Chapter 597 - 115: Another Explosion! Five Sons Achieve Scholarly Success! Smashing Records! Domain Skill: Hunter! He Saved Dortmund
"If I had a Twitter and blew up like that, wouldn’t all the female internet celebrities and movie stars from all over the world be at my beck and call?"
It wasn’t just him; Götze, Reus, and the others all looked on with envy.
They were all young men. Who wouldn’t want to have that kind of clout on the internet, where one post gets a massive response?
Subotic really wanted to smack them on the head.
"Is this really just about one tweet?"
...
On the highway from Villarreal back to Barcelona, Messi was inside the Barça team bus, constantly scrolling through Twitter.
Ever since making a bet with Wang Shuo, he’d been checking Twitter all day, reading the messages fans left for him.
Every time he saw someone insulting Wang Shuo or Ronaldo, he felt pretty happy.
He would even occasionally forward it to the group chat for Wang Shuo and Ronaldo to see.
Wang Shuo had actually been the one to create the group chat, adding both him and Ronaldo.
Wang Shuo and Ronaldo often did the same thing.
As a result, Messi was always annoyed whenever he saw insults directed at him.
After almost every round of matches, someone would always say something in the group chat.
But today, the group chat was unusually quiet.
’That bastard Wang Shuo must be feeling pretty smug right now.’
’Still, coming on as a sub and scoring five goals in nine minutes... that really is incredible!’
...
At the Valdebebas Training Base in the northern suburbs of Madrid, Ronaldo had missed the match against Sporting Gijon due to injury.
But he insisted on doing his recovery training in the gym at the base.
During a break from his workout, he also saw the discussions online.
He especially noticed the flood of praise for Wang Shuo from the media and fans.
This annoyed him greatly. With a cold snort, he threw his phone directly onto the table.
"If I weren’t injured, he never would’ve pulled this far ahead!"
"The intensity in the Bundesliga is nothing! I could do that too if I were playing!"
"No, I could even score more than him!"
After saying this, Ronaldo still wasn’t satisfied.
He decided to pump iron for an extra two hours today.
’I’m going to crush that bastard Wang Shuo!’
...
After finally getting rid of the reporters and his teammates, Wang Shuo returned home. The first thing he did was enter the Ball God System.
Four messages. Three broken records. A reward of 300 Passive Value.
’This feels amazing!’
In the Personal Attribute Panel, Wang Shuo checked his Passive Value.
It was exactly 550 points, no more, no less.
’This is stacking up way too fast!’
Wang Shuo now felt his decision to stay during the winter break had been absolutely brilliant.
Of these 550 points of Passive Value, 300 were from today. The other 150 were his reward for breaking Gerd Müller’s single-season record of 40 goals.
The system’s reward for breaking a record that had stood for 40 years was quite generous.
’It must be because of the record’s significance to Bayern!’
With 550 Passive Value, why would he hesitate?
He immediately went before the giant football, invested 500 points, and directly upgraded the Passive Skill [Swift] from Intercontinental Level to World-level.
"Congratulations, you have successfully upgraded [Swift] to World-level, officially unlocking the Domain Skill: Hunter."
"Hunter: The Domain Skill unlocked after [Swift] reaches World-level. When you have the ball in the attacking third, it automatically triggers a variable-speed corridor. Ignore Neural Reaction Inertia, enabling you to switch between completely different rhythms in the shortest possible time."
Unlike the previous skills, [Reverser] and [Controller], this new one, [Hunter], seemed relatively simple.
It was all about changing speed.
The most important part must be the "Ignore Neural Reaction Inertia."
’That sounds pretty badass.’
But what was truly special was the note in small print beneath it.
"This Domain Skill relies on extreme rhythm control and neural reaction to unleash its power. To avoid causing irreversible damage to the body, the duration of the ’shortest possible time’ is determined by the levels of the five Passive Skills: [Damage Reduction], [Breathing], [Ball Sense], [Foundation], and [Vitality]."
’What does that mean?’
Though he didn’t fully understand it yet, Wang Shuo felt this Domain Skill must also be incredibly powerful.
Otherwise, there would be no need for it to be linked to five different Passive Skills.
What’s more, all five of these Passive Skills were related to his physical condition.
It was obvious for [Damage Reduction], [Breathing], [Foundation], and [Vitality], but even [Ball Sense] had the effect of accelerating his neural reaction speed.
This tied back to the "Ignore Neural Reaction Inertia" part.
’I don’t get it, but it sounds amazing!’
Based on the effects of his previous two Domain Skills, Wang Shuo easily deduced that [Hunter] must be a huge threat.
There was another thing: [Reverser] was limited by time and circumstance, and [Controller] required two defenders within a five-meter radius.
But [Hunter] had only one requirement: having the ball in the attacking third, i.e., within the 30-meter area.
’Tomorrow, I’ll practice with Subotic to get used to it. Then, next Wednesday is the perfect chance to use Chelsea for some live practice and test its power!’
Wang Shuo felt even more confident.