Chapter One: After Three Seconds

Gu did not sign. He snapped his staff card and placed it on the table. “Then we'll see who defines players better once I'm gone.” The door shut behind him. Seven years of data, four hundred scouting reports, and his clean reputation remained on the other side. On the rain-slick steps, the world suddenly tilted. Pain drove through his temples, and lines of white text crossed his sight. A young player happened to run past beneath an umbrella. 【Marlow Sin, 21.】 【Dormant gift: first touch in confined space. Awakening condition: move to attacking midfield.】 【Fatal flaw: stress fracture of the right talus.】 【Peak window: three years, eleven months.】