Since I am home, I can experiment with this Core system. Let's see now.
hmm!
While in his room, pacing slowly as he summoned The Core system. A familiar interface materialized, at the bottom of the display, a small message icon flickered—glowing orange at first, he ignored it. But the flickering message peaked his interest.
Ding!... Ding!... Ding!...
Click click click click
Just as Winston was about to unseal the message, her sister peeked at the door. Winston lowered his hands, his sister isn't fond of knocking when coming into his room. No matter how many times he reminded her, she never knocked. He let out a long sigh and shook his head. "Mom says breakfast is ready," she said. "And please wear pants, don't come down with your boxers."
"I'm coming," Winston replied. "and for the last let to knock. What if I was naked?." He stepped toward the door to close it. His sister responded by pulling one eyelid, and sticking out her tongue, and making obnoxious noises. Winston rolled his eyes. His sister is younger than him and she always manages to annoy him every chance she gets just like any other siblings. "I'm happy you're okay," she said quietly. "I was worried." Winston paused halfway to the door. And she quickly ruined the moment with a grin.
"And leave you to be the only child, forget it. you will never get my room." His sister snorted with laughter, and turned her back to Winston and she smiled and sprinted downstairs. He stared after her for a moment, a small smile tugged at his lips
"How are you feeling." said Winston's father, who was holding up a newspaper peeking through while flipping pages. Winston's father surprised him by not being asleep, despite working night shifts. The last time his father worked a day shift was when Winston played his first match. Back then, Winston was always a reserve player. After improving, Winston became a substitute. A few months later, Winston earned a spot on the first eleven. "Yes, I'm okay father, I feel better. I am planning ongoing to the training ground to practice and report to the coach. I am sure they want to check my health. You know I missed a couple of games."
"Are you sure, I was hoping you'd stay home and focus on fully recovering." Said Winston's mother, who was busy placing food on the dining table. She touched Winston's forehead, who was stretching his hand for toast and pouring orange juice.
"I'm okay mom, I have to practice or I'll fall behind and get sent back to the reserve, I'd go crazy just sitting at home all day." He also grabbed the sports bag that packed before heading down.
Ding!... Ding!... Ding!...
Three more notifications rang out, making Winston startle and he turned around, looking at his family. And they seemed not to hear what he was hearing. Shrugging his shoulders, forgetting that he has a system connecting to his mind and soul.
I wonder what that was, it was weird, whatever.
"Okay, I am heading out."
"Don't overdo it out there."
"Don't put on your earphones and watch for cars, Winston."
When Winston was about to close the door behind him, he caught sight of his sister, who was wearing a worrying expression. She rushed toward the door and hugged him, "Be careful and make it back, okay?" Winston replied, "Don't worry, I'll not make the same mistake." Winston's sister jogged Winston and pointed out her pink hand for a promise. Winston met her sister's pink hand with his and shook it. Winston smiled and continued walking down the lane before starting to run.
When Winston reached the football training ground, he reported to the medical personnel who were waiting for his result. Winston was told to go to the grounds and wait. Winston switched the Core system and opened the inbox, and he saw that he had three messages. When Winston opened the first message, the system message's content puzzled him.
[User daily challenge]
[The user is required to run 10 kilometers message within one hour]
Daily challenges, 10 kilometres, wait, is the system testing me, whether I'm worthy for the challenge?
"Whatever, I needed a warm anyway. Let's see, 10 kilometers means I need to run 25 laps." Winston said as he started jogging. After the fifth lap, he checked the core system, and he saw that the timer was counting down. He started picking up speed on his fifteenth lap when coaches saw that some of his teammates were entering the training ground. When Winston saw the medical personnel talking to the head coach and his cooperator, and one the coaches who trained the strikers. Winston caught a glance of them watching him, luckily for him, when the head coach called Winston the 10 kilometers challenge the system was testing him with and he had finished it.
Ding!
What now?
Winston chose not to read the message and instead went to the coach, assistants, and striker coach. Winston grew anxious when he noticed the medical staff monitoring his vitals had left the room. "For someone who has been asleep for three weeks, your form has not been affected. Your brief time playing with the seniors was surprisingly effective. "You have another opportunity to play with the seniors," the head coach stated, extending his hand to shake Winston's, who was struggling to regulate his breathing. "Mmm. Not bad, the medic said you are fine, but you must not overdo it." said the head coach. "We will continue to monitor your health. After training, you need to head over there. For now, go prepare, we will call you once training starts." Winston slightly nodded, "Thank you, coach."
I hope I passed the daily test, the warm up was actually helpful. I need to focus on my breathing.
[Congratulation Daily challenge completed]
Ding!
[The user is rewarded with 5 reward points.]
Ding!
[Shop is now available: user can now spend points]
Wait there's a shop…
Ding!
[Penalties: 00]
What? There are penalties to not finishing daily challenges.
Ding!
Winston Daley Stats
Core Level: 3
Name: Daley Winston Birthdate: 25-11-04
Age: 19 Weak Foot: 2
Height: 176cm (5'9) Foot: Right
Profession: Footballer
Team: Westminster F.C. (Senior team) [Demoted]
Player Rating: 76
Position: Center forward.
Potential: 88
[Drop down Category]
Pace
Shooting
Passing
Dribbling
Physical
Reward points: 05
Skills moves: None.
Skills shop
Wow it categorized my stats, it even added a skill shop. I want to see what the skill shop has.
[User skills shop]
Finesse Shot: 50 points
Chip Shot: 25 points
Outside Foot Shot: 60 points
Long Shot Taker: 50 points
Long Passer: 10 points
Dead Ball: 15 points
Gamecharger: 50 points
Incisive Pass: 25 points
Tiki Taka: 10 points
Technical: 45 points
First Touch: 45 points
Quick Step: 50 points
Low Driven shot: 50 points
All these skills are legendary skills. Too bad I have low points. I wonder if the core system will reward me with more points.
Thud thud thud
A knock startled Winston, who was sitting inside the toilet seat. "Hey man, you okay? The coach asked me to tell you he is starting practice, he said I must call you," Winston replied. "Okay, I'm coming, just finishing up."