Football System: Classic Number 10
Episode 7: Selection Day (Part 1)

By hearing a voice that was like a life-revoting angel calling out, today's selection was officially started.

I was getting ready to follow all the things that were going to happen today, as well as Derry who was constantly giving words of encouragement. He knew very well that I was being struck by a great nervousness, so he did it to make me a little more comfortable.

The sinister and gloomy-looking examiner came back closer to us, he said. "We'll start training soon. Make 5 rows, each row contains 20 people let's hurry!"

Like hearing the orders of the war general, we immediately went scattering in search of a line like a termite. Derry and I stayed in the same line, and then there was Yoga Hilmawan who was also in the same row as me.

"This isn't a place for a petty person like you" Yoga Hilmawan commented after he looked at me cynically.

I'm quiet, but it's Derry who's up in blood. She immediately pulled the neck of Yoga's shirt and glared at him. "Never demean my friend! You don't know how hard it was to get to this day" 

Yoga is not afraid at all even though it has been intimidated by Derry though, even though Yoga has lost big and lost high to Derry but he still casually responded to it. I was so confused, where did that huge confidence come from.

"Take off that dirty hand of yours, you exiles from Buceros!" said the Yoga who was a little smaller than Derry.

As Derry rose in blood, his veins even began to appear on his forehead, Derry actually tried to hold back his anger but it seemed like the container was too small that the flames of his anger could no longer be contained. "What did you say!" Derry is almost out of control and wants to hit Yoga.

But before that, our instructor who was a person with a gloomy and sinister face came back in time and stopped the fight so easily.

"You want to fight? I'll prepare the ring and also some weapons such as chairs and kendo sticks, so today's practice we'll all just watch you two fight" That's it, with his face that did not change at all the instructor managed to stop the fight Derry and Yoga also, even managed to silence their mouths both.

"You don't have to defend me like that Derry, just let him talk bad things about me" I tried to calm down Derry who was still visibly upset.

Derry confusion. "Why are you silent Rizaldi? He humbles you like that someone should teach him a lesson! I'm really confused by Rizaldi's mindset" 

I could only smile on my side, but after that, Derry started to look a little calmer. I was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, because from that moment the gloomy and sinister-faced instructor continued to stare at me very sharply.

"My name is Giovani Almeida, I'm your group's instructor for today" the gloomy and sinister-faced instructor began to introduce himself to all of us, but still his facial expression did not change at all.

"Today's first exercise was endurance training. You will run around this field 20 times. How quickly you complete the round will be a plus for you" 

So, the first selection exercise today has been determined, namely endurance training by running around the field 20 times. Is that a heavy thing? Sure was! If you are a cupu like me, just try to rotate the field 3 times, your breath can run out without rest.

Let alone you, everyone in my group has given a different facial expression. Some are shocked, some are relaxed and some are starting to get dizzy because they are given a heavy task from the beginning. But for me? I was also a little scared at first, but I've been training with the system for this month and I definitely won't give up just like that.

While encouraging myself, a familiar voice I heard also rang, it must be a new mission. And sure enough, there is a new mission that I received, maybe it's a mission that only appears because of a certain event.

[Mission Received!]

[Finish in mid-board position on endurance training]

[Punishment: User cannot access the system for 24 hours]

Why is the punishment for failing to complete a mission always so detrimental? But, in essence I just have to try to finish in the middle of the board, then why not finish in the main position?

I didn't want to get my head all the more dizzy before the training started, and Coach Giovanni gave us a cue to run.

I just ran off to relax, without expending a lot of energy at the beginning. So did Derry and Yoga, but it looks like they both seem to be competing. I don't want to disrupt their competition, although I want to but the system forbids me to finish first or top 2. What is the main purpose of the system to make me look inconspicuous?

For a long time it has begun to feel tormenting this exercise, there have even been some participants who fell in round 9 to 10. At the top of the list there is still a competition between Derry and Yoga that does not decrease even though their stamina has started to fall, the intensity of their hostile sparks is also getting heated up in round 15.

In the last round, Yoga and Derry continued to compete even hotter. They put out all the remaining energy and ran as fast as they could, and in the end Yoga managed to finish first, only a few seconds ahead of Derry who followed him in second position.

Then there are those who fill third, fourth, fifth until finally I finish seventh! Tired? Obviously, going around the football field 20 times is not easy, remember that!

My record time is 12 minutes 37 seconds, different 4 minutes from position one and two. Yes, Yoga and Derry recorded 8 minutes to complete the round, of course it was great. 

And what is the fate of participants who are at the bottom and who fell? They're straight out! 

I was so horrified to see the scene, not only in my group that was like that, in other groups there was also directly excluded from the results of the first exercise.

I felt sorry and relieved in one frame, to the point that I was struck by the sound of the system indicating that the mission I received had been completed.

[Success Mission!]

[Getting Energy Booster 1 piece]

[Energy Booster is a drink that can make the energy that drinks it back full]

Well, an item that was very useful to me in the training this time. I'm still not too tired for this time, so I can keep it in the system inventory first and drink it at rest later.

"Good work for all of you! Continue to continue your performance or you will fate like those there!" Coach Giovanni reminded us again of the participants who had already failed to qualify.

It got me and the others motivated not to end up like them, although we also knew that there was a chance that we would slip and have to bite a finger to get into Cananga Mining. 

Training is continued. The next exercise is not much different from the exercises that I often live so far, namely push-up exercises, sit-ups and other physical improvement exercises. I always managed to finish in the middle position and it seemed like the coach began to suspect me and always watched me like a tiger ready to hit prey.

But I don't care, all I have in mind right now is to find a way to survive today's selection. But to be honest, it feels like being stared at like that is very unpleasant, let alone being stared at by someone so creepy like Coach Giovanni.