Second Chances: Indonesian Football Player
Chapter 97's
"System, show me my current stats," Nero said as he sat on one of the sofas in his apartment's living room. He just got home from Lotto Park Stadium. He realized that it was almost 6 p.m., he decided to check his attributes before continuing to prepare dinner.
"DING"
The system notification sounded right after he finished voicing his orders.
"Create current user statistical data," the feminine voice of the AI system sounded directly in Nero's mind. "User data has been loaded. Please follow the drop-down menu to navigate the interface and view your current data."
Nero is pleased the system is finally realizing AI with mental/sound communication functions after its upgrade. He no longer needed to worry about his teammates doubting his sanity whenever he used his fingertips to navigate the system menu. The system became easier to use because he could summon AI with his mind.
Like the icing on the cake, it is a very sophisticated artificial intelligence. It was able to explain most of the data on its interface. It behaves like an encyclopedia talking about sports science, fitness, and football information.
With AI, Nero can easily design an effective training regimen to fit his current needs. He does not have to bother hiring a physical fitness trainer to adapt to his growing physique. The system had designed a mission to address the problem of accelerating growth three months earlier. He has prevented Bella from hiring a coach because she already has a very capable system.
"I have to make a decision in which direction to develop my skills before team training starts on Monday" Nero murmured, leaning into the comfort of his couch. He focused his gaze on the familiar transparent bluish system interface that appeared before him.
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Football Mastery SYSTEM
System Level: 3 (2700/10000 exp points to level up)
USER: Nero Juniar
AGE: 18 years
TALENT ASSESSMENT: Grade-A
JUJU POINTS: 2700
(Evaluation: Promising young professional player)
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USER MENU
*USER STATUS
*THE*MASTERY QUEST
*SHOP SYSTEM (1 msg)
*SYSTEMS LOTTERY
*Analysis Tool
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NB: Please upgrade the system to open more functions.
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Nero grinned at the stock of his exp points. He had earned most of them after winning the Riga Cup and the Belgian Youth Cup the previous year. Despite his enormous expenditure on elixir and training in the system simulator dungeon, Nero still had 2700 exp points left. He has left them to buy new skills after joining Anderlecht's senior team. Since he eventually signed with Anderlecht, he was able to continue the purchase.
"System," Nero instructed in the heart. "Release my user statistics."
"DING"
"User statistics data appears on the interface," the feminine voice of AI is heard in Nero's mind as the transparent blue interface content changes to display its main attributes.
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*USER STATUS
->Physical Fitness: A+
->Football Techniques: A+
-> Intelligence Game: A+
->Mental Capabilities and Mindset: B+
-> Factor-X: B+
-> GOAT Skills: 5
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Nero had used physical conditioning potions to strengthen his physique during the previous year. Thanks to them, his physical fitness attributes, football technique, and game intelligence are ranked A+. Only his mental ability and X-factor stats still lagged behind the others on the B+ assessment.
Nero hopes to upgrade all attributes to the A+ rankings before joining Anderlecht's senior team. However, he felt it was not an easy task to push both attributes beyond B+'s judgment. It seemed like he had found an impenetrable obstacle, preventing him from breaking through to the next class, especially for his mental abilities.
On the other hand, factor X is the most challenging attribute to develop. It solely depends on how he performs in competitive matches. He must participate in competitive games on a regular basis while remaining consistent as his team's game maker and winning games. Only then will the match-winning, consistency, and supernormal factors increase glacially and increase its X factor.
Nero deliberated for a while before checking out the rest of his stats. He needs to have a comprehensive understanding of his abilities before choosing which new skills to buy from the system store. "System" he said. "Bring me through all my statistical data."
"DING"
"User statistics appear," the system sounds as the contents of the screen in front of Nero transform into its physical fitness data.
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*USER STATUS
->Physical Fitness (Average Rating: A+)
Balance and Coordination: A+
Agility: A+
Strength: A+
Stamina: A+
Durability Points: 9495/9500 (A+)
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Nero has continued his rigorous training schedule over the past year. He has trained hard and improved all his physical fitness attributes to the A+ rating with the help of the elixir provided by the system.
He felt helpless as there seemed to be a huge obstacle preventing him from achieving an S grade. He has sought help from the system on this issue. Instead, AI has told him to focus on improving his mental abilities and mindset first. It was insisting he should continue to improve his mental aspect before reaching the S-value in the other attributes. Nero is confused by AI's suggestion. According to his understanding, the development of the mind should have absolutely nothing to do with his physical fitness.
Nero pushed his worries to the back of his mind after a few seconds. AI has shifted the interface display content to its football engineering data. He concentrated once again on assessing his core football skills.
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*USER STATUS
->Football Techniques: (Average Rating: A+)
Ball Control: A+
Ball Dribbling Skills: A+
Passing accuracy: A+
Body Control: A+
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Nero grinned as he read his skill data. He had managed to push his dribbling skills and body control further after consuming two doses of agility-enhancing herbs, coupled with intensive training on the field and in simulators during the previous year.
Moreover, his mastery of Cruyff Turn and Elastico Dribble to a hundred percent completion had helped him achieve the feat much earlier than he had expected. Nero was quite happy with himself.
After improving his dribbling, Nero was able to move the ball in different directions at different speeds with both feet better than he could the year before. He can successfully maneuver through multiple opponents without losing possession of the ball just by relying on agile footwork.
He came to the understanding that outstanding dribbling skills are essential to achieving success in football, especially in midfield, after facing Real Madrid in the SIA Cup. In that match, his pace failed to help him beat the highly-technical young Valencia player. The opponent has given him a difficult time, especially in the latter part of the game, because his dribbling is lacking. He has finally come under form since the defenders managed to stop his signature moves in midfield.
After that semi-final defeat, Nero was determined to improve his dribbling skills. He has trained at Cruyff Turn and Elastico Dribble thousands of times both on the physical field and in the Dungeon Virtual simulator. He also did exercises designed by Coach Marcel to improve his control and agility.
He now understands the importance of body control and its effect on dribbling after consulting with his trainer. Body control is the ability of the athlete to move his body smoothly to optimize balance and coordination. It is applied to the correct shape consisting of the properties of steps, correct running shape, and low center of gravity management for better dribbling.
As Nero's control and agility improved, so did dribbling and speed, and by improving his body control he was able to improve two skills. In just three months, he had raised two attributes to A+ rank.
"I wonder when I can upgrade my abilities to S class," Nero murmured, returning his attention to the system interface. AI has just replaced the interface content to its game intelligence data and mental capabilities.
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*USER STATUS
-> Intelligence Game: (Average Rank: A+)
Spatial Awareness: A+
Tactical Knowledge: A+
Risk Assessment: A+
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->Mental Capabilities and Mindset: (Average Rating: B+)
Soccer Passion: A+
Calmness and Mental Strength: C+
Coaching: B -
Self Motivation: A+
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Nero's game intelligence attributes haven't changed much over the past year. He simply increased his tactical knowledge from A scoring to A+ scoring. He is just one step away from the game intelligence of most coaches in that attribute.
He can analyse the risks and make the right decisions on his own on the pitch. The advantage gained from it has helped him win most of the games in his young career. He could not help but wonder what his game intelligence would be capable of if it were to break through to the S-rank.
Lastly, AI redirects interface content to its X-factor statistics. Nero leaned forward to see the attributes better.
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USER STATUS
->X-Factor (Average Rating: B+)
Consistency Factor: A-
Luck Factor: A-
Supernormal Factor: D-
Match Winner Factor: A+
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note:
*Factor Luck is not constant. This varies depending on the state of the user. On a good day, it can be an S value, while on a bad day, it can easily fall to an F value.
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Nero frowned as he researched his X-factor attribute. AI has explained to him various statistics under the X-factor. The consistency factor is related to how he maintains his performance in many games. He has to play as well as he can in every game to have a high consistency factor. Nero has managed to hit an A for that stat as he has only lost two games since arriving in Belgium. He lost once against Anderlecht's senior team and again against Real Madrid in the SIA Cup.
On the other hand, the match-winning factor refers to the ranking of his contribution to the performance of his team. It was an evaluation that came from the details of a player's match performance such as goals scored, assists made, shots on target, successful dribble attempts, accurate passes vs total pass ratio, etc.
Nero has an A-level match-winning factor because he plays like a superstar in the academy. On most occasions, he managed to score or make a key assist even when the rest of the team was in poor form.
"System," Nero recited after perusing his X-factor data. "How can I increase my supernormal factor attribute?"
"The user 'only' should improve his mental attributes and game intelligence," the feminine voice of the system AI replied apathetically. "When mental abilities reach a certain threshold, the user will automatically unlock more aspects of the supernormal factor. The user does not need to worry because he has unlocked the supernormal condition twice."
