Triggering the World Youth Championship Mission? Legendary Player Skill Reward?

"Ding-dong!"

"Main quest triggered: Star of the World Youth Championship!"

"Quest Difficulty: SS"

"Quest Reward: Legendary Player Skill Card!"

Su Bai was dumbfounded!

What the hell was this?

He had not even made his own choice yet, but the system had gone ahead and made one for him.

That was a Legendary Player Skill Card.

Who knew what it might be?

Zinedine Zidane's Heavenly Flying Immortal?

Or Ronaldo Nazário's Pendulum Dribble?

Or perhaps Cristiano Ronaldo's knuckleball?

How could anyone refuse that?

"Mino, sign me up! At the very least, I have to win the World Youth Championship first!"

Su Bai's answer did not surprise Mino Raiola.

It was the World Youth Championship. What player could give up the chance to compete in it?

"Alright, Su. Focus on training at Borussia Dortmund. The German Super Cup is coming up soon."

"Give me a surprise then. Maybe I can even get you another raise!"

At the mention of the German Super Cup, Su Bai immediately remembered.

Borussia Dortmund had been last season's German Cup champions. Before the start of every season, the German Cup winners had to play a preseason match against the league champions.

There was less than a week left.

He wondered whether he could make it in time for the Super Cup.

At five in the morning, Su Bai's phone alarm rang right on schedule.

After getting dressed with practiced ease, Su Bai walked into the gym.

He did not have a single moment to waste now.

He trained from five until after seven.

Soaked in sweat, Su Bai finally walked out of the gym.

The housekeeping staff hired by Mino Raiola had arrived at Su Bai's home as usual.

After breakfast, his dedicated driver took Su Bai to the club in an MPV that Mino Raiola had rented specifically for him.

It had to be said, Mino Raiola was simply perfect.

Other than training and matches, Su Bai did not need to worry about anything else at all.

At eight sharp, he entered Dortmund's training ground.

Quite a few people were already doing ball work on the pitch.

Robben's last-minute winner in last season's UEFA Champions League final had left every Dortmund player with a fire burning in their hearts.

They looked forward to reaching the UEFA Champions League final again this season and reclaiming that legendary big-eared trophy.

However, in the original timeline, last season's UEFA Champions League final had been Borussia Dortmund's last moment of glory.

With Götze's departure, Borussia Dortmund soon entered a slump.

Their league results plummeted, and they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League early.

After this season, Klopp stepped down and went to Liverpool, where he forged a new legend.

From then on came Bayern Munich's terrifying run of nine straight Bundesliga titles!

It was not until many years later that a Norwegian youngster with his own exclusive BGM, a guy who devoured people on the pitch, made Borussia Dortmund sprout anew.

But before long, that once-famous devourer of men was also poached by the wealthy Manchester City.

Borussia Dortmund's fans could only continue to drown in that silent despair.

Eight thirty!

Klopp, wearing a yellow short-sleeved shirt, appeared by the sidelines with Phyllis right on time.

With Klopp's arrival, the first-team stars walked over to the sidelines one after another.

Though Klopp usually looked kind and approachable, on the training ground, the stubbly-faced man wore a stern expression.

"Alright!"

"Let me introduce the team's new member!"

"Su Bai!"

"From Boca Juniors!"

It was very matter-of-fact.

The private appreciation Klopp had shown toward Su Bai completely vanished.

That was Klopp.

He never allowed his personal attitude toward a player to affect his work.

Just as he had always said.

There was no such thing as starters and substitutes on his team.

He only looked at ability.

Weidenfeller, Łukasz Piszczek, Neven Subotić, Sven Bender, Reus, Nuri Şahin—faces Su Bai had only seen on television in his previous life now stood right before him.

At that moment, even Su Bai found it a little hard to believe.

Just a few days ago, he had still been struggling at Boca Juniors. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived here.

The others gave Su Bai a token round of applause, then that was that.

Only Nuri Şahin kept studying Su Bai curiously.

Şahin no longer carried the halo of a former prodigy.

From Real Madrid to Liverpool.

One failed stint after another at elite clubs had dragged him into the lowest point of his career.

Even after returning to Borussia Dortmund on loan for the first half of the season, he had still been firmly pinned to the bench by Götze.

"Hi, Su! Hello, I'm Nuri Şahin. Just call me Nuri!"

After Klopp announced the players' warm-up drills.

Şahin took the initiative to walk over to Su Bai.

He was very curious. Last night, he had seen Su Bai's goals in the Argentine Primera División on the official website.

Those thunderous shots after cutting inside had been too shocking, and the kid was only sixteen. What terrifying talent.

Seeing Şahin take the initiative to greet him, Su Bai quickly extended his hand and shook hands with the somewhat shy-looking man.

Götze had left, so Şahin's position as the starting central midfielder was practically secure.

If he wanted to score as a winger, he would need a top-class midfielder like Şahin feeding him ammunition.

And so, one was curious, while the other was very interested.

The two quickly began chatting.

The half-hour warm-up ended.

Klopp also had Phyllis gather the players and split them into two groups.

An internal scrimmage.

Klopp had already decided on his starting lineup for the upcoming German Super Cup.

As Phyllis called out the names one by one.

The players assigned to the starting A team immediately took yellow training bibs.

But there were still sixteen players left.

The first team currently had a full twenty-seven players.

Even after splitting them into two teams, there were still several extras.

And just like that.

Poor Su Bai became a spectator on the sidelines.

Having just arrived, he did not even qualify to join the B team.

No one came over to offer Su Bai any words of comfort.

That was professional football.

He might have been a genius at Boca Juniors, but at Borussia Dortmund?

He was just a rookie.

Everything had to start from scratch.

On the training pitch, the A team and B team went back and forth.

Even the B team.

Borussia Dortmund's lineup was still incredibly stacked.

Gündoğan and Jakub Błaszczykowski held down the midfield.

Up front were Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Julian Schieber.

However, the back line's poor defending quickly caused Team B to concede a goal, scored by a tall center forward.

Team A's attacking pace left Su Bai somewhat stunned.

This was the strength of a top Bundesliga team.

Their passing, receiving, and forward progression speed were simply on a completely different level from Boca Juniors.

"Su!"

"You're on!"

"Replace Schieber!"

Just as Su Bai was watching in fascination, Phyllis called out to him.

Everyone on the pitch stopped.

They looked curiously at the Chinese teenager.

Su Bai hurriedly stood by the sideline.

Number 45!

It was still the number he had worn at Boca Juniors.

And at last, a faint, almost imperceptible smile appeared on Klopp's face at the touchline.

He wanted to see exactly what level this super talent—the one he believed could save Borussia Dortmund—was truly at!