Chapter 18 Chapter 18 – Lonely Christmas 03

    Reeku Town came into view after 15 minutes of running .

    “It''s over there?”

    There were a few three or four story buildings . It wasn’t a big town .

    “It’s not a big town, but there are fast food restaurants . Not bad . ”

    Gun Choi went into In&Out and ordered from the menu .

    In&Out was a restaurant famous for its low prices and high quality food . They used to only have branches in California, but they expanded their locations to Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and other states . Now they had more than 300 branches .

    Gun Choi smiled at the two patties in his burger .

    ‘I like the burgers in America . ’

    He usually never drank Coke but he did make an exception to to his rule when eating at In&Out .

    ‘I''ll only get Coke today . ’

    Gun Choi finished his meal, and returned to the field .

    He was excited to get points, and hummed as he walked .

    Gun Choi couldn’t believe that he could get points so easily .

    “A refreshing breeze, I''m in a good condition, everything is good . ”

    30 minutes later .

    Gun Choi arrived at the field, and fell down with a thud when he read the new message .

    -Mission completed . Reward point 0 . 1 .

    “Oh my God . ”

    He hadn’t expected the reward would be a decimal number .

    Gun Choi sighed at the system’s sudden attack .

    “Hey, that''s not fair . Not a decimal . A whole number .

    But the system was silent .

    The system only spoke when it had something to say .

    Gun Choi would get only 3 points with a whole month of walking .

    He didn’t know how many points were needed to rank up, but at least 2 months were required to rank up once .

    Gordon, the manager of strategy analysis at the Chicago Cubs, passed a paper to a wide-shouldered, middle-aged man .

    “I want you to go to Arizona . ”

    The middle-aged man looked displeased . He received the paper, and arched his brows .

    “Who’s gonna work in December?”

    He asked a question in return .

    “Didn’t not have any plans?”

    The middle-aged man’s face became dark .

    “We have a pretty close relationship, but you’re crossing a line . ”

    Gordon didn’t care about his protests .

    “You''re single and your family is far away . What are you gonna do here alone? You''ll get drunk and have an accident . Go to Arizona and sunbathe . Think about your age . ”

    Gordon’s word made the man hesitate .

    He must have done something problematic while drunk last year .

    “But not in December . ”

    The middle-aged man turned his head impudently .

    “January?”

    “Not until the third of January . ”

    Gordon spoke to him while spinning a pencil .

    “Ok . What about the fifth? I want you to take care of him until spring camp . ”

    The middle-aged man shrugged as he reviewed the paper .

    “Ok, that’s good . Anyway, does he have potential? He didn’t even get a sign-up bonus . Do you still want me to go?”

    Gordon dropped the pencil and replied, “He gave up the sign-up bonus . ”

    The middle-aged man was surprised at his answer .

    “What? Did he give it up?”

    “He asked for a bonus by score . ”

    “That’s a shortcut to a high salary . ”

    “There was no other way . We don’t lose anything . If he gets a high salary, it will also benefit our team . ”

    The middle-aged man turned and raised his right hand .

    “You''re still a devil . ”

    Gordon raised his lips and disputed .

    “Am I a devil? The real devil is Beuland at Zero Corp . ”

    “Beuland is an angel to players . ”

    The meaning of a devil was being a devil to players .

    Gordon looked at the map on the wall after he left the room .

    “Hmm, a confident new player versus a pitcher with two hundred saves . I don’t know what the result will be in Arizona . ”

    Gun Choi was alone for Christmas in Arizona .

    He didn’t have a girlfriend, or even a fellow player .

    The field custodian had gone on vacation with his family, and even Hardy left to go to the East .

    “Do I need to call friends in the Minor Leagues?” Gun Choi muttered, but it didn’t help .

    Even if he could contact somebody, he didn’t have the money to fly there . S?a??h the ?ov?l?ir?.n?t website on G??gl? to access chapters of n?vels early and in the highest quality.

    ''I regret not asking for a sign-up bonus, even for $100,000 . ''

    He didn’t have $10,000, not even $1,000 in his account .

    He shook his head strongly and braced himself .

    ''Hey Gun Choi, this is the best time to catch up with the others . ''

    He ordered the system for the ring and gripped a ball .

    “Change the ring to KC town . ”

    KC town was the official name for this place .

    -Setting up to KC town .

    Even it was empty at KC town, he called the ring to test his pitches with Kil-Sung Lee in KC town .

    ‘I need to check my knuckleball here in Arizona . Lots of updraft . ’

    He threw a knuckleball at Kil-Sung Lee .

    He pitched a little lower but the ball lifted up, curving to the right, due to the updraft changing towards the northwest .

    Kil-Sung Lee didn’t swing at the knuckleball .

    1 ball, no strike .

    Gun Choi nodded as if he understood the movement of the current, and then pitched a second ball .

    The knuckleball flew from the inside towards center .

    Kil-Sung Lee swung, but failed, and Gun Choi smiled .

    “Look . ”

    He kept throwing knuckleballs and caused Kil-Sung Lee to strikeout .

    Kil-Sung Lee sometimes hit the ball, but it didn’t fly well .

    Gun Choi thought his knuckleball had improved a lot in Arizona, but the rank didn’t change .

    He didn’t think that the system was wrong, because from his past experiences he knew that the system was accurate .

    ‘If the system says yes, it means yes . It''s not good to judge by feeling . ’

    Gun Choi used to measure his improvement through feeling . But the results weren''t that good .

    The reasons were obvious .

    He hadn’t improved like he thought .

    It was due to misunderstanding, and self-conceit .

    Gun Choi thought he could exclude these through the system .