38 Rural library (1/2)

”What?” Ensen said in confusion, not understanding why she would ask that.

”Well you were screaming at yourself a few minutes ago weren't you?” Leah said with a doubtful look on her face.

'Oh… that's right she saw that.' Ensen thought to himself.

Knowing he needed to make up and excuse, Ensen spent nearly no time thinking and just blurted out ”I was on the phone with an old friend.”

Leah stared at Ensen for a few moments before slowly nodding in acknowledgment.

After saying his goodbye, Leah and Brian returned to their textbooks whereas Ensen continued on the path deeper into the park.

A few minutes later he had entered into the forested part of the park. Not thinking much of it, he continued on.

'I can't believe she heard that. Well, at least my lie wasn't too far off the mark. I mean I wasn't talking to the system on the phone, and it's debatable if it's my friend.' Ensen thought to himself reasonably as he passed by an elderly couple.

'There really are a lot of elderly couples around here, huh? Well, I got two students today at the very least, so that's good. But I might as well try for the remaining three today too.' Ensen pondered.

After walking for a few more minutes Ensen noticed a sizeable number of cheers in the distance.

Curious about what was going on, he continued on the path until he came across a large baseball field in the middle of a forest.

'Well, that's kind of weird.' Ensen thought to himself as he continued walking closer.

He soon noticed that there was actually a game going on right now, and while there weren't a lot of spectators there it was still a sizable portion.

Looking over towards the rather beat-up wooden bleachers that had begun to rot, Ensen heard numerous shouts coming from over there.

”You got this, hit a home run!”

”Do your best guys!”

”No don't slide, I need to wash your clothes later!”

Deciding to see if he could spot any talents, Ensen slowly walked towards the bleachers and sat near the other spectators.

Throughout the next few minutes as Ensen was watching he managed to get a decent understanding of the two teams. The first team was actually from Littlewood, and the other team was a regional team for young people living in the area outside the city.

The game was nearly done at this point with only around 20 minutes left in the game. Staying there for the remaining time, Ensen realized just how good the Littlewood team really was.

They were dominating the entire game, leaving no chance for victory for the other team. In fact, the game even ended earlier because of the mercy rule being used to save the regional team from further humiliation.

Ensen truly understood what a monumental effort would be needed in the future if he wanted to expand his private academy into the sports area.

Although he had been playing close attention, there wasn't much talent he could see on the regional team. Even if there was, it was greatly overshadowed by Littlewood.

Deciding to head back and go to a different location, Ensen thought that scouting a park might not be the best way to search for talent.

'Maybe I should try a library? I mean not many people use them anymore but it's worth a shot at the very least.' Ensen thought to himself.

After a few minutes of walking, Ensen arrived back near where he had first met the siblings, although they were no longer there.

Entering his car, Ensen grabbed his phone and searched for nearby libraries. After finding a small one not too far away be proceeded to make his way there.

As he was driving, he came to a realization 'Wait, a man in his mid-20s looking for teens at a park is kind of weird. Well, I don't have any bad intentions but still.'

Realizing how that could be interpreted, Ensen decided that he would search in more respectable settings in order to not come off as a pervert or something similar.

After driving for around five minutes Ensen had finally arrived at the local library. From the outside, it seemed like more of a house than an actual library.

'It must have been converted to a library.' Ensen thought to himself as he slowly pulled into the parking lot.

Noticing the low number of cars parked nearby, Ensen was unsure if he would even find any young people inside. But still, he was already there so he would as well go inside.

Exiting the vehicle, Ensen slowly entered the building. Immediately after he had opened the door, Ensen's nose was assaulted by the heavy smell of an air freshener in the air.

Not sure if he should continue, Ensen decided to breathe from his mouth for the moment as he walked farther in.