dhibooks Chapter 84 is all about taking down the elite.
Chapter 84 is all about taking down the elite.
After reading those lines, Yao Ziwen pushed his chair back. "Damn it, this guy's too arrogant! Old Lin, can you tolerate this?"
Lin Ran chuckled coldly.
"It's just a dog barking. I'm going out for a bit. You guys continue working."
He Biqiong looked up from her coding. "Where did the boss go?"
Lin Ran had already reached the door. He pushed it open, his footsteps continuing, his voice echoing back from the corridor.
"Let's go to the basketball court."
Damn it, you dare to flirt with my pet? I'll crush your magic pills and uninstall your QQ accounts!
After Lin Ran left, everyone in the incubation base looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Didn't the boss say he and Su Peixue were just ordinary friends?"
"Yeah, the boss said he's not interested in dating."
"Now it seems the boss is being a bit hypocritical and arrogant?"
"She's quite possessive of her food; she couldn't resist commenting on other people's jokes, haha!"
"I hope the boss doesn't get beaten up in front of Xuexue, hehe."
Lin Ran loves playing basketball. In his previous life, he served as the captain of the school team for two and a half years during his university years.
Now that he has been reborn, Lin Ran feels that his body has improved in every aspect.
The basketball court is located on the east side of the playground, and half of the wall is covered with ivy.
When Lin Ran pushed open the door, he could hear the intermittent sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor. The lights were on, casting a cold glow on the wooden floor.
There were seven or eight people on the court; some were practicing dribbling, some were sitting on the sidelines drinking water, and some were leaning against the wall scrolling through their phones. Standing under the basket was a very tall boy with a square face, thick eyebrows, and dark skin.
He was holding a basketball and shouting at the others, but there was little reaction from the crowd.
"Cheer up, everyone! The match is about to start, and you all look like you haven't slept at all!"
A guard with a buzz cut leaned against the basketball hoop, bounced the ball twice on the ground, and joked, "Captain Akagi, even our ace player Liu Chuanfeng has defected. How are we supposed to play now?"
Several people laughed, but their laughter was forced.
Li Rengang's name contains the character "Gang," and he looks a lot like Takenori Akagi from Slam Dunk, so everyone calls him Captain Akagi.
Li Ren slammed the ball to the ground. "Look at the posts, they're even mocking us on our forum. Don't they want to stand up for themselves?"
The short-haired defender, Guo Wu, scooped up the ball and spun it around in his hand.
"Of course I want to. But Captain, you know, last time it was 29 to 66. Their team was all athletes, and Liu Chuanfeng was still a provincial team reserve. Our current group, all the veteran players have retired, and you're the only one still holding on. It's all newly recruited freshmen and sophomores, so we're afraid we'll lose even worse than last time!"
Li Rengang frowned; he knew Guo Wu was telling the truth. After that game last year, the veteran players gradually retired. Some said they were too busy with their studies, others said they had club conflicts, but everyone knew the real reason: they were afraid of being beaten.
29 to 66, less than half of their opponent's score. They were dominated the entire game, with no chance of a comeback from the first to the fourth quarter.
The current team members were all recruited this semester. Some had played on their high school teams, while others simply loved basketball. They hadn't experienced that crushing defeat; they only realized how others ridiculed the Lushan University basketball team after joining the team.
Just then, the light at the doorway dimmed slightly, and someone walked in.
Li Rengang turned his head, paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up. He shoved the ball into Guo Wu's hand and strode forward to meet him.
"Junior Lin! Are you here to join the basketball team?"
Because of his heroic act of successfully rescuing people during a mudslide, Lin Ran, although a freshman, was already a prominent figure at school. Li Rengang was an upperclassman, but he also knew Lin Ran.
Lin Ran nodded.
"Yes."
Li Rengang patted Lin Ran on the shoulder.
"Good! From now on, you're a member of the basketball team. Your heroic deeds are known throughout the school—during military training, you carried a shovel into the mountains and, with the help of two instructors, rescued a trapped girl. Based on that kind of spirit, you're exactly the kind of person our basketball team needs!"
Guo Wu bounced the ball twice under the basketball hoop, tilting his head to look at Lin Ran. "Junior, I admire you, that's true. But playing basketball and saving lives are not the same thing. Do you know who we're going to play in the first round? It's the most elite vocational school team!"
"I'm going to take on the elite!"
We must beat them to a pulp right in front of Xuexue.
Guo Wu paused for a second, then laughed, as if he had been amused.
He tossed the ball to Lin Ran. "Junior, you're so arrogant? Come on. Let's have a one-on-one match and see how you're made of me. You attack, I defend. Ten balls."
Li Rengang stepped back two steps, giving up half of the field.
Lin Ran stood outside the three-point line, spinning the ball in his hand. He hadn't played basketball seriously since his rebirth, but he knew his body was different. Normally, when he threw trash into the bin, no matter how far away, it would go in empty; after a few tries, Lin Ran could feel the subtle changes.
That's an improvement in focus.
Perhaps it is because his soul is stronger after living two lives that Xiao Yan is truly deceiving me!
Guo Wu lowered his center of gravity, feet shoulder-width apart, one hand in front, the other at his side—a standard defensive stance. He was a guard, fast and quick-witted. He waited for Lin Ran to break through.
However, Lin Ran did not make any breakthrough at all.
He stood about half a step beyond the three-point line, holding the ball above his head with both hands, his eyes fixed on the basket. In that instant, all the sounds in the arena faded away.
The sounds of sneakers rubbing against the floor and dribbling from the next court all disappeared. His world consisted only of that basket.
With knees slightly bent, I jumped and flicked my wrist. The basketball left my fingertips, spinning backspin with a moderate arc.
Swish!
The net is hollow, and the net flips up and falls back down, like splashes of water.
The stadium fell silent instantly!
Holy crap?
So handsome?
Guo Wu glanced back at the still-swaying net, then turned back to look at Lin Ran. He picked up the ball and tossed it back. "Junior Lin, were you just guessing? Want to try again?"
Lin Ran caught the ball, raised his hand, jumped, and flicked his wrist. Swish. Another goal.
The team members' eyes gradually lit up!
"continue!"
Swish, swish, swish...! !
Ten balls in a row, all swished through the net. Not a single ball touched the rim, and not a single ball deviated from its trajectory.
Every ball has the same height, the same backspin, and the same angle of entry into the net.
The net flipped up at the same angle when the ball passed through it. No one was dribbling in the arena anymore. Those sitting on the sidelines drinking water put down their bottles, those leaning against the wall scrolling on their phones stood up straight, and the players under the basket who had been listless moments before all stood up.
Everyone was stunned into silence!
Immediately, intense excitement followed!
"Holy crap! Lin, are you channeling Curry?!"
"That's incredibly accurate! He could easily get into the provincial team!"