After signing with AC Milan, I will be the king of football!

Thankfully, I didn’t agree to hang out with Cassano, or else it would have been difficult to explain.

”Honey, you’re back.”

The young miss said with a smile.

Huang Kaiwen walked over and draped his arms around the shoulders of the young miss and Lily, asking, ”Why are you guys here?”

”It’s not just us, I also brought a photographer.”

The young miss said.

”Right, we’re here to take your photo shoot.”

Lily nodded in agreement.

”Another shoot?”

Huang Kaiwen scratched his head and asked.

It seemed like the last photo session was not that long ago.

”Because the photo book and the merchandise are selling very well in Japan, so I’ve decided to release another one to commemorate your consecutive Mr. World Football titles.”

The young miss explained.

Huang Kaiwen: ...

Isn’t this harvesting cash a bit too frequently?

If this neon girl goes out to socialize, won’t she have to work overtime?

”Mainly because your fans in Japan have been very demanding, especially since they really liked the different styles last time and hope you can release more photo books with various styles.”

The young miss further clarified.

What could Huang Kaiwen say?

Such aware fans—if I don’t take advantage, I’d be letting myself down.

The country is well-off, and they say Tokyo alone could buy all of America; even if their economy is declining, their cultural heritage remains.

They wouldn’t miss a little contribution from me, Huang.

Besides, the money isn’t vanishing, it’s just changing form to stay by the neon girl’s side.

”Do you have any good themes in mind?”

The young miss inquired.

”A theme, huh? How about chess then?”

Huang Kaiwen proposed with a grin.

”Should I get a few chess masters and have a televised match with you?”

The young miss suggested.

”I think that’s a good idea, preferably if you beat them too!”

Lily added eagerly, wrapping her arm around Huang Kaiwen’s neck.

Huang Kaiwen patted Lily and said, ”Forget it, I’m just average.”

Family affairs are best known within the family.

Though our Mr. Huang is proficient in two types of chess and sufficiently smart,

Chess is something that requires learning openings and accumulating experience through numerous matches.

The Yellow Ball King is somewhat lacking in this area. Bullying amateur players is one thing, but facing real professionals— even if they’re not as powerful as Mr. Huang—could lead to a loss through their experience.

The Yellow Ball King prefers to make others the background, not to be relegated to being one himself.

”I see. I was thinking of inviting several top masters to let you win against them!”

The young miss said regretfully.

Huang Kaiwen: ...

Can we have less of these underhand tactics, please?

If we really brought Kasparov and the like over, Huang Kaiwen wouldn’t have the heart to win.

Huang Kaiwen felt the young miss’s ideas were dangerous, always looking for shortcuts, which is why in the evening, Huang Kaiwen made her take a slightly more challenging path.

On February 1st, Huang Kaiwen once again saw the store refresh.

There wasn’t much in the way of [Fate Points] coming in recently, with more being spent; his Fate Points had dwindled from a starting 9 to 8840.

But with the season’s end and the settlement, breaking ten thousand was a foregone conclusion, Huang Kaiwen wasn’t worried.

Special template: [Fuji Syusuke] for 1,000,000 Fate Points,

Templates: [Facchetti] for 10,000 points, [Meazza] for 10,000 points, [Zoff] for 10,000 points,

Skills: [Master of Diving Save] for 1,500 points, [Gymnastics Mastery] for 100 points,

Items: [24-hour Injury Immunity Card] for 20 points,

Once again, a special template from that manga series appeared.

Huang Kaiwen thought that beating Federer and Nadal would only be possible this way.

Unfortunately, the needed Fate Points were too many, so he could only look on.

In the upcoming Italy-focused refresh, only [Meazza] was an offensive player.

Huang Kaiwen had previously drawn a [Meazza] experience card, and this Inter Milan legend had decent strength and speed, with passable technique too, but he fell short compared to similar types of Brazilian legends. Apart from that, Meazza was the first to use the lob shooting technique.

Huang Kaiwen spent another 120 points to acquire the [Immunity Card] and [Gymnastics Mastery].

Skill: Gymnastics Mastery — Reach a professional level in both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, slightly improving flexibility and strength.

A double boost.

Huang Kaiwen had thought it would only improve flexibility.

The dual improvement was quite helpful for playing soccer. Many black defenders rely on their incredible flexibility for defense, often making unconventional maneuvers.

Manchester United’s Bailly was such a player; his positional sense and judgment on the ball were not great, but with remarkable physical qualities and flexibility, he could compensate for defensive shortcomings.

Such a style of play often led to injuries.

But for the Yellow Ball King, this wasn’t a big deal, especially with the [Immunity Card].

Flexibility was also significantly beneficial for ball handling in offense.

The gains from this refresh were quite satisfying.

Robben, a chess enthusiast since childhood, became the background for Huang Kaiwen’s new photo book.

Upon a phone call, Robben immediately agreed.

Soon, he would appear on a few pages of the Yellow Ball King’s photo book.

To satisfy the neon girl, Huang Kaiwen really went out of his way.

After the photo shoot, the young miss also helped Robben land a chocolate endorsement deal.

Following that, she and Lily flew back to Milan.

On February 3rd, Real Madrid had an away game against Almeria, and Huang Kaiwen was once again left off the big name list.

Because his car had mysteriously lost its wheels, affecting his form, Guti also stayed in Madrid.

Guti, watching the game at Huang Kaiwen’s house in the evening, was still indignant about the sabotage of his car.

”The club’s security is too poor!”

Guti declared.

”Indeed it is.”

Huang Kaiwen agreed, nodding.

No wonder the security in the movies always looks so useless.

When Higuain sprayed the camera, they didn’t even notice right away.