Shun woke up in the morning thanks to the system, but his mind felt very tired, as usual. The night before, he had spent a few hours playing in the arena. Unfortunately, he didn't manage to win the silver tournament, losing in the fourth game of the competition.
Since he only had 2 silver passes left, he decided to save them until he felt confident he could win the tournament, using only the Bronze Passes for the rest of the night.
Shun quickly took his Basic Recovery Potion to start the day and immediately felt refreshed.
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"Wait, am I becoming some kind of drug addict or something?" - Shun stopped to think for a moment, a bit concerned, as he realized he had come to rely on these potions to survive his routine.
"Nah, there's no way I could handle all these system missions without the potion. Besides, the system wouldn't give me something harmful... right?" - Shun concluded, still feeling a little suspicious.
It had been a year since he received the system, but he still had no idea about its origin, its true purpose, or even if all this was real or if he had just gone crazy.
Shun shook his head and pushed those thoughts to the back of his mind. After all, there was no way to find the answers he sought, and he'd probably go mad for real if he thought about it every day. The boy quickly got dressed and left home for his long morning run.
* Two hours later *
Shun returned home after finishing his run. As usual, he went upstairs to shower and then came down dressed in his school uniform, ready for class.
"Good morning, son!" - Aiko greeted him with a smile.
"Good morning, Bro!" - Little Yumi also greeted him excitedly as she saw her older brother walk into the kitchen.
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Shun was watching the first-year Ryosuke hit ball after ball to the outfield in the batting cage while waiting for his turn.
"You were right, Shun." - Kenta, standing beside Shun, said as he also watched Ryosuke.
"I just hope his attitude doesn't hurt us in the tournament." - Shun said, concerned. In the last few friendly matches, Ryosuke had been making more and more reckless plays. But because of the team's overall good results, and Ryosuke's own good plays, these mistakes often went unnoticed.
However, the good results didn't make Shun or Kenta feel any better. They knew that in tournaments like the Tokyo tournament, where one loss meant elimination, a single mistake could end their entire summer.
In a normal team, Ryosuke would probably be benched, but the current Shoto Junior High didn't have that luxury. They needed Ryosuke, both in the batting lineup and in the outfield defense. After all, they simply didn't have any players who could replace Ryosuke, at least none that were anywhere near his skill level.
After a while, Shun entered the batting cage, and as usual, he showed incredible consistency. His batting training was paying off, and little by little, Shun was becoming an extremely dangerous contact hitter.
After that, Shun and his friends completed their grueling workout list. As they approached the Tokyo tournament, each day their training seemed more intense. After finishing, Shun quickly headed home.
He went straight to the shower, making extra effort to clean up today since he was going to the house of a beautiful blonde girl with green eyes. Shun got out of the shower and put on the black pants and light blue shirt his mom had picked out for him.
He then spent some time fixing his hair, trying his best to look like one of those soap opera heartthrobs the girls loved. But all that effort was wasted when his mom came into the bathroom and combed his hair herself.
Even though Shun didn't like the cow-lick style his mom gave him, the poor boy didn't have the courage to say anything. After all, she might tease him about his love life again.