The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills-Chapter 243 - 65: The Wang Shuo Effect! New Skill: Inverted Foot! I’ll Out-Grind the Bundesliga’s Two-Footed Monsters! What a Great Dream
Take Kuba, for instance. He was only 23.
Shahin wouldn’t even turn 21 until September.
Sven Bender was also just 20.
Hummels was 23, Subotic was 20, and Santana was 23.
This was a very young team.
Wang Shuo felt that with Klopp’s coaching ability, once this team was whipped into shape, they were bound to achieve great things!
Thinking of this, Wang Shuo entered the Ball God System.
When he helped Mainz win the DFB-Pokal, the system’s reward was a National Level Passive Skill Card or 150 Passive Value points.
Wang Shuo had chosen the latter.
Now, he had 174 Passive Value points.
His current Passive Skills were: Intercontinental Level [Breathing], [Ball Sense], and [Swift]; Regional Level [Insight], [First Move], and [Spiritual Light]; Professional Level [Coordination] and [Eagle Eye]; and the special passive skill [Damage Reduction].
Standing before the giant football, Wang Shuo once again took out 50 Passive Value points and put them in for a draw.
There were still three passive skills he hadn’t drawn yet, and Wang Shuo was eager to see what he would get this time.
As the massive football spun rapidly and then gradually slowed, Wang Shuo watched with bated breath.
Finally, the moment the football stopped spinning, another dim pentagon burst forth with a dazzling light.
"Congratulations. You have used 50 Passive Value points to draw the Professional Level Passive Skill [Inverted Foot]."
"Inverted Foot: Enhances Inverted Foot ability and develops right-brain thinking."
When Wang Shuo first saw the message, he was a little stunned.
’There’s actually a passive skill to improve my left foot!’
But after reading the information more closely, he was a bit bewildered.
’Enhances Inverted Foot ability—that part is easy to understand.’
’But what does ’develops right-brain thinking’ mean?’
’The right brain?’
’Oh, right. The left brain controls the right side of the body, and the right brain controls the left side.’
Some people also say the left brain is responsible for logic, language, and analysis, while the right brain is responsible for creativity, spatial awareness, and intuition.
This led to the notion of the logical left brain and the creative right brain.
In the world of football, there’s also an interesting phenomenon where left-footed players tend to be more unpredictable, more inclined to take risks and be creative, and will suddenly do something unconventional.
’Is this what the Ball God System means by ’right-brain thinking’?’
’Does this mean I can train myself to become a two-footed monster?’
At this thought, Wang Shuo felt a wave of pure exhilaration!
’Damn it, who could possibly understand what it feels like for an unlucky bastard with a practically useless left foot in the Bundesliga, a league crawling with two-footed players?’
Especially in Mainz’s 4-4-1-1 formation, playing as the lone striker.
One person had to cover the entire attacking half of the field.
But what was the result?
’My left foot was useless!’
It was often enough to make Wang Shuo want to cry.
’Oh, my god.’
But now, with [Inverted Foot], Wang Shuo could also train to become a two-footed monster.
’I’ll out-grind all of you!’
The thought sent a thrill of excitement through Wang Shuo.
With 124 Passive Value points remaining, he took 50 and added them to [Inverted Foot].
He then hesitated, but finally gritted his teeth and threw in another 50 points. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"Use 50 Passive Value points to upgrade [Inverted Foot] from Professional Level to Regional Level?"
"Yes."
"Use 50 Passive Value points to upgrade [Inverted Foot] from Regional Level to National Level?"
"Yes."
Entering his Personal Attribute Panel again, he saw the National Level [Inverted Foot] skill displayed prominently in the passive skills section. A feeling of immense satisfaction washed over him.
From his debut at Mainz until now, Wang Shuo had always had two major weaknesses.
One was his left foot, and the other was his physicality.
Now, he had finally shored up that major weakness of his left foot.
’From now on, my left foot is no longer useless!’
’If the grind doesn’t kill you, then grind until you die!’
’Time to get to work!’
He brushed his teeth, washed his face, and changed his clothes.
Before heading out, Wang Shuo specifically took out his phone and posted a tweet.
"My friends, I’ve seen Dortmund at 5 AM!"
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He left Luckenwalde Castle and headed north along the subway line.
Wang Shuo had taken the subway in Hu City before.
But Dortmund’s subway was different from the one in Hu City. It ran at ground level, integrated with the roads.
After crossing another subway line that ran east-west, he could see the Dortmund Mercedes-Benz dealership in the distance.
He took a right onto a small road across from it and soon arrived at the Dortmund first team’s training ground.
Just across a parking lot stood the magnificent Westfalen Stadium.
When Wang Shuo reached the training ground, the main gate was still shut tight.
He walked over to the security booth by the entrance and found the guard lying inside, sleeping and snoring quite loudly.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
Wang Shuo tapped lightly on the window pane.
Hearing the sound, the sleeping guard sat up, his eyes half-closed.
"Who’s out there?"
By now, the sky was beginning to lighten.
The guard rubbed his eyes, leaned closer, and got a clear look at Wang Shuo.
"Oh, it’s you, Mr. Twenty Million."
"Sorry to wake you," Wang Shuo apologized to the middle-aged guard as he opened the gate.
"It’s fine. You’re here to train this early? Nothing’s ready inside yet."
The summer training camp hadn’t started, the coaching staff had only just arrived, and Klopp’s Dortmund was just about to set sail.
"That’s okay. I’ll go to the gym to work on my fitness, then just do some training on my own," Wang Shuo explained.
The guard, of course, had no issue with that. "Well, you have to be careful. Don’t get injured. You’re our sharpest weapon for the new season!"
"Thanks."
Wang Shuo smiled, said goodbye to the guard, and jogged toward the gym.
Watching Wang Shuo’s retreating figure, the guard smiled and nodded repeatedly.
