Ultimate Cash System-Chapter 78: Preparation’s for the matChapter (1/2)

" That’s very nice of him to do. How about a dinner together? Choose any restaurant in the world," Lukas said while taking a new towel from Karl. He was sweaty and seeing a panel in front of him.

[Mission Completed. Grade : S, pitched 499 times. Reward: $10,000]

Mother of God.

Lukas was mad because he didn’t count the pitches, if he did, he would have known he was just one pitch short of making 500 pitches.

Actually, I would love to eat with you, but my wife is waiting for me, and you need to sleep early because tomorrow they will make you run with the official team, and you don’t want to miss that. Go take a shower, the general manager has informed me that you need to be in the Phillies ground at sharp 7 in the morning," Karl said while taking Lukas inside the back, where there are many rooms available for changing clothes and taking a shower.

"Alright," Lukas smiled and went to the washroom, which felt almost ghostly because there was no one in there.

After washing himself up, Lukas changed back and took his stuff from Karl and went to the airport with Karl and his son. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

" There’ll be a car ready for you, but you have to arrange these things beforehand and ask questions. Like when I am needed or something like that," Karl said with a smile on his face, then sat on the seat.

Lukas felt Karl was a very mysterious figure, but he couldn’t put his finger on what kind of mystery this man was hiding, but he was definitely hiding something.

The plane landed in Philadelphia at 8 pm in the night, there was already a car waiting for Lukas to take him back to his hotel.

Lukas went down from the plane and wanted to say his farewell to the kid and his father for helping him out, but they were nowhere to be found.

Shaking his head in disappointment Lukas just walked to the car and said, Four Seasons Hotel, and the driver smoothly took him there.

As he was about to enter the hotel when he got a call from Henry, surprisingly, he received it, and Henry’s cheerful voice came in from the back.

" Come to Modell’s Sporting Goods on 1600 Walnut St. I am here. Don’t forget to bring your credit card with you,"Henry said in his usual cheerful voice and then hung up.

" Hey, can you please drive me to Walnut Street? I needed to go there," Lukas said while he ran to the car, which was about to leave.

The driver looked at him with his eyes scrutinizing and with a face that said he was not certain if he would do that.

" I will, of course, pay you,"Luaks said. He thought the driver wanted money.

" It’s not about money but hope," Driver said. He just shook his head at Lukas and then drove forward.

It didn’t take long for Lukas to arrive at Walnut Street, and he even spotted the fat coach, who was just standing outside while eating something.

Lukas wore his scarf and pointed at the fat man. The driver drove towards Henry and parked the car just in front of him.

" Why are you always eating, Coach? Give me $200 cash right now," Lukas said. He didn’t get out, he just asked for money.

" W...well, I am always hungry, and where would I get that much money?" Henry looked at Lukas weirdly, he ate the rest of the burger with a single gulp.

" This wallet has $178 cash, which is a huge sum for me, so take it." Henry gave Lukas his entire wallet.

Lukas took the whole cash and gave it to the driver and walked outside, then returned the empty wallet to Henry.

" This here is Jay and Roy, your new bodyguards. They are going to protect you from now on. They are twin brothers." Henry gestured toward two blond guys who looked similar, just one was a little taller than the other.

" They will passively protect you so that you can move around without being noticed. Let’s go, you need many things to buy before your training session and match," Henry said while tugging Lukas inside the sports shop.

" You did bring your card, right?" Henry asked if he was taking Lukas to buy some gear before Lukas could attend matches.

" Yes, here, take it." Lukas gave Henry his card and then looked around the shop with curious eyes. There were many things that he didn’t know what they were.

" Please give me Rosin bag 1, pine tar stick 1, Easton on-deck bat weights (16 oz) 2, Pow’r Wrap bat-barrel weight 1, compression arm sleeve 1, athletic tape roll 1, pre-wrap roll 1, polarized sport sunglasses 1, durable water bottle 1, Gatorade electrolyte powder tub 1, and energy/protein bars 6. Henry directly went to a counter and told what he needed, then looked at Lukas, who was looking at him with awe on his face.

" That’s impressive, coach." Lukas nodded with approval as he didn’t even know half of the items on this list.

" It’s just basics. You’ll get more advanced knowledge in your life than me," Henry replied.

" Sir, the total bill is $180, tax included." The salesman came with a bag of items and gave it to Henry, then eyed Lukas, but as he was hiding behind a scarf, he looked away.

Henry paid with Lukas’s card in hand and then walked out of the store. Lukas, seeing his new bodyguards were not around, looked at Henry as he was about to ask him where the twins went. Lukas saw them just beside him, their presence was almost negligent.

A person can overlook just a passerby, they looked like they also had the most common face in the world.

" Come, the real reason I brought you in here is because you need a car, and that two-seater you have is not going to cut it now, as you need safety," Henry said with a smile.