Jessica didn't seem to be intimidated by the strange atmosphere around her, but her eyes were fixed on the plate in front of her, and then she asked me to put my hand on the plate that resembled a saucer.

At this time, I was actually a little nervous, and this feeling was similar to the last time I was in the haunted house when I was about to go up to the third floor, and the feeling of a little expectation and a little fear was indeed a very special state.

Jessica re-lit the three red candles in the three corners of the table, and then cleaned the original white candles, and it was a surprise that the strange wind that used to blow from time to time disappeared.

Jessica grabbed my hand, then closed her eyes, whispering something like some mysterious and ancient spell, and I could feel the warmth of Jessica's palm as I held it.

The three-o'clock candles in the darkness swayed from side to side for some reason, and I didn't feel the wind around me again, so the candles shook in different directions from time to time as if they were being pulled by some invisible hand.

The strange incantation in Jessica's mouth became faster and faster, and then Jessica let my hand rest on the plate in front of me with hers, and just as our hands touched the plate, the pointer in the center of the plate began to spin wildly, and our hands seemed to be pulled by some kind of force, constantly searching for something on the plate.

At least I don't think this kind of movement can be led by Jessica, because the force that pulls our hands to move is too strong, and Jessica's slender hand can't pull my strong hand to shake at such a speed, but this really doesn't make sense, can it really exist in this world.

Before I could imagine it in detail, the three candles in front of us, which were not originally bright, suddenly burst into a huge light, and this level of light should not belong to the candles at all.

As our hands on the plate calmed down, there was finally a word written on their place: DARK.

DARK means dark, what does that mean? I didn't quite understand the origin of the spell Jessica had just chanted, or whether her real purpose was to find out what was wrong with her parents, but the word I saw was still very surprising.

In fact, most of the places on the plate are single letters, and only a few places have fixed words, and this DARK is one of them.

"Jessica, what's wrong with you?"

At this time, Jessica passed out as if she had lost her soul, her body was as soft as a quilt, no matter how hard I tried to wake her, in the end it didn't work, I could only carry her into her bedroom, cover her with the quilt, and then go back to the place where everything had just happened alone.

After turning on the lights in the room, I didn't blow out the three red candles, because their situation was very strange at this time, first of all, the color of the candles was very strange, ordinary candles burned in red and yellow flames, and the three red candles had different colors.

In fact, the flame color of these candles was normal when Jessica recited the spell just now, but in the short time that I went to send Jessica back to the bedroom, their flame colors had changed to blue, green, and purple.

I felt an inexplicable sense of fear that tonight wasn't going to end there, and that this was just the beginning, and I decided to let Jessica rest anyway, and I had to go home.

Today's game didn't make me feel more tired than what happened tonight, and I had to go back to my bed at home and get some rest, maybe it would be nice to watch Jordan's video footage before going to bed, or watch "Space Slam Dunk" again.

I was in bed early, but my mind was very disorganized, I didn't know if I should focus all my attention on basketball or if I should continue with the current state, I didn't know what my relationship with Jessica was, I didn't know where the relationship was going, and obviously I was starting to feel that everything that happened to Jessica, and even after I met her, was no longer like a simple accident.

Is there some secret behind all this that I don't know? Jessica is far from being as simple as I think, maybe she did cheat on me in many places, but when I saw her eyes, I couldn't believe that it was all true, her blue eyes were so pure and immaculate, I didn't believe she was the one who caused these things to happen.

So there must be some bigger secret behind all this, the things that Jessica didn't tell me, and whether I have the ability to find out what is hidden behind the bizarre events.

Anyway, I don't want to think about those things anymore, I really should focus on basketball, and I'm going to go to an endorsement event tomorrow afternoon, maybe that will get my focus back on basketball.

In the darkness, I closed my eyes, and my mind flashed Jordan's shooting in the video, Jessica's blue eyes, and the three strange candles tonight.

Anyway, I finally fell asleep, this sleep is still quite sweet, I have to say that Kobe's physical fitness is really good, if I had suffered such a thing in my previous life, I would definitely not be able to sleep well, but even when I often had things about haunted houses in my dreams some time ago, I didn't feel that my sleep quality had declined much, or sleep problems would not lead to a decrease in my body's recovery speed.

Maybe it's because this body is only 18 years old, this is an age when you can rest for a few minutes and play again even if you have an ankle sprain.

Therefore, many people will not feel anything if they stay up late for many days in a row when they are young, but if they are a little older, they will find that staying up late will cause great damage to their body, because their body can finally no longer recover the state before staying up late as quickly as when they were young, and they can no longer completely remove the damage caused by staying up late.

The next morning, I still arranged some physical strengthening training for myself, since joining the NBA after completing these games, I obviously began to feel that my body has become more, the intensity of the game and training makes my body urgently need more energy and nutrients, so I have taken the trouble to ask the dietitian about this knowledge.

But maybe I don't need to hire a dietitian to make food for me right now, maybe I'll think about it when I get my first big contract, and I'll buy a cool sports car and go on a road trip around the United States after the season.

However, at this time, I still have to face the boring training in front of me, but in fact, boredom itself is not a big problem for me, because in my previous life, I was very good at emptying my mind, or sometimes my attention will be separated from the body, I can divert the attention of the brain through the movement of the body, and I can also transfer the tiredness of the body through the thinking of the brain, in short, sometimes the body and the brain are separated, it is not necessarily a bad thing.

I don't really dare to do too much strength training at this age, and I'm actually worried that over-strengthening my muscles will cause me to gain weight too quickly, which will weaken my flexibility and agility advantages.

In fact, throughout Jordan's career, at 1.98m, he almost never weighed more than 200 pounds, so at this point I should learn from him and try to keep my weight under control, at least at this stage.

Having a lower body weight also allows my body to recover faster, and I have better fitness, as well as being less prone to injuries, especially my ankles and knees.

Although many people want to have the terrifying power of the Hulk like Shaq, but you must know how terrifying his knees and ankles and even toes have to endure, and in fact, in the NBA, heavy centers are often trapped in this area of injury, such as Yao Ming is a typical representative, huge weight and too many games made him have to retire from the NBA at the age of less than 30, and those who have a long career of big centers in addition to physical talent, In their later years, they all need to lose weight and change their playing style.

Relatively speaking, guard players tend to be able to maintain a longer career, of course, this is actually quite difficult to do in the NBA, because the most important thing in American basketball is talented guards, so it is difficult for most elderly guards to continue to survive in the NBA, perhaps not because their competitive state has reached the point where they are completely unable to adapt to the NBA, but the simple team is more willing to let young people play, after all, they have more potential and get less wages.

After a few simple physical exercises, I decided to go out for a running session, put on my running shoes and started jogging along the path outside the house, I wasn't fast, because my experience in my previous life told me that jogging is the best way to keep your body moving, because it brings almost all the muscles of the body, which can maintain the coordination of your body muscles.

And in fact, in the NBA game, the most indispensable thing is to run back and forth, after so many times of full acceleration, our body will actually suffer a relatively large injury in the process, and with the increase of age, this internal injury will accumulate more and more, so usually jogging with low intensity outside the game is a very good way to maintain physical condition.

The number of people running with me around me started to increase, and it was clear that there was a thriving sport in the neighborhood where I lived, and it reminded me of playing ball with those guys on the nearby community basketball court that night.

I haven't been to that basketball court since that day, probably because I think their level is too low, it's hard to play against them, and I can't improve my competitive form.

But where can I find enough intensity to fight other than the competition?

Maybe I can find the time to go and seek some heads-up opportunities with the big guys of certain teams, like after or before the game?

But I always feel that many team bosses will not bother to accept my challenge anymore, after all, for the vast majority of NBA players, the game is just a job, they may not have as much love for basketball itself as I imagined, and it is clear that there is no benefit for them to accept the challenge of a rookie like me outside of the game.

If I wasn't his teammate, if I didn't bet with him, he would probably not be able to take my challenge, because he has too many personal interests outside of the game, whether it's singing, hip-hop, acting, telling jokes, or even performing magic tricks, in short, anything that can attract the attention of the audience.

And for something as thankless as a heads-up, he didn't even bother to move his huge ass, unwilling to leave the bench where he was sitting.

Well, I admit that I think a little too far, after all, with my current strength, it is actually impossible to beat Shaq, even the strength of many teams is far above me, even if my ability ceiling is higher than theirs, but at least my potential has not been fully realized at present, and my offensive skills are still too immature.

This kind of immaturity is manifested in many aspects, the most important of which is the experience in the game, for example, I am quite concerned about some hidden actions of the defenders on the offensive end, I always want to be tough with the defenders, but I often ignore how good they are at taking advantage of the shortcomings of the referee's line of sight to target me.

I remember the last game against the Hawks in the first quarter, when a few of the defenders used some rather unconventional defensive moves against me, but their movements were very subtle, and they were able to cause a huge disturbance to the offensive players without seeing obvious signs of fouling.

So in the second quarter, I quickly changed my offense and defense, and the feeling at that time suddenly exploded, and I was able to finally score 20 points in 7 minutes.

This is also why many NBA players can get very bright data in a certain game, but when you look at their season average data, it is only more than ten points or even a few points, because for the defensive players of different teams, when they need to find a way to break the defense every time they attack, but there may be a few games in the season that the opposing defensive players cannot limit them, and they may be able to break out at this time. But more often than not, they won't be able to overcome the limitations of the defenders so easily.

And those superstars who have been able to stay at the top of the NBA for a long time, some of their offensive methods are kaleidoscopic, some are unpretentious, and either way, they must have reached the pinnacle of their offensive style.

A player like Jordan can score easily anywhere on the court in any way, while a player like Shaq completely dominates the basket, and a player like Iverson will cleverly exploit the flaws of defenders and use their own good ways to hit the opponent, such as using speed to play tall defenders, using dribble tempo changes to break through powerful close defenders, and using fast breaks to hit opponents who are not stable.

In short, if you want to stand in the NBA for a long time and maintain peak form, then you must have a skill, of course, you can also be excellent in all aspects, but first of all, your skill must be long enough, so that you can maintain a stable scoring output when facing different teams and different defenders and different defensive tactics across the league, but there is an embarrassing situation where you can only score a few points in the next game after scoring 30 points in this game.

And for me, what is the advantage that allows me to widen the gap between myself and most NBA players?

While jogging, I was thinking about this question, when I began to gradually study and learn Jordan's technical movements, when my shooting movements became more reasonable, when my body became stronger and stronger, when I became more and more experienced in the game, what kind of shortcomings were hindering my further growth?

I haven't fully figured out the answer to this question for the time being, and I don't expect to find the answer anytime soon, in fact, I don't need to be so urgent, because there is still time, my NBA career has just begun, and what I have to do now is to face every game seriously, learn from different opponents, and then improve my shortcomings.

There will come a time when I will train my strengths to the top, so that I can score easily against anyone's defense in any situation and become a key player who can really dominate the game.