[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-212":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462705,1913,"Chapter 212: Home Run","black-online-chapter-212",212,"\u003Cp>144th Floor, the Grand Sports Floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon let out an exclamation of amazement as he stepped inside the floor that was just majestic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know, right~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon smiled happily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole floor was one big sports paradise, like an amusement park for sports enjoyers. It had everything from basketball courts to swimming pools and even a rock climbing wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were hundreds of different sports you could try and attempt to win prizes and such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They paid the entrance fee, and then they received a card that would allow them to access all the different facilities and activities at the sports complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping~ Ping~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were near a baseball batting center, so there was a constant sound of \"ping\" as aluminum bats hit baseballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should we play some bats first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They entered the batting center, and there were several empty batting cages, but one of them was occupied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re amazing, baby!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman said to her boyfriend, who was in the middle of swinging the bat, and it met with the ball with a loud crack as it sailed far into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flew close to a hundred meters, but it wasn’t quite a home run, and only home runs gave a special prize from the batting center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man said with a smirk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a brownish-tanned man with tattoos poking underneath his sleeve, and his girlfriend was a woman who wore very skimpy clothing and had bright red hair that matched her red lipstick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also seemed to be a makeup enthusiast, as she had A LOT of makeup on her face, as if she were trying to desperately hide her real face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The home run gives a secret prize. Should we try to get that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon looked at the television with excitement, which told about the secret prize, and turned to Raon with sparkling eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon nodded with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know how hard it was to get a home run, but since it was the only requirement for the secret prize, it couldn’t be easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing some noise, the tanned man looked over and saw that they weren’t alone in the batting center anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, his gaze completely ignored Fang Raon and went directly for Chaewon, and his eyes went wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoah...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where the hell are you looking at?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, his girlfriend just smacked him in the back of the head, and he let out a sudden yelp of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?! I just checked who entered the batting center. Sheesh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man said, sounding pissed off, but his grip on the baseball bat tightened, and he felt rejuvenated to get that home run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt like showing off a little bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not towards his girlfriend, but to the beautiful woman that just came, and he even had the delusion that she was currently watching him play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t. She was only staring at Fang Raon. She hadn’t even noticed that there were other people in the room yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man pressed the button, and after a couple seconds, a baseball started hurling toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With both hands on the bat, he swung with all his might and hit the ball with a loud crack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh~ The ball soared through the air, and it was heading for a home run, but at the last moment, it lost speed and dropped to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a few meters away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still a decent swing, and he believed that it was enough to show his cool side, and with a side-eye, he glanced at Chaewon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was not looking at him at all and was instead getting a bat together with Fang Raon, as they planned to try a few times for the home run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then turned around and tossed the bat to his girlfriend, who looked at the bat like it was some kind of foreign object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your turn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"B-But I don’t know how to swing a bat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s easy. Just swing it at the ball.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world, and once he stepped out of the cage, his girlfriend entered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe... you should hold me and teach me how to swing the bat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girlfriend batted her long eyelashes at her boyfriend, but it didn’t look like he wanted to do it as he nonchalantly waved his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nah, you got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girlfriend sounded sad, but she then pressed the button and waited for the baseball to launch from the machine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang~ The baseball hurled over, and she swung the bat, but it went slightly over the ball, and thus, the ball went flying past her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was at quite low speed settings, which, in theory, would’ve made it easier for her to hit the ball, but she still missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am so bad at this... Why don’t you help me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around to look at her boyfriend but saw that he was only staring elsewhere towards the other \"couple,\" who were talking and laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Fang Raon stepped into the batting cage with an aluminum bat in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go talk with her... I mean, with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His girlfriend protested, but he was already walking over, and she followed him reluctantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hi, is this your first time in the batting center?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man formed a smile, and talked to Chaewon, who didn’t expect to be talked to, and turned her head to face the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she noticed his tattoos and the girl’s fake eyelashes, and they made her remember a few classmates during her high school years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who never came to the classes, always skipped classes, and ended up dropping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Delinquents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can give you some lessons if you want. It’s all about proper technique, you see. This guy, whom you are with, has horrendous technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like that, he won’t even be able to hit the baseball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man said intentionally loud so that Fang Raon would hear, and it would ruin his concentration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think that the two of them were together, as Chaewon seemed way out of his league.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I think this guy is desperately friendzoned, and he came here to try to look cool in front of her, but sorry, buddy, you’re not in her league at all.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man said arrogantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t need it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon stepped slightly away from the man, slightly uncomfortable that he was standing so close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she saw the tanned man’s girlfriend clinging to his arm, as if she were saying, \"Mine!\" but then the man just shrugged her off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girlfriend looked like she was ready to beat him up right then and there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’A horrendous technique? Well, it is my first time in the batting center. However, I know how to swing a sword, but this is definitely way different.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then looked at the screen in front of him, where he could select the speed of the launch machine and when it would release the ball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Let’s try 50% speed.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He moved the speed from 20% to 50%, and then he pressed the \"Launch\" button, and the countdown started on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned around, grabbed the bat with both hands, and moved it over his left shoulder, right next to his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang~ the baseball shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon looked surprised, and he then swung the bat, but he swung it way too early, and the baseball just slipped past him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft, hahaha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man just laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chaewon looked at the laughing man—very annoyed—as she hated people that were loud and obnoxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That was surprising...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought as he looked at the baseball that was rolling on the ground and kicked it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It was much slower than I expected. I thought it would be very fast, so since it was slow, it completely threw me off.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought, and then he turned to the screen and just moved the speed to its fastest setting and pressed launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man laughed even harder after seeing that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’What a pathetic guy. He already embarrassed himself in the 50% setting, and now he is trying the fastest setting? That’s the setting that the professional baseball players use!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang~ the baseball shot out, and this time around, it was so fast that it was almost invisible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon had his eyes wide open. He then swung the bat. It cracked against the baseball and sent it flying high into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He hit it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girlfriend of the tanned man shouted in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It flew high and far. It almost grazed the high ceiling. It was hard to see just how far it actually flew, but it flew far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[HOME RUN!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive neon sign went off in the batting center, flashing \"HOME RUN!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’WHAT THE FUCK?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man’s eyes widened in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’That was easier.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon thought, and then he stepped out of the batting cage, but before he could make another step, Chaewon jumped in front of him and hugged him tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Haha, you did it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shouted happily, and since she was so overwhelmed with joy, she suddenly just kissed him in the heat of the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’They are actually together?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man’s eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I think we should break up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ex-girlfriend of the man said with a pissed-off look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tanned man turned to her, a puzzled look on his face as if he were saying, \"Why?\" with his expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re not romantic at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said coldly, and she then flipped him off with a middle finger and left the batting center with a leopard-themed bag slung over her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>",1670,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.438Z",1,"novelbin.me","4e40b29277ce3f9a4cbf6da0e0413fbe49c48778a581af43c8b56735cc40b6ec","black-online-chapter-213","black-online-chapter-211",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]