Chapter Three: Eighteen Catches and an Invoice from the Future

Outside, the recorded cheers made the wall tremble. Deep in his vision, the system quietly produced a new message. [NEXT GAME PRELOADING.] [OPPONENT: STEEL CITY MACHINISTS.] [PROJECTED DEFEAT PROBABILITY: 72.6%.] [BORROWING LIMIT INCREASED.] Lin closed the hands that had caught eighteen passes. At last, he had earned his ticket onto a professional field. The price of the ticket was printed on the back.