'Um?!' Sheva was taken aback, not expecting that the system that hadn't spoken anything since the tournament began finally announced its presence.

"What's wrong, Shev?" Bagas asked, noticing him dozing off out of nowhere.

"No, it is nothing." Sheva just shook his head, dismissing his best friend's concern while trying to look nonchalant as if nothing had happened here. "Anyway, let me go to the toilet first." Without even waiting for the others to say anything, he rose from his seat and walked away immediately. This made his three friends look at him concernedly, yet they couldn't do anything since they themselves didn't know about his problem.

Meanwhile, Sheva couldn't care less about what his friends thought right now. Hell, if they still asked later, he could just brush it off with a perfect excuse; he suffered from a stomachache. This also justified why he suddenly excused himself to the toilet, so it was a perfect plan inside his mind.

However, right now, he didn't really think about that.

The moment Sheva went to the restroom, the first thing he did was ask a question inside his head. 'Oi, system, what the fuck is going on here?!' If he could, Sheva would've shouted already. 'What is that notification before?!'

[DING!]

[AN EMERGENCY MISSION APPEARS! YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A BOLD STATEMENT IN THE INTERVIEW WITH CHESSBASE INDIA! BACK IT UP AND GET YOUR SECOND GM NORM!]

[Requirement: Get 6 points in this tournament without losing even a single game!]

[Reward: Title ENDGAME MASTER. Using it will boost the host's concentration 30% higher in the endgame phase!]

Now… That was interesting.

First of all, Sheva didn't expect that he would get a new mission out of nowhere like this. However, that was probably the essence of an emergency mission. That came with a short notification, and he had to handle it without any preparation. Fortunately, the mission itself was pretty much achievable.

Yeah, even though for most of the players with the same rating as him, this looked like a mission impossible, Sheva himself didn't think that much about it. He had already gotten 4 points out of 5 rounds, and as long as he could force a draw for the rest of the tournament, he would've already achieved that result.

It was just… Sheva didn't expect that his second GM norm could be earned so easily like this.

Well, that wasn't his concern right now, as his attention was drawn more to the reward that the system offered here. 'A title? That should be something new, right? System, care to explain what it is and how it works?' He asked the mysterious being inside his head.

[Please, Host, check the personal interface]

Sheva was confused, yet he still followed the instructions here. 'Well, system, check my status.' He muttered to himself.

[DING! The scan is successful!]

[Name: Adrian Sheva]

Attacking 84

Defense 75

Calculation 79

Strategy 77

Intuition 73

Time management 79

Title Slot: [Empty] [Empty] [Empty]

[The host could get the title by completing the mission from the system. Every title has its own perk, and currently, Host has three empty slots to use. Upgrade could be done after the Host receives the GM title]

… Well, this was definitely a new concept, and Sheva didn't really know what to think about it. However, Bagas was a nerd and a gamer through and through during their high school time, so Sheva could basically understand the concept behind it. This was like an item that he could use to enhance his ability, but not permanently, and he could take it on and off as much as he wanted, depending on the situation.

It wasn't a new concept in the gaming world, yet Sheva knew that he didn'tsee this part the last time the system got updated.

'System, did you get updated without noticing me first?' Sheva clicked his tongue in annoyance. Seeing that the system didn't have any intention of answering his question, the boy just rolled his eyes exasperatedly and went to check his stats one last time. 'Wait, there is a slight improvement there!' He widened his eyes in surprise.

Indeed, his stats have improved a little bit since the last time Sheva checked them. His attacking stats increased by one point, while strategy and time management jumped two points from the previous one. His defense was still stuck at 75, and somehow, Sheva felt like his calculation skill had hit a bottleneck here. Not a single one of his stats crossed 80 points, yet the boy was satisfied with the result that he saw here.

'Even though I know that the game is not set in stone and these statistics are not everything on the board, at least, this could give me a good reference for my current skill. I wonder how Anna and Medina's stats are right now…'

Thinking about those two ladies, Sheva decided to go back to the table and check it with his own eyes. The moment they were in his sight, the boy muttered once again inwardly. 'System, scan those two, please.'

[DING! The scan is successful]

[Name: Anna Marisa]

Attacking 78

Defense 75 (+1)

Calculation 74

Strategy 73 (+3)

Intuition 78

Time management 77

[Name: Aulia Medina Warda]

Attacking 79

Defense 75

Calculation 78 (+1)

Strategy 77

Intuition 74

Time management 72 (+1)

'Hmm… Not bad…' Sheva hummed slightly. 'They are already at the peak of an IM, so they would need a slight push to enter a new realm. Well, I myself am also on the same level, so I couldn't really comment about it. Still, I have a system inside my head, so this will be my biggest advantage. Now with the new reward system, I would only improve my skill more, so maybe, I could lend a hand so that they wouldn't be left that far behind. Oh, and Ia too. Cannot forget about her, right?'

Yeah, at this moment, Sheva still thought about helping his friends get better. This was definitely not what the main protagonist in the Webnovel he read in the past would do, as they would just fly higher and higher the moment they got the system. However, Sheva himself knew that with the system inside his head, rapid improvement was guaranteed to happen for him, so rather than doing it alone, he thought, why not delay it a little bit so that his friends could catch up with him?

'I mean, getting into the top is definitely a goal, but it would be better if I could do it with the others, right?'

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