20 Basic Training Complete

(MC PoV)

3 weeks later,

"Belial-kun! You need to practice a bit more harder, then only will you be able to defeat that stinky monster, Takamoto!", a cute feminine voice said from the side.

Belial suddenly regretted inviting this little monster to his training. His training has turned into a competition between the two of his friends.

Currently, Belial was practicing basketball in the backyard with Rio–sensei watching from the sides in an intrigued manner together with his Aria–sensei.

How did Rio end up in Aria's house?

Well, it just happened.

When Rio tried to invite Aria to play some 1 on 1 game but she was rejected because she was training someone. Because she was upset to find her best friend unable to play with her she tried to find trouble and teach him a lesson to the person who was trying to take Aria from her. But to her surprised, it was Belial-kun who she thought was not really interested in playing basketball. After that she also became one of her trainers cause she doesn't want to get left out.

Then Belial initiated the Talent Scan on Rio and Aria that week.

[Talent Scan Initiating....]

[Target Acquired!]

Name: Rio Sumire

Height: 138cm

Talents: Appraisal Eye(Innate - Dormant),

Cloudy Mist Drive, Untapped Potential(Not Discovered).

Remark: Her Appraisal Eye has increased her perception and visual acuity and can point out your weak points and flaws by observation for a period of time. Recommended to be training partner with her.

Name: Aria Brightman

Height: 144cm

Talents: Basketball Sense(Innate - Dormant), Ankle Break Dribble(Incomplete), Untapped Potential(Not Discovered).

When Belial saw this, he was speechless because of Rio's monstrous basketball talent.

However, the system soon scolded him for his thoughts and pointed out the remark made by the scan.

[You idiot! Can't you see that even the Talent Scan is recommending her for a trainer! This means that her analytical ability is phenomenal to say the least because the Talent Scan doesn't just recommend anyone for a certain position!]

[Remember this, you braindead fool! Competent trainers are significantly important in analyzing the opponent's gameplay and devising a last minute counter against them! So, don't you dare think that training partners are useless!]

Following that, he invited Rio over to the place to help him analyze his flaws from a third person point of view since Aria has already pointed out the basics most of the time so he wants some input about his mistakes and bad habits from her.

Rio naturally agreed to this. After all, she was really interested in basketball but her talent in playing it really are monstrous to say!

Recalling back to one time when she tried playing with him ,she had shot the ball....and also the play with that Takamoto!

After that incident, maybe they get to be famous in their district for defeating a student older than them but little did they know that they are getting infamous cause of their play against Takamoto, but that is for another time.

Nevertheless, they didn't care what the other people think so just keep practicing and train until they drop on the floor cause of fatigue.

So, when Belial invited Rio to analyze his gameplay, she was just ecstatic.

Initially when she was invited over, she was merely thinking of getting her hands on a basketball but when she saw Belial's gameplay, she couldn't help but analyze it seriously and point out his flaws.

And that is what led up to this very moment.

"Belial-kun, you need to practice your ball handling more! You have a basic foundation in all of the 5 basics of basketball but you're ball handling is the worst!", Rio chastised.

After spending nearly 2 weeks to train in basketball, he had finally gotten almost all of the Common Grade Skills.

All except one.

[Common Grade Skill (Basic Passing)] [Level 1(01/30 EXP)]

[Enables the user to successfully pass the ball with a 50% accuracy to a teammate!]

[Perception Required: 7 , Physique Required: 4, Dexterity Required: 6]

[Common Grade Skill (Basic Shooting)] [Level 1(01/30 EXP)]

[Enables the user to score a layup with a 60% accuracy! Normal shots within the 3-point line are scored with a 50% accuracy!]

[Strength Required:5, Perception Required: 6, Physique Required: 4, Dexterity Required: 6]

[Common Grade Skill (Basic Rebounds) [Level 1(01/30 EXP)]

[Enables the user to catch successful basic rebounds with an accuracy of 50%!]

[Dexterity Required: 7, Physique Required: 6, Endurance Required: 5]

[Common Grade Skill (Basic Defense) [Level 1(01/30 EXP)]

[Enables the user to successfully block an incoming shot with an accuracy of 50%!]

[Physique Required: 6, Strength Required: 6 , Endurance Required: 5]

These were all the skills that he managed to acquire after training arduously for the last 2 weeks and according to the system, he was just missing one more.

Basic Handling!

Ball handling was the main foundation of basketball and if you were bad with ball handling, forget shooting, you wouldn't even be able to dribble properly.

As such, Belial put in extra hours just to obtain that skill but to no avail. It seemed that the requirements for getting that skill was quite a tough one.

After all, it could be considered the most important Common Grade Skill in the system.

So, after Rio pointed out his flaws in ball handling, he had been consistently practicing his ball handling for about 2 hours now.

However, after continuously seeing the lack of results, Belial was starting to feel discouraged.

'Looks like I really have to try winning the lucky draw on this one', Belial thought.

However, just as he was thinking about this, he received a notification from the system.

[Ding! You have completed the basic handling training(10000/10000)]

[Calculating rewards....]

[Ding! You have obtained a Low Grade Dexterity Multiplier(+3)]

[Ding! You have obtained a Dirt Grade Height Multiplier(+1)]

[Ding! You have obtained a Common Grade Skill(Basic Handling)]

[Common Grade Skill (Basic Handling)] [Level 1(02/30 EXP)]

[Enables the accuracy of the user to increase by 20% for all Common Grade Skills and maneuvers related. ]

[Dexterity Required: 9 , Strength Required: 6, Physique Required:7]