BXBX NOVEL Chapter 117: Spin the Wheel! (1)
1000 Major Points
1 Silver Lottery Ticket
Ken exited the Image training with a smile on his face. He had finally completed the High School missions for pitching. However, that wasn't the only reason why he was in such a good mood.
#MISSION: Ascend to the Peak (part 1) [Complete]
*Task: Throw 150 pitches both physically and in image training per day.
TIME: 0 days remaining.
REWARDS:
>Gold Lottery Ticket [Claim reward]
>Unlock Mission: Ascend to the Peak (part 2)
"Hehehe, I got some good rewards today. First it was mom's curry, and now this."
Without messing around, Ken opened up the new mission.
#MISSION: Ascend to the Peak (part 2)
*Task: Swing your bat 500 times both physically and in image training per day.
TIME: 30 days remaining.
REWARDS:
>Gold Lottery Ticket
>Unlock Mission: Ascend to the Peak (part 3)
[Accept?]
[Y/N]
Seeing the new mission, Ken breathed out a sigh of relief. He originally thought that the next mission would require him to hit 150 balls a day or something, which would have been a problem.
He imagined having to go to the batting cages every day. Since it was around 400 yen per 20 balls, he would have had to spend at least 3200 yen a day which equated to $20 USD. There was no way he could keep up that kind of expenditure for a month.
So seeing that he just needed to swing his bat was a relief.
'Enough about that, let's spin the wheel.'
In the blink of an eye, Ken already navigated to the silver lottery wheel and pressed the spin button.
The familiar spinning of the wheel only served to increase his excitement.
'Come on, give me another pitching skill.'
After a few moments, the wheel slowly came to a stop.
[Congratulations, you have received A-Grade Balance and Coordination Elixir]
Ken frowned.
"Damn it, I can't even use this?" he complained in a hushed tone.
Since his Balance and Coordination was already in the S grade, taking an A-Grade Elixir would have no benefits for him. This was literally the worst thing that he could possibly get.
Without hesitation, he selected the re-spin option and once again watched the wheel spin.
[Congratulations, you have received B-Grade Strength Elixir]
Ken blinked a few times, seeing the even crappier selection than what he had previously got, yet it was equally as useless.
[SYSTEM HAS DETECTED ELIXIR WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON USER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONVERT INTO MAJOR POINTS?]
[Y/N]
"Oh? That's a thing?" He mumbled.
He was a little annoyed that the option didn't come up when he had received the A-Grade elixir, but that was probably because he still had a re-spin remaining.
Without thinking too much, he selected Yes considering it had no other uses.
[User has been credited with 500 Major Points]
Ken thought that was not too bad, at least until he remembered that a silver lottery ticket cost 1500 major points in the system shop.
"Give me back my tickettt~" He lamented.
Soon after he was able to snap out of his depression and finally used his last Silver Ticket.
[Congratulations, you have received Skill: Lively fastball]
Lively Fastball: Your fastballs will come alive, moving unpredictably through the air. Requires flexible fingers and exceptional motor control.
"Yes!" Ken fist pumped, trying his best not to make too much noise.
This was exactly what he needed right now, adding another layer of unpredictability to his pitches.
All he currently had in his arsenal was speed and the forkball. While this may be enough to get into nationals, he was certain that players like Daichi would be able to hit him as long as they faced enough of his pitches.
In a standard 9 innings game, the opposing batters would face him at least 3 times. Now that he received the Lively Fastball skill, he wasn't worried about being predictable.
Even this evening when he went up against the middle-school level AI, he failed one time before passing. Just remembering the horrible form of Daichi smacking his best pitch packing for a single made him slightly annoyed.
'That won't be a problem next time' Ken grinned widely, his mind running wild.
Caught up in his imagination of striking out Daichi at Nationals, he forgot about the biggest prize from his mission. The Gold Lottery Ticket.
'Hehehehe, how'd you like that pitch Naoki?' Fantasizing about the expression on the scout's face when he threw a 145km/h fastball down the lane only made his grin continue to grow wider.
[USER STILL HAS A GOLD TICKET REMAINING. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPIN?]
It seemed that even the system was getting impatient, as it sent him a notification to hurry the hell up.
"Ah crap, I almost forgot."
Wiping the drool off the side of his mouth, Ken moved to the golden wheel and clicked the spin button without any fanfare. He was curious as to what gifts the ticket would bring him this time, as each reward had been better than the last.
Ken held his breath as the wheel began to slow down on its own.
*DING*
[Congratulations, you have learned the "Training Plan" function.]
Training Plan: Formulate a training plan for yourself or others to improve. Costs Major points depending on what is needed to be improved.
'So it's another function? Just like Identify?' Ken mused inwardly.
It seemed that he could unlock system functions only through the Gold lottery tickets. Identify allowed him to see what the potential and stats of players were, while this Training Plan function made it so he could help them improve.
'Isn't this exactly what I needed right now?'
Since his goal was to win nationals, he needed his teammates to improve alongside him if he wanted a decent chance. The system had not only given him the "Ascend to the Peak" mission line, but it also graced him with the means to improve his teammates.
Any and all resentment from being given a B-Grade Elixir earlier was forgotten. Ken even sent a wordless prayer to the system, asking for forgiveness for his earlier transgressions.