Ryōsuke's gaze moved across the system interface, taking in more information.
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〘 Note: Competition Points can be earned through multiple channels: personal fame, participant strength, and match performance. The stronger your opponents and teammates, and the better you perform in matches, the more Competition Points you'll earn. This system applies only to the football domain. 〙
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〘 Note: Daily training (both physical and skill practice) also earns Competition Points based on intensity and duration, with a daily limit of 10 Points. 〙
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〘 Note: Practice improves the proficiency of Unlocked Skills. Once proficiency reaches 100%, Skills can be upgraded by spending Competition Points. 〙
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〘 Note: New skills become available when Competition Points reach specific thresholds. 〙
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〘 Note: Skills may have special combinations or usage methods that the host must discover on their own. 〙
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The system's introduction gave Ryōsuke a clear picture of how to earn Competition Points. Like reputation points in anime novels, Points could be earned through training and influence — the greater your impact, the more Points you'd gain, leading to new skills and growing capabilities.
Of course, this was all in the football domain — the system had bound him to football competition.
The Blue Lock Project, highly valued by the nation, was the perfect stage for this system to reach its full potential.
Ryōsuke realized that the Blue Lock Project would involve intense matches against the country's most promising young players. Not only would he face core team players, but eventually, he'd compete against national and world-class athletes.
The stronger the opponents, the more Competition Points earned — Blue Lock was the ideal place to accumulate Points.
Though he wasn't particularly interested in football, the system's enhancement changed everything.
His original self, despite having fame and talent, had been eliminated in the initial trials. Even if he had passed that selection, his abilities would have been unremarkable among Blue Lock's elite players.
But now everything was different.
Ryōsuke believed this system could help him surpass his original self's limitations in Blue Lock.
The program held intriguing possibilities. Even if things didn't work out as planned, he had nothing to lose — if his football career ended, he could use this experience as material for drawing manga later.
He immediately opened the recent letter, and a line of large text appeared before him.
[You have been designated as an enhancement player and will report to the Football Association Headquarters for training on Month X, Day X.]
A smile appeared on Ryōsuke's face — he had eight days to prepare.
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Early the next morning, as dawn broke and the first weak rays of light pierced the horizon.
Ryōsuke headed to the public sports field near his house, football in hand. With vacation in full swing, he had ample time to practice.
He came to the field on the second day to explore how the Breathing Techniques from the Demon Slayer world would affect his football abilities and enhance his performance.
The empty field allowed him to practice freely.
After completing his warm-up exercises, he positioned himself in front of the goal and placed the football twenty-five meters away.
Though he possessed his original self's muscle memory, this was Ryōsuke's first true encounter with football. As he gazed at the black and white hexagonal sphere on the ground, the usage method for Thunderclap and Flash materialized in his mind.
〚 [Skill: Thunder Breathing - First Form: Thunderclap and Flash] | Status: Unlocked | Level: 1 | EXP: 0% 〛
In the ethereal realm, a golden lightning bolt flashed by.
Accelerate, then shoot!
❖ Thunderclap and Flash ➠ Shot ❖
Ryōsuke's thigh muscles tensed as power gathered in his legs. He unleashed all his strength into the kick — a simple straight line, no curve — sending the ball shooting into the net with tremendous speed.
The ball retained such powerful impact that even after hitting the net, it only slowly rolled down once the net had fully absorbed its force.
His eyes widened slightly — this goal far exceeded his expectations. While his original self had excelled at football with precise and powerful shots, this one possessed an explosive force beyond anything in his memories.
After completing the shot, the system display in Ryōsuke's eyes changed.
〚 [Skill: Thunder Breathing - First Form: Thunderclap and Flash] | Status: Unlocked | Level: 1 | EXP: 0.01% 〛
"Based on how Thunderclap and Flash works, each hundred shots raises proficiency by one percent. To master it within a week, I'll need to practice around fifteen hundred shots daily."
{T/N: 1,500x7=10,500}
He muttered to himself, knowing this was merely a basic test of the Thunderclap and Flash skill. The true power would emerge when combined with Total Concentration Breathing.
In the world of Demon Slayer, breathing styles combined Total Concentration Breathing with distinct sword techniques. While these sword techniques held great power alone, they reached their peak only when unified with that special breathing method.
He was certain his First Form followed the same principle.
After retrieving the ball and setting it at the same twenty-five-meter mark, Ryōsuke naturally fell into the breathing pattern the system had embedded in his memory.
Drawing deep breaths of air through his mouth, he felt oxygen flood his lungs as his chest expanded and contracted with tremendous force.
His blood surged through his vessels like a raging river, his heart pounding with thunderous beats that seemed to echo in his ears.
As power flooded through his body, Ryōsuke's muscles moved of their own accord.
❖ Thunderclap and Flash ➠ Shot! ❖
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