Solo All-Around Agent

Chapter 5

Today’s information

[Kang Hyuk, who is called an unlucky prospect, is highly likely to succeed as a pitcher.]

—

Returning home, Jaejin Song opened a can of beer and opened a hologram window.

[One. Congratulations on getting the system. The main system functions will be transferred.][2. The system has several functions.][3. Schedule management, data search, etc.][4. Second main function – skill tree.]

“A skill tree?”

At Jae-jin’s words, a vast skill tree appeared around Song Jae-jin, as if Jarvis realized the augmented reality in the movie Iron Man.

“Wow.”

At first glance, it was a huge amount of skill in a huge field.

[5. In order to use the skill tree, a price commensurate with it is required.]

‘Cost? Are you talking about money?’

Song Jae-jin was sweating profusely because the place where he now lives was also a chartered residential officetel in Gyeonggi-do.

[6. The currency used in the system – the life experience of the subject.]

“Life experience?”

[7. Anything the subject experiences.]

“You mean quantifying experience? Isn’t that too subjective?”

In response to Song Jae-jin’s question, the system kept the hologram window blank, as if it had been buffered for a while, and then spoke a new word.

[8. It is possible to quantify the experience.][9. As the use is infinite, the subject must learn how to use it himself. You do not need to speak with the system out of your mouth.][- skill

– Information used (1)

– Unused information (0)

– Inventory (5)]

The status window that appeared after the hologram explanation was very simple and intuitive.

The information used includes information about team leader Kim Do-hyun of the Hornets.

Unused information is set to 0 because no information has appeared since acquiring the system yet.

And I clicked the most important skill button.

“Ha. It’s great to see you again.”

A huge skill tree appeared in front of him, and Jaejin started looking at the skill tree that he had not seen in detail.

There was a picture of Jaejin in the middle, and the word “Sports” was written below it.

However, looking at the black inactive parts, it seemed that the skill tree was not limited to simple sports.

‘Because the other side will have little use for it.’

At this age, he did not suddenly jump from the path of an actor to the path of a singer, so when he saw the sports skills activated by Song Jae-jin in light gray, he exclaimed.

“Ah.”

Once I took a big look at the skill tree, I could only describe it as a jackpot.

He literally seemed to have all the skills related to sports.

Although there is no possibility now, skills related to players were also seen, and all skills related to scouts, coaches, managers, and general managers existed.

“Ha. Oh my gosh.”

Obviously, if you’re shooting a skill like a game, you’ll need a lot of points, but anyway, the important thing is that there’s not just an agent-related skill.

‘That means anything I’ve ever dreamed of is possible.’

[Currently held 110 points.]

There were 110 points obtained by adding 100 points obtained as a reward and 10 points obtained through probably Kang-Hyun Moon’s contract experience.

We looked at the skills that can be purchased immediately with 110 points.

As there are many skills, the time to worry is long.

However, considering the current situation of moving to the second team, the more likely to take on a baseball player’s contract than the current soccer, and the fact that he doesn’t know much about baseball.

In the end, I chose 3 skills.

The first is coaching skills. The second is the player search skill, and the third is the player ability identification skill.

I didn’t know how many points would be collected, so I had to purchase items carefully as I could only purchase one of the three.

‘What skill do I need the most right now?’

It was clear that all three were good looking skills.

But the biggest problem is that there is no description of the item. It was said that he had no choice but to guess the performance of the item only from the name.

‘If you are going to make your dream come true, would you kindly make it come true?’

“dream?”

Song Jae-jin, who was muttering while looking at the item window, was obsessed with the word dream and looked at the shop window.

Even if you were shooting a skill related to coaching or scouting right now, it would be unreasonable to have another job, so Song Jae-jin pressed the purchase button for the skill that would be most helpful in his current situation.

‘This is right.’

[You have purchased the Player Coaching (Basic) skill.][I have a trainer license. Correction is applied as a low-level coaching system.][The analysis ability of the skill varies depending on the data analyzed by the user.][You have purchased a skill for the first time. 50 points will be returned.][Which skill to build up depends on the target’s choice. You can get synergy effects through skill nodes.]

I do not know how the coaching will be conducted, but Song Jae-jin closed the shop window without any regrets because it was a matter of which one to purchase first rather than one.

—

The day after the appointment.

“It’s Kang Hyuk. If it’s Kang Hyuk, are you talking about that Kang Hyuk?”

In the morning of the information that came to mind, Song Jae-jin thought about Kang-hyuk and pressed the elevator button.

‘Where is Kang Hyuk now? I heard he’s been to Japan since he was released from the minors.’

“Good morning.”

“Good morning. Director.”

Director Seo Eun-sang came up behind Song Jae-jin, who was waiting for the elevator, and greeted him, and Song Jae-jin also greeted him warmly.

“Your face is brighter.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

Thing-

And when the elevator arrived and the office button was pressed, someone pressed the open button.

“This.. this!”

“This guy has been stuttering since morning. You look like you haven’t slept.”

As soon as he checked the faces of the two in the elevator, Eun-sang Seo smiled and pressed the close button when he saw Ahn Ki-yeol’s face warmed up.

“It’s a full elevator, so I’ll take the next one.”

And as soon as the elevator closed, Seo Eun-sang giggled and smiled, and Song Jae-jin burst into laughter.

“I feel good in the morning. It’s a good way to start the day.”

Song Jae-jin arrived at the office with a smile and started drinking the coffee that Seo Eun-sang gave her more comfortably than before.

“As you know, Team 2 is a team that revolves around baseball player contracts.”

“Yes. I know.”

“And it’s spring camp season and there’s not much to do right now.”

Unlike soccer, where the season is in full swing, baseball is a period of preparation for the season, and contracts for the players in charge of the World Tree have already been completed, so it was a kind of off-season situation.

“Ah. I have something to tell you about that.”

After all, Song Jae-jin wasn’t in a situation where he could do anything in the middle, so he talked about what he was thinking about last night.

“For now, I’m thinking of going back to independent clubs or high school baseball.”

“Huh? why?”

Director Seo Eun-sang asked with a curious expression.

He takes care of independent players and sends them to the pros to grow the pie.

He was obviously a seemingly good opinion.

‘But there must be a reason why independent players don’t go pro.’

Most of the reason is skill, but it was difficult to go professional for various reasons, and even if you worked hard to raise players, there was too little return compared to the amount you put in.

‘So it was rejected by internal opinions.’

However, if Song Jae-jin made such an opinion, he thought there must be another reason, so I listened to his opinion even though it was an unwelcome opinion.

“Anyway, now that I’m in the middle of the second team, I have nothing to do, but as you said, I need to know baseball properly. And wouldn’t it be better to start from the bottom?”

“Even so, in the case of an independent club, the return results are too small compared to the cost of the entire company.”

In the end, I had to develop my skills in order to send it to the pro, so I had to invite a good instructor to teach and train, because the money involved was not a penny or two.

“We don’t need company support. For now, I will try to do it myself.”

“Alone?”

“Yeah. Alone. You can probably ask for some information, but there will be no requests from instructors or anything like that, which was previously conducted at the company level.”

If Song Jae-jin does it alone without the company’s support, the only cost is Song Jae-jin’s labor cost.

‘Even if I fail, it will be enough to pay the tuition. Tuition fees for adapting to the sport of baseball while in charge of soccer.’

Since he was willing to watch enough, Eun-sang did not hesitate to say what he was about to say and nodded his head.

“Do whatever you want. I wouldn’t bother touching it.”

Seo Eun-sang first assured Song Jae-jin autonomy, thinking that he would know what he had to do, unless he took the position of deputy chief anyway.

“We will look back right away from today.”

As long as the goal was set, he didn’t have to waste time talking.

—

There are a total of 8 independent teams in Korea.

In any case, as the goal was to be a player, I had to know in advance which team there was which player, so I accessed the company database and displayed data on the players of the independent club.

“uh? Is Kang Hyuk in Yangju?”

And while he was looking at the players, he found a familiar name at the Yangju Playball Club.

An unlucky prospect Kang Hyuk.

And the main character of the hologram window that emerged this morning.

As a catcher in high school, he chewed on Korean baseball and advanced to the MLB with great expectations, but was released after four years in the minor leagues due to overlapping injuries.

He tried to advance to the Japanese league, but he was released after three seasons.

Running towards his late twenties, he was doing his final hardening to go professional at Yangju Playball, an independent club.

“He was a player I really liked.”

Suddenly, the name of Kang Hyuk made Song Jae-jin immersed in memories.

It was because he was a player who was cheering for the days when he was sleeping at night while watching soccer, second and third division, baseball, and minor league broadcasts on foreign sites.

‘There was a time when I was really passionate about it.’

While the car was autonomously driving with Yangju Playball, Song Jae-jin looked at Kang Hyuk’s profile and game records, and then used the system to find Kang Hyuk’s highlight videos.

Kang Hyuk’s best highlight is the scene where he hit a home run in a row against Dylan Efron, the first overall pick in the 2023 draft, who came down to tune the game.

That day’s home run in a row at bat received a lot of attention both in Korea and the United States.

The problem, however, arose when he got hit with a ball in the wrist during training.

For that reason, he was released from the club after suffering a stagnation in the blow he had strength.

It flowed through the Japanese league to the independent club.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“There is no doubt that he is a good player.”

He’s been in the minor leagues for the most part, but his talent is evident enough that he’s been on the 40-man roster.

Song Jae-jin headed to the audience, thinking that he might know something by seeing the player in person.

—

When we arrived at the stands, the players were in full swing and Hyuk Kang took a position to defend in the outfield.

“Good timing.”

Any weakness that can be easily identified by the current situation of Kang Hyuk standing at the plate is a weakness that can be easily identified and understood by anyone.

As Kang Hyuk’s at-bat passed, Song Jae-jin, who was rummaging through his records, fixed his gaze on one record.

Most of his records, from American and Japanese to independent teams, have been as catchers and outfielders.

However, in the midst of the mixed pitching records, Song Jae-jin started looking for only the pitching records, just in case.

“Three wins in 16 matches. My ERA is 2.58… .”

‘Find a video of Kang Hyuk’s pitching.’

Because there were not many records, the video was quickly found, and Song Jae-jin looked at the video carefully.

‘The ball speed and the tip of the ball aren’t bad. It’s definitely ups and downs in my body.’

And Song Jae-jin posted the information that came to mind in the morning.

[Kang Hyuk, who is called an unlucky prospect, is highly likely to succeed as a pitcher.]

And he raised one corner of his mouth.

‘Possibility of success as a pitcher. After all, I’m talking about the time when I got the ball. What can I do once I meet Kang Hyuk?’