章節 9: Sleeping Like a Princess

*some minutes later*

Shun stopped shouting at the system, even though he received no response. It took him some time to calm down and accept his situation. He decided to check the details of the main mission Two-way Player, as it was the rewards from this mission that caused all this.

[Main Missions:

#1 Greatest of All Time (Part 1)

Win the Koshien

Rewards: Unknown

#2 Two-way Player (Part 1)

Take 500 swings every day for 60 days (0/60)

Throw 100 pitches every day for 60 days (0/60)

Rewards: 500 coins and a silver mystery box.

WARNING: The user is prohibited from playing as a pitcher until the special mission Perfect Form is completed!

WARNING: The user cannot throw any other pitch until he fully masters the legendary pitch in his inventory. All other pitches will be locked!

WARNING: The mission will be considered a failure if the user ignores the warnings!

Failure Penalty: Loss of the system]

"Hahahahahahahahahahaha" - Shun laughed like a madman again, but before he could complain about not being able to play as a pitcher or about his pitches being locked, and curse the system down to the fifth generation, he heard the system's voice.

[DING]

[All available functions of rest mode have been used by the user]

[Disabling rest mode]

[Activating deep sleep mode]

As if the system wanted to shut him up, Shun felt his consciousness returning to his body before falling asleep almost instantly.

*8 hours later*

[DING]

[Required sleep time reached]

[Disabling deep sleep mode]

"Huh? What happened, did the system really force me to sleep?" - Shun was calmer after having slept like a princess for 8 hours. He looked at his alarm clock curiously, wondering why it hadn't rung yet.

"5 in the morning? That's too early, this stupid system couldn't even let me sleep a bit more? Although I'm not sleepy, what should I do?" - He still didn't know, but the deep sleep mode allowed him to have the best sleep conditions. Of course, excess sleep would do more harm than good to his body, which is why the system woke him up after 8 hours.

Since he was fully awake, Shun decided to start the exercises he had to do today. Just thinking about the absurd amount of training he would have to do not only today but every day gave him chills. However, before leaving, Shun decided to check the system menu.

[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: F+

BATTING: D+

FIELDING: C

RUNNING: D+

GAME IQ: D+

Physical Conditioning (locked)

Overall Potential: S

User Skills:

4-seam fastball (E+) (locked)

Hunter Eyes (SS+)

Contact (A+)

Chase (A+)]

"My stats improved again, it seems that when I gain high-rated skills, my related stats increase. But it doesn't seem that simple, the two skills I gained are A+, but the increase in my fielding rating was much greater than my batting rating." - Shun's reasoning was correct. After gaining the two new skills, his fielding went from D to C, but his batting went from D- to just D+. The reason for this difference is simple: lack of training. Even though both skills are A+, the Contact skill requires greater skill from the batter to be well used. Of course, it wasn't just these two stats that changed, his running went from D- to D+, and even his overall and overall potential increased by one grade each. On the other hand, due to the blocking of his only pitch, his pitching dropped to F+, which left Shun quite unhappy. A few hours ago, he was thinking he would get a hack that would make him throw at 160 km/h, now he couldn't even play as a pitcher anymore.

Shun tried his best to calm down and not start cursing the system again. He knew it would do no good, and the thought of the system forcing him to sleep scared him a bit. He then decided to open his daily missions to see if the exercise list was still the same.

[Daily Missions:

#1 Physical Training

Run 10 km

Complete all the following exercises and positions*

Deadline: End of the day.

Rewards: 10 coins and a bronze mystery box.

Failure Penalty: Loss of the system

#2 New Beginning

Return to the Shoto Junior High School baseball club as an outfielder.

Rewards: 1 silver skill box for outfielder.

Failure Penalty: Loss of the system.]

"Huh? There's a new mission! I have to return to the club, huh. Well, I was planning to do that anyway. I can't pitch, so being an outfielder is the best option. At least I'll get a new skill, I hope it's useful." - Shun was already used to the Failure Penalty, so it didn't bother him. He would complete the mission regardless of the penalty anyway. For his own mental health, Shun needed to get used to the system and its absurd methods, there was no point in complaining about everything.

He put on comfortable clothes and his running shoes and went downstairs. No one was awake yet, as he usually woke up at 7 in the morning to be at school by 8. His mother woke up a bit earlier than him to prepare breakfast, but she was still asleep at this hour. Not wanting to wake anyone up, Shun quietly left and started running. His goal was to finish the 10 km run before breakfast. This way, it would be easier to complete the list of exercises, daily swings, and pitches. There was still the club practice, so if Shun wanted to complete everything, he needed to optimize his time.