America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 24: A quick kill? I prefer a crushing victory

Complaining in his heart, Li Xiaoen suddenly thought of something and quickly entered it into the system interface in his mind.

[Bet Submitted: I can win this game.]

"..."

[The bet is established]

[The host's victory in this game was beyond everyone's expectation.]

[Successful Gambling Reward: Medium Virtual Employment Card x 1]

[Medium Virtual Employment Card: Ignores all obstacles and automatically simulates the host's employment in the current environment. Currently, it costs $27 per hour]

【Whether to accept? 】

accept!

It seemed like a condition had been added. Li Xiaoen looked at the additional bet content and was still very excited. He quickly agreed and a basketball was pushed into his arms.

"You go first."

Matthew said lightly, moving his feet and standing within the three-point line.

Without paying attention to the system loading, he suddenly felt the whole audience become quiet. Li Xiaoen took a deep breath and started dribbling.

His eyes were fixed on Matthew who was standing right in front of him.

At a certain moment, he bent his knees slightly, started moving instantly, and approached the basketball hoop along the wing. As expected, he was immediately blocked by Matthew.

Suddenly there was an abrupt stop. Li Xiaoen stared at Matthew's movements. When he saw the other party pause, he immediately accelerated forward, took the front position of the other party, and took off into the air.

Just as he was about to put the basketball into the basket, a hand suddenly reached out from behind him and slammed it to the ground.

pop... pop...

The basketball fell to the ground and bounced weakly twice. Then, there was a burst of ridicule from outside the court. It was from Matthew's friends who came with him.

"I have to say, your idea is very good."

Matthew took the basketball from the floor, returned to the three-point line, looked at Li Xiaoen, and said with a smile, "It's just that I lack experience and my physical fitness isn't up to par. It's fine for casual play with ordinary people, but it's not good enough for us professionals."

"Would you consider joining the basketball team?"

"talk later."

Li Xiaoen exhaled, ignored the voices outside the field, raised his legs and walked not far in front of Matthew, and bent down.

"Well, maybe if I show you the strength of the school basketball team, you'll understand better."

Matthew shrugged, and just as he finished speaking, he suddenly moved, breaking through Li Xiaoen's defenses...

"Yo……"

Outside the stadium, cheers rang out again.

It seems that we need to change our strategy.

The reality is that Matthew, as a member of the school team, has basketball skills and strength that are indeed beyond the reach of an amateur like him who is not even an enthusiast.

Li Xiaoen, who got the ball again, was not discouraged, but started to think about it in his mind.

He made the same move as the first time, and when Matthew paused, he jumped back and threw the basketball high into the air.

Swish.

With a crisp sound, the net on the basketball hoop flipped up and down.

"Wow--"

Outside the stadium, Daniel and the other two raised their hands and cheered, the shouts even louder than before. Michael even came up to Matthew's companions in a servile manner, shaking his body from side to side to show off.

Are you so supportive?
Li Xiaoen saw this and couldn't help but smile in a ridiculous way.

“Is this your strategy?”

Li Xiaoen took back a portion of the ball. Matthew muttered to himself while holding the ball, "But it seems that this is the only method you have." "You said it as if you can defend it."

Li Xiaoen came in front of the opponent, took a low defensive posture, and couldn't help but sneered and retorted.

He is 1.89 meters tall, and looking at Matthew, they should be about the same height. He shot with a fadeaway, and unless something unexpected happened, Matthew would not be able to touch the ball.

"I can score a goal 100% of the time, but when you shoot, do you have a 100% success rate?"

Matthew did not deny it. He looked at Li Xiaoen with a contemptuous smile, then accelerated his movements, dodged Li Xiaoen's defense, ran straight to the basket, and jumped up.

Snapped.

With a crisp sound, under the watchful eyes of everyone, the basketball that Matthew was about to dunk into the court was slapped down by a hand from behind.

"you……"

The basketball fell to the ground, and Matthew turned to look at Li Xiaoen in disbelief.

“I think you can’t break through 100%.”

Facing the gaze of the entire audience, Li Xiaoen looked at Matthew and smiled.

[Virtual drill loading completed, current basketball skills have reached proficiency]

Matthew frowned as he looked at Li Xiaoen: "You haven't been using your full strength before?"

"It's just that I haven't touched the ball for a long time. I need to get familiar with it and get back the feeling I had before."

Li Xiaoen responded simply, picked up the basketball and went outside the three-point line again. This time, looking at Matthew's cautious and nervous movements, the previously airtight defense now seemed to be full of loopholes and slow movements.

It really is worthy of five years of professional training.

Li Xiaoen was filled with emotion. According to the description on the sports card, he now had the condition and experience equivalent to five years of basketball training. He didn't expect the improvement to be so great.

I heard from Matthew that he has been hiring coaches for training since he was a child. I am five years older than him. Could it be that I still have some talent for basketball?

Putting the thoughts in his mind aside, Li Xiaoen dribbled the ball through and easily sent the basketball into the basket...

“We are still ahead now!”

"The first four people's matches don't count? We had several more points than you before!"

During a short break, Li Xiaoen and the other man went outside to drink some water. Not far away, Matthew's companion suddenly shouted in response to Daniel's shouting.

"Do you have any shame? It was you who proposed the solo, and now you want to take advantage of the previous score?" Michael rolled up his sleeves and cursed back.

"Okay, it's just less than ten points. I'm confident I can catch it back."

Li Xiaoen pulled the shoulders of the two men, and for a moment he felt that Malcolm, who was sitting quietly and just giving them encouragement with his eyes, was less worrying.

As soon as I came back and planned to just drink some water, he handed me a tissue.

However, being served like this by a tall and strong black man, Li Xiaoen couldn't help but feel goosebumps all over his body and shivered.

"Hey, Sean."

Suddenly, a shout came from above his head. Li Xiaoen looked up and saw two beautiful faces looking down at him from above. Their golden hair was hanging in the air, each strand clearly visible.

Victoria smiled slightly. "First you show your enemy weakness, then you crush them with your unmatched strength. You're quite good at playing."

"I said, I was just getting familiar with it and trying to regain my old feeling. Do you believe me?"

Li Xiaoen raised his head and answered. At this time, his physical strength had been mostly depleted after several rounds of exercise, and he had no mood to joke with Victoria.

"Planning to kill in one second?"

Victoria tilted her head. "This will excite everyone. Isn't that what you want?"

Did she also assume that the scores from the previous four-person match would be included?

Li Xiaoen felt strange, but still winked at Victoria and said with a smile,

"Ms. Victoria, I prefer crushing to killing in seconds."

(End of this chapter)