The Old Baseball Player System

Chapter 6: Dinner

[THE OLD BASEBALL PLAYER SYSTEM

System Level: 1 (100 coins to upgrade)

User: Shun Takahashi

Age: 14 years

Coins: 10 coins

Missions *

System Shop (locked)

Arena (locked)

Inventory *

User Statistics:

Overall: D

PITCHING: E-

BATTING: D-

FIELDING: D

RUNNING: D-

GAME IQ: D+

Physical Conditioning (locked)

Overall Potential: S-

User Skills:

4-seam fastball (E+)

"Hey Mika." - Shun spoke with difficulty, trying to breathe as much as possible to recover.

"Okay, stop fooling around and let's eat." - Shun heard his mother's voice before seeing her with an apron, serving food at the table. He smelled the wonderful aroma of his mother's cooking and quickly sat down.

"How's the baseball club, Shun?" - The whole family started eating, and Kenshin quickly asked.

"Eh?" - Shun almost choked upon hearing his father's question. He hadn't told his mother that he had lost his spot as the starting pitcher and had stopped attending practice. Naturally, he didn't want to disappoint his father, but before he could say anything, his mother spoke.

"Shun's been training a lot. If you had arrived a bit earlier, you would have seen him coming home all tired and dirty, right Yumi?" - His mother looked at her son and gave a proud smile.

"Hm, brother was all dirty and smelly." - Little Yumi spoke seriously while nodding her small head. Of course, the gesture looked adorable and made everyone at the table laugh.

"Oh, really?" - Kenshin looked at his son curiously.

"Hehe, you know how it is, dad. The Kanto tournament is coming up. We have a strong team this year, so we can't slack off." - Shun felt bad about lying to his father, but he didn't want to say he had left the club. Besides, something inside him believed that if he worked hard, with the system, he could improve and help his team win the Kanto tournament.

"Hahaha, that's the spirit, boy! And you, Mika, how are things at Tokyo Nakano?" - Kenshin got excited about his son's words and then asked his daughter a question without thinking.

"It's going great! Today, Toji hit a home run in the game, and not only that, he also hit two doubles and a single. Our ace was also amazing on the mound, he pitched the whole game and didn't give up any runs." - Mika was one of the managers of the Tokyo Nakano senior team. The girl loved baseball and started talking excitedly about the team.

Kenshin also followed the boys on the team since they were young, as his son used to be part of the team, so he started asking various questions about the players' progress, especially the genius pitcher of the team. Mika seemed like a fan as she animatedly talked about the team.

Shun tried his best not to show any reaction to their conversation. He sped up his eating pace and quickly finished his plate.

"Ah, I'm full. Thanks, mom, the food was delicious. I'm a bit tired, so I'll head up first." - The boy spoke quickly, and without waiting for a response, got up and left. The whole time he kept a smile on his face, he didn't want his father or sister to think he hadn't gotten over not making the Tokyo Nakano senior team.

Aiko noticed the meaning behind her son's actions but decided not to say anything to her husband. She knew how much her son wanted to make his father proud and knew the boy worked hard for it. But recently, she started noticing he was coming home a bit earlier and was acting strangely. She began to worry.

But seeing her son come home all dirty and tired today made her happy that the boy hadn't given up. She understood Shun very well and knew the boy sometimes needed his own space.

Meanwhile, in his room, Shun was lying on his bed, thinking about his sister's words at the dinner table.

"Those guys, they must be even better now. I wonder what their overall ratings are. Ah, whatever, why am I even thinking about this? I have nothing to do with the senior league. I'll just sleep, I'll need a lot of energy to complete the training tomorrow." - Shun decided to let go of his thoughts and tried to sleep, but to his surprise, he heard the system's sound in his head.

[DING]

[Rest mode activated]

[The user can access rest mode functions]