"Ding! You have achieved a victory, and your rating for this match is SSS!"
"Reward received: Training Dummy 30, Energy Drink 15, Medical Bandage 5, Blue Shard 5, Purple Shard 2, Star Player Drop 3"
Holy cow!
A huge haul!
Star Player Drops are basically the best rewards.
Three years ago, I got two Star Player Drops. This time, there are three—plus so many other items.
It's likely that last time the System helped a bit, lowering the difficulty, so the rewards were also reduced.
Kai checked the details of each reward.
Training Dummy: Train until you drop! Within one hour, training effectiveness is tripled (effects do not stack).
Energy Drink: Keep the energy flowing! Within one hour, accelerates recovery of stamina and energy (effects do not stack).
Medical Bandage: Treat wounds quickly or they won't heal! Accelerates minor injury recovery (effects do not stack).
Blue Shard: Collect twenty to unlock a Player-level skill.
Purple Shard: Collect twenty to unlock a Star Player-level skill.
Gold Shard: Collect twenty to unlock a Legendary-level skill.
Wow! All good stuff.
No need to explain the shards to anyone who understands—they're cutting-edge items popularized by Sima Tengxun and Sima Wangyi!
The Training Dummy and Energy Drink are incredible. Perfect for workaholics. Time to embrace the 007-style training schedule.
The bandages are also useful. With more training, injuries are inevitable. A cut here, a bruise there. For true professional players, major injuries are rare, but minor ones are constant.
The System is considerate—very people-oriented.
Finally, with an excited heart, Kai checked the Star Player Drops.
"Let's see which Star Player didn't keep his belongings safe!"
Guardiola's Tears (Equip): Guardiola sees his younger self in you but believes your vision still has room to improve. Upon equipping, vision is forcibly increased to Level 8.
Kai was stunned. This Guardiola is… generous.
In the System panel, stats usually range 1–100. Kai's current stats are mostly in the forties and fifties.
But vision, left foot, right foot, injury resistance, and form consistency are rated 1–10. Kai's vision was 3. On a small pitch, that's excellent—but on an adult-sized pitch, it's poor.
Generally, a 5 is acceptable, 6–7 is good for a midfielder, and Level 8+ is for players with exceptional vision.
This drop immediately brought Kai's vision to the level of a Midfield Maestro.
Moreover, this drop is different from previous ones like Netherlands Flying Man's Applause or Young Ro's Flames of Revenge, which were consumables.
Guardiola's Tears is an equippable item—generally more powerful.
The System currently gives Kai three item slots. If he acquires more in the future, he'll have to choose which to equip for different match situations.
But no matter the match, Guardiola's Tears will be indispensable—unless something like Xavi's Glasses or Pirlo's Sleepy Eyes shows up…
What's next?
Young Ronaldo's Secret Jealousy: You have once again defeated the young Cristiano Ronaldo, making him feel threatened by a peer. Although he won't admit it, he will subconsciously notice you when dribbling and has a small chance of delivering a brilliant pass to you.
Good heavens! How many drops am I going to get from Ronaldo?
If this continues, maybe I can even get Steadfast Gaze…
But to be fair, this drop does have value. Kai is likely to join Sporting Lisbon, and although top clubs will pursue him just like three years ago, he won't forget Trigella's care over the past three years. Chinese people always repay kindness.
Moreover, Sporting Lisbon is known for developing young players. Figo, Simão, Quaresma, Ronaldo, Nani, and others have all succeeded there.
Of course, this drop also reveals a problem: young Ronaldo really doesn't like passing. There's no need—he can solve everything himself.
Last season, he dominated the Portugal U12 League, scoring over seventy goals even with youth coaches limiting his second-half playing time due to complaints from other kids' parents.
If unrestricted, whether he scored one hundred or two hundred goals would depend entirely on his mood.
After all, young Ronaldo is ruthless—he even scored hat-tricks against players one or two years older than him!
As for the third Star Player Drop…
Black Panther's Scrutiny: You have attracted the attention of the legendary Eusébio, granting +3 Explosiveness, +3 Shooting, +3 Tackling, +3 Interceptions, and acquiring the Purple Star Player skill [Black Panther Hunt].
Black Panther Hunt: Within three seconds of gaining possession in the attacking third, shooting ability is significantly enhanced.
Tsk tsk tsk! Dominant!
The legendary Star Player still dominates! Johan Cruyff, learn a thing or two from Eusébio!
This one gives both attribute points and skills—how powerful is that?
Remember this next time! Eusébio was fast and precise with shots; his counter-attacks after winning the ball were sharp like a hunting Black Panther, always aiming to finish off opponents.
The Black Panther Hunt skill will greatly enhance Kai's defensive counter-attacking ability in the attacking third.
Of course, what Kai values most is the phrase "shooting ability is significantly enhanced."
How significant is "significant"? Only when possession changes—he can't rely on a teammate passing the ball first.
…
With the rewards claimed, Kai checked his data panel.
If the data panel were a stock market panel, he'd be overjoyed—everything is red.
But unfortunately, in this Football System, red represents low stats, yellow is medium, and green is high. The deeper the color, the more extreme the level.
And on Kai's panel… it was dripping red!
Name: Kai Deng
Age: 13
Height: 141 cm
Weight: 39 kg
Current Club: None
Talent Level: Peerless Genius
Skill: Black Panther Hunt (Purple)
Equipped Item: Guardiola's Tears
Technical Overall Rating: 50.214
Offensive Positioning: 61
Ball Control: 62
Dribbling: 55
Shooting: 47
Set Pieces: 53
Long Pass: 52
Short Pass: 64
Defensive Positioning: 55
Interceptions: 49
Tackling: 36
Blocking: 33
Clearing: 38
Heading: 43
Curve: 55
Physical Overall Rating: 53.625
Speed: 54
Explosiveness: 51
Footwork: 66
Shot Power: 50
Jumping: 44
Strength: 46
Agility: 65
Stamina: 53
Vision: 8
Left Foot: 2
Right Foot: 6
Injury Resistance: 2
Form Consistency: 3
Overall Rating: 51.455
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