The Old Baseball Player System
Chapter 70: One Million

[Hahahahahahahahaha so, kid? Who the hell is the child-deceiver now, huh?] - The old man laughed loudly before approaching Shun with an intimidating expression.

"You... AHHH" - Shun pretended to be scared while watching the old man approach him, but the moment the old man got close enough, Shun leaped toward his neck.

The boy didn't trust the system or the old man at all, so he decided to defend himself first. After all, who could guarantee that this old man wasn't a ghost trying to steal his body or something like that?

[Huh?] - The old man was surprised by Shun's sudden attack, he was just trying to scare the boy for fun and didn't expect Shun to jump directly at his neck without hesitation.

POFT

[HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you're really the best brat! You really thought you could hit me? What kind of idiot tries to hit a ghost?] - The old man started clutching his belly from laughing so hard. In an instant, the boy who had jumped at him passed through his body as if he wasn't there and fell straight to the ground.

"Fuck!" - Shun cursed loudly. He felt the pain of hitting the ground directly while listening to the old man laugh at him.

[Haha, alright, enough fun! You still need to do the Training Center mission, boy.] - The old man tried his best to stop laughing and spoke.

"Huh? Who's having fun..." - Shun grumbled as he got up. Before he could say anything else, he heard the system notification.

[DING]

[The user has accepted the Training Center unlock mission! Please complete the mission to be able to use all the functions of the Training Center.]

[Training Center Unlock Mission

Make 1 million swings, following your coach's instructions (0/1000000)

Time limit: 1 month

Rewards: Unlock all functions of the Training Center, Improve Batting statistic by 3 grades, 1 silver arena pass, and an S- grade Stamina elixir.

Failure Penalty: Lose the Training Center forever, all user statistics decrease by 3 grades.]

"One- one- one million? How the hell am I going to make one million swings in 1 month?" - Shun fell to his knees in despair, he wanted to scream but simply didn't have the strength for it. He looked at the Failure Penalty and felt his soul shatter at the thought of losing 3 grades in all his statistics.

"Haha, so you finally did it, didn't you, system... you finally gave me an impossible mission." - Shun murmured in a low voice, the simple thought of counting to one million was already madness. Now making one million swings? And in just one month, that was impossible.

[Hmph! Why the hell are you complaining, boy? Where did all that determination go? The system doesn't give any mission that's impossible to complete, so stop whining.]

"Determination? Do you even know what a million is, old man?" - Shun became irritated, one million swings in a month was simply too much. Even if he spent 24 hours a day just swinging his bat in the air, he wasn't sure if it would be possible.

[Listen to me, boy, the Training Center has various functions, you don't know yet, but with them you'll certainly be able to complete the mission in time.]

"What kind of functions?" - Shun saw a light at the end of the tunnel after hearing the old man's words.

[Well, for starters, you don't get tired when you're training here. Besides, time here flows differently, 4 hours here are equivalent to just 1 hour in the real world. Of course, you can't stay here as long as you want because it could be harmful to your body and mind. But even so, you can comfortably stay 12 hours in here without problems, that's equivalent to just 3 hours out there.]

"This... swinging for 12 hours a day, since I don't get tired, maybe it's possible..." - Shun stood up, but he was far from excited. Not even in his worst nightmare did he imagine that the first mission the old man would make him complete after asking for his help would be something so ridiculous.

[Hahaha, that's it, boy, let's do this!]

"Why are you talking as if we're going to do this? I'm the one who will do all the work..." - Shun was a bit irritated by the old man's excitement and grumbled.

[Huh? Ahh, I forgot you're an idiot, didn't you read the mission details?]

Shun was confused, he really hadn't paid much attention to the details after seeing the ridiculous number of repetitions and the frightening failure penalty. The boy then looked at the mission again.

[Training Center Unlock Mission

Make 1 million swings, following your coach's instructions (0/1000000)

Time limit: 1 month

Rewards: Unlock all functions of the Training Center, Improve Batting statistic by 3 grades, 1 silver arena pass, and an S- grade Stamina elixir.

Failure Penalty: Lose the Training Center forever, all user statistics decrease by 3 grades.]

"Following my coach's instructions... don't tell me my coach is... you?" - Shun said, dazed, while looking at the screen.

[Hahaha, do you see anyone else here?] - The old man gave a big smile while looking at Shun, he was clearly enjoying the situation.

"God, why me?" - Shun looked up and asked. He didn't even bother to reply to the old man. The boy quickly grabbed a bat and found a place spacious enough.

WOOSH

[Your leg is too open!]

WOOSH

[Now it's too closed!]

WOOSH

[It's too open again!]

WOOSH

[It's still too open, you idiot!]

WOOSH

...

They were 12 long hours for Shun, as he swung at the air, trying his best to obey his coach's endless instructions. The boy thought many times about giving up, but after remembering all the feelings he had after today's defeat, he kept swinging.

He had promised that he wouldn't lose anymore, he had promised that he would get better. So what if it was 1 million swings in a month? He would finish!

It was 12 mentally exhausting hours, so Shun felt one of the greatest sensations of relief in his entire life when he finished and heard the system notification.

[DING]

[Activating deep sleep mode]