Wenton goes back to the initial place he sat on when he entered the woods. He clicks on the task button and the list of tasks appears. He raised his gaze to the instruction above them, he had to choose only one task from among the three and anyone he chooses, he must complete within the next two hours.
He thinks for a while thinking of the one to choose, he needed to go for something which would be quite easier. As if this system knew, going back to the team base or going to kneel before Iniesta to apologize would be the simplest ones but he is sure to find no one upon driving back. They had lost a vital game, no one, not even the managerial staff would be found. They have all gone home by now to mourn their defeat. Everywhere would just be empty except for the heavily armed security men guarding the base.
He has no available option other than the third, which is the hardest. About eighty percent of the English fans have voiced their anger on him, calling him many names on social media. If he logs in now on any of the social media, it's his matter that is being discussed everywhere. It's going to be almost impossible to get all of these people or a greater number to give him a second chance. Already they have begun an online protest for the team to terminate his contract.
His mind tells him that this would be the topic of discussion next time the board of directors of the English Champions sit down to talk, this meeting is scheduled to hold on the coming Thursday. Nothing could be done by him except this to make them not decide to kick him away from the team.
If this happens, there is no hope again. Imikah had tried his best and with that bad reputation, no club would want him even the smaller new clubs who look for good players to join them, players that would boost their ranking on the table and not ones that would make them lose the little points they have tried hard to gather.
He looks at the time, it's already twenty minutes, he has one hour, forty minutes to go. If he doesn't do something now, he might be surprised to realize that he would find himself left with only a few minutes.
First on the go, he clicks on the third option. A live video option pops up on the screen. This is going to be relayed automatically to his social media accounts where fans would be notified and get to watch as he speaks. He has always lacked confidence and in the case of before would end up making people pissed and more annoyed prior to his stammering, a product of nervousness.
He suspects his sudden confidence to emanate from the system which had partially activated and was waiting for a customized activation which would be the final.
He clicks on the start button. A selfie video of his face displays on the screen with the timing. Normally, it's supposed to be the normal timing of the time duration of the video but here is the remaining time to end the video, based on the time limit he was given.
He had to start speaking and not let the fans wait.
"Hello everyone, I'm George Miller Wenton, the new player signed to the English Champions from. The Sporting Stars Academy FC. I'm going to be making my own comment about today's game. It was a disappointment to me and I was a total loser in it. I want to get on my knees now and ask the whole world to forgive me, all the football fans who watched that match. Unseen forces were behind my failure to do well. "
At this point, he begins to list the numerous remarkable achievements he had made in the past and also adds that they are the main reasons why he was handed over the captaincy of his former club, then all of a sudden, he started going low and low.
"I've now gotten to know that this was actually leading to a discovery which will change the history of football in me and in general. Who wants to see the result of what I'd stumbled on my verge to end my life? It's the beginning of a new career of unbeatable success. The effects come up from the next match, please stay tuned! I can't disappoint you with the effect of the latest discovery I have made. I'm very sorry for what happened today. Inwardly, I'm glad that I would achieve my destiny. " He brings forth his hands in supplication gesturing to the public to forgive him."
After this video finishes as about ten million were watching the live version, the topic of discussion changes from how Wenton played the game to what he was referring to in the video.
"What is the discovery he is talking about?"
"Football is perfect the way it is, what does he want to change?"
"I hope it's not something to bring into the match, we don't need any unacceptable item. Wenton, we would love you to play naturally like the other players."
As he read this particular comment, he liked it. The fan who posted it immediately increased in his likes and followership after he excitedly screenshot the reaction Wenton gave to his comment alone among others. He, himself, notices this and wonders if people had begun to like him that they were following a fan just because of his slight reaction.
"Have I been able to win the hearts of many?" He decides to post the question below the video footage. In less than a minute, floods of reaction had already started coming, a greater percentage 'yes', Wenton jumped up, and couldn't contend his joy at the moment.
His watch begins to make some changes, he feels some changes going on in his body. Then a sound and light emanates, this time around a virtual fire. It travels to his brain and as it is about to enter, the ding sound comes up. Whenever something like this sounded, the system was about to make some remarkable announcement.
"The fire player system activated!"
"With the effective use of this system, George Miller Wenton is set to conquer the whole world like none other in the aspect of football."
"Get reader for a sophisticated upgrade."
"Upgrade to begin in the next twenty minutes. You will never incur torture the same back again!"
After everything, Wenton has no other place to go but his family, he would have gone home since except for the downcast spirit cast upon him, the mockery and made-to-feel-bad trait which his mother would likely portray towards him, he didn't want a situation where his depression would get worse. But despite what he has found, he is not going to tell it to anyone until his mind tells him so. Getting into his car, he drives home. The apple watch on his hand becomes instantly invisible, only he knows something is on his hand. Even as it's invisible, it still works if the situation requires it to. The long drive becomes a bit shorter and adventurous, more interesting than when he was coming to the woods. Of course his coming had nothing of interest, he came to avoid the pressures of life, then the attempt to commit suicide came in. Wenton looks out of the window of his car, admiring the beautiful houses, cars and people he passes on the road. He realizes that there is more to life than
Imikah starts to vent the whole of his anger on Wenton. He had really promoted his skills to his uncle, not like he was lying because being in the same club with him, the Sporting Stars Academy FC, he saw how skilled his friend was. He didn't expect to disappoint. Each uncle even called to scold him for lying to him, then he got angry and sent to him tons of videos of the best performances Wenton had in the Academy FC."Then why is he playing so poorly?" Beckham asked but he had already got him annoyed, he read his message but wouldn't reply to it. "You are the cause of the insults and shaming I received from my uncle before he realized the bitter truth. He even said that he was threatened to be sacked by the management if Wenton didn't improve in the next three matches they would be having. He got ridiculed for bringing in the worst player the team ever had. Wenton upon hearing this almost cries, he can't hear this as he starts crying. What he expects of himself is not what he has
He arrives at the living room to find his dad still watching the TV. With a confused face, he walks over to him and sits on the couch beside him, then looks at his face in an indirect way of asking him why he called. "Wenton, I want you to go get some things for me at the mall, I feel so fatigued. I would have gone by myself." He hands over his card to him and a list of items on a piece of paper. "You can buy yourself anything but it shouldn't be more than eighty dollars. Is that okay?" "Yes," he replied with a smile. "Thanks dad." He hurries out of the room, he never expected to get an eighty dollar gift from his dad most especially as he had disappointed the whole family. While on his way to the mall, he wonders why he didn't call Samuel. Then he recalls that the last time Samuel, his elder brother was asked to go pick some ordered stuff from the same supermarket, it nearly took him a whole day to return home. He later came back with the excuse that he met a friend of his whom he
The training begins, with the coach asking Wenton to run around the field ten times during the training duration as punishment for not performing well during the last match. Mike, who is the head coach and is in charge of decision making in the team, does this in an effort to prevent Wenton from partaking in the training. He knows quite well that if he doesn't take part in the training, there is no way he would be part of the next squad that would play with their next match coming in the coming week, a sure date yet to be fixed although it's likely gonna be Tuesday. "To join the training, you would have to run ten laps around the field," he said to him. Wenton stood there watching him in surprise, he started imagining how he was going to run around the standard football pitch which is one hundred and five meters in length and sixty-eight meters in width. Such a great stress. Though he tried to plead and waited to see if he would change his mind, nothing happened. He even let him go t
With such a wonderful performance at the match, the reporters take their cameras to Wenton. They ask him so many questions all at once, wanting to know the secret behind his sudden excellent performance. "Wenton, you had an incredible performance today during the fake match, as the best players in your team or playing against your team couldn't stand against you. What's the secret to this?" One of them asks a female reporter while the others bring their recording devices to record what he is going to say. "I will love to attribute my performance to personal drills, hard work and believe in myself. Since I disappointed the team, the fans and the world of football by my poor performance yesterday, I resolved to step up to the plate, train harder by myself and today I'm seeing the result!" He declares with so much confidence which is motivated by the system. He would never say anything about the support he is getting from the system, even to his parents and close friends, they wouldn't
His mother actually called to congratulate him, she had watched him play in a fake match which had the same laws as a real standard match. His father and siblings got the phone to hail him for the excellent performance. Wenton couldn't contend his joy, this is the first time every member of his family, even his other two sisters are showing interest and are happy for what he did in his field. They have always proven to always be indifferent, not having any interest. The next call after this, he directs to Imikah, his best friend. "Hey bro, how are you doing?" He hails as Imikah picks the call. The first reaction of his friend is a laughter of joy. "Don't tell it's your system working, you really have great luck. I saw you play today, you really shocked everyone. Have you checked social media?" Inikah asos."No! What's happening on social media?" He asks with confusion and excitement, he wants to know as soon as possible, but he can't wait, he wants Imikah to tell him at once. "You
A warning had already been issued, so it's left for them to abide by this to have a safe and memorable adventure for good. Wenton is resolved to keep all the rules he had learnt about this place because he wouldn't want to be a victim. His friends walk into the alien territory with him, holding their phones and taking pictures of what the place is like, what they would show at their respective homes when they arrive. Wenton had his mom and sister specially asking for the pictures and even the videos, so he doesn't have an excuse for not bringing home what he was asked to. "Why is it that this place looks so unique and mysterious?" Mike who had followed them here asks. They sat at the platform on the floor to debate on the topic Mike had just brought, coupled with the fact that they had brought a lot of stuff to enjoy the picnic with. "This is a dangerous topic!" Wenton says with a sigh, though young in age, he forms to be someone advanced in age. He doesn't necessarily mean this but
Ben takes him into the underground tunnel which is where the office of the officials of the team are located, even the computer room that would be sending information to them through their digital watches. Wenton then realizes that the digital watch that would be given him would make it the second he is using. He already had the first and was receiving information from it! "What will I do in this case?" He asks the coach who gives him a grin. "You have nothing to worry about. You are still going to get the result at the end of the day. This shouldn't disturb you Wenton, you are a light shining alone already at the horizon. For the digital watch that would be given, wear it on your wrist along with the old one. Yeah, you would get information from both of them," Ben says in a carefree style. Wenton trusts Ben enough to tell him I have a system of support as a footballer, though it's not illegal, it would make the world think that all these skills and talents are being portrayed by
When the time for the shopping approaches, they all get inside the coaster waiting for them outside, with Wenton still chatting with Imikah. They have a lot to talk about especially their future as club footballers, Imikah just can't stop wishing Wenton would come to play for Alla Madrid."I really need you here, Spain is boring without you. I was thinking we would go together." "Let's watch how this match we will soon play goes, as the captain, I'll get into the eyes of many clubs which I believe Alla Madrid must be among." "Oh yeah! The next thing for you to do is try your very best at the match, you know the aliens wouldn't make it easy for you guys because it's their chance to dominate the world they have always been dreaming of for thousands of ages. You also need to try your best, I believe that your system would not fail you most especially as you are diligent in performing your tasks and training privately." "Yeah, I believe this as well. I will win, we will win, my system
"I summoned all of you here to inform you of the forthcoming Aliens-Humans Soccer Players introduction. It's a ceremony that would be held at the Emerald's International Theatre, we would have to take a flight there. This ceremony is gonna make the forthcoming combative match official. As you see, many people do not know what's going on. It would be streamed live and I'd scheduled for the day after tomorrow, you guys got to be prepared….. "Wenton's system plays back the statement of Coach Ben as he wakes up early in the morning the next day. It prompted him to get up so early so that he could begin his training before 8 AM where the players would be going shopping at the five star fashion boutique in town. Ben had already told them about this. Since he doesn't want to miss any day of personal training, he puts on his kit, gets his ball from the drawer and goes down to the private training pitch he was training yesterday. He is supposed to have some fear of attack after yesterday's i
Ben pressures the two players left behind after the three fell to the ground confessing what happened, at least he needs to hear from both of them before he moves on to confirm from the CCTV. After this, the next person he directs his question to is Wenton but winks at him with a gaze at his wrist on which he wears his invisible system watch. Don't in any way talk about your system! He understands this quickly and nods his head slightly to avoid suspicions from his teammates who are watching both of them with the two assistant coaches. He doesn't want them to know that he and Ben are secretly communicating. "I was training privately, after some minutes into my training, I felt a thick little ball like a stone hit me and it sank right into my head and skull. I know you might not believe it but I'll call on you to check the CCTV after this to confirm. It was unbelievable when I felt the stone going up, and right out of my head. When I lifted my head to check if I had blood or a gap
The announcement of Wenton as the captain in the forthcoming match between the humans and the aliens came as a surprise to many, they thought a captain would be the eldest or one of the oldest in the team so as to command respect. It was thought that Wenton would make the Vice-captain but as it stands, Ben has already declared that he has no need for a vice-captain making all the glory go to Wenton. A good number are happy that they have a talented player to help them, nothing like age matters to them so far as he knows what he is doing and they plan to cooperate with him for success. After the meeting, while others return to the garden to spend some fun time together, some go back to the hostel to rest ahead of their training session in the evening. Wenton didn't want anything like rest, especially for the time being. He might schedule a two-hour sleep for himself before the time of the training and would have a longer sleep at night. For now, he had to get personally prepared. His
"I've finally gotten over Maria to face my career, you said that I wasn't gonna be able to. Ta-dah…." He makes a sarcastic sound to show that what Imikah said hasn't come true. Only God knows how excited he is right now, he has been free from the shackles of love which seems to have held him bound without mercy. "I'm glad you have because it's not easy, I can tell you from experience. It hurts so much to love someone but you miss the person before you get to speak to her and tell her what you want. There was a time I kind of was burdened with guilt, it took two years for me to finally let go. I don't know how I did it but I did it.""Ahhhh! So you thought mine was going to be worse like your own?" Wenton places so much emphasis in saying, he can't believe that his best friend passed through this without him knowing. "You're such a strong guy!" "Don't laugh at me please," Imikah chuckles. "How am I strong when I can't let go of a girl I loved and lost before I could get to speak to h
"Well, she has been transferred to another football base, which I wouldn't tell you about." "Why?" His jaw drops in shock, he doesn't find a reason Celine should be trying to sever their budding feelings to die each other. Ben who is his coach has reasons as he wants him to concentrate but she doesn't have. To her side, Celine believes that Maria would never concentrate and might lose interest in her job with time if she continues with seeing Wenton. She can't let this happen, she has seen it from afar. Maria is one of the best chefs the team and football world has, it would be a great loss to let her go, not like she is being held captive but she loves her job and she is paid handsomely. All these explanations she made in her mind before saying it out to the hearing of Wenton. He stands there dumbfounded, not knowing what to say, if he had known where she was, he would have gone there that same day, particularly as he is now aware that she loves him too. It would have been a little
Because of the forthcoming football battle between the human team and the aliens, the English Champions and all other European national teams, suspend their matches so that their selected players can feature in the match coming up. For those countries who have no players participating in the alien-human match, they pause as a sign of respect and solidarity with those that are taking part in the match. During this period, it happens that Wenton has taken interest also in something quite different from football and that's Maria Dorothy, the eighteen year old young woman, just three years younger than him, who is the assistant in the catering department of the team. Ben tries to take his mind away from Maria but he wouldn't agree to this, his heart wouldn't just stop beating to have Maria, she is what he thinks of all the time. "We have a week to go and you have wasted a week thinking about this girl whom you can't have. She is a distraction to you, if you still think about her, I
Ben takes him into the underground tunnel which is where the office of the officials of the team are located, even the computer room that would be sending information to them through their digital watches. Wenton then realizes that the digital watch that would be given him would make it the second he is using. He already had the first and was receiving information from it! "What will I do in this case?" He asks the coach who gives him a grin. "You have nothing to worry about. You are still going to get the result at the end of the day. This shouldn't disturb you Wenton, you are a light shining alone already at the horizon. For the digital watch that would be given, wear it on your wrist along with the old one. Yeah, you would get information from both of them," Ben says in a carefree style. Wenton trusts Ben enough to tell him I have a system of support as a footballer, though it's not illegal, it would make the world think that all these skills and talents are being portrayed by
A warning had already been issued, so it's left for them to abide by this to have a safe and memorable adventure for good. Wenton is resolved to keep all the rules he had learnt about this place because he wouldn't want to be a victim. His friends walk into the alien territory with him, holding their phones and taking pictures of what the place is like, what they would show at their respective homes when they arrive. Wenton had his mom and sister specially asking for the pictures and even the videos, so he doesn't have an excuse for not bringing home what he was asked to. "Why is it that this place looks so unique and mysterious?" Mike who had followed them here asks. They sat at the platform on the floor to debate on the topic Mike had just brought, coupled with the fact that they had brought a lot of stuff to enjoy the picnic with. "This is a dangerous topic!" Wenton says with a sigh, though young in age, he forms to be someone advanced in age. He doesn't necessarily mean this but