The AC Milan medical staff rushed onto the pitch in a flurry of panic.
As the referee blew the final whistle, Huang Kaiwen was carried off the field on a stretcher.
He had scored the game-winner, but he had also suffered a game-ending injury.
It wasn't like the first half; Huang Kaiwen truly felt that he was injured, and quite severely at that.
Along with the referee's whistle, Huang Kaiwen heard the system prompt again: [Ding, a perfect derby winner. The system is upgrading to King of Football System Deluxe Edition V1.1. This is a seamless update.]
"Murderer!"
"You should be on the gallows, you bastard!"
"Materazzi, that venomous snake."
"Everyone at Inter Milan is a butcher!"
Materazzi had become the most hated man at the San Siro.
And there was no defending him; that tackle had been aimed directly at Huang Kaiwen. Since Huang Kaiwen was injured, Materazzi had gotten exactly what he deserved.
Ancelotti followed the stretcher like a man escorting a pregnant wife, staying by Huang Kaiwen's side all the way to the vehicle.
They didn't go to a hospital, heading straight back to Milanello instead.
Milan Lab was now a truly world-class facility in football, far more professional than any hospital when it came to sports injuries and recovery.
"Carlo, I have some good news and some bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"
After a tense examination, chief team doctor Gianni Nanni approached Ancelotti.
He was the chief team doctor, while Lieven Maesschalck served as the head of Milan Lab; the collaboration between the two genius doctors was quite effective.
"The bad news."
Ancelotti pulled out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"The bad news is that Kaiwen's layoff will be quite long this time. He has developed an issue with his groin," Gianni Nanni said, delivering the answer Ancelotti least wanted to hear.
The groin and the knees were a player's greatest killers.
The biggest problem was the difficulty of returning to peak form after such injuries, not to mention the tendency for them to recur.
"And the good news?"
Ancelotti had already given up hope. He was tired; let it all burn.
He hadn't even made it to the press conference, having sent his assistant coach instead. He swore that when he saw the reporters later, he would not let Materazzi off the hook!
"The good news is that Kaiwen's situation is very special. Based on our previous experience, even with a groin injury, there is a very high probability that his body will recover to its peak state."
Gianni Nanni said with a smile, "It's miraculous. It's truly a miracle from God. I have never seen such a situation; Kaiwen keeps getting injured, yet he keeps recovering to his peak. I think there is no other explanation than a curse."
A miracle, my foot!
Ancelotti would have preferred that Huang Kaiwen didn't get injured at all, but hearing that he would likely return to his best state, he let out a sigh of relief.
Now, he was ready to go make trouble for Materazzi.
Inside the Milan Lab infirmary, the young nurse fled, unable to handle the teasing.
Only then did Huang Kaiwen have time to check the system's changes.
This time it wasn't an upgrade, but an update.
Ancelotti had been hovering by his side, muttering constantly. If he hadn't offered a few words of comfort, he feared Ancelotti might have suffered a heart attack—his complexion had been terrible.
Now, he finally had some time.
[King of Football System Deluxe Edition V1.1 Update Notice:]
[1. Fixed the bug where training pitch turf did not accumulate injury probability; corrected the bug where training injury probability was too low.]
[2. Fixed the bug where warming up did not accumulate injury probability and resulted in no injuries.]
[3. Fixed the bug where expectations accumulated too quickly; recalibrated the weight of expectations from local and overseas fans.]
[4. Fixed the bug where the host only drew attacking players; the expectation card pool has been expanded to all positions on the pitch.]
Seeing this, Huang Kaiwen was stunned.
They might as well have just said they fixed the bug where I was too powerful without spending money. Well, I also fixed the bug where I played too much; this injury is quite serious.
Come to think of it, he had originally aimed to be a salary thief, but he had unexpectedly become the hope of Milan. That in itself was abnormal.
Regardless, his initial goal had been achieved.
Huang Kaiwen immediately became magnanimous.
So what if he didn't play, or if he was always injured?
The system was just reminding him not to forget his original intention so that he could reach the end.
Having figured that out, Huang Kaiwen continued reading.
[5. Fixed the bug where Destiny Points were received abnormally; compensation will be issued immediately.]
[6. The scope for obtaining Destiny Points has been expanded to the entire league; the weight of the player's own team is greater than other teams in the league.]
[7. Added weekly match tasks; you can adjust the state of the next match based on task objectives.]
[8. Added more items and utility to the monthly shop.]
[Final interpretation rights belong to Xun Entertainment King of Football System Branch.]
Player Ability: Unranked
Physical Condition: Excellent
Expectations: 100
Destiny Points: 340
Skill: Best Actor—Tom Hanks' peak acting skills. How can a great player not know how to act?—Sergio Busquets.
Skill: Take It—A small probability of copying certain traits when intercepting another player's opportunity.
Skill: Male Bestie—Easier to gain friendship when interacting with women.
Abnormal Status: Fragility Change—From the moment you step onto the grass, injury probability increases by 200%, increasing by 5% every second. After being substituted due to injury, the probability resets to the initial level. Will not suffer fatal injuries. Injuries will not affect physical function. The cycle repeats. Successfully defending the Champions League title will remove this abnormal status.
Abnormal Status: Kaka's Good Brother—Kaka feels like he has known you for a lifetime. He feels you are a wise man and is willing to listen to your advice. On the pitch, you are a perfect match; off the pitch, you are as close as brothers. This status disappears after changing Kaka's destiny and changes to a player relationship based on your intimacy with Kaka.
Item: Lucky Necklace
This update wasn't all bad, after all.
Seeing his 340 Destiny Points, Huang Kaiwen was still a bit dazed.
[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 Destiny Points has been corrected, and 1 Destiny Point will be compensated within 7 working days.]
Looking at the system prompt again, he understood.
Last time, he had found it strange that Milan Lab became reliable only after he received [Destiny Points] from Kaka and Inzaghi. Were they the only two players in Milan who would get injured?
Even if they weren't major injuries, there should have been some changes.
Now he finally knew; it wasn't his problem, it was the system's.
As for that compensation, damn it, he didn't even want it.
More than that, Huang Kaiwen was interested in the change in another player's destiny.
This was the first time he had seen the destiny of a player from another team change.
[Changed the destiny of star player Ibrahimovic, gained 20 Destiny Points.]
He clicked on the destiny display below.
Images immediately appeared.
[Ibrahimovic drifted through many countries. After playing for many years, he transformed from a soft-footed shrimp into a god, and he felt he was invincible.]
[Ibrahimovic returned to Serie A and joined AC Milan.]
[Ibrahimovic clashed with Lukaku. Ibrahimovic cursed: "Call your mother and have her teach you those voodoo things, you little donkey." Ibrahimovic's words completely enraged Lukaku. Lukaku threatened to smash Ibrahimovic's head with a gun and insulted Ibrahimovic's mother and wife.]
[The two arranged a fight on the spot. Ibrahimovic won, but he was terrified.]
[The next day, a dead cat appeared at his house. Ibrahimovic was even more scared; he thought it was the old witch, Lukaku's mother, using black magic.]
[Ibrahimovic remembered when he first joined Juventus and heard about you being cursed by Inter Milan, and how your curse was later cured. You must have experience, so he went to the stands to ask for your help.]
[You told Ibra to sit down and play Dou Dizhu first.]
[Ibra lost 600,000 to you and Kaka, and only then did you decide to help. You told Ibrahimovic that this kind of curse was very difficult to resolve and required a multi-pronged approach. Ibrahimovic expressed his willingness to pay any price, and you smiled.]
[You hired actors to perform a ritual at Ibra's house, setting up a giant cauldron. After drinking the "divine medicine," Ibrahimovic vomited and had diarrhea for days before recovering. You and the actors split the money fifty-fifty, each taking over 200,000. The matter was resolved perfectly.]
[Later, no more paranormal events occurred at Ibrahimovic's house, and he respected you immensely.]
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