point, there was little to no hope of victory for him whatsoever. But now that he had possession of the ball, there was still a chance for a comeback.

Then, just as the next round was about to start, Kyotaro's eyes sharpened intensely like a beast with it's eyes on the prey.

Immediately, one could tell that the air around Kyotaro had a different vibe to it altogether.

He was dead serious now.

Then, just as the referee commenced the start of the next round, he immediately dashed forward.

As he dribbled the ball forward, he was soon blocked by the university student in front of him.

However, Kyotaro didn't seem the least bit worried. Instead, he had a playful smirk on his face.

Suddenly, the ball in his hand disappeared.

Then, at the next moment, it reappeared in his other hand.

Keeping the ball at mid-thigh height, he began playing around with the ball.

Slow then fast dribbles to behind the legs and then forward.

The ball went through a myriad of places but that wasn't what left the crowd shocked. Instead, it was the speed of his dribbling.

As the ball rebounded off the ground, if one took a closer look, they would notice that the every two dribbles, the ball wouldn't even stay in his palm for even a second.

Seeing this, the unsettled crowd immediately burst into cheers once again.

This was what they came to see! This was the real Thunder Demon!

Belial too was in shock.

Such fast dribbling!

Even in his previous world, this speed of dribbling would at least make one the best player in the district. And this was in America where basketball thrived the greatest!

For such a person to only be a regular in a well known basketball school seemed to be too much of a stretch.

He should at least be able to become the ace of a normal basketball university team but here he was doing street challenges as normal high school student!

It seemed that this world really set the bar high for any of the basketball players.

Then, all of a sudden, the system began to comment from the sidelines.

[Hmph! Finally! See what I mean, kid!]

[This is what a Rare Grade Skill looks like in action! Observe the skill properly and tell me what you see!]

Heeding the system's words, Belial started to observe Kyotaro's ball handling skills.

He seemed normal with just his dribbling speed being a bit faster than normal people. There was really nothing abnormal about him.

That was Belial's conclusion.

However, when he saw the movement's of Kyotaro's hands, he was shocked once again.

'No, that shouldn't be possible', Belial thought.

Hearing Belial thoughts, the system began to explain.

[So, you've seen it, huh? It's exactly what it looks like!]

[While dribbling, that Kyotaro boy only uses his fingertips to dribble and to add the additional speed on the dribble, he does a quick double tap every once in a while!]

'No, that shouldn't be possible! The human fingers can't possibly handle that sort of pressure continuously!', Belial instantly denied it.

His IQ wasn't just for nothing as he had learned many things in his previous world. Biology for example was his strong suit or to be more precise, muscle and bone definition.

Human fingertips weren't meant to take in such high pressure at such a fast pace. In the end, they would ultimately fracture and eventually break after doing such moves for a long period of time.

[Dear Creator, why did you pick such a person to be my host?! His intellect is still severely lacking!]

[Kid, no matter how much you look up to this world, you still manage to underestimate in the end!]

[Basketball has been played for centuries and with the amount of skill growing after every time, do you really think that the physical bodies of people will still be the same as in your previous world?!]

[Also, not all of the system's skills are meant for everyone! Like you said, normal people can't handle such pressure on their fingertips which is why this boy is special! His physical constitution was something that he was inborn with to be able to pull this off for such a long period of time! As long as he has sufficient rest in between, his fingers will have no problems during the long run!]

The system couldn't help but explain.

So, as it turns out not every person can use the system's skills.

They would either have to have some special characteristics about themselves or have some inborn talent for them to be compatible with it.

However, Belial was different.

He was someone with a system. He could quickly grow and adapt, making him perfectly suitable for all the skills present in the system.

With this super secret cheat, it didn't matter if others had the same skills.

If they were to use that skill against him, he would use it back but only better!

Meanwhile, back to the match.

Before everyone knew it, Kyotaro had soon scored two successive points, making it a one point difference.

He wasn't called the Thunder Demon for nothing.

Even his comebacks were fast!

Kyotaro was celebrating internally. Since he had possession of the ball, the match was pretty much won for him.

As such, he began to get more sloppy with his ball handling as he slowed down significantly.

He thought that there was no way for that university kid to win now. After all, his reaction time was so slow to his dribbles.

However, just as Kyotaro slowed down his dribble, his opponent had a sudden burst of speed as he easily stole the ball from Kyotaro.

'....',Belial .

[....]

Belial couldn't help but put his head in his hands in disappointment.

At that moment, he seriously wondered if the Talent Scan was flawed!

'Shit!', Kyotaro thought as the ball slipped away from him.

'What the f*ck?!',the rest of the crowd thought.

This fella was so high and mighty just now but he had actually lost the ball once again.

However, their shock only lasted for a moment before they started cursing at Kyotaro.

"Hey, what the f*ck man?! Is this the so called Thunder Demon?!"

"Thunder Demon?! More like Thunder Wussy!"

"Shit, I'm betting that this thing is rigged! I demand compensation!"

Even the DJ looked speechless. He had given a very enthusiastic introduction on the account that Kyotaro would win this round but now, it seemed that all of that was just a waste.

What made it even more worse was that his opponent didn't have a much better gameplay than him. Instead, he was winning by using his smarts against Kyotaro.

Brains over brawn.

This was the perfect example of it!

Even Belial was wondering if Kyotaro had a screw lose for suddenly slowing down his pace all of a sudden.

The system told him that Kyotaro's body was suitable for pulling off such a move so fatigue and pain was impossible.

The only other explanation was that this fool had slacked off!

[Moron! Idiot! Pumpkin face! You think you're a bigshot, huh?! Then, what is this?!]

[Why the hell did you slow down?! Stupid fool!]

Cursing soon filled Belial 's ears, both from the system and the surrounding crowd.

The same was the same for Kyotaro as he looked a little lost after the ball left his palm.

Meanwhile, his opponent almost cried from relief.

It looked like Buddha was still looking over him.