Blue team scorecard:
Nirmal 2 (4)
Zayed 46 (18)
Shrivastav 55 (35)
Joshua 15 (16)
Shantanu 10 (3)
Smaran 3 (1)
Tailenders: 12 runs
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The man with the asset system realized his fellow system user was most likely a student. He definitely was in the Green House team. He spoke to his system, "Is there a chance for the Blue House to win?"
[Master Asset System States: 0% interference will imply a 25% chance for the Blue House to win. However this can be changed with the asset system's interference.]
"Alright, mark the Blue House as an asset. Activate ability: Rugpull!"
[Blue House Team: New Asset Marked. Rugpull has been activated. Cost is 50,000 Rupees for basic rugpull]
"What is the chance after basic?"
[60%. Be warned, opposing system user can change this.]
"Spend 50,000 rupees."
[Basic Rugpull has been activated.]
"I won't let the people who caught me last time, survive this time!" He thought to himself.
Ali got ready to watch the duo of Samuel and Manish calmly take runs as per their plan. However another message from the system would change this idea.
[System influence detected. Activating Counter Module..]
"Counter module?! What was going on? What kind of person would interfere with a school cricket match?! Whoever this was, he definitely is a part of the school." Thought Ali.
Well, I could try to stop him. Let me see what the counter module provides, thought Ali.
"Scan Shrivastav."
[STATS]
Player Name: Shrivastav Shan
Position: Top order anchoring batsman
Team: Blue House
Batting: 52
Bowling: N/A
Fielding: 49 + 20 [Due to Rugpull]
Physical: 52 + 20 [Due to Rugpull]
Mental: 54 + 30 [Due to Rugpull]
Overall: 52 + 17 (State Level) [TEMP]
Potential: 97 (Greats of Cricket)
Ali scanned the other players, seeing that only Shrivastav was buffed. How weird. Was he person in the shadows someone who was like an enemy to him? Maybe they knew who he was. But, after seeing the name of the ability which affected Shrivastav, he realized the ability was related to money.
A rugpull was a term for scams done with virtual money, called cryptocurrency that occurred in the future of his past life. So that meant he needed to somehow use money, so this probably cost him a lot. Which implies that, he probably couldn't do this every match. Suddenly the system played a notification.
[Opposing system basic information self collection complete.]
[The opposing system you are facing is: The Asset Master System. A system that allows you to mark anything as a asset and upgrade, manage it as though it were an asset, as long as money is available. If an asset gains money, the user also gains an equivalent amount.]
Huh. An extreme version of a tycoon game? The person must have marked Shrivastav as an "asset" and upgraded him using his money. Not many people would be rich enough to spend a lot of money for some random school match. So, it must be some parent of a student in the blue house or a administrative member of the school. Either way, Ali decided to change the batting strategy that the green house would employ, knowing that Shrivastav would see the plan of slow hitting from a mile away.
Ali ran over to Samuel, and said, "I feel we should not simply hit slowly. Shrivastav might play a defensive field, and squeeze us completely dry of any chances to run and collect more runs." Samuel returned with, "Why should we risk a safe bet? He may read into us, but we are well stacked here. A mere 143 runs with 11 wickets. Why risk it? We should win no matter the method." Ali really wanted to talk about the mysterious system user, but he couldn't as they would think of him as some kind of over imaginative kid. However, Manish overheard their conversation, and liked the idea.
Ali then thought to himself, "Let me see the rewards of the batting collapse quest. Open Gold Batting Moment Pack!"
[OPENING..]
You Got:
ABD's six vs Punjab, which won RCB the match, IPL 2015
"Could this be? A chase related moment too?! Well let's see if I can equip it. System, can I switch Shane Watson's wicket for the new moment?"
[Break moment changes are allowed, only one though. However, player aura can never be changed in the middle of the match.]
"Alright! This should be useful! What are the effects?"
Moment: ABD's six vs Punj….
Rarity: Gold
Mastery Level: 1 [Complete tasks to increase level]
Basic Buffs (when equipped):
+5 batting overall when chasing
+1 aggressive batting skill proficiency
[Skills]
Unlocked:
360 shot selection (Gold version): Improved shot selection and 10% increased perception
Ali skipped the locked section, knowing that he can't use those abilities.
"Let's go and sit on the bench for now" thought Ali.
The second innings began. For some reason Chinnar Rai, the blue team's star spinner was taking the first over.
Samuel and Manish calmly kept on rotating strike, hitting a few runs per over, and not trying too hard to lose their wickets.By the end of the 9th over, they had accumulated 82 runs, with the change of Chinnar bowling the 1st over failing.
[Samuel 25* (24) | Manish 57* (30) 82/0]
However, they were now in the middle overs, where Shrivastav reigned. For the 10th over, in came Nakul, a pace bowler. He was right after another over of spin, which was slowly tearing away at the batsmen's decision making. The first 3 balls were dots, but the 4th one had a huge change, it was a slower ball in the slot length. Samuel got ready to loft it, but caused the ball to hit the stumps instead. Samuel was gone, and Shrivastav's counterattack began!
Ali got ready to go to the field, when suddenly a notification activated.
[Player Aura Mastery Quest unlocked.]
TO BE CONTINUED