Moreover... this boy, he is still Kobe Bryant.

William Sullivan still remembers that his first kiss back then was tricked away by a girl with the line, "Are you even a man? Do you dare to kiss me?" So, boys, when you're out in the world, you must learn to protect yourselves.

"Are you even a man? Do you dare to go one-on-one with me again?" William Sullivan continued to provoke.

And Kobe Bryant, who had already been angered by William Sullivan, became even more furious upon hearing this. "You think I'd be afraid of you?"

Kobe Bryant tossed the basketball to William Sullivan, signaling that he wanted to continue the one-on-one. In Kobe Bryant's eyes, dealing with William Sullivan would only take a few minutes, and this time, he was determined to beat William Sullivan so badly that he would understand the gap between them.

Emmmmmm, if you were to turn this scene into a classic allusion, it would probably be Kobe Bryant warming his wine before beheading William Sullivan...

And so, the second round between the two began.

But before they started, William Sullivan made a request to Kobe Bryant, "You're not allowed to block my shots!"

Kobe Bryant once again sent William Sullivan an: O'Neal question mark face.jpg.

"What? Are you afraid of my powerful shooting? So you can only use cowardly blocks to stop me?" William Sullivan said righteously.

This time, Kobe Bryant shook his head without saying a word and tossed the ball back to William Sullivan.

But William Sullivan's goal had already been achieved, because after that, Kobe Bryant really didn't block him.

However... with Kobe Bryant's level of one-on-one defense, even if he didn't block you, with William Sullivan's current skills, scoring was still way too hard.

But...

William Sullivan didn't want to score anyway!

What he wanted was to go all out, focus on finding the most difficult shots, and happily brick them!

God knows how delighted William Sullivan felt every time he missed a shot.

Clang, clang—the most beautiful sound in the world.

Of course, William Sullivan was still very serious on defense.

After all, the chance to go one-on-one with Kobe Bryant was extremely rare, and William Sullivan wanted to see just how far he was from this so-called near-NBA level.

Hmm... the gap was indeed pretty big.

Professional and amateur are worlds apart. If Kobe Bryant is the sky right now, then William Sullivan is really just the ground.

However, in the second round of one-on-one, even Kobe Bryant was baffled by the guy in front of him.

Because even though he couldn't stop Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant could feel that every time William Sullivan defended, he was giving it his all.

So, Kobe Bryant, who had originally planned to casually deal with William Sullivan, also started playing very seriously.

And this seriousness actually made William Sullivan, after missing a shot, excitedly say to Kobe Bryant, "You really are my little angel."

Upon hearing this, Kobe Bryant was so startled he took two steps back, and it was this retreat that gave William Sullivan enough space to shoot.

This was a shot to remember.

Because it was the first basket William Sullivan ever scored in his one-on-one battles with Kobe Bryant.

A stylish twist of the waist, a powerful kick, the basketball flew toward the hoop with a picture-perfect release, traced a beautiful arc, and fell into the embrace of the net.

After the ball went in, Kobe Bryant suddenly realized—so this was all a scheme by this guy in front of him?

And just as Kobe Bryant was lamenting that his trash talk training wasn't up to par, for some reason, he saw a trace of disappointment in William Sullivan's eyes.

Kobe Bryant once again sent out the O'Neal black man question mark face.jpg.

What the hell, bro, you just scored on the great Kobe Bryant Bryant!

Shouldn't you be excited, thrilled?

Why do you look so disappointed?

Are you trying to make it look like I'm the weak one here?

Second round of one-on-one, 21 to 1, no suspense.

But just as Kobe Bryant was about to start his personal training, he once again heard William Sullivan's taunt...

"What? Are you scared now? You're not focused enough, you know? I'm really disappointed in you. Alright, enough talk, let's go one-on-one again and I'll forgive you."

"Hmm? Are you even a man? Do you dare to go one-on-one with me again!"

"Come on, if you've got the guts, let's go again! I haven't admitted defeat yet! If you can, beat me until I do!"

"Heh? Are you even a man? Do you dare to go one-on-one with me again!"

"Come on, come on, let's play another round, I was just careless just now!"

"Huh? Are you not a man? Do you dare to go one-on-one with me again!"

Kobe Bryant felt that William Sullivan was simply a devil.

Who keeps pestering someone for endless one-on-ones like this?

Does this guy just hate losing so much that he has to keep playing until he wins?

How many centuries would that take?

Although the one-on-ones with William Sullivan felt low-intensity and not very tiring to Kobe Bryant, no matter how low the intensity, you can't withstand this much volume!

And since William Sullivan played all out and Kobe Bryant played seriously, believe it or not, by the end, Kobe Bryant was actually a bit tired, even thinking about throwing a game on purpose just to end the one-on-ones.

But as soon as he had that thought, Kobe Bryant immediately shook his head, because this kid from the East had a mouth that was just too annoying. In Kobe Bryant's mind, even if he played to death, he couldn't let this brat have a chance to humiliate him.

And so, the battle continued. As long as there was life, there would be bricking.