Chapter 73 - System Optimization!

After loosening his muscles and finger joints, Nathan held his phone and immediately started tapping.

Just at the first second, Nathan immediately already has this incredulous look on his face.

It was because he saw that he seems to have gained multiple thumbs as afterimages of his fingers appeared because of how fast he's going.

+₱10

+₱10

+₱10

…

He tapped for a whole minute before he stopped.

Looking at the total amount that he earned in that 1 minute, Nathan's almost popped out of their sockets.

₱614,400!

That is the amount he was able to earn in just one minute!

After calculating for a bit, Nathan learned that he was actually able to tap exactly 1,024 times per second!

That is an incredible number!

Nathan was dizzy with these numbers.

Shaking his head, he said, "I already expected that this day would come someday when I first upgraded but… it happened too fast."

After a while, Nathan restored his calm.

Next, he turned his eyes on the reward from the mission.

"After I use this upgrade, I wonder what will happen…" he muttered.

Nathan decided to claim the reward to know.

When he clicked the claim for the reward, a notification and a timer appeared in his eyes.

Ding!

[System Optimization will now begin.]

[For the duration of the upgrade, the system will be in hibernation mode.]

[The app, shop, and the cafe will temporarily be closed.]

[Time till completion = 11:59:59]

…

"Eh?"

Nathan was stunned by the notification.

Without waiting for him to react, the system became unusable and the transparent system interface only shows the timer counting down.

"What the hell!?" Nathan yelled,

He thought that the upgrade would be like the same as leveling up the system that would be done instantly.

But now he was proven wrong.

Nathan slumped on his seat with a dejected look on his face.

"Hais… It was a mistake to claim it immediately. I should have asked the system first what the optimization is about." Said Nathan disappointedly,

Just like what the people say,

'Regret is always at the end.'

He sighed, "Forget it, I will just wait for it patiently. 12 hours is not that long anyway."

After saying that, Nathan closed the system interface and threw his phone on the passenger seat.

With nothing else to do, Nathan pondered for a while.

"Now that I'm done with the mission and the system is also temporarily unavailable, I have nothing else to do."

Crossing his hands, he thought about going back home.

"Hmm, but it's so boring in the house since there's nothing to do."

After thinking for a while, Nathan decided to go to Marikit Park to waste some time.

With that, Nathan drove his car and arrived at his destination.

Since beside the Marikit Park there's the SM Mall Central, Nathan parked his car there before walking inside the park.

At this time, there are not many people in the park as most of them are inside the mall either shopping or just strolling around while cooling themselves.

When Nathan got into the park, he saw that someone else was there.

It was a girl that was looking at the river below the park.

Since she's facing him backwards, Nathan did not see her face nor did he even care about it.

Sitting on a swing, Nathan just closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment.

Taking a deep breath, Nathan opened his eyes.

But then he was startled by the face that appeared a few inches away from his face.

Because of surprise, Nathan almost fell to the ground, but thanks to his superhuman reflexes, he was able to save himself from an embarrassing situation.

Just as he recovered, Nathan thought back to the face looking at him and hurriedly looked up.

There he saw a girl he knows of.

Irish!

Yes, it was Irish who was with him on a hike yesterday.

And from the clothes she's wearing Nathan realized that she was the girl looking at the river by the side.

His mouth turned into O shape as he realized this things.

Seeing Nathan looking at her like that, Irish let out a soft chuckle.

Looking at Nathan with those charming eyes, she said, "Nathan, it was a surprise seeing you here."

It took a few seconds before Nathan said, "O-oh! Yes, it was a surprise seeing you as well."

His facial expression turned back to normal after he recovered.

Irish slowly walked behind Nathan and started gently pushing him in the swing.

Nathan raised an eyebrow and smiled at Irish's action, "What are you doing?" He curiously asked.

She smiled back at him, "Isn't it obvious? I'm swinging you!"

Nathan let out a helpless smile as he shook his head. He jumped out of the swing and looked at Irish.

"Hey, why did you leave!" She complained,

Walking towards her, Nathan made her sit on the swing and said with a smile, "I should be the one pushing the swing. You just sit there and enjoy it."

Irish paused in surprise for a second, then a blooming smile crept up on her rosy lips.

"Okay!" She said,

The two have smiles on their face as they accompany each other and for some reason, an inexplicable feeling arose from their hearts.

Looking at Irish, Nathan can feel this emotion that suddenly appeared affecting him.

Just like that, the two played around in the park with swing, seesaw, slide, etc.

After a while, Irish started to become tired as beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"Haha, this is so fun." She said,

But even so, there was a big smile on her face, showing that she's genuinely enjoying this moment.

Seeing signs that Irish was thirsty, Nathan stood up and told her to wait for him there and left.

Several minutes later, Nathan came back from the mall with a big water bottle and a small tub of ice cream in his hands.

Giving the Irish the water bottle he asked, "Do you eat ice cream?"