Football singularity-Chapter 366 No Fun,

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[Ding mission: ’Poke the Bear’ Successfully Triggered]

- Your Teammate has thrown the gauntlet questioning whether you’d make a difference even if you entered the field. More importantly, he put into question your status as the singularity candidate.

Requirements: Prove to everyone watching that you are different and fully embrace your Monica as the special one

Rewards: Mentality Trait grade???

Punishment: System shut down for a duration of 156 weeks and 5 days

(Note: Every talented player who becomes great has one single trait that makes them different from regular mortals who share the green grass with them. Unleash your desire for glory, let loose your fighting spirit, wreak havoc on the field and let me witness your Ego...(ahem) Your performance.)

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Rakim had been staring at this floating notification since the moment he received it. Even during the first half he hardly realized that his team had gone behind as his brain fired off a variety of thoughts. ’Prove myself? What does it think I’ve been doing my entire life,’ he thought to himself as he remained seated on the bench while the rest of the subs took the field to warm up.

If not for the fact his right boot would occasionally tap the ground rhythmically people might have thought, he was asleep. Especially since they couldn’t see his face as his Titan-Fit hood covered his features. ’Ever since coming back and escaping that... Even lost some friends because I didn’t have time to go to parties... After the shooting, my first thoughts and actions were to get up and work on getting back on the field,’

His thoughts continued to avalanche slowly grating his rationality the longer he lingered on it. No matter how he thought about it he found the system to be unreasonable after all he had given the sport 90% of his time. If not for his family making sure he took time to enjoy life and relax he’d probably be single-mindedly training to become better every waking moment.

Maybe that was the problem he’d grown too comfortable, heck he’d even started a relationship something his past life self couldn’t even imagine. ’Yes, why have I grown soft, completing missions given is the only route to survive everything else is just a shackle,’

{You need to snap out,} Eva stated for the umpteenth time but once again she received no response from her host. His thoughts seemed to be spiraling out of control and for some reason they were drawing on his negative experiences from his past life.

Those memories had been suppressed when he had first returned to the past so that he could develop properly. After all, a child raised a child soldier would be indoctrinated to the point where he is only a shell of what he could have been. So, even though most of those gruesome memories were deleted the emotions behind them still remained.

At this very moment, they were stoking his feelings of desperation (not being enough), which became prevalent as an invisible dark green aura enveloped him. {Why are you doing this?} Eva asked to no one in particular but she got a response, nonetheless. [You have been too soft in your mission and have failed him,] was the response she received from the cold voice of the system.

{he was doing well though, he became a light in this world and an inspiration to millions of kids around the globe. Don’t act like you haven’t seen it.}

[I have but you were supposed to help him deal with his trauma Just because it’s suppressed, and he is doing well doesn’t mean he won’t be haunted by his past actions.]

[You were supposed to guide him to face it, but you have been too indulgent. He can’t go to therapy in this life for what he did in his past life, but you are easily qualified to help him overcome this burden.]

{(sigh) I know you’re right... but I thought I had more time,}

{Seeing my #123$423£5665 so happy made me want to let him live in that bubble a little while longer,}

[That is of no consequence. Now, whatever happens will be a result of your negligence. I knew you weren’t ready for this,] The system continued to scold Eva wanting to make sure that she understood where she went wrong. She had gotten too close to her host and while that may not be bad failing to be strict enough to do her duties is.

{I’m sorry I’ll do better} Eva said after five minutes of being scolded by the cold mechanical voice of the system. It had spoken more words in these 5 minutes than it had in the 10 years Rakim had been its host.

[I’m sorry but if he fails to satisfy this mission you will also be forcefully put to sleep for the 3-year duration along with the system,] Its cold voice stated showing no mercy to the repenting Eva as it stated its verdict.

’Hey you, what did you just say?’ Rakim’s inner voice suddenly sounded surprising to both Eva and the system as they’d expected him to continue spiralling trying to find the answer to whatever was holding him back.

However, upon hearing the system’s verdict to Eva his brain received the jolt it needed to gain a semblance of clarity in the chaos that was his emotions. ’I heard you right didn’t I,... you are going to lock her up if I don’t fulfil your stupid mission right?’ he asked once again as his bright green eyes glowed with an intensity that sent a chill to his nearby teammates who once again joined him on the bench.

Paulinho who was about to start a conversation with him, wisely left him alone before proceeding to say a short prayer. The reason for the prayer would forever remain between him and God but one thing is for sure the Brazilian striker remained as silent as a church mouse for the remainder of the match.

[Indee...]

’Shut up! Just be quiet for a moment, Kinda trying to think over here’ He interrupted her response as he tried to get a grip on the tempest of thoughts and emotions that were trying to grab his attention. "I think I get it now," he whispered to himself as he pulled his hood further down and his tapping foot suddenly stopped on cue.

’I’m not sure what you expect to see but with the way, I’m feeling right I’ll either do something monstrous or this will blow up in my face majorly,’ he stated inwardly where both the system and Eva remained silent in the same way a parent would wait for a child to finish their tantrum before acting.

’You know I don’t like this feeling of not knowing how I’ll play despite knowing what I’ve drilled into my muscle memory. What’s more now you are telling me Eva will be locked up along with you if I fail... I really don’t like this feeling, It’s no fun,’

It’s no fun was what he finally settled on as that was what football had become for him in his new life. He enjoyed working hard to learn a new move and getting better brought joy to him like nothing else. It’s not like he didn’t have other options as he is quite smart and could have pursued something normal but the euphoria, he got from drilling a ball just couldn’t be matched.

However, this mission unlike the previous mission took all the joy from it, from the way he plays the game. The thought of losing Eva, the first voice he heard in this life and his biggest companion, only heightened that dread. ’I’m going to kill Wendell this is all his fault,’ he thought to himself as he jumped up from the bench going on a jog to keep his body warm. The match had already resumed but none of that mattered to him as he tried to find a way to play his version of football with the imposed stakes.

"Yep, it’s defiantly no fun,"

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To Be Continued...