CHAPTER 150: CHAPTER 145: LEGENDARY PULL II

The panel expanded and filled his vision with the complete breakdown:

PLAYER PROFILE — FIFA SCHEMA (UPDATED)

Name: Demien Walter

Age: 18

Club: Atalanta

Nationality: English/Italian

Preferred Foot: Right

Position: CM (AM/RW capable)

STATUS

Overall Rating: 79

Condition: Fit

Form: Rising Fast

Morale: Confident

PACE

Acceleration: 87

Sprint Speed: 88 (+7)

SHOOTING

Positioning: 72

Finishing: 63

Shot Power: 69

Long Shots: 80

Volleys: 62

Penalties: 57

PASSING

Vision: 67

Crossing: 78

Free Kick Accuracy: 66

Short Passing: 81 (+11)

Long Passing: 80 (+2)

Curve: 83 (+4)

DRIBBLING

Agility: 84 (+6)

Balance: 72 (+6)

Reactions: 69 (+2)

Ball Control: 82

Dribbling: 66 (+2)

Composure: 77 (+2)

DEFENDING

Interceptions: 70 (+3)

Heading Accuracy: 71

Defensive Awareness: 65

Standing Tackle: 60

Sliding Tackle: 57

PHYSICAL

Jumping: 63

Stamina: 85 (+7)

Strength: 86 (+3)

Aggression: 87 (+1)

LEGENDARY TECHNIQUES

Existing: • Andrea Pirlo — Deep-Lying Playmaker

• Mesut Özil — Eye-of-Needle

• Arturo Vidal — Warrior Spirit

New: • Paul Pogba — Long Switch Flair ✨

• N’Golo Kanté — Everywhere at Once ✨

• Claudio Marchisio — Balanced Engine ✨

TECHNIQUES

Curve Run Timing (Epic)

• Lofted Dink (Rare)

• La Croqueta Chain (Epic)

• Near-Post Dash (Rare)

SKILL SHARDS (NEWLY ACQUIRED)

Rare Skill Shards: • Cross Specialist — 1/5

• Ball Roll Cut — 1/5

• Drag-Back Exit — 1/5

Legendary Skill Shard: • Header Power/Placement — 1/12

TRAITS (UPDATED SHARD COUNTS)

Agent Negotiation Perk: UNLOCKED ✅

• Ball Winner: 4/4 (READY TO UNLOCK) 🔓

• Nutritionist Upgrade: 3/4

• Aerial Threat: 2/4

• Set Piece Specialist: 3/4

• Recovery Boost: 2/4

• Press Resistant: 2/4

• Speed Dribbler: 1/4

• Stamina Regeneration: 2/4

• Long Shot Taker: 3/4

• Sponsor Deal Slot: 2/4

「PROFILE UPDATE COMPLETE」

「CURRENT BALANCE: 85 TP | 0 SP | 16 MP」

Demien stared at the updated profile and his eyes moved across the numbers that had jumped—Sprint Speed up to 88, Short Passing to 81, Stamina to 85, Agility to 84—and the legendary techniques list had doubled in size, and Ball Winner was sitting at 4/4 ready to unlock the moment he claimed it.

He smiled and the expression felt different than before because this wasn’t just happiness about good pulls, this was confidence built on genuine capability, the knowledge that he’d walked into his apartment as a 79-rated midfielder with potential and walked out as a 79-rated midfielder with six legendary techniques and the toolkit to compete against anyone in Serie A.

The system panel faded and Demien lay back on the bed while his body processed the changes, and the balance read differently now—85 TP, 16 MP, 0 SP—with new attributes settled into muscles that felt sharper and faster and more complete than they had even this morning.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2022

Bus to Zingonia Training Complex

8:47 AM

Tuesday morning arrived with September rain streaking the bus windows as Demien rode to Zingonia, and his body was still processing whatever the system had done during those pack openings because every movement felt different—smoother, more efficient, like his muscle memory had been upgraded overnight.

The bus was half-empty with only a few passengers scattered across seats, and outside the rain fell steady and grey while Bergamo’s morning traffic crawled through wet streets.

Demien’s phone sat in his pocket and he resisted the urge to check social media or messages because his mind needed to focus on what was coming—Napoli prep, tactical drills, Gasperini’s intensity—though part of him still buzzed with residual adrenaline from last night’s legendary pulls.

The bus pulled into the stop near the training complex at 8:55 AM and Demien stepped off into the rain before jogging toward the main building while water soaked into his tracksuit.

Bortolotti Training Complex

9:00 AM

At 9 AM sharp Gasperini stood before the tactical board in the analysis room with the entire first-team squad seated in rows, and video clips of Napoli’s 4-3-3 formation under Luciano Spalletti played on the massive screen while the coach’s laser pointer circled key positions.

"Osimhen," Gasperini said, and the pointer landed on the number nine. "Fast, physical, intelligent movement. He punishes hesitation in the backline."

The pointer moved to the left wing.

"Kvaratskhelia. Wide position but drifts inside constantly. Dribbles like he’s playing street football. Fullbacks can’t handle him one-on-one."

The pointer shifted to the attacking midfielder.

"Zielinski. Drops between the lines. Creates overloads. Links defense to attack with one pass."

Gasperini paused the video and turned to face the squad, and his expression was serious without being grim.

"They press high, transition fast, and Osimhen punishes hesitation," he said, and his voice cut through the room with clinical precision. "We control the middle or we lose. Simple as that."

The tactical breakdown continued for another twenty minutes while Gasperini dissected Napoli’s pressing triggers, their defensive shape when protecting leads, their counter-attacking patterns, and Demien absorbed every detail because David Drinkwater’s seventeen-club career had taught him that tactical preparation separated winners from losers.

Training Pitch

10:15 AM

On-field drills mirrored the video analysis as the reserves simulated Napoli’s aggressive press, and Demien worked in tight spaces to find pockets between their midfield and defense while Gasperini shouted corrections from the touchline.

"DEMIEN! RECEIVE ON THE HALF-TURN! DON’T LET THEM SET!"

The ball came to him under pressure and he received it with his back foot while pivoting away from the pressing reserve midfielder, and Marchisio’s Balanced Engine activated instinctively as his positioning adjusted to create a passing lane that hadn’t existed a second before.

He released the ball to Koopmeiners with one touch and the sequence continued.

"BETTER!" Gasperini called. "THAT’S THE SPEED WE NEED!"

The drill repeated with variations—different pressing angles, different passing options, different decision-making scenarios—and by the time the session ended at noon with the system chiming its routine 10 TP reward, sweat soaked through training kits and tactical understanding had deepened across the entire squad.

「TRAINING SESSION COMPLETE」

「Quality: Excellent」

「REWARD: 10 TP」

「Current Balance: 95 TP | 0 SP | 16 MP」

Afternoon

Treatment Tables & Recovery

The afternoon passed quietly with recovery work on the treatment tables, ice baths that made muscles scream before going numb, massage therapy that worked out knots from the morning’s intensity, and an early return home where most players would rest but Demien had other plans.

Demien’s Apartment

4:30 PM

Back in his apartment Demien sat on the couch with his iPad open to YouTube, and Napoli highlights from their last three matches played on the screen while he studied Osimhen’s movement patterns, Kvaratskhelia’s dribbling angles, Lobotka’s positioning in the double pivot.

Professional habits bleeding through teenage routines because David Drinkwater had spent seventeen clubs analyzing Championship opponents on borrowed laptops in cheap hotels, and those habits didn’t disappear just because the body was younger and the league was Serie A instead of League Two.

The rain continued outside and the apartment was quiet except for the commentary from the highlights, and Demien watched the same sequences multiple times—how Napoli transitioned from defense to attack in four passes, how Osimhen exploited space behind high defensive lines, how their fullbacks pushed aggressively to create width.

His phone buzzed once with a message from his mother asking about training, and he replied quickly before returning to the analysis because Napoli was Four days away and preparation mattered more than conversation.

The evening stretched ahead with dinner to prepare, maybe some light stretching, early sleep because Wednesday would bring another intense session, but for now Demien just watched and learned and felt the legendary techniques settling deeper into his consciousness while the rain fell steady against the windows.