"That was some performance," Chloe said. She and Will were currently talking a few meters away from the locker room. Chloe had travelled with the squad to watch the match. She was still on her project so she had permission. A small distance away, Alex gave the pair a side eye before walking in another direction.

"What can I say? I had a bit of extra motivation." Will smiled.

"And what could the motivation have been?" Chloe asked. She also burst into a smile.

"Well, I promised a really really pretty lady that I was going to score a goal for her today. And I’m a man of my word," Will said.

"Ooh, really?" Chloe said. "I’m sure she must be really happy that you kept your promise then."

"I don’t know, is she?" Will asked.

Chloe giggled. "She is. All is forgiven."

"In that case, would she be interested in going on another date?" Will asked. "Tomorrow, dinner. On me."

"She’ll think about it," Chloe said.

"That’s good enough for me," Will said.

The pair continued talking for a couple of minutes before Will waved her goodbye. His family was also present for the match and he didn’t want to have to deal with all the explanations that would come with them catching him blushing while talking to a girl that was also blushing.

Sure enough, not up to ten seconds after he sent Chloe away, he heard Janet’s voice.

"I found him!" Janet shouted before she came over to meet Will. "Who was that?" she asked, lowering her voice. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Who was who?" Will acted oblivious. She must’ve seen Chloe when she left.

"You know who I’m talking about," Janet said.

"I have no clue what you’re on about."

"I know that you know what I’m talking about. And I also know that you know that I will figure it out eventually," Janet said. She would have said more, but then their parents walked in.

"What a game, Will!" Gary said as he walked forward and patted Will’s shoulder. "I thought I was watching Lionel Messi with the way you were playing out there."

Will chuckled. "Thanks, Dad!"

"Seriously though, a few more games like that and you’d be a starter in no time," Gary said. "I’m investing all my stocks in you this season. This year is going to be your year."

It warmed Will’s heart, seeing how much his father believed in him. "Your stocks will only go up, Dad."

He chatted with everyone for a bit before going back to the locker room to change properly, and then he headed home with them.

The day after the match against Sheffield was good for him. David had given him quite a bit of praise for his showing in the second half against Sheffield United. In David’s exact words, "Smithson’s impact off the bench was exactly what we needed in the second half."

They had finished with their recovery training, and Will went back home with Alex. As per usual, he continued training, using the recovery potion that was provided to him by the system.

At the end of the training session, he did what he always did and asked the system to show him his stats. This time though, he had a huge smile on his face as he read through it.

[Ding! Downloading Host Stats]

[Ding! Download completed]

[Host identified: William Smithson]

[Age: 17]

[Club/Affiliation: Middlesbrough FC Academy (U18)]

[Position: Attacking Midfielder {Second Striker/Central Midfielder/Right Midfielder}]

[Status: Academy scholar]

[Current Rating: 59 > 60]

[Potential Cap: 72]

[Credits: 355]

[Core Stats]

[Pace: 60 > 63]

[Shooting: 55 > 58]

[Passing: 57 > 62]

[Dribbling: 60 > 64]

[Defending: 50 =]

[Physicality: 49 =]

[Endurance: 65 > 67]

[Mental: 65 > 66]

[Set Pieces: 46 > 49]

[Leadership: 39 =]

Will broke into laughter when he saw his now improved stats. He had been trying to reach a 60 player rating so that he would be able to get into the Time Capsule and use it to train. He had pushed himself so far in the past couple of weeks, using the recovery potion a lot so that he could be able to use the Time Capsule.

"System," Will said. "I want to enter the Time Capsule."

[Ding! Recalibrating environment]

Will immediately felt his vision shift. From being in the back of the field in his parents’ house, he was suddenly in a white room. An actual white room. It was endless white for as far as he could see. It was like being trapped inside of an empty canvas.

"System?" Will called out. He was beginning to get a little scared. He thought that the system had malfunctioned somehow, or it had a bug or something. "What is going on here?"

[Ding! Host is inside of the Time Capsule. He hasn’t taken time to configure his ideal environment, hence the current environment]

"Configure my ideal environment?" Will raised an eyebrow. "What is that supposed to mean?"

[Ding! Host can wish to train in any pitch from memory. Host just needs to will it. He can also train any aspect in his game, develop new skills, put himself inside of match scenarios as he wishes, as well as use any type of facility that he wants as long as he can will it into existence and this space will bend to whatever host wants. Will for a football now]

"How do I will for a football?" Will scoffed. "I obviously want a football, it’s not like I can just say that I want a football and it’s going to-"

Will stopped speaking because the only sign of color inside of the space appeared right in front of him. It was a football.

"No fucking way," Will muttered as he looked around while licking his lips and rubbing his hands. "I can wish for anything I want?"

[Ding! Affirmative]

"Well then, this is going to be fun..."

A/N: The contract has been finalized and signed. I just wanted to say thank you again to everyone who’s voted and commented up until this point. And in celebration of this event, I want to propose a new update system.

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