章 3: Change for the better

The ball fell on Zantetsu Tsurugi and he started cursing, "Damn this bad luck!"

He ran forward with the ball, desperate because he could not hit anyone because everyone was too fast compared to himself.

But after a few moments, he turned around and saw a young man collapsed on the ground. Nagi didn't seem to take the challenge seriously.

A boy called Retsu raised his eyebrows in surprise, standing to the side and looking at Nagi, "What is this idiot doing?"

A smile started to appear on Zantetsu's face as he looked at Nagi, "I finally found my victim."

When he approached Nagi, he was surprised when a foot appeared in front of him and hit him in the face. It was Nagi's foot

Retsu shouted as he watched, "Sir, it's violation!"

Igo's face appeared on the screen as if he was looking at Retsu as if he was looking at an idiot, "It's not a violation because he didn't use his hands."

Zantetsu was angry at this law and attacked Nagi with the ball, but he had no choice but to face one of the best talents in all of Japan.

Nagi passed by him as fast as the wind.

[Time: 57 seconds]

He glanced at the screen and saw the time ticking down, and then started to panic, "Fuck, fuck, there's only less than a minute left."

*Boom*

He turned his gaze to the source of the sound and noticed that one of the players fell and began to think as he ran with the ball, "What's wrong with him?"

The boy who fell on the ground spoke while coughing, "Uh... bring me the asthma inhaler!!"

Masumi Atatame, the person who collapsed on the ground, suffered from asthma. His dream was to become a professional football player, but his illness held him back. He kept his condition a secret from everyone, and now it unexpectedly overwhelmed him.

A smile began to appear on his face. Zantetsu approached Masumi and hit the ball towards him.

[Masumi Atatame, Predator Time 15 Seconds]

He smiled with relief, "Finally, I'm fre--"

*Boom*

He couldn't finish his speech until the ball hit his face.

When he raised his head to see who had hit him, he was terrified because he saw Rafael angry and his face full of anger.

Rafael said in annoyance, "This action you did is not typical of football players. You wait for someone who is down and hit him and seize the opportunity. Play the ball fairly or get out of here."

[Zantetsu Tsurugi has been eliminated]

When he saw the words on the screen, he got angry and started screaming, "Fuck you, how am I going to lose from this ridiculous challenge? How can I lose when I'm so talented, I'm better than most of the players here."

Ego's dominant voice echoed in the place [A challenge is a challenge. If you don't get out of here, we will have to impose fine punishments on you. You better get out of here and I will talk as gently as possible]

Zantetsu turned to Rafael, looking at him angrily. If looks could kill, Rafael would have died a hundred times over by now.

Rafael did not feel an ounce of pity for him, because this person's style of playing football is corrupt. He just gave him a sign indicating that he should get out of here.

[Congratulations on your victory, the remaining 11 players here can rest for 3 days until the next challenge begins]

....

After an hour..

Rafael spent two points on buying his phone. The points he won were one for winning the challenge and the other for beating the loser.

Rafael accessed his phone and saw the calendar for the year. He was amazed at the date he saw.

August 29, 2016.

"I went back 6 years."

"Wait... I want to know what happened to my body and what happened to my family and my son."

Rafael logged on to Google and wrote: The death of Ronaldinho, the Brazilian legend...

And what the search engine gave him was something he never expected.

[Your search for *Ronaldinho's death* did not return any results.]

Panic began to appear on his face as he shouted, "Wh...what!!!!"

"There are no results for this search?? How is this?? Does this mean that Ronaldinho does not exist?"

"I'll look again myself."

Rafael wrote again about Ronaldinho and Google gave him the same answer to his first question.

He then started searching for all the Brazilian players who won the World Cup in 2002, and when he searched, he was shocked..

Marcos..

Lúcio..

Roque Júnior..

Cafu..

Gilberto Silva..

Kléberson..

Roberto Carlos..

Kaká..

Rivaldo..

Ronaldo..

"...."

Rafael stopped talking in shock and realized what had happened to him.

"So from this I assume that when I returned to the past, my previous life was erased from the world and now everyone does not know that there is a person named Ronaldinho."

A thought came to his mind and a frown appeared on his face, "So what about my family?"

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Rafael stood up, opened it, and found Reo there. "Ego needs you," Reo said.

"He needs me?"

Reo nodded as he said, "Yes, but I don't know why."

Rafael changed his clothes and then went to Ego.

Ego greeted Rafael with a creepy smile. "Oh, our talent is here."

"I didn't do anything interesting."

"Do you like this place?"

Rafael nodded.. This was a new experience and he liked the place and its facilities as well.

"Do you know why I brought you here?"

Rafael shook his head.

"I brought you here because of your nationality."

When Rafael heard ego's words, he knew why ego had summoned him here. The reason was his nationality, because this project was created to create a super striker in order to benefit the Japanese national team in order to win the World Cup, and Rafael is actually from Brazil, which means that he may have to leave here. Because of his different nationality.

Ego noticed a change in Rafael's facial expressions, "I think you understand now why I summoned you here."

He nodded.

"So what are you going to do to solve this problem?"

Rafael thought carefully to solve this problem and found a good idea "I want to choose the Brazilian national team for 60 points."

Ego was shocked by these words coming from the mouth of the boy in front of him, 60 points?? This is a lot.. He did not think that Rafael's thinking was like this. 60 points means that he must not lose in any match, and 60 points is very difficult for him to collect in three challenges, although Ego knew that achieving this matter was difficult, but he agreed to it.

"Agreed, but it is very difficult to achieve this."

"Don't worry...I can achieve it. The important thing is whether I can choose to represent the Brazilian national team in the future or not?"

"Yes you can"

Rafael smiled and said goodbye to Ego. Before leaving, he asked where the training room and weight room were located. Once he got directions, he started walking towards them, deep in thought along the way.

'I will never make the same mistake I made in my previous life. I used to destroy my health with alcohol, parties and staying up late... Now I will change myself for the better...'

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