Chapter 3: Different but same ?
After spending a few days adjusting to his new world, Dirga couldn't help but notice the small but significant differences between this timeline and the one he had lived before.
The biggest change was the timing.
In both lives, he started playing basketball after his parents passed away. That part was eerily consistent. But in his previous life, that tragedy happened right after primary school. He moved to Japan and began playing basketball in junior high. In this life, however, his parents died just after he graduated junior high. He still ended up in Japan, but this time, he had already begun playing basketball back home in Indonesia.
The second change was his school.
In his past life, he went to Toyonaka Junior High with his cousin Aoi, where his uncle, Takeshi Renji, was the head coach of the basketball team. Now, Takeshi wasn't coaching at all—he was a regular teacher at a brand-new school: Toyonakan Horizon. And because of his uncle's recommendation and a bit of persuasion, Dirga had enrolled there instead.
But the biggest difference?
The system.
[System Activated]
[Hello, Host.]
What are you? Dirga asked silently in his mind, blinking in disbelief.
[A gift from the Basketball God—to honor your death on the court.]