Translator: Re
Editor: Mims
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Reece decisively followed and blocked Raven’s side. He was about to intercept the ball when Raven, as if he had predicted Reece’s movement, took two steps back and then accelerated forward again!
Nie Chuan really felt that Raven’s control of inertia is simply not human!
… Although he had once also evaluated Reece as such.
Raven’s second breakthrough was even more fierce than the first!
Nie Chuan subconsciously clenched his fists. He saw Raven constantly pressing Reece and Reece continuing to retreat while trying to stabilize his position.
Then something completely unexpected happened.
Raven jumped and made a shooting posture. His spring was amazing. When Nie Chuan thought that no one would be able to stop him , Reece’s legs brewed a powerful force. He suddenly rose into the air and reached Raven’s height in an even shorter amount of time!
Raven just curled his lips into a smile and retracted the ball. The moment he landed, he was going to cross Reece’s side. Unexpectedly, Reece had already seen through him and closely followed as Raven flew to the basket and once again made a jump shot.
He was completely unprepared! No warning!
Nie Chuan opened his mouth, this shot is too reckless ba!
It was like an act of suicide after being forced to the limit by Reece!
But the ball fell centeredly in the basket, not even brushing against the net.
“Hey!” Raven turned, made a thumbs up in Nie Chuan’s direction, then pointed to himself.
Nie Chuan quickly said, “Two to two!”
After this showdown, each round made Nie Chuan very nervous. Nie Chuan thought that Reece was already strong enough. Unexpectedly, Raven was able to keep up with him.
Every time Reece took the ball, Raven will definitely be close behind.
Whether it was in strength or skill, both played to the fullest.
Nie Chuan couldn’t help but think, maybe this is how it’s like in the NBA?
They did a you-come-I-go. After competing for nearly an hour, the score remained at 52-52, neither one allowing the other to pull ahead.
Each round stimulated the nerves in Nie Chuan’s brain, his attention has never been this focused. He greedily watched the figures of these two people, trying to imprint into his mind their every dribbling movements, every shot, and even how the muscles of their bodies stretched and released their strength.
“Hey Reece!” Raven shouted. “This is our last round before I take the train to go!”
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“En.” Reece nodded as he pulled the collar of his sportswear up to wipe the sweat that ran down his cheek.
This had been an hour of high tension and taut nerves ah! Nie Chuan dare say that the amount of exercise in this game is no less than in a complete basketball game!
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Thinking about it, Nie Chuan became deeply aware that the gap between himself and Reece is not only in terms of speed, explosiveness, and various basketball skills; the gap between their physical fitness is even greater.
At the moment, Raven was only dribbling while staring at Reece. Reece was like an immovable mountain.
In the end, this mountain will either block Raven or Raven will step over it like a giant. Nie Chuan’s back was unconsciously sweating.
Just at that moment when even their breathes congealed, the two simultaneously sped up. Nie Chuan unconsciously took a step forward, stepping onto the sideline.
Raven rushed towards Reece with the ball and the two began an offensive and defensive battle that people couldn’t follow with their eyes.
One moment, they would still be fighting in front of Nie Chuan’s eyes. A few seconds later, one of them had already turned while the other gave chase and arrived at their other side.
All kinds of steps and methods to probe the other, even the magnitude of their shoulder swivels were beyond Nie Chuan’s expectations.
The war between them seems to be one where it’s either your death or mine.
At some point, Raven completely broke through Reece! His glide dribble was perfect, just like a flying fish.
The moment he separated from Reece, with his speed and explosiveness, he is likely to immediately rush to dunk since that slight time difference would make Reece unable to catch up with him!
But just before the reversal could happen, Reece turned and followed Raven. That moment when his hand stretched towards Raven was like an illusion. Nie Chuan was only able to hear a slight “pa-” sound when the ball had been taken away by Reece!
Nie Chuan’s eyes widened as they followed Reece’s figure. His steps were very large, as if he would take off at any moment.
He stretched his arm out, it was an extremely elegant and smooth layup posture! But Raven had already arrived by his side and was about to powerfully block Reece!
Nie Chuan’s nerves were so taut, his head was about to split and his blood stopped.
Will Reese get his hot pot covered by Raven?
Is this shot going to fail?
The next moment, Reece took the ball back! His arm bent as if to do a pull-up while in midair!
And Raven’s cover was left completely empty!
Reece’s body seemed to stand still in the air. When time began boiling again, he violently sent the ball into the basket!
When a “peng–” sounded, Nie Chuan’s countless nerves finally shattered.
He couldn’t think of anything. All he can remember is that moment when Reece had paused in the air!
It was elegant and effortless, as if without any thoughts, breaking through all fixed patterns and falling shockingly into Nie Chuan’s sight.
The two landed at almost the same time.
Raven stared at Reece for two seconds while Reece merely shook his wrist.
“F*ck – you actually used a double clutch layup on me?” Raven shouted in dissatisfaction but his eyes showed that he was deeply impressed by Reece.
“You can also use it.” Reece’s words completely shut Raven up.
He then looked in the direction of Nie Chuan and said coolly, “Score.”
“Oh… 54-52!”
Nie Chuan was still immersed in the exquisiteness of that shot!
It turned out to be the legendary “double clutch layup”!
Nie Chuan once saw it in the video of an NBA match. While it can be very beautiful, gorgeous, and artistic, not every NBA star can do it.
But Reece did it.
When seeing the layup from close range, Reece’s posture was not distorted and his eyebrows did not frown, as if it had been a very ordinary thing for him.
But for Nie Chuan, his eyes felt as if they had been burned.
Raven came to the side of the court, opened a bottle of mineral water, fiercely gulped a few mouthfuls, and wiped the sweat from his body.
“I came all this way only to lose to you! On the way back I’m only going to feel more and more upset!”
“I look forward to you disgracing yourself in the league.”
“That would be inevitable. But that’s only if DK can hold on long enough in the league for us to meet.”
“So Raven, don’t get eliminated.”
Raven glared at Reece then looked at Nie Chuan on the side. “Dude, how can you stand this guy? His every word is poking at other’s backs!”
Nie Chuan wants to nod but didn’t dare.
“You should hurry to the train station,” Reece reminded him.
“I know. Can’t you give me a ride?” Raven hoisted his bag and walked towards the warehouse door.
“No, I should send Nie Chuan home.” Reece’s reply was very serious.
“Okay… fine! I’m looking forward to someone in the regional competition who will make you suffer!”
Raven raised his middle finger at Reece. Then he seemed to have thought of something and walked back to Reece’s side. With one arm slung over Reece’s shoulder, he said in a lowered voice, “Hey, you’re a bit strange today!”
“There is no difference between the me today and the me you saw last time.”
Raven shook his head. “Today’s you has a particularly strong fighting spirit and you were more focused than before. I like this kind of you.”
“You should like yourself more.”
“Of course, because you were so focused, I also became more focused than before. I’m not upset when I lost to you because I did my best. But Reece, you’re very strange.”
“Do you find out that I grew a leg longer than before?”
Raven looked towards the sky. “Of course not. You’re more expressive than before. In the past, you used to just play; how to stop the opponent, how to score. But today you made yourself get every point, especially that last ball. Double clutch layup? My god, how come you’ve never used it before? If you use it, wouldn’t you have been harassed by those NBA teams by now?”
“You really will miss the train.” Reece turned and smirked.
Having received the warning, Raven obediently closed his mouth and left.
Nie Chuan stood rooted in place, his fingers trembling slightly, as if through this action he can let the blood that had just stopped flow back into his fingertips.
Reece walked over and threw a bar of chocolate into Nie Chuan’s arms.
When it hit him, Ni Chuan seemed to finally wake up from the absolute field that Reece drew.
“Thank you……”
“Come on, I’ll send you home.”
Nie Chuan followed behind Reece. Reece’s back felt taller and more distant than before.
In the car, Nie Chuan was still thinking about that pull-up layup, forgetting to swallow the chocolate that was still in his mouth.
“Safety belt,” Reece spoke again.
“Ah? Oh!” Nie Chuan quickly lowered his head to look for the seat belt.
The other turned in Nie Chuan’s direction, reached over, pulled over the seat belt on Nie Chuan’s side, and firmly buckled it.
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Re: Reece trying to impress wifey xD
MadMadamMims: daddy is showing off ><
fufufufu.. trying to impress wifey indeed XDThank you both for the hard work in translating this! <3
Pfft, what a cute tsundere.
Awww. So cute! Reece is playing harder to impress Nie Chuan. I hope Nie Chuan makes it onto the school team, and.they get to play together in the NBA in the future.
Such a good story with great translations.
Ah, I wish it had the recognition it deserves. Then again, majority of fangirls don’t like reading about sport stories, but they are really missing out. ‘Cause as my uncle once told me athletes are modern day gladiators! And I adore it when the ML’s show off for their MC’s.
(*≧艸≦) he really did his best to catch NC’s eye huh?
Reece: peacock flaunting his tail feathers.jpg