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"Holy shit! He actually fucking caught a shark!" Pelinka felt like his eyeballs were about to pop out.

They had rented a yacht and headed out to sea. Kobe pulled out an unremarkable fishing rod, and what followed was one crazy catch after another!

Groupers! Tuna!

Now he had even reeled in a Double-Finned Shark!

Damn it!

Looking at the completely empty catch box in front of him, Pelinka felt a little awkward.

Kobe was already so good at basketball. Couldn't he leave everyone else a way to make a living in other areas?

"So fishing really can make you stronger—at least during the early part of the season." When Kobe finally hauled up that Double-Finned Shark, the system's voice in his ear caught him by surprise.

"Obtained status—Sharpshooter: When shooting, 50% chance to ignore defense; unaffected by stamina consumption."

"Activates when the regular season begins. Duration: 58 days."

With a 50% chance to ignore defense, as long as Kobe shot steadily and didn't force things, he could easily post a shooting percentage of 180 or even 190 during the regular season.

If he went wild and jacked up shots to rack up points, Kobe was confident he could raise his scoring average by 10 points!

Last year, he had averaged 31.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.3 assists, 3.6 steals, 0.9 blocks, and 2.8 turnovers.

In other words, during the early stretch of the season, he could even put up 40-plus points per game!

But why 58 days?

Kobe was a little puzzled.

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What a huge shark!!!

Image: Kobe posing with a giant shark. Wearing sunglasses, Kobe gave a thumbs-up, while the Double-Finned Shark hung beside him.

"Kobe's really gotten addicted to fishing lately." —@A Wolf from Minnesota

"What a waste of his talent. First he got obsessed with