NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1: Me? Transmigrated?
Kanagawa Prefecture, Shohoku High School.
The sky was as clear as a blue sheet of paper, with thin white clouds drifting slowly, as if melting under the warm sunlight.
In the school infirmary, a young man in a student uniform lay on a bed. He rubbed his head with his hand and slowly opened his eyes.
The first thing he saw was the white curtain above him.
"Huh? Where… is this?"
He struggled to sit up, his voice weak. Pulling the curtain aside, he glanced out the window.
What he saw made his eyes widen in shock.
The large characters for "Shohoku High School, Kanagawa Prefecture" filled his view.
The fatigue in his body vanished instantly.
"No way… I've actually come to the world of Slam Dunk?" he muttered in disbelief.
This young man's name was Ryu Yan.
Yes, he was a transmigrator.
Before arriving here, he had been at home, watching the anime Slam Dunk. He was so hyped up that when a sudden accident occurred, the screen flashed with a blinding light and pulled him into the Slam Dunk world.
At this moment, Ryu couldn't afford to stay stunned.
Memories flooded his mind like a slideshow.
Ryu Yan: an exchange student at Shohoku High School. Height: 1.8 meters. Weight: 68 kilograms. A beginner in basketball… now living in Japan.
He pinched his face hard.
"Ow! That hurts!"
The pain confirmed it—this wasn't a dream. He had indeed transmigrated.
"So it's real. I've really come to the world of Slam Dunk," he thought to himself, trying to calm the excitement in his heart.
Creak!
The door to the infirmary opened.
"Hey, are you feeling better?"
A middle-aged man wearing a white coat and a doctor's badge walked in, smiling kindly as he asked about Ryu's condition.
Ryu froze for a moment.
"Ah, yes. Thank you, sensei. I'm fine now," he replied politely.
From his memories, today was supposed to be the basketball team's registration day. His sudden fainting might have been caused by the transmigration.
The school doctor placed a hand on Ryu's forehead, then checked him over and smiled.
"You're fine now. You're on the basketball team, right? Do your best this year!"
It seemed Akagi and the others had brought him here when he collapsed. After confirming there was nothing serious, they went back to training.
Ryu finally understood—it had been Akagi and his team.
How interesting.
He had always wanted to meet the legendary "Gorilla," as well as Hanamichi Sakuragi, Rukawa Kaede, Ayako, and Haruko…
After thanking the school doctor, he decided to head to the basketball gym.
Just as he stepped out of the infirmary…
Ding!
A cold, mechanical voice echoed in his mind.
"Host detected. System activating. System binding in progress..."
"Huh? A system?"
Ryu was startled by the voice.
"Is this one of those benefits for transmigrators?"
As everyone knows, most transmigrators have systems. Now he was curious—what kind of system had he received?
"Congratulations, Host. You have awakened the God-Level Basketball Training System."
Hearing this, Ryu was surprised.
"God-Level Basketball Training System? What's that?"
As the system's voice seemed to sense his confusion, it began explaining.
'The system will assign training tasks. Complete them on time to earn rewards.'
"Tasks, huh?"
As Ryu was still processing this, another notification came.
Ding!
"Task: Meet all the basketball team members. Reward: Beginner's Gift Pack."
"What the… That's so sudden!"
The task didn't seem too difficult, but what could the beginner's gift pack contain?
"Well, I'll figure it out later. For now, I need to go to the gym and complete the task," he thought.
Stretching, Ryu followed his memories and headed toward the basketball gym.