Milan's team doctors rushed onto the pitch in a panic.
As the referee blew the final whistle, Huang Kaiwen was carried off the field on a stretcher.
He had scored the winner, and now he was injured.
It wasn't like in the first half. Huang Kaiwen could really feel that he was hurt, and it seemed fairly serious.
As the referee's whistle sounded, Huang Kaiwen heard the system notification again. [Ding! A perfect derby-winning goal. The system is about to upgrade to the King of Football System Deluxe Edition V1.1. This is a live update.]
"Murderer!"
"You belong on the gallows, you bastard!"
"Materazzi, you snake!"
"Inter Milan are all a bunch of executioners!"
Materazzi had become the most hated man in San Siro.
And there was no excusing him. He'd clearly been aiming for Huang Kaiwen just now. Huang Kaiwen was injured, so Materazzi had gotten what he deserved.
Ancelotti ran alongside the stretcher as if escorting his pregnant wife, accompanying Huang Kaiwen all the way to the ambulance.
They didn't go to the hospital. They went straight back to Milanello.
Milan Lab was now a bona fide state-of-the-art facility in the world of football, far more specialized than hospitals in treating and rehabilitating sports injuries.
"Carlo, I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
After a tense examination, head team doctor Gianni Nanni came to Ancelotti.
He was now the head team doctor, while Lieven Maesschalck was in charge of Milan Lab. The two gifted doctors worked together quite well.
"Give me the bad news."
Ancelotti took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"The bad news is that Kaiwen will be out for a while this time. There's a problem with his groin." Gianni Nanni gave Ancelotti the answer he least wanted to hear.
The groin and knees were a player's greatest enemies.
The biggest problem was how difficult it was to return to peak form after an injury. On top of that, the injury could easily recur.
"And the good news?"
Ancelotti had given up hope. He was tired. Let the world end.
He hadn't even made it to the press conference, sending an assistant coach in his place. When he saw the reporters later, he certainly wasn't going to let Materazzi off the hook. He swore it!
"The good news is that Kaiwen's case is unusual. Based on our previous experience, there's a good chance his body will recover to peak condition, even with a groin injury."
Gianni Nanni smiled. "Amazing, isn't it? It's practically a miracle from God. I've never seen anything like it. Kaiwen keeps getting injured, then keeps recovering to peak condition. I can't think of any explanation except a curse."
Amazing my ass!
Ancelotti would rather Huang Kaiwen hadn't been injured at all. Still, hearing that Kaiwen was likely to make a full recovery put his mind at ease.
Now he was going to go deal with Materazzi.
In a hospital room at Milan Lab, a young nurse had fled after being unable to take any more of Huang Kaiwen's teasing.
Only then did Huang Kaiwen get a chance to check the system changes.
This time it wasn't an upgrade, but an update.
Ancelotti had been hovering over him and fretting the whole time. Huang Kaiwen had been afraid the man might have a heart attack if he didn't reassure him a few times. His complexion had looked awful.
Now he finally had some time to himself.
[King of Football System Deluxe Edition V1.1 Update Notes:] [1. Fixed a bug where training on the pitch did not stack the chance of injury, and corrected the bug that made the chance of injury during training too low] [2. Fixed a bug where warming up did not stack the chance of injury and prevented injuries] [3. Fixed the bug that caused expectations to accumulate too quickly, and readjusted the weighting of expectations from domestic and overseas fans] [4. Fixed the bug that caused the host to keep drawing attacking players; the expectation pool now includes every position on the field]
By this point, Huang Kaiwen was stunned.
They might as well have said they'd fixed the bug that made him too powerful without paying. As it happened, he'd also fixed the bug where he played too much. This injury was pretty serious.
Come to think of it, he'd originally been determined to be a wage thief. Somehow, he'd become Milan's great hope. That alone was unnatural.
In any case, he'd already achieved his original goal.
Huang Kaiwen quickly took it in stride.
So what if he didn't play, or kept getting injured?
The system was reminding him not to forget his original intentions. Only then could he see things through.
Having figured that out, Huang Kaiwen continued reading.
[5. Fixed the bug causing abnormal receipt of Fate Points; compensation will be issued immediately] [6. The range for obtaining Fate Points now includes the entire league; a player's own team carries more weight than other teams in the league] [7. Added weekly match missions, which can adjust the target's condition for the next match] [8. Increased the quantity and usefulness of the items in the monthly shop] [All final interpretation rights belong to Xun Entertainment's King of Football System subsidiary] Player Ability: Amateur Physical Fitness: Excellent Expectations: 100 Fate Points: 340 Skill: Best Actor—Tom Hanks's peak acting ability. How could a great player not know how to act? —Sergio Busquets. Skill: Take It—When intercepting another player's opportunity, there's a small chance of copying some of their traits. Skill: Male Bestie—Easier to gain women's friendship when interacting with them Abnormal Status: Fragility Change—From the moment you step onto the pitch, your chance of injury increases by 200%, then rises by 5% every second. After leaving the field due to injury, your injury chance returns to its initial level. You will not suffer a fatal injury, and injuries will not affect your physical functions. The cycle repeats. The abnormal status will be removed upon successfully defending the UEFA Champions League title. Abnormal Status: Kaka's Good Brother—Kaka feels an instant kinship with you. He thinks you are a wise man and is willing to listen to your advice. On the pitch, you work together in perfect harmony; off it, you are as close as brothers. After you change Kaka's fate, this abnormal status will disappear and be replaced by a player relationship based on how close you and Kaka are. Item: Lucky Necklace
At least not everything in this update was bad.
Seeing that he had 340 Fate Points left Huang Kaiwen a little confused.
[Slightly changed the injury history of Milan player Rui Costa] [Slightly changed the injury history of Milan player Abbiati] [Slightly changed the injury history of Milan player Ambrosini] [Slightly changed the injury history of Milan player Shevchenko] [...] [Dear host: The abnormal receipt of Fate Points has been corrected, and 1 Fate Point will be issued as compensation within 7 business days]
Another look at the system notifications told him what had happened.
Last time, he'd wondered why Milan Lab had become more reliable, yet he'd only received Fate Points from Kaka and Inzaghi. Were they really the only two Milan players who got injured?
Even if it wasn't a serious injury, something should have changed.
Now he finally understood. It wasn't his fault; it was the system's.
As for that compensation, damn it, he could keep it.
What interested Huang Kaiwen more was the change in a player's fate.
This was the first time he'd seen the fate of a player from another team change.
[Changed the fate of star Ibrahimovic; gained 20 Fate Points]
He clicked on the fate display below.
An image appeared at once.
[Ibrahimovic wandered through several countries. After playing for long enough, he went from being a soft touch to becoming God, and started thinking he was all that.] [Ibrahimovic returned to Serie A and joined AC Milan.] [Ibrahimovic got into a confrontation with Lukaku. Ibrahimovic said, "Call your mother and have her teach you that voodoo bullshit, you little donkey." Ibrahimovic's words enraged Lukaku. Lukaku threatened to shoot Ibrahimovic in the head and insulted Ibrahimovic's mother and wife.] [The two arranged to fight on the spot. Ibrahimovic won, but he was terrified.] [The next day, a dead cat appeared in his home. Ibrahimovic grew even more frightened, convinced that Lukaku's mother, that old witch, had used black magic.] [Ibrahimovic remembered that when he first joined Juventus, you had told him about being cursed by Inter Milan. Later, your curse had actually been lifted. You must have experience, so he went to the stands to ask you for help dealing with it.] [You told Ibrahimovic to sit down and play Dou Dizhu first.] [Ibrahimovic lost 600,000 to you and Kaka before you agreed to help. You told Ibrahimovic that this kind of curse was incredibly difficult to deal with and required a multifaceted approach. Ibrahimovic said he was willing to pay any price. You smiled.] [You hired actors to perform an exorcism at Ibrahimovic's house and set up a giant pot. After Ibrahimovic drank the magic potion, he vomited and had diarrhea. It took him days to recover. You and the actors split the money evenly, taking over 200,000 each. The matter was resolved to everyone's satisfaction.] [Afterward, no more paranormal incidents happened at Ibrahimovic's house. He respected you immensely.]
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