NOVEL WEB Chapter 4: Nervous
"What the..."
There were a lot of things that Tyler could've expected to see when he entered his dorm room. What he didn't expect to see was a half naked girl laying on his bed.
When he entered, the girl was scrolling through her phone. She looked up when she heard the door opening and then turned her attention back to her phone.
"You're his roommate, right?" The girl said without taking her attention away from her phone. "His bed is a bit... wet right now so I decided to camp here. I'll be gone soon, don't worry".
"Where's Lenny?" Tyler said, trying his best not to sound as irritated as he actually was.
The girl shrugged.
Tyler scoffed and threw his bag on the wall before sitting at the edge of his bed.
When Tyler joined the Rising Star Academy, he got paired with Lenny Richards, a nineteen year old prodigy that was playing for the under 23s. Tyler was worried about how his roommate was going to turn out but his worry was abated after he had a few conversations with Lenny.
The only problem that he had with his roommate was the fact that he had a very... active sexual life. Tyler couldn't remember the amount of girls that he had brought back to their dorm room.
True to the girl's word, she was out a few minutes later, and then Tyler was left alone. As soon as she left, Tyler changed the bed covers, before getting comfortable on the bed.
"System. I want to see my stats"
[Downloading host's stats]
[Download complete]
[Name: Tyler Wilson]
[Age: 17]
[Status: Youth Player]
[Market Value: --]
[Position: Left Winger || Right Winger/Attacking Midfielder/Central Midfielder]
[Attributes]
[Speed: 55 > 71]
[Acceleration: 60 > 70]
[Pace: 51 > 69]
[Control: 39 > 58]
[Stamina: 31 > 65]
[Strength: 22 > 49]
[Physicality: 21 > 53]
[Passing: 34 > 56]
[Shooting: 34 > 55]
[Vision: 41 > 67]
[Long Passing: 20 > 40]
[Long Shots: 23 > 41]
[Defending: 19 > 23]
[Overall Player Rating: 41]
[Overall Player Potential: 69]
[Skills]
[La Croqueta
[Weak foot: 3/5]
[Titles: none]
[Awards: none]
Tyler nodded slightly when he saw his stats. He was very impressed with how far he had come in just seven months. The only thing that worried him was his player potential. It hadn't budged since he started training his body. All his fast improvements didn't really mean anything if his potential cap was set that low.
Using games like FM and FIFA, a rating that low meant he would only be able to have a good career in the second tier of football, or he'd be a canon fodder player in the first tier. He didn't want that kind of career for himself, not when he had a system. A system called theUnlimited Potential System which somehow hadn't helped him to improve his potential.
"System is there a way to improve my potential?"
[There are two main methods to improve host's potential]
[It can be due to a reward for completing a system mission or due to host's hard work]
Tyler sighed when he read the system's replies. This was what it told him when he asked it the first time. And although the system had given him missions, and he had completed most of the missions, he still didn't get any reward that helped him improve his potential.
After he finished talking with his system, he just laid on his bed, thinking about random things. He had nothing to do at that point, and scrolling through his phone wasn't really going to do anything for him.
"I should call my grandma!" Tyler thought to himself all of a sudden. Right when he was about to dial his grandmother's number, the door to his room opened and Lenny stepped inside, seemingly just coming back from training.
"You know, if you decide to leave your playthings lying around, make sure they stay in your side of the room". Tyler said. He was still angry with finding the girl on his bed.
Lenny raised an eyebrow. "Playthings? These are living, breathing human beings. Very pretty ones in fact, who I just happen to sleep with".
"Well teach them a thing or two about boundaries". Tyler said. "I just found one of them on my bed when I got back from training".
Lenny laughed. "You know Tyler, you have to loosen up a bit. Find yourself a girlfriend or two, stop being so upright. So what if she was on your bed?"
Tyler scoffed. "Just tell your... Girlfriends to keep away from my things".
"Alright". Lenny shrugged, then began unpacking his things.
After Tyler finished talking with Lenny he called his grandma, and after a short chat with her, he eventually fell asleep.
The rest of the week passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already time for the semi finals match against Valhalla academy.
Tyler, Jason and the rest of their teammates arrived in the locker room and started changing to their jerseys.
Although the rest of the tournament was played in the hopes that scouts were watching. The semi finals was the first round where scouts were guaranteed to come and watch. That fact alone made Tyler very nervous.
He had to do well, he had to get scouted by a top club. It was one thing to get an offer from a club like Liverpool and it was another thing to get an offer from club like Paris FC (not PSG).
His head started pounding as he continued thinking about the match. Eventually he had to take a few deep breaths to calm himself. No one ever played well when they were nervous. He had to have a calm state of mind if he wanted to play well enough to attract the attention of the scouts.
He finished changing into his jersey and was he was putting on his cleats, James walked into he locker room. Sending the tense atmosphere among his players, he didn't say a word and waited a few minutes until he finally talked, giving them a long pep talk.
After he finished taking, a match official came to the locker room and told them it was time.
Tyler sighed and stood up, with the rest of the players in the starting lineup and walked outside of the locker room.
Right as he stepped outside, he heard a familiar notification.
[Ding! Host has been given a mission]