Chapter 53: Goal: 10,000 Hours

Looking at the character panel provided by the system, Takahashi could not hide the feeling of disappointment in his heart.

Fortunately, in the dimension of Spirit Power, he had gained a full 0.75 in these past half a month.

This allowed Takahashi's disappointed mood to be slightly eased.

After all, the difficulty of increasing Spirit Power is extremely high!

Takahashi guessed that if it weren't for the match against Yukimura, who excels at Mental Tennis, his Spirit Power could never have increased so quickly.

In the match against Yukimura, he truly and tangibly felt the power of Mental Tennis. Facing such a crisis, he displayed strong psychological quality; after discerning the opponent's weakness, he seized the opportunity to use the opponent's own Spirit Power to defeat them.

It was precisely this application of Spirit Power that caused his own Spirit Power to increase significantly.

Furthermore, looking on the bright side, he had also entered the next major realm—Quasi-World Level!

Although the overall increase from 24.95 to 25.9 was less than 1, only 0.95, the strength evaluation given by the system had gone from National Level to Quasi-World Level!

From National Level to Quasi-World Level, this is a fairly large threshold!

For an ordinary person to cross this threshold, the difficulty is no less than the difficulty he faced in rising from a beginner to National Level.

They are usually trapped at the peak of National Level for as long as several years, or because their talent is insufficient, they simply stop at National Level.

Yet Takahashi Yanichi broke through in just half a month, with no bottleneck period; it is truly rare!

In short, his strength had indeed increased significantly!

But looking at the data alone, he was still not satisfied!

Takahashi remembered again that the system had just said it was going to upgrade; he wondered what new functions the upgraded system would have and whether it could help him improve rapidly.

Having grown accustomed to the speed of improvement that soared straight up like a rocket, suddenly becoming as slow as a tortoise made Takahashi very unable to adapt!

"Ding! System upgrade complete!"

Takahashi began to study the upgraded system full of anticipation!

He saw that in his mind, the original one Idle Character had become two!

Takahashi was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted, his heart filled with excitement.

Two Idle Characters!

This means,

Double the practice time!

Double the speed of improvement!

Just a moment ago, he was still worried that his future speed of improvement would be greatly reduced; he never expected that the upgraded system would directly solve this problem!

With two Idle Characters idling simultaneously, one idles to practice Serve, and one idles to practice Return.

Calculating by the day, one Idle Character practices for twenty-four hours; with two Idle Characters practicing at the same time, that is forty-eight hours.

In a twenty-four-hour day, he, Takahashi Yanichi, can not only fully utilize every minute and every second of these twenty-four hours, but can also turn it into forty-eight hours!

It is the same day; for others, it is twenty-four hours, but for him, it is forty-eight hours!!

Calculating based on others practicing 4 hours a day.

In fact, most people cannot manage 4 hours; even at Rikkai, they only have this amount of practice during intensive training.

He intentionally calculated it on the high side.

Then Takahashi can practice 44 hours more than them every day!

10 days is 440 hours!

100 days is 4400 hours!

Takahashi recalled a famous 10,000-hour rule from his past life.

Its core point is: no matter what you do, as long as you can persist for 10,000 hours, then you are an expert in that field, a World Level master! You are an exceptionally brilliant genius in the eyes of others!

Moreover, the person who proposed this theory conducted many experiments, and in every walk of life, they found verification!

Thinking of this, Takahashi could not help but become excited, overjoyed!

Originally, calculating based on twenty-four hours a day, to complete the 10,000-hour rule, he would need about 416 days, which is a little over a year.

But now, with the Idle System upgraded, a day is forty-eight hours for him!

Then reaching 10,000 hours only requires 208 days!!

Less than a year!

A little over half a year!

Not to mention the previous months, where the Idle Character had already accumulated so many days, so many hours!

From Takahashi Yanichi's current level, reaching the Master Level in the field of tennis does not even need 208 days!

It seems his previous goal was still too conservative.

The Kanto Tournament, the National Tournament, they don't count for anything at all!

His future.

The prospects are vast!

Boundless!

The next day.

On the tennis court.

Takahashi Yanichi and Yukimura Seiichi held a friendly Captain handover ceremony.

From now on, the Captain of the Rikkaidai Tennis Club is Takahashi Yanichi, and Yukimura Seiichi has become the Vice Captain.

The era belonging to Yukimura Seiichi has ended, and the era belonging to Takahashi Yanichi is about to begin!

"It's just like a dream! I never thought I would actually live to see the day someone defeats Yukimura and becomes the new Captain!"

Marui Bunta sighed to Jackal Kuwahara.

As a third-year student, Marui Bunta had entered Rikkai in the same year as Yukimura.

He had witnessed with his own eyes how Yukimura Seiichi, then only a first-year, defeated all the third-year seniors and seized the position of Tennis Club Captain with the force of Thunder!

He had assumed that during Yukimura's three years at Rikkai, the position of Captain would never change!

Yet he never expected that such a powerful and arrogant Yukimura would actually have a day like this!

It left him filled with emotion and sighs!

"The position of Tennis Club Captain has always been held by the capable; as long as one has sufficiently powerful strength, one can sit in this seat."

"The Tennis Club Captain must be the strongest!"

"Only by upholding this principle can Rikkai look down upon all rivals in the National Tournament!"

Yanagi Renji said to Marui.

"Our Tennis Club has successfully completed the transition from old to new; Takahashi is only a first-year now, and if he maintains this momentum, the national championships for the next few years will also be in our pockets."

Sanada interjected.

"Indeed, other famous schools have not yet completed such a transition; strong schools like Hyotei and Shitenhoji still rely heavily on their third-year seniors, so next year will be difficult for them."

Marui suddenly realized and said.

"Renji, we must keep the news of our change in Captain under wraps for now; this is our secret weapon."

Sanada said to Yanagi Renji.

"I am afraid that will be difficult; after all, we are a nationally renowned school, and many eyes are focused on us. A major event like changing the Captain can only be hidden for a while, not for too long."

Yanagi Renji replied.

"Keep it locked down as much as possible; we will hide it for as long as we can."

Sanada said indifferently.

"Very well!"

Inside the Tennis Club office.

At this moment, the warm sun shone upon the earth, and strands of golden light shone into the room.

Takahashi was lazily leaning back in his chair, enjoying this moment of tranquility.

On the desk in front of him were a few manga and a glass of iced cola.

Raising his head, through the window to the side, he could see the full view of the Court.

He saw the Tennis Club members on the court, sweating profusely and practicing tirelessly.

And he, staying in the office that was warm in winter and cool in summer.

When thirsty, he drank a beverage!

When bored, he read manga!

When even more bored, he would go out for a stroll! To see the training results of the others.

The others were drenched in sweat, while he was refreshed and invigorated!

This life was truly comfortable!