Ultimate Cash System-Chapter 30: Are you ready?

Lukas then rubbed the ball a little as it was all greasy, then looked at Joe, who was ready to face the ball.

Lukas's leg went up once again, Lukas was planning to throw in another fastball.

Lukas used his whole body's power once again and threw the ball, his hand went like it was made of rubber.

*Zwoop*

119 MPH

Joe, this time, however, was prepared to face the ball, he calculated and used the bat as his instinct told him to.

*Twak*

The ball made contact with the bat, the sheer force of the ball made the bat look very weak, but the ball still went up in the air. As the timing was missing in the shot, the ball didn't go far before coming down.

A fielder caught the ball and looked proud.

"Out"

Umpires declared Joe out.

Joe threw his cracked bat and looked at Lukas angrily, his manager, who was seated with Henry, ran to fetch him a new bat.

" You almost pulled a home run on me, buddy. Why are you so angry?" Lukas asked while chuckling a little.

"Hmmph." Joe didn't reply and took the new bat from his manager's hand.

As this was just a showcase match between Lukas and Joe, they are allowed to demonstrate their specialty in front of the guests.

Lukas was a pitcher, and Joe was a batter, so they have to continue their roles and show the guests what they are capable of.

" Don't be angry, Focus," Joe's manager whispered this into Joe's ear before leaving him. While he was leaving, he took the raked bat with him.

Joe calmed down, he closed his eyes while holding the new bat in his hand and thought for a while.

In the VIP stand, people were looking as serious as they could be, they didn't expect to see such a spectacle here today. Both players were exceptionally good.

" Hey, what's your name, sir?" Ed Wade, the general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, asked Henry, who was seated quietly all this time.

" Henry, I am the coach of Princeton College." Henry got up and extended his hand to shake Ed Wade's hand.

Ed Wade nodded his head and shook Henry's hand, then smiled.

" This boy looks extremely talented, but he needs polishing, practice, and game sense. I am certain he has not played this game for more than 5 months." Ed Wade said with a smile that he was not looking at Henry at all, he was looking towards the field.

Henry frowned his brows because although Ed Wade was correct on Lukas not playing the game for five months, what did he mean by those words? Was he trying to cut Lukas's value?

" This is very good, actually, he doesn't know anything and can take in as much information as possible," Brian said with a laugh.

Both general managers are actually vying for both Lukas and Joe and were planning to bid for them after this little spectacle.

" Sir, If I may ask? Could you please explain why you believe Lukas needs practice? Henry asked why he did not let this golden goose practice because Lukas was perfect, there was nothing on him to improve.

"Look," Ed Wade Ed Wade pointed at the field with a smile on his face.

Lukas was ready with the ball in hand, and Joe was still standing there with his eyes closed, he was as if meditating.

Why is he meditating in the middle of the match? That warm-up exercise before the match was really helpful.

Lukas thought, as his pitch delivery speed has gone up, even he feels comfortable while pitching.

Joe at this time opened his eyes and then positioned himself in the box. He cracked his head and looked very serious and ready.

Lukas also nodded his head and checked if everyone was ready, then his leg went up once again. This time he was also trying to humiliate Joe by doing a fastball once again.

Lukas, as usual, pushed himself to the limit and threw the ball like a thunderbolt.

*Thwaaaaak*

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120 MPH

The ball landed perfectly on Joe's bat. He also needed to use extreme strength to push back the ball. The ball went in the air, and unlike last time, this ball didn't come near a fielder at all, this time the ball directly crossed the field.

" Home Run"

Lukas looked in Joe's direction with disbelief.

Joe this time smirked, he looked at Lukas and showed him his black-colored bat proudly.

" Done, today's demonstration is done," Jaaegan, coach of the Trenton Thunders, clapped his hand and said.

Lukas gritted his teeth, wanted to pitch once again, but calmed down.

Lukas went to the washroom of the team with everyone. Joe didn't join them. Everyone tried to praise Lukas, but the fire inside him was not extinguishing at all.

After wearing his normal T-shirt, he came to the meeting hall of the ballpark, where executives of teams sit around and discuss.

The table was round, and Lukas could see there were few people seated inside already, and Coach Henry leaped from his seat and came in front of Lukas.

" Are you okay?" Henry asked as he was now the manager of this potentially millionaire baseball player.

" Yes, I am fine," Lukas said. He was actually feeling pretty frustrated because in the last pitch someone made a home run.

" That's how a real player feels, that fire was missing from your game. Now that's how a good player feels, trust me." Ed Wade, the vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, came with a light smile on his face.

" I feel pretty bad," Lukas said. He could guess this man was a big shot, the aura this man commanded was not normal at all.

" Ed Wade, nice to meet you, Lukas. I've outbid the New York guys, so it's only us," Ed Wade said, then extended his hand to shake Lukas's hand.

A few minutes before.

" End the match right now, Jaegan," Ed Wade said with a smile.

" Why?" Brian, the general manager of the Yankees, asked with a chuckle if he had a pretty good idea why Ed wanted to end this match halfway so that Lukas could feel the inner sportsman, which this .

" Take that boy Joe, I need a pitcher. I am not going to bid for Joe, so you know I will not have a budget shortage at all. I will go ten million if needed." Ed Wade said with a calm face that he was not just general manager of the Phillies, he was also vice president, so he had more authority than Brian.

" Well, I needed a batter anyway. Hmmph, let's go, Lewis. Offer 7 million to Joe and end this farce," Brian said, then left with his field manager.

Both teams were here today because they wanted to bid for Joe, and one of them may win after Joe takes up their offer, but Ed was not interested in Joe at all, so the deal fell apart.

Brian said the $7 million out loud so that Ed Wade could know he can't have him anymore.

Back to Present.

" Now then, boy, I will give you an offer you can't reject, and we are going to make history," Ed Wade said with a chuckle.

" Is that so?" Lukas looked clueless and was not sure what that meant.

" One hundred million dollars—that's my offer." Ed Wade said out loud, and the whole room was as silent as it could be.