Pitching for the first time.

"Yes, I want to participate," Lukas said while nodding his head towards the boy.

"Alright, bat or pitch? " Nerdy-looking boy asked Lukas, he was almost yawning in the middle of the huge crowd.

"Pitch, I want to try out for the pitching, " Lukas said seriously, as the system would give him a hard five thousand cash if he just pitched once.

"Alright, go into the bullpen. Do you see that line over there? That's your line. The nerdy boy saying this pulled out a pen and looked at Lukas with an inquiring gaze.

"Lukas Martin? " Lukas understood, this boy was maybe writing names of the students who are here for the tryouts.

"Subject?" Nerdy boy wrote Lukas's name on the page he was carrying and asked for a subject.

"Economics, first year," Lukas replied, the saw nerdy boy nodding his head, and went on his way.

Lukas then slowly went behind the line in the bullpen, there were many students who were trying out, and Lukas was just thinking when will this be over and he will go and study.

*Pow*

*Pow*

The bat-hitting-the-ball sound could be heard from far away, Lukas was not alone in the back of the line anymore, there were students who were lining behind him as well.

Lukas was kind of impatient because so much gathering of people was not to his liking at all, the bullpen was full of boys, and there were girls watching the play from far as well.

"Rocky, the ace of the college team, is batting."

"I heard he is scoring home runs with the new student."

"He's the best player of our college, of course, he's scoring home runs with the newbies."

Lukas, hearing such gossip coming just behind him, rolled his eyes. He was not interested in popular students, he was all for money, but popularity is nothing good. He doesn't like to be a popular person at all, nor does he like them very much.

Lukas was getting ahead fast because every person in the line gets one shot at the tryouts, if they fail, they don't get another chance for the year, they have to try next year.

Lukas was not interested in this game at all, so he was just barely waiting to complete the mission and go to his cozy room and read a book or eat lunch, which he almost forgot.

It took ten minutes for Lukas to get in front of the line and the ball in his hand, he didn't get the gloves because there was a fat man who was holding a gun-like thing at him, and he was just testing him.

Lukas didn't care about the gloves, he looked at the batsman, who was not wearing any helmets at all and was waving his blonde hair to the girls who were screaming from the sidelines.

Lukas felt disgusted with such drama, this boy in front of him was clearly older than him and had lots of experience, so hitting the ball is not a big deal at all.

Lukas then went to the mound and stood straight and looked at the fat man who is the college team coach, the coach nodded his head at him as if to say, Throw the ball.

Lukas just breathed in slowly, then moved his right hand backward and threw the ball with all his strength.

*Zoop*

*Thap*

The ball flew with speed and stuck on the net behind the batsman, who looked dumbfounded.

Lukas smiled at the batsman because he was able to stop this boy from hitting his ball, then Lukas slowly tried to walk back, but before he could move further, The fat coach out of nowhere grabbed his hand tightly.

"Sir? " Lukas was confused about what was happening.

" Young man, where are you going? " Fatman asked with a smile on his face.

"Dorm? " Lukas was confused about what to say to this man who looked so eager to talk with him that he was almost creeping him out.

"Try once again" the fat man said firmly, he didn't leave any option for Lukas to refuse him.

Lukas also thought he might get a bigger reward from the system if he threw a couple of pitches more, and pitching felt easy and fun.

Fat Coach, giving him the ball, returned to his place with the gun-looking thing, Lukas was certain now that was a speed-measuring gun.

The joyful atmosphere didn't decrease because Rocky couldn't hit the ball, the girls were more fanatic after seeing him miss and were cursing Lukas loudly. Lukas smiled but didn't react to them at all, his focus was on the system reward, so if the coach said twice more, that would be for the better.

"Coach, was that necessary?" A student who looked quite handsome asked the fat coach, who was eager to see Lukas Pitch again.

"Necessary? Look at that boy Mike. How does he stand with the ball? " Fatman asked with a little smile on his face.

"He looks like he has never touched a ball in his entire life," Mike replied, because Lukas was not even using his legs and waist strength at all, he was just using brute force with no motion and technique.

"Correct. Do you know what the speed radar showed when he pitched earlier? " Fatman asked mysteriously.

"I don't know,I was not focusing on the pitch earlier. " Mike shook his head.

"85 MPH, he threw that ball at 85 MPH." The coach smiled saying this, as if he had finally found a player worthy enough to compare with Mike, who is now in the minor league and graduated from here.

"That's really fast." Mike, saying this, eagerly looked at Lukas, hoping to see him pitch again.

"Young man, throw with all your strength, don't hold back, " Coach said to Lukas, who was waiting for a nod from him.

"I will, but can I throw once more after this? " Lukas asked as he wanted to maximize the benefit he would get from the system.

"Sure, but throw with all your might" the coach replied, then nodded his head.

The blonde guy this time looked serious and was fully concentrated. Lukas smiled at him, then his right arm went back slowly, and like a thunder whip, he threw the ball.

*Thap*

Ball went past the blonde guy once again into the net.

"101 MPH" coach saying this gulped and looked serious.