Dominate the Super Bowl-Chapter 294 - 293 spiritual symbol

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He said, "I believe in us."

His casual tone revealed a sense of inevitability, completely devoid of the self-absorption, arrogance, and pride he had just exhibited; deep down, he had already quietly integrated a sense of team consciousness. This reminded Lilith of the game they lost to the Orlando Raiders—

The Offensive group hadn’t even been given the chance to play.

Perhaps that game had been more impactful for the "football rookie" before her than he let on; the smile he wore hid not only passion but also a fighting spirit, shining like a small sun illuminating Arrowhead Stadium.

Involuntarily, Lilith also began to look forward to it.

No longer afraid, no longer worried, no longer hesitant, but anticipating the arrival of the next game, boldly opening her arms to embrace the challenge.

"Rosen?"

The call came again, and only then did Lilith realize she had zoned out.

She looked up and saw a hint of amusement in Li Wei’s eyes. He spread out his right hand and gestured with his chin. She finally reacted, placing the muscle pain relief patch she was holding into Li Wei’s palm.

Lilith was about to say something to cover up her distraction, but she hadn’t expected that Li Wei, instead of calling her out on her momentary lapse, would simply turn and leave, catching her completely off guard. The words she had meant to say remained unspoken on her tongue.

After taking two steps out, Li Wei stopped abruptly and turned around without warning.

"Also, I believe you can do it too."

Lilith was stunned, watching as Li Wei’s tall figure walked away, his confident smile deeply engraved in her mind, and even her habitual frosty, defensive facial features began to soften slowly.

Regulating her breathing, Lilith deftly packed up all the books, went into the locker room to change into a new set of clothes, and prepared for a new day of work. She could faintly hear the sounds of conversation coming from the training ground outside, indicating that the players were arriving.

And then—

"Damn it!"

"Someone, get that traitor out of here!"

"Li Wei, have you lost your mind?"

"God, the coach’s heart might not be able to take seeing this."

"Rookie, what do you mean by this? Come on, let’s talk in the locker room."

The hustle and bustle, the chirping and chattering, a cacophony of voices mingled together.

Lilith quickened her pace to the window and immediately spotted Li Wei, standing alone in the black home jersey of the Oakland Raiders amid a sea of red and white training gear, standing out like a sore thumb, a magnet for hatred that effortlessly drew everyone’s gaze.

Towels, helmets, wristbands, water bottles— a flurry of miscellaneous items were hurled at Li Wei, amid the lively complaints and teasing laughter.

Li Wei didn’t mind and began dodging as if juggling.

"Pfft!"

Football fans, who had arrived early to watch the team train, couldn’t contain their anger, and one by one, they started booing. There were only about a dozen of them, but they exploded with a surprising energy hundredfold.

Clearly, they didn’t like what they were seeing.

"Get lost!"

"Burn it, burn it, right now! Immediately!"

"Are you out of your mind? This is Kansas, Jesus—bloody—Christ!"

Indeed, the thing Lilith had anticipated still happened.

So, what about Li Wei?

Li Wei raised his hands high, made a rock gesture, and shouted boldly—

"Go! Raiders! Go!"

Pfft!

Boo!

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The field echoed with a chorus of boos.

Li Wei not only didn’t stop them but continued to raise his hands, egging on the crowd, making the boos climb higher and higher, as an array of objects pelted down like torrential rain.

Until someone shouted, "Hey, that’s my sneaker!"

One glance revealed Mahomes’ left foot shyly resting on the top of his right shoe, like a flamingo, while Smith stood beside him innocently.

Ha!

Laughter broke out among the group.

When Childres arrived at the training field, the scene he witnessed left him stunned.

Lately, there had been a pervasive air of gloom in the team, inside and out, top to bottom. Reed hadn’t shown it, but the rest of the coaching staff wore perpetual frowns, and the Offensive Coordinator Nagy was even losing clumps of hair—a frosty winter looming over Arrowhead Stadium.

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They were always worried, always trying to boost the team’s morale, but to little avail. Each defeat chipped away at their confidence, and low confidence led to a lack of explosiveness in crucial moments, ultimately creating a vicious cycle.

They were at a loss.

In soccer, it would be the captain’s role to step up and stabilize the locker room at such times, but football was different.

Although football also had captains, they didn’t really wield power and were often just symbolic, changing every season or even every game.

The Kansas City Chiefs’ captains this season for the Offensive group were Smith and Kelsey, and for the Defensive group, Houston and Berry.

With Berry out for the season, Smith’s gentle nature, and Houston’s quiet demeanor, it left Kelsey struggling to lift the locker room’s spirits by himself.

Unexpectedly, it was Li Wei who stepped up.

Childres couldn’t help but recall Reed’s assessment of Li Wei—

The scene before him, had Reed anticipated this? Despite being a rookie, an absolute minority as a Chinese player in the NFL, Li Wei presented a starkly different image, making full use of his "uniqueness" to tightly bond the locker room together.

Perhaps, the Kansas City Chiefs were indeed welcoming a transformation; perhaps, the agony of six consecutive losses was actually an opportunity for the team to grow and evolve.

Perhaps, they were truly on the right path.

On the training field, the players had finally reclaimed their long-lost smiles and ease. Watching this scene, even Childres’s shoulders relaxed, as if a weight had been lifted from his chest.

Li Wei continued to hold his right hand high, "Charge, Raiders! Charge!"

Pfft.

The boos were noticeably more synchronized this time, yet behind them, the laughter shone even brighter.

Fans by the training field finally caught on, one by one revealing helpless grins but still protesting with boos out of stubbornness.

Bustling about, before training began, they finally saw the players joking around, chasing each other, and ribbing one another again—gone were the caution and repression of the past few weeks, their unease thawing under the golden sunlight into smiles.

Even Lilith’s lips began to curl into a smile—

Perhaps, this was a beginning. They needed this kind of spirit and will, after all, this week, they were facing the Oakland Raiders once again.

Arch-rivals within the division.

As previously mentioned, NFL schedules often have teams from different divisions meet only once every three or four years, and cases like the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers repeatedly encountering and entangling each other are rare.

Naturally, those games are just games, lacking a certain spark.

But for the four teams within the same division, it’s different—like Manchester United and Manchester City, like Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, like AC Milan and Inter Milan. Divisional showdowns are akin to city derbies.

First, they meet twice each season.

Second, the division champion advances to the playoffs.

When these factors collide, divisional matchups are always electrifying.

And the Oakland Raiders are the arch-rivals in the division.